Who cares?! We beat them and I was there with my Dad. Gallowgate, main stand paddock. At full time it was about 40% full and all seemed to be trying hard not to smile and celebrateIt
It is indeed, I've had a mare
He went early to avoid bother42 years ago tomorrow
Need to check your dates marra
Remember walking back to the station boy did those skunks get a shock when they saw how game our lads were and how we chased them back up their rat holes. Was carnage from the petrol station all the way down even acquired sum of Sid Jameses turf as we went on pitch at final whistle happy days
Battle of Bath Lane before the game, and absolute bedlam after the match as the sheer numbers of despondent mags overwhelmed the police escort to the station.
Was it worth it ? You feckin betcha life it was
I was there
Battle of Bath Lane before the game, and absolute bedlam after the match as the sheer numbers of despondent mags overwhelmed the police escort to the station.
Was it worth it ? You feckin betcha life it was
A 70’s away game then?
I was in East Stand paddock before the benches were put in.
Regardless of which one deserves the title, seeing someone put through a window is no good for any 8 year old to see and had me shitting myself going to any away match for years to come.
Aye loads of us to the right of the Leazes fantastic away following that day best av seen at Sid James Park.
Aye loads of us to the right of the Leazes fantastic away following that day best av seen at Sid James Park.
Ditto marra. I'll never forget that day
From what I remember the ground seemed full and the capacity around 36000.Bloody hell, man - do you think I've got nowt better to do with my time?! Oh, that's right, I haven't...
Sunderland were allocated the newly reduced (and now uncovered) Leazes End and two sections of the big paddock on the old stand side. According to press reports at the time, Sunderland sold 7,500 of the 8,400 tickets available to them. Also according to press reports from the time, the ground capacity of SJP then was 40,500. With Sunderland allocated 8,400 that left 32,100 for Newcastle fans. As the attendance was 34,733 that suggests that Newcastle sold around 27,200 of the 32,100 available to them.
That the game was not a sell-out is not a surprise to anyone who was around at the time, but to put it into the context of February 1979 for our younger viewers: Hooliganism had been getting steadily worse during the decade, it was during the ‘Winter of Discontent’ when the country was falling apart and everyone was on strike, the snow and sub-zero temperatures meant that games were regularly being postponed all through that winter so there would have been no guarantee that the game would actually be played on that Saturday afternoon, while in those days all-ticket games were extremely rare and to buy a ticket you had to actually go to the ground - all of which would have discouraged some fans of both clubs from attending.
Bloody hell, man - do you think I've got nowt better to do with my time?! Oh, that's right, I haven't...
Sunderland were allocated the newly reduced (and now uncovered) Leazes End and two sections of the big paddock on the old stand side. According to press reports at the time, Sunderland sold 7,500 of the 8,400 tickets available to them. Also according to press reports from the time, the ground capacity of SJP then was 40,500. With Sunderland allocated 8,400 that left 32,100 for Newcastle fans. As the attendance was 34,733 that suggests that Newcastle sold around 27,200 of the 32,100 available to them.
That the game was not a sell-out is not a surprise to anyone who was around at the time, but to put it into the context of February 1979 for our younger viewers: Hooliganism had been getting steadily worse during the decade, it was during the ‘Winter of Discontent’ when the country was falling apart and everyone was on strike, the snow and sub-zero temperatures meant that games were regularly being postponed all through that winter so there would have been no guarantee that the game would actually be played on that Saturday afternoon, while in those days all-ticket games were extremely rare and to buy a ticket you had to actually go to the ground - all of which would have discouraged some fans of both clubs from attending.
You went on pitch, yeah rightRemember walking back to the station boy did those skunks get a shock when they saw how game our lads were and how we chased them back up their rat holes. Was carnage from the petrol station all the way down even acquired sum of Sid Jameses turf as we went on pitch at final whistle happy days
Battle of Bath Lane before the game, and absolute bedlam after the match as the sheer numbers of despondent mags overwhelmed the police escort to the station.
Was it worth it ? You feckin betcha life it was
They really don't take defeat well, worse set of fans on the planet.me dad and uncle said they were walking back to the car and they saw a lad from Doxy Park running down the lane being chased by an army of mags. Me dad said he was about to run when me uncle grabbed him and said “don’t run just look sad”. They never saw the lad again
he said they were stuck in traffic on the Redheugh Bridge and there were mobs braying cars and smashing windows
My dads record at St James:
1979 won 4-1
2012 drew 1-1
2013 won 3-0
2014 won 3-0, won 1-0
Be because we are not Neanderthals
I think this was the day the skunks realised that they could no longer take the piss with Sunderland and since then have received more than they’ve given at all fixtures home and away. They would never run the gauntlet in Sunderland the way we do in Newcastle ! They have been wrapped in cotton wool since the SOL openedRemember walking back to the station boy did those skunks get a shock when they saw how game our lads were and how we chased them back up their rat holes. Was carnage from the petrol station all the way down even acquired sum of Sid Jameses turf as we went on pitch at final whistle happy days
Aye right at end of game and a canny few of us did .Fine work as always L5
You went on pitch, yeah right
