Geordies are the absolute cornerstone of Sunderland

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PISTON said:
for over 100 years the word mackem wasn't even mentioned in any club literature, let alone used as a nickname.
even when it was put to the fans they quickly denounced any official "mackem" link to the club.
it wouldn't be right to call the club yackers, mackems or geordies as none of the three have sole "rights" to the football club.

the club and it's supporters selected BLACKCATS. i respect the club and it's supporters.
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Everything you have said on here is complete bollox with no foundation. It's obvious that Geordie supporters, like yourself, have to invent this shite to satisfy your own insecurities about supporting a Club from Sunderland - as i alluded to earlier, some geordies have a problem with this. to suggest Sunderland is a Geordie club is insane and an insult to Sunderland supporters. However, one thing is certain, the club has been a the club of the people of Sunderland for 125 years, always has been and that will never change. If you can't accept this fact fuckoff and follow the mags you deluded bellend!
 


daedalus said:
Everything you have said on here is complete bollox with no foundation. It's obvious that Geordie supporters, like yourself, have to invent this shite to satisfy your own insecurities about supporting a Club from Sunderland - as i alluded to earlier, some geordies have a problem with this. to suggest Sunderland is a Geordie club is insane and an insult to Sunderland supporters. However, one thing is certain, the club has been a the club of the people of Sunderland for 125 years, always has been and that will never change. If you can't accept this fact fuckoff and follow the mags you deluded bellend!
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it isn't my opinion. it's the football club's opinion.
unlike yourself i support the club's very own wishes. if you don't support the club's wishes you should f**k off and find another team to support. the club won't miss you.:)

you obviously weren't supporting sunderland when the vote took place.:lol:
 
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Statto Junkie said:
How old is the term Mackem?

Just wondering like.
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the geordies(which in itself is a newish term) used mackem as an insult for thousands of years ....still not sure how its an insult like?? We did the hard work they did the scatter cushions.
 
daedalus said:
Everything you have said on here is complete bollox with no foundation. It's obvious that Geordie supporters, like yourself, have to invent this shite to satisfy your own insecurities about supporting a Club from Sunderland - as i alluded to earlier, some geordies have a problem with this. to suggest Sunderland is a Geordie club is insane and an insult to Sunderland supporters. However, one thing is certain, the club has been a the club of the people of Sunderland for 125 years, always has been and that will never change. If you can't accept this fact fuckoff and follow the mags you deluded bellend!
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But for approx the first 100 years the people of Sunderland and everyone else in the region were called Geordies. This seems to hurt you but it's a fact.
 
PISTON said:
it isn't my opinion. it's the football club's opinion.
unlike yourself i support the club's very own wishes. if you don't support the club's wishes you should f**k off and find another team to support. the club won't miss you.:)

you obviously weren't supporting sunderland when the vote took place.:lol:
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You're a Mackem now kidda !!! does that sicken you ?? even being associated with that word ? it does doesn't it eh eh eh ?

JohnAin said:
Nope. Midds is a good poster and often talks sense.
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He's a knob who has more in common with the likes of piston ...wonder why?
 
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3para said:
the geordies(which in itself is a newish term) used mackem as an insult for thousands of years ....still not sure how its an insult like?? We did the hard work they did the scatter cushions.
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Do you a link/ref to this?

Nae idea how it's an insult either. Nor do I understand why shortening Pakistani to is an insult.

EDIT: Wow, yu can't even write the word Paki on here. Mental.
 
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Statto Junkie said:
But for approx the first 100 years the people of Sunderland and everyone else in the region were called Geordies. This seems to hurt you but it's a fact.
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My father, Grand father and his father, from the East end - were never known as geordies, this is a fact; sorry to disappoint, but your statement is complete conjecture.
 
Statto Junkie said:
How old is the term Mackem?

Just wondering like.
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it's very first use was by tyneside counterparts taking the piss out of sunderland shipbuilders saying mack and tack instead of make and take.
i believe it was first used some time after they moved some hulls from wearside to tyneside to be fitted out. this was maybe the seventies, i could be out by a couple of years but i suspect it took a few years to catch on anyway??


SAFC was founded in 1879 so that's close to 100 years before the term mackem was even invented. then it was only specific to shipbuilding. in recent times it's apparently been attached to people of sunderland in general, at least those who accept the term.

the football club has never had any official connection to the term "mackem" and prefers things to stay that way. i respect the clubs wishes, not those of a few insecure individuals.
 
PISTON said:
it's very first use was by tyneside counterparts taking the piss out of sunderland shipbuilders saying mack and tack instead of make and take.
i believe it was first used some time after they moved some hulls from wearside to tyneside to be fitted out. this was maybe the seventies, i could be out by a couple of years but i suspect it took a few years to catch on anyway??


SAFC was founded in 1879 so that's close to 100 years before the term mackem was even invented. then it was only specific to shipbuilding. in recent times it's apparently been attached to people of sunderland in general, at least those who accept the term.

the football club has never had any official connection to the term "mackem" and prefers things to stay that way. i respect the clubs wishes, not those of a few insecure individuals.
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Pot, Kettle, Geordie
 
daedalus said:
My father, Grand father and his father, from the East end - were never known as geordies, this is a fact; sorry to disappoint, but your statement is complete conjecture.
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What were people of that area/region called then? I'm pretty sure the word Mackem didn't exist until the late 70's.
 
Everybody from the north east were called Geordies in my youth. My nickname in the army was Geordie from the late seventies right through to the mid 90's. I've no doubt that armchair football's need to have a label for teams lead to the term mackem.
 
PISTON said:
it's very first use was by tyneside counterparts taking the piss out of sunderland shipbuilders saying mack and tack instead of make and take.
i believe it was first used some time after they moved some hulls from wearside to tyneside to be fitted out. this was maybe the seventies, i could be out by a couple of years but i suspect it took a few years to catch on anyway??


SAFC was founded in 1879 so that's close to 100 years before the term mackem was even invented. then it was only specific to shipbuilding. in recent times it's apparently been attached to people of sunderland in general, at least those who accept the term.

the football club has never had any official connection to the term "mackem" and prefers things to stay that way. i respect the clubs wishes, not those of a few insecure individuals.
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Like we need lessons on pronunciation from geordies! You seem determined to promulgate this Geordie myth (why wouldn't you, your'e a Geordie) The term was used to undermine Sunderland's reputation as the biggest shipbuilding town in the world, by claiming they had to be completed by the more superior yards on the Tyne, which is of course, complete bollox and another example of Geordies rewriting the history books to play down the achievements of the people of Sunderland.
 
Statto Junkie said:
What were people of that area/region called then? I'm pretty sure the word Mackem didn't exist until the late 70's.
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of course it didn't.
daedalus is trying to re-write history. it's quite sad that sunderland's never really had a strong identity but people trying to deny history don't help that. it smacks of insecurity.

from memory, i think the people of sunderland were often known as "townies" for a good while. others will probably deny that as well since sunderland became a "city" of sorts.:lol:
 
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