I've met some truly mad Sunderland supporters .....

[Wakey ftm in Sussex]

That 4-0 match was in the 75/76 promotion season I think. I remember Osgood scoring that goal and celebrating in front of us arms aloft when an open can of beer was hoyed from further back and spinning like a Catherine wheel on its flight, showering all in its path with frothy beer.

That's the one, went on Frankies bus, picked up at Donny 2am then stopped in Winchester. In a pub, bursting for the netty, only to find out it was across the road - a public one. Lively at the ground inc a stool hoyed over the wall at us.
Spent the neet in Oxford, polis on the bus looking for various things that had apparently got lifted, scarves, coats etc. Nowt found
Well I needed summink to keep me warm when dropped off at Ponte at 4 am.
Beat them 3-0 at home iirc, desperate for another goal to level the aggregate
Few of theirs on the train home, canny lads iirc.

 

[Deleted member 6830]

That's the one, went on Frankies bus, picked up at Donny 2am then stopped in Winchester. In a pub, bursting for the netty, only to find out it was across the road - a public one. Lively at the ground inc a stool hoyed over the wall at us.
Spent the neet in Oxford, polis on the bus looking for various things that had apparently got lifted, scarves, coats etc. Nowt found
Well I needed summink to keep me warm when dropped off at Ponte at 4 am.
Beat them 3-0 at home iirc, desperate for another goal to level the aggregate
Few of theirs on the train home, canny lads iirc.

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Talking of Gateshead.

I remember going to Southampton with the travel club circa 1978. 17 or so. We got down at 6am and by 1pm or so we were blotto. I remember coming out of a bar with a load of SAFC fans and seeing some southampton fans standing outside a pub. The SAFC fans ran at them and one of them got away and went inside the pub. About 30 seconds later the pub emptied onto the street and I ended up getting chased by a couple of lads through Marks & Spencer Lingerie Department.

I made it outside and down this road and half way down there were two lads from Gateshead, SAFC fans, who had also been chased. In true Warriors style one of them said "i'm sick of this running crap, and if any more come down the street we're not going anywhere". One of the lads had ginger hair and one of them black hair with a thick tache. A good 7 or 8 years older than me. We hopped on a bus to the game. It lashed it down and we lost 2 v 4. It was on MOTD. Think Ashurst missed a penalty.

When I got inside one of my mates was standing on the barriers singing and I went over to him. He too had been chased but into a hotel.

There was a table in the hotel and it had a pile of glass ashtrays on it. He started hoying the glass ashtrays at the Southampton lads and apparently got one of them an absolute pearler. Claret everywhere.

He'd ran out the back door of the hotel before the police arrived.

Day and a half that one mind.

Should have added that some of the Southampton fans were f***ing massive. Right nasty twats.

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That's the one, went on Frankies bus, picked up at Donny 2am then stopped in Winchester. In a pub, bursting for the netty, only to find out it was across the road - a public one. Lively at the ground inc a stool hoyed over the wall at us.
Spent the neet in Oxford, polis on the bus looking for various things that had apparently got lifted, scarves, coats etc. Nowt found
Well I needed summink to keep me warm when dropped off at Ponte at 4 am.
Beat them 3-0 at home iirc, desperate for another goal to level the aggregate
Few of theirs on the train home, canny lads iirc.

6TH DECEMBER 1975 - was defo on match of the day but cant find any highlights on youtube

 

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6TH DECEMBER 1975 - was defo on match of the day but cant find any highlights on youtube

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[SAFCDurhamFTM]

Hunter & Jeff Harle, both Doxy lads, well Hunter was Hall Farm, was Oxford away FA Cup match midweek, lad from Hendon died aswell iirc.


Was Oxford away, see my other post, trying to remember the name of the other lad who died, was him & his dad, Hunter & Jeff in the car, broke down & got hit by a lorry, Jeff's brother Micky was one of my best mates at school, passed away aswell down York a few years ago so i was told? Jeff's nickname was Pin.


Sure the other lad's name was Trevor Wrightson?

Cheers mate, no idea where I got Tranmere from. RIP.

