joeyt Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 17 minutes ago, Kanji said: Never knew there was a bond between the Athletic Bilbao and NUFC. That’s awesome. Going to focus a little more on them in La Liga after reading that. They were founded by Sunderland fans for what it's worth Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rafalove Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 30 minutes ago, Kanji said: Never knew there was a bond between the Athletic Bilbao and NUFC. That’s awesome. Going to focus a little more on them in La Liga after reading that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rafalove Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 12 minutes ago, joeyt said: They were founded by Sunderland fans for what it's worth They weren’t. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 6 minutes ago, Rafalove said: They weren’t. Thought they were founded by British migrants, some of whom were Sunderland fans? Football was introduced to Bilbao by two distinct groups with British connections: British workers and Basque students returning from schools in Britain. In the late 19th century, Bilbao was a leading industrial town and attracted many migrant workers, including miners from the north-east of England and shipyard workers from Southampton, Portsmouth and Sunderland. They brought with them the game of football and came together to form Bilbao Football Club Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rafalove Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 Where is that from? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Athletic_Bilbao Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rafalove Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 Fair enough I could be wrong but I’m sure that was debunked on this forum a while ago. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/football-travel-by-outside-write/id1137630408?i=1000551721160 History of Athletic is covered pretty comprehensively in the pod. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
christ Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 (edited) The official history as I understand it is that football was introduced to the area by British workers of indeterminate origin (allegedly from the south coast and North East), but it wasn’t until about 15 years later that Athletic started wearing red and white stripes and that was because it was the only shirts they could get their hands on. Every club has a Bilbao link they like to amp up. I file most of them as apocryphal bollocks alongside “Brian Clough was almost our manager” and “we nearly signed a young Maradona”. Edited May 31, 2022 by christ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 7 hours ago, christ said: The official history as I understand it is that football was introduced to the area by British workers of indeterminate origin (allegedly from the south coast and North East), but it wasn’t until about 15 years later that Athletic started wearing red and white stripes and that was because it was the only shirts they could get their hands on. Every club has a Bilbao link they like to amp up. I file most of them as apocryphal bollocks alongside “Brian Clough was almost our manager” and “we nearly signed a young Maradona”. https://www.sheffieldunited.news/news/when-diego-maradona-nearly-joined-sheffield-united-and-real-reason-deal-didnt-happen/?amp I’m pretty sure that guy on the documentary that mentioned Sunderland just got the wrong English red & white club but they’ve latched on to it still. Sheff Utd nearly signed him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderson Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 Fantastic pre-season opponents. Finally! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 (edited) Finally we aren’t just playing totally boring and shite teams. Been a while since we had these kind of friendlies, especially this many interesting ones. What Flip said Edited June 2, 2022 by Ikon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 Hélder Cristóvão clasico. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 Playing against top European sides is exactly the way you prepare yourself for being a top European side. Reet lads, play this lot and we will see how good you are. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 2 minutes ago, Disco said: Hélder Cristóvão clasico. The Chucky derby Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 1 minute ago, STM said: Playing against top European sides is exactly the way you prepare yourself for being a top European side. Reet lads, play this lot and we will see how good you are. Doesn't make sense. Surely playing some league 2 shite is better preparation than playing actually good teams? What if they beat us and the players gets sad? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 Nunez Newcastle debut. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 (edited) Must have been agreed as part of the Nunez transfer Edited June 2, 2022 by ponsaelius Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack j Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 (edited) Ahh happy memories. Drank the place dry of superbock 3 kids and a wife later al probs need to give this one a miss Edited June 2, 2022 by jack j Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikejaxer Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 16 minutes ago, Nobody said: Doesn't make sense. Surely playing some league 2 shite is better preparation than playing actually good teams? What if they beat us and the players gets sad? If the players gets sad that's when you give them a couple days off and then fuck off to Portugal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 Will have to try and visit our Lisbon office for that week. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE27 Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 27 minutes ago, Flip said: Fantastic pre-season opponents. Finally! Always wondered why our preseason friendlies just kept getting lower quality. Better teams, better tests. Also the commercial side of them is surely better also? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Edgar Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 Finally playing at the stadium of light. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
geordie_b Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 Love me some Super Bock Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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