St James' Park

[Sima]

Rachel Locke owns that bit of land outside the East Stand that she put a fence on and has pictures of Rewben Agbewla on her bedroom wall.

 

Pass it on.

 

 

Edited September 14, 2025 by Sima

[jack j]

31 minutes ago, bobbydazzla said:

Why would they need to be sat in the crowd, at one end of the ground and in civvies ?

 

You’d just stick them near the tunnel and put them in a high vis with Doctor written on it 

 

There's 4 of them dotted around the stadium for crowd emergencies now.

Went to a game with me Mrs last year and she seen one she worked with and he was telling us the craic so thats how a kna bobby lad

[bobbydazzla]

4 minutes ago, jack j said:

There's 4 of them dotted around the stadium for crowd emergencies now.

Went to a game with me Mrs last year and she seen one she worked with and he was telling us the craic so thats how a kna bobby lad

So what you’re confirming is that someone who isn’t me can do a key bump nearby to the gadge with the earpiece and he won’t stick the person who isn’t me in cuffs for it ? 

 

 

Edited September 14, 2025 by bobbydazzla

[et tu brute]

On 12/09/2025 at 11:22, LFEE said:

Well your main point sadly has no proof as much as me or you want to believe it hence why I chose to focus on your other point.

No, good reporter would check the petition looking at area codes. He is not a good reporter though 

 

 

Edited September 14, 2025 by et tu brute

[Wallsendmag]

https://www.shieldsgazette.com/sport/football/newcastle-united/newcastle-united-st-james-park-capacity-premier-league-5319491

[Dr. TC]

3 minutes ago, Wallsendmag said:

https://www.shieldsgazette.com/sport/football/newcastle-united/newcastle-united-st-james-park-capacity-premier-league-5319491

I'll save you the bother. It's a whole article about the ground capacity reducing by 41 to accommodate more corporate, dressed up as clickbait for a new stadium, on which there is no news. 

[Whitley mag]

2.4 putting sport at heart of regeneration.

 

 

[JT24]

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Is there any actual proverbial fire to the smoke about “stadium updates”?— Andrew F

 

Waugh: After the declaration in July 2024 that a stadium-future update was “imminent” and then club announcements that fans could expect a “decision phase” in “early 2025”, the latest soundings have been more cautious when it comes to timescales.

 

It was always preferred that Darren Eales’ successor would be in place before a firm decision was made. However, David Hopkinson is still in a period of “listening and learning”, and is being brought up to speed on what a new state-of-the-art stadium on Leazes Park or a revamped and expanded St James’ Park could look like.

 

Brad Miller, the chief operating officer, has been overseeing potential blueprints. Despite some influential voices within the club believing a new stadium should be the preferred option, the persistent message has been that both possibilities are still live. The owners are considering all options and have been doing so since prospective plans were floated to a PIF (Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund) delegation in the spring.

 

A purpose-built ‘super stadium’ has the potential to increase revenues and could be far larger than an expanded St James’, but the latter may prove a financially more viable option, given the owners eventually want a return on their investment.

 

For now, treat any ‘stadium update’ claims with caution. There may be some truth behind them but the soundings are that a firm commitment may be deferred until 2026.

 

Not much else in the Waugh weekly non-update but this one made me laugh.
 

Maybe Q1 2025 actually meant Q1 2026, so we can get ready for an update in Q1 2027 (if ever). 

[OverThere]

Maybe they are gambling on PSR collapsing at some point. It certainly seems that way given the glacial pace of this decision.

[Sima]

There is no new stadium.

[Whitley mag]

The Newcastle Gateshead Mayoral Development Zone was approved yesterday. They can potentially take planning applications away from the council and fast track.

 

Pathway being cleared for stadium announcement watch this space.

[Scoot]

3 hours ago, Sima said:

There is no new stadium.

 

[nufcjb]

1 hour ago, Whitley mag said:

The Newcastle Gateshead Mayoral Development Zone was approved yesterday. They can potentially take planning applications away from the council and fast track.

 

Pathway being cleared for stadium announcement watch this space.

#Cans

[Slim]

#keepstarmer??

[JT24]

Another step closer to never hearing any news. 

[OverThere]

Might be easier just to build the fecker in Gateshead. The NIMBYs will all be bleating when that turns the city center into an economic wasteland 

 

 

Edited September 24, 2025 by OverThere

[AyeDubbleYoo]

8 hours ago, Sima said:

There is no new stadium.

I’ve checked behind the bandstand in Leazes Park and you’re right. 

[stozo]

Bloomberg saying we are in talks over a £1bn financing plan for a new stadium - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-24/newcastle-fc-looks-at-options-for-1-billion-stadium-financing. 

[Keegans Export]

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The financing could total about £1 billion ($1.3 billion) in a part equity and part debt package

Perhaps someone with more understanding of these terms could explain - would "equity" in this case mean direct investment from the owners and "debt" mean money loaned from elsewhere?

[Turnbull2000]

Hmmm, that's not what I expected. Basically means our owners aren't willing to pay the up front costs?

 

 

Edited September 24, 2025 by Turnbull2000

[stozo]

3 minutes ago, Keegans Export said:

Perhaps someone with more understanding of these terms could explain - would "equity" in this case mean direct investment from the owners and "debt" mean money loaned from elsewhere?

You are more or less right, but there is also the potential the ‘equity’ bit could involve bringing on a minority shareholder. 

[nufcjmc]

Just now, Turnbull2000 said:

Hmmm, that's not what I expected. Basically means our owners aren't willing to pay the up front costs?

I dont get it either unless they believe if they can get a good rate it allows them to invest their money elsewhere and not "tie it up" in a long term investment. 

 

The money they are both worth surely even 1B is pocket change.

[JT24]

13 minutes ago, stozo said:

Bloomberg saying we are in talks over a £1bn financing plan for a new stadium - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-24/newcastle-fc-looks-at-options-for-1-billion-stadium-financing. 

https://archive.ph/FxzFO non-paywall. 
 

Skintest oil money owners?

[Stifler]

3 minutes ago, Keegans Export said:

Perhaps someone with more understanding of these terms could explain - would "equity" in this case mean direct investment from the owners and "debt" mean money loaned from elsewhere?

Yeah, basically. It is unclear if the debt bit is a total of £1bn or if it all comes at about £1bn.

 

Interest payments are subject to FFP/PSR though. So I’d imagine right now they are calculating what the interest payments would be with an idea of seeing if a naming sponsor will offset those costs. If the interest payments and/or total payments per year are say £50m, and we could only get £30m from a naming sponsor, then I’d imagine PIF would just opt to fund it without any loans.

[Stifler]

5 minutes ago, Turnbull2000 said:

Hmmm, that's not what I expected. Basically means our owners aren't willing to pay the up front costs?

Not really. Rich people don’t spend their own money, they leverage it.

As I’ve said, it will depend on if the debt could be serviced (paid to) by the sponsors. If it makes sense to do it via leverage then they will, if it doesn’t then they will just end up fronting the whole cost.