Sunderland are best supporters in the PL - official

Sunderland's fans are the best behaved in the Premier League - how would you like to spend the prize money earned for the feat?

Sunderland supporters have been officially named as the best behaved in the Barclays Premier League during the 2010-11 season.

Black Cats fans were judged to have conducted themselves better over the duration of the campaign than those following any other top-flight club after consistently scoring highly in appraisals by official match assessors.

The club has been awarded £20,000 in prize money as a result and chairman Niall Quinn is asking supporters how they'd like the money to be spent.

Ideas are being accepted now via email to [email protected] and a further announcement regarding the winning plan will be made in due course.

Quinn commented: "Sunderland fans are known for their passion and commitment and the lengths they'll go to in order to support their team and it's great that they're now also getting recognition for their spirit and respect of the game too. They're the reason I fell in love with the club.

"We have averaged more than 40,000 fans per match at the Stadium of Light over the course of the season and enjoy tremendous support away from home too so this is a fantastic achievement when you factor in how many people follow the club week in, week out.

"The £20,000 we receive is obviously on behalf of all of our supporters, so we would welcome any thoughts on how this could best be spent for their benefit."

As part of match delegates' assessment into the behaviour of the public, each club begins Barclays Premier League games with five assessment points out of ten, with the capacity to gain or lose five.

Points can be lost for abusive language, the abusing of officials and aggressive conduct towards opposing fans, while points can be gained for displaying positive behaviour such as good-natured verbal support and recognising outstanding play by opponents.

http://www.safc.com/news/20110616/fans-top-behaviour-league_2256213_2377117

 

Use it to set up some kind of scheme for kids, it's not an amount that will change the club in itself, so invest it in young 'uns who could potentially become part of the clubs future.

Maybe a foundation for kids who don't get picked up by the clubs official u9's etc, but gives players who were nearly there a good chance to blossom later?

 

hang on, points for good natured verbal support ?? where did they check ?? the library ??

where i used to sit all you ever heard was, 'HAWER YA USELESS ****ER !' and were being very (and i mean very) aggressive towards the officials and opposition fans :')

 

20k.

Tell the club to help with the not606 in Africa appeal. Miserable bastards...

 

Red seats

 

With £20,000 being nothing much more than a token amount there is little scope for anything substantial to come from it. I would maybe look at spending it on improving facilities for fans who are deaf or blind, or some other relatively small scheme.

 

I can only assume that the points system had been concluded before our last few home games.

 

Buy another Korean player.

 

Spend it on advertising for McCartney, Noz, Kilgallon etc...

 

Fulham more rowdy than Sunderland? I didn't see a Fulham fan attack any players, or snap their own seats and throw them at rivals. You boring bastards

*Please note this is intended as banter, don't abuse me and threaten me again!

 

Hahahahaha as you boys say... Rep.

 

safc in africa foe me

 

Give it to the SAFC Foundation

 

Yesterday things did get a bit silly and out of hand, however, I really think you should consider changing your name to Badgersarsehole as it just seems right for you.

 

VEGAS!!!!!! Quinn, Short, Cattermole and Bruce (alan) The Hangover part 3. Dong wong is the new mr chow.

 

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Very well behaved.

 

Bruce would be Alan. What a halfwit. Short would have to be the missing bloke because he says nothing.

Who's being lamped in the pic above?

 

BEST BEHAVED? you wouldn't have thought so reading last nights threads.

 

£20,000 seems like a pointless amount considering the figures being branded around by football clubs these days. You could buy 0.4% of a £5mill player with it, or pay for half of a players single weekly pay packet.

 

The first picture there was of a fifteen year old kid who was stopped from making his escape from fellow Sunderland supporters.
The second picture is of a seat that appears to be being thrown at Sunderland fans, no doubt coming from the away section where you lot were housed.
I have never been to Newcastle when I have not had objects thrown at me, or had home fans trying to have a go, but the Newcastle based media seem to omit this.