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Post by jamlander on Sept 3, 2011 19:34:38 GMT
very impressed with our signings and the way the club is going.... well at least the dozen or so that I've spoken to this week.
And what a nice lot they are. You've got to give it to Pulis and Coates because just a few years ago those same fans would have been a tad snooty about little Stoke but they're sounding a little envious now and respectful.
Highlight of the week - whilst getting a drink in the cafe at Edinburgh castle the guy serving says, in a Scottish accent "I'm a Stoke supporter". Turns out his mother's a Bentilee girl ;D
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Post by irbaboon on Sept 3, 2011 20:23:32 GMT
very impressed with our signings and the way the club is going.... well at least the dozen or so that I've spoken to this week. And what a nice lot they are. You've got to give it to Pulis and Coates because just a few years ago those same fans would have been a tad snooty about little Stoke but they're sounding a little envious now and respectful. Highlight of the week - whilst getting a drink in the cafe at Edinburgh castle the guy serving says, in a Scottish accent "I'm a Stoke supporter". Turns out his mother's a Bentilee girl ;D Then Bentilee girls dunna half get about  |
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Post by Kidsgrove4 on Sept 5, 2011 22:55:36 GMT
After they've drunk 3 pints, I can't understand what they're saying.
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Post by onthewall on Sept 6, 2011 20:51:44 GMT
They are good fans in the NE, you don't see many fans with Man U tops on which is good in my book and they are not exactly glory hunters are they  |
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Post by jamlander on Sept 6, 2011 21:12:18 GMT
They are good fans in the NE, you don't see many fans with Man U tops on which is good in my book and they are not exactly glory hunters are they Strange that, the lack of Manu or any other shirt for that matter was very noticeable. I had a real laugh with three Sunderland fans at Alnwick about "winning things"  |
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Post by Humphrey Syphon on Sept 7, 2011 21:54:06 GMT
I spent a couple of days in Hartlepool ( cant believe it myself but it was a free hotel and expenses on my wifes work account  ). Anyway, after the initial ribbing from them about that cup match they turned out to be a great bunch and loved the fact Stoke were roughing the prem big boys up. One of them even got their groundsman to open a gate so I could have a look round the ground as I`d never been. Still a bunch of monkeyhangers though |
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Post by spunkbubble on Sept 8, 2011 7:06:05 GMT
they're both a bunch of plebs with delusions of grandeur who conveniently forget that Before King Kev and Peter Ried turned up their crowds were in the mid to high teens
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Post by Chairman Meow on Sept 8, 2011 7:28:29 GMT
they're both a bunch of plebs with delusions of grandeur who conveniently forget that Before King Kev and Peter Ried turned up their crowds were in the mid to high teens Sunderland are definitely the more deluded of the two now. Although they may used to have much smaller crowds, but just by the fact thye can pull in as many as they do is pretty amazing. Newcastle are easily the bigger team though, but Sunderland fans think they are the biggest team outside the top 4, and 5/6th is where they should be finishing every year, despite competing in the Championship several times. |
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Post by jamlander on Sept 8, 2011 7:50:47 GMT
they're both a bunch of plebs with delusions of grandeur who conveniently forget that Before King Kev and Peter Ried turned up their crowds were in the mid to high teens Been on Roker park with around 50,000 in the ground Dave to watch little old Stoke Both single club towns and both far bigger than Chelsea. |
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Post by spunkbubble on Sept 8, 2011 8:45:05 GMT
Sure you have jamlander, amazing how they all turn up when they doing well or a big team comes to town |
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Post by jamlander on Sept 8, 2011 13:49:57 GMT
Sure you have jamlander, amazing how they all turn up when they doing well or a big team comes to town Not far off Dave 47,583 at Roker park for a 5th round FA Cup replay with 41,171 at the Vic a few days before ;D |
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Post by Sonko's Head on Sept 9, 2011 17:56:51 GMT
I think both are as bad as each other; Sunderland are just jealous that we can turn there "scrap" into gold (minus Collins) and more times than not finish above them; Newcastle fans are just born that way; I just think it's a North-East thing to be deluded.
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). Anyway, after the initial ribbing from them about that cup match they turned out to be a great bunch and loved the fact Stoke were roughing the prem big boys up. One of them even got their groundsman to open a gate so I could have a look round the ground as I`d never been. 