 

[Shuggy]

Frankies bus to Chelsea in 74 ..........we were in the pub in Kings Road waiting for the stripper do her turn when the doors peeled back and to say it was like a wild west saloon was an understatement. The Chelsea fans cleared the bar of glass and bottles and we got hammered..........it went on for a couple of minutes.
I got stitched up at St Stephen's before making it to the match at half time.
If there was a consolation it was seeing one of the feckers in a wheelchair with his eye hanging down his cheek where somebody had returned the compliment.

 

[air asia]

Going back to the original topic a character has just popped into my head who definitely fits the bill.....Rod from Shotton Colliery. Exhibit A.....we were walking back to The Fort for a few post-match pints back in the Roker Park days. Rod spots a massive dead seagull lying in the gutter which he grabs and tucks under his arm and heads off to the pub. We get settled in, get the beers in and then someone asks where Rod is. He is nowhere to be seen. A bit later there is a commotion at the bar and there is Rod, completely naked apart from the dead seagull which he was wearing in the style of one of those russian hats. The best thing about it though was the reaction of the barmaid who, with a look of disgust, said 'oh god, not you again'!!!

 

[marley's ghost]

Any mention of Bath Lane always makes me laugh.

None of us could get a ticket so decided not to risk going without one.

I was offered one in the Mag seats, the day before, which I collected on the day.
I got the service bus into Newcastle, crammed with Mags and had a pint in the Star iirc, crammed with Mags.

It felt really edgy so I decided to bin having another pint and walked off intending to go up Westgate and through the gap in the old walls to get to the ground early.

There were literally hundreds of Mags crammed in the narrow alleyway behind the old walls, could be Wall Street but can't remember. These will be the ones people remember being on Bath Lane. They'd have been able to see any of our lads coming up Bath Lane, Westgate or the big Boulevard. The only police were on the Boulevard.

What makes me laugh is that I went on my own, went on a Mag bus, sat in the Mag seats, was sussed before kick off and didn't see a scrap of bother all day

It wasn't until my relatives in Chopwell rang the next day, to ask if I was all right, that I even knew there'd been trouble.

little Moscow as it was known

 

[Wakey ftm in Sussex]

Frankies bus to Chelsea in 74 ..........we were in the pub in Kings Road waiting for the stripper do her turn when the doors peeled back and to say it was like a wild west saloon was an understatement. The Chelsea fans cleared the bar of glass and bottles and we got hammered..........it went on for a couple of minutes.
I got stitched up at St Stephen's before making it to the match at half time.
If there was a consolation it was seeing one of the feckers in a wheelchair with his eye hanging down his cheek where somebody had returned the compliment.

Was on that bus, wasn't it the Birds Nest or summink?

 

[Reiver]

little Moscow as it was known

Yes indeed!

I was around a family funeral recently and that, of course, was one of the topics of conversation.

 

[buster]

Going back to the original topic a character has just popped into my head who definitely fits the bill.....Rod from Shotton Colliery. Exhibit A.....we were walking back to The Fort for a few post-match pints back in the Roker Park days. Rod spots a massive dead seagull lying in the gutter which he grabs and tucks under his arm and heads off to the pub. We get settled in, get the beers in and then someone asks where Rod is. He is nowhere to be seen. A bit later there is a commotion at the bar and there is Rod, completely naked apart from the dead seagull which he was wearing in the style of one of those russian hats. The best thing about it though was the reaction of the barmaid who, with a look of disgust, said 'oh god, not you again'!!!

We have a winner , clearly the maddest Sunderland fan on the thread.

 

[Hair Flick]

Going back to the original topic a character has just popped into my head who definitely fits the bill.....Rod from Shotton Colliery. Exhibit A.....we were walking back to The Fort for a few post-match pints back in the Roker Park days. Rod spots a massive dead seagull lying in the gutter which he grabs and tucks under his arm and heads off to the pub. We get settled in, get the beers in and then someone asks where Rod is. He is nowhere to be seen. A bit later there is a commotion at the bar and there is Rod, completely naked apart from the dead seagull which he was wearing in the style of one of those russian hats. The best thing about it though was the reaction of the barmaid who, with a look of disgust, said 'oh god, not you again'!!!

