Quote Originally Posted by xsnaggle View Post
In 2022 the population of sunderland metro area was 344,000. and like Cardiff they get support from a greater area. Up there you re either one or the other, Geordie or mackem.
I think there is such support for football because its such a miserable place to live it's about the only way to have a good day out
Sunderland is not on many tourist routes but Durham and its surroundings, the City of Newcastle, Tynemouth, North Shields, Whitley Bay and wider Northumberland, miserable places to live. Come on!