the Geordies are comin !

[shearers boots]

the coaches are leavin at 4 from up here !! just been into town and all the bars are full looks like everyone in newcastle has took a half day , we are leavin on the 4.30 coaches as they have split us into 2 ,,,to many coaches leavin in one go ???

 

[Grecian2000]

all the bars are full looks like everyone in newcastle has took a half day , we are leavin on the 4.30 coaches

Are any of you coming to Sheffield for the match or are you all just getting out of that hell hole for the night?
I've heard Whitley Bay's nice this time of year.

 

[Deleted member 1486]

Went out on friday night and tried to stand near a table with a patio heater outside a bar in Leopold Square. Being the polite pisshead that I am I asked the group at the table if they minded if we "hover" near them. They said they were leaving and we could take the table. Turned out they were all geordies down for the match (obviously making a weekend of it).

I didn't enter into a football conversation with them as they were just about to vacate a patio-heated table that we wanted to commandeer

 

[shearers boots]

hell hole ??? ive been to sheffield a few times ,,, your not Stevie wonder are you !

 

[Grecian2000]

Yep, I look top notch with plaited and beaded hair.

 

[Tynemouth Blade]

Are any of you coming to Sheffield for the match or are you all just getting out of that hell hole for the night?
I've heard Whitley Bay's nice this time of year.

Sorry, but Newcastle and the surrounding areas are far better that anything Sheffield has to offer....except the Blades that is!

 

[Bayingblade]

Are any of you coming to Sheffield for the match or are you all just getting out of that hell hole for the night?
I've heard Whitley Bay's nice this time of year.

Have to disagree with you there Grecian. Newcastle (in my humble opinion) is the best night out in England. A great city and having lived among the Geordies for a few years in my time, view them as being among the friendliest people in the UK. Mad as hatters, but a great bunch

 

[alcoblade]

Sorry, but Newcastle and the surrounding areas are far better that anything Sheffield has to offer....except the Blades that is!

yes, queueing for 45 minutes to get into every pub, to be followed by 45 minutes of queueing at the bar is clearly sublime .

Rather a subjective statement you've made there fella. I think any lover of a city bordering onto a national park, centrally placed in the UK with the lowest crime rates of all UK cities might disagree. Other than an awful shopping center, Sheffield measures up to most UK cities.

You confirm my belief that the isolated bubble of the north east is responsible for some of the most deluded (but loveable) football supporters in the world. Clearly those delusions spread further than football ....

UTB

 

[Guesty]

Sorry, but Newcastle and the surrounding areas are far better that anything Sheffield has to offer....except the Blades that is!

Sheffield is the greenest city in Europe and has the lowest crime rate of any city centre

 

[Grecian2000]

Jeez, fortunately the Geordies in our Newcastle office have been more up for some pre match banter than anyone on here.

At the moment I'm way out in front courtesy of them paying a fortune for Wayne Quinn.

 

[alcoblade]

the coaches are leavin at 4 from up here !! just been into town and all the bars are full looks like everyone in newcastle has took a half day , we are leavin on the 4.30 coaches as they have split us into 2 ,,,to many coaches leavin in one go ???

not enough to fill your allocation, either way....

UTB

 

[TonyAgana]

Had a few good nights out in Newcastle TBF.

Then again, had hundreds of belters right here in sunny Sheffield!

 

[Tynemouth Blade]

yes, queueing for 45 minutes to get into every pub, to be followed by 45 minutes of queueing at the bar is clearly sublime .

Rather a subjective statement you've made there fella. I think any lover of a city bordering onto a national park, centrally placed in the UK with the lowest crime rates of all UK cities might disagree. Other than an awful shopping center, Sheffield measures up to most UK cities.

You confirm my belief that the isolated bubble of the north east is responsible for some of the most deluded (but loveable) football supporters in the world. Clearly those delusions spread further than football ....

UTB

You really need to spend some time in the North East away from places like the Bigg Market!

The coastline (something Sheffield cannot offer) is some of the best, if not the best in the UK and the countryside can offer equal to that the Peak District offers and the Yorkshire Dales/ North York Moors are close by!

Sheffield centrally located, yes, but with terrible transport links and no airport!

As for the crime rate; how many shootings has there been in Sheffield recently?

One thing I will agree on is about the Barcodes being deluded.

 

[Linz]

The coastline (something Sheffield cannot offer)...

Just wait for this global warming/climate change mallarky.

I think a few people will be slightly more favourable to 50-metres-above-sea-level-plus Sheffield then. We might even gain a coast

 

[Guesty]

Pah, the coast is just where water meets dirt anyway...

 

[JJ Sefton]

Have to disagree with you there Grecian. Newcastle (in my humble opinion) is the best night out in England. A great city and having lived among the Geordies for a few years in my time, view them as being among the friendliest people in the UK. Mad as hatters, but a great bunch

Walthamstow Snr used to spend alot of time in the north east in the 1970s and I asked him once if the film Get Carter was a fair depiction of the area at the time. He said "Yes. Blokes up there were hard. Blokes were harder the further north you got. Down south they werent hard at all. You got up to Sheffield and they were pretty hard and you get up to Newcastle and blokes were as hard as it got before you crossed the border into Scotland and it all tumbled over into grotesque self parody"

 

[tenerifeblade]

tenerifeblade

No City in the UK consists of 1/3 National Park like Sheffield does.:thumbup:

 

[judge]

one thing that always gets me about newcastle ,is the amount of people able to take a "half day off "

maybe its because they dont have jobs

 

[Linz]

Pah, the coast is just where water meets dirt anyway...

