sunderland

[Dokko]

1 hour ago, RUHRLYASLEEVESUP said:

fair summary imo
 

Just got back from my Sunderland — the land that time, hope, and common sense forgot.
Nothing’s changed. Still no jobs, no future, just a sea of boarded-up shops and desperate faces. Generations locked in a death grip with Labour, voting the same way because misery feels safer than trying.

But there’s one thing Sunderland has truly perfected: dog shit.
It’s everywhere — pavements, parks, street corners, our beautiful landmarks and amazing coastline — a proud, steaming monument to our collective failure. I spent most of the trip warning my wife and kids, “Watch out!” and “Don’t step in that!” like some deranged tour guide through east Ukraine. Maybe that’s why everyone walks around with their heads down. 

Sunderland: a city so committed to being a shithole figuratively and literally it makes sure you can smell it on your shoes on the way out.

 

I was going to write an apology for my last post, given the reaction. It was not my intent to offend anyone. 

Then I remembered… I don’t give a fuck.

It’s my hometown too. I grew up there. I lived there.
And if calling out how run-down and hopeless it is upsets you, that’s your problem, not mine.

You’ve become so accustomed to it that you don’t even see it. I noticed it straight away — the filth, the decay, the hopelessness.
I see young lads getting a bad reputation and causing “trouble” — but what else are they supposed to do?
What should their parents tell them? “Hey lads, knock it off and instead go do… what?”

There’s nothing for them.
No future to aspire to.
No opportunity.
Just another generation trapped in the same cycle.

I feel bad for the kids.
I feel bad for the young blokes with nowhere to go and nothing to aim for.
I feel bad for the old people who spent their whole lives watching the place rot.
And I feel bad for the fucking losers who think it’s somehow “ok” because some other shithole might be worse.

One thing I do agree wit, a few people pointed it out, is the people.
The people are still very friendly. Proper, genuinely friendly. A joy to be around. Better than anywhere else I’ve lived. They deserve better.

My family, still there, deserves better.
Your kids, your families, your future — you all deserve better.

I despair.

Pretending Sunderland isn’t a shithole doesn’t make you loyal. It just makes you blind.

Loving Sunderland should mean wanting better, not pretending it’s fine. It’s not.

 

 

 

 

Where's that from? Nail on head, like. Same for quite a few places though. 

[RUHRLYASLEEVESUP]

43 minutes ago, Dokko said:

 

Where's that from? Nail on head, like. Same for quite a few places though. 

Lass on Facebook I know, getting pelters for it from the local Safcia 

[Kid Icarus]

Far too well-written for the general Facebook user like.

[Whitley mag]

I do feel they big up the coast line a bit, not a patch on North Tyneside/Northumberland, sometimes think I’ve got the French Riviera 12 miles down the road the way they go on.

 

Saying that the town centre is a complete shit tip so it probably does feel like Cannes to them.

 

 

Edited 8 hours ago by Whitley mag

[GallowgatePigeon]

Congratulations Sunderland AFC on their remarkable achievement of being the only North East club to join the coveted "Undoubled" club of 24/25. North East Top Dogs indeed.

 

 

[Groundhog63]

12 minutes ago, GallowgatePigeon said:

Congratulations Sunderland AFC on their remarkable achievement of being the only North East club to join the coveted "Undoubled" club of 24/25. North East Top Dogs indeed.

 

 

 

Just spat my tea out 😂😂😂😂😂

[Nucasol]

29 minutes ago, GallowgatePigeon said:

Congratulations Sunderland AFC on their remarkable achievement of being the only North East club to join the coveted "Undoubled" club of 24/25. North East Top Dogs indeed.

 

 

Another imaginary award, much like the coveted North East Top Dogs award that came into existence in the 99/00 and 00/01 season and then promptly disappeared.

[Rich]

I’d like to send my congratulations to the club and city of Sunderland this morning.

[Choppy Chop Chop]

33 minutes ago, GallowgatePigeon said:

Congratulations Sunderland AFC on their remarkable achievement of being the only North East club to join the coveted "Undoubled" club of 24/25. North East Top Dogs indeed.

 

 

Was scratching my head for a while, then the penny dropped no one beat the buggers twice. hahahahahahaha They need to have a parade 

[Groundhog63]

Do the 2 Semi Finsl play-offs count? 

 

"Undoubled Except for the Play-offs" Award

[Izakaya]

4 hours ago, RUHRLYASLEEVESUP said:

fair summary imo
 

Just got back from my Sunderland — the land that time, hope, and common sense forgot.
Nothing’s changed. Still no jobs, no future, just a sea of boarded-up shops and desperate faces. Generations locked in a death grip with Labour, voting the same way because misery feels safer than trying.

But there’s one thing Sunderland has truly perfected: dog shit.
It’s everywhere — pavements, parks, street corners, our beautiful landmarks and amazing coastline — a proud, steaming monument to our collective failure. I spent most of the trip warning my wife and kids, “Watch out!” and “Don’t step in that!” like some deranged tour guide through east Ukraine. Maybe that’s why everyone walks around with their heads down. 

Sunderland: a city so committed to being a shithole figuratively and literally it makes sure you can smell it on your shoes on the way out.

 

I was going to write an apology for my last post, given the reaction. It was not my intent to offend anyone. 

Then I remembered… I don’t give a fuck.

It’s my hometown too. I grew up there. I lived there.
And if calling out how run-down and hopeless it is upsets you, that’s your problem, not mine.

You’ve become so accustomed to it that you don’t even see it. I noticed it straight away — the filth, the decay, the hopelessness.
I see young lads getting a bad reputation and causing “trouble” — but what else are they supposed to do?
What should their parents tell them? “Hey lads, knock it off and instead go do… what?”

