the_dormouse
Well-known member
Around about 1970 me and my mates were having our pre-match kick about in the old cemmy (Ayresome gardens).When all of a sudden we were surrounded by hundreds of football fans with funny accents,some of who started having a kick around with us and let us know they were Sunderland fans.Off home we went got our scarves and took up our places in the old boys end,it was best atmosphere I had been witness in my so far short life a riot of colour and noise.That is why when the fixtures come out the first one I will look for will be Sunderland not a derby for them but some of the best matches I've ever seen.