Which bit of the club history would you like to own?

Saw the article below and thought which bit od history would you most like town.

For me it would be the minutes of the first meeting which established the club as Sunderland and District School Teachers FC.

Which would you pick?

But here the article for interest.


Rare Sunderland memorabilia up for auction
DOWN MEMORY LANE ... rare photographs and postcards of Sunderland footballers are expected to sell for about �5,000 at an auction next month.
By TOM PATTERSON
Published on Thursday 22 September 2011 09:54


SUNDERLAND fans are being given the chance to buy into two golden periods in the club’s history.


The club swept all before them in the 1891-1892 season, taking the league by storm and winning the title for the first time.

In a bid to bring more silverware to Sunderland, the club spent a fortune during the 1920s, twice breaking the world-record transfer fee and coming within a whisker of winning the championship again in 1922-23 – a decade when the teams were renowned for being entertaining.

Now, a valuable collection of rare photographs and postcards recording these eras have been put up for sale by a mystery fan.

They will be sold in nine separate lots at Bonhams in Chester on Wednesday, October 5.

A spokesman for Bonhams, Chris Hays, said: “They have been collected by a Sunderland fan over his lifetime, and contain many rare and historic items.

“The most valuable item, which is expected to sell for between £1,200 and £1,500, is a set of 24 black-and-white postcards of Sunderland stars from the 1920s. Each one is hand-signed.

“These include John Haggan, Bob Marshall, Harry Sherwin, Joe Kasher, Bert Hobson, Robert Ferguson, Vic Shore, Billy Moore and Leslie Scott.

“Another lot – valued at between £600 and £800 – contains pictures of Sunderland stars Evelyn Morrison, Walter Tinsley, Harry Martin, George Metcalf and Charlie Buchan.”

An 1890-91 team portrait and black-and-white postcard portraits are also set to fetch between £300 and £400.

One lot includes a separate hand-coloured portrait of Sunderland’s legendary Scottish international goalkeeper John ‘Ned’ Doig. He made 456 cup and league appearances for Sunderland between 1890 and 1904.

Doug Lamming, who wrote A Complete Who’s Who of Sunderland AFC with Garth Dykes, said: “Doig arrived from Arbroath with a massive reputation. This arrival was not, however, an unalloyed joy because of an improper registration.

“Ned had signed for Blackburn Rovers and, indeed, had played for the Lancashire club in a league match during the previous season, 1889-1890.

“The Wearsiders were fined £25 and two points were deducted from their record, the first time a points penalty had been imposed.”

For more information, visit www.bonhams.com

 

I'd like to own the video that was sent to monkey heed of the once famous Milton Nunez, just to see what he seen.....

 

I heard that the video was of a diffent player with the same name and we fell for it!

 

Not sure, or were we not meant to sign his strike partner?

 

Ally McCoists wife.

 

Ally McCoists wife is from Whitburn which I'm sure you all know is near Sunderland

 

Bet if we were called Man Utd or West ham we wouldn't have had a points deduction!!!

 

Aye, I know that but I'd shag her.

Dinnet tell Ally mind or he would kick my heed in.

 

Good choice. Wasn't that held in the Norfolk Arms? (Ha, I went in there once around 1960. They had one of the best looking barmaids in the world at that time. Great figure on her, and nice face. And yet, she was as safe as houses. I found out it was notorious as the 'queers' pub at that time. Got out quick and never went again).

I'd be happy with a match programme for Aston Villa v Sunderland in 1890. We couldn't get in the league then because the Midlands, S. Yorks, and S. Lancs. clubs in it didn't want to travel so far. Villa were the top team in England then, and we paid them to play us in a friendly on their home ground. 0-6!!!! After that game the Villa chairman dubbed us 'The Team of All the Talents'. We were accepted into the league the following season.

 

Honestly, I would love that painting of us playing Nasty Villa that hangs in reception.

 

I would like to have been at St James when we won 9-1 lol
Would like to have been at the 37 cup final
Would like to have seen us win the league title

Still there is always the future to look forward to

 

I'd love to have been at one of our few ventures into Europe, as well as the '37 and '73 finals (my grandad was there in '73!)

 

I was there in 73 only 15 but got to the final and semi as well as the away game at City missed the 3rd round against Notts County as I was on a school outward bound week and the mid week replay at Reading, when Vic Halom made his debut. But say every minute of the cup run other than those two games and have the full set of programmes from the run.

 

Well I wish I had the cash to buy the lot, not for me but for SAFC supporters to see either in the Museum or at the club. SAFC was formed by a keen Scot as I understand but it was the ordinary folk of Wearside that nurtured that initial team into the entity that is SAFC.

The club may be wholly owned by Ellis Short, but it belongs to the supporters. Without them, US, it is nothing. We should cherish our heritage.

 

I count myself lucky if not blessed. I have had the good fortune to have 3 - yes three - marvelous SAFC mementos.
1:-The first was the good fortune to get hold of a 1973 cup final ticket - though to be honest i totally deserved it. I turned up regularly with my fold-away stool to see over the heads of the other 11/12,000 'regulars'.
2:-However I managed to get the ticket signed by the unforgettable Ian Porterfield himself, at a footy reception at the Locarno a year later.
3:- was given a framed print of the above mentioned first ever painting of a football match....SAFC v Aston Villa-
Their value cannot be calculated in monetary terms - for me they are priceless.
you see red and white runs through my veins.
KTF hilsen fra Norge

 

i'd like to own 1 of the medals from our 1st league title, never happen like, sadly

 

I always thought he was a Dane who hated the Swedes for knicking Scania.

You learn summat everyday.

 

Noggin the Nog is/was 100% Norseman from the northern mountains - no mountains in Denmark. Noggbad the bad was (according to serious historians) a black and white - filthy through and through, a dirty pillager whose spawn now are reproduced north of the tyne, lol

 

I reckon we all have some "special" things from years past, amongst mine I hold particularly dear a fully autographed team sheet of the 1935-36 Div 1 team, and replica 73 shirt signed by all the players. Who else has something a bit "special"??

 

I bet a lot of people have norse blood in them from the north east considering how forcefull the Norsemen were with our females.

You can spot them straight away north of the Tyne as they just have horns coming out of their heads.