The NUFC faithful are simply making a complete show of themselves.

They claim to have been starved of success for too long – the problem is they have never had anything other than average success in their entire history.Īs a Sunderland fan I suggest Sunderland’s claim to have a right to top flight success is not less valid than Newcastle’s – if anything it is more so, their last major trophy coming since NUFC’s 1969 Fair’s Cup triumph. I am staggered any manager would want to go there and put up with the unrealistic expectations of a fan base who seem to have little knowledge of their own club’s history. The constant talk about the passion of the supporters belies the fact that the home gate for the game immediately prior to Keegan’s first stint as manager was 15,000. So there is no real basis for the assumption that NUFC have a divine right to dine at the Premiership’s top table. Ok, they won 3 FA Cups in the 1950’s, but that hardly constitutes greatness.Īnd a quick look at the list of UEAF/Fairs Cup winners puts them on a par with the likes of Dinamo Zagreb, Real Zaragoza, Ipswich Town, IFK Goteborg, Eintracht Frankfurt, Parma, and Napoli – fairly average clubs with UEFA Cup wins to their name.

Sunderland have won 6 in total, the last one coming in 1936! What is it about Newcastle United fans (and a lot of the UK media) that make them think they have ever been a truly successful football power in modern times?

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