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Any Sunderland strongholds left ?


CaptainRed said:
Have a look at Seaham train station around 11am on a Saturday on a mag matchday and you'll be surprised/disgusted. It's absolutely crawling with them these days. I live just up the road in Ryhope and from seeing virtually none of them the previous 10 years or so their increased presence has definitely become noticeable this past year.
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You are right.I was in the pub right next to Seaham station a few weeks back and was surprised to see 4/5 lads in the new home top at the bar,looked like they had been to their home game that day.They got a little ribbing from the older regulars,but I dont think youd have seen that a few years ago,the consequences of being mired in League One ,I suppose.Its all relative though,as if we improve slowly over the next few years,we will win a few waverers back.....Any club that can attract 41,000 against PNE has a seriously good platform.
 
CaptainRed said:
Have a look at Seaham train station around 11am on a Saturday on a mag matchday and you'll be surprised/disgusted. It's absolutely crawling with them these days. I live just up the road in Ryhope and from seeing virtually none of them the previous 10 years or so their increased presence has definitely become noticeable this past year.
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Wonder why, smelly bastards.
 
The demographic have changed in places like Seaham very different from 30 years ago - new housing estates, bars, restaurants more people moving there.
Unfortunately that might also include Mags.
Mags also have an irresistible urge to wear their tops in traditional Sunderland areas which gives them a disproportionate presence.
Not sure how many of them stood on the Gallowgate back in the 70’s.
Supporting the Mags is the latest accessory and bandwagon to associate themselves with.
We have a fantastic club with a great ethos and should massively ramp up the community side of the club with the schools and football clubs especially with the youngsters.
 
Dont know any in Silky. There was 2 way back who suddenly became mags around Keegan era. One was a shit footballer who never made a sub appearance for us again and was ostracized. The other was a long term school friend of mine and I chased him out the Lord Seaham . He didn't come in with mag top on but i had clocked him wearing one a few weeks previous. Bastards.

Not there much these days but would hope the fuckers are rounded up and tied up down the planna if seen
 
king of the road said:
The North East has mental accent changes. Birtley to Washington is the one for me and you can even hear it in the school kids. If you compare the accents of the kids in Lord Lawson with those of say Biddick it’s incredible.
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Agree when you get to Whitburn it mixes Sunderland and sandy
Sgt Pepper said:
Definitely. Spent a fair amount of time in West and East Boldon because my lass used to live there before we moved in together and it’s comfortably more red and white and they definitely don’t have Wearside sounding accents in my experience. Not as familiar with the Colliery though.
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The colliery always had more mags than west and east boldon
 
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It’s a good job they are obsessed with us and we are not remotely bothered about them.

oh no siree!

I wonder if anyone knows who has had the higher average attendance over the last 50 years.

If only we had that data it would prove something definitively.


Possibly.
 
Big Jeff said:
It’s a good job they are obsessed with us and we are not remotely bothered about them.

oh no siree!

I wonder if anyone knows who has had the higher average attendance over the last 50 years.

If only we had that data it would prove something definitively.


Possibly.
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Not sure what your point is here. They have a bigger average than us over the last 50 years but so what?
 
Big Jeff said:
It’s a good job they are obsessed with us and we are not remotely bothered about them.

oh no siree!

I wonder if anyone knows who has had the higher average attendance over the last 50 years.

If only we had that data it would prove something definitively.


Possibly.
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67 years and still counting, that’s enough data for me !
 
Eric gates hair said:
It’s f***ing disgusting . I live there and it’s tragic how many are about and in Hetton .
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I've noticed a fair few getting the X1 on matchday like. I was through Newcastle the other week on a match day and the amount of day trippers they get now is unreal like. I bet a majority attending now don't have a NE postcode anymore.
 
safctommie said:
I don’t know anyone whose changed sides and none of my friends or relatives went to SJP when we were playing away.
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Going to the others matches was quite common back in the day. My dad was brought up Sunderland, his best mate was a mag. They'd go to each others matches a handful of times a season when I was a kid.

All stopped in the early nineties when the "geordie nation" stuff appeared. My dad's mate and his some now both deny they ever went to Roker. It's quite sad actually. Because they certainly did
 
Redandwhitedust said:
Going to the others matches was quite common back in the day. My dad was brought up Sunderland, his best mate was a mag. They'd go to each others matches a handful of times a season when I was a kid.

All stopped in the early nineties when the "geordie nation" stuff appeared. My dad's mate and his some now both deny they ever went to Roker. It's quite sad actually. Because they certainly did
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Does your Dad deny going to SJP with his pal?
 
Mackemansj1 said:
I've noticed a fair few getting the X1 on matchday like. I was through Newcastle the other week on a match day and the amount of day trippers they get now is unreal like. I bet a majority attending now don't have a NE postcode anymore.
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The Saudi lot will be up for the European Superleague if it’s reprised and they can get their snout in the trough, and other things like the league games abroad which will eventually happen. Over time they’ll attract more and more day trippers and will be able to jack the ticket prices without much consequence, and the man on the street in the NE will be priced out.

Be careful what you wish for etc.
Annapurna said:
The demographic have changed in places like Seaham very different from 30 years ago - new housing estates, bars, restaurants more people moving there.
Unfortunately that might also include Mags.
Mags also have an irresistible urge to wear their tops in traditional Sunderland areas which gives them a disproportionate presence.
Not sure how many of them stood on the Gallowgate back in the 70’s.
Supporting the Mags is the latest accessory and bandwagon to associate themselves with.
We have a fantastic club with a great ethos and should massively ramp up the community side of the club with the schools and football clubs especially with the youngsters.
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I moved into Seaham from Tyneside but I’m red and white so my passport was not interrogated too much at the border. :lol:
 
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Redandwhitedust said:
Going to the others matches was quite common back in the day. My dad was brought up Sunderland, his best mate was a mag. They'd go to each others matches a handful of times a season when I was a kid.

All stopped in the early nineties when the "geordie nation" stuff appeared. My dad's mate and his some now both deny they ever went to Roker. It's quite sad actually. Because they certainly did
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I'm surprised it was as recently as the early 90s. Whenever I hear of people doing that it was always back in the 50s and 60s.
 
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