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True enough. Some money would help towards the progression tohe later stages, too. Got a sneak for Man United tomorrow. Just like them to upset the applecart.

You may have done mate, but I can guarantee you it wasn't at an SAFC/NUFC cup tie.

When you put it in the context that we haven't played Newcastle in the cup since the '50s, then yeah, maybe something in it. Every time the draw is made we're slavering hoping it will happen, but it never does. Enjoy the moment.

Not me, mate. But if it helps, the lass I married was from Manchester, and her dad followed Man United home and away. Long story short I made sure my two lads grew up in the North East and in the process deprived Manchester of two United fans. Nearly got out of hand one night after too much...

That 90/91 match. We were originally given 10,000 tickets. Then another 2,000. At the most we had a couple of hundred in your end. So I'd make that just over 12,000. We used to have bigger followings in the '60s. 16,000 at Man Utd and Everton for cup matches. I remember that kid in the SAFC...

Don't agree with that. The idea they'll fold because Man United have been there before would matter mean something if you had a team full of players who have never played at the top. The likes of Toure, Silva, Aguero etc have played at the highest level and one of the reasons they're top class...

No bother mate. Plenty of tools on our board as well, when a fan of another team turns up they take the piss thinking SAFC are Barcelona. Always enjoy the crack with lads who have followed their club for years, well, except Newcastle. Remember that year you all turned up with bananas, think...

Shouldn't come as too much of a surprise, mate, but for a bit crack? That was football fans do? I've been to Man City a lot of times with SAFC. Remember around 88/89 there was about 20,000 there (could be wrong with that like, open to correction) and you were up near the top of the league -...

Not gloating at all, mate. On the balance of play, 1 point would have flattered us let alone 3. The best we can say is maybe our commitment to the cause possibly could have deserved a point. Think it was just one of those days for you that every league winning team experiences at some point...

I'm from Durham, but have a lot of time for Sunderland the city and its people. Made a lot of friendships over the years following the club. To be honest, mate, you sound like an utter penis; so let's agree to disagree.

Having lived in Manchester, I've seen Broughton, Cheetham Hill, Ancoats, Harpurhey, Newton Heath, South East Manchester etc. It ain't pretty at times. Personally, would much rather live in a place which has retained its working class roots and has no pretentions of being anything other than a...

You'll find that was a few pissed up idiots in Belguim - and it was beer thrown at him. Reidy is a legend up here. And comes back and is made welcome in the pubs around Sunderland and the surrounding areas. Was once talking to him in the John Gilbert in Worsley, and he had nothing but good...

Fuck me. Clearly you have the comedic nous of Bernard Manning.

You're a class act, mate. I lived in Manchester for about 6 years. Loved the place. By and large, Mancs are good lads.

Not disputing what you say, mate. Seems we saw two different incidents. I was more concerned with getting to the pub before the queue got out of hand, so could quite easily have missed other bits. All clubs have their knackas. On the match, I think had the little Spanish/Argentinian fella...

"A downtrodded no-mark club"? Short memory, mate, eh. You're starting to sound like your neighbours. Miraculous? No divine intervention needed, mate. Unless you're referring to Martin O'Neill. "One of the Big Boys"? You are these days with your pot of gold, but it doesn't make you special...

There was no problem, mate, until some of yours started acting like bell ends. Saw two of yours knocked clean out. I don't condone anything like that, no excuses. But from a logic point of view, it takes two to tango and some of yours were acting up and basically setting their lips up. The...

45 points from 19 matches: a good effort by anyone's standards. Home win against Liverpool and it'll all be forgotten. A bit of a cliche but true: even the best go through a bad patch. Think there's nothing in it between Man Utd and Man City: 50/50 call.

No, he's not a Newcastle fan. He followed Sunderland, to an extent. Because he played a lot of football on Saturdays he was one of those lads who couldn't get to the match very much, so you wouldn't call him committed to the cause by any stretch of the imagination. His family followed...

Sussed out at Sunderland? The man is a fucking legend. The worst you can say about him is that he has a tendency to embelish. Apart from that, he's been very influential in steadying our going up, going down ship. He likes the area. Similar to Ireland. Gambling, beer, horses etc. So he...