St James' Park

[Danh1]

 

[Superior Acuña]

Was in the returned away seats today and, fuck me, it's such a striking view. Never seen anything like it in all the other grounds I've been to. Not passing judgement on what's actually best, but think a Gallowgate expansion with the East as it is would *look* class - still view of the city, big imposing stadium.

[TheBrownBottle]

7 hours ago, bobbydazzla said:

I don’t know, I don’t have a Twatter account so can only see the posts on here 

 

But if he’s a construction lawyer who’s seen some highly anticipated large scale plans that aren’t in the public domain and he’s revealing what he’s seen in those plans via posting imagery and commentary on Twatter then I’d be questioning his discretion 

 

 

 

Even if he is one, construction lawyers rarely get involved at that stage in the UK tbf - even on larger scale projects.

 

But most documents at that stage would be treated as commercial in confidence; and there would be zero reason to show them to a random who happened to be a lawyer.

 

Unless he has a pal in one of the design team’s offices who likes sharing stuff - an architect, engineer or QS - then the odds are he’s talking out of his backside. 

[Sima]

47 minutes ago, Superior Acuña said:

Was in the returned away seats today and, fuck me, it's such a striking view. Never seen anything like it in all the other grounds I've been to. Not passing judgement on what's actually best, but think a Gallowgate expansion with the East as it is would *look* class - still view of the city, big imposing stadium.

You could incorporate that view into a new stadium.  Have a section cut away with a panoramic view of the city with the Tyne Bridge as the centrepiece.  Would look class.

 

[Danh1]

51 minutes ago, Superior Acuña said:

Was in the returned away seats today and, fuck me, it's such a striking view. Never seen anything like it in all the other grounds I've been to. Not passing judgement on what's actually best, but think a Gallowgate expansion with the East as it is would *look* class - still view of the city, big imposing stadium.

Was in there too. Think it’s decent up there, stood all game, great view. 

[El Prontonise]

11 minutes ago, Danh1 said:

Was in there too. Think it’s decent up there, stood all game, great view. 

 

I sat in LV7 for a few years and it's a great view of Newcastle and Gateshead (especially when the game are shite).

[Wallsendmag]

1 hour ago, Superior Acuña said:

Was in the returned away seats today and, fuck me, it's such a striking view. Never seen anything like it in all the other grounds I've been to. Not passing judgement on what's actually best, but think a Gallowgate expansion with the East as it is would *look* class - still view of the city, big imposing stadium.

 

You're not there to look at the scenery, you're there to watch a football match. People whinge on about a new stadium being soulless yet there's no more soulless experience than being stuck up in Level 7 with a better view of the city than the match, and believe me I've had plenty of experience.

 

And please nobody even embarrass themselves by mentioning that we'll lose the atmosphere after today. Place needs a bloody good shake up and a new ground is the easiest way to do it. Hopefully some of the dead wood take a huff and piss off.

[El Prontonise]

1 minute ago, Wallsendmag said:

 

You're not there to look at the scenery, you're there to watch a football match. People whinge on about a new stadium being soulless yet there's no more soulless experience than being stuck up in Level 7 with a better view of the city than the match, and believe me I've had plenty of experience.

 

And please nobody even embarrass themselves by mentioning that we'll lose the atmosphere after today. Place needs a bloody good shake up and a new ground is the easiest way to do it. Hopefully some of the dead wood take a huff and piss off.

 

You're weird.

[Wallsendmag]

25 minutes ago, El Prontonise said:

 

You're weird.

 

Because when go to a football match I'd rather look at said football match rather than admire the views of Walker or Gateshead?

 

If that's the case then aye I'm weird 

[Dr.Spaceman]

Weird for getting irate over something so inoffensive.

[Wallsendmag]

9 minutes ago, Dr.Spaceman said:

Weird for getting irate over something so inoffensive.

 

I'm not irate at all  When I look straight ahead inside a football ground I prefer to look at like minded football fans rather than the Byker Wall, that's all.

[Dr.Spaceman]

2 minutes ago, Wallsendmag said:

 

I'm not irate at all  When I look straight ahead inside a football ground I prefer to look at like minded football fans rather than the Byker Wall, that's all.

 

Different strokes for different folks, innit 

[Superior Acuña]

1 hour ago, Wallsendmag said:

 

You're not there to look at the scenery, you're there to watch a football match. People whinge on about a new stadium being soulless yet there's no more soulless experience than being stuck up in Level 7 with a better view of the city than the match, and believe me I've had plenty of experience.

