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Nah, Spanish City is gone, it's now the site of Marine Park First School, where the inhabitants receive education up to Key Stage 2 level. So in that respect, still nothing like sunderland.

Erm, it's not really a lie. A few mackems did actually play a part in forming Athletic Bilbao. Not according to the club they didn't... "One reason for being contacted was that an official approach from Sunderland AFC had left the Bilbao Club's Directors non plussed as to their links with our famous red and white stripes. In short they'd never heard of us!" http://www.rokerpark.com/navbar/bilbao.html Bilbao adopting the red and white stripes had nothing to do with the mackems, aye but a few mackems did play a part in introducing football to Bilbao (from what I've read anyway). Their official website doesn't mention it http://www.athletic-club.net/web/main.asp?a=2&b=3&c=0&d=0&idi=2 Their wiki pages don't either http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletic_Bilbao http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historia_del_Athletic_Club Sounds to me like some retro-fit history re-write based on little more than the shirt patterns. I can believe south-coast british emigrants ending up in Northern Spain in the 19th century. But from the far NE? Nah, don't see it. Besides they would have been loving life on wearside, enjoying their most successful period in the modern game.

Erm, it's not really a lie. A few mackems did actually play a part in forming Athletic Bilbao. Not according to the club they didn't... "One reason for being contacted was that an official approach from Sunderland AFC had left the Bilbao Club's Directors non plussed as to their links with our famous red and white stripes. In short they'd never heard of us!" http://www.rokerpark.com/navbar/bilbao.html

On the subject of Europe, and ever desperate to be loved (or even noticed) by anyone outside sunderland, they perennially spout this billy bullshit about SAFC fans founding Athletic Bilbao, then try to drum up some modern-day camaraderie with them. Until someone posts YT footage of us actually enjoying such camaraderie with the very same team... http://www.readytogo.net/smb/showthread.php?t=692860 So to summarise… How NUFC forge a relationship with a foreign team: Play them in a competitive tie in a respected European competition, accumulating 6 goals in two displays of exciting, attacking football, while the fans mix in a trouble-free festival atmosphere. How SAFC forge a relationship with a foreign team: invent a massive fucking lie.

If Mackemism is the noun, can i suggest 'To Mack-track' as the verb. 'Mack-track' (v): To deem something worthless which had been previously been viewed as desirable. Example: "NETD for a third year in a row marra!!!111" - (Mack-track) - "Who gives a shit about that man, look to the future under MON, 9-1 FTM".

Don't give them ideas.... Quote: Sir Ricky Sbragia What people don’t realize is that the period 39-45 the mag was essentially a puppet regime to the Fuhrer, a ‘Vichy of the North’, and benefitted accordingly. However, at the same time SAFC and the forces of mackemdom refused to kowtow to the jackbooted forces of Herr Milburn and Herr Harvey, and struggled gallantly and ultimately victoriously to our success under our feted leader Monsieur Rene Artois, despite having to operate under comical circumstances in the village cafe.

The Liverpool match at the point where Enrique donned the XXXXL top, I was in the Leazes where there was howls of derision raining down, all following an afternoon of total humiliation by HBA. Perfect end to the game. For sheer comedy it was some kid outside Town Wall taunting the procession of mackems on their way back to the swamp with Gob Bluth's chicken-dance. Made funnier because i estimate 99% of people didnt get the reference so he sort of just came across as a pissed-up lunatic (which tbf, he was).

As weird as this sounds, for a sweet shop (A f*cking sweet shop?! What year is it in sunderland?) it was certainly popular. I worked for a year in Doxford, and whenever someone left or had a birthday etc, their gift was ALWAYS a jar of compressed coloured sugar from that shop. I’m not kidding, the stock looked like something from wartime ration-book Britain, and they f*cking lapped it up. When I transferred to the offices on the Silverlink, I'd guess the average weight of the lasses was about 2 or 3 stone lighter than the balloon-animals at Doxford. Wonder why…

Quote: Originally Posted by Fishboy if you go to the victory club after the match thiers about 8 of us upstairs beside the dart board, couple from sunderland, loads from gatesheeeeed, and two, sometimes three from newcastle, all season ticket holders. we welcome anyone one in red'n'white. http://www.readytogo.net/smb/showthread.php?t=691356&page=4#ixzz1rvOzMo4K Mackem maths: 8 – 2 – 2 (or sometimes 3) = "loads" Im guessing the same haphazard logic is used in calculating their attendance. ST Holders X £5 deals + free school tickets - the recently deceased = Loads The North Sea

It’s as sure as night follows day. The average thread on RTG goes as follows: Mackem: Makes point (usually incorrect) Mackems X 20: “This” Nufc poster: counterpoint Mackem: repeats point Nufc poster: counterpoint re-worded for clarity Mackem: repeats point Nufc poster: counterpoint re-worded for clarity and backed up by stats Mackem: repeats point Nufc poster: argument-ending deal breaker. . . . . . . . Mackem: “what you doing on a SAFC message board you sad mag twat? F*ck off somewhere else” Mackems X 20 “This” And so it goes on…..

Fair enough!

