I’m sure the Sunderland lads have already clocked it. Feel free to drop by…

https://www.readytogo.net/smb/

Shots fired!

I had to look them up. Today I Learned about one of the earliest football paintings in the world: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunderland_A.F.C.#/media/File:...

That is pretty neat actually.

I don't really follow football but I do enjoy the shit talking. This seems like a fun team to root for actually :)

I was once goaded into going to a Sunderland away game. I was somewhat surprised to hear them chanting "he s*ts where he wants" to the tune of the theme from the Addams Family.

No, I cannot explain.

There's quite a good series on Netflix about the club called "Sunderland 'til I die". The timing was sort of perfect, when it started Sunderland had just been relegated from the Premiership (England's top tier) and I think it was intended to be a series documenting them rebuilding the team and immediately getting promoted back. In reality thought it didn't go like that at all. The team collapsed, their wealthy owner lost interest and stopped supporting them financially, they made a few management blunders and suffered more tragedy that I will not spoil.

I don't support the team, but I still found the series quite fascinating and found myself rooting for them to succeed. I was surprised to see two of my university friends in the show - Sophie (one of the backroom staff who clashed with the management) and another friend who happened to be in the crowd and got an extreme-closeup before/after a goal in one of the match sequences.

To be clear, the above was meant as satire. Maybe not a good example of the form though.

That is par of the course, you are always taunted no matter what your team is or isn’t doing .

I would rather be taunted and be in the conversation rather than fade away as a once good club .

> fade away as a once good club

Newcastle were good once? ;-)

Alright well I hope you have an explosive season.