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Covent Garden 30th March

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If we get there and if I get tickets I won’t be able to be there the night before. Unfortunately there’s a family wedding at Wynyard Hall I am ordered to attend.
 

Forty said:
We walked down the Strand on our way to a couple of bars down by the River.
Every side street you walked past was just a wall of noise coming down from G garden.
Then later on in the night random people on Rickshaws passing singing Wear on our Way.
Or the bar just round from G garden that wouldnt let anyone in who had colours on in. They had a band on not a peep from anyone until they started banging out the white Stripes. The suddenly everyone knew Vito. Walked through Govent Garden about 1 am , i have never seen so many bottles hoyed on the floor. I had never walked on so much broken glass since the 29 shut.
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I'd forgotten about the glass. :lol: After it all died down I remember picking my way through the debris and the whole area had this post apocalyptic feel. The sheer number of bottles heaped where bin-top crowd-conducting-guy had been was surreal.
 
Guinness Guzzler said:
Think I'll just be down on the day. Think Covent Gardens will be a massive let down, too many trying to recreate the night before the league cup final (especially those who weren't there) and it'll all feel very forced when it's just the night before a checkatrade final. Hope everyone there enjoys it like
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Flew over from Canada. Wandered down to Covent Garden. Unbelievable night even though I didn't know a soul. Can't imagine it could be replicated for the Checkatrade and I'm not likely to spring for a plane ticket to find out :) But the fans deserve any excuse to party in London after the way the past few years have gone.
 
T_Bone said:
You seem to like nostalgia and that night in CG was nostalgic believe me. The afternoon before it was brilliant too great atmosphere in all the bars and this was 24 hours before kick off.. I got a massive surprise at how many of our fans turned out. We brought the West End to a stand still.
No trouble either, bloody hell they were closing tube stations there was that many on the streets.
It left me feeling that our support is very special and I have no doubt you’d have thought the same as well.
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Favourite night/day of me life so far.
 
HarrogateMackem said:
If we make it, let’s not complicate things. Why don’t we just go again, not worry too much about location or plans. Everyone knows Covent Garden and likes it. Have a drink and just have a good time.

It'll be a grand evening out if Sunderland fans are there and the drink is flowing, which it will be.
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This.

What’s forced about people congregating in an area for a drink and a sing song when loads are going to be in said city.

Just got and enjoy it and stop worrying about not recreating 2014.
 
North Yorks Mackem said:
I know what you mean mate. The league cup final was one of the biggest games we've been to. The checkatrade is a bit of a non entity of a competition. So the levels of excitement for the match wont be the same.

But it's just a load of Sunderland fans getting pissed and having a laugh in the centre of London. And after the previous two seasons which have probably been the worst following us it's nice to potentially be looking forward to that.
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Agree. It'll be a nice party atmosphere like. Just don't compare it to 2014 and it'll be fine. Can't wait myself :cool:.
 
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