FishburnMackem
Winger
I no longer look forward to it, feels more like a chore to listen or watch the match now. Used to be the highlight of my weekend, in fact my Saturday used to be solely planned around the match
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I lost my hair. That was in 1976 in anticipation of this time.
I first went to Roker Park in 1960 and fell in love with the club. I live abroad now and at 66 the way it affects me is every Saturday I seethe with hurt and disappointment. Even a win doesn't help that much. Wherever I've lived I've always got back for at least one home match a season, usually a number of away games but not this one. I paid £45 for safcsee but rarely watch anything but the odd highlights and those through half closed eyes and with gritted teeth. I don't recognise many of the players anymore through the buffering haze of some dodgy stream if I want the live version. I have had some great moments being a fan but now I don't feel the strength of connection I once did. Money, lack of players identifying with the club, the corporate nature of the present day PR have all had it's toll. I don't know whether its just the spiral we have been on for the last years and one day we will get out of it but once where it was the hope that killed me now I feel Short has killed the hope.
I am 58 yrs old. I saw my first match 50 years ago. Have been an exile for 30 years. Coming back to UK this year. Footballing wise, the worst time to come back I know. We have won one real trophy in that 50 years. But loads and loads of great memories, and the club has enriched my life to a monumental degree. No need to dwell on the individual moments, you all know what they are. Not trophy-laden then, but there was always hope - whether in old Div1/Premier, or the lower tiers - that it would not take that much to make us successful. But it appears that without a huge injection of cash, that seems far away now. It could take many years to get back to a position where we can challenge again, if it happens at all.
I check these pages every day, a lot of gallows humour, and a lot of anger. Rightly so. I am not pointing the finger in this post, too many others for that. I just wanted to explore the great sadness that so many people will feel at the moment. Those that have followed the club for decades, those a lot younger. It is the lowest ebb. Far worse than Lawrie Mac days.
For someone like me, who is getting on now, it is bitter-sweet. We have experienced the highs and the lows. We have also experienced what life has to throw at us, and know that time runs fast. Football as the years go by becomes less important. It's just the way it is. Other things to worry about. And for sanity's sake, it would be suicidal to keep worrying about the club, when you have yourself, family and friends to think/worry about. But there is no denying the sickness in the stomach when the mind currently turns to SAFC. One of the most important things in my life is going down the drain, and there seems no way out of it.
Sorry for the depressive nature of this post, I am normally a positive guy when it comes to SAFC. Coleman gives us some hope, but he is not a miracle worker. I just hope someone buys out Short sooner rather than later. With the cash to save us.
Good luck at Boro lads. Fans and team.
I agree mate I started in 73 and despite the ups and downs it never seemed this bad, we were still a big club but run of the mill sides have now left us standing, even the disappointment of play off final didn't seem bad at the time as we knew the players and management of Reid would come good, obviously there were mistakes and duff signings even then but these were balanced with decent signings, the great escapes were the writing on the wall I guess so we shouldn't be surprised now... perhaps if we had been relegated with Poyet then we could have regrouped and the finance side would not have been as bad as it is now, to think in Reidy's 7th placed season we would have gone top if we had beat Man U over new year is laughable now. I guess the future lies with Coleman to get a young side together, like Forest are trying, rather than relying on foreigners and over the hill players who are looking for a final pay dayI first went to Roker Park in 1960 and fell in love with the club. I live abroad now and at 66 the way it affects me is every Saturday I seethe with hurt and disappointment. Even a win doesn't help that much. Wherever I've lived I've always got back for at least one home match a season, usually a number of away games but not this one. I paid £45 for safcsee but rarely watch anything but the odd highlights and those through half closed eyes and with gritted teeth. I don't recognise many of the players anymore through the buffering haze of some dodgy stream if I want the live version. I have had some great moments being a fan but now I don't feel the strength of connection I once did. Money, lack of players identifying with the club, the corporate nature of the present day PR have all had it's toll. I don't know whether its just the spiral we have been on for the last years and one day we will get out of it but once where it was the hope that killed me now I feel Short has killed the hope.
I agree mate I started in 73 and despite the ups and downs it never seemed this bad, we were still a big club but run of the mill sides have now left us standing, even the disappointment of play off final didn't seem bad at the time as we knew the players and management of Reid would come good, obviously there were mistakes and duff signings even then but these were balanced with decent signings, the great escapes were the writing on the wall I guess so we shouldn't be surprised now... perhaps if we had been relegated with Poyet then we could have regrouped and the finance side would not have been as bad as it is now, to think in Reidy's 7th placed season we would have gone top if we had beat Man U over new year is laughable now. I guess the future lies with Coleman to get a young side together, like Forest are trying, rather than relying on foreigners and over the hill players who are looking for a final pay day
So are you suggesting my receding hair is also because of watching SAFC?
I did.It's like being stuck in a bad relationship. You know you should really get out of it but you can't stop going back for more.
Pretty much this, but without the Australia bit.I'm tempted to say it hasn't. Our down turn has co-incided with my kids being born and that has affected me more. I lived in Aus at the time and would always make the effort to get up and watch our games or head in to town to meet up with the Sydney group. That became impossible with a bairn who gets you out of bed at 6am. I then recorded the games to watch in the morning while avoiding the score but to be honest I even stopped bothering with that.
Now back here I would prefer to be spending my saturday with the kids than going to the football. Been to a few games but only really for the booze up and that'll do for me.
I'll still watch where I can. I still check safc news 5 times a day. I come on here and have a little look on PF. But that's about it for now. If I didn't have kids I'd be doing more.
I am 58 yrs old. I saw my first match 50 years ago. Have been an exile for 30 years. Coming back to UK this year. Footballing wise, the worst time to come back I know. We have won one real trophy in that 50 years. But loads and loads of great memories, and the club has enriched my life to a monumental degree. No need to dwell on the individual moments, you all know what they are. Not trophy-laden then, but there was always hope - whether in old Div1/Premier, or the lower tiers - that it would not take that much to make us successful. But it appears that without a huge injection of cash, that seems far away now. It could take many years to get back to a position where we can challenge again, if it happens at all.
I check these pages every day, a lot of gallows humour, and a lot of anger. Rightly so. I am not pointing the finger in this post, too many others for that. I just wanted to explore the great sadness that so many people will feel at the moment. Those that have followed the club for decades, those a lot younger. It is the lowest ebb. Far worse than Lawrie Mac days.
For someone like me, who is getting on now, it is bitter-sweet. We have experienced the highs and the lows. We have also experienced what life has to throw at us, and know that time runs fast. Football as the years go by becomes less important. It's just the way it is. Other things to worry about. And for sanity's sake, it would be suicidal to keep worrying about the club, when you have yourself, family and friends to think/worry about. But there is no denying the sickness in the stomach when the mind currently turns to SAFC. One of the most important things in my life is going down the drain, and there seems no way out of it.
Sorry for the depressive nature of this post, I am normally a positive guy when it comes to SAFC. Coleman gives us some hope, but he is not a miracle worker. I just hope someone buys out Short sooner rather than later. With the cash to save us.
Good luck at Boro lads. Fans and team.
What did they call him?I did.
it hasn't affected me at all. it has given me some of the best memories of my life.
i have met some amazing people and made some lifelong friends along the way.
our predicament is not nice but you wouldn't divorce a wife if she let herself go a bit.
see i couldn't give a fuck about the mags at all. i just want us to do wellWhat makes it worse is the Mags are on the up when we're in free fall
what a class way of putting it
see i couldn't give a fuck about the mags at all. i just want us to do well
What makes it worse is the Mags are on the up when we're in free fall