now we can have a day out :)

[uweuweuwe]

Word of warning to sunderland fans reading this when visiting wembley for the first dont forget to remortgage your house before you leave home, this will enable you to purchase a bag of chips inside the ground.

Best thing to do like I and many others did was to purchase extra large cup of coke empty contents a fill with prefered alcholic beverage from the off licence. Last time the stewards either didnt care or to thick to check.

 

[bluestevei]

Yet another Mackem here. Chuffed to bits we got past ManU, I never thought I'd get to Wembley with my team again!

I'm over the (blue?) moon we'll be sharing the day with your supporters. I've always felt there was a similarity between City and Sunderland, we've both had too many years of earache from our respective noisy neighbours and their constant boasting and bragging, as if they have some God given right to superiority and success. I don't think either of them know the word 'humility'.

It's good to read your comments about our supporters, of course every club has it's share of idiots but on the whole I think we're a decent lot who like nothing more than a bit friendly banter with opposition fans. I'd love to see us win the cup, I'd be lying if I said anything else and God alone knows when we'll get another chance to enjoy something like this. My friend and I are bringing her 9 and 13 year old grandsons with us and they're so excited, the 13yr old cried for hours after the semi, he couldn't believe he would get to follow his team to Wembley.

I'm hoping for a safe, enjoyable day for all of us. It's a great opportunity to show everyone that 2 sets of supporters can get along and just because we're attending a football match we're not automatically a bunch of hooligans or a danger to the general public.

Enjoy your day, all of you. See you at Wembley!!

you do know that you are playing city and not utd, of course it will be a safe day for all fans, have a good day out and enjoy it, but of course I hope city win

 

[danebanksheik]

We played the rags in the FA cup semi final a couple of years ago when we won it. There were some truly shitty stories about how the rags had been after they lost. Dads and lads being started on by gangs of them and so on. Not a lot of police protection, either.

So much so that when we played them again in the community shield, a lot of blues either refused to go full stop or refused to take kids and partners. The club actually sent out a questionnaire when it didn't sell out its allocation for the comm shield, and AFAIK quite a few answered that the reason they didn't go was due to the violence after the semi final.

So to answer your question, there's a number who wouldn't have gone, or who wouldn't have taken the kids. Whether it's a lot or not I couldn't say, but there would have been some without any doubt.

But like the OP says, now we can have a day out. As many have said, it's great to be playing a respected club with great history and traditions who completely deserve their place in the final.

Enjoy the day, mate, if not the result :)

It's well known to those of us of a certain age that United fans have always had a reputation for violence, the media tends to ignore it, not good for the their club image just another thing that has been airbrushed out of their history

United are nothing without numbers.

I was one of the blues who went out via "Wembley Way" after that semi and was amazed that they were allowed to gather in numbers along the way and pick out blues verbally and physically especially as the majority of the blues walking past were families with younger kids and women. There is less hassle at the Swamp. They were baiting blues to stand up to them and some did and they piled in because of their numbers. The last thing you expect to hear is "Fuck off back to Manchester" at a Manchester Derby but doesn't that just sum them up?
I can fully understand any blue who would choose not to go to a game at Wembley against them, but they will of course be there to see you.
I sincerely hope you Mackems will enjoy cup final day as much as we do.

You have given them another huge kick in the bollocks and we all loved it. We hope their form continues and their scumbags fuck off back to East London and find something else to do. You never know, those that are left (I would love to see them get 32,000 in the third tier) may even turn into decent football fans. Enjoy the day everyone.

 

[SAFC Fan]

Re: Question for Sunderland Fans

Sunderland, lads.
If you were playing Newcastle in the final.
a) would there be trouble.
b) would you take your kids.

Just wondering.

A) Yes absolutely the east coast train mainline and A1 would be absolute carnage,no disrespect meant but a lot fans outside the north east don't realise how much hatred there is in our derby, it would be near impossible to police.
B)Yes

 

[southwestblue]

looking forward to a friendly final.

We had a friendly final last May ,apart from the result a few idiots who where intent on getting drunk and fighting with our own fans spoilt the day for the true fans..Let's hope these drunken thugs stay at home.

 

[manchester blue]

It's well known to those of us of a certain age that United fans have always had a reputation for violence, the media tends to ignore it, not good for the their club image just another thing that has been airbrushed out of their history

United are nothing without numbers.

