shabbyhouse Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 (edited) I heard on Look North last night (the NE version) that the Newcastle United Supporters' Trust has so far received pledges of £50 million in their bid to buy the club from Mike Ashley. Somewhere on this forum recently a similar idea was raised regarding Wednesday fans finding the £20 million talked about by LS as the level of investment SWFC is seeking. NUFC ave home gate: say 50,000, SWFC ave home gate: say 20,000. The figures should stack up therefore. Is the Newcastle fanbase significantly more wealthy than ours? I don't reckon so. So £1000 - £1500 pledged per person on average would see us (or indeed, Wednesdayite perhaps) capable of making a strong move. Sounds like a lot of money per head, but if Newcastle fans can make the necessary sacrifices, I'd be very sad if we couldn't. If it's a good enough cause for them, it's good enough for us. Surely we can do two-fifths as well as Newcastle. For anyone interested, http://www.nust.org.uk/ UTO Edited January 27, 2010 by shabbyhouse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest thetruthisoutthere Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 I heard on Look North last night (the NE version) that the Newcastle United Supporters' Trust has so far received pledges of £50 million in their bid to buy the club from Mike Ashley. Somewhere on this forum recently a similar idea was raised regarding Wednesday fans finding the £20 million talked about by LS as the level of investment SWFC is seeking. NUFC ave home gate: say 50,000, SWFC ave home gate: say 20,000. The figures should stack up therefore. Is the Newcastle fanbase significantly more wealthy than ours? I don't reckon so. So £1000 - £1500 pledged per person on average would see us (or indeed, Wednesdayite perhaps) capable of making a strong move. Sounds like a lot of money per head, but if Newcastle fans can make the necessary sacrifices, I'd be very sad if we couldn't. If it's a good enough cause for them, it's good enough for us. Surely we can do two-fifths as well as Newcastle. For anyone interested, http://www.nust.org.uk/ UTO When i saw the thread title i thought this was going to be about Sheffield United Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wise_Owl Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 (edited) NUFC ave home gate: say 50,000, SWFC ave home gate: say 20,000.Newcastle's gate is limited by their stadium capacity. Ours is limited by general apathy. Edited January 27, 2010 by Wise_Owl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russy Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 So £1000 - £1500 pledged per person on average would see us (or indeed, Wednesdayite perhaps) capable of making a strong move. I don't have that much money to give myself let alone the club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davidioso Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 Newcastle's gate is limited by their stadium capacity. Ours is limited by general apathy. i was going to contest that, but i just cant be bothered really Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singing The Blues Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 Newcastle's gate is limited by their stadium capacity. Ours is limited by general apathy. True when they're were in Premiership, not the case now they've dropped a league though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eccy Owl Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 And the newcastle fans have got the support of a wealthy local businessman donated more than 10 million if i remember right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singing The Blues Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 (edited) I heard on Look North last night (the NE version) that the Newcastle United Supporters' Trust has so far received pledges of £50 million in their bid to buy the club from Mike Ashley. Somewhere on this forum recently a similar idea was raised regarding Wednesday fans finding the £20 million talked about by LS as the level of investment SWFC is seeking. NUFC ave home gate: say 50,000, SWFC ave home gate: say 20,000. The figures should stack up therefore. Is the Newcastle fanbase significantly more wealthy than ours? I don't reckon so. So £1000 - £1500 pledged per person on average would see us (or indeed, Wednesdayite perhaps) capable of making a strong move. Sounds like a lot of money per head, but if Newcastle fans can make the necessary sacrifices, I'd be very sad if we couldn't. If it's a good enough cause for them, it's good enough for us. Surely we can do two-fifths as well as Newcastle. For anyone interested, http://www.nust.org.uk/ UTO Its labeled a supporters trust but they've mainly targeted wealthy business people around the area for large contributions. I wouldn't imagine there'd be many businesses local to us that would stump up large sums of money for us, would love to be proved wrong though! *beat me to it eccy! Edited January 27, 2010 by swfc93 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ripley Owl Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 I heard on Look North last night (the NE version) that the Newcastle United Supporters' Trust has so far received pledges of £50 million in their bid to buy the club from Mike Ashley. Somewhere on this forum recently a similar idea was raised regarding Wednesday fans finding the £20 million talked about by LS as the level of investment SWFC is seeking. NUFC ave home gate: say 50,000, SWFC ave home gate: say 20,000. The figures should stack up therefore. Is the Newcastle fanbase significantly more wealthy than ours? I don't reckon so. So £1000 - £1500 pledged per person on average would see us (or indeed, Wednesdayite perhaps) capable of making a strong move. Sounds like a lot of money per head, but if Newcastle fans can make the necessary sacrifices, I'd be very sad if we couldn't. If it's a good enough cause for them, it's good enough for us. Surely we can do two-fifths as well as Newcastle. For anyone interested, http://www.nust.org.uk/ UTO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wise_Owl Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 i was going to contest that, but i