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That is so sad :lol: and epitomises them for what they are, basically our shadow. We lose and it makes their day, even if they lose. We win and it darkens their day, even if they win. Their existence is based pretty much around our fortunes and not their own club's.

 

If any of wor lot did that to their motor, I'd disown them. The height of sadness and obsession.

 

9-1 man. I wonder if they know that defeat actually helped us win the league. That we fielded our reserves and kids basically against their top players not only to give our left out players a kick up the backside after they tried to revolt over something but because we also needed a fresh side to beat Sheff Wed I think, our then rivals for the title.

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Please God hope Palace win today. Think of the amount of more effort the Mackems have to put in to just get out of the relegation zone.

A Fulham win would make it harder for Sunderland to get out of the relegation zone. I Palace win would only make it harder for them to get off bottom but not out of the bottom 3.
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Please God hope Palace win today. Think of the amount of more effort the Mackems have to put in to just get out of the relegation zone.

A Fulham win would make it harder for Sunderland to get out of the relegation zone. I Palace win would only make it harder for them to get off bottom but not out of the bottom 3.

 

At this rate they don't even look like getting out of bottom, hence why I suggested that. But as you say, I think any win for either of them can be good.

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Please God hope Palace win today. Think of the amount of more effort the Mackems have to put in to just get out of the relegation zone.

A Fulham win would make it harder for Sunderland to get out of the relegation zone. I Palace win would only make it harder for them to get off bottom but not out of the bottom 3.

 

At this rate they don't even look like getting out of bottom, hence why I suggested that. But as you say, I think any win for either of them can be good.

A draw would probably be best as that would allow Fulham to join other clubs on 8 points meaning Sunderland would need 7 points (8 considering their GD) and it would mean that Palace would leave them further adrift at the bottom.
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The 9-1 stuff is truly amazing. It was 1908 ffs

 

Crackers. To think in 1908 the Titanic hadnt even started to be built nevermind sank, Hitler wasn't even a German citizen nevermind waging world wars and bras weren't even invented near mind supporting tits, which feels very apt when talking about mackems.

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That is so sad :lol: and epitomises them for what they are, basically our shadow. We lose and it makes their day, even if they lose. We win and it darkens their day, even if they win. Their existence is based pretty much around our fortunes and not their own club's.

 

If any of wor lot did that to their motor, I'd disown them. The height of sadness and obsession.

 

9-1 man. I wonder if they know that defeat actually helped us win the league. That we fielded our reserves and kids basically against their top players not only to give our left out players a kick up the backside after they tried to revolt over something but because we also needed a fresh side to beat Sheff Wed I think, our then rivals for the title.

 

It didn't help us win the league like. Chelsea was the game after & Forest the game before - Sunderland were a better team than both.

 

I'm not sure about the supposed strike - but I'd like to think ''The Ultimate Record'' would tell us something about it. It was song long ago it's a mystery but in the end we won the league by 7 points - which is the equivalent of 10 points these days. So we basically walked away with it and we were top for about 80% of the season - 3rd being the lowest we fell - so something was up.

 

They won both Derbys that year - but we were clearly the best team in the league. Bear in mind it wasn't uncommon for players to be bribed to throw matches (or to bet on the other team so if they didn't get their win bonuses they'd win their bet) & Sunderland were known as the bank of England club

 

So there's always been something fishy about it - but it was so long ago I doubt we'll find out.

 

Meanwhile you can buy the 5-1 on DVD.

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The 9-1 stuff is truly amazing. It was 1908 ffs

 

Indeed.  Other selected results from around that time:

 

1901-02 season: Newcastle 8 - 0 Notts County

1902-03 season: Liverpool 9 - 2 Grimsby Town

1906-07 season: Everton 9 - 1 Manchester City, Aston Villa 8 - 1 "The Wednesday"

1907-08 season: Newcastle 8 - 0 Birmingham, Sunderland 7 - 2 Nottingham Forest, Liverpool 7 - 4 Manchester United

1908-09 season: Nottingham Forest 12 - 0 Leicester Fosse

1911-12 season: "The Wednesday" 8 - 0 Sunderland (lol 8-0 etc)

1912-13 season: Aston Villa 10 - 0 "The Wednesday"

 

It clearly wasn't that much like modern football, not that this should need pointed out to anyone :lol:

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