Sunderland have Stokoe who won the FA Cup against all odds, beating a massive club packed with internationals. Boro have none, as far as I know, despite more recent success. Newcastle have Robson & Shearer, who only won things with other clubs, and Milburn who 'won' the FA Cup in the 50's. Which makes you wonder why they don't have a statue for that Moncur fella, who played for Sunderland, and won them the Fairs Cup thingy. After all, many of them claim it was the UEFA Cup and a major trophy ... anyone?
Not being an expert on all things Smoggie, I'm sure they have statues of Hardwick and Mannion...could be wrong tho. On the subject of the Mags, I would have thought Joe Harvey might have been in with a shout of a statue.
mags probably wouldn't have a statue for Moncur because he also captained us.. They are a strange bunch the naas..
Would'nt mind a statue of Billy Hogg (born 1879 newcastle upon tyne) at sol or my back garden. A mag that played for sunderland afc. 1908-1909 season nine to one away. He put three onion's in the bag on that day(along with george holley).k.t.f.
Id love a Jeff Clark, Barry Venison or Paul Bracewell in our side now. Marvellous players for us, as was Bobby Moncur.
We had no real captain/leader in the PL and it cost us ... Newcastle seem to have the same problem now.
Lascelles is a asset for us, closest thing we've had as a leader for a while. Our saving grace is there'll be three worse teams than us. Hopefully.
Cardiff and Fulham I can see being down there all season but for that third spot, I don't see Newcastle being more likely to stay up than the likes of Huddersfield, Burnley and Southampton.
Feel a bit sad for Southampton like, they have been plundered and ransacked of there best player's over the last few season's.
Not quite, but I know of a little bit of the history, told by a relative who lived in Gateshead in those days, she recounted the legions of Sunderland fans walking back from the game en masse repeatedly chanting one to nine and ending with a deafening roar, she cold still hear them long after they had passed by, and thought it most probable that they would keep it going all the way back to Sunderland. In those days men often walked huge distances to find work, my Grandfather who was a bricklayer thought nothing of walking as far as Blyth to find work, at least thats his story, how true it was I will never know, as often a pinch of salt was required with some of his recollections. He used to insist, after a glass or two, that he had worked on the White House for the President of America but could not remember exactly whether it was George Washington or Abraham Lincoln . please log in to view this image
Nice to see you back Smug, youve been missed. I havent forgotten i owe you big time for sorting me out with them Boro tickets .
