Alex

Did we need to beat Boro to come 2nd? But lost and got into the playoffs and lost to the Mackems? Seem to remember something like that but might be mixing up two different seasons

I’m going to this so I apologise in advance.

Jeff Brown was going to be number 20 but the Magedia stepped in

You’re not going to believe this but you know Billy Hardy? The Sunderland-born boxer who fought in red and white striped shorts. Well it turns out he supports Sunderland. Tony Jeffries as well, the Olympic medalist, also born there who had a fast food van outside the stadium of light on match days. He only supports them as well. It blew my mind

There’s an article from last year in the Sunderland Echo which kind of sums them up. 20 Surprising Famous Faces Who Support Sunderland. It’s absolutely fucking tragic. Nearly everyone either hails from Sunderland or nearby. They’ve included Henderson and Pickford on the list. It’s also got Mark Webber on there despite him also claiming to support Man Utd. Peter O’Toole and Brian Clough are on there. Apart from both being dead for years when the article was written (I guess the headline ‘….Support or Supported…. didn’t sound as good). The piece also admits in the case of Cloughie he actually supported Boro. Perhaps my favourite bit is that it only lists 19 people.

League Cup final v Man City?

There are other football venues in London too, which they may not be aware of. Nice of them to remind us not to try to turn Covent Garden and Trafalgar Square into something resembling a war zone though

With repartee like that he’ll get his ‘Contributor’ badge on RTG before long 👍🏻

To chew the cud?

Is he up in the Highlands?

You getting a cow next?

I suppose he never had much pace to lose in the first place.

Always liked a bit of blow

NZ isn’t a penal colony, it’s more like a hotel at Captain Teebs.

Aye, I bet he’s 100% serious The Borini one is like us having a massive Luque one

Aye, I wish I’d missed the match on the last three occasions I went there as well

Have you seen this?!!!

I’ll get you some cheesy chips and blue pop

If it’s an own goal, I’ll take it

Don’t give up the day job 👍🏻

Nether have I but it always was. I was taking the piss For sone reason we used to go there post match sometimes. Once I piped up “it’s fucking shite in here” and it turned out every felt the same and nobody said anything as it was a case of just going with the flow so we stopped going after that. Apart from the dog rough clientele (and some of the fellas in there were dodgy too) I remember, despite all the 60s stuff on the walks, nearly everything played was cheesy 70s glam rock. That and the posters behind the bar that were for drinks on offer when you weren’t there. Half price pints on Wednesday before 6 o’clock, that sort of thing.

Aka the classy option

Used to get in their quite often post match years ago.

Pacific looked dated when it opened. Is it retro cool these days. A la Lennons and Sgt Peppers?