sunderland

[bobbydazzla]

1 hour ago, Rocker said:

I had my work experience in Jessops.

Back at school I told the careers officer that I wanted to get a job at Jessops developing people’s holiday snaps, but only holiday snaps, nothing else  

 

She sent a letter home advising my parents to start monitoring my special interests and I did work experience in a fish processing factory 

 

 

 

Edited 22 hours ago by bobbydazzla

[danswan]

I once collected ring-pulls from several cans of Cherry Coke and got a free disposable camera. 

[sleazy]

I once used a cherry coke shaped camera to take a picture with Peter Beardsley and Steve Austin at the Arena. Didnt work.

[Scoreboard82]

18 hours ago, ste_ne24 said:

Going in the morning this is from August last year when i took a picture with my 360 camera after security. Never really thought about it but aye guess there will be a few more now that they're back prem should be interesting to see 

Just back from Tenerife. Surprisingly very little red and white on show in Newcastle airport and zero on the flight home. Was one or two with strong mackem accents who were a nightmare on the outbound flight. One had his passport temporarily confiscated by the cabin crew for him being too pissed while he argued he was only drinking coke to which the crew lass replied "do you think I'm stupid". It was such a sobering thought that  it made this 30+ adult worried enough to actually cry in front of a packed plane. He was a class above the one who actually pissed his shorts on the bus between the plane and the terminal building in Tenerife airport. Rather than be embarrassed or remorseful he aggressively said "You never seen anyone have a piss before?" Wish they'd fuck off and get their own airport.

 

 

Edited 22 hours ago by Scoreboard82

[TK-421]

11 minutes ago, Scoreboard82 said:

Just back from Tenerife. Surprisingly very little red and white on show in Newcastle airport and zero on the flight home. Was one or two with strong mackem accents who were a nightmare on the outbound flight. One had his passport temporarily confiscated by the cabin crew for him being too pissed while he argued he was only drinking coke to which the crew lass replied "do you think I'm stupid". It was such a sobering thought that  it made this 30+ adult worried enough to actually cry in front of a packed plane. He was a class above the one who actually pissed his shorts on the bus between the plane and the terminal building in Tenerife airport. Rather than be embarrassed or remorseful he aggressively said "You never seen anyone have a piss before?" Wish they'd fuck off and get their own airport.

 

 

 

Thought they would have tried to claim Derrum Teeys Valley by now, marra?

[Dr Venkman]

16 minutes ago, Scoreboard82 said:

Just back from Tenerife. Surprisingly very little red and white on show in Newcastle airport and zero on the flight home. Was one or two with strong mackem accents who were a nightmare on the outbound flight. One had his passport temporarily confiscated by the cabin crew for him being too pissed while he argued he was only drinking coke to which the crew lass replied "do you think I'm stupid". It was such a sobering thought that  it made this 30+ adult worried enough to actually cry in front of a packed plane. He was a class above the one who actually pissed his shorts on the bus between the plane and the terminal building in Tenerife airport. Rather than be embarrassed or remorseful he aggressively said "You never seen anyone have a piss before?" Wish they'd fuck off and get their own airport.

 

 

 

 

Really wanted to quote my post from October 2011 in response to this, but the thread was locked, so I'll just copy and paste below.

 

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was on holiday recently, initially had a little giggle at the bloke in his mackem top and full tracksuit at the airport (fwiw he wore the exact same clothes on the flight home)...then this happened...

 

me and my lass went on a day long cruise around zakynthos on this big pirate ship looking thing. so we're sitting at the front of the ship minding our own business when 3 mackem blokes turn up, all in their 50's. incidentally i knew they were mackems because one of them had not only 3 tattoos on his legs of various simpsons characters wearing mackem tops but safc on his forearm and ftm on his other forearm (he later went on to take his top off and reveal 2 massive mackem badges on his chest and an additional ftm on his chest above them  )

 

anyway, they position themselves right at the front of the ship on the open deck and start generally pissing about, giggling, offering other passengers sweets in 'hilarious' fashion etc and basically looking like 3 lads on a school trip. they weren't doing any harm mind.

 

so we set sail and it's a little bit rough but lovely weather, so the lads all have their tops off and are sun-bathing and they crack open the beers. after literally one beer, and a beer the size of a coke can at that, one of them is lying face down on deck throwing up into a carrier bag, only it's not all going into the carrier bag and it's spilling onto the deck around him. there was a few waves, but this was a 150 ft boat at least and there's very small children asleep on deck, it's not that bad at all.

 

he proceeds to lie face down in his own vom for the next hour while his mates produce hard boiled eggs and sandwiches. after a while the lad carries his bag of sick to the back of the boat but makes ney effort to get anything cleaned up and just leaves it there.

