You don't even need to be a Sunderland/Newcastle fan to understand what a howler this was. Any football fan or just any sports fan in general, knows that you wouldn't decorate a part of your stadium in your main rivals team colours. Pick any town/city in the UK and you'd get the same response from fans of whichever team was on the end of this. The person who gave this the ok must have absolutely ZERO clue about football in the UK. I bet he/she was a "party planner" or "events coordinator" or something and when the client asked if they could decorate the space, they just said yes in the same way you'd say yes if they'd hired the room for a birthday, engagement do etc.... There's no way the person who OK'd this knows anything about football LOL!
As a Newcastle fan, I'm embarrassed for Sunderland fans for this fiasco. They should be disgusted with their club for cow-tailing to Newcastle like this. I hope Sunderland offer more fight in the actual game than the owners of Sunderland did in this situation. Not too much though ;P.
@matthancock260 fans make the Derby not the owners. Sunderland Newcastle is a much bigger Derby than any of the Midlands. We get bigger, louder crowds, both clubs have some of the best away followings in Europe and its well known for being one of the biggest in Britain. Probably only topped by the old firm and that's all religion and politics.
@@ryan_b_9382 Minnows compared to man utd vs liverpool, 50x the viewers, only thing u have is the loudest fans in england for a derby but arguably celtic rangers for UK
I’m a Newcastle fan and it goes without saying that every Geordie would be fuming if we decorated St James Park away end with Sunderland flags and gave them The Strawberry Pub (equivalent to the Black Cats Bar)
I wonder if Kyril Little-boy Dreyfus knows that Sunderland fans actually contributed towards the bricks that built the Stadium. If one were to walk around the stadium, they’d see that names are indeed inscribed on them. That’s how much that club means to the people who support it and why this particular wound will never ever heal.
Big clubs are teams like villa etc… Newcastle are a one team city…. Jermaine jenas once said living and playing there is like living in a gold fish bowl
The only time I think this is acceptable are for those special FA cup games were a non league club is drawn against a team sitting in the top six of the Premier League. The games where the outcome isn't really the issue, whatever the result it's a huge day out for the non league said. It's not something that should be done for teams within the football leagues.
It happened to Wolves to. They played the west brom at molineux and the chief executive gave albion the main home end and a pie and pint. The albion gave their thanks by smashing up the south bank
I’m a Sunderland fan this was an absolute embarrassment to the fans, that’s the problem when people are making these decisions but know nothing about the club or what this means things need to change HAWAY THE LADS ⚪️🔴⚪️🔴⚪️
"Hi Newcastle, welcome to the Stadium of Light, hope you have a great day and enjoy a few beers here after you beat us. Hope we didn't make it too difficult for you,"
Sunderland fan! It was offensive to the fans what was done in the black cats bar and am embarrassment but that wont change anything on the day! North east fans are a different breed compared to the rest of the country, the ground will be bouncing regardless of the result.
Well I live across the road to the stadium of..... Erm, well you know the place. I'm a newcastle fan. Sunderland have been doing stupid shite since the naming of the place.
Teams should be more welcoming than they are and it works both ways. Brighton for example light up the away end bars with their colours and arrange a guest beer from their area. It might defuse trouble and improve behaviour.
There is a big difference between throwing darts,golf balls and bottles at visiting fans and this happy,clappy,jester hat,face painting welcome to our ground sort of nonsense
Well like we don't know that money rules. The getting a big contingent of Magpies so they want to make the most money they can. Rivalries are a thing of the past.