I was one of the blues who went out via "Wembley Way" after that semi and was amazed that they were allowed to gather in numbers along the way and pick out blues verbally and physically especially as the majority of the blues walking past were families with younger kids and women. There is less hassle at the Swamp. They were baiting blues to stand up to them and some did and they piled in because of their numbers. The last thing you expect to hear is "Fuck off back to Manchester" at a Manchester Derby but doesn't that just sum them up?
I can fully understand any blue who would choose not to go to a game at Wembley against them, but they will of course be there to see you.
I sincerely hope you Mackems will enjoy cup final day as much as we do.

You have given them another huge kick in the bollocks and we all loved it. We hope their form continues and their scumbags fuck off back to East London and find something else to do. You never know, those that are left (I would love to see them get 32,000 in the third tier) may even turn into decent football fans. Enjoy the day everyone.

Welcome Sunderland fans. This is all true. I was one of the ones on Wembley Way with my 10yo son and was subjected to this in my face off gangs of United fans. They really were despicable.

I was a bit concerned about Stoke at the final but the fans I met were fantastic. On the tube we got off and a large group asked us to have photographs together, walking back to the car after the game in a quiet residential street a minibus horn was blaring at us and all the Stoke occupants were giving thumbs up.

I never looked at any Wigan forums after last year but I hope that they had similar stories to tell about City fans because that was another very friendly game and set of fans.

 

[Didsbury Dave]

It's well known to those of us of a certain age that United fans have always had a reputation for violence, the media tends to ignore it, not good for the their club image just another thing that has been airbrushed out of their history

United are nothing without numbers.

I was one of the blues who went out via "Wembley Way" after that semi and was amazed that they were allowed to gather in numbers along the way and pick out blues verbally and physically especially as the majority of the blues walking past were families with younger kids and women. There is less hassle at the Swamp. They were baiting blues to stand up to them and some did and they piled in because of their numbers. The last thing you expect to hear is "Fuck off back to Manchester" at a Manchester Derby but doesn't that just sum them up?
I can fully understand any blue who would choose not to go to a game at Wembley against them, but they will of course be there to see you.
I sincerely hope you Mackems will enjoy cup final day as much as we do.

You have given them another huge kick in the bollocks and we all loved it. We hope their form continues and their scumbags fuck off back to East London and find something else to do. You never know, those that are left (I would love to see them get 32,000 in the third tier) may even turn into decent football fans. Enjoy the day everyone.

It was a perfect storm. City fans gathered in their thousands drinking at the other side of the stadium, whereas united fans gathered on wembley way as it gives the best access to their side. The city fans who got coaches didn't have to walk down wembley way, whereas the united fans did. This left a situation where The city fans who got off at wembley park had to run the gauntlet down wembley way outnumbered 5:1.

Even city's hooligan firm who travelled got off at the wrong station and missed wembley way as they'd never been before,

Revenge was exacted at the charity shield a few month later where a big mob of city marched down wembley way and united shit themselves. Not that I'm glorifying hooliganism, but the bullies from the semi final deserved to be taught a lesson from what I've heard.

 

[bluemc1]

looking forward to a friendly final.

We had a friendly final last May ,apart from the result a few idiots who where intent on getting drunk and fighting with our own fans spoilt the day for the true fans..Let's hope these drunken thugs stay at home.

yeah the only trouble i saw v Wigan was our own fans in the ground, "sit down" "fuck off" and all that shit,
was on the train back with Wigan fans and in a chinese with my old fella in High Wycombe with loads of them

 

[Danamy]

United are nothing without numbers.

I was one of the blues who went out via "Wembley Way" after that semi and was amazed that they were allowed to gather in numbers along the way and pick out blues verbally and physically especially as the majority of the blues walking past were families with younger kids and women. There is less hassle at the Swamp. They were baiting blues to stand up to them and some did and they piled in because of their numbers. The last thing you expect to hear is "Fuck off back to Manchester" at a Manchester Derby but doesn't that just sum them up?
I can fully understand any blue who would choose not to go to a game at Wembley against them, but they will of course be there to see you.
I sincerely hope you Mackems will enjoy cup final day as much as we do.

You have given them another huge kick in the bollocks and we all loved it. We hope their form continues and their scumbags fuck off back to East London and find something else to do. You never know, those that are left (I would love to see them get 32,000 in the third tier) may even turn into decent football fans. Enjoy the day everyone.

It was a perfect storm. City fans gathered in their thousands drinking at the other side of the stadium, whereas united fans gathered on wembley way as it gives the best access to their side. The city fans who got coaches didn't have to walk down wembley way, whereas the united fans did. This left a situation where The city fans who got off at wembley park had to run the gauntlet down wembley way outnumbered 5:1.

