Sunderland then and now

[Sunderland Til I Cry]

When Bob appears i was done, very emotional .

I thought that was fantastic, the look on the old lads faces as their younger selves walked in was magic.

 

[Rammstein]

I was there … we bought a crock… the video is intended to be every player who appeared for us that season i assume.
There may be others without looking. Thinking John Latham in particular

Brian Chambers.

 

[Chewit]

Brian Chambers.

He was actually the sub in the semi final

 

[Towers76]

Holy fcuk. I read the messages before I watched the video so I thought I was kind of prepared. I wasn't. It's rare that i have tears rolling down my cheeks but I just lost it when Ian Porterfield was sat there. So many childhood memories. If only I could shake my dads hand like that, he was a MLF but passed away in 69 before my first match. Brilliant post.

 

[nz joe]

I just googled him and he was Billy Hughes' brother and played once for us before being injured and never playing again.

Seriously?
You had to Google John Hughes!
What's the modern generation coming to?

I was surprised as I naively thought all Sunderland fans would recognise all the names of the team to win our last trophy, as I recognise all the team names from the 1937 FA cup winning team even though that was 35 years before I was born.

Mind I had to google John Hughes. I don't remember his single appearance for us .

Got injured in his first game first us I think. Played for Celtic,Billy's big brother.

 

[contrarian]

Was a hell of a player at celtic

Yogi

 

[SAFCDownUnder]

Billy Hughes? That looked nowt like him in the cup run, he had more hair! All the others were pretty good, but that was hopeless.

 

[gluepot]

We bought Vic Halom to replace John Hughes - Vic made his debut in Feb 73

 

[Startrite]

Amazing that. The young Run Guthrie had a bit of a kite when he came to sit down

 

[Crook Mackem]

As if Stokoe was 42 when we won the cup man

 

[Blodwyn Pig]

Seriously?
You had to Google John Hughes!
What's the modern generation coming to?

Got injured in his first game first us I think. Played for Celtic,Billy's big brother.

“ Yogi” Hughes

 

[The Red Telephone]

Billy Hughes? That looked nowt like him in the cup run, he had more hair! All the others were pretty good, but that was hopeless.

Looked more like Tommy Gibb.

 

[FatDrummer]

Loved that.
Didn’t get Ron Guthrie mind

Got them all….until it started going into the ‘extras’ like Trevor Swinburne, Mick McGiven etc.

LOVED it.
Quite moving for an owld f***er like me.

Loved it when the young Bobby Kerr brought in the FA Cup and he and his older self held it together.

 

[Lord Potts]

I am glad that they included all of the Lads who had taken part in the FA Cup campaign and not just the winning team.

I shall never get over the ITV panel the night before the game saying that Dick Malone was Sunderland's "weakest link" (what a twatish thing to say before a big game like that) . They did Bob Stokoe's job for him though as Dick played the game of his life.

 

[FatDrummer]

I was at his one and only game, late January 1973 against Millwall.
He did his knee in and that was that. Never played football again.
He was indeed the brother of Billy Hughes.

Yeah so was I.
If my memory serves….I thought that he looked really good in that very brief cameo.

 

[Exapno Mapcase]

Creepy. Managed to make Billy Hughes not look like Billy Hughes at either age.

 

[buster]

Quite clever how they’ve done it, nowt to get emotional about imho though.

 

[Walt]

I just googled him and he was Billy Hughes' brother and played once for us before being injured and never playing again.

Fortunately (or unfortunately) I’m of an age where I’ve seen them all and Mr Google wasn’t required on this occasion. I also thought it was excellent and somehow got a bit of grit in the eye watching it.

 

[Unlucky Black Cat]

Quite clever how they’ve done it, nowt to get emotional about imho though.

It might be an age thing. When you are in your 60s and have recently lost 2 friends, one of the same age and one 9 years younger, it make you realise that you have more time behind you than is left in front of you... And seeing old players meet their younger selves reinforces that point for me.

Live for today, lads and lasses! Life flies by.

 

[buster]

It might be an age thing. When you are in your 60s and have recently lost 2 friends, one of the same age and one 9 years younger, it make you realise that you have more time behind you than is left in front of you... And seeing old players meet their younger selves reinforces that point for me.

Live for today, lads and lasses! Life flies by.

In my 60’s , been to 7 funerals in the last year , including my old man , an uncle and close relatives on my wife’s side.

My wife and I were in a taxi that got hit from behind and overturned last year , both got away relatively easily with no serious injuries.

Live for today indeed.