Aw c’mon, it’s the Shearer Derby
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8,000 away fans there. Bout a 300 mile round trip on a cold Tuesday evening against a lower league club.
Got to hand it to the Geordies. They do travel .
Aw c’mon, it’s the Shearer Derby
dull game
True, but United have had average attendances over 50k and Liverpool over 40k as far back as the 1940s... I'm not sure the 'glory hunter' trend was really a thing then. So with or without glory hunters they'd have a huge following. So your initial point is a bit irrelevant.
Is this the enormous football club that twice lost around 20% of its crowd after relegation to Division 2 in the 80s/90s? In fact, from 1976 to 1981 crowds halved as Newcastle went from 5th in the top division to bottom half in Div 2.
However their crowds since the early 90s have been phenomenal.
I’ve a soft spot for Sunderland.
“The Mags” have always seemed to be very entitled to me.
Idiot that I am, I clicked on this thread expecting to find out who won
Well if they are taffies then that's odd and they deserve stick , not praise