Mick Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 It was very common for north east lads to look out for each other when working away from home in those types of situations. I'd argue it might even be the same now to some extent. I wore an NUFC top in New York City for a day, the only other guy I saw wearing a football top was a mackem, we passed each other in the street and had a quick chat, was good craic actually. I spent 3 years living and working in the midlands and was told another Geordie worked for the company I was at. It turned out that he was a mackem so I had to educate the locals that he wasn't a Geordie and had to explaim what a mackem was. The bloke was a right knacker and I had massive arguments about football as they had the best fans, with smaller gates then us. Sunderland town was better than our city and they had a better team, even when we were beating them, he was a tosser. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 They were very much a yo yo team at the time and whilst we had our year in the CL they had their 15 point season. It was still the fixture I wanted to win more than any other. If anything the game down there was mildly disappointing, they were s**** but we only won 1-0 with a Nobby penalty. Bellamy missed a s*** load of chances and there was an awful moment at the end when Kevin Kyle thought he'd scored only for it to be ruled out. great piece of radio commentary for that "SIT DOWN, IT'S DISALLOWED" Was class that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BooBoo Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Was that Justin Lockwood or whatever he's called? Credit to the fella at 3-0 at half time during the 5-1 he came on at half time shouting at the mackems "are you lot still here!?" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Was it true that at the final whistle of that Gillingham game, some NUFC fans revealed their colours? Would have loved to have seen that. We had our colours on all game and were singing Newcastle songs all through the game, it was like a Newcastle away game. I kid you not, I was standing next to a bloke in the Clock Stand who had a kid on his shoulders who could have been no more than 5 years old. I asked him why he had taken his kid, he said because the match was of historical imporatance and he wanted his son to be able to talk about it for the rest of his life. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BooBoo Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Get in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 It was very common for north east lads to look out for each other when working away from home in those types of situations. I'd argue it might even be the same now to some extent. I wore an NUFC top in New York City for a day, the only other guy I saw wearing a football top was a mackem, we passed each other in the street and had a quick chat, was good craic actually. I spent 3 years living and working in the midlands and was told another Geordie worked for the company I was at. It turned out that he was a mackem so I had to educate the locals that he wasn't a Geordie and had to explaim what a mackem was. The bloke was a right knacker and I had massive arguments about football as they had the best fans, with smaller gates then us. Sunderland town was better than our city and they had a better team, even when we were beating them, he was a tosser. i've met a few mackems like that, however as you know them longer the defences drop and they do fess up a bit more (in my experience that is). had we been in their shadow for the majority of the last 40yrs or so it could've been us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Was it true that at the final whistle of that Gillingham game, some NUFC fans revealed their colours? Would have loved to have seen that. We had our colours on all game and were singing Newcastle songs all through the game, it was like a Newcastle away game. I kid you not, I was standing next to a bloke in the Clock Stand who had a kid on his shoulders who could have been no more than 5 years old. I asked him why he had taken his kid, he said because the match was of historical imporatance and he wanted his son to be able to talk about it for the rest of his life. i wasn't there but i know that ties were kept between us and gillingham for a while with some of them coming up for our games and regularly turning out for london games and a bus load of mags went down there a few times. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley17 Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Was that Justin Lockwood or whatever he's called? Credit to the fella at 3-0 at half time during the 5-1 he came on at half time shouting at the mackems "are you lot still here!?" It was Lockwood aye. Remember being furious "The Premiership" on ITV didn't show somebody's disallowed goal in their shitty highlights. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BooBoo Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 "GET YOUR SEASON TICKET NOW!" (One for the older chaps) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarrenBartonCentrePartin Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 I was down visiting me mam's side of the family when they lost to Charlton in the playoffs. Watched it in a pub in Greenwich rammed with Charlton fans with me dad. Was only 10. That was a canny day. Seem to remember a couple of their fans bought me dad a pint, and me a coke because we were cheering Charlton on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Get in. We were in the clock stand singing mainly Newcastle songs and the Gillingham fans joined in with us. I would guess that a few hundred of our fans were also in the Roker end because they had Newcastle banners and were wearing Newcastle tops and singing our songs. I went down to Sunderland and parked the car by Seaburn Station. We walked to the ground and could see loads of cars with Newcastle registrations. I told my brother and he said they would be Sunderland fans who had bought cars in Newcastle, I agreed. We got to the back of the Fulwell and we could hear Newcastle songs, my brother said that would be Gillingham fans taking the piss, I agreed. We