Mammoth queues at St. James' Park


By Peter Donnelly
April 2 2003

The NUFC Box Office opened at 9am today for the sale of Manchester United at home tickets - and the queue was immense. It went from the Box Office in the Milburn Stand all the way back round to the Milburn corner. Find out here exactly what Newcastle's fan base is like. It was certainly the biggest queue I've ever been to - some people actually started queueing straight after the U-21 match.

We all know how gigantic St. James' Park is, so please keep this in mind. The front of the queue was obviously at the Box Offfice at about halfway (at most) up the Milburn Stand. It then went up the Milbrun Stand, out of the Milburn Stand and past the corner, behind the East Stand, up behind the Gallowgate South Corner, carried on behind the Gallowgate Stand, and down right near the entrance to the Milburn Stand.

A lot of people went home without a ticket and a lot of lucky ones went home with one.

The weather was absolutely freezing too, but this just shows: a) how big the match is, and b) what a huge and dedicated fanbase NUFC have!

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