Oh yes indeed there was the phone boxes smashed up after a loss at Wembley and the horse puncher incident which the mags try and defend saying “it was only one person” conveniently forgetting it was during the rioting of many hundreds .
This came up in my YouTube last night. Maybes one for our younger supporters but what a night to be there as a Sunderland supporter. Newcastle the best supporters? In the words of Jim Royale: my arse.
What an embarrassment for the 'Newcastle hooligans' They were full of bravado until their arses went at the 'halfway line force field' and saw who they were up against ... ... the Sunderland end would've gone through them like skittles. People didn't let their kids go to the away match and there were no families in that end, no one budged when the Mags launched their attack and the police couldn't have stopped them. They were simply too frightened to have a go. That remains one of my favourite away trips. After the game the Mags kept well away from Sunderland and smashed up their own town instead , pathetic behaviour.
I was in a box at St James that night and some of their supporters, grown men, were smashing their seats! You couldn't make it up. Idiots!
A fantastic night to be there for this Northumberland Mackem we drove though Newcastle after the match and it was fun.