It's a shocking disrespect n lack of understanding of his own club! NO born n bred Sunderland employee of that giant club wud have been happy being told to do that, and I'm sure they wud have objected strongly! The owner may as well have invited Alan Shearer to take a piss in the Sunderland Dug Out during half-time! I'm apoplectic with rage, and Im an Aston villa fan! Some owners disgust me with their lack of Club n Fan historic knowledge! 😮
Sunderland fans may as well plant the Newcastle flag in the centre of the pitch if the club is going to support their support for Newcastle in the black cats bar 😂
noise from what people , simon is sick as he doesnt like newcastle or michael beale he is in quandrey who to dislike more, newcastle owners have never made a knee jerk reaction since they came in and we were 19th dont they will when we are 9th
Would rangers or celtic do it you all know the answer to that the boards would be out that night ..whoever thought this up is totally out of touch and delusional
I don't get the fuss, away fans should be welcomed. How's it affect sunderland fans how the away concourse looks. Spurs have the crest of each visiting team embossed on their away end wall each time.
Firstly, it was the club bar, which had been turned over to our rivals. Secondly, the away end wasn't actually the away end, it was the home end, but somehow the 6,000 away supporters were more important than the 6,000 home supporters that were moved to.... the away end. This thing was a PR disaster from the get go.
Totally agree with Simon. Tinpot behaviour which is at best disrespectful. Even Newc@stle fans are in agreement! Kyril Louis- Dreyfus, I believe, didnt directly sanction it - but he is guilty of unforgivable negligence as he employed whoever did sanction it. My only hope is that this whole humiliating episode makes KLD wake up and realise what he has. Owning SAFC is an opportunity like no other - and if done well he'll actually make money, too! The SAFC Commercial Department have a long history of being totally out of touch, out of their depth, and ultimately impact club profit with their admin negligence. (eg - ticket sale website is not fit for purpose, new SAFC kit launches badly timed then stock runs out within 48hrs - both cause revenue losses). We get 40k avg home attendance despite being taken for granted & embarrassed off the pitch and at times on the pitch, too. Atleast we havnt sold out to Sportswashers, though. 😊
Someone needs sacking and we have nee choice but to go into this game even more courage to beat newcastle ... as fans we are pumped up for this now more than ever
companies are hiring third party firms to do things these days so I wouldn't be surprised if it was someone just doing a job and all the higher ups did was sign checks and go off to their yatchs
The owners of sunderland own the club.. its their choice what they do with the signs decoration etc as long as its not illegal. If sunderland fans dont like it, get money together and buy it off the owners. Wimps 😂
I'm nearly 50 and have lived in the north east my whole life and had no idea until this, that there were different ways to spell howay the lads based on which team you support.....I'm not even sure if i just spelled it right as a newcastle fan... who makes up this shite? social media addicts would be my guess.
Classic owner not understanding the football club he owns
You don't even need to be a Sunderland/Newcastle fan to understand what a howler this was.
Any football fan or just any sports fan in general, knows that you wouldn't decorate a part of your stadium in your main rivals team colours.
Pick any town/city in the UK and you'd get the same response from fans of whichever team was on the end of this.
The person who gave this the ok must have absolutely ZERO clue about football in the UK. I bet he/she was a "party planner" or "events coordinator" or something and when the client asked if they could decorate the space, they just said yes in the same way you'd say yes if they'd hired the room for a birthday, engagement do etc....
There's no way the person who OK'd this knows anything about football LOL!
As a Newcastle fan, I'm embarrassed for Sunderland fans for this fiasco. They should be disgusted with their club for cow-tailing to Newcastle like this. I hope Sunderland offer more fight in the actual game than the owners of Sunderland did in this situation. Not too much though ;P.
Not sure about you, but I can't wait for Local Hero to blare out as the players walk on tomorrow.
;P
And you call it the best derby in England 🤣 Villa Blues would never ever let this happen at all
@matthancock260 fans make the Derby not the owners. Sunderland Newcastle is a much bigger Derby than any of the Midlands. We get bigger, louder crowds, both clubs have some of the best away followings in Europe and its well known for being one of the biggest in Britain. Probably only topped by the old firm and that's all religion and politics.
