Long before was born, even if we murdered their goalkeeper it would still be long gone. I don't blame german people for the loss of my great uncle in Arnhem in '44. To wish the death of someones club because of what happened before many of us were born and none of us controlled is bizarre.And to win the games that matter or even draw like at Goodison that night, You had it in your own hands and blew it.
Because of something that happened 40 years ago, FORTY YEARS ago, some people won't be happy until we are wiped off the face of the earth!
It was immediately after Summerbee ended Froggatt's career that I began hating James Bolam.I always hated Niall Quinn because Nicky Summerbee ended Froggatt's career.
I hate Sunderland because the great Sid James died on stage there.It was immediately after Summerbee ended Froggatt's career that I began hating James Bolam.
I have never forgiven him since.
Just 'some' of it?Saw about this thread on twitter, only signed in to say we're not all like some of those posts. I hope the decent ones amongst you realise that.
Banter-yes
However, some of that is wrong, simply wrong.
What gets me is if this incident had been the other way round (Sunderland winning then flashing the score up from HR - I know they were away and losing that evening but hypoth is king here) and THEY avoided relegation, that incident would have gone down as a 'Mackem masterstroke'. It would still be spoken of in the language of footballing folk lore up there! Can they not grasp that any chairman would have instructed a similar tactic if he genuinely cared about the survival of his club??I find this really strange. The simple fact is their fate was in their own hands going into the final game and they messed it up. If they had won nothing else comes in to it.
Of course it was wrong but to hold a grudge 40 years later and celebrate Jimmy's death and hope we go out of business is crazy. Even if you think after all this time we deserve some punishment surely getting relegated covers it.
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