Wallsendmag Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 Those two grew-up less than 5 miles apart. Why do people (some) in Jarrow/Tyneside support Sunderland? Is there any rhyme or reason to it? Anybody who says a variant of 'because they are South of the river', deserves to be verbally chinned. South Shields is mainly a mackem area and further up the tyne you go the less mackem supporters you find, so you do get some in Jarrow. No way is South Shields mainly a mackem area like, at the very worst its 50/50 To keep it simple just assume everyone South of The Tyne is a mackem. We can forgive the folk in Gateshead because they're connected via the Tyne Bridge amongst others. Saves all the bickering. A lot of our most dedicated supporters are from South of the Tyne mind. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 Those two grew-up less than 5 miles apart. Why do people (some) in Jarrow/Tyneside support Sunderland? Is there any rhyme or reason to it? Anybody who says a variant of 'because they are South of the river', deserves to be verbally chinned. South Shields is mainly a mackem area and further up the tyne you go the less mackem supporters you find, so you do get some in Jarrow. No way is South Shields mainly a mackem area like, at the very worst its 50/50 To keep it simple just assume everyone South of The Tyne is a mackem. We can forgive the folk in Gateshead because they're connected via the Tyne Bridge amongst others. Saves all the bickering. What a heap load of bullshit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfella Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 Those two grew-up less than 5 miles apart. Why do people (some) in Jarrow/Tyneside support Sunderland? Is there any rhyme or reason to it? Anybody who says a variant of 'because they are South of the river', deserves to be verbally chinned. South Shields is mainly a mackem area and further up the tyne you go the less mackem supporters you find, so you do get some in Jarrow. No way is South Shields mainly a mackem area like, at the very worst its 50/50 To keep it simple just assume everyone South of The Tyne is a mackem. We can forgive the folk in Gateshead because they're connected via the Tyne Bridge amongst others. Saves all the bickering. A lot of our most dedicated supporters are from South of the Tyne mind. Exactly. Some of us had to endure many a school yard kicking because of our black n white allegiance. Give up south Tyneside to the makems and we're the size of Middlesbrough. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueStar Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/10547333/david-moyes-admits-sunderland-will-be-in-a-fight-against-relegation-this-season Who would have thought that that would turn out to be too optimistic? Promised them a relegation battle he couldn't deliver. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
UncleBingo Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 As rancid as they are, I think they'll win El Trampico on Wednesday as Boro are truly awful. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shintonsghost Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 As rancid as they are, I think they'll win El Trampico on Wednesday as Boro are truly awful. El Peado Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stal Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 Those two grew-up less than 5 miles apart. Why do people (some) in Jarrow/Tyneside support Sunderland? Is there any rhyme or reason to it? Anybody who says a variant of 'because they are South of the river', deserves to be verbally chinned. South Shields is mainly a mackem area and further up the tyne you go the less mackem supporters you find, so you do get some in Jarrow. I haven't lived there for 20 years but shields used to be quite even - don't forget Sunderland is closer and just about easier to get to. I think football has changed over the last few decades but it was almost always an inherited thing when I was a kid rather than what I think is a more free choice nowadays. My dad did used to go and watch both clubs but was defined by who he wanted to see win the derbies which means I'm black and white. When I started going to away games regularly at the start of the 80s, people from the town or North of the river did used to mock us gently for where we came from but I always felt more at home with tynesiders due to a similar accent rather than with Mackems. You have to change on the metro if you go to sunderland. Newcastle is straight through. It's still about 50/50 from what I can tell when I drink there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJS Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 Those two grew-up less than 5 miles apart. Why do people (some) in Jarrow/Tyneside support Sunderland? Is there any rhyme or reason to it? Anybody who says a variant of 'because they are South of the river', deserves to be verbally chinned. South Shields is mainly a mackem area and further up the tyne you go the less mackem supporters you find, so you do get some in Jarrow. I haven't lived there for 20 years but shields used to be quite even - don't forget Sunderland is closer and just about easier to get to. I think football has changed over the last few decades but it was almost always an inherited thing when I was a kid rather than what I think is a more free choice nowadays. My dad did used to go and watch both clubs but was defined by who he wanted to see win the derbies which means I'm black and white. When I started going to away games regularly at the start of the 80s, people from the town or North of the river did used to mock us gently for where we came from but I always felt more at home with tynesiders due to a similar accent rather than with Mackems. You have to change on the metro if you go to sunderland. Newcastle is straight through. It's still about 50/50 from what I can tell when I drink there. Yeah but twenty minutes on a bus. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stal Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 Point conceded Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 I always got the impression that South Shields was 40/40, with 20% who swing to who is doing well at the time. One of my mates who lives in Jarrow says it's about 80% us, and to be honest I think all of of South Tyneside is like that, aside from South Shields. Another friend who lives in Washington and is a Sunderland season ticket holder says that Washington is a lot more closer than it should be. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cp40 Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 Ian Wright on 606 says theres no easy games in the premier league- apart from Sunderland. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosenrot Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 What area north of the Tyne has the most Sunderland fans? Ashington? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Howaythetoon Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 From my experience anywhere south of the Tyne is 60-40 mackem. Durham is 60-40 them ask well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 What area north of the Tyne has the most Sunderland fans? Ashington? Non really. Ashington being a hotbed for Sunderland fans is a myth, a few of their former players from yonks ago who came from there and the myth that they had loads of fans there started. It's like saying Wallsend is a hotbed for Man Utd fans as Steve Bruce, and Carroll both played for Wallsend boys club. There is maybe 1 or two, like any town in North East with any of our clubs, but nothing that's stands out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exiled in Texas Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 Mackems in total denial of their ticket situation, despite so many of them only going to games on the freebies. And now attempting to create an alternative reality where it's not them flooding free tickets but now it's us. Fake News but soon to be the new truth in RTG If they can't sell out they just give away loads of tickets. FTS Free Ticket Skunks What a make believe world they live in. But who would want to live in their world when it's better to live in denial. