REVEALED! Why the SUNDERLAND Black Cat bar became the NEWCASTLE Black & White bar!

[@progress2success402]

Kieth flexin, standing with a Sunderland players Ferrari over his left shoulder 😂

[@kevinhalligan5283]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@geordietoonforlife.1155]

👍🤣🤣🤣

[@daveetho20]

Now in history, Sunderland invited us to do it 😂😂😂😂

[@footballmadness4690]

Sunderland rolling out the red carpet for us was a sight to remember and will go down in history as one of the biggest fxck ups in football rivalry cheer up Sunderland. 😂 #NUFC

[@mrgames-Will]

That reversing siren was perfectly timed. Mackems backtracking and trying to blame our fans 😂

[@georgianwindow]

If Tea Towels are to be worn please make sure you wear the royal red and white ones

[@iankirkpatrick1749]

Thanks keith for the report .looking forward too your one after the win on saturday

[@geordieangler8817]

Sunderland are walking out to local hero too

[@3chords490]

This reminds me of the Bill Shankly quote “ Football isn’t a matter of life and death , it’s far more important than that “

[@progress2success402]

Wow Keith u found the stadium of light!! 😂 didn’t think you would remember the route there!!!!

[@toonman1892]

I think you should get an award for "keeping a straight face" whilst reporting on a hilarious story. The excitement of the owners in welcoming a big club must've been too much for them. I'm just surprised there wasn't a video of them peeing in their pants.

[@meme4013]

How many £100s in a row did the mags spend.

[@Nienna1837]

For a half a million quid, the Mackems can sport a bloody nose for a weekend. Football is a business there is no escaping that. They made money, and their pride has no place on the balance sheets. It could get a lot worse as Dortmund found out a few years ago when they were threatened with bankruptcy and bitter rivals Bayern Munich had to open the wallet to extend some charity. Dortmund are around these days due to Bayern's generosity. Sundland fans can learn not to make a big deal out of a black and white decoration for a weekend. By the way, congrats to all the Mackems for getting a report from Mr. Keith Downie who is forced to cover your club because you are playing the mighty Mags.

[@synthdude]

OMG you *nailed* it. I mean, our average attendance is 5k more than Leeds, 9k more than Leicester, 11k more than Southampton, 12k more than Ipswich, 14k more than Boro, 15k more than Norwich, Sheff Wed, 16k more than Coventry, a mere 24k more than Millwall, only 30k more than Rotherham. And all without Saudi oil money. Trust me, we don't need our bar decked out in anyone else's colours. Whoever decided this can't do maths, so probably a "mighty Mag". Lol.

[@nufcallum_95]

Take it that’s not when Nissan are offering OT? 😂

[@johnmurray5573]

Who the f is Keith Downing?

[@ChrisTeasdale1989]

Utterly fucking disgraceful, disgusting, deplorable to think any Sunderland fan would be OK with the black and white shite making themselves at home in our fucking church. Absolute slap in the face for any Sunderland fan.

[@johnmurray5573]

@@StephenSmall-sf5um you know more than me about NUFC, tell me what decade was your last domestic honour? A) 50s, B) 40s or C) 30s? Ask your great grandad

[@jimmycrosby]

Excellent work by sunlun PR Department 😁😁😁

[@Peter-mo3pr]

Sunderland loving the Saudi money, don't bite the hand that feeds 😁

[@jun3078]

Small price to pay for the Mighty Mags to extend their giving hand to help fix the mackems leaky roofs

[@MexicanSeafood88]

BUZZIN for tomorrow

[@Thegeordiemusician]

I think it’s so funny that they let us do it. What would you say if hibbs bid that at tynecastle ?

[@ian_r125]

Or what if sunderland did that at SJP

[@georgianwindow]

Well if Newcastle don't get to the next round and Sunderland AFC get this money in and don't have to pay for any vandalising of the Black Cats Bar then... Sunderland then say thanks for the money NU .. Because by next week the Black cats bar will be back to normal. and now it's going to be neutural decor for one game only as opposed to a Black and white out... May the best team win Score prediction NOBODY KNOWS

[@peterarmstrong3298]

It could only happen at Sunderland. 😂

[@ant2533]

Is it a coincidence that the advert before this article on KZbin was for toilet roll - outside the Stadium of Sh..... probably😂

[@liamwilsonwright4116]

Do you still work for sky mate?

[@DominoEffect2528]

Imagine charging nearly half million and you can't afford to cover the signage in the bar. Absolute tinpot club.

[@redband1000]

LALAS You could not make it up so funny £600 worth every penny The Great Unwashed got screwed...Toon Army

[@jimmystokoe6917]

Do you know any nufc fan who’s paid 600 quid I don’t

[@georgemorley1029]

I’d pay £600 to stay away from Sunderland.

[@adrianions2805]

I know W T F??

[@colthepirate]

Ant, Dec, Sting, Big Jimmy Nail, probably loads of people who dont live up here.

