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The Black Cats won 48% of the 10,000 votes cast by fans through the club's official magazine, the Legion of Light, and the official website, beating The Mackems, with 37%, into second place. Sunderland, known as The Rokermen when they played at Roker Park, have not had an official nickname since they moved to the Stadium of Light in 1997. They are the last Premiership team to acquire one. The choice of The Black Cats is not a superstitious move, however, to put the club's faltering season back on track, but originates from the 18th century when a battery of guns protecting the mouth of the River Wear bore the name. The club launched the campaign to find a nickname in December and fans were offered a choice of five alternatives; The Black Cats also proved more popular than The Light Brigade, The Miners and The SOLs. Bob Murray, Sunderland's chairman, said yesterday that he was keen to make sure everyone was aware of the new name. "We now need to work out the logo to ensure that we don't slip back into the position where we had several nicknames doing the rounds," he said. "Before this vote if someone from another part of the country or overseas had contacted the club asking for the club nickname we were unable to give a straight answer. From now on we can take pride in being The Black Cats, knowing that our supporters have chosen the name." Added the Bob Murray bit as its amusing the idea some random foreigner would ring the club asking what their nickname was

Thats what i said in the first place before you started saying other things

Look forward to all those fuming at Tonali to be in here soon

What are you even talking about? My post was about INCOME for this year being accounted for in THIS YEARS books. Absolutely nothing else.....

Thats irrelevant as its still this seasons FFP and will be accounted for and paid in this season

The 'dosh from CL' will surely have been factored in as unless we got zero points its fairly easy for them to expect around what we got give or take £500k or so in points. If we didnt get shafted by a late pen then year that extra money would be great wiggle room. Got to expect the same for any extra contracts that have probably been agreed for ages

Absolutely shocked man utd got as easy as it gets for a change. Wonder if they find a way to get maidstone on in between the usual suspects

I wonder why the Adidas badge isn't white too.....

Fuck she's had no luck the last year or so

7400 Liverpool fans without the speakers isn't very good

Ah OK, was sure the commentary said there wasn't any

Yep. Except on derby day mind

Not sure how no numbers can be allowed mind

Apparently Elliott is replacing Salah so where the hell are Diaz, nunez and gakpo playing?

Top class commentary already here. We could lose one on the favourites in the fa cup in this tie.....

Still totally baffling that people watched that match and officially gave Isak man of the match over Miggy and especially Bruno.

They could sell Ballard and Clarke for more than their owner paid to be fair. Well before yesterday anyway

What did our starting xi cost? About £320m? Why are they saying £500m as though tonality, Willock, Barnes etc all played?

Be shocked if it was jarra or Hebburn. Every photo/video I have seen was vast majority us and definitely no Sunderland ends in them. Even their pub beggars has a sizable Newcastle base these days ? Edit: I'm reading far too much into a completely fictional story mind

Take the obvious big three and north London out and despite the lack of them in ten years struggle to see any bigger to be honest.

Could do with a photo of each side by side to show how utterly ridiculous their attendances actually look

In any comparison with mackems I have no desire to be the seagull thank you very much, if your the statue you are safe as they would miss

Ffs dion Dublin. That's the sound off for this game. Why can't Barton whinge about him being utter shite?

Can only assume he's been drinking the longships entire stock of top shelf spirits all morning ?