Have a good mate who is a fan.
they've been out of the limelight a while. What are your thoughts on the coming season for them ?
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Have a good mate who is a fan.
they've been out of the limelight a while. What are your thoughts on the coming season for them ?
They're a big club, with great attendances, and they really shouldn't have spend so long down in League One. But...sometimes its good to shake things up a bit. They will do fairly well this coming season, but lose out in the play-offs. That's my precision, anyway. And it's too far away for an away trip, unless you're mental.
Huge club in an unfortunate situation with their neighbours recently bought out by Arabs!
Probably can't get much worse for any traditionally 'big' rivals.
If they get bought by these crypto clowns, they're in serious trouble
Being linked today with Josh Murphy so I wouldn't be too sure!
Sunderland Till I die, great tv series.
Sunderland, like Newcastle , Villa , Pompey etc are the clubs who have retained a hardcore support ......without the plastic twats Liverpool and United have .....despite not really having that much success
Sunderland and Newcastle are giants of British football
I remember when Sunderland brought down over 10,000 to Ninian Park, at the end of the 79/80 season. Apart from Scotland fans, haven’t seen anything like it down here.
I remember Lincoln City reserves playing Newcastle Utd reserves in the "Keegan" era. One man and his dog normally for a stiffs match and about 2.5k for the1st team. Newcastle brought 3.5k on a cold foggy February evening.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mario Miethig
The northeast teams have unbelievable supporters no doubt about that.
Sheff wed brought a load in the 80s i think?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mario Miethig
Depends if they can find some money from somewhere, the number of supporters is meaningless if the team on the pitch aren’t good enough
Seriously? I love a Newcastle weekender.Quote:
Originally Posted by tforturton
I think it was 84 ?Quote:
Originally Posted by stan butler
Chelsea , Newcastle and Wednesday went up
Of all 3 Wednesday brought by far the biggest support , Ron Jones ccfc secretary knew loads were coming so hiked up the tickets for them
Howard Wilkinson asked them to tell CCFC to shove it but it was a waste of time , crowd was about 15000 , at least 9000 Wednesday there , all over the ground , scrapping all afternoon , a mate got knocked for throwing a golf ball , his defence was he missed 👍
I don't like them. I don't dislike them. I will admit they have decent support. But I don't care.
Would you prefer Liverpool etc with all their plastic fans to be at the top of British football or would you like genuine big regional clubs like Sunderland or Sheffield Wednesday to kick them up the arse ?Quote:
Originally Posted by NYCBlue
It's unlikely to ever be us
Sheffield Wednesday,Sunderland,Newcastle and Leeds , very big clubs.Quote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
Who’s the biggest though ?
I’d say 1st Newcastle 2nd Leeds 3rd Wednesday then Sunderland.
They need to be bought out by Israel to even it upQuote:
Originally Posted by Forgotmyoldaccount
If your talking British football Celitc and Rangers are bigger again massive world wide , you always see Celtic /Rangers or Glasgow pubs aboard.Quote:
Originally Posted by TWGL1
If they were ever to "do a Leicester" that would be great. You can't really blame the big clubs for having "plastic" fans. Even though, they do court foreign investment and go on tours etc. I'm quite sure Liverpool and Man Utd would still be bigger clubs than those you mention without plastic fans though. There were plenty of plastic Leicester fans in the bars of New York the year they won the league. It would probably be the same with any club. We even got a handful of new American City fans the first time we were in the Premier.Quote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
Leeds because of the extra plastic support they got from the revie years which made them a big club and still hangs around now ?Quote:
Originally Posted by TWGL1
Why else would there be coaches going to Leeds from South Wales ?
Newcastle if there was a level playing field would probably lead that group
Quite a few big but not plastic clubs out there ........and they are not plastic because they havnt had any real success for years and years
Wolves being another example
Sure and Newcastle will get hangers on down here if they upset the applecart.Quote:
Originally Posted by NYCBlue
But with Liverpool and United it's a different level
London has Arsenal , Chelsea and Spurs to a lesser extent yet you still see locals in Liverpool tops !
What chance have we got ?
I know more Leeds fans than Liverpool ones , very big in NewportQuote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
When I used to go by supporters club coach we would pick up fans from Malpas Interchange and united or Liverpool fans would be waiting and they would of course be given the fingerQuote:
Originally Posted by life on mars
We just need to be successful. If we got back in the EPL we'd fill that stadium every week. If we managed to stick around as long as Palace and Leicester have, we'd have a whole generation of new fans. We'd be famous, we'd be established, we'd attract better players and better managers.Quote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
The biggest problem is that we had two chances and the club ****ed them both up. Pretty badly.
I know a few Wolves fans in CwmbranQuote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
Best away day of the season for me. Weekend in sunderland and a meet up with all my ex shipmates on the Friday in South shields. Can't wait.Quote:
Originally Posted by tforturton
Spedger
:thumbup:Quote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
Often see Watts coaches at the services taking Liverpool fans from the Vale up to Anfield Sludge. ****ing grips my shit. I rang Watts yesterday as i am hoping to get our bus back on the road next season and they said no can do, too busy filling up mega bus contracts. What a load of bullshit. Heard they take people from the Vale up to Old trafford and Arsenal too.Quote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
Spedger
Disappointing, but at least they go I suppose. I wonder how much that costs over a season. Imagine doing that every weekend. I used to go away quite often, but I loved a nice, lazy Saturday morning, cooked breakfast from the Mrs, Saint and Greavsie on the box and then down the Corp for a few pints before the inevitable will we/won't we? conversation at about 2:30pm. We always did. Just one more quick pint first.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sloop_Jon_Bee
Then back in the Corp around 5pm. Thank god there were no mobile phones in those days. I'd buy a pink 'un on the way home.
I can't stand itQuote:
Originally Posted by Sloop_Jon_Bee
Awwww thanks guys for your input :thumbup:
So people living in South wales but travel hundreds of miles to watch championship or premiership football are plastics? Whats plastic about that?
Also I wonder how many commenting weren't born and bred in the city of Cardiff. Maybe they have more local teans they could have supported.....
I was born in st Marys hospital and grew up in a pair of shit holes in Cardiff in the 70's.Moved to London in the 80's and Sweden in the 90's.
Yep , it's piss easy to travel to watch brilliant footballQuote:
Originally Posted by Father Dougal
Which is generally why Welsh Liverpool and United fans actually exist ......they are glory seekers
In South Wales you have cardiff , Newport and Swansea to provide you with your football kick
And these twats ignore all of them to watch the best
The fact they sit on the bus for 4 hours for a home game is their problem , they could easily support local football
So feck em
I have a good friend from Sunderland who is a lifelong Sunderland fan. He lives in East Anglia near me. Championship is his favourite division. Decent football and reasonable prices for tickets. When they were in the Premier league he found it almost impossible to get a ticket home or away.
I remember when they disrespected John Charles' minutes silence at NP. I've never seen anger like it. People were (rightly) going absolutely berserk. Stuffed them 4-0.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mario Miethig
Found the article: https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/...l-fans-2450928
I find it hard to believe he couldn't find tickets for home games. Their stadium holds 49,000.Quote:
Originally Posted by celever