Here's my first question ever on here so go a bit easy please!:

It's been reported that the Love Parade clashes with the Two Bob match at SJP. The fact that 1/4 million ravers plus the match will be too much to handle, and UEFA want the match played on that date.

Options would be to play the match at Gateshead, but surely there's not enough capacity for you there.

Perhaps you may consider hiring the SoL?

-- Anonymous, June 27, 2001

Answers

Great idea. KIll two birds with one stone. FILL the SoL out for a EUROPEAN cup game. Two firsts.

-- Anonymous, June 27, 2001

Not at all, that's the beauty of having a Stadium in the heart of a city, all the protocols are in place for a huge number of visitors. What's another fifty thousand to a cosmipolitan place like Newcastle.

-- Anonymous, June 27, 2001

Swift .... any cup game. When they played Man U last year all thier glory seekers came out and they managed just under 48000, previous to that teh SoL has seen more cup crowds under 15000 than over 40000 !!

-- Anonymous, June 27, 2001

In defence of the crowds at our matches, we posted the record gate this year against Leeds, not ManUre. Banter aside I personally wouldn't mind you going to our lovely stadium, but I'd like your board to be responsible for any damage caused inside.

-- Anonymous, June 27, 2001

Thanks for the offer and the thought, GavMack(registered? Good move!).
Welcome to the bbs marra - stick around for some banter throughout the season.

-- Anonymous, June 27, 2001

It would never happen (NUFC v European side at SoL) for exactly the reason you inferred GavMc; going by the, not entirely isolated, groups intent on pulling down signs and flooding the bogs at this years derby at your place. Plus the fact that hoodlums would look to an event like this as an altogether too good opportunity to maim.

-- Anonymous, June 27, 2001

The match has been put back to the night time apparently to accomadate the love parade.

Shame I'm in America at the time, I'll miss the bloody thing :(

-- Anonymous, June 27, 2001

Although I have a lot of time for some of the things Clarky says, I'd like to tell you to F%$k off Mackem.

-- Anonymous, June 27, 2001

SMB - I agree with Clarky on this issue. If GavMackem® continues in the vein he has started, I would anticipate some good natured banter. Welcome to our little corner of CyberSpace GM® (crickey, sounds like a railway - for those of us old enough to remember them). Just try to obey the "hoose rools".

-- Anonymous, June 28, 2001

Of course the ® in your e-mail address seems to hoy a spammer (sic??) in the works of the e-mail notification system. Bliddy Mackems ;-)

-- Anonymous, June 28, 2001

Is there any precident for such a switch? I think it would be a disaster for NUFC to play any first team 'home' game anywhere but at St James Park. And besides, I'd rather stick to a ground I like.

-- Anonymous, June 28, 2001

A friend works as a steward at SJP and she says they have been recruited to work at the Love Parade! Obvious thing seems to be to switch the home and away legs - or is that too simple?

-- Anonymous, June 28, 2001

If they swap the home and away legs then I shall be stuck in Carlisle so that's a non-starter as far as I'm concerned.

-- Anonymous, June 28, 2001

I think it would be a disaster for NUFC to play any first team 'home' game anywhere but at St James Park

Sadly, far too many games are a disaster at St James Park. :-)

-- Anonymous, June 28, 2001

Simple answer:

Put the Love Parade in the Stadium of Light - they seem made for each other.

-- Anonymous, June 28, 2001

http://www.nufc.com/index1.htm and http://www.nufc.com/html/intertoto.html are now updated with the news that the match will go ahead as planned on Saturday, but pushed back 4 hours to a 7pm kick-off.

-- Anonymous, June 28, 2001

Must be so that the shoppers aren't unduly inconvenienced, I cannot see the logic otherwise. Groovy man

-- Anonymous, June 30, 2001

Ticket prices will be £12 across the board apart from the sports bar which will be £15. The club are also going to come up with a family package, but this is a secret until they sell the more expensive ones. The East stand is shut for the time being.

-- Anonymous, June 30, 2001

From icNowt:

It will cost supporters £12 across the board to watch United battle towards UEFA Cup entry with kids getting in for a fiver.

Only the elitist Bar 1892 seats will cost more, priced at £15.

The capacity of St James's Park is to be cut to 36,000 because an unexpected early start to the new season has caught United out.

The East Stand will be closed in its entirety because work is still ongoing on improving the concourses, toilet and refresh-ment areas.

That last bit seems to be some good news for Clarky. :-)

The piece also mentioned the family package, but that details would be released with other ticket details next week.

-- Anonymous, June 30, 2001

Family enc. is £10 with £4 for brats.

As for the board paying for "damage" to the SOS, can we invoice you for the improvements we make?

-- Anonymous, July 02, 2001