Message from a Sunderland fan

Zin 'messiah' Zimmer said:
All the best andy lad, for yesterday obviously

lay off the pizza and fry ups, you’ll see 55 (:
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Pizza lunch before the game tomorrow then off to the Dales for a week, fresh crab on the coast and venison on for a few days can’t wait, don’t think we’ve met, but always good if I can put a face to a name.
 
Howard Croft said:
I well remember going to roker new years eve 1966. We lost 1 0 to a late Bobby Kerr goal. Some pillock pulled the chain on the return train to Newcastle for our connection to Manchester. Back in town after the last train to Bury, my dad picked me up near crumpsall on on my walk back to Bury. I was one of a very few blues from Bury in those days. Met many Sunderland fans after the 2014 final - simply wonderful people.
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Spent a lot of time in the North East when Keegan first managed Newcastle. That was a great City tbh but even though Sunderland was a bit of a shithole at the time the majority of people were sound. Usually stayed in Newcastle but had some good nights out in Sunderland ending up at a club called Fino's (I think). Roker Park was known as "Joker Park" by the Geordies and the Mackems were distraught when Bob Murray named the new stadium the Stadium of Light, wasn't hard to guess what the new nickname was going to be.
 
WestGorton said:
I don't blow smoke up anybody but in my view when on blob they are the loudest. I have been to Old Firm games and other matches but I think they probably are.
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SoL derbies with Newcastle are the best atmospheres going.
 
Have spent quite a bit of time up there. Newcastle and Sunderland both ok to an outsider but boy do they hate each other. Major operation bussing the Sunderland fans into Newcastle and vice versa.Sunderland much poorer place with generally decent people who really know their football. Would probably say they are the city of the north east and always respected city when we were in the doldrums. Newcastle also fine on the whole to an outsider,know some great ones but can be slightly smug and do have an element of gobby no nothings generally aimed at Sunderland. in that way bit more like United. They're miles better than United though and on the whole quite like them
 
Howard Croft said:
I well remember going to roker new years eve 1966. We lost 1 0 to a late Bobby Kerr goal. Some pillock pulled the chain on the return train to Newcastle for our connection to Manchester. Back in town after the last train to Bury, my dad picked me up near crumpsall on on my walk back to Bury. I was one of a very few blues from Bury in those days. Met many Sunderland fans after the 2014 final - simply wonderful people.
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Bobby Kerr brother George used to play for Bury
Thought I would let you know a bit of useless information lol
 
wtdog said:
Watching City the other night is like watching a different sport to my lot at Sunderland. I hope the long term Maine Road lot are lapping it up.
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Thank you for the compliment :).

Certainly am lapping it up!! As others have said, will never forget the years of pain in the late 90s at Maine Road, but this makes up for it.
Hope Sunderland return to the PL soon, your support was magnificent before, during and after the League Cup final - very magnanimous in defeat
 
Bit of a love-in going on here. Just like to bring you back to reality - Sunderland’s colours are red white and black. Their scarves can easily be mixed up with another team not far from here. Having said that I also want to join the love in because apart from their absolutely awful colour scheme they’re a decent club with great fans.
 
This thread changes its title quicker than I change my socks !!

I am living the dream, some times I am sat here watching the match and have to remind myself its City !

Like many others have we have been thought the dark times when success was beating the scum. Or getting promoted. Funnily enough in the old days after relegation the very next day I would be out and about with my chest puffed out in my City shirt lol. Mad !. Never once thought about giving up on my City or my Club.
Nowadays when wearing my City gear down here in South East Kent I am more likely to get abuse shouted at me now from plastic dippers and rags. But I take that as a compliment lol.

Now I watch and cant believe how lucky we are, we are living every ( most ) football fans dream. An owner that is great, helps improves the local area , works with local companies, the local NHS, local schools.
An owner with a clear view to improve our club, someone who has brought in the right people to see through his dream and ours as fans.


I hope more clubs like Sunderland can get lucky, I will never forget your fans taking the piss and doing the pozen (spelling ) just after Aguerooooooooo
 
Inter Me Nan said:
We got on the wrong tube to Wembley when we played Sunderland in the final, full of Sunderland fans.
We thought we'd get our heads stoved in but they were safe, good fans.
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We had a good skinful after the game with a couple of Sunderland fans, really good laugh and no hostility either way. Great day out that was and credit to the Mackems
 
A fair few of our lot have mentioned the Maine Rd relegation game along with the League Cup final so I’ll go with a different game.
I was living in Sheffield at the time and travelled over to Maine Rd for the City v Sunderland Ian Brightwell testimonial in 98 - a 0-0 thriller!
After the game, I asked a few City lads where was the best place for a pint. They suggested I went with them to some social club so I jumped in a car with some total strangers and what must have been near 10 pints later I was smashed!
They took me back to the train station but unfortunately I dozed off, slept past Sheffield and ended up in Hull!
That, plus the relegation plus the cup final combine to make a very positive set of memories with city fans.
All the best in the 2nd leg. FTM.
 
Like many have said, Sunderland are a top club with cracking support. Had a few beers with their supporters the night before the league Cup final and all of them were in great spirit, not an ounce of animosity towards us that I've felt from other clubs support when at finals (Utd and Liverpool obviously but Villa in particular spring to mind).

Miss having a few beers and a bite to eat pre match in Fitzgeralds and hope you get back in the Premier League ASAP.
 
Had a lot of respect for Sunderland fans since their relegation at Maine Rd in 91.
Remember being en route to Maine Rd for game v Sunderland 97 or 98. On way to tram in Crumpsall and a car with 4 mackems stopped and asked for directions to Maine Rd...told em i was going to game so they gave me a lift, stopped for a couple of pints on the way which they insisted on buying...who was i to argue, there were 4 of em. Hope new owner works out, fans have had some rough times and hopefully better times are coming.
 
Norman kneejerk said:
Have spent quite a bit of time up there. Newcastle and Sunderland both ok to an outsider but boy do they hate each other. Major operation bussing the Sunderland fans into Newcastle and vice versa.Sunderland much poorer place with generally decent people who really know their football. Would probably say they are the city of the north east and always respected city when we were in the doldrums. Newcastle also fine on the whole to an outsider,know some great ones but can be slightly smug and do have an element of gobby no nothings generally aimed at Sunderland. in that way bit more like United. They're miles better than United though and on the whole quite like them
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Not quite true, both areas are equally deprived, but there are more shitholes in North Tyneside/ Gateshead then there are in Sunderland,

however Newcastle is a great city centre, which is what you see when you go to Sid James, whereas Sunderland city centre is not much better than Oldham, so for the visiting fan it is easy to think that Newcastle fans are more affluent, which isn’t the case at all, their ground is just in a much nicer location.

Having worked out of wythenshawe and West gorton for different companies, the NE is an idyllic backwater in comparison
 
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