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Think it's because it's built on the site of the old Monkwearmouth colliery, miners lamps and all that? The name's still an unoriginal rip off though.

and change it back if it doesn't. i think most are of the opinion though that they have no intention of trying to find a new name sponsor. Exactly, Ashley would probably s**t himself if someone called their bluff and offered the cost of renaming. What if the fans clubbed together to raise however much it would cost to take over the naming rights and simply rename it SJP? It'll never happen of course and why should we pay for our stadium to keep its original name, but hypotheticaly speaking, if we raised that money do you think Ashley would remove his SD adverts and let us do it? I don't think so.

Simply could not believe i was hearing that. They think they've arrived at footballs top table and are the envy of the world. How dare they sing "we are the loyalist football fans the world has ever seen" when they have such a pathetic turnout too? We need Ba, Cisse and all to bring them back down a peg or 2 in a couple of weeks.

Anyone going to the academy of s**te tomorrow? U18 TYNE/wear derby at 11am. SR6 7UN.

Well done to the lad. I wonder how much sacrificing the name of SJP could potentially bring to the club, and is it worth it? Worse still, unless someone other than sports direct has the naming rights, we have sacrificed the name and still aren't making money for it.

You can bet your life they'll all start whingeing about not being able to get tickets if they progress to the semis/final, claiming they've never missed a game since 1934.

Enjoyed last nights game. It even took my mind off how cold i was. Thought the toon played some exciting football. Neat and creative. Thought Marcus Maddison on the right wing was outstanding. We dominated throughout, but i was beginning to think a goal wouldn't come. As the bloke in front of me said, "If it had been a boxing match, it would have been stopped long before the end." Lets hope for a good turnout in the quarter final v Blackburn, and a warmer night, please. League and cup double still on.

Aye. Got off the bus at SJP, then to my horror i realised i'd left my season ticket at home. Wife had to jump on a bus and bring it down for me. Just made it in time, but it was torture listening to the crowd from outside the ground. Was the biggest game for a long while and not the sort of day for something like that to happen.

Do we pay over 12 months or do we get a little payment "holiday" and pay over 10? Can't remember.

Was gutted at Sat's result. The reaction of some of the Brighton fans after the game made me even more angry. Obviously they're going to celebrate, but on the way back to Falmer station, some of them were giving it "Geordie c**ts" and "dirty northern b*****ds." Way over the top. Stayed in Croydon sat night. I'm no lover of the London area usually, but was glad to get there Sat' night for a bit of sanctuary.

Had enough of this trial by tv crap. In effect all they're doing is correcting what the officials got wrong on the day. Where should they draw the line? They don't do anything after the event about a goal that was obviously legal, eg Englands v Germany in the world cup, when any idiot could tell it was way over the line. They don't do anything about a blatant handball like the incident at Brighton, that should have gave us a penalty, and probably had a massive bearing on the outcome. To my mind, if 3/4 officials miss it during the game that should be the end of the matter. If trial by TV is to ensure justice in football, then why let obviously wrong decisions go unchanged? I'm not sure, but do referees face trial by TV? Do they replay the glaring mistakes made each week, and subsequently give referees a 3 match ban? Not very often that's for sure.

Aye but they would rather have the chips. Cheesy ones? I watched a prog on ITV4 the other night called "Looking for Manchester". It featured Eric Cantona and focused on the Manchester derby. They followed the reactions of an oldish woman and her daughter, who were citeh fans, as the derby was played out. Manure snatched it at the death. When the women got home, understandably gutted at the result, Cantona walked into their living room. I thought if we had just lost a derby, the last thing i'd want would be a sunderland legend walking in the room. Then i thought, hold on, they haven't had any legends. Not real ones, not since Charlie Hurley or someone from a similiar era anyway. Jim Montgomery maybe? Really finding it hard to think of any.

We have points in the bag, while they are talking about what they MIGHT do. As i've said before, at the start of the season we were expected to struggle while they did the opposite, so any talk of them catching us is an admittance of failure on their part.

Hate the way they've stolen and adapted our songs. "Sunderland boot boys" and the "Gallowgate is always full". We were singing the geordie boot boys and Fulwell end is always full songs in the early 80's. I can't take any songs they sing about loyalty seriously after their disgraceful no show after half time in the 5-1 game. SUNDERLAND TIL HALF TIME sums them up.

Happy that the pen was given v the mackems yesterday, but still can't believe Howard Webb is regarded as possibly the top referee in the country.

Woke up with a huge graze down my calf from a seat when we scored. A small price to pay for the celebrating. Nice to get to 30pts before New Year. Personal thanks must go to "Crumpy" for a good day out on his coach also.

Hope he didn't damage any cars like his colleagues. Saw Beardsley walking out of Westerhope asda this afternoon. Lad stacking the shelves was starstruck. Heard him saying "But he's a living legend man." One of his fellow workers pointed out that even living legends have to shop.

Typical. There's a thread on RTG about 'finishing above the mags'. One of them actually speaks sense when he says that most Sunderland fans on there wouldn't care if they finished 19th as long as we finished 20th. Never has a truer word been spoken. Them even discussing "finishing above the mags" is a reflection of their under achievement so far. According to them, before a ball was kicked this season, finishing above us was a given, a formality, never in question.

Exactly. They all hate Newcastle so much, they spend half their lives in it. Maybe in future derby games, when they sing "if you hate Newcastle, clap your hands." we should change it to "if you hate Newcastle, divvent gan."

That's twice we've had mackems in this week. It was carpet fitters the other day. Think i'll get on to the council in the morning and see if i can get the place fumigated. That reminds me of a mackem family on holiday the other year. They had cockroaches in their room and the cockroaches complained.

Had a window salesman at the house tonight. I opened the door with a cup of tea in my hand and invited him in. I offered him a cuppa, lifting my "demolition derby. 5-1" mug in the air at the same time. "Coffee pleeyis" was his answer in the broadest mackem accent i've ever heard. Oops . Had to hide the mug to keep the new window quote down.

Behind closed doors again. Without sounding like a stalker, are there any decent view points without going into the grounds? Got a bit of time on my hands tomorrow.

Is it time for them to claim they're going to conquer the football world again? Heard it all before. They'll improve, but won't finish as well as they expected they would before the season started. Great support yesterday. The numerous "Stand up if you hate the mags" chants must have been the difference between winning and losing. Then there was the "our season starts here" banner, which wouldn't have been complete without an FTM in the corner of it.

Anyone notice the lion mascot behind the goal when Villas 2nd went in at Bolton yesterday? The expression of deflation and resignation was perfect considering it was from an inaminate object. Look out for it again on MOTD2 tonight.

Bad officials, of which there are many. People who refer to Man United simply as UNITED, like they're the only one.