bankofengland
Midfield
"why do call you self Geordies" very constructive that
Well it's a proven fact that you aren't
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Tony Towers Fanclub
Winger
My Nana (from Southwick) was a great cook and she called them ‘batter puddings’ (she moved south to work in a big house as a cook, married a Sunderland lad down in Surrey and had my dad… and hence why I’ve been a Sunderland fan since I was a foetus).Hey Hank, that's sacrilege. A Yorkshire pudding is one of God's greatest inventions
And she never called them Yorkshires. I asked her why once and she said why would she? They weren’t from Yorkshire, everyone made them and so batter pudding it was. No idea if anyone else’s family calls them that.
Sorry, gone off thread here I know (!) but discussing local delicacies has always been a thing on RTG.
I’m all for it. This time tomorrow I will be six puds downMy Nana (from Southwick) was a great cook and she called them ‘batter puddings’ (she moved south to work in a big house as a cook, married a Sunderland lad down in Surrey and had my dad… and hence why I’ve been a Sunderland fan since I was a foetus).
And she never called them Yorkshires. I asked her why once and she said why would she? They weren’t from Yorkshire, everyone made them and so batter pudding it was. No idea if anyone else’s family calls them that.
Sorry, gone off thread here I know (!) but discussing local delicacies has always been a thing on RTG.
JakeTheFlake
New Member
I don’t know why Leeds fans are making such a big deal about finishing 24 points behind them last season, it makes no odds for this season.
We finished way behind Wigan 3 seasons ago and look at the two clubs now.
We finished way behind Wigan 3 seasons ago and look at the two clubs now.
joop
Striker
Interesting charts. It seems our fortunes don’t often match. When they are on the up, we decline and vice versa.This big club stuff is a bit dated for me now given it clings on to our starting years when football wasn't anything like it is today. Even the early years were different to post WW2 when more teams were involved given some teams appeared later in history, Leeds being 1920s. I've had a look at the seasons and this is what it looks like overlapping the season positions with us in red and Leeds in black. Even Pre war you can see their climb into Div 1 and we lower mid table but the war put an end to that
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This is post WW2 and the last 79 seasons so living memory for just about everyone. Without telling anyone who is who, which club do you think they'd consider to be the better of the 2? They've averaged 8.5th position in 40 top flight seasons, we've been 15th in 41 seasons. I'm not sure where you got the "made the numbers up in the top flight" for them as that applies to us even more. Overall in the 79 seasons, they've been 20th since WW2 and we've been 23rd.
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Your last part about "fair chunk of them" watching them struggle could apply to all our fans who've started going from 2012 onwards given our struggles in the PL until we finally got relegated. In fact our last 24 years haven't been 'big' club performances and even less going back to 1985 which is 40 years ago. Don't get me wrong as I'm not saying we aren't a big club, just that we shouldn't really use the very start of our history as a stick to beat others in the way some do.
Just how long do we cling onto our more successful past from well over 70 years ago when football has changed so much over time? We could do in the 70s/80s etc but we've done little since the 50s and the longer it goes on the weaker it gets surely?
At the end of the day, football is fucked now as it's all about who has bigger revenues, the richest owners, location, richest fans, biggest global fan base, can 'cheat' the system finding loopholes etc. Long gone are the days of big crowds meaning a big club or players staying at clubs for any length of time as it's so easy these days for them to uproot and move on. Years ago players stayed longer at clubs as not all could be tempted away like today with multi million £ contracts so building a team now isn't as easy to do as the best players will be poached.
These days for us when it comes to 'big' clubs, it's more like 2 old blokes arguing over a comb when we compare ourselves to other clubs as it's very unlikely it will be like the glory days again when we had a full head of hair and plenty of money in our pockets
Big Bellyingham
Central Defender
1-1
Bielsas Bucket Boy
Goalkeeper
Proven?? Has it really been proven in the eyes of any normal self respecting football fan who doesn’t have a dog in this fight?
You’re not bigger plain and simple. That’s why you’re rarely selected as the game for TV and your sponsorship revenues are toss by comparison - both of those are proven
You can bang on about the gate sizes etc before the war but they count for shit
Even if by some remote chance you were bigger - so the feck what? Bournemouth and Brighton will still piss on us both next season
You’re so far behind the Geordies now it’s unreal and I know that must really hurt. Having a Leeds fan on here trying to be constructive has obviously tipped a few of you right over the edge. Just try to move on now
alicante mackem
Striker
Class antecdoteMy Nana (from Southwick) was a great cook and she called them ‘batter puddings’ (she moved south to work in a big house as a cook, married a Sunderland lad down in Surrey and had my dad… and hence why I’ve been a Sunderland fan since I was a foetus).
And she never called them Yorkshires. I asked her why once and she said why would she? They weren’t from Yorkshire, everyone made them and so batter pudding it was. No idea if anyone else’s family calls them that.
Sorry, gone off thread here I know (!) but discussing local delicacies has always been a thing on RTG.
Nanas can be very stubborn
MSC
Striker
bankofengland
Midfield
Iansun45
Winger
We don't it's an insult
Secret Visage
Striker
You really aren't bigger lol oh and football is the second sport in your city.
Not in ours
Binxy
Striker
hank williams
Striker
It’s not even a sport in our area it’s a religion
Bet there’s more go to the Sol than church of all denominations
Iansun45
Winger
Who are sfc
Less is more when a newbie
re gates sizes about 3 months back
I can’t be bothered with the rest of the nonsense
SuperKevsLeftBoot
Striker
You know what I find the oddest, weirdest and saddest of all… people who join other teams forums.
Maybe look in the mirror ya sad get
hank williams
Striker
Salford
Dadsarmy73
Winger
True, we are miles behind the barcodes but then again we haven’t sold our soul. Still, we are miles bigger than dirty Leeds though so you just move along to your tinpot forum and cry over there.
Ps We might not have an airport but at least we don’t have to share one with sodding Bradford
Wakoro
Winger
You've embarrassed yourself, time to delete your account princess. #triggered
