St James' Park

[bobbydazzla]

1 hour ago, Jack27 said:

Tell us how you really feel about LED’s

[Guest]

cool idea, do it nufc

[J7]

I’d love to know the average age of ST holders in each stand. I think since the stadium discussion started I’ve noticed more and more how tame the majority of the ground is. 
 

Beyond the back 3 or 4 rows of Gallowgate and the singing corner, it’s very poor. You look down from the back of Gallowgate when there’s singing going, but there’s next to nothing happening the further you go down. It was mental watching the West Ham highlights and seeing how many empty seats there were in the East Stand in injury time. What a game and time to have left ffs.

 

Going back to age, if the club could sell a new stadium by talking about the average age of the ST holder, and getting some younger fans in, whilst also organising a new ground so that you can get likeminded fans sitting together, then I’d like to think most would go for it.

[PCW1983]

1 minute ago, JJ7 said:

I’d love to know the average age of ST holders in each stand. I think since the stadium discussion started I’ve noticed more and more how tame the majority of the ground is. 
 

Beyond the back 3 or 4 rows of Gallowgate and the singing corner, it’s very poor. You look down from the back of Gallowgate when there’s singing going, but there’s next to nothing happening the further you go down. It was mental watching the West Ham highlights and seeing how many empty seats there were in the East Stand in injury time. What a game and time to have left ffs.

 

Going back to age, if the club could sell a new stadium by talking about the average age of the ST holder, and getting some younger fans in, whilst also organising a new ground so that you can get likeminded fans sitting together, then I’d like to think most would go for it.

I never really get the younger fans discussions tbh, how young are these younger fans?  
I’m 40 and tbh, find the younger fans (late teens to early 20’s) to be absolute bellends for the most part both home and away. 
I’ll split them into two easy groups….the wankers who have spaffed all over green street one two many times and the anti socialists who couldn’t talk there way through a dinner never mind a sing a song. 
 

I always find it a bit of a shame for the older fans tbh, aye they may not all sing and may not always contribute to an atmosphere but for the most part they’ve been through thick and thin and deserve more credit than they get for the most part. 

I honestly think that people’s ideas about what an atmosphere should be is incredibly inflated, maybe by a mixture of one off games and 30 second YouTube clips, I don’t know. Also, it’s not the 80’s anymore, we not in South America and my experience of Europe is that it’s mostly manufactured. 
 

Turned out to be a bit of a rant there. 
 

 

[gbandit]

What happens when a season ticket holder dies? Does that ticket just go out on general sale or can it be claimed by a family member of the deceased?

[AyeDubbleYoo]

1 minute ago, gbandit said:

What happens when a season ticket holder dies? Does that ticket just go out on general sale or can it be claimed by a family member of the deceased?

If you’re planning a murder this is an unwise way to go about it. 

[gbandit]

Just now, AyeDubbleYoo said:

If you’re planning a murder this is an unwise way to go about it. 

Going to have to delete my account now before I end up in some true crime doc

[Whitley mag]

The last Wembley trip said everything about the age and profile of our season ticket holders, clearly not bad people but when it comes to creating an atmosphere they don’t want to know. 

[Guest]

3 hours ago, Mikky said:

How much distance/could that potentially buy us do you think (away from Leazes Terrace)?

Difficult to say, but I guess nearly the width of the existing structure 

Of course we'd be losing capacity from the milburn but then you'd get that back and some more with a modern new design and a bigger footprint. Whether it would be worth it is anybody's guess. 

 

There's also the space around the pitch which could be utilised but then using that would break international football requirements (like anfield) and also leave little space for players warming up and stuff 

[bobbydazzla]

7 minutes ago, gbandit said:

What happens when a season ticket holder dies? Does that ticket just go out on general sale or can it be claimed by a family member of the deceased?

They put the embalmed corpses into the East Stand on match days 

 

 

Edited April 3, 2024 by bobbydazzla

[Guest]

6 minutes ago, gbandit said:

What happens when a season ticket holder dies? Does that ticket just go out on general sale or can it be claimed by a family member of the deceased?

The seat is removed and put in the box. 

[cubaricho]

Just now, bobbydazzla said:

They put the embalmed corpses into the East Stand on match days 

 

 

 

 

Sure sounds like it, if you know what I mean.

