[Football] Sunderland tinpottery

[Brian Fantana]

Sunderland: Club apologises for decorating bar with Newcastle United signage before FA Cup tie

Sunderland owner Kyril Louis-Dreyfus says he was "disgusted" after a bar at the Stadium of Light was redecorated with Newcastle slogans.

www.bbc.co.uk

This is right up there with the most embarrassing thing I’ve seen a football club do.

 

[portlock seagull]

I don’t speak fluent Northern so what’s the offence committed here exactly?

 

[Brian Fantana]

They’ve decorated one of the bars at the ground that Newcastle fans will have on Saturday (that’s usually for home fans) with loads of pro-Newcastle slogans, printed chants on the wall etc, including some anti-Sunderland ones.

 

[Eeyore]

There is one thing funnier. That being all the folk getting their knickers in a twist over it. Like it really matters. Marco Gabbiadini was a bit 'triggered'.

 

[portlock seagull]

They’ve decorated one of the bars at the ground that Newcastle fans will have on Saturday (that’s usually for home fans) with loads of pro-Newcastle slogans, printed chants on the wall etc, including some anti-Sunderland ones.

So, as we would say, they’re ‘welcoming’ them? And that’s deemed tinpot / a serious error of judgement? Blimey, we’ve been serving guest ales and doing the away bar in their team colours for a decade. Barber OUT!

 

[TomandJerry]

Most embarrassing? Let me introduce you to Reading:

 

[A1X]

That’s nothing, saw a photo of the hospitality suite we’ve got planned for Palace next month earlier

 

[portlock seagull]

Most embarrassing? Let me introduce you to Reading:

I always quote that as the most embarrassing thing a club has done. I mean, where do you begin?!!! Makes your teeth itch.

 

[origigull]

I'll be pi££ed off too, a close rivalry like that. It just the same as when Portsmouth were given the NS at the Goldstone in the FA Cup and we had to go in the Chicken Run.

 

[Kuipers Supporters Club]

Imagine if we hadn’t played Palace for 10 years - and we literally crossed our Seagulls and painted Eagles over it.

We’d be demanding people be sacked and our rivalry with CPFC2010 is absolutely not close to this one.

 

[TomandJerry]

Palace once targeted their own team bus

 

[BBassic]

Most embarrassing? Let me introduce you to Reading:

If we're talking Reading it has to be posted. I don't make the rules.

 

[Ike and Tina Burner]

Anyone who doesn't see a problem with this doesn't get football

 

[Ike and Tina Burner]

So, as we would say, they’re ‘welcoming’ them? And that’s deemed tinpot / a serious error of judgement? Blimey, we’ve been serving guest ales and doing the away bar in their team colours for a decade. Barber OUT!

It's normally the home bar. Hence the problems. Imagine if we gave Palace Dick's bar for a game and redecorated it in Palace colours/chants.

 

[Badger]

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Anyone who doesn't see a problem with this doesn't get football

Got to love how they spell their made-up word differently in each city.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

If we're talking Reading it has to be posted. I don't make the rules.

This will never, ever not be hilarious

 

[Sheebo]

"cheer up Peter Reid" was one thing on a sign - wtf were they thinking!

An encouragement to mock one of their greats and a song that includes ‘sad mackem bastard’ in it

Did nobody think about it when ordering / receiving / putting up the signs ffs - that is absolutely bizarre.

 

[Drpepper]

They have also given newcastles tickets in their HOME end imagine if we had to give up the north for palace or liverpool gave up the kop for man utd what are they thinking

 

[Sarisbury Seagull]

Sunderland: Club apologises for decorating bar with Newcastle United signage before FA Cup tie

Sunderland owner Kyril Louis-Dreyfus says he was "disgusted" after a bar at the Stadium of Light was redecorated with Newcastle slogans.

www.bbc.co.uk

This is right up there with the most embarrassing thing I’ve seen a football club do.

Agreed it’s a shocker but I’d recommend the documentary Sunderland till I die and you will see it’s just another chapter in their recent embarassing history!

Feel for their fans who are decent.

 

[PeterT]

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Anyone who doesn't see a problem with this doesn't get football

To make the Newcastle fans feel properly at home, shouldn’t they also have crossed out the words ‘Champions’ and ‘Winners’ on those 2 pillars?