Even city's hooligan firm who travelled got off at the wrong station and missed wembley way as they'd never been before,

Revenge was exacted at the charity shield a few month later where a big mob of city marched down wembley way and united shit themselves. Not that I'm glorifying hooliganism, but the bullies from the semi final deserved to be taught a lesson from what I've heard.

United knew exactly where "City's Firm" would be for the Semi, they chose not to show for whatever reason, which says it all really.

Verbal abuse to dads with kids is their bread and butter

 

[Wilmslow Road]

United are nothing without numbers.

I was one of the blues who went out via "Wembley Way" after that semi and was amazed that they were allowed to gather in numbers along the way and pick out blues verbally and physically especially as the majority of the blues walking past were families with younger kids and women. There is less hassle at the Swamp. They were baiting blues to stand up to them and some did and they piled in because of their numbers. The last thing you expect to hear is "Fuck off back to Manchester" at a Manchester Derby but doesn't that just sum them up?
I can fully understand any blue who would choose not to go to a game at Wembley against them, but they will of course be there to see you.
I sincerely hope you Mackems will enjoy cup final day as much as we do.

You have given them another huge kick in the bollocks and we all loved it. We hope their form continues and their scumbags fuck off back to East London and find something else to do. You never know, those that are left (I would love to see them get 32,000 in the third tier) may even turn into decent football fans. Enjoy the day everyone.

It was a perfect storm. City fans gathered in their thousands drinking at the other side of the stadium, whereas united fans gathered on wembley way as it gives the best access to their side. The city fans who got coaches didn't have to walk down wembley way, whereas the united fans did. This left a situation where The city fans who got off at wembley park had to run the gauntlet down wembley way outnumbered 5:1.

Even city's hooligan firm who travelled got off at the wrong station and missed wembley way as they'd never been before,

Revenge was exacted at the charity shield a few month later where a big mob of city marched down wembley way and united shit themselves. Not that I'm glorifying hooliganism, but the bullies from the semi final deserved to be taught a lesson from what I've heard.

Correct Dave, same mistake was not made at Charity Shield.
Problem was that the huge City contingent at the Roundabout had no idea what was going on up the road.
Had this mob moved (and I am not suggesting that all the people there wanted a fight) and come about and walked down
Wembley way then the Rags would have come no where near and a lot of the people who got bullied would have been spared
the shit they encountered.
After the game obviously the Rags left first and again any Blues who left early were subjected to their bullying tactics again.
When City exited after the presentation there were huge numbers going down the way and they disappeared.
If we ever play them again I would suggest people who want to avoid the Scum should use Wembley Central if they can.
Also have to say the police were absolutely useless.

 

[lancs blue]

I was one of the blues who went out via "Wembley Way" after that semi and was amazed that they were allowed to gather in numbers along the way and pick out blues verbally and physically especially as the majority of the blues walking past were families with younger kids and women. There is less hassle at the Swamp. They were baiting blues to stand up to them and some did and they piled in because of their numbers. The last thing you expect to hear is "Fuck off back to Manchester" at a Manchester Derby but doesn't that just sum them up?
I can fully understand any blue who would choose not to go to a game at Wembley against them, but they will of course be there to see you.
I sincerely hope you Mackems will enjoy cup final day as much as we do.

You have given them another huge kick in the bollocks and we all loved it. We hope their form continues and their scumbags fuck off back to East London and find something else to do. You never know, those that are left (I would love to see them get 32,000 in the third tier) may even turn into decent football fans. Enjoy the day everyone.

It was a perfect storm. City fans gathered in their thousands drinking at the other side of the stadium, whereas united fans gathered on wembley way as it gives the best access to their side. The city fans who got coaches didn't have to walk down wembley way, whereas the united fans did. This left a situation where The city fans who got off at wembley park had to run the gauntlet down wembley way outnumbered 5:1.

Even city's hooligan firm who travelled got off at the wrong station and missed wembley way as they'd never been before,

Revenge was exacted at the charity shield a few month later where a big mob of city marched down wembley way and united shit themselves. Not that I'm glorifying hooliganism, but the bullies from the semi final deserved to be taught a lesson from what I've heard.

Correct Dave, same mistake was not made at Charity Shield.
Problem was that the huge City contingent at the Roundabout had no idea what was going on up the road.
Had this mob moved (and I am not suggesting that all the people there wanted a fight) and come about and walked down
Wembley way then the Rags would have come no where near and a lot of the people who got bullied would have been spared
the shit they encountered.
After the game obviously the Rags left first and again any Blues who left early were subjected to their bullying tactics again.
When City exited after the presentation there were huge numbers going down the way and they disappeared.
If we ever play them again I would suggest people who want to avoid the Scum should use Wembley Central if they can.
Also have to say the police were absolutely useless.