[@Cumbriamag]

@@georgemorley1029I stay away and it costs me nowt.

[@nrgdigital-garywilkie3997]

Good balanced context. Still hurts.

[@Allgo61]

You summed the situation up excellent, this was an administrive blunder of enormous scale and as a fan of more the 50 years standing I was angy and wholly dissapointed by this. However, the reaction by some of our fans has been frnkly embarrasing. Any true supporter will never say they won't go back again, only part timers. There has been several STUPID comments on Total Sport such as releasing the name and address of the person responsible on Social media, the person responsible should stand in the centre circle before kick off and apologise, liking it with desicrating a war memorial, and by the way the person saying that also complained about some exsisting wall decoration put up ages ago by Sunderland !!!!!! Obviously never been to his 'beloved' Black Cats bar in his life. As I said Embarrasing as a small amount of our fan always arere whenever something happens. Its done now so lets move on and make sure we have the last laugh tommorow. FTM.

[@toonman1892]

Imagine the joy it would bring us Toon fans if he stood in the centre circle before kick off and "apologised"? Just feeding us more. I think they should pause the game with 20 minutes to go when there are none of you left after you have deserted your team so whoever was responsible can take the applause from us. That's a win win situation. P.s, in the name of banter, if this comment doesn't age well, I will leave it up. should you somehow escape a hammering, and a miracle happens, I will not hide. Fill yah boots SMB.

[@themanftheworld8439]

Dreyfuss out !!!

[@veronicawilson4312]

Mighty mags hahaha luton notts forest sheff wed Cambridge

[@ian4419]

But not blunderland 😂 0-3

[@ronaldwood9247]

It's a divvy thing to do like. I suspect some people doon there will be in serious trouble as they divvint get wor rivalry, radgies.

[@timetide5961]

Any fans that are caught should be banned for life !

[@tonywright4966]

😂 💩

[@Aaron_French]

Caught doing what exactly?

[@GryphLane]

​@@Aaron_French Existing, in sunlun's case

[@jonathanroberts9168]

That’s 9 minutes of my life I won’t get back.

[@robinperronjones5024]

Not a supporter of either club. Surely watching the match is the most important item of the day for 90 minutes. Then it’s over

[@ClaggyPants]

No no no no. The 2 cities are 10 miles apart. Fans from both clubs work in the same places, many have family which have fans from both clubs. Once the 90 minutes are over there will be bragging rights claimed by one set of fans and will heap misery on the other for months if not years later. The Tyne-Wear derby is one of, if not the most intense rivalries in English football.

[@robinperronjones5024]

@@ClaggyPants I’m originally from Bath, and the Bristol City/Bristol Rovers (13 miles) derby was a rivalry, so on Tyneside it should be multiplied by 100

[@grimreavers]

You have no clue ......

[@robinperronjones5024]

@@grimreavers Sounds very tribal up in Tyneside, should be about the football, that’s the important part of the day.

[@georgianwindow]

YES IT IS Winning it is Howay man

[@user-dy7ei4vw2r]

Enough of this shite now it’s time to get behind our team (FTM)

[@toonboy2658]

😂😂😂 fuc the mackems

[@veronicawilson4312]

Total lack a respt by the arrogance that is nufc wernt so arrogant when u were bottom of the keague under ashley.its our ground our house respect it .

[@rasimaltin1142]

Fullwell new chef and Davidson should be sack

[@Factsphere399]

just as we takeover there crappy bar we will takeover there stadium on and off the pitch !! ha ha COM ON THE TOON who ever get the sack for doing it already has a job at stjames park :)

[@NorthallertonMackem]

Please learn to spell. No capital letters at the start of any of your sentences. A disgraceful piece of prose 3/10. See me!! 🤣🤣🤣🔴⚪🔴⚪

[@johnord684]

FTM

[@toonboy2658]

Fuc The Mackems

[@robertdowling7620]

Not being funny keith but that was hilarius 🎉can i just say though toon think they are one of the best biggest in the world ...well i got stick for im a geordie kopite are you in top 4 are yous in ucl are yous in europe .....?well im expecting no fa cup aswell tomorrow 😂i like nufc always look to results but yous think the way man u used to we should be here there everywhere because we are man u well reality check yous are nowt not in anything inferior players fans 10 percent turning already on howe ...same old get a grip buy atleast 5 better players proper ones then and only then can yous have a say ...i believe in the future they will be close but atm 😢😢😢 no change at all ! Fact!

[@ih8utoob51]

What are you on about man talking absolute sheite

[@dabulltattoo]

you been on the sauce lad, you sound and type like a 6 year old. and talk utter shite and no one here thinks we are the best or the biggest you melt

[@jimmystokoe6917]

65 quid a game normally how was that so hard to find out I do not believe average fans would pay 600 quid to safc more like the Saudis have paid for it you are just guessing

[@shauntaylor6040]

Cut the drinking before posting.

[@georgemorley1029]

Robert, go to your room. The adults are not amused.