that tatty name all over the club

[ashingtoon62]

remember the days of climbing over the leazes wall

Reckon ah could dee it,if they had plenty scarves....

[ex_pat_magpie]

I'm not interested in who or what you think I'm arguing like. I'm merely asking a few questions of posters to gauge their mindset.

Then refer to my answer of exactly that in post 16.

[HughieG]

The reason why we hate the advertising is that we know that it's not benefiting the club - it's benefiting Mike. If we knew it was there so that Rafa could actually spend money and improve our squad and thereby our football club and thereby our city, obviously it would be a different story. But it's not though is it, and the potential of our club remains untapped.

[toptoon]

i couldn't care if pictures of Madonna's knickers were all over the place, as long as the club got the going rate for the service.

For arguments sake say, it would cost 10 million a year for a building firm to get the same as Sports direct get at the stadium and club shop. That means we are out of pocket by 100m in the Ashley era

10 million? That's about what he would be getting if he charged 7% interest on the money he lent to the club.

[TheOtherTerryMac]

10 million? That's about what he would be getting if he charged 7% interest on the money he lent to the club.

As he owns the Club outright I think you will find that it is money that he loaned himself. Ask yourself if he hadn't loaned the Club money what would have happened to the Club he owns

[pboromag]

As he owns the Club outright I think you will find that it is money that he loaned himself. Ask yourself if he hadn't loaned the Club money what would have happened to the Club he owns

under the norther numpties who had it before they were spending the advertising and sponsorship money on the likes of owen etc etc
they had spent the advertising money and were still running the club into the ground

becase of ash we have a club

some want to be thank full for that

i didnt see to many geordies step up with the money to buy their club

and i havent seen to many since get the money together

i think all this its in your blood sh1t3 is a myth
the fans only come out when the sun is out and things are fine

i rememeber watching in crowds of 16-18 thousand
where was the great geordie nation then ??

it wasnt in there blood then

[sherwoodmag]

under the norther numpties who had it before they were spending the advertising and sponsorship money on the likes of owen etc etc
they had spent the advertising money and were still running the club into the ground

becase of ash we have a club

some want to be thank full for that

i didnt see to many geordies step up with the money to buy their club

and i havent seen to many since get the money together

i think all this its in your blood sh1t3 is a myth
the fans only come out when the sun is out and things are fine

i rememeber watching in crowds of 16-18 thousand
where was the great geordie nation then ??

it wasnt in there blood then

Gates of 50,000 in the Championship is not to be sneezed at,just look at the gates at the SOL even though they have low prices for kids.The Sun hasn't shone at SJP since Robson was here but the gates haven't really dropped.You talk about the low gates at a time when the ground was shabby after the Leazes stand was pulled down and McKeag sold our best players like Waddle,Pedro and Gazza, but before that I was in a 60,000 crowd for a Derby game and as a kid SJP held the post war record for average attendance only overtaken by Man U in 1968.

[toonlegend]

Gates of 50,000 in the Championship is not to be sneezed at,just look at the gates at the SOL even though they have low prices for kids.The Sun hasn't shone at SJP since Robson was here but the gates haven't really dropped.You talk about the low gates at a time when the ground was shabby after the Leazes stand was pulled down and McKeag sold our best players like Waddle,Pedro and Gazza, but before that I was in a 60,000 crowd for a Derby game and as a kid SJP held the post war record for average attendance only overtaken by Man U in 1968.

gates of 60,000 plus were normal in the late 60's early 70's

[waalsendmick]

will people stop quoting him?

it deems the ignore option completely useless!!!

[toonlegend]

as far as his incompoetence and not maximising income - it isn';t just the advertising

he also farmed out all the inhouse catering matchdays, functions etc = a former lucrative earner - why because he couldn't be bothered, sports direct didn't benefit from it.