@@ryan_b_9382 Minnows compared to man utd vs liverpool, 50x the viewers, only thing u have is the loudest fans in england for a derby but arguably celtic rangers for UK
One of most hilarious things that's happened in football, in years! 😅
I didn't think I'd laugh more after seeing the Netflix comedy series but this is an all time own goal by Blunderland. 😂
I’m a Newcastle fan and it goes without saying that every Geordie would be fuming if we decorated St James Park away end with Sunderland flags and gave them The Strawberry Pub (equivalent to the Black Cats Bar)
They are fewmin.
Black cats bar is more like the platinum club/Bar 1892, not the strawberry
Just goes to show how tragic Sunderland is
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Mate I'm a Sunderland fan and I said that when I heard that. no disrespect mate
The owner give permission before Christmas he’s backtracking beacuse of the fans backlash 😂
Sounds more like it tbh ( Sunderland fan)
I wonder if Kyril Little-boy Dreyfus knows that Sunderland fans actually contributed towards the bricks that built the Stadium. If one were to walk around the stadium, they’d see that names are indeed inscribed on them. That’s how much that club means to the people who support it and why this particular wound will never ever heal.
Yeah my name is on one of those bricks
So the owner says he is disgusted , please tell me who was to blame if not him ,who? He/she needs to be made public , and publically sacked !!
It was passed by the top brass
Jim White always says they tried to contact someone just before they came on….
Christ...I'm imagining Derby redecorating the City Ground...It is a sackable offence!!
To be fair, they can’t decorate it when they are broke 😂
Newcastle and Sunderland get big gates because they're large catchment areas with little competition. That's it.
League one printed on the match tickets is funnier than the stadium rebrand . Also a fine incoming for that from the FA
Been changed and redistributed
Maybe the chairman is a secret Geordie 😂
Sir john hall who was newcastle chairman was a sunderland fan
@@stuartcumings8026 I never knew that great info
Whoever gave the go ahead obviously doesn’t understand football or understands their own clubs history/rivalry’s ..
Ant and Dec will be at the match filming their new show, "Saturday Afternoon Takeaway".
Next thing you know they’ll be selling half and half shirts for the game
A Mackem went to St James' Park last night and put a Sunderland Shirt on Shearer's statue (I'm a Toon fan but I thought that was funny) 😂
Kinda weird 😂
Newcastle returned the favor after the game 😂 but their statue is an ex Newcastle player any way
This was all known about a month ago aswell but I thought it was a load of waffle
This is wild 😂😂😂
Can’t imagine West Ham laying on a bash for Millwall in their stadium bar somehow. Carnage!!!
There would be blood everywhere if that happens
Ya “norrin” the black cats bar..we are 😂😂
Getting the red carpet out for the Geordie boys
meh, non issue. £650 for a ticket? wtf is paying that much??
Simon who?
Newcastle are massive! Even their biggest rivals are bowing down to them.
Even Spurs are bigger than Newcastle, lol.
Even St. Pauli are bigger than Spurs.. Lol..@@dinohermann1887
Big clubs are teams like villa etc…
Newcastle are a one team city….
Jermaine jenas once said living and playing there is like living in a gold fish bowl
Your a funny guy ..Lol.. Jermaine who ???@@stuartcumings8026
Why would they do this?!!!!😂
Thank you Simon
The gift that keeps on giving
The Commercial and Marketing team must be shitting their pants 😬😅
The only time I think this is acceptable are for those special FA cup games were a non league club is drawn against a team sitting in the top six of the Premier League. The games where the outcome isn't really the issue, whatever the result it's a huge day out for the non league said. It's not something that should be done for teams within the football leagues.
It happened to Wolves to. They played the west brom at molineux and the chief executive gave albion the main home end and a pie and pint. The albion gave their thanks by smashing up the south bank
I’m a Sunderland fan this was an absolute embarrassment to the fans, that’s the problem when people are making these decisions but know nothing about the club or what this means things need to change
HAWAY THE LADS
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I believe its HOWAY THE LADS !!!!!!!!
I find it hilarious, to be fair, I would be furious if it was the other way. HOWAY THE LADS!!!!
