NOTBLUE Posted February 8, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2018 1 hour ago, Major Isewater said: That's going to be difficult to park . On bus stop,hazard lights flashing,jobs a good ‘un. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted February 8, 2018 Report Share Posted February 8, 2018 2 hours ago, Busterrimes said: The defensive guns on the Naval defences at Sunderland were known as the Black Cats. Before that, a stray black cat made its home at Roker in the 1910's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nogbad the Bad Posted February 8, 2018 Report Share Posted February 8, 2018 3 hours ago, ZiderEyed said: Question for someone who can google this while I'm at work - why are they called the "Black Cats"? Their traditional nickname, 'The Rokerites' was made redundant when they moved to the Stadium of Light in 1997. The Black Cats was then chosen by a public vote for the reasons @Busterrimes and @slartibartfast have given above. A Black Cat has been used as an emblem for the club throughout most of it's history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZiderEyed Posted February 8, 2018 Report Share Posted February 8, 2018 3 minutes ago, Nogbad the Bad said: Their traditional nickname, 'The Rokerites' was made redundant when they moved to the Stadium of Light in 1997. The Black Cats was then chosen by a public vote for the reasons @Busterrimes and @slartibartfast have given above. A Black Cat has been used as an emblem for the club throughout most of it's history. Interesting that. Does seem a bit out there without any context. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Club and Country Posted February 8, 2018 Report Share Posted February 8, 2018 6 hours ago, phantom said: @Club and Country Yes it is Thanks for that, out of interest, Where do you find the above? Pretty helpful actually about what else is going on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamC Posted February 8, 2018 Report Share Posted February 8, 2018 6 hours ago, Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan said: Great support. Everybody gushes over Newcastle’s away support, especially when they drop into the Championship, but every time I’ve seen Sunderland down here they’ve always brought big numbers. Its easy to sell out every away allocation you receive when you’re having a one season break from the Prem and you’re at the top of the Championship. Much more difficult to take 1500 fans the length of the country when you’re in Sunderland’s position. Too true. They have put up with some utter shite over the last few years but they are a simply massive club. For me possibly one of the ten biggest in England, no way would Chelsea or Man City get their levels of support if they were as bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steviestevieneville Posted February 8, 2018 Report Share Posted February 8, 2018 1 minute ago, GrahamC said: Too true. They have put up with some utter shite over the last few years but they are a simply massive club. For me possibly one of the ten biggest in England, no way would Chelsea or Man City get their levels of support if they were as bad. To be fair to Man City, they were getting 30,000 in league one if I remember rightly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcfcredandwhite Posted February 8, 2018 Report Share Posted February 8, 2018 Me and the Mrs are in the upper Lansdown! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lew-T Posted February 8, 2018 Report Share Posted February 8, 2018 2 hours ago, slartibartfast said: Before that, a stray black cat made its home at Roker in the 1910's. Really? I would of loved to have been around when football clubs were starting out and see how the history began. A stray cat ffs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1960maaan Posted February 8, 2018 Report Share Posted February 8, 2018 20 minutes ago, steviestevieneville said: To be fair to Man City, they were getting 30,000 in league one if I remember rightly Yep, one thing you can't level against Man City is fair-weather. Dropped nearly as far as we did and got very good gates. They averaged over 28k in relegation from the Championship in 98'. Over 28k in their one year in L3 and 32 in passing through to the Prem. Not too shabby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pillred Posted February 9, 2018 Report Share Posted February 9, 2018 13 hours ago, phantom said: @Club and Country Yes it is that's wrong the England wales game starts at 16-45. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhistleHappy Posted February 9, 2018 Report Share Posted February 9, 2018 On 07/02/2018 at 13:51, Bar BS3 said: If it’s that easily fixed, then maybe “not released for sale yet, please check again later” should be the wording. Reckon .... " Easy tiger not for a while crocodile, maybe later alligator! " ..... would do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBFC II Posted February 9, 2018 Report Share Posted February 9, 2018 12 hours ago, Club and Country said: Thanks for that, out of interest, Where do you find the above? Pretty helpful actually about what else is going on https://www.bcfc.co.uk/news/gate-guide-sunderland/ They have it before every home game, handy for things like that and for those who like to see what the crowd is going to be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOTBLUE Posted February 9, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2018 W2 now on sale,W1 listed as unavailable/sold out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red7 Posted February 9, 2018 Report Share Posted February 9, 2018 14 hours ago, pillred said: that's wrong the England wales game starts at 16-45. They must have read your post as it has now been corrected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted February 9, 2018 Report Share Posted February 9, 2018 2 hours ago, Red7 said: They must have read your post as it has now been corrected. ******* great, queue mass exodus five minutes from time (I mean more than usual) when we're desperately hanging on to 1-0.............