https://en.parkopedia.co.uk/parking...l/?arriving=202310161500&leaving=202310161700 The shuttle bus to the ground is good. Otherwise you can park around the ground, on the industrial estate, if you're early enough. Next to the stadium is a Harvester that allow away fans and you can also park there for £3. A bit further away on Dennis Viollett Road is a Power League complex that has a bar, which also allows in away supporters, you can park for £4.50.
Sunderland's Daniel Ballard, Evans' central defensive partner on Saturday, is a doubt because of a thigh injury that emerged since the match in which Northern Ireland ended a five-game losing streak in Group H. https://bbc.co.uk/sport/football/67058898
Last season after we beat them 1.0 we went for a few scoops at the cricket club near the ground. Some prick marched up to one of the young lads with us and ripped the Sunderland flag of his shoulders shouting about daring to "wear that **** in HIS pub". It all kicked off briefly but a few of the sensible lads soon calmed things down. It's made me wary of wearing my colours fir this one - some very sore losers amongst these ****ers. Take care lads.
I hope not. I really feel sorry for Gooch, Stoke never feels like a happy club. There's always an edgy atmosphere and the stadium is usually as flat as a fart .. ... no doubt it'll be better on Saturday when their Cup Final comes to town
Mowbray's press conference will hopefully have good news about many key players. I'd be happy if Ballard, Pritchard, Huggins, Ekwah, Mayenda, etc, were all available or close. We have three important games, this week, so we'll need as many options as we can find.
That Stoke supporter sounds like one of us from a few seasons ago, poor sod. Hope we get the snake sacked at the weekend (even though it would boost his bank account)
At the start of 1976 we were due to play Stoke for an FA Cup, thousands were booked to go down. Then a huge storm was announced to be coming and the date was moved ... ... sound familiar The roof could come off again if Sunderland win this game! Dark clouds loomed over Stoke City, literally and metaphorically. It was on January 3rd, 1976 that the club woke up to a disaster. A section of the B Block roof of the Victoria Ground’s Butler Street stand was whipped away in the worst storm of the century. The first team saw the scale of the damage when they passed by on the train heading for an FA Cup tie against Tottenham. Peter Shilton said: “Nothing had prepared me for the sight that greeted our eyes as the train passed the Victoria Ground. It looked as if a bomb had hit it. “Parts of the roof lay scattered even on our training ground, some 300 yards away.” please log in to view this image https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/stoke-city-butler-street-roof-1008179
