So what exactly is Toon Ultras? Toon Ultras is an organisation with the aim to bring back the noise to St. James’ Park. Over the past few years the atmosphere inside the stadium has diminished and people no longer seem as eager or as willing to join in with chants. Toon Ultras plan to change this by turning St. James’ back into a fortress, with an atmosphere to be proud of.

How do we plan to meet our aims? Previously Toon Ultras sit together at cup games, in Level 7 of the Sir John Hall stand, where tickets tend to be easy to obtain in this area for cup games and so it appeared to be an ideal location for Toon Ultras to get together and sing songs. However, after a recent cup game, we noticed that Level 7 had become a popular haunt for the kind of people who only go to a game to try and infuriate the opposition’s fans. So, it was decided that we would make the move to the South East corner. After a successful outing for the Zulte Waregem UEFA cup game, we’ve decided to make ‘the corner’ our permanent home for cup games.

We believe in standing and supporting your club, singing your heart out for the full 90 minutes. We try to bring variation to our song repertoire by thinking up new chants and bringing back old chants which have been forgotten over the years. It’s not all about vocal support however. As Toon Ultras we are constantly discussing ideas to put on visual displays of sorts as well as promoting the idea of flags and scarves at Newcastle match. These ideas were put into motion with the purchase of the ‘Toon Ultras’ banner, which can be seen at most home games (Level 7 for league games, the corner for cup games). We are currently making a big push for people to create or donate money for new flags and banners.

We are aware that there are other Ultra groups around Europe, and there is an unwanted connotation of hooliganism and violence surrounding the word. However we would like to emphasise strongly that we are not hooligans, as is the case with most Ultra groups across Europe.

Toon Ultras has now been around for a few years and the growth of Toon Ultras has been a long, gradual but rewarding process and we are now more committed to bringing back an atmosphere than ever before. During its existence Toon Ultras has been through many phases, including the changing of names and the changing of the group leaders. Toon Ultras was originally created by Michael Luke.

Please, help support our campaign to 'Bring Back The Noise'. Check out our site and register with our forums to show your support. We currently offer membership to our forums for £5 per year. If your interested in becoming a member then please click here.

Look out for our banner at your Newcastle United Games.