Wilson Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 Send Mike up to do the earthquake test. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paully Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 State of that https://twitter.com/crosierdavid/status/1041324027711766530?s=21 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 Some from me too Man, without knowing where this was from if someone was to ask me which decade this photo was taken I'd guess the 90s or something. Our poor stadium. Got talking to an Arsenal fan today who attended St James for the first time on Saturday and he couldn't believe how cheap the whole stadium experience feels compared to others he has visited from the monotone stadium announcer getting peoples names wrong to the horribly chatty half time entertainment to the stewards that have trouble speaking english never mind giving you proper directions and he said he never realised how much Sports Direct advertising is plastered all over the place. The match day experience and corporate facilities are utter pants compared to other clubs in England. Staff aren't very friendly. The place is uninviting. There's no real sense of the club's history to view around the stadium or concourse. Yet, if you want to see concrete walls, and betting posts everywhere, SJP is your place. The best place I've ever experienced a game day was at Citi Life stadium to see the Mets play. I'm not even a huge baseball fan, it was just a cheap day out while we were on holiday. However, the experience was amazing from the moment you arrived. Person who checked your tickets are super nice and engaged, made it feel like it was a big deal we had come from England to see the Mets. Imagine arriving at SJP for the first time, you're going to be over the moon, and then like you're shuffled through like cattle into this horrible dingy looking shit hole that is cramped and nobody has time for you. Then when you got into the stadium it was METS everywhere. Huge posters and displays detailing their history and star players over the years and their current stars. Instantly you're embraced with the colours and branding of the team, it was amazing. I'm not saying we should be going the whole American fanfare bullshit here, but the contrast has always stuck with me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 I’m a Mets fan now for that reason, such a great place to go to watch sport. Reminded me of a mini Emirates in some ways, but with much more cheerful staff. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodneyCisse Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 Citi Field is probably baseballs best stadium and the food choice is unreal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 Fairly minor in the grand scheme of things, but I've walked past the stadium to my car for months now and the crests outside the Milburn Reception have had this shit on them the whole time. Does Eddie's budget not stretch to white spirit and a cloth? On another note, how long has the fat bastard had that massive SPORTSDIRECT.COM thing hanging inside the reception? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 That sticker at the bottom of the inner crest has been there for at least 7 years. AT LEAST. I'm surprised Puma hasn't started to embroider it into the badge on the shirt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 Fuck's sake man, 7 years? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 I can't get how filthy the roof is. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Edgar Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 I can't get how filthy the roof is. Roll around a farmers field for a few hours, I guess. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wormy Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 That sticker at the bottom of the inner crest has been there for at least 7 years. AT LEAST. I'm surprised Puma hasn't started to embroider it into the badge on the shirt. You can guarantee whoever tried to pick it off was just a good samaritan rather than a staff member. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ameritoon Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 Imagine arriving at SJP for the first time, you're going to be over the moon, and then like you're shuffled through like cattle into this horrible dingy looking shit hole that is cramped and nobody has time for you. I don't have to Still amazed by how tiny those turnstyles were Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 Imagine arriving at SJP for the first time, you're going to be over the moon, and then like you're shuffled through like cattle into this horrible dingy looking shit hole that is cramped and nobody has time for you. I don't have to Still amazed by how tiny those turnstyles were They're insane, you don't stop and think about it until you see other stadiums. That sticker at the bottom of the inner crest has been there for at least 7 years. AT LEAST. I'm surprised Puma hasn't started to embroider it into the badge on the shirt. You can guarantee whoever tried to pick it off was just a good samaritan rather than a staff member. :lol: I know we all laughed at the mackems going in and helping to replace their pink seats, but ffs at least they showed a little initiative to try and clean the place up and get the fans to do it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 Fairly minor in the grand scheme of things, but I've walked past the stadium to my car for months now and the crests outside the Milburn Reception have had this shit on them the whole time. Does Eddie's budget not stretch to white spirit and a cloth? On another note, how long has the fat bastard had that massive SPORTSDIRECT.COM thing hanging inside the reception? Top photo stickers are Brighton so you can assume they’ve been there since Jan, at least. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
geordiedean Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 Ive been and done stadium tours of a fair few stadiums here in the US mainly NFL and College football. even college ones put stadiums in England to shame the whole gameday experience and tour experience is amazing. Cowboy stadium is absolutely immaculately clean you could eat your dinner off the floors in that place when you do the tour go to ours and it now resembles and old factory floor or a warehouse its such a shithole its embarassing Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chopey Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 The back of the Gallowgate, where the windows are, they need to give it a good wash. Absolutely filthy!!! The big window wall at the end of level 7 is absolutely mankey and there's even a motorised platform there to clean them, no excuse really Posted this nearly three years ago and they haven't been cleaned since, so that cherry picker story is a load of shit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
morla84 Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 Howay folks, you try and have 50,000 people walk through your front room and not get dirt on your roof and rust on your gates Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
UncleBingo Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 Say a new owner (ha!) does come in and says, "Fuck it, let's build a new stadium," where's the best location for a new stadium to be located? Not many areas in the city centre that can accommodate a 60,000 seater stadium. The Castle Leazes site would have been ideal. https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/imagine-70000-capacity-newcastle-united-12772276 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 Howay folks, you try and have 50,000 people walk through your front room and not get dirt on your roof and rust on your gates Are you flirting with us here? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chopey Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 Howay folks, you try and have 50,000 people walk through your front room and not get dirt on your roof and rust on your gates Are you flirting with us here? The Metro Centre has an annual footfall of 21 million people and is maintained by 26 people, its immaculate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ameritoon Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 Howay folks, you try and have 50,000 people walk through your front room and not get dirt on your roof and rust on your gates As been mentioned, there are hundreds of similarly sized stadiums across the world that don't have this problem. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnNUFC Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 Say a new owner (ha!) does come in and says, "Fuck it, let's build a new stadium," where's the best location for a new stadium to be located? Not many areas in the city centre that can accommodate a 60,000 seater stadium. What's the craic about that land behind the Gallowgate? Is it too late or could a new owner buy it back to extend that to L7 level? Don't really want to move from SJP, ever. God knows how much work it needs doing to it, though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chopey Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 Put another 8000 on the Gallowgate and tidy up the rest is the only option for me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToonArmy1892 Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 That sticker at the bottom of the inner crest has been there for at least 7 years. AT LEAST. I'm surprised Puma hasn't started to embroider it into the badge on the shirt. That is fucking incredible (but at the same time not) I wonder how long a little sticker on one of ths SD signs would last. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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