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Nufc new stadium- stay or go?

I dont just want NUFC to have the best team in the world. Like our chairman I want us to be number one for everything. Best team, best stadium, best academy, best training ground. People might say I'm deluded but so what. Before I go into detail on my thoughts on whether NUFC should stay or move from St James’ I have to stress that my preference is to stay on the current site. And keep the name St James too. History and tradition is important and no club in the country has a ground in as good a location. A new stadium outside of the city is unthinkable. I first went to St James in 1990. It was a very different place. No roof on the Gallowgate. The Leazes end, the traditional home end was an embarrassment having been ripped down a decade earlier. I wont mention the bogs. When I first started going the crowds were poor - understandably. we were awful. But what about the atmosphere? I remember my first match versus Plymouth, 25k there and it was amazing. I was hooked. As one of the 10...