Friendly match arranged

  • Please bear with us on the new site integration and fixing any known bugs over the coming days. If you can not log in please try resetting your password and check your spam box. If you have tried these steps and are still struggling email [email protected] with your username/registered email address
  • Log in now to remove adverts - no adverts at all to registered members!
Teessidemackem

Teessidemackem

Well-Known Member
Jan 27, 2011
19,807
25,639
113
Safc.com

Sunderland AFC will face Al-Shabab Football Club in a friendly fixture during their upcoming trip to the United Arab Emirates.

Tony Mowbray’s side will travel to Dubai on Sunday for a week-long training camp ahead of a return to Sky Bet Championship action on 3 December when Millwall visit Wearside.

The fixture against Al-Shabab, who currently sit first in the SPL, will be played on Friday 25 November at 17:00 GST (13:00 GMT) at Jebel Ali Centre of Excellence.
 
  • Like
Reactions: MrRAWhite
Teessidemackem said:
Safc.com

Sunderland AFC will face Al-Shabab Football Club in a friendly fixture during their upcoming trip to the United Arab Emirates.

Tony Mowbray’s side will travel to Dubai on Sunday for a week-long training camp ahead of a return to Sky Bet Championship action on 3 December when Millwall visit Wearside.

The fixture against Al-Shabab, who currently sit first in the SPL, will be played on Friday 25 November at 17:00 GST (13:00 GMT) at Jebel Ali Centre of Excellence.
Click to expand...

Be nice to see the likes of Stewart get on the pitch.

It's also good to know the club can afford to organise this kind of trip ...

... not as skint as some insist on maintaining.

Not at all happy about the Saudi aspect though.
 
Last edited:
  • Like
Reactions: malagamackem, smithy in nl, C Montgomery Burns and 1 other person
Blond Bombshell said:
Sunderland to face Saudi Arabian side Al-Shabab Football Club in Dubai during training camp next week, KO 1pm on Friday 25.

Cannot believe this has been arranged, pr own goal
Click to expand...
Would love to know who organised this. Disagree with the Dubai trip to begin with but to then play a Saudi side is a disgrace. If we have to go to Dubai, Stoke are there at the same time as us, just play them?
 
  • Like
Reactions: C Montgomery Burns, Makemstine Roger, Whittylad and 2 others
I know its on over-reaction and not related but it just seems to be a completely un-thought through idea.

Whether fans should be annoyed or not is irrelevant. Doing something which is obviously going to cause such unrest is just mind-numbingly stupidly avoidable.
 
  • Like
Reactions: malagamackem, Random lad and Whittylad
Meh. Can't say it bothers me at all. Just yet another stick for people to beat the club with

If we were touring Saudi, playing their teams on their patch and being entertained by a murderous regime then I could understand it. This is just 2 sets of lads playing a game of non-competitive football
 
  • Like
Reactions: Dancingstripes, Porterfield73, smithy in nl and 3 others
TopCat_ said:
Meh. Can't say it bothers me at all. Just yet another stick for people to beat the club with

If we were touring Saudi, playing their teams on their patch and being entertained by a murderous regime then I could understand it. This is just 2 sets of lads playing a game of non-competitive football
Click to expand...
Agree TC, if we were gaining financially from the Saudis I would think differently, but a training game during a mid season break is incidental and meaningless to me
 
  • Like
Reactions: Dancingstripes, Scout73 and TopCat.
TopCat_ said:
Meh. Can't say it bothers me at all. Just yet another stick for people to beat the club with

If we were touring Saudi, playing their teams on their patch and being entertained by a murderous regime then I could understand it. This is just 2 sets of lads playing a game of non-competitive football
Click to expand...

Aye. It bothers me a tiny bit. But not much. What I'm really annoyed about is how stupid it is from a PR perspective. I mean literally the only worse thing from a PR perspective right now would be to play a friendly against Spartak Moscow.
 
  • Like
Reactions: C Montgomery Burns, Whittylad and TopCat.
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top Bottom
Back