just cant be bothered reallyIf Newcastle are getting crowds of 50k, as the OP suggests (admittedly I haven't gone to the trouble of investigating their claim - I thought it was a little less, although not a great deal lower), and St James' Park only has a capacity of just over 52,000, it would suggest that you have little grounds to contest the issue. I would also suggest we would struggle to fill Hillsborough even if were a mid table Premier League side, whereas Newcastle fans would be struggling to find tickets for home games most weeks. Still, please go ahead and contest the above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brownlad Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 If Newcastle are getting crowds of 50k, as the OP suggests (admittedly I haven't gone to the trouble of investigating their claim - I thought it was a little less, although not a great deal lower), and St James' Park only has a capacity of just over 52,000, it would suggest that you have little grounds to contest the issue. I would also suggest we would struggle to fill Hillsborough even if were a mid table Premier League side, whereas Newcastle fans would be struggling to find tickets for home games most weeks. Still, please go ahead and contest the above. may I be the first to say WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSH! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tomarkley Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 I think, even if we could only raise enough to buy out the shares and loans of certain ex-directors and group the shareholding together, it would be worth every penny. £1000? I'm in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ripley Owl Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 I heard on Look North last night (the NE version) that the Newcastle United Supporters' Trust has so far received pledges of £50 million in their bid to buy the club from Mike Ashley. Somewhere on this forum recently a similar idea was raised regarding Wednesday fans finding the £20 million talked about by LS as the level of investment SWFC is seeking. NUFC ave home gate: say 50,000, SWFC ave home gate: say 20,000. The figures should stack up therefore. Is the Newcastle fanbase significantly more wealthy than ours? I don't reckon so. So £1000 - £1500 pledged per person on average would see us (or indeed, Wednesdayite perhaps) capable of making a strong move. Sounds like a lot of money per head, but if Newcastle fans can make the necessary sacrifices, I'd be very sad if we couldn't. If it's a good enough cause for them, it's good enough for us. Surely we can do two-fifths as well as Newcastle. I really hope we dont go down this route , there would be more falling out about silly petty little things and we would have about 1000 want to be chairmen with break away groups and boycots to come . Appreciate the idea and its good intent but i would rather just leave it to Lee to get it sorted. For anyone interested, http://www.nust.org.uk/ UTO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strewthbury Owl Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 may I be the first to say WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSH! I was thinking 'any word now.....he'll see the second half of the sentence.....any second now......' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salmonbones Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 (edited) If Newcastle are getting crowds of 50k, as the OP suggests (admittedly I haven't gone to the trouble of investigating their claim - I thought it was a little less, although not a great deal lower), and St James' Park only has a capacity of just over 52,000, it would suggest that you have little grounds to contest the issue. I would also suggest we would struggle to fill Hillsborough even if were a mid table Premier League side, whereas Newcastle fans would be struggling to find tickets for home games most weeks. Still, please go ahead and contest the above. easy to contest if you understand anything about trends. Why do you think Sheffield United were getting good gates in the Premier compared to the last time they were there? Same fan base to pull on, crowds in general are up from the last time we were a good side! Put Wednesday in the Premier now, we'd full house every home game, I don't remember us doing that all that often under Francis in the top flight, but crowds all across the board were low at that point. Edited January 27, 2010 by salmonbones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EuropeanBob Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 Getting pledges of £50,000,000 is one thing. Actually getting the money off people is another thing entirely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Walkley_Owl Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 Sids Places holds 52k, Ave gate is 42k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ripley Owl Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 I really do hope we don't go down this route , there would be more falling out about silly little petty things than a little. We would have about a thousand want to be chairmen with break away groups and boycots to come. Appreciate the idea and its good intent but i would rather just leave it to Lee to sort out ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobHowe Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 Put Wednesday in the Premier now, we'd full house every home game, I don't remember us doing that all that often under Francis in the top flight, but crowds all across the board were low at that point. At Premier League prices we'd be lucky to get over 30,000 for most games. I mean can you honestly see 40,000 people paying at least £25-30 a ticket to watch Wednesday v Wigan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brownlad Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 At Premier League prices we'd be lucky to get over 30,000 for most games. I mean can you honestly see 40,000 people paying at least £25-30 a ticket to watch Wednesday v Wigan? after the last decade?! I would pay £10,000 for my rumbleing season ticket! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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