St James' Park

[Nucasol]

1 minute ago, loki679 said:

three children who had been chopped up by a butcher and put in a tub of brine

Probably looks more appetising than one of your concoctions / creations @loki679 

[Elbel1]

On 07/09/2025 at 09:18, Stifler said:

My ex is an identical twin. Her sister is a nice enough lass, but is a massive hypochondriac.

Years ago my mate was shagging a couple of twins. 

When asked how he could tell them apart he said 'Julie is slim, blonde with a small chest and Alan has a moustache' 

[TheBrownBottle]

55 minutes ago, Stifler said:

It is. Don’t let the gerrymandering of the local councils in the 70’s distract you from the fact that places like Whitley Bay are Newcastle suburbs.

It isn’t and it wasn’t.  

[Stifler]

Just now, TheBrownBottle said:

It isn’t and it wasn’t.  

Massively disagree.

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_area

[Kanj]

Nah, I want that mad max thunder dome on the previous page now. Spikes and the lot. Come up here on cold rainy night near the end of the year with 80,000 rabid Geordies listening to Newcastle based vintage heavy metal bands, Cassisdead and some motorcycle bandits from an aggrieved fanbase who were sat in a dark room being forced to watch Isak, Owen, Romano tweets to turn the atmospwhere to fever pitch. Would be a dream for Yasir to see and for Big Hop to cultivate. 

[Nucasol]

29 minutes ago, Kanj said:

Nah, I want that mad max thunder dome on the previous page now. Spikes and the lot. Come up here on cold rainy night near the end of the year with 80,000 rabid Geordies listening to Newcastle based vintage heavy metal bands, Cassisdead and some motorcycle bandits from an aggrieved fanbase who were sat in a dark room being forced to watch Isak, Owen, Romano tweets to turn the atmospwhere to fever pitch. Would be a dream for Yasir to see and for Big Hop to cultivate. 

Send out Steve Wraith and the rest of the Warboy follicle frauds.

 

[Doc]

1 hour ago, Kanj said:

MBS Park @ Sela Field on St James Park - 700m quid a year 

Looks canny. 👍

[Checko]

13 minutes ago, Doc said:

Looks canny. 👍

Always worries me that the reactors might overheat during the call to prayer.

[TheBrownBottle]

5 hours ago, Stifler said:

Massively disagree.

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_area

I don’t argue that they aren’t part of a wider metropolitan area, but if NUFC moved their ground to Whitley Bay then they’ve left the city, and that would be it for me. 

[Stifler]

1 minute ago, TheBrownBottle said:

I don’t argue that they aren’t part of a wider metropolitan area, but if NUFC moved their ground to Whitley Bay then they’ve left the city, and that would be it for me. 

Oh yeah, I’m fully on board with you over that.

[madras]

12 hours ago, TheBrownBottle said:

I don’t argue that they aren’t part of a wider metropolitan area, but if NUFC moved their ground to Whitley Bay then they’ve left the city, and that would be it for me. 

Wouldn't we lose loads of our catchment area..........to the sea !!!!

[JT24]

I know, I know. I’m just desperate. 

[Rich]

80,000 Saudi Megadome pls

[JT24]

14 minutes ago, Rich said:

80,000 Saudi Megadome pls

If Lee is to believed it’s a big old refresh of the Gallowgate on the cards. 
 

The East stand will never die. 

[LFEE]

2 minutes ago, JT24 said:

If Lee is to believed it’s a big old refresh of the Gallowgate on the cards. 
 

The East stand will never die. 

Let’s hope he’s as accurate as his transfer links 

 

Would feel very shortsighted. We wait and we’ll see.

 

Still feel the club fear a bigger backlash than they’d actually get for moving 100 yards. Such parochial journalism probably doesn’t help either.

[Nucasol]

1 minute ago, LFEE said:

Let’s hope he’s as accurate as his transfer links 

 

Would feel very shortsighted. We wait and we’ll see.

 

Still feel the club fear a bigger backlash than they’d actually get for moving 100 yards. Such parochial journalism probably doesn’t help either.

8,000 extra seats that’ll get taken up by corporates and day trippers is a complete waste of the hundreds of millions they’d pay. Just take the plunge and actually back the big talk up with a big action.