Or in the case of Skegness, dirt meets liquid dirt with scarily solid bits in

 

[SwissBlade]

Its always good to see the Geordies in town. I would've been home for tonight's match had SKY not changed it to a Monday!

Anyway, it'll be interesting to see their fanatical support on TV tonight. I remember the season we got relegated back in 94 (I think), cracking sunny day and Nathan Blake scored the winner. They ALL had their replica shirts on (Blue away), but the funniest thing was that they were all Bald, with beer bellies and with Moustaches or some variation of crap facial hair. My mates uncle used to have a Burger/ hotdog van on the corner of the Sportsman and he made a killing that day.... I'm sure cases of food poisoning must have been up that weekend.

My other memory is when I was working in Milan back in 2003/04. A few weeks before I went to see Inter v Barca at the San Siro, Barca with their "huge" support took around 200 fans. Two weeks later Newcastle played Inter and filled the away end with around 10,000 away supporters. That was 5 or 6 years ago and they were playing Champions League football.

Now they're coming to the lane in the Championship. How the mighty have fallen. Just shows that its dead easy to cripple a football club!

Does anyone know how much their fanatical support have been allocated tonight?

 

[SBSP]

Or in the case of Skegness, dirt meets liquid dirt with scarily solid bits in

You forgot about the offshore windmills, they are a thing of natural beauty.

 

[Bramley]

yes, queueing for 45 minutes to get into every pub, to be followed by 45 minutes of queueing at the bar is clearly sublime .

Rather a subjective statement you've made there fella. I think any lover of a city bordering onto a national park, centrally placed in the UK with the lowest crime rates of all UK cities might disagree. Other than an awful shopping center, Sheffield measures up to most UK cities.

You confirm my belief that the isolated bubble of the north east is responsible for some of the most deluded (but loveable) football supporters in the world. Clearly those delusions spread further than football ....

UTB

Sheffield is not in same league as Newcastle nor Leeds, Manc etc. Its a second class city in terms of economy, shopping and nightout. On par with Derby and Stoke.

 

[Linz]

Sheffield is not in same league as Newcastle nor Leeds, Manc etc. Its a second class city in terms of economy, shopping and nightout. On par with Derby and Stoke.

But some of us who live here quite like it like that.

Biggest village in Britain? That'll do me nicely. Less of them ponces that go around Manchester and Leeds thinking their geographical location somehow makes them "sick"

If Leeds and Manchester are what you want... you can have 'em. Leave Sheffield out of it!

 

[JohnDenver]

But some of us who live here quite like it like that.

Biggest village in Britain? That'll do me nicely. Less of them ponces that go around Manchester and Leeds thinking their geographical location somehow makes them "sick"

If Leeds and Manchester are what you want... you can have 'em. Leave Sheffield out of it!

Well said. Sheffield ain't perfect and it's certainly not cutting edge. But from my edge-of-city-centre workplace I can be mountain-biking in the Peak District within in 1/2hr's ride, at the Lane in 5 minutes, at the theatre/cinema in 5 minutes, at a range of good restaurants in 2, at Meadowhell in 20, and home in 10.

And if the buildings aren't all beautiful, the zillions of trees are.

 

[SheepdipBlade]

The coastline (something Sheffield cannot offer)

Who needs a coastline when you've got Victoria Quays

(Just when did the end of a canal stop being a "wharf" and get upgraded to a "quay??")

And Sheffield isn't the biggest village in England - it's either Lemonroyd near Leeds - Kempsey near Worcester or Ruskington near Sleaford - - but none are as good as Barlow!!

Rural anorak time over - sorry!

 

[shorehamview]

Who needs a coastline when you've got Victoria Quays

Just when did the end of a canal stop being a "wharf" and get upgraded to a "quay??"

When posh flats got built there. The more expensive the dwelling the posher the address.

 

[happyhippy]

When posh flats got built there. The more expensive the dwelling the posher the address.

That'll be why his narrowboat doesn't reside at the Quays anymore

 

[alcoblade]

You really need to spend some time in the North East away from places like the Bigg Market!

The coastline (something Sheffield cannot offer) is some of the best, if not the best in the UK and the countryside can offer equal to that the Peak District offers and the Yorkshire Dales/ North York Moors are close by!

Sheffield centrally located, yes, but with terrible transport links and no airport!

As for the crime rate; how many shootings has there been in Sheffield recently?

One thing I will agree on is about the Barcodes being deluded.

I've spent some time there fella, and it's a decent place. I really like it. Your statement that "Sheffield has nothing to offer that Newcastle does" or whatever was clearly wide of the mark.

I'm sure we can both trade stats on this. Suffice to say (for me) that they're both great cities in their own right (as are most UK cities), for lots of different reasons to different people.

UTB

 

[Vistoma]

Don't forget only 1 of these cities has enough football heritage to support 2 clubs.

 

[alcoblade]

Sheffield is not in same league as Newcastle nor Leeds, Manc etc. Its a second class city in terms of economy, shopping and nightout. On par with Derby and Stoke.

shopping yes, but there's Meadowhall and it seems zillions like that. We'll have to wait for the city center shopping redevelopment for a few years now.

Economy - picking up from a low base, but I'll hazard a guess there's a split hair of difference in the unemploment rates.

Night out - subjective stuff. Like I say, many will rate Newcastle as the best in the country. I think it's a victim of it's own success and is just far too busy. Leeds is OK, I'm sure many love it, but it's really nothing to "write home about", is it?

For theatres, art, sport, music venues, resteraunts, pubs / clubs, green spaces, squares - Sheffield's got lots to offer, whatever "division" it's in. That's why there's so many stats about the number of people who temporarily come to the city that stay here (students, footballers etc )

UTB