I hear PJ and Duncan are gonna be proving the half time entertainment.
@@thefivepoints ... is their half-time show called: "I'm A Mackem, Get Me Out Of Here!" 🤣
"Hi Newcastle, welcome to the Stadium of Light, hope you have a great day and enjoy a few beers here after you beat us. Hope we didn't make it too difficult for you,"
They’ve even printed league 1 on their tickets apparently
Its window licking good!! Only in Sunderland..Lol..
Sunderland fan! It was offensive to the fans what was done in the black cats bar and am embarrassment but that wont change anything on the day! North east fans are a different breed compared to the rest of the country, the ground will be bouncing regardless of the result.
Different breed working class heroes coal mining bla bla bla 🥱
And Sunderland charging £600 a ticket for the black cats bar. Up from normal £100
Just looking foward to welcoming a real club❤
Of course they knew you couldn’t pop down to Asda and buy these banners, they must of been ordered and delivered to the club.
Done more about this than Adam Johnson.
As broadcast i would be mad cuz it would be hard sell to casuals about how big this rivalry is 😅
Oh dear, how sad,never mind:) And up yours Pickford. Karma!!
Sunderland roll out the red carpet for us. 😂
Im black/white but that is absolutely Disgraceful
Well I live across the road to the stadium of..... Erm, well you know the place. I'm a newcastle fan. Sunderland have been doing stupid shite since the naming of the place.
SOL should be full for the first time in a long time.
Really? Sunderland had the 7th highest attendance in England last season, higher attendance than 14 Premier League clubs.
Money …. There’s your answer
KLD is a Geordie!! I now hold him in the same esteem as Sir Lawrie Mac!!! Arise Sir KLD!!
Shambolic SAFC owner.
Sunderland did it for money. What does that make them? Do you think owner really didn't know? Bet they knew how much before what it was.
serves them right to be fair, lets also remember the greedy pigs have put the price up from 100 to 600 for 700 tickets for the hospitality suite
only time the bar will be full this season 😂😂😂😂
Teams should be more welcoming than they are and it works both ways. Brighton for example light up the away end bars with their colours and arrange a guest beer from their area. It might defuse trouble and improve behaviour.
Ye and let's hand out participation medals too😂
yeah let's turn it into american soccer, forget passion and atmosphere and look at the pretty fireworks!
There is a big difference between throwing darts,golf balls and bottles at visiting fans and this happy,clappy,jester hat,face painting welcome to our ground sort of nonsense
Imagine red paint inside Goodison, 😂
We banned cheese and Owen crisps😅
😂😂
This is what happens when your club is run by a 26 old rich kid who's never had a real job in his life ..
The owner didn’t allow it to happen
Beale will fail as usual at Sunderland …. Plus the owner is a total plank.
Best decision they've ever made.
Well like we don't know that money rules. The getting a big contingent of Magpies so they want to make the most money they can. Rivalries are a thing of the past.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂joker park.
They might as well of put sid the sexist and biffa bacon stickers on every seat.
😂
They took those off for the derby man 😅
It's a shocking disrespect n lack of understanding of his own club! NO born n bred Sunderland employee of that giant club wud have been happy being told to do that, and I'm sure they wud have objected strongly! The owner may as well have invited Alan Shearer to take a piss in the Sunderland Dug Out during half-time! I'm apoplectic with rage, and Im an Aston villa fan! Some owners disgust me with their lack of Club n Fan historic knowledge! 😮
But isn’t the holte end being painted blue and white for the next euros
Deep down the Mackems and Geordies actually like each other. 🙏🤝
We don’t! ⚫️⚪️
Sunderland fans may as well plant the Newcastle flag in the centre of the pitch if the club is going to support their support for Newcastle in the black cats bar 😂
Martin Keown could put someone with no eyelids to sleep
Who ever give the go ahead should be sacked and the owner needs to pull he’s finger out
If an employee at Newcastle did this their owners would have them leave the ground in bin bags.
