Baby Boomers standing in the way of Generation Z at St James’ Park | OneFootball

I recently wrote about the nineties and how my best mates, Newcastle United fans, had season tickets in the old Milburn stand, who were then displaced, never to return. Disgusted by how the club had dealt with them.

Lifelong supporters, working class guys from Fawdon, Kingston Park, Longbenton.

So what went wrong at the turn of the century?

Me and my mates are Generation X (The generation generally defined as people born from 1965 to 1980) Punk Rock Ravers and “out there” take no prisoners.

The Millennials (The generation typically being defined as people born from 1981 to 1996) and Generation Z (The generation most frequently being defined as people born from 1997 to 2012), why are they not claiming their space at the football?

Have they been shouldered out of the equation, or are circumstances and scenarios working against them?

My personal feeling is that some older Newcastle United fans are holding back the club. Sat smugly in the knowledge that they have season tickets and will be at all of the matches. I have mentioned previously about watching/hearing a group of old guys on YouTube berating the atmosphere at St James’ Park. I sigh and think back to the old guys in the East stand paddock offering their jam jar bottom glasses to the linesman as he flagged Supermac offside.

So back to being Generation X.

The chasm between us and Generation Z is massive.

A generation it appears to be.

I generalise here though.

The Baby Boomers (The generation often defined as people born from 1946 to 1964) and Generation X, who are sat with their season tickets, aren’t out there taking no prisoners. They are happy to sit and complain about the atmosphere and the state of affairs but how about a reaction?

Many of the “real” Generation X said stuff you Newcastle United and gave up their season tickets in disagreement with the club, even before the disgrace that was Mike Ashley.

Generation Z can’t get a look in to be able to say stuff you.

The old guys at St James’ Park have a monopoly and will obviously not give it up.

Time for change is needed, me included, as I have no intention of spending time with my daft teenager. My lad is old enough to go to the football by himself, just as I did.