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[Winston Biscuit]

50,000? So 8th in the PL attendance list? Big woop.

They're a middling top tier side who occasionally fall out and occasionally flirt with Europe. Nothing more.

That's pretty much how I have always seen them. The West Ham of the north if you will.

[TiagoIlori]

We’d obviously become financially sound under Ashley, however Newcastle certainly were not exactly well run under him. Rangers fans weren’t particularly keen on him either. He also was the reason for why Coventry had all that chaos to do with their stadium recently. You don’t get hated wherever you’ve been for no reason.

[NathStPaul]

We need someone like Mike Ashley tbh. He and his team have a track record of getting clubs back on track and financially sound. Sure it won't be very exciting but we won't go out of business.

[Clyde1998]

Newcastle fans have ideas above their station and think they should be winning the PL every season. We just want someone who will run our club sensibly.

I think when you pull in 50,000 every game, it's not unreasonable to think being happy with 13th is a low level of ambition.

If he took us over, and in five years we are still in League One, but stable, fans would be saying he needs to go.

Only idiots with no patience if we're stable.

50,000? So 8th in the PL attendance list? Big woop.

They're a middling top tier side who occasionally fall out and occasionally flirt with Europe. Nothing more.

At the time Ashley took over, only Man Utd regularly had higher average attendances; Arsenal had just moved into their new ground - so Newcastle would be expected to be the third highest after that takeover. Man City and Liverpool have expanded their stadia since, whilst West Ham and Tottenham are in bigger grounds that they had. Now 50,000 is nothing special in the Premier League.

[Winston Biscuit]

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[Royal_jimmy]

Ashley isn't perfect by any means but we'd be stupid to turn our noses up at him

[Ascotexgunner]

Yeah, I think they won the Fairs Cup a couple of years before I was born.


in fact, it's so recent only Everton, Arsenal, Derby, Liverpool, Leeds, Forest, Villa, Man Utd, Blackburn, Chelsea, Man City, Leicester, Sunderland, West Ham, Southampton, Ipswich, Spurs, Coventry, Wimbledon, Portsmouth, Wigan, Stoke, Wolves, Norwich, Oxford, Luton, Sheffield Wednesday, Middlesbrough and Swansea have won a major trophy more recently.

Missed Birmingham City as well.

[tmesis]

If he took us over, and in five years we are still in League One, but stable, fans would be saying he needs to go.

Only idiots with no patience if we're stable.

A bit like the ones saying Madejski needed to sell then, of which there were quite a few.

[Sutekh]

Mike Bishop at the ground, seen chatting to Bowen. I believe he's Ashley's main PR man....

Keith Bishop

Isn't he the chap who arranges a lot of the away travel?

[tmesis]

Yeah, I think they won the Fairs Cup a couple of years before I was born.


in fact, it's so recent only Everton, Arsenal, Derby, Liverpool, Leeds, Forest, Villa, Man Utd, Blackburn, Chelsea, Man City, Leicester, Sunderland, West Ham, Southampton, Ipswich, Spurs, Coventry, Wimbledon, Portsmouth, Wigan, Stoke, Wolves, Norwich, Oxford, Luton, Sheffield Wednesday, Middlesbrough and Swansea have won a major trophy more recently.

Missed Birmingham City as well.

Trust me, nobody would miss Birmingham City

[72 bus]

Yeah, I think they won the Fairs Cup a couple of years before I was born.

What's that? More or less Mickey Mouse than Simod?

Pretty much like the Europa League today.
Nice in the trophy cabinet along side the FA cups and league titles.

[Sutekh]

Squeee could we actually get some good news please!

When do we fancy this materialising into something concrete?

BBCRB still running with Storey as the front runner insinuating he is almost over the line.

Aka he gave Dellor an interview, so he's the front runner.

But then most people looking to buy would keep totally schtum until it was completed.

Definitely hoping for Ashley, someone who knows a bit about football too - that'll be a first for a Reading owner.

[Sutekh]

[Ascotexgunner]

We’d obviously become financially sound under Ashley, however Newcastle certainly were not exactly well run under him. Rangers fans weren’t particularly keen on him either. He also was the reason for why Coventry had all that chaos to do with their stadium recently. You don’t get hated wherever you’ve been for no reason.

7th best run club in the PL under him. Flashed the cash just before he left as well....likes of 40 mill for JoelLinton which has turned into a bit of a bargain. There's 2 sides to the Coventry story as well, he wasn't the 100% guilty party.
Looking at the behaviour of Newcastle and Rangers fans, the sense of entitlement is pathetic. I'll always remember Newcastle fans as fat thugs that punch horses, then make out what a fun bunch they are. I went up there with some Arsenal fans.....absolute w*nkers. The main thing they hated him for was because he was from the south.
Anyway he has local links, first ever shop was in Maidenhead.

[Winston Biscuit]

[Snowflake Royal]

I think when you pull in 50,000 every game, it's not unreasonable to think being happy with 13th is a low level of ambition.

If he took us over, and in five years we are still in League One, but stable, fans would be saying he needs to go.

Only idiots with no patience if we're stable.

50,000? So 8th in the PL attendance list? Big woop.

They're a middling top tier side who occasionally fall out and occasionally flirt with Europe. Nothing more.

At the time Ashley took over, only Man Utd regularly had higher average attendances; Arsenal had just moved into their new ground - so Newcastle would be expected to be the third highest after that takeover. Man City and Liverpool have expanded their stadia since, whilst West Ham and Tottenham are in bigger grounds that they had. Now 50,000 is nothing special in the Premier League.

And we all k ow attendance =/= entitlement to success.

[Snowflake Royal]

If he took us over, and in five years we are still in League One, but stable, fans would be saying he needs to go.

Only idiots with no patience if we're stable.

A bit like the ones saying Madejski needed to sell then, of which there were quite a few.

Yes, and they know who they are.

[Clyde1998]

Only idiots with no patience if we're stable.

50,000? So 8th in the PL attendance list? Big woop.

They're a middling top tier side who occasionally fall out and occasionally flirt with Europe. Nothing more.

At the time Ashley took over, only Man Utd regularly had higher average attendances; Arsenal had just moved into their new ground - so Newcastle would be expected to be the third highest after that takeover. Man City and Liverpool have expanded their stadia since, whilst West Ham and Tottenham are in bigger grounds that they had. Now 50,000 is nothing special in the Premier League.

And we all k ow attendance =/= entitlement to success.

Entitlement to success, no. However, it would be likely to provide funds to the club - 50,000 fans would provide 25% more ticket revenue than a team getting 40,000 (with the same ticket price). Higher attendances often leads to success via the financial advantage it gives the club compared to others.

[Orion1871]

Mike Bishop at the ground, seen chatting to Bowen. I believe he's Ashley's main PR man....

Keith Bishop

Isn't he the chap who arranges a lot of the away travel?

No, that's Harold Bishop.

[Snowflake Royal]

At the time Ashley took over, only Man Utd regularly had higher average attendances; Arsenal had just moved into their new ground - so Newcastle would be expected to be the third highest after that takeover. Man City and Liverpool have expanded their stadia since, whilst West Ham and Tottenham are in bigger grounds that they had. Now 50,000 is nothing special in the Premier League.

And we all k ow attendance =/= entitlement to success.

Entitlement to success, no. However, it would be likely to provide funds to the club - 50,000 fans would provide 25% more ticket revenue than a team getting 40,000 (with the same ticket price). Higher attendances often leads to success via the financial advantage it gives the club compared to others.

And at the top of the table, match attendance is a drop in the ocean to the global meechandising, tv deals and Champions League cash for the big boys.