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And wearing an "FTM" badge. Or was that Ellis Short?

Good to see John Terry in the crowd in full kit there, bit of a blast from the past. Grown his hair a bit since the last time I saw him like.

Top notch. Perfectly weighted.

What a load of old toss this game has been. Just get with the penalties.

Fuck.

FYP.

Get in! We get Scholes and Ferdinand.

Surprised Savage can count up to six

When I see Lindelof's name, I always think it's one of those "April Fool" anagrams you see in the papers on April 1st.

Get in! Terrible defending like.

God this is tedious.

Is Robbie Savage on comms?

And their fuckin idiot fans (including the supposedly intelligent ones like Grumpy Old Git on RTG) welcomed these chancers with open arms and slagged off their previous owner Ellis Short, who used his own millions in an attempt to improve their lot. His only crime as far as I can see, was appointing the wrong managers. Just like most clubs.

No, Supermac was. Left foot, right foot blasters as good as Robert. Goals from strong surging runs, holding off defenders as well as Shearer. And great in the air like Sir Les.

Erm...Burnsie?

They used to. In the '73 Cup Final commentary they were referred to as a "Geordie team" and had "Geordies" on more than one banner in the crowd. Back then round my way (Boldon), you'd get a punch in the mouth for calling a Sunderland fan a makem. It was regarded as an insult.

Already seen some shite "congratulating Bruce on finishing 12th" from a makem, unsurprisingly.

Exactly. Bamford too. Nowhere near a top centre forward in his previous career.

Maja coming on. 25 minutes left to save the makems season.

"Sunderland are gonna be in the 1st Division, scoring goals in every game they play" - was how their song went in the mid '70s. How prophetic.

Fuck. As soon as I switch on, the bastards score.

"Willocks cross .... TO WILLOCK!!"

I think I spy myself on that top photo. I'm the idiot with his back to the camera wearing a blue Levi jacket at the extreme left about half way up. It looks like my mate Jim with his shades on against the wall facing the camera in front of me. I'd wore that jacket at a couple of games in the early rounds, so of course me being superstitious decided to wear it for every game in the rest of the cup run. It doesn't really look it in that photo, but it was absolutely melting hot that day (over 100° inside the ground). I ended up with mild sunstroke.