This was what really annoyed me at the Semi-final, they did absolutely fuck all to deter United's trouble-makers. Thanks to the organisation cock-up loads of City coaches were parked behind the United end and it was open season when we were heading back to the coaches after the game. Coppers were leaning on the wall watching it go off and doing nothing about it.

 

[mayo31]

In the coach park after the game Utd did not have it all their own way. All the City there were at it and ready after what had happened before the game. Utd wanted to get out pretty sharpish.

 

[cleavers]

I've always felt there was a similarity between City and Sunderland, we've both had too many years of earache from our respective noisy neighbours and their constant boasting and bragging, as if they have some God given right to superiority and success. I don't think either of them know the word 'humility'.

At least our neighbours had something to beat us up with, but I'm not sure what your neighbours have to crow about, having won nothing domestically for 59 years.

Enjoy your day out, the kids will, its a special day. I can still remember my two trips to Wembley at 12 and 14. Even if you lose, don't let the kids get too upset, and promise them they will go back one day. I had to wait 23 years, and we were in the third tier of English football for my return, but I did make it back eventually, it was another 11 years before I went back again, and this time it was a cup final.

Sunderland are a good club, and have great fans, I'm delighted for you that you have a final to look forward to.

 

[Stockport mackem]

At least we will be at Wembley with a set of fans that actually appreciates to be there.
Would be nice to sing some banter vs the United-fans, either Manchester or Newcastle. Just to set the atmosphere going before kick-off and for both United-fans to listen to in front of their telly.

This is correct...like I posted on the night....we had more to lose that the rags arguably, as god knows when this chance would come along again for us, I feared my lads would never ever see us in a cup final...it will be an occasion....Trafalgar Square will be bouncing the night before....it will be a good natured family affair....kids will be safe....and all will enjoy the build up...30+k will not enjoy the aftermath as much....

 

[CITY FOR LIFE]

No doubt this is going to be a top day out for everyone, I will hopefully be on the bus from Harrogate so will be traveling down the motorway with you Sunderland fans, it will be great at service stations and on Wembley way, take your kids and just enjoy what is a brilliant day out, if we win great but if we lose we will applaud your team off, I think our clubs have been close since you brought 10k to Maine road for your relegation match and your fans celebration of our title winning game, our club is buzzing and yours should be, let's hope the weather is better than what it was in May. Safe trip down have a great day and take lots of photos.

 

[Clacky]

Hi all blues can anyone tell how many season ticket holders do we have at this time. Reason I have a season ticket not on league cup scheme, and 3800 points, I was wondering if I would be in line for a wembley ticket?

 

[Ban-jani]

Danebankshelk, Didsbury Dave and Whitworth park are 100% spot on.

This is exactly how I saw it. Our group parked our minibus in Harrow on the hill and got the tube to Wembley way.

It was the first time I've been to Wembley so I expected it to be 50:50. I remember looking down Wembley way having just got off the tube and thinking "oh fuck here we go". They literally did outnumber us 5:1 and the City fans there weren't up for scrapping whilst the rags were.

I was spat at, got hit with a bottle and punched twice whilst being on my own, they were literally ganging up on innocent City fans and bullying them. The next day I spoke to my mate who got an official coach down, so went to the round about. I explained what happened and he couldn't believe it as he didn't see anything.

I didn't go to the charity shield but my mate was part of the gang of City fans on Wembley way and he said they gave the rags a good kicking as revenge for the semi. He's a bit of a chav and into that but I'm not at all.

On the pitch I wasn't arsed about who we got as we're better than Sunderland and Utd but I'm glad many families can go now and be safe, the safest blues at the semi in 2011 were gangs of blokes. I think that says it all about "them" really.

I also got called a "northern monkey" and "manc twat" by Utd fans - unbelievable.

 

[The Northern Baptist]

Funny seeing City's firm at the Charity Shield get on the tune at Harrow on the hill, like a military operation.
I wouldn't worry about us getting United at Wembley again, the mistakes made at the semi won't be repeated.

As for Sunderland fans, sound as fuck.
Worked up in South Shields on a contract for 2yrs, office split 50:50 Geordies and Mackems.
Always found the Geordies a bit deluded

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

Only violence I saw at the semi was a couple of rags getting attacked near the greyhound for nothing other than being in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Obviously no mither from rags at that end of the ground and safety in numbers.


Saw more against chelsea near those shops on way out.

 

[Balti]

no rags to take the piss out of?

shame really