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  On 05/04/2024 at 10:10, Howmanheyman said:

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Is this the same Sunderland who put a bid in for the potential Euro games and showed pics of Newcastle in the bid? Or the same Sunderland where in their TV documentary, (which captivated the world and made safc everybody's global second team), they showed their (briefly) manager, Chris Coleman, (when he wasn't getting threatened by one of their fans), wax lyrical about how beautiful it was was up in Sunderland as the camera panned out showing Tynemouth priory and King Edwards bay? That same Sunderland? 

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The same documentary that filmed a mackem comedian taking the stage at that well known Sunderland venue, the Stand comedy club, the Bigg Market, Sunderland?

 

I honestly couldn't give a shit about NE regional appropriation in any case, but to get upset about the Gateshead quayside is weird. It's literally on the banks of the Tyne linked to Newcastle by 7 bridges. On a wider note, the boundaries of Newcastle have always been a bit of an anomaly. South London, is still London, South of the Clyde in Galsgow is still Glasgow, I fully accept that the SoL is in Sunderland despite being on the Northern side of the Wear away from the "city" centre. Don't get me started on North Tyneside which has been arbitrarily disected off despite almost all of it being coniguous with the city. For a host of reasons, this has been problematic for the development of the city, as it has led to a lack of joined up planning. 

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  On 05/04/2024 at 09:16, Alex said:

:lol: I did think about that one near Shiremoor but even that comparison doesn’t work 

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Didn't realise it was named after New York, New York. Apparently there was another village called Philadelphia as well.

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  On 05/04/2024 at 13:15, The Fish said:

Didn't realise it was named after New York, New York. Apparently there was another village called Philadelphia as well.

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Philadelphia is a little village near Sunderland isn’t it? Although the original Philadelphia (what the American one is named after) was Greek in antiquity iirc 

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  On 05/04/2024 at 13:23, Alex said:

Philadelphia is a little village near Sunderland isn’t it? Although the original Philadelphia (what the American one is named after) was Greek in antiquity iirc 

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Etymologically sounds about right. Phileo - love. Delphia - whatever that means. Wonder if it's owt to do with Delphi?

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By the way, it’s funny that they brag about having a beach (Seaburn) whereas Newcastle doesn’t. Yet they’ll have filmed that scene at Tynemouth as there’ll have been less chance of running into any mackems 

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  On 05/04/2024 at 13:23, Alex said:

Philadelphia is a little village near Sunderland isn’t it? Although the original Philadelphia (what the American one is named after) was Greek in antiquity iirc 

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Just looked it up it was in Asia Minor, then Greek now in modern Turkey. The name means: the city of him who loves his brother. So that’s why they call Phillie the city of brotherly love. I never knew that. Btw, I read a theory a little while back that the Oracle of Delphi was just some poor lass off her tits from inhaling volcanic gases. 

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  On 05/04/2024 at 15:45, Alex said:

Just looked it up it was in Asia Minor, then Greek now in modern Turkey. The name means: the city of him who loves his brother. So that’s why they call Phillie the city of brotherly love. I never knew that. Btw, I read a theory a little while back that the Oracle of Delphi was just some poor lass off her tits from inhaling volcanic gases. 

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Bronze Age Greek version of this tbh ;)

 

'Hippy crack' trend: Nitrous oxide 'more dangerous than cocaine

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  On 05/04/2024 at 15:45, Alex said:

Just looked it up it was in Asia Minor, then Greek now in modern Turkey. The name means: the city of him who loves his brother. So that’s why they call Phillie the city of brotherly love. I never knew that. Btw, I read a theory a little while back that the Oracle of Delphi was just some poor lass off her tits from inhaling volcanic gases. 

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Been listening to the greek Myths and Heroes stuff by Stephen Fry. That stuff still fascinates me, same as the Norse pantheon. 

 

Probably why I like the Superhero stuff now, they're just modern Gods and Demigods. 

 

Back to the mackens, they're closer to Huddersfield in 22nd than they are Norwich in 6th. 

 

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  On 07/04/2024 at 06:48, Howmanheyman said:

 

Is there anything more sad than unrequited love? 😔

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not so much unrequited love, more like stalking.

 

https://www.readytogo.net/smb/threads/bbc-article-inaki-and-nico-williams-two-brothers-one-club-and-a-40-year-wait.1631084/

 

this aupaalaves is a fucking loon, surprised the museum director/historian hasn't had some kind of restraining order put out on him.

DanceoftheKnights comes up with the killer punch at the end of thread....

looking forward to aupaalaves reply!  :lol:

 

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