Renton

Sorry, I too busy, zoomed into this.

Am missing the whole fucking thing. Sitting in an ice rink 4 til 6.30, it's like these cunts timed it (although the competition was arranged first tbf). Whatever happens tomorrow I will feel like a king amongst the zombies having a completely clear head unlike 90% of people here. Let's hope it's a happy clear head then.

We came a respectable 4th that year, a feat we have matched or bettered many times since. The last time they matched it was 75 years ago! They really are fucking shite.

Mackems losing 2 nil against their favourite team Coventry. Gawd bless you Jimmy, do us a favour and beat them in the play offs too. I wouldnt normally be arsed but they've got a thread at the minute about how they are beating up Mags at Woodhall services and also a video of the scrotes letting down coach tyres, clearly a fucking idiotic and dangerous thing to do, which they are defending, the fucking cunts.

This is from the day. I thought it was quite witty with the signpost and sent it to. Com to publish. Did Biffa publish it? Did he fuck.

Wifey and D1 getting the coach to London. This is Wetherby services I think. Howay!

Avoiding European qualification?

I like it.

Why marra, the new Lewk Onion stand looks mint lyke.

Aye but marra, there's advantages to having your stadium made out of Mecanno.

Btw, can we make a special plea to the club to get tbd and honorary ST before there is a postal incident at the club?

Well I just meant a single tier kop wherever it is, aimed at the more passionate (younger) supporters. Safe standing too. I'm definitely nearer the tartan blanket and flask end of things nowadays but still shout and swear a lot, singing not so much. I've only sat in the Gallowgate a couple of times since the redevelopment (I say that, its been 30 years ffs!). Can't remember the atmosphere being owt special.

The camber is still obvious to the naked eye. I like it, it adds character to the ground. It used to be 5 metres in Toonpack days but is now 2 metres. I was curious to what the implications were on goals scored so (yes) I used ChatGPT (deep research mode) to have a look. This is seriously impressive btw, takes about 15 minutes and it tells you its thinking as it does it. This is the conclusion: "Bottom Line: Exact goal tallies by end are hard to come by, but both historical custom and modern evidence point to the Gallowgate End being Newcastle’s most fruitful scoring end. Over all time, the Gallowgate has seen a greater share of goals at St. James’ Park (thanks to the downhill slope and second-half push) – a trend continuing into the Premier League era. The Leazes End certainly has its moments (especially when Newcastle are forced to attack that way late on), but St. James’ Park lore and statistics alike indicate that the Gallowgate End is where Newcastle score the bulk of their home goals. This enduring pattern underlines the psychological and tactical importance of shooting towards a raucous Gallowgate in front of the home faithful." My take away from this is the new stadium MUST incorporate a Gallowgate kop end. I'd have the whole pitch floating on a hydraulic ramp and change the camber to suit us depending on which half we are attacking.

The main thing, the location, is the correct choice, so I am happy overall. I think the capacity is needlessly low, won't effect me personally but I want as many cheaper seats as possible. I don't like the wrap design at all. Seems like a fad that will probably look shit in 20 years. Would prefer a classic stadium design more akin to the Emirates, Spurs, or even Everton's new ground. But this part of the story might be bullshit anyway. I don't think transport links etc is an issue all (re: Gemmill's point). We have a rail station on a main line and an international airport, we have a metro system most cities don't have. And the new location is still a stone's throw away from literally hundreds of pubs, restaurants, and hotels. I'd say we are better placed than 90% of clubs.

Enjoy mate. Think Belgium is one of the most under-rated countries ion the World personally. My family seems to have avoided the graves in the low country, although my great grandfather is buried somewhere in Turkey after Gallipoli.

The puzzling thing for me is we could achieve 65k by expanding the Gallowgate. Which would keep us in our spiritual home and be cheaper. I don't see the point of moving under those circumstances.

Emirates is expanding to 80k btw.

Correct.

70k seems like a better capacity to me. Why expand later? Sounds like 65k is to restrain capacity, create demand and increase ticket prices through FOMO.

Bubble wrap skin like Bayern Munich? BORING. It's a no from me.

I wish. Fucking La Di Dah Isegrim.

My brother is NHSE and I'm currently off to join an adjacent NHS quango, unprotected. So it's a concern. I would say, from personal experience, that there has been a lot of duplication between the likes of NHSE and NHS Digital which could be streamlined. I've also witnessed first hand some really bad clinical decision making from NHSE resulting in millions not being spent cost effectively., because they don't understand health economics. Despite this and contrary to popular red top beliefs, the NHS is still one of the most administratively efficient health services in the World. I hope any redundancies are voluntary and properly planned. Given the grade you said your Mam was on KD she will get paid an absolute fortune if she was made redundant. Honestly, in that scenario it's more likely they'll find another role for her, especially if she is near retirement.