Volunteer groundsman completely takes over your life for 5 months 30 35 hours week for love on top your 30 hours paid work then on Saturday they all March out to inspect the wicket?? Mumbling to themselves??? 😡 lucky for I’m at division 5 with no wankers and it’s lovely!!! 🥃
Can anyone explain to me why club cricket in the north starts so much earlier than the south ? I believe some leagues have already started. Middx league doesn’t start till 9th may.
@bettyfreedom007@Charl_H79 Nowt wrong with silky. My family all from there. Grandad was a medic during WW2 then worked at cokes cranes until he retired. Brave as fuck imo. Even on his deathbed refused to talk about his experience in WW2. Said he’d seen enough and didn’t want to relive it.
Twice I’ve been called “middle class snobbery” 😂
From Ford Estate Sunderland. Nurse + Pyrex worker parents. Grandad a WWII vet & miner. Food on tick, playing round burnt out cars.
Yeah… proper posh. I’ll take it 👍
@LukeONien@_toosb Absolutely top drawer performance, to come back from that mistake shows guts and determination. Something this team has in spades.
Love the way you’ve been doubted every season yet every time you answer those critics and then some.
Chris Rigg & The whole of Sunderland after 10 minutes…
Swipe right for 90 minutes 😉
Winning at St James’ Park… special.
Knowing what it means to this city ❤️🤍
That makes it even bigger 🥹
But if I’m honest… I had to do it the hard way.
10 minutes in… mistake.
And in that moment, you feel like the ground could swallow you up.
Like you’ve let down a whole city.
That feeling is real.
And it’s horrendous.
But this is where the work kicks in.
For years I’ve worked on my mindset for moments like this and it’s something I now try to pass on to the young players we mentor through Inner Game Academy.
Breathe.
Self talk.
Next action.
Not “why did I do that?”
Not “what are people thinking?”
Just… next action.
It all sounds simple in theory.
Putting it into practice in moments like that is the hard part.
Every player makes mistakes.
The best players don’t dwell.
They respond.
I’m so proud of this team.
They had my back when I needed it most.
And after the error, they kept demanding from me and from each other relentlessly.
To win it in the 90th minute at St James’…
That’s one I will never forget ❤️🤍
P.s. Why are there loads of empty seats in the background?
Who’s won more trophies? Newcastle, 12 (Sunderland - 9)
Who’s won a major trophy most recently? Newcastle in 2025 (Sunderland in 1973)
Who’s got the highest ever PL finish? Newcastle, 2nd (Sunderland - 7th)
Who’s got the most PL points? Newcastle, 1649 (Sunderland - 658)
Who’s got the most top flight points? Newcastle, 5228 (Sunderland - 4600)
Who’s spent more seasons in the top flight? Newcastle, 93 (Sunderland - 88)
Who’s had the most top ten finishes? Newcastle, 51 (Sunderland - 44)
Who’s played more European matches? Newcastle, 152 (Sunderland - 4)
Who’s scored more European goals? Newcastle, 256 (Sunderland - 5)
Who’s had more relegations? Sunderland, 11 (Newcastle - 6)
Who’s had more seasons in the third tier? Sunderland, 5 (Newcastle - 0)
No contest 👍🏼
Diarra scores. Darlow went the right way but couldn't keep it out.
One of the least deserved results of the season could be on. But this is on Leeds. They haven't done enough at all. And the set-up hasn't worked.
James and Gnonto run back to the dugout.
0-1
#lufc
@SunderlandAFC Worst team to come to ER this season. You were absolutely battered all game. You're very, very poor ... Still though, I'm glad at least 2 of the promoted teams will stay up. You'll go down next season tho. Enjoy this one
@Charl_H79 Same here. Work late a couple of days but feel so much better. I concentrate on my own business on Fridays but it just works so much better for me.
One of the best things I’ve done for my mental health, is condense my hours into 4 days and have every Friday and the weekend off.
The long days are tiring but the reward is better.