geordiesteve710 Posted August 23, 2025 Share Posted August 23, 2025 https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1aUk3U2CAz/ Facebook post showing off their new bridge to the stadium. Scrolled down past about 10 comments (and associated replies) before I found one that wasn't about Newcastle United, the Isak saga, bridges over the Tyne etc. It's just normal to them that we are their focal point and every conversation has to revolve around us- they don't see anything wrong with it. Bizarre. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWN Posted August 23, 2025 Share Posted August 23, 2025 whats incredible about it? its a bridge ffs Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitley mag Posted August 23, 2025 Share Posted August 23, 2025 Not the most attractive either. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deejeck Posted August 23, 2025 Share Posted August 23, 2025 16 minutes ago, geordiesteve710 said: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1aUk3U2CAz/ Facebook post showing off their new bridge to the stadium. Scrolled down past about 10 comments (and associated replies) before I found one that wasn't about Newcastle United, the Isak saga, bridges over the Tyne etc. It's just normal to them that we are their focal point and every conversation has to revolve around us- they don't see anything wrong with it. Bizarre. See it also contains the usual obligatory comment from an Everton fan in peyce... "welcome back to where you belong". What the fuck is so special about that bridge that it warrants that gushing FB post? There's nowt incredible about it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilcline Posted August 23, 2025 Share Posted August 23, 2025 Incredible = they have time for an extra pint in a shit tip of a pub in their shit tip of a town centre before walking over to their shit tip of a steydeyum Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted August 23, 2025 Share Posted August 23, 2025 36 minutes ago, GWN said: whats incredible about it? its a bridge ffs In all fairness, it’s about more than that. It basically intersects the two biggest regeneration projects in Sunderland, probably the only regeneration projects they have going on outside of a housing developer building on their old civic centre. All in all it’s their equivalent of our Pilgrim street regeneration. It’s the same for their new road bridge. You have no idea how much traffic it takes from the northern end, much of which was single lane from the Queen Alexandria bridge, past the SOL, and into Sunderland that way. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hithere Posted August 23, 2025 Share Posted August 23, 2025 39 minutes ago, Kilcline said: Incredible = they have time for an extra pint in a shit tip of a pub in their shit tip of a town centre before walking over to their shit tip of a steydeyum Some good pubs in Sunderland. Town centre is a work in progress granted but Keel Square is going quite well since it’s been redeveloped as an example. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilcline Posted August 23, 2025 Share Posted August 23, 2025 5 minutes ago, hithere said: Some good pubs in Sunderland. Town centre is a work in progress granted but Keel Square is going quite well since it’s been redeveloped as an example. Yeah I don't mind the two new(ish) ones on the square, Keel Tavern and The Botanist I think? Fire Station is a decent venue and bar aswell Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted August 23, 2025 Share Posted August 23, 2025 It's a nice bridge tbh and good for regeneration of Sunderland Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hithere Posted August 23, 2025 Share Posted August 23, 2025 2 minutes ago, Kilcline said: Yeah I don't mind the two new(ish) ones on the square, Keel Tavern and The Botanist I think? Fire Station is a decent venue and bar aswell Yeah I don’t mind them either but being honest the poster I replied to probably got it spot on at least in regards to me. I prefer to have a pint in one of the shit tips… Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffee_Johnny Posted August 23, 2025 Share Posted August 23, 2025 (edited) 17 minutes ago, ponsaelius said: It's a nice bridge tbh and good for regeneration of Sunderland Just had a quick deek online. Looks nice and I like that they give the public the option to name it. Didn’t realise there was such a long history of keels (and keel man) on the wear as well as the Tyne. A couple of generations of my ancestors were watermen/keel man from Bird’s Nest Walker and further along in Byker, at Dent’s Hole (great old place names!). Such a lot of similarities between the cities, particularly in their industrial origin. Shame that all that gets glossed over by petty perceived differences. Always thought of keels as solely going downriver (and back obvs) transporting coal and stone etc from shallow water to ships sitting in deeper water so wonder why Keel Crossing was chosen? (Presumably there was a ‘water taxi/ferry’ back in the day like between North and South Shields now and the many earlier ones pre