got behind the Clock Stand and we had massive queues as the Police tried to keep us all in the same section, it was surreal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BooBoo Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 I was down visiting me mam's side of the family when they lost to Charlton in the playoffs. Watched it in a pub in Greenwich rammed with Charlton fans with me dad. Was only 10. That was a canny day. Seem to remember a couple of their fans bought me dad a pint, and me a coke because we were cheering Charlton on. What a day that was. Back in the era when every Championship Play Off final seemed to be an epic game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarrenBartonCentrePartin Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 I was down visiting me mam's side of the family when they lost to Charlton in the playoffs. Watched it in a pub in Greenwich rammed with Charlton fans with me dad. Was only 10. That was a canny day. Seem to remember a couple of their fans bought me dad a pint, and me a coke because we were cheering Charlton on. What a day that was. Back in the era when every Championship Play Off final seemed to be an epic game. me and me dad used to watch them quite a bit when we went down there. £10 for adults and £4 for bairns. Seems a lifetime ago. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BooBoo Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 There's a story that goes round my Dads mates that in the early 80s they got a transit down to Roker. As soon as they parked up, one of the lads piled out the back and chucked a bottle at some passing mackems whilst shouting "get the bastards!" Unfortunately a copper was passing by at the time and immediately arrested him. On Wearside soil for 10 seconds before getting arrested. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarrenBartonCentrePartin Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Gareth Harrison of TF has just retweeted this. http://tyneandwear.sky.com/sportsnews/video/43534 unimpressed mackem is unimpressed with his first answer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Gareth Harrison of TF has just retweeted this. http://tyneandwear.sky.com/sportsnews/video/43534 unimpressed mackem is unimpressed with his first answer. i used to work (briefly) with mr mcfadden. it's the first time i've seen him smile. he was very snidey and that was before i found out he was a mackem. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarrenBartonCentrePartin Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Gareth Harrison of TF has just retweeted this. http://tyneandwear.sky.com/sportsnews/video/43534 unimpressed mackem is unimpressed with his first answer. i used to work (briefly) with mr mcfadden. it's the first time i've seen him smile. he was very snidey and that was before i found out he was a mackem. did a placement with Century Radio before the 1-1 at SJP when Steven Taylor was brutishly hacked down for a penalty. Was told to go and get interviews for a package with Mark Jensen of the Mag and McFadden. Got Jensen no problem. Walked into the ALS shop next to the stadium of plagiarism and asked if Martyn was in. Turned out he was away on business so asked the bloke in there if he'd do an interview instead. Told me he'd love to, but couldn't because McFadden had imposed some zany "rule" where only he could speak on behalf of the fanzine. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PineBarrens Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 McFadden is of course your typical Sunderland fan - a geordie who hates Newcastle United more than he loves the team he follows. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Geordie Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 McFadden is of course your typical Sunderland fan - a geordie who hates Newcastle United more than he loves the team he follows. Nail on head - the bitterness shines through very clearly. BTW - what is this 'lalas' stuff that some Mags go on about? :: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
midds Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 McFadden is of course your typical Sunderland fan - a geordie who hates Newcastle United more than he loves the team he follows. Nail on head - the bitterness shines through very clearly. BTW - what is this 'lalas' stuff that some Mags go on about? :: Lets all laugh at sunderland. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Geordie Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Oh right - cheers Midds. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
localshop Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 Where is that Martyn McFadden from? Sounds more geordie than mackem to me. You can hear the twisted rage and envy burning inside when he tries to defend Sunderland as the better city Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhoywhonder Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 That video is hilarious. At about a minute in he loses all sense of humour and reverts to type as the bitter mackem bringing up Shepherds ‘dogs’ comment (15 years ago) and the Meadowell riots (22 years ago and not Newcastle), then his neurons and synapses start firing in random sequences and he starts babbling on about Cruddas Park and Spanish holidays. I’m reminded of the Simpsons valentines day episode... “Look Lisa, if you pause it you can pin point the second where his heart rips in half” Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Geordie Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 Shola the target again of another racist slur - presumably from a mackem; http://www.itv.com/news/update/2012-10-19/man-arrested-following-allegedly-racist-facebook-post-about-shola-ameobi/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarrenBartonCentrePartin Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 Wee Phillie @WeePhillie Off to privilege to makes sure everythings working, especially the phone line 2 wind up the scruffy bastards! Hello, is that Shearers bar... sad prick also has a weekend slot at "Cosy Joes" in the Bigg Market. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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