 

[Stifler]

19 hours ago, Whitley mag said:

Is the Sheepfolds the greatest entertainment venue the world has ever seen like they claim, boosting the Sunderland economy you’ll be lauded on RTG providing you didn’t lower the tone wearing a barcode top?

It’s basically the Stack, but in a permanent venue. It does look good to be honest. I do though think that a large amount of its popularity is that it’s purchases Sunderland’s first venue like this, outside of the Seaburn Stack. It’s also probably the closest thing to the SOL that caters to anyone younger than a Boomer. 

[Scoot]

 

[KennyUtd]

Apropos nothing..."the jewels remain trophy"

😂🤣😅😆

 

[Hudson]

3 hours ago, Scoreboard82 said:

Just back from Tenerife. Surprisingly very little red and white on show in Newcastle airport and zero on the flight home. Was one or two with strong mackem accents who were a nightmare on the outbound flight. One had his passport temporarily confiscated by the cabin crew for him being too pissed while he argued he was only drinking coke to which the crew lass replied "do you think I'm stupid". It was such a sobering thought that  it made this 30+ adult worried enough to actually cry in front of a packed plane. He was a class above the one who actually pissed his shorts on the bus between the plane and the terminal building in Tenerife airport. Rather than be embarrassed or remorseful he aggressively said "You never seen anyone have a piss before?" Wish they'd fuck off and get their own airport.

 

 

 

Nissan shutdown ain’t till end of July or Early August

[ramirez]

3 hours ago, Stifler said:

It’s basically the Stack, but in a permanent venue. It does look good to be honest. I do though think that a large amount of its popularity is that it’s purchases Sunderland’s first venue like this, outside of the Seaburn Stack. It’s also probably the closest thing to the SOL that caters to anyone younger than a Boomer. 

It’s decent tbf, but don’t know how well it’ll do in long run as a bit of a trek apart from when something on at the ‘stadium’.  Most the units weren’t even open last time I was there, which admittedly was a weekday in half term but still seemed a bit short sighted.

 

 

Edited 18 hours ago by ramirez

[Stifler]

16 minutes ago, ramirez said:

It’s decent tbf, but don’t know how well it’ll do in long run as a bit of a trek apart from when something on at the ‘stadium’.  Most the units weren’t even open last time I was there, which admittedly was a weekday in half term but still seemed a bit shirt sighted.

They are building that new pedestrian bridge, but in all honesty it’s pretty much 6 and 2 3’s in terms of quickness if you go over the Town bridge instead.

 

The big test will come when all the building work on that side of the river starts. It’s going to be years of everything around it being demolished, and replacement buildings being built.

How many people will fancy being there? How many bands and acts are going to happy having all the background noise drowned out their voices? Also how many fans are going to be happy going into it after Sunderland have just been smashed and it’s pissing down with rain and the realities of being promoted hit them instead of them being happy grabbing last minute winners in the Championship?

 

Whilst all that work is going on, somewhere else in the city centre will open up and become more popular.

 

As it happens, I hope it’s a success. There will be plenty of independent businesses ran by people who have put everything into them needing it to be successful.

Sunderland needs them to be a success over dingy pubs serving watered down Carling with Wee Philly rolling out his latest Chubby Brown impression.

[ramirez]

The guy I know who has a unit there said it was cheaper for bricks and mortar there than to just put his trailer on the stack seaburn site. I worked in Sunderland centre briefly a few years ago and it would be a bit far out to go on dinner etc. everyone in our office either went to Greggs or McDonald’s, or the bakers oven at a push until that slice opened, a total lack of options.

[UV]

3 hours ago, KennyUtd said:

Apropos nothing..."the jewels remain trophy"

😂🤣😅😆

 

 

It's a forum in-joke tbf to that poster. It's from this classic thread from 2004:

 

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just been listing to to three lions and after this season i think safc could create there own version this is what i have made up.



Two cats on the shirt jewles remain still cleaming.

Jeff whitley the whole of sunderland is with you...... oh it is saved

we still believe. It's coming home the premiership is coming home.

tera for heros dressed in red and white.

No plans for final day just stay in bed.

It could have been so songs in the street it could have been so complete.

Now i sing Two cats on the shirt jewles remain still cleaming.

Talk about football coming home.

Then one night in birmingham we were strong smith ready to score and kyle looking at his best stewart certain to score.

We could have been dancing in cardiff.

Sunderland 1 - o shef united 0 and we are there in manchester.

Two cats on the shirt jewles remain still cleaming. No more years of hurt.



well what do people think of it?