Tyne Tunnel 🤷♂️ https://sites.google.com/site/fatfieldsite/the-keelmen Edited August 23, 2025 by Coffee_Johnny Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUHRLYASLEEVESUP Posted August 23, 2025 Share Posted August 23, 2025 1 hour ago, Stifler said: In all fairness, it’s about more than that. It basically intersects the two biggest regeneration projects in Sunderland, probably the only regeneration projects they have going on outside of a housing developer building on their old civic centre. All in all it’s their equivalent of our Pilgrim street regeneration. It’s the same for their new road bridge. You have no idea how much traffic it takes from the northern end, much of which was single lane from the Queen Alexandria bridge, past the SOL, and into Sunderland that way. It’s still shite like Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBG Posted August 23, 2025 Share Posted August 23, 2025 Isn't the page ran by a mackem? It's very much 'Well done Sunderland fans 👏' and NUFC bait at times. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitley mag Posted August 23, 2025 Share Posted August 23, 2025 1 hour ago, TBG said: Isn't the page ran by a mackem? It's very much 'Well done Sunderland fans 👏' and NUFC bait at times. Aye it’s def a mackem who runs football away days. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_R Posted August 23, 2025 Share Posted August 23, 2025 2 hours ago, Coffee_Johnny said: I like that they give the public the option to name it. It's gonna be "FTM Bridge", isn't it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoot Posted August 23, 2025 Share Posted August 23, 2025 8 minutes ago, Chris_R said: It's gonna be "FTM Bridge", isn't it? 6 in a row bridge Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyn davies Posted August 23, 2025 Share Posted August 23, 2025 2 hours ago, Coffee_Johnny said: Just had a quick deek online. Looks nice and I like that they give the public the option to name it. Didn’t realise there was such a long history of keels (and keel man) on the wear as well as the Tyne. A couple of generations of my ancestors were watermen/keel man from Bird’s Nest Walker and further along in Byker, at Dent’s Hole (great old place names!). Such a lot of similarities between the cities, particularly in their industrial origin. Shame that all that gets glossed over by petty perceived differences. Always thought of keels as solely going downriver (and back obvs) transporting coal and stone etc from shallow water to ships sitting in deeper water so wonder why Keel Crossing was chosen? (Presumably there was a ‘water taxi/ferry’ back in the day like between North and South Shields now and the many earlier ones pre Tyne Tunnel 🤷♂️ https://sites.google.com/site/fatfieldsite/the-keelmen Your nit gonna believe this , my family from years ago owned the original Birds Nest in Walker Road, also keelmen Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlies Posted August 23, 2025 Share Posted August 23, 2025 Had my first ever pint in the birds nest, cracking little pub back in the day. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffee_Johnny Posted August 23, 2025 Share Posted August 23, 2025 16 minutes ago, Charlies said: Had my first ever pint in the birds nest, cracking little pub back in the day. The whole (quite small) area was called Bird’s Nest; presumably where pub got its name. Think there’s still a Bird’s Nest road and on opposite side (Felling Shore) a Nest Road, near Friar’s Goose Marina, where my Dad and uncle had a boat for years. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groundhog63 Posted August 23, 2025 Share Posted August 23, 2025 4 hours ago, Stifler said: In all fairness, it’s about more than that. It basically intersects the two biggest regeneration projects in Sunderland, probably the only regeneration projects they have going on outside of a housing developer building on their old civic centre. All in all it’s their equivalent of our Pilgrim street regeneration. It’s the same for their new road bridge. You have no idea how much traffic it takes from the northern end, much of which was single lane from the Queen Alexandria bridge, past the SOL, and into Sunderland that way. Dear me Stif Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffee_Johnny Posted August 23, 2025 Share Posted August 23, 2025 Sounds like a riveting ‘Premier League’ game thus far. One shot on target each. Dubravka saving theirs, Burnley’s going in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RodneyCisse Posted August 23, 2025 Share Posted August 23, 2025 7 hours ago, Whitley mag said: Not the most attractive either. Purely functional, without any thought to attempting an iconic design. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menace Posted August 23, 2025 Share Posted August 23, 2025 Remember when these guys said they'd give PSG a game Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCW1983 Posted August 23, 2025 Share Posted August 23, 2025 Bump, back down to earth marra’s Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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