Did Sunderland have a halcyon year?

[Hep]

if so, when was it and why?

 

[Latka Gravas]

if so, when was it and why?

Yes, and if you don’t know fuck off x

 

[EchoMan]

1992 came close

 

[tunstall birdman]

1989. Second Summer of Love. @Fletch

 

[Shandy drinker]

2018 tall ships winning relegation home bargains and Costa drive thru opening
Followed by 1895
Three championships in 4 years but we still hadn't won the cup

 

[Lord Alfred]

1992 came close

Granted City status, cup final....I’m sure there was something else too.

 

[EchoMan]

Granted City status, cup final....I’m sure there was something else too.

Those 2 and the Poly became a Uni

 

[PinzaC55]

I would say 1909 when the Queen Alexandra Bridge was built. That was pretty much when the town was at its mightiest.

 

[ouro]

1966

Shit, sorry, I forgot the 'why'.


Sunderlands alpha male was born.

 

[Big Sharp Teeth]

Granted City status, cup final....I’m sure there was something else too.

Petrol tanker exploding on Newcastle Road?

 

[Ageing trundler]

Granted City status, cup final....I’m sure there was something else too.

Sir Tom Cowie said in The Echo at the time that the 3rd good thing was a Conservative win in the General Election, the horrible purple-faced f***ing c***.

 

[Charmless Man]

2018. The year a load of mags admitted they’d rather watch us than their own team.

 

[RichD]

Late 1700's early 1800's we built the biggest single-span bridge in the world and had our own Bank notes...

 

[EDGE]

1955 Bank of England club.

Didn't last long.

 

[cluffy]

1973 win the cup and led the fashion world in mutton chops

 

[Westoe SAFC]

if so, when was it and why?

 

[RestlessNatives]

1989 Seaburn Centre opened.

 

[Teed]

1937 league title the year before then the FA cup, doesn't get much better than that.

 

[Fletch]

1989. Second Summer of Love. @Fletch

I can only remember bits n bobs mate

 

[tunstall birdman]

I can only remember bits n bobs mate