There’s nothing for them.
No future to aspire to.
No opportunity.
Just another generation trapped in the same cycle.

I feel bad for the kids.
I feel bad for the young blokes with nowhere to go and nothing to aim for.
I feel bad for the old people who spent their whole lives watching the place rot.
And I feel bad for the fucking losers who think it’s somehow “ok” because some other shithole might be worse.

One thing I do agree wit, a few people pointed it out, is the people.
The people are still very friendly. Proper, genuinely friendly. A joy to be around. Better than anywhere else I’ve lived. They deserve better.

My family, still there, deserves better.
Your kids, your families, your future — you all deserve better.

I despair.

Pretending Sunderland isn’t a shithole doesn’t make you loyal. It just makes you blind.

Loving Sunderland should mean wanting better, not pretending it’s fine. It’s not.

 

 

 

👏👏👏👏

[GallowgatePigeon]

27 minutes ago, Nucasol said:

Another imaginary award, much like the coveted North East Top Dogs award that came into existence in the 99/00 and 00/01 season and then promptly disappeared.

 

"There won't be a drop of Vaux left on Wearside tonight "

[Dancing Brave]

2 hours ago, GallowgatePigeon said:

Congratulations Sunderland AFC on their remarkable achievement of being the only North East club to join the coveted "Undoubled" club of 24/25. North East Top Dogs indeed.

 

 

"The Undoubled" 

[The Fountain]

2 hours ago, Groundhog63 said:

 

Just spat my tea out 😂😂😂😂😂

They've totally pissed on our cup win.

[bhoywhonder]

"the undebbled"

[GallowgatePigeon]

Another bad day for "The Undoubled".

 

Got beyt of Oxfed

[TheBrownBottle]

Who needs facts when you can just play make-believe?

 

Also, I was born in July 1982 - Sunderland’s average position in my lifetime (and I’m not a young’un) is 26th in the league - so their average is a ‘championship club’.  Delewdid knackers

[OCOCOL]

On 25/04/2025 at 12:13, Crayola Kid said:

SR6 covers a variety of neighbourhoods, and includes the terraced cottages of Roker right along to the mansions of Cleadon. Its got areas many of you would like to live in and areas some of you might prefer not to live in. 

Right Move currently has listings from 67K to over 3 million in this post code area.

I live near the middle (in both senses, house is valued at almost exactly national average).  I'm 5 mins from the beach and a few pubs and restaurants, good distance to walk to when we fancy or avoid if its busy.

I've been here 20 years, seen a few changes, and think Sunderland (the city) finally seeing a bit of investment as a genuinely positive thing which rightly gives some locals a little bit of pride and optimism - if thats possible in this weird moment nationally/globally (in my point of view).

Of course there is a tendency for some people here to feel the need to compare everything to Newcastle and this is achingly boring, but it's not everyone. Empty vessels and all that.

 

Their football team is a clown car crashing in slow motion, and they are our nearest rivals so that's to be enjoyed, but the other stuff is nowt to me. I've lived in Newcastle too and worked alongside enough from both sides to know there are more things in common than differences between us all

I agree mate. The Sunderland suburbs by the coast are very nice. I was making the point generally that the SMB board is a weird mix of (madochistic) Newcastle and London exiles and a few hyacinth bouquet types who look down on their own. It is far from representative of decent Sunlun’ lads and lasses who I agree we have more in common with than most of the rest of the country.

 

id ratter have a pint with Pete from Pallion than Tom from Tunbridge Wells 99 times out of 100 and ratter have them in my corner too when it came down to it. 

 

Their team I detest and hope they font come up - I don’t enjoy the derbies despite attending every one home and away since the play off defeat.

[Crayola Kid]

15 minutes ago, OCOCOL said:

I agree mate. The Sunderland suburbs by the coast are very nice. I was making the point generally that the SMB board is a weird mix of (madochistic) Newcastle and London exiles and a few hyacinth bouquet types who look down on their own. It is far from representative of decent Sunlun’ lads and lasses who I agree we have more in common with than most of the rest of the country.

 

id ratter have a pint with Pete from Pallion than Tom from Tunbridge Wells 99 times out of 100 and ratter have them in my corner too when it came down to it. 

 

Their team I detest and hope they font come up - I don’t enjoy the derbies despite attending every one home and away since the play off defeat.

I'm as scarred by derbies as everyone else after the most recent ones, but I'd still love them to pay us a visit in the big league for a season or two. 

It would be back to the way it was for the majority of my lifetime, we'd beat them more often than not.  And they couldn't keep their heads in the sand and concentrate on the football league, the reality of their station would be in their faces week after week, as every team in the prem brought international stars to their ground and wiped the floor with them

[TRon]

They've been so shit over the last couple of months I'd almost forgot they could still go up via the play offs.

[Coffee_Johnny]

7 hours ago, Rich said:

I’d like to send my congratulations to the club and city of Sunderland this morning.

When’s the parade? 

[LionOfGosforth]

9 minutes ago, TRon said:

They've been so shit over the last couple of months I'd almost forgot they could still go up via the play offs.

 

4 consecutive defeats with 1 goal scored and still miles clear of 5th. 

[OCOCOL]

9 minutes ago, LionOfGosforth said:

 

4 consecutive defeats with 1 goal scored and still miles clear of 5th. 

I think bar the top 2 the rest of the dross in the championship know they’ll be humiliated every week if they come up so are fighting to stay down 😂

[Wolfcastle]

7 hours ago, Nucasol said:

Another imaginary award, much like the coveted North East Top Dogs award that came into existence in the 99/00 and 00/01 season and then promptly disappeared.

Just like North East Top Dogs and Winning Sequences its another thing we've probably 'won' multiple times and not realised. (know can think of some examples off the top of my head 93, 95 97 )