[HaydnNUFC]

14 minutes ago, PCW1983 said:

I’m 40 and tbh, find the younger fans (late teens to early 20’s) to be absolute bellends for the most part both home and away. 
I’ll split them into two easy groups….the wankers who have spaffed all over green street one two many times and the anti socialists who couldn’t talk there way through a dinner never mind a sing a song. 

 

[cubaricho]

1 minute ago, HaydnNUFC said:

 

 

Which one are you dude?  

[Superior Acuña]

14 minutes ago, gbandit said:

What happens when a season ticket holder dies? Does that ticket just go out on general sale or can it be claimed by a family member of the deceased?

I asked my dad to put his (with loads of points) in the will like , or I’ll dress up as him if I have to

[ShootShoot]

2 hours ago, timnufc22 said:

 

Just a few other pictures from that page, obviously biased but for me it'd be the best stadium in the UK - as grand as Spurs' but with more of a colosseum feel and less of an Americanised stadium feel and with amazing history attached to it too. Granted Man U will upgrade/rebuild, but the rest wont look at good as this imo, it would be some sight. I totally understand the commercial side but this extension would bring in more boxes going along the Gallowgate so so would be a significant upgrade on a corporate level too. I don't know what's the stopping the club hosting gigs etc like other clubs to claim that money too, surely they can? Granted Spurs' American football games are something they have over the rest with their retractable pitch. But isn't it more fun to go up against the rest with identify and history behind us too?

 

I guarantee a lot of fans will be jealous if they're left with hollow new stadiums. I think Everton's new stadium looks to be a decent attempt at keeping some old school feel but it still lacks a unique or grandiose feel from it looks like so far. Many Man City fans miss Maine Road despite the obscene success. West Ham have moved stadium to somewhere with zero identity - how's that extra revenue going for them? They've dont quite well but nothing game changing. I say all this with the caveat that singing area's need to be arranged going forward.

Impossible to move the Milburn stand any further back because of Barrack road

[gbandit]

1 minute ago, Superior Acuña said:

I asked my dad to put his (with loads of points) in the will like , or I’ll dress up as him if I have to

Can recommend this disguise 

 

 

[Guest]

Just now, ShootShoot said:

Impossible to move the Milburn stand any further back because of Barrack road

NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE. 

 

XOXO

[HaydnNUFC]

3 minutes ago, cubaricho said:

 

Which one are you dude?  

 

Think I've seen Green Street once years ago and the only thing I can remember about it is Charlie Hunnam's accent in it.

 

Sing at matches as much as I can and when growing up was taught songs from the 70s and 80s by my dad, most of which never get sung by the majority anymore. 

 

So neither, I suppose.

[cubaricho]

Just now, HaydnNUFC said:

 

Think I've seen Green Street once years ago and the only thing I can remember about it is Charlie Hunnam's accent in it.

 

Sing at matches as much as I can and when growing up was taught songs from the 70s and 80s by my dad, most of which never get sung by the majority anymore. 

 

So neither, I suppose.

 

Attaboy  

[Kanj]

Protect @HaydnNUFC at all costs.

[Shearergol]

6 hours ago, TBG said:

It's two rows of boards, that's why the look so big,

 

City had to remove around 1,100 seats to install them. 

They could remove another 3300 and still not fill the ground, the soulless corporate wankers 

[Jonas]

3 hours ago, Mikky said:

If we could do something with the East Stand even if it means putting a glass extension then that would be amazing 

Needs a new facade which cant be argued. May as well sneak a few yards back and a few extra rows in while were doing it I think

[Lazarus]

 

[midds]

Main problems I see with the East Stand are that it doesn't hold that many people and there's no corporate in there. Coming at this from a purely maximising income perspective btw. If we're all about money in the bank then it makes sense to completely rebuild the East stand to have boxes running along the entire length of it, that's the best view but we currently only have that in the Milburn which is a blocker. Middle tier running from goal-line to goal-line on both sides would  be better financially surely? Nothing to say you couldn't raise the height a little maybe, rake it up as much as possible so you have a tier of normals at the bottom but squeeze in a couple of rows of boxes at prime viewing level. 

 

Read that back to myself and it makes no sense but I know what I mean