CDFCLad
Team Captain
- Feb 9, 2001
- 397
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- AFL Club
- Brisbane Lions
- Other Teams
- Centrals,Sunderland,Hibs, NY Mets
How did everyone choose their sides?
Myself; My mothers family is from Newcastle and they have a tradition of supporting Sunderland. In the North East of England you either follow Newcastle or Sunderland and thakfully my family was firmly Red and White!! It was imprinted on my mind as a very small child to support them and to hate Newcastle United I first remember watching them on TV in the 1985 League Cup Final to Norwich and there were tears in the house that night as we lost!!
Saw my first Sunderland match in 1996 v Barnsley in the 1st Division. We won 1-0 away and we took 7,000 fans to an away match. I'd been told stories of Sunderland's support but until that day I never fully understood it. I also attended the very first match at the SOL against Manchester City, a 3-1 massacre of City in front of 40,000 plus fans, something I will take to my grave
Myself; My mothers family is from Newcastle and they have a tradition of supporting Sunderland. In the North East of England you either follow Newcastle or Sunderland and thakfully my family was firmly Red and White!! It was imprinted on my mind as a very small child to support them and to hate Newcastle United I first remember watching them on TV in the 1985 League Cup Final to Norwich and there were tears in the house that night as we lost!!
Saw my first Sunderland match in 1996 v Barnsley in the 1st Division. We won 1-0 away and we took 7,000 fans to an away match. I'd been told stories of Sunderland's support but until that day I never fully understood it. I also attended the very first match at the SOL against Manchester City, a 3-1 massacre of City in front of 40,000 plus fans, something I will take to my grave