 

 

 

Edited 14 hours ago by UV

[TheBrownBottle]

11 minutes ago, UV said:

 

It's a forum in-joke tbf to that poster. It's from this classic thread from 2004:

 

 

 

 

 

Fucking hell, RTG lore is more convoluted than the MCU at this point

[Hovagod]

Biffo the Bear makes me sad.

 

They’re mackems. What’s his excuse?

 

 

Edited 10 hours ago by Hovagod

[Stifler]

8 hours ago, ramirez said:

The guy I know who has a unit there said it was cheaper for bricks and mortar there than to just put his trailer on the stack seaburn site. I worked in Sunderland centre briefly a few years ago and it would be a bit far out to go on dinner etc. everyone in our office either went to Greggs or McDonald’s, or the bakers oven at a push until that slice opened, a total lack of options.

I think that just reinforces the point that the Seaburn Stack is still the most popular location in Sunderland.

[NE27]

10 hours ago, Scoot said:

 

 

"Narrow lee" had me double take like.

[Coffee_Johnny]

2 hours ago, NE27 said:

 

"Narrow lee" had me double take like.

He’s a Mad Lads Fan; great at getting through crowds. 

[GallowgatePigeon]

New Cattle is absolutely amazing, fair play to the galaxy brain who came up with that. 

 

I wonder what else he has up his sleeve. Piddles Borough? Ever Tongue? Aston Vanilla? 

[KennyUtd]

9 hours ago, UV said:

 

It's a forum in-joke tbf to that poster. It's from this classic thread from 2004:

 

 

 

 

 

How do you remember that? 21 years ago ffs. 😆

[Dancing Brave]

5 hours ago, Hovagod said:

Biffo the Bear makes me sad.

 

They’re mackems. What’s his excuse?

 

 

 

Yup, he's a very sad attention seeking whopper. 

[Nucasol]

5 hours ago, Hovagod said:

Biffo the Bear makes me sad.

 

They’re mackems. What’s his excuse?

 

 

 

Biffo the Cockold.

[Stal]

That Deluded twitter post

15 hours ago, Scoot said:

 

 

Someone asked Grok to create a story about delusional Sunderland fan called “Narrow Lee”.

 

Narrow Lee, a Sunderland diehard, was born in the shadow of the Stadium of Light, his heart pumping red and white. A delusional optimist, he’s convinced the 2025-26 Premier League return will see Sunderland dominate, especially against hated Newcastle United. Lee’s backstory includes wild tales: predicting a 5-0 derby win, claiming Enzo Le Fée is “Messi reincarnated,” and swearing he saw the ghost of Bobby Kerr bless the pitch. His pub rants about Newcastle’s “inevitable collapse” are legendary, though mates roll their eyes. Lee’s tattoo of the play-off final score (2-1 vs. Sheffield United) fuels his belief in miracles. Yet, whispers of relegation odds (2/5) don’t faze him—Narrow Lee lives for the dream, not stats.

[Choppy Chop Chop]

from co pilot 

Up in the northeast of England, not far from the River Wear, lived a Sunderland fan with more confidence than common sense: a man known only as Narrow Lee. No one could quite remember where the nickname came from—some said it referred to the tight alleyway where he always parked on match days; others swore it was because of his famously "narrow view" of footballing reality.

Every season, without fail, Lee would declare, “This is our year, lads! Automatic promotion and a cup double!”—regardless of league position, budget constraints, or the fact that Sunderland were in a mid-table battle in League One.

He wore his Sunderland shirt to weddings, funerals, job interviews, even once to a formal hearing at the council. His dog was named Quinny, his goldfish was Niall (after Niall Quinn, obviously), and his ringtone was the Stadium of Light crowd chanting, slightly off-key.

Lee ran a blog—_“The Only Way is Up”—_where he provided detailed tactical analysis and predicted towering victories over teams two leagues above. He once confidently bet his mate that Sunderland would beat Manchester City 4–1 in the FA Cup. “We’ll shock the world,” he said. City won 6–0, but Lee claimed the ref was biased and the ball was “obviously heavier than regulation weight.”

But here’s the thing about Narrow Lee: for all his wild optimism and reality-defying predictions, there was a sort of magic to him. He made you want to believe. In pubs and at the Stadium of Light, when Lee was around, hope somehow lingered a little longer.

And who knows? Maybe one day, when Sunderland do claw their way back to the top, they’ll look to the stands, and there he'll be—arms aloft, scarf flying, shouting, “Told you so, ya doubters!”

Want to hear what Lee got up to during Sunderland’s infamous play-off final? It's... emotional.