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Kevin Dixon · **Joined:** Mon Jan 07, 2008 1:04 am **Posts:** 1432

A massive 1,577 fans for gateshead v Darlington.

Trying to find out how many the loids took up.

dykey · **Posted:** Tue Dec 27, 2011 4:09 pm

Kevin Dixon wrote:

A massive 1,577 fans for gateshead v Darlington.

Trying to find out how many the loids took up.

Nearly 600

PJ_Poolie · **Posted:** Tue Dec 27, 2011 4:19 pm

Not sure how Gateshead could ever be a football league club when you read things like that. 900 fans for a derby on a Boxing Day. It must be an awful place to watch football mind, they might get more when they move to a proper ground.

Bramstein · **Joined:** Sun Nov 08, 2009 1:49 pm **Posts:** 1526

They'd get more if they got promoted. I dare say they'd arrange their fixtures too so that they didn't clash with Newcastle.

parmo · **Posted:** Tue Dec 27, 2011 4:31 pm

without a shadow of doubt. Potentially they could be a club with a big support, that is a huge catchment area

PJ_Poolie · **Posted:** Tue Dec 27, 2011 4:35 pm

parmo wrote:

without a shadow of doubt. Potentially they could be a club with a big support, that is a huge catchment area

Why don't they have it though? They've got a pretty decent side together and still can't attract 1,000 to watch them. Is it the ground? Or is it just a case of everyone going to watch Newcastle?

Bramstein · **Joined:** Sun Nov 08, 2009 1:49 pm **Posts:** 1526

PJ_Poolie wrote:

Or is it just a case of everyone going to watch Newcastle?

I would say it is emphatically this reason.

Plus they appear to have a decent team now but its important to remember that as recently as 2008 they weren't even in the Conference North. Who are 9 out of 10 people in Gateshead more likely to support? The team in the premiership 5 mins from their home or the non-league team 5 mins from their home?

Like I say if they got promoted I'm fairly sure they'd arrange something to try and boost attendances.

Fetish_Bob · **Posted:** Tue Dec 27, 2011 6:56 pm

Bramstein wrote:

They'd get more if they got promoted. I dare say they'd arrange their fixtures too so that they didn't clash with Newcastle.

They already have they at Home with barcodes away and vice versa that's when Sky/ESPN haven't moved the barcodes game(s) to a Sunday/Monday for TV. But if fixtures were to stay on original Saturday date they're never at home together/or even at home together on same weekend. apart from that there not really lot they can do, getting promoted may help, but with barcodes on doorstep it won't be easy.

ronaldo · **Joined:** Thu Dec 13, 2007 1:53 pm **Posts:** 861

MadJohn wrote:

They're doing well to even have a club playing at as high a level as they are. Pools have fans who have been going since the 50s and earlier. It's difficult to imagine Gateshead maintaining such a continuity of support given all the troubles and movces they've had over the years. The current club has only existed since 1976.

The proposed new stadium right in the centre of Gateshead will undoubtedly help them, and if that happens there is no reason why they shouldn't be able to finally (re?)establish themselves as a Football League club.

http://www.gateshead-fc.com/new-stadium

Conference neighbours with a better ground than us then.

Hangem · **Posted:** Wed Dec 28, 2011 12:37 pm

We could all draw plans for new football grounds its whether they get built or not.

Spender · **Posted:** Wed Dec 28, 2011 4:02 pm

We got re-elected on the back of drawings of a new stadium about 75 times, so these drawings do have their uses like....... :grin:

Particularly when we didn't two h'appenies to scratch our arses with.... :roll:

ronaldo · **Joined:** Thu Dec 13, 2007 1:53 pm **Posts:** 861

Spender wrote:

We got re-elected on the back of drawings of a new stadium about 75 times, so these drawings do have their uses like....... :grin:

Particularly when we didn't two h'appenies to scratch our arses with.... :roll:

I dont recall any plans ! This ground will get built no doubt about it.

PJ_Poolie · **Posted:** Wed Dec 28, 2011 6:17 pm

ronaldo wrote:

Spender wrote:

We got re-elected on the back of drawings of a new stadium about 75 times, so these drawings do have their uses like....... :grin:

Particularly when we didn't two h'appenies to scratch our arses with.... :roll:

I dont recall any plans ! This ground will get built no doubt about it.

Ours wold have been redeveloped by now if we had a council that gave a shite about the club. Their are plans in place for that.

Anyway, I love the Vic just the way it is. Especially with a familiar looking bald bloke in the dugout!

parmo · **Posted:** Wed Dec 28, 2011 10:21 pm

Spender wrote:

We got re-elected on the back of drawings of a new stadium about 75 times, so these drawings do have their uses like....... :grin:

Particularly when we didn't two h'appenies to scratch our arses with.... :roll:

I drew one of those at school, I wondered what happened to it

Spender · **Posted:** Thu Dec 29, 2011 2:52 pm

Don't worry my cranially challenged friend. Ernie Ord waved it at the other 91 Chairman and we got re-elected. Every year for yonks. :grin:

ronaldo · **Joined:** Thu Dec 13, 2007 1:53 pm **Posts:** 861

Spender wrote:

Don't worry my cranially challenged friend. Ernie Ord waved it at the other 91 Chairman and we got re-elected. Every year for yonks. :grin:

Waved what? A brown envelope!

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