St James' Park
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English: St James' Park is a 52,000+ all-seater stadium in the centre of Newcastle upon Tyne, England, home ground of Newcastle United football club.
General views
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Stadium from the north west, 1963
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Stadium from the north west, 2004
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View from the Sandman Signature hotel, showing the west and south stands
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Through the Chinatown Arch (to the south)
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Relaying
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Under lights
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Unpainted
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Lined
Stands
[edit]- The main stand (main reception/tunnel/director's box/players & officials entrance)
- Bordered by stadium car park (northern half) & Barrack Road (southern half)
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The 1930s view
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Post 1998 exterior, northern half
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Post 1998 exterior, middle
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Post 1998 exterior, southern half
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Steps up from Barrack Road
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The view south down Barrack Road as it curves into line with the west stand, with the junction left into the carp park straight ahead
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Seating
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Director's box
North west corner (Leazes West Corner)
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Post 1998 exterior
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Post 1998 exterior, from Barrack Road
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The seating area before 1998 rebuilding
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The seating area after 1998 rebuilding
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Vehicle access gap
North stand (Leazes Stand/End, Sir John Hall Stand)
[edit]- Bordered by the car park, with Leazes Park beyond it
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Exterior, from Leazes Park
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Post 1998 seating
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Post 1998 seating, showing interface with north east corner roof
North east corner (Leazes East Corner)
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Looking north at the change between east stand and north east corner
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The method of supporting the end of the north stand using the north east corner roof
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Seating area from the opposite corner
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Viewed from the north stand
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Viewed from the west stand
- Bordered by Leazes Terrace (the proximity of which is the reason why it has not been expanded to the same height as the other stands)
- TV camera crows nest at the top, under the roof
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Seating area
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Seating area
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Exterior
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Looking north along Leazes Terrace, showing the proximity to the building of the same name
South east corner (Gallowgate East Corner)
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Looking north west at the statue and some of the steps, with the stand just visible top left
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Looking south at the ramps and steps connecting the east stand turnstiles with the south east corner
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The view south east down the steps, away from the stadium
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The seating in the corner
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The view from the top of the NW corner down to the SE corner
South stand (Gallowgate Stand / End)
[edit]- Bordered by Strawberry Place, onto which front retail units housed in the stand, below turnstile level
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Shearer's (since renamed NINE)
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NINE
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Club shop
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NINE, club shop, turnstile level & glazed concourse level area
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Showing the Strawberry pub
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Difference between the upper seating levels of the south stand w.r.t. the south east corner
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From the Sandman Signature hotel, showing Strawberry Place, St James Metro entrances & car park, and Gallowgate (the street)
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From the Metro forecourt
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From Gallowgate (the street), looking across the Sir Bobby Robson memorial garden
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Seating, from the opposite end
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From the west stand
South west corner (Gallowgate West Corner)
[edit]- Also contains retail units below turnstile level, housing various functions at different times - the box office, a cafe, learning centre, bar
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Learning Centre entrance
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The Terrace Bar entrance (formerly the Box Office)
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The Terrace Bar entrance (formerly the Learning Centre)
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Left side of the Bobby Robson statue, looking up the stairs that climb the south west corner to the turnstile level in the south stand
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The seating in the corner before the 1998 rebuilding of the west stand
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The seating in the corner after the 1998 rebuilding of the west stand
- In the west stand
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Dugout
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Inside end
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Pitch end
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Dugout seating
Away supporter sections
[edit]- Since the 1998 expansion, away supporters have been housed in the upper tier of the north west corner, however they have since been moved along the tier to the other end of the north stand.
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Celtic, 24 January 2004
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Ipswich fans, 24 April 2010
- Restored after a long absence and re-erected in 2013 on the Barrack Road exterior of the west stand
Stadium sign
[edit]- Latterly positioned either side of the Barrack Road steps post 1998 expansion - they were removed on 16 February 2011 as the club sought it's first ever title sponsorship deal, but re-instated on 17 October 2012 by the new club sponsor Wonga
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One of the pair
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Before removal
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After re-instatement
Current statues:
- Sir Bobby Robson statue - unveiled 6 May 2012 outside the south west corner
- Jackie Milburn statue - unveiled on 23 April 2012 outside the south east corner
- A bust of Robson is also inside the west stand
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Robson statue
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Milburn statue
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Robson bust
- The stadium car park runs along the outside of the north stand and north west corner, and is accessed from Barrack Road
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Looking across Barrack Road to the car park