Black Bin Bags...
noise from what people , simon is sick as he doesnt like newcastle or michael beale he is in quandrey who to dislike more, newcastle owners have never made a knee jerk reaction since they came in and we were 19th dont they will when we are 9th
For the bar to be decorated in any other colours other than Sunderland it’s a joke but your biggest rivals that’s absolutely incredible 🤣
Funny thing, move on!
The Ian Garry of football clubs.
Would rangers or celtic do it you all know the answer to that the boards would be out that night ..whoever thought this up is totally out of touch and delusional
Imagine celtic or rangers doing this 😂😂
If I saw a light blue or claret coloured car in the MILLWALL Car Park
I’d key it . . .
TOONARMY
Unbelievable- truly shocking
“There should be a gulf in class…” longstaff in the midfield…
Eddie Howe gone if he loses?!?!
He’s better than any of your centre mids lol
PIF contacted SAFC and told them to do whatever it takes to make the Toon Army feel at home....... or else! 💀
Apparently NUFC have pre-booked a team of decorators for the Platinum club just in case of a replay. 😂😂😂
"BLASTS"
🤣🤣🤣🤣 LALAS
Forget doing it for your biggest rivals…. Why would you do it for any opposition?
Steve Davison to blame he has to go
Money was exchanged. We need to see arrests made NOW !
6 thousand I thought it was ten percent?? For away fans were do they get the 6 k from anyone ??
It'll be some seriously ignorant/thick commercial member of staff that has allowed this. Met a few in my time.
I don't get the fuss, away fans should be welcomed. How's it affect sunderland fans how the away concourse looks. Spurs have the crest of each visiting team embossed on their away end wall each time.
Firstly, it was the club bar, which had been turned over to our rivals. Secondly, the away end wasn't actually the away end, it was the home end, but somehow the 6,000 away supporters were more important than the 6,000 home supporters that were moved to.... the away end. This thing was a PR disaster from the get go.
@@wolfen210959 yeah it was club bar, but how does it affect subderland fans what's in the away concourse for that match, it doesn't, just childish.
Wouldn't even have given them bar facilities
At £600 a ticket I just bet you would !
Totally agree with Simon. Tinpot behaviour which is at best disrespectful. Even Newc@stle fans are in agreement!
Kyril Louis- Dreyfus, I believe, didnt directly sanction it - but he is guilty of unforgivable negligence as he employed whoever did sanction it.
My only hope is that this whole humiliating episode makes KLD wake up and realise what he has. Owning SAFC is an opportunity like no other - and if done well he'll actually make money, too!
The SAFC Commercial Department have a long history of being totally out of touch, out of their depth, and ultimately impact club profit with their admin negligence. (eg - ticket sale website is not fit for purpose, new SAFC kit launches badly timed then stock runs out within 48hrs - both cause revenue losses).
We get 40k avg home attendance despite being taken for granted & embarrassed off the pitch and at times on the pitch, too.
Atleast we havnt sold out to Sportswashers, though. 😊
Someone needs sacking and we have nee choice but to go into this game even more courage to beat newcastle ... as fans we are pumped up for this now more than ever
Just to be let down 😂
companies are hiring third party firms to do things these days so I wouldn't be surprised if it was someone just doing a job and all the higher ups did was sign checks and go off to their yatchs
The owners of sunderland own the club.. its their choice what they do with the signs decoration etc as long as its not illegal. If sunderland fans dont like it, get money together and buy it off the owners. Wimps 😂
The only time I actually agree with Simon Jordan
do you not understand the importance of this game !!!!
It's 2024. You can't be sacked for something like that
Its all about bringing Fans together 🤣
Wow lololololol madness
Ha Champion
I'm nearly 50 and have lived in the north east my whole life and had no idea until this, that there were different ways to spell howay the lads based on which team you support.....I'm not even sure if i just spelled it right as a newcastle fan...
who makes up this shite? social media addicts would be my guess.