****** rugby ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS4 on Tour... Posted February 9, 2018 Report Share Posted February 9, 2018 On 08/02/2018 at 18:07, GrahamC said: Too true. They have put up with some utter shite over the last few years but they are a simply massive club. For me possibly one of the ten biggest in England, no way would Chelsea or Man City get their levels of support if they were as bad. Disagree about Man City - they dropped to tier three not so long ago but still had amazing support home and away... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS4 on Tour... Posted February 9, 2018 Report Share Posted February 9, 2018 On 08/02/2018 at 18:07, GrahamC said: ....they are a simply massive club.... Absolutely....everyone knows I love a good percentage stat (!) but over 17% of Sunderland’s population watch their home games....that is huge! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickolas Posted February 9, 2018 Report Share Posted February 9, 2018 5 minutes ago, BS4 on Tour... said: Absolutely....everyone knows I love a good percentage stat (!) but over 17% of Sunderland’s population watch their home games....that is huge! Got bugger all else to do have they! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS4 on Tour... Posted February 9, 2018 Report Share Posted February 9, 2018 2 minutes ago, nickolas said: Got bugger all else to do have they! They’ve got three beaches! Sun’lun isn’t as bleak as some assume.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedLionLad Posted February 9, 2018 Report Share Posted February 9, 2018 On 08/02/2018 at 18:29, bcfcredandwhite said: Me and the Mrs are in the upper Lansdown! Did you manage to get out ok, or do you need food and blankets? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickolas Posted February 9, 2018 Report Share Posted February 9, 2018 8 minutes ago, BS4 on Tour... said: They’ve got three beaches! Sun’lun isn’t as bleak as some assume.... North of the M4 is all gloom! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamC Posted February 9, 2018 Report Share Posted February 9, 2018 26 minutes ago, BS4 on Tour... said: Disagree about Man City - they dropped to tier three not so long ago but still had amazing support home and away... And now they get nowhere near filling their stadium for cup semi finals. It was 20 years ago next season, those days are long gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS4 on Tour... Posted February 9, 2018 Report Share Posted February 9, 2018 2 minutes ago, GrahamC said: And now they get nowhere near filling their stadium for cup semi finals. Those days are long gone. No they haven’t, the capacity of Maine Road was 35,000 and they were close to filling it when they were at the lower levels, just because they’ve moved to a bigger stadium (55k capacity) why does that mean ‘those days are long gone’ especially when the attendance at their last home game was 53,000.....?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamC Posted February 9, 2018 Report Share Posted February 9, 2018 4 minutes ago, BS4 on Tour... said: No they haven’t, the capacity of Maine Road was 35,000 and they were close to filling it when they were at the lower levels, just because they’ve moved to a bigger stadium (55k capacity) why does that mean ‘those days are long gone’ especially when the attendance at their last home game was 53,000.....?! I thought Maine Rd was bigger than that, sure I have been there in a bigger crowd than 35,000? Their crowd against us was really abysmal, I’m pretty sure if some mega rich Arab bought Sunderland instead & they were in a cup semi final there wouldn’t be thousands of empty seats. Even running away with the Premier League the Etihad rarely appears to be full, somehow I think the Stadium of Light would be.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS4 on Tour... Posted February 9, 2018 Report Share Posted February 9, 2018 2 minutes ago, GrahamC said: I thought Maine Rd was bigger than that, sure I have been there in a bigger crowd than 35,000? .....the Etihad rarely appears to be full.... Maine Road’s capacity was 35,150. And the Etihad? Rarely full? They are averaging 54k.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted February 9, 2018 Report Share Posted February 9, 2018 11 minutes ago, GrahamC said: I thought Maine Rd was bigger than that, sure I have been there in a bigger crowd than 35,000? Yeah but that was when converted to all seater...no ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamC Posted February 10, 2018 Report Share Posted February 10, 2018 9 hours ago, slartibartfast said: Yeah but that was when converted to all seater...no ? Yep. My only visit was right at the end of our 4 year stay in the top flight (we lost 3-1 and Dave Rodgers scored) and so definitely pre all seater. It seemed a big ground then, but I was a teenager back in the late 70s.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamC Posted February 10, 2018 Report Share Posted February 10, 2018 10 hours ago, BS4 on Tour... said: Maine Road’s capacity was 35,150. And the Etihad? Rarely full? They are averaging 54k.... See below that was the final capacity, it definitely used to be bigger. No idea why there were so many empty seats in recent seasons then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Grovesy Posted February 10, 2018 Report Share Posted February 10, 2018 23 minutes ago, GrahamC said: Yep. My only visit was right at the end of our 4 year stay in the top flight (we lost 3-1 and Dave Rodgers scored) and so definitely pre all seater. It seemed a big ground then, but I was a teenager back in the late 70s.. I went to this game as well. 32745 at Maine Road that day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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