pedro111 Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 Listen, I am no soopa fan or anything. Far from it. I've been following the team since the mid 90's, had a season ticket for nearly 15 years. Been to maybe 30 away games before I gave up when Rafa left as I could take no more. So I am speaking from a base of perhaps being a slightly more than average fan. One thing I will say is that I don't need to be asked twice to sing my heart out home or away. On saturday I watched the match in the Black Garter (don't ask! ) with six mates. Most of them better fans than me. In years gone by at least half of them would have been in that away end. But this year they're not, they are in the Black Garter. I know we still have loads of hardcore in the away end so don't get me wrong but it was immediately noticeable right from the off when the camera pans our away end, maybe it's me but a lot of these people don't look like our away fans. Standing there like mute lemmings, gently applauding. The goals go in and some are just stood there. I don't know about you but if I was at Sunderland Away and we scored I'd be expecting at least a minor injury of some sort in the celebrations. Anyhow, my voice was gone by half time in the pub. It was like Wembley revisited. Six passionate blokes giving their support in the pub. We are just six daft lads but it's clear that there are many more (better fans than us) who can't get in now. We have long had a reputation for having a great away support and it pains me so much to see it slowly becoming watered down. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ7 Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 21 hours ago, SteV said: Seems a sound bloke from what I’ve heard of people who’ve had interactions with him. How he gets a ticket for games like this I’m not entirely sure mind, but probably best not open that can of worms… He’s on the train quite regularly from Morpeth for home games and I’ve seen him a couple of times when I bought tickets in the Platinum Club. Saw him at Leeds too when Shelvey scored. Suspect he’ll have the loyalty points anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteV Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 2 minutes ago, JJ7 said: He’s on the train quite regularly from Morpeth for home games and I’ve seen him a couple of times when I bought tickets in the Platinum Club. Saw him at Leeds too when Shelvey scored. Suspect he’ll have the loyalty points anyway. Yeah he might well have had his own ticket for a long while. Although a PL referee owning a ST for a PL club probably isn’t the best optics, even if he can’t do our matches 😬 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
et tu brute Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 I see our team photo has wound them up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbandit Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 7 minutes ago, et tu brute said: I see our team photo has wound them up. If they’d done that to us, we’d have been absolutely livid. Can’t believe they allowed it to happen Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Icarus Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 Winding them up was obviously a big part of the point in doing it man Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
et tu brute Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 (edited) https://www.readytogo.net/smb/threads/the-mags-weren’t-even-that-good.1624624/post-39870102 I must have imagined longstaff's three chances, Almiron's shot going straight in before it hit the clogger in the head (which he knew nothing about) and Almiron/Gordon's efforts which were just wide. They were totally dominated by a team who only needed to play in second gear from the kick off. 30 million for Clarke, 20 million for Neil and Ballard, and a team who plays Brazil like football my fucking arse Edited January 8 by et tu brute Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
et tu brute Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 1 minute ago, Kid Icarus said: Winding them up was obviously a big part of the point in doing it man Exactly Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
et tu brute Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 2 minutes ago, et tu brute said: https://www.readytogo.net/smb/threads/the-mags-weren’t-even-that-good.1624624/post-39870102 I must have imagined longstaff's three chances, Almiron's shot going straight in before it hit the clogger in the head (which he knew nothing about) and Almiron/Gordon's efforts which were just wide. They were totally dominated by a team who only needed to play in second gear from the kick off. 30 million for Clarke, 20 million for Neil and Ballard, and a team who plays Brazil like football my fucking arse To be fair to them a few are calling him out Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magpie Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 The Tyne Wear derby at the weekend was the 157th meeting between the two teams. But something happened for the first ever time. What was it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pablo123 Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 6 minutes ago, Magpie said: The Tyne Wear derby at the weekend was the 157th meeting between the two teams. But something happened for the first ever time. What was it? A flock of seagulls got digitally penetrated during the half time meat draw in the centre circle. Band members said it's the last time they do a gig in Sunderland. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magpie Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 1 minute ago, Pablo123 said: A flock of seagulls got digitally penetrated during the half time meat draw in the centre circle. Band members said it's the last time they do a gig in Sunderland. It's good, but it's not quite right Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nucasol Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 10 minutes ago, Magpie said: The Tyne Wear derby at the weekend was the 157th meeting between the two teams. But something happened for the first ever time. What was it? Thogden making an appearance in the stands? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1964 Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 15 minutes ago, Magpie said: The Tyne Wear derby at the weekend was the 157th meeting between the two teams. But something happened for the first ever time. What was it? The home fans thought they played in silver and red? First time a heavily bosomed woman offered out the away end, and actually used the word 'puff' in a sentence for the first time in decades Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