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsunami Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 I always got the impression that South Shields was 40/40, with 20% who swing to who is doing well at the time. One of my mates who lives in Jarrow says it's about 80% us, and to be honest I think all of of South Tyneside is like that, aside from South Shields. Another friend who lives in Washington and is a Sunderland season ticket holder says that Washington is a lot more closer than it should be. Washington was more Nufc than Safc when I lived there; not sure what it's like since The City of Sunderland annexed it and droves of Mackems took refuge in The Galleries every weekend to save on utility bills. Washington Village is equidistant between Newcastle and Sunderland and Newcastle is far easier to get to by public transport. Absolutely gets my goat every time when Washington is referred to as part of Sunderland. When I was primary school age Sunderland may as well have been on Mars as far as Washington residents were concerned, there were miles of fields between the two and there was a single bus service which took for ever. The bus service to Newcastle was great, started and finished in Cincord. Rant over. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfella Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 I always got the impression that South Shields was 40/40, with 20% who swing to who is doing well at the time. One of my mates who lives in Jarrow says it's about 80% us, and to be honest I think all of of South Tyneside is like that, aside from South Shields. Another friend who lives in Washington and is a Sunderland season ticket holder says that Washington is a lot more closer than it should be. Washington was more Nufc than Safc when I lived there; not sure what it's like since The City of Sunderland annexed it and droves of Mackems took refuge in The Galleries every weekend to save on utility bills. Washington Village is equidistant between Newcastle and Sunderland and Newcastle is far easier to get to by public transport. Absolutely gets my goat every time when Washington is referred to as part of Sunderland. When I was primary school age Sunderland may as well have been on Mars as far as Washington residents were concerned, there were miles of fields between the two and there was a single bus service which took for ever. The bus service to Newcastle was great, started and finished in Cincord. Rant over. This is the truth. My dad's side of the family are all from Washington and although there's a few dodgy accents in there, they and most of their mates are solid Newcastle. And that's going back to the pre war era, because my dad was middle aged when they had me and I'm in my 50s. When I used to spend a lot of time with my cousins and uncles in the early 70s, it was unheard of to go to Sunderland for shopping, nights out etc and football was included in this. Washington was more linked to Gateshead than Sunderland in those days. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallsendmag Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 Mackems in total denial of their ticket situation, despite so many of them only going to games on the freebies. And now attempting to create an alternative reality where it's not them flooding free tickets but now it's us. Fake News but soon to be the new truth in RTG If they can't sell out they just give away loads of tickets. FTS Free Ticket Skunks What a make believe world they live in. But who would want to live in their world when it's better to live in denial. Yet our gate receipts are 3 times higher than theirs are. If we're giving all these tickets away those who are paying must be forking out over £100 a game for those sums to add up! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exiled in Texas Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 Trump logic - take the news you don't like, and call it fake news. Then make something up to deflect attention and now everyone can believe the new reality. Free Ticket Skunks will become the new truth on RTG. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJS Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 What area north of the Tyne has the most Sunderland fans? Ashington? Non really. Ashington being a hotbed for Sunderland fans is a myth, a few of their former players from yonks ago who came from there and the myth that they had loads of fans there started. It's like saying Wallsend is a hotbed for Man Utd fans as Steve Bruce, and Carroll both played for Wallsend boys club. There is maybe 1 or two, like any town in North East with any of our clubs, but nothing that's stands out. Quite a few pits in Durham were closed in the sixties and a lot of workers did move to the Ashington area which still had mines so thats the story - they did used to have and still may have a few supporter's club branches up there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shintonsghost Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 Trump logic - take the news you don't like, and call it fake news. Then make something up to deflect attention and now everyone can believe the new reality. Free Ticket Skunks will become the new truth on RTG. its like a comfort blanket to him Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoot Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 Mackems in total denial of their ticket situation, despite so many of them only going to games on the freebies. And now attempting to create an alternative reality where it's not them flooding free tickets but now it's us. Fake News but soon to be the new truth in RTG If they can't sell out they just give away loads of tickets. FTS Free Ticket Skunks What a make believe world they live in. But who would want to live in their world when it's better to live in denial. Yet our gate receipts are 3 times higher than theirs are. If we're giving all these tickets away those who are paying must be forking out over £100 a game for those sums to add up! They just absolutely love making stories up about us. They think things up in thier heads and if it sounds good and paints us in a bad light, it automatically becomes a fact. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhoywhonder Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 Trump logic - take the news you don't like, and call it fake news. Then make something up to deflect attention and now everyone can believe the new reality. Free Ticket Skunks will become the new truth on RTG. its like a comfort blanket to him Wank sock more like, what a clueless fucking arsehole. I love how the latest narrative is that the champo is back to being a pub league and we should be thoroughly ashamed at scraping promotion. Lets see what their excuses are when they sink like a bag of hammers next year... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exiled in Texas Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 Oh, next season it will be ..... "its a tough league with Hull, Boro down and with Villa and Norwich rebuilt and add in Huddersfield, Leeds and Fulham playing well etc. Mags never had any strong competition and they still only scraped promotion. Blah blah blah" Mackematics Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bimpy474 Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 Oh yeah this season the 4/6 points they get off us wouldn't have kept them up anyways. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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