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Off Topic City of culture contender...?

Discussion in 'Sunderland' started by Sidthemackem, Dec 7, 2017.

  1. Sidthemackem

    Sidthemackem Newcastle United 0-1 Cambridge United
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    Announced at 7 init?
     
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  3. Sidthemackem

    Sidthemackem Newcastle United 0-1 Cambridge United
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    Dunno mate. Saw the article on the Beeb website and it made me smile at first, but when you think a bit harder Sunderland has quite a bit going for it. And if Hull got it last time FFS...
     
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    Hope we get it, our heritage is second to none imho. Certainly in with a chance.
     
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  5. Nacho

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    If Hull got it then literally anywhere can.
     
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  6. MrRAWhite

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    Hull got a billion quid investment with it so it would be great to win it..
     
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    Did we lose then? I think so.
     
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    Coventry for f ucks sake
     
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  9. Billy Death

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    This is a song about Coventry.

     
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  10. cumbrianmackem

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    After all these years Coventry stitch us up again.
     
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    Probably waited to see what we did in our proposal then spent an extra 15 mins finishing off theirs
     
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    Can't tell if the award is a wind up to be honest. Coventry... Hull... What are they considering to be culture? London, Manchester, Birmingham and Liverpool have never been nominated though they've provided our country with most of our music, art, museum exhibits, literature and film over the last 50 years.

    Bit nonsensical for me. Being nominated is a bit of an insult. We were lumped with Swansea, Paisley, Stoke-on-Trent and Coventry... Esteemed company.
     
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    Hold on, those cities have never been nominated? Wtf?
     
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  14. RedNWhite4Life

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    Liverpool was capital of culture in 2008.
     
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    2013 Winner - Derry/LondonDerry. Shortlisted - Birmingham, Sheffield, Norwich.

    2017 Winner - Kingston Upon Hull. Shortlisted - Dundee, Leicester, Swansea Bay

    2021 Winner - Coventry. Shortlisted - Sunderland, Paisley, Stoke on Trent, Swansea.

    ****ing joke of a selection since it's inception. No London, no Manchester, Liverpool, Edinburgh, York and so on.

    Different award. That's the European capital of Culture. Not the UK City of culture.
     
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    Regardless of the award's prestige, this has provided regeneration which simply would not have happened if not for this competition so I personally wouldn't knock it.
     
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  17. MrRAWhite

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    City of culture is about spreading culture via investment.. The cities that you mentioned already have the investment and culture..
     
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  18. fredor

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    The people that pick the winner nar nowt about culture
     
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    Seems like a stupid title then.
     
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  20. red&white wanderer

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    Its that Jimmy Hill effect. But didn't Coventry get totally rebuilt after WW2 and has a much better infrastructure and facilities than most of other contenders. It's a strange one this - location is almost Greater Brum - "Midlands Engine" revs up imo.
     
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