Just to clarify - this was a whole seagull, not one which had been karate chopped in half?

 

[marley's ghost]

Yes indeed!

I was around a family funeral recently and that, of course, was one of the topics of conversation.

I recall in the strike Chopwell got food parcels from the old USSR with fraternal greetings

 

[Upstart]

We have a winner , clearly the maddest Sunderland fan on the thread.

Yes one of my best mates remember my Poland 93 it was him who bought the car .Not as daft as his brother Jase who sadly past away rip mate who I travelled to the England games with.A few year back playing the mags at home we were late just going over the bridge no one about a full bus of mags pulled up about 60 came running at us turned to Jase f me getting ready to run.Jase said I'm not running and got stuck in .I was in hospital for two days Jase not a mark on him.A true legend RIP

 

[redranger65]

Yes one of my best mates remember my Poland 93 it was him who bought the car .Not as daft as his brother Jase who sadly past away rip mate who I travelled to the England games with.A few year back playing the mags at home we were late just going over the bridge no one about a full bus of mags pulled up about 60 came running at us turned to Jase f me getting ready to run.Jase said I'm not running and got stuck in .I was in hospital for two days Jase not a mark on him.A true legend RIP

 

[manilla]

Can anybody remember in the 70s early 80s apart from the mugs and that time Man U were saying they were bringing 20+ thousand and they brought 4-5 thousand other clubs bringing numbers like we used to take away . Thinking back now I just cannot recall anybody including boro coming up . I think everybody I knew travelled and I can remember we used to swamp places like Blackburn hull stoke burnley York the Sheffield clubs and Leeds . East durham had minimum of 2 buses to most away games Frankie's and select

 

[redranger65]

That's tragic hearing Jason passed away .so young I heard he had taken ill off a colleague of his at all Dec. How old was Jason when he died .in shock writing this when did this happen .last time I spent him was Millwall at home I think in bar in rover avenue think it was our first home game .he was with Ben and seaborne lads .he was in good spirits

before the kids start the baby comments yes i can spell .so spent should have been seen and seaborne should have been seaburn doh . my phone cant spell like me

 

[Upstart]

That's tragic hearing Jason passed away .so young I heard he had taken ill off a colleague of his at all Dec. How old was Jason when he died .in shock writing this when did this happen .last time I spent him was Millwall at home I think in bar in rover avenue think it was our first home game .he was with Ben and seaborne lads .he was in good spirits

Yes mate tragic think he was 42 about four year ago .I know he had a few run ins with the lads from the town but still is well respected proper shotton axe man

 

[Deleted member 4700]

Wasn't it Hunter who got killed ?

Yes Neil Hunter, same age as me, in fact he was in my class, SAFC through and through. Always used to ask if I wanted to go away with him to the games.

 

[Left For Dead]

If our ground had been located in the city centre like theres is, I wonder if they'd have come through like they did to roker/seaburn/Fulwell ?

exactly, said it before to them and say it again, you have to get through rowns and rows of piss heads before their200 lads. Like to see them get through Blandford Street

Despite the urban myth that Sunderland were soft as shite, its amazing how many had copped it off Sunland. Like I say I used to have the odd pint with their lads in Newcastle. There was at least 3 or 4 who had lost teeth against Sunderland. They don't admit it til you get to know them a bit.

the more somebody denies a victory against them the more you know it's true...they don't have the character sunderlands lads have.

 

[buster]

exactly, said it before to them and say it again, you have to get through rowns and rows of piss heads before their200 lads. Like to see them get through Blandford Street




the more somebody denies a victory against them the more you know it's true...they don't have the character sunderlands lads have.

Early 70's they had loads of blokes amongst them not just lads , be in no doubt that they were a right handful at RP in that era , over here early on , something we never did as far as I can remember .

As stated on the battle of bath lane , we went through late on and mobbed up by chance rather than design , as others have mentioned that was the day the tide started to turn.