[JT24]

2 minutes ago, LFEE said:

Let’s hope he’s as accurate as his transfer links 

 

Would feel very shortsighted. We wait and we’ll see.

 

Still feel the club fear a bigger backlash than they’d actually get for moving 100 yards. Such parochial journalism probably doesn’t help either.

Aye, if they come through this drawn out decision making process to ultimately decide that the East Stand is fine we will know they are not serious people.

[et tu brute]

1 hour ago, JT24 said:

If Lee is to believed it’s a big old refresh of the Gallowgate on the cards. 
 

The East stand will never die. 

Luckily I'd rather listen to my fish as they have more intelligence and talk more sense

[Chris_R]

1 hour ago, JT24 said:

 

The East stand will never die. 

 

Unlike its occupants, who just need a cold winter.

[The Prophet]

12 minutes ago, et tu brute said:

Luckily I'd rather listen to my fish as they have more intelligence and talk more sense

 

 

[Stifler]

1 hour ago, JT24 said:

If Lee is to believed it’s a big old refresh of the Gallowgate on the cards. 
 

The East stand will never die. 

The article isn’t even saying that, it’s just an international break fluff article that is telling us what we already know, that they have details of what an expanded SJP and new stadium would bring.

 

We had over 100k trying to get tickets for the Barcelona match the other day, and that’s not just exclusive to that fixture, it regularly happens for every match.

 

An expanded SJP doesn’t bring in enough seats for demand, it doesn’t bring in new corporate facilities, and it doesn’t allow for the ease of use outside of match-day.

On top of this we would have to limit capacity for a period of time, possibly over multiple seasons, and will come close to engineering challenges going over the Metro lines.

[JT24]

9 minutes ago, Stifler said:

The article isn’t even saying that, it’s just an international break fluff article that is telling us what we already know, that they have details of what an expanded SJP and new stadium would bring.

 

We had over 100k trying to get tickets for the Barcelona match the other day, and that’s not just exclusive to that fixture, it regularly happens for every match.

 

An expanded SJP doesn’t bring in enough seats for demand, it doesn’t bring in new corporate facilities, and it doesn’t allow for the ease of use outside of match-day.

On top of this we would have to limit capacity for a period of time, possibly over multiple seasons, and will come close to engineering challenges going over the Metro lines.

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Yet staying at St James' Park remains a big possibility with a revamp on Barrack Road getting as far as Toon chairman Yasir Al-Rumayyan looking through breathtaking images of what staying at the ground the club have used since 1892, including how the Gallowgate End could be revamped.

 

When Toon chiefs were shown those images of a St James' Park that could have a capacity of around 65,000 it was clear that Newcastle would be unable to do build any higher at the East Stand with the Georgian terrace on St James' Terrace Grade I listed.

 

It has long been accepted by Newcastle insiders that three sides of the current stadium would have to remain the same and the big redevelopment of St James' Park would be at the Gallowgate End.

 

Indeed, it is understood that key figures at St James' see a restructured Gallowgate End as the only way of nudging capacity up from the current 52,264, which dropped slightly after the introduction of the Wings suite at the Leazes End, to around 65,000.

 

During the feasibility report, undertaken in 2024, United chiefs looked closely at the Gallowgate End and the possibilities of increasing its capacity.

 

But rebuilding the Gallowgate with a cantilever stand is deemed feasible to improve the capacity of St James' Park.

 

If those plans get the go-ahead, there would be few complaints from many fans.

The prospect of seeing the Gallowgate End stretch outwards on Strawberry Place to enhance an already stunning skyline remains possible.

Yes, the article is definitely not saying that a revamp of the Gallowgate is on the cards. 
 

Will it happen? Nobody knows. Is it a possibility? Yes, of course. 

[duo]

5 hours ago, JT24 said:

I know, I know. I’m just desperate. 

Hopefully he is keen to make an early impression by getting things done

[gbandit]

From the sounds of his previous exploits he cares about big revenues. That’s way more likely on Leazes than St. James’ right? So we can predict he’ll prefer a move surely?

[Whitley mag]

Lee Ryder struggling to get his quota of articles in this week.