danny Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 20 minutes ago, Magpie said: The Tyne Wear derby at the weekend was the 157th meeting between the two teams. But something happened for the first ever time. What was it? Isak being the first player to score for us in all those comps in 1 season ever Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keegans Export Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 (edited) 56 minutes ago, Magpie said: The Tyne Wear derby at the weekend was the 157th meeting between the two teams. But something happened for the first ever time. What was it? One of the teams made five subs?? Edit - or four subs at the same time? Edited January 9 by Keegans Export Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowlingcrofty Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 57 minutes ago, Magpie said: The Tyne Wear derby at the weekend was the 157th meeting between the two teams. But something happened for the first ever time. What was it? First time the teams have met when in different divisions? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
500bhp Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 57 minutes ago, Magpie said: The Tyne Wear derby at the weekend was the 157th meeting between the two teams. But something happened for the first ever time. What was it? No Sunderland player had played in any of the previous derbies? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffee_Johnny Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 1 hour ago, Magpie said: The Tyne Wear derby at the weekend was the 157th meeting between the two teams. But something happened for the first ever time. What was it? Something niche like, first time one of the teams had 0 corners? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Decky Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 1 hour ago, Magpie said: The Tyne Wear derby at the weekend was the 157th meeting between the two teams. But something happened for the first ever time. What was it? Think I heard somewhere that it was the most away fans ever in the derby? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeordieDazzler Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 Howay then Magpie…what is it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfella Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 44 minutes ago, Decky said: Think I heard somewhere that it was the most away fans ever in the derby? Not even close. We used to get two-thirds of the old Roker End in the '80s and that held about 18,000. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superior Acuña Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 19 hours ago, LFEE said: Surely it’s in reference to the team? Not the fans… Whos that team they call United? Who’s that team we all adore? Well they play in B&W and they all know how to fight… We’ll support you ever more. Unless they’ve changed the words which wouldn’t surprise me changing “they” to “we” stops it from making sense 😆 I've always sung 'we'. (while feeling a bit silly singing the fight bit ) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wandy Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 14 hours ago, pedro111 said: Listen, I am no soopa fan or anything. Far from it. I've been following the team since the mid 90's, had a season ticket for nearly 15 years. Been to maybe 30 away games before I gave up when Rafa left as I could take no more. So I am speaking from a base of perhaps being a slightly more than average fan. One thing I will say is that I don't need to be asked twice to sing my heart out home or away. On saturday I watched the match in the Black Garter (don't ask! ) with six mates. Most of them better fans than me. In years gone by at least half of them would have been in that away end. But this year they're not, they are in the Black Garter. I know we still have loads of hardcore in the away end so don't get me wrong but it was immediately noticeable right from the off when the camera pans our away end, maybe it's me but a lot of these people don't look like our away fans. Standing there like mute lemmings, gently applauding. The goals go in and some are just stood there. I don't know about you but if I was at Sunderland Away and we scored I'd be expecting at least a minor injury of some sort in the celebrations. Anyhow, my voice was gone by half time in the pub. It was like Wembley revisited. Six passionate blokes giving their support in the pub. We are just six daft lads but it's clear that there are many more (better fans than us) who can't get in now. We have long had a reputation for having a great away support and it pains me so much to see it slowly becoming watered down. I had the exact same experience when watching the cup final last February, but I watched it in The Clock. I was surrounded by lads who you just knew were part of the old school, singing all of our traditional songs at the top of their voices. It was pretty depressing knowing that our end should have been filled with these lads, rather than them having no choice but to watch it in a bar. Our old hardcore are now watching NUFC matches in front of a TV screen and that is a serious problem. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magpie Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 It is the first time we have played each other whilst being in a different division. All previous cup ties we have been in the same league. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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