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Latest ( they start one every few weeks ) Sam Fender thread now at 500 posts about how little he matters to them and how he has faded into obscurity due to his links with NUFC . And his music is shite and they have never listened to it. Mind, they start threads like " what's the point of ( insert random football club here)" threads every few weeks, no idea what that is about. Some of the threads, "Is Sunderland a city of the future" and " Reasons to be proud of Sunderland " are equally tragic. Latest about miserable parts of the UK, talk about lack of self awareness.

No, I was just pointing out why a few of them like to claim the song as theirs, and that the of the list of places listed in the quote 2 were in County Durham at one time. There was a time when Keegan was our manager the first time loads of clubs used the tune with different words, it works on so many levels. The UK should adopt it as our national anthem, just leave the lyrics the same. Mind, owt would be better than the current dirge.

Blaydon isn't in Newcastle, it's the song title and destination that leads them to claim it's about them, somehow.

This.

Imagine spending your hard earned cash on something like that FFS.

At 90 minutes during the playoff semi there was a ton of hatred and bile being spewed on RTG against him, 40 minutes later he was the new Messiah. The hilarity of rail works traveling to Wembley when we were in the League cup final has now turned to how Sunderland always get picked on as there are rail works on the day they need to travel to Wembley. Desperate need to portray victimhood due to the weird malaise that hangs over their club and " city".

No, this will go to extra time if it stays as it is.

Masturbate furiously until I ejaculate red and white. I didn't even watch last night's game, only learned the score this morning. Let them have their moment in the sun. That's all it will be.

That's me crying myself to sleep tonight. Half my family is from County Durham and support Sunderland, I am from Northumberland but spent a fair bit of my childhood in Durham. It's a canny day out, match for free, few pints in the Navy club, if they win I pretend I am pleased for them, drives them nuts, they want you to be angry, if they lose I can just enjoy it. It's not like the internet, most of the people I sit with will know I am a mag, my family will tell them if I don't, but they don't give a shit.

Many, possibly most of those posting about Jimmy Hill on RTG weren't even alive in 1977. Would they have not done the same had the boot been on the other foot? Possibly not, but probably yes. If things had been the other way round they would have thought Coventry pathetic knackers for still whining about it nearly half a century later. They would be right. They should just let it go and enjoy tonight for what it is, a chance. I will be watching, my first Sunderland game of the season on TV ( I occasionally attend the SoL if I can get in for free) and I hope they win.

90% of the comments on that thread are decent.

To be fair to RTG, it's nailed on the in a Wear/Tees final our name would come up, we get mentioned in loads of games now which have nowt to do with us. It not our fault large sections of the media have mentionitis.There is no " magedia", their invention to excuse why they are a football irrelevance now. But then why care, I am about to watch Villa/Forest and they could mention Sunderland 20 times and I wouldn't care, might give me a bit of a laugh. Their hatred of us dominates the forum, to the extent they had to create an online shame dungeon to store it, then pad it out with meaningless other threads.

Viewing figures for look north must be through the roof, us reliving the event and them fuming about the coverage on a program they never watch. I hadn't seen look north for years until last Monday.

Sunday morning, a week ago today, I was filled, not even with trepidation, but with a certainty that, once again, we would get the little rosette for competing, as we have done throughout my supporting life. Still buzzing.

Just realised.