Is anyone else getting f*cking sick of the back-slapping attitude the mackems are adopting recently? Every online comment/facebook status seems inordinately proud of s*** performances normal fans would try to sweep under the carpet. Outclassed in derby? “Really proud of the lads today, mags rattled, FTM” Throw away 2 goal lead in last 4 minutes? “Really proud of the lads today, outstanding performance, FTM” Take part in what has widely been lauded as one of the worst televised matches of the entire season and a ‘war of attrition’ by the BBC? “Really proud of the lads today, bring on next season, FTM” Its like not getting roundly arse-f***ed is now cause for celebration. Easily-pleased mediocre twats.

If he retires in May, his autobiography can simply be called 'Needless to say, I had the last laugh'.

I always find it helpful to read RTG with an Arrested Development style narrative voice-over, especially when they start lying (which is inevitably). So for example: RTG: “At least we don't smash our own city up just over football” Cut to footage of Sunderland city centre, post derby, 2006 Ron Howard (voiceover) “In fact, they do”

Most of their league titles were won in the 1800's if I'm not mistaken. the game has changed beyond all recognition , a fact they will deny tbf, their town hasn't changed beyond all recognition in the same timespan, easy to see where the confusion could arise. By their bizarre logic, the now long-defunct clubs which cleaned up the cup competitions in Victorian times are 'bigger' than the likes of QPR or Chelsea. Perhaps Old Etonians or Wanderers have their own embittered version of RTG, refusing to move into the 20th century, clinging to their inherent big-ness and class.

I think its his off-the-field antics which have brought him legendary status. Like the time a bunch of the dirties were ejected from a plane at Cardiff for being drunk and abusive to other passengers, Saint Niall stepped in and paid for taxis to cart them all the way back home to Mordor. Seems Sir Niall felt some sympathy, what with his own history of heavy drinking/transport irregularities.....

'Quinns Bar' http://www.safc.com/news/20120404/safc-announce-quinn-tribute_2256213_2719134 I assume it comes with a reserved parking space for the big man the next time he fancies a skin-full. (followed by a nice leisurely drive)

I've looked all over Newcastle for goat meat and couldn't get any. When I was last in London wor lass sent me to Brixton market to get some, a whole goat cut up for fifty quid We could have doubled our money off the meat as loads of her friends were wanting some. Fu fu you can make yourself with some maise like flower and hot water, its dead easy. Try MAM on Westgate road, and there used to be an African butchers in Benwell on Atkinson Road (called 'Veldt' i think), sure its still there.

it is amazing tho- how many of them go to uneccessary lengths to point out they are anywhere but Sundeadland. fios Aye, what’s up with that? Every other username is something like ‘BangkokBlackCat’ or ‘DubaiSAFC’ or ‘Austin_Texas_FTM’. Its like they can’t help upping the bullshit quotient on registration. “OK so my RTG persona, I’m an erudite ex-hardman who takes no shit from Mags and is the scourge of the so-called “Politically Correct” brigade. Ah fuck it, I might as well live in the Bahamas while I’m at it…”

All the F*cking time. Its not just about the team, its any swivel-eyed conspiracy theory they pluck out of thin air. A favourite is to blame the city's midden-like conditions on perceived Tyneside-bias by some shadowy controlling group. Take this beauty: "Now I'm sure that our stadium of light was banned for 10 years From staging live stadium gigs in order for the telewest arena In skunkland to be built . Is that right ??" http://www.readytogo.net/smb/showthread.php?t=686264#ixzz1qJHU4Bhd By page two they're all utterly convinced it's true despite no evidence whatsoever (and conveniently ignoring the fact the Arena was built two years before).

stolen from Doug Stanhope!

Good lord! TBF His acne-pitted chin and baby-c*nt eyes have scared the ball into the net today (in front of the usual 12,000 empty pink seats).

Thread pulled. For those who didn't get a chance to see it, a discussion on using a lip-reader to ascertain what Pardew said to O'Neill following the penalty award rapidly descended into a much more enthusiastic discussion over whether it was acceptable to ridicule a black man for having big lips. Apparently it's still 1979 in Sunderland.

In the words of Frank Skinner - 'Eyes like lizard's c*nts'

It's even getting tedious having such backward tramps as our closest (geographic) rivals. Why can't we have a club a bit more like ourselves as a main rival instead of those humourless bitter twats. Totally agree, the mackems have become nothing more than a time-wasting irritant recently. Its as if the entire place has short-man syndrome, and like an overly-aggressive shortie or a yapping disobedient pup, they’ve become an attention-seeking annoyance you don’t even want to confront anymore, you just wish they would f***ing disappear. RTG is the worst offender however. Whenever I follow a link from here, I read the irate frothing about us with a mixture of incredulity and amusement. However the smile soon drains away when I get to the foot of the page and see…..’Page 1 of 23’. Jesus, is there really that little to do down there? The ironic thing is Sunderland has had millions invested in its broadband provision under the ‘Software City’ initiative. I can only imagine how mortified the once-proud city leaders are when they see the populace use this technology solely to show the rest of the world what first-class f***ing cretins they are.