Another of my oh so popular Sunderland on this day threads - 1989

Summed up West Ham perfectly, that season. Gave two of the three promoted sides a gubbing but would then get their arses kicked by relegation -bound sides like Stoke.
we were as you say very average and inscositaant up until Macari quit over the betting thing, once Bonzo came in we got alot better and almost snuck into the play offs

Macari was a little unlucky in that just before he had to quit he'd signed Morley, Bishop, Ludo Miklosko and Jimmy Quinn, but never got to see the benefit in his side

game at Stoke that year is infamous to our fans for a couple of reasons

1) Paul Ince standing in the centre circle putting in zero effort while receiving a non stop torrent of abuse from our fans
2) Chris "Kammy" Kamara breaking Frank McAvennies leg and ankle with a tackle
 
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it was 5-0 don't think it was a friday though, midweek yes

Remember it well and for some reason Friday sticks in my mind, you slaughtered us, met Barry the Jew as he was affectionately known outside afterwards and had to go home on the met line with him, he never shut up about it all the way home. Slater and Keen had decent games I seem to remember
 
Remember it well and for some reason Friday sticks in my mind, you slaughtered us, met Barry the Jew as he was affectionately known outside afterwards and had to go home on the met line with him, he never shut up about it all the way home. Slater and Keen had decent games I seem to remember
yeah this was the time where Slater looked like he was going to go on and be a huge star, just never happened for him though

only Friday one I recall was where you won the Championship but that was much later
 
yeah this was the time where Slater looked like he was going to go on and be a huge star, just never happened for him though

only Friday one I recall was where you won the Championship but that was much later

probably wasn’t a Friday my mind is playing tricks
 
Was working for a week in Earls Court and took the tube to the game, totally misjudged the journey times between stations beyond the centre and arrived a little late, bloke on the turnstile asked if I was sure I wanted to go in as we were losing already, thought he was joking, reached the top of the stairs just as the second went in...:evil:

of course it got worse, a lot worse, then after the game, walking along towards the tube and a police horse suddenly swings it head round and sparks me out cold. Woke to a copper slapping my face and telling me to get on my feet and keep moving! North-East escort police stepped in and made sure I got on the tube OK as I 'looked grey'.

ps @cbwhu it's OK though I believe you stayed in the second tier and we were promoted after a famous play-off semi?? ;)
 
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Some distant minor relly of the Queen topped themselves on the district/circle line that night iirc.Took me three hours to get from South Ealing to Victoria.....by then it was half time. Give it up as a bad job and popped upstairs for a pint in The Shakespeare. Ended up walking back to South Kensington and catching Piccadilly home. Couldn’t believe the score when I heard.
 
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What a goal from Slater

Was at this game, was on nights the night before and had no sleep. Lad I went with drove down and he had passed his test the week before the game and his parents were on holiday so obviously the natural thing to do!
The plan was I would sleep on the way down but I was shitting myself all the way down due to his driving I couldn’t get any kip.

was worth it tho herring Humped!!

fair play before the game tho to some old cockneylasses who invited us in to the supporters bar behind the away end before the game. Was intimidating round there at the time but they were all as good as Gold in the bar.
 
Went to that game. Was horrific. Every shot they had went in.

30 years! My God.
we were as you say very average and inscositaant up until Macari quit over the betting thing, once Bonzo came in we got alot better and almost snuck into the play offs

Macari was a little unlucky in that just before he had to quit he'd signed Morley, Bishop, Ludo Miklosko and Jimmy Quinn, but never got to see the benefit in his side

game at Stoke that year is infamous to our fans for a couple of reasons

1) Paul Ince standing in the centre circle putting in zero effort while receiving a non stop torrent of abuse from our fans
2) Chris "Kammy" Kamara breaking Frank McAvennies leg and ankle with a tackle
Wasn't there some talk about Bishop and Morley being close "friends"?
 
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This is my fave

Aye we wipped them on the pitch and on the train. after the game at sea burn station some dirty cockney docker types had the audacity to breach the Police cordon and join us on the platform. Boots were swung and obscenities exchanged.
They were small in number but big in gob.
On the train to Hartlepool one of the ugliest feckers Ive very seen wearing a filthy donkey jacket came into our carriage, brought out his blade for all to see and asked who wanted it. Nobody volunteered. Another of the dirty smelly feckers started offering everybody out. He had a knuckleduster on his hand.
The first one only had two teeth. Ffs. So we sat and waited as they gave it the big un. They had other sleazy cockneys backing them up. The train left Sunderland and the word was when it pulls into Seaham jump them.
And that’s what happened, it pulled into Seaham and hell broke. A lad from my town who I only know by sight
( He still goes his grandson is the lad with all the badges on his hat)knocked hell out of the toothless wonder, the knuckleduster lad was knocked over the seats and hit with his own weapon and their hangers on were paggered. The police arrived and arrested all of the Cockneys.
Two results that day.
 
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Arrrrrrrrgh, the good old days when West 'am played in a propper football ground, with a decent atmosphere and not like that soulless, shithole of an athletics stadium you play in now......payed for by us tax payers.

Worst thing you ever did moving from Upton Park - should have stayed and redeveloped the Chicken Run Stand.....40,000 would have been more than enough.
 
Went to that game. Was horrific. Every shot they had went in.

30 years! My God.

Wasn't there some talk about Bishop and Morley being close "friends"?
Yeah not true but there were rumours
Was at this game, was on nights the night before and had no sleep. Lad I went with drove down and he had passed his test the week before the game and his parents were on holiday so obviously the natural thing to do!
The plan was I would sleep on the way down but I was shitting myself all the way down due to his driving I couldn’t get any kip.

was worth it tho herring Humped!!

fair play before the game tho to some old cockneylasses who invited us in to the supporters bar behind the away end before the game. Was intimidating round there at the time but they were all as good as Gold in the bar.
My old watering hole over there
 
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What a goal from Slater


Remember that day. Got the train down picked up some weed in South Norwood beforehand got a lift up to Upton Park took an age to get there.

Great view of the those first half spectacular goals.

Got the bus back which got pelted with pint pots driving past The Duke of Edinburgh (I think)

Do not remember Dolan.
 

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