 

And please nobody even embarrass themselves by mentioning that we'll lose the atmosphere after today. Place needs a bloody good shake up and a new ground is the easiest way to do it. Hopefully some of the dead wood take a huff and piss off.

 

Fucking hell  Quite aware cheers. Believe it or not I was there during half time and before the match too where I wasn't analysing the warm-up. I noticed the view. I could see the match just fine from Level 7 too, a lot better than at Spurs' new stadium. This is a thread about the stadium, and sometimes I notice things about the stadium. 

 

You shouldn't even be noticing you had a better view of the city, your eyes should be firmly fixed on the pitch like a proper fan.

 

Besides, it was a lot less souless for me up there in L7 than it has been in any of my games in the lower Leazes.

 

 

Edited 2 hours ago by Superior Acuña

[Wallsendmag]

4 minutes ago, Superior Acuña said:

 

Fucking hell  Quite aware cheers. Believe it or not I was there during half time and before the match too where I wasn't analysing the warm-up. I noticed the view. I could see the match just fine from Level 7 too, a lot better than at Spurs' new stadium. This is a thread about the stadium, and sometimes I notice things about the stadium. 

 

You shouldn't even be noticing you had a better view of the city, your eyes should be firmly fixed on the pitch like a proper fan.

 

Besides, it was a lot less souless for me up there in L7 than it has been in any of my games in the lower Leazes.

 

 

 

 

Fair enough. The atmosphere was once again dead today and in parts of L7 your 1/4 mile from the centre circle. Sometimes when you're that far away from the action your concentration can wither somewhat I find and I speak from plenty of experience. I just find that I feel detached from it all when I sit up there.

 

Agree the Leazes End is dreadful as well. In fact I'm struggling to think of any positives for the argument to remain at SJP.

[El Prontonise]

When you're in level 7, you see much more of the tactics and play of sides compared to watching it close to ground level.   

[Sima]

Nah, Level 7 detaches you from the game significantly.

 

I don’t need to replicate the 2D view in FM while freezing my bollocks off in the winter.

[TheBrownBottle]

Lvl7 = watching dots on a postcard.  Went up there once, never again.  You’re removed from the feeling of being at the match and it’s an atmosphere-less anodyne experience.  

[Danh1]

6 minutes ago, TheBrownBottle said:

Lvl7 = watching dots on a postcard.  Went up there once, never again.  You’re removed from the feeling of being at the match and it’s an atmosphere-less anodyne experience.  

Atmosphere in the block next to the away end was better than anywhere I’ve sat for the last season and a half, aside from the Strawberry corner. Safe standing the reason imo.

[NEEJ]

12 minutes ago, TheBrownBottle said:

Lvl7 = watching dots on a postcard.  Went up there once, never again.  You’re removed from the feeling of being at the match and it’s an atmosphere-less anodyne experience.  

Give owa, man. Unless your eyesight is absolutely shocking it's nowhere near as bad as you make it sound. My 64 year old fatha can see from the very back just as well as I can.

 

I was right up there for the Brentford league cup match and the atmosphere was better than expected. Admittedly it really helped being in the safe standing section. 

[Superior Acuña]

I prefer to be closer to the pitch but don’t think it feels that much different to being high up in other big grounds. In terms of view of the game it’s better than lowdown , but I like to feel close to the players.  As far as atmosphere, as said, was actually one of the better ones I’ve experienced - cos of the standing 

[The Prophet]

Another rousing atmosphere by the sounds of it. May as well get the new stadium built.

[TheBrownBottle]

29 minutes ago, NEEJ said:

Give owa, man. Unless your eyesight is absolutely shocking it's nowhere near as bad as you make it sound. My 64 year old fatha can see from the very back just as well as I can.

 

I was right up there for the Brentford league cup match and the atmosphere was better than expected. Admittedly it really helped being in the safe standing section. 

20/20 vision based on my last check at the opticians last month  

 

My one time up there predated safe standing tbf, which hopefully would have improved the atmosphere

 

But the view is shite

[OpenC]

I think there's a bit of revisionism going on here like  I don't think anybody is claiming that SJP is always a fearsome cauldron of noise in 2025, more that a new stadium is unlikely in itself to improve matters.

 

It's starting to feel like folk believe with sophisticated engineering we can maybe amplify the muttering and groaning of the long suffering NUFC crowd into a rousing and appropriately paced Blaydon Races with perhaps enough residual sound energy trapped in the clever design to drive a turbine, sell a bit of electricity to the National Grid and sort our PSR issues