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Is County Durham more red n white or black n white?

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daedalus said:
Disgraceful, the citizens of Durham have allowed this to happen!
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Yeah we would rather come on a message board and complain about it than actually mock the 1992era allegiences face to face.

Having lost 5 in a row you'd have thought they would have died down but imo its only heightened their passion for "wearin wor short" imo. :oops:
 

Biffo The Bear said:
So the villages where SAFC support is prevalent are "strongholds". Those where NUFC hold sway are full of "plastic Mags"?

For the record my experience of Sacriston is far from an SAFC "stronghold".
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Your on a Sunderland forum mate, get used to the Bias.................

And I find Sacriston more Sunderland than Newcastle...........
 
Sgt Pepper said:
County Durham's a canny big place so it varies depending on where you are.

East Durham is easily more red and white, while West Durham tends to be more black and white. Centrally it's probably somewhere in the middle, and the northern parts close to Gateshead like Birtley where I live is more black and white.

Football support in the main tends to be decided by geography so it's pretty simple really, hence places like Gateshead are more black and white while places like Seaham are red and white.
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Depends where West Durham starts. Willington is 90-10, Crook 60-40, Dales used to be 70-30 not sure after Keegan. North Durham, Ch.le.st, Pelton, Stanley seems more b and w. Surprising how many people do not know that Sunderland was in County Durham. I try to spread the word, love asking plastic Mags whether they were born on the banks of the Wear. Splutter, splutter, splutter.

Edmonton Oilers 99 said:
Growing up in Durham it didn't seem like there were many mags, but during the 90's it seemed like there were all of a sudden quite a few about.

These days there are still a lot about but I reckon it's about 70 / 30 in our favour.

There are plenty of genuine Newcastle fans from Durham, lads who had family come to Durham from Newcastle so their family followed the team. I've got no problem with that, I live in Newcastle now and my family will always support Sunderland. I've no idea why anyone from Durham without a family connection to Newcastle would support them. What pissed me off were those who jumped on the band waggon in the 90's, some of whom are still on it. Wankers.
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Hear, hear they boil my piss.

midds said:
Never ceases to amaze me how people can walk about a town or village and not only can they ascertain which football clubs other random strangers may or may not support but they can also decipher whether or not they actually attend the fixtures of said club. Phenomenal powers.
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I think most are giving numbers backed up with local knowledge. Its pretty easy in a small village especially if you grow up in it.
 
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Apart from SR postcodes the rest of the old county durham has always been majority black and white.
 
mickonline said:
I'm from the Durham pit villages (Deerness Valley) and it really does depend on which village your from. Some are Sunderland strong holds, Sacriston, Ushaw Moor, Brandon and some a very plastic Mags, Langley Park, Esh Winning, New Brancepeth.
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Isn't that geordie dancer bloke from Sacriston? Place must be wick to get a really 'special' one like him from there.
 
Boo Boy said:
Apart from SR postcodes the rest of the old county durham has always been majority black and white.
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Clearly on a wind up but for the record I'm from East Durham. Pre 1992 there were always a few of 'em dotted about and to be fair some of 'em went to the match. Blackhall and Horden seemed to be the worst culprits for them.

In the village I'm from I knew 1 pre 1992. Now I know that 1 and 1 more, a younger lad.

I also remember going to Peterlee College and there was scratching of heads and general disbelief that a kid from Seaham was a Mag. These days it wouldn't be anything out of the ordinary.

Our bus used to pick up in the villages, and there just weren't any or very few, at the derby away there'd be the odd one you'd pass in Peterlee and I mean the odd one.

After 1992 it changed. Kids who had no history of dad's following football and wanted something to latch onto started wearing Mag tops. It hasn't really made any difference to SAFC's support or Newcastle's support as they have no intention of going to the match. It's just a show, mate. An embarrassing one at that.
 
themanagersnot2blame said:
No quip about the equal distance part of my post? So being well connected by transport links irrelevant is it?
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Its not equal distance though is it. Thats what mags would say! :lol:

Otherwise good theory though, off to get the British Rail timetable out to see who my lad should support :rolleyes:

super ally said:
Isn't that geordie dancer bloke from Sacriston? Place must be wick to get a really 'special' one like him from there.
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A knar. Appearence wise he absolutely tipifies Durham mags. :lol:

Locke's SAFC said:
After 1992 it changed. Kids who had no history of dad's following football and wanted something to latch onto started wearing Mag tops. It hasn't really made any difference to SAFC's support or Newcastle's support as they have no intention of going to the match. It's just a show, mate. An embarrassing one at that.
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Nail. On. Head.

The majority of Durham mags I know have fathers who have/had absolutely no interest in football whatsoever.
 
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People go on about 92'ers but back in the late 70's, me and a mate were in Sunderland station late one Wednesday night.
It was about 11 pm and the mags had been playing an FA cup replay at home to Sheff Utd (?).
On the opposite platform a train pulled in from Newcastle, it was calling at Seaham, Hartlepool, Seaton Carew, Billingham, Stockton and beyond.
About 10 carriages long, each one rammed with stinking mags, hanging out of doors and windows giving us abuse.
 
Certain towns and villages have different ratios but I think Durham as a whole is 50/50.

That said a high percentage of Durham Mags have never set foot in St James' and are more than likely early '90s bandwagon jumpers.

Sima said:
Is this one of those threads that argues that all mags outside of Newcastle are plastic 1992ers despite us having more seasons than you with the higher average attendance which, in turn, debunks said theory?
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How does it debunk it?

All that proves is that more people from Newcastle and the surrounding area attended matches. It says nowt about County Durham.
 
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Cochise 2 said:
People go on about 92'ers but back in the late 70's, me and a mate were in Sunderland station late one Wednesday night.
It was about 11 pm and the mags had been playing an FA cup replay at home to Sheff Utd (?).
On the opposite platform a train pulled in from Newcastle, it was calling at Seaham, Hartlepool, Seaton Carew, Billingham, Stockton and beyond.
About 10 carriages long, each one rammed with stinking mags, hanging out of doors and windows giving us abuse.
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Where I come from all of the older blokes used to watch both teams, but they were Sunderland fans first and foremost. They can't understand our mentality.

I can't think of any of the older blokes who followed Newcastle first and foremost but they all like to see them do well.
 
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