Hell of a good read and finally someone (other than ourselves) that appreciates our support http://supportersnotcustomers.com/2013/10/28/sunderland-2-newcastle-1/
Good read but nowt surprising. Reason I wear my shirt with pride? Not cause of the team, they for much of my life have been generally crap. I wear my shirt with pride cause we are the most loyal, passionate fans in the World. And cause Newcastle is only 12 miles away their fans are made from the same stock even though we don't want to admit it.. The rest of the World may want to see Man U, Chelsea, Arsenal and the like but they will never, ever get what it means to win the best Derby in England.
****ing topper that.... Less than ten minutes remain now, and Sunderland are hanging on for dear life. The fans continue to believe in their side despite a Newcastle goal appearing closer and closer, as they cheer every tackle and roar with appreciation at every clearance. The clock is ticking down and it appears as though the spoils will be shared, leaving Sunderland bottom of the league and going in to November without a Premier League victory. But sometimes, the Gods of football decide that a team has suffered for too long, and decides that a reward is needed for the wasted weekends and the disappointing journeys home after yet another defeat. With minutes to go, Sunderland produced one of the most magic moments of all. Sunderland have the ball some way out from the goal after Newcastle waste possession. It is played forward to American forward Jozy Altidore, who controls the ball superbly and touches it into the path of Borini. The substitute takes a touch, before drilling an unstoppable shot from long range into the back of the net past the despairing dive of Tim Krul. The noise is like nothing I have ever heard in England before, as the Sunderland fans react with a mixture of joy, amazement and relief. Chaos reigns, as the celebrating masses let out their months of frustration in one euphoric moment. Several grown men around me are in tears, as bodies fall to the ground as far as the eye can see. A fan leaps from his seat in the row in front on top of me, with both of us falling backwards over a seat into the back row of the stadium. Bodies appear from all over the place, a pile of sheer Wearside joy. please log in to view this image
There is no better sound in football than when the whole SoL is in full voice...let's do the bugger every game!!!!
Our home support is woeful. At times you can hear a pin drop. Our away support is generally top class though although I don't know what it was like on Sunday. Hope to hear lots of noise when VJ takes me to the SOL!
Ours has been pretty woeful too mate for a while now, although we have had very little to cheer of late..It would be great if every fan joined in the vocals every match like they did on Sunday...
