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Anonymous Sunderland AFC Poster wrote:

Well where do I begin, was it those stories from granddad or my dad and his brothers, going back to the thirties, right up to the fifties. No, I think it will be my days, the promotion of the greatest team in the land. In 1964, I stood in Fawcett Street to see my team (not dads or his brothers) do a lap of honour after promotion to the first division. To get a better view I got on some scaffolding outside the Vestry, these were the heady days of the sixties, when everything seemed to be going our way, it was short lived and back down we came.

Except for a good cup win in 1972-73 in which we beat Leeds 1-0 in the final, most of my time as a supporter has been a yo-yo time.

One of my best memories was a game against Man City as it was the last match when I would be there with my dad and his brothers. The Roker Roar was back and it was the first time I had stood in the Fulwell.

In 1985 I took my daughter to see Sunderland play at Wembley in the Milk Cup Final and on the way we picked up some supporters off another bus that had broken down. We missed the kick off and then Sunderland conceded an own goal and we missed a penalty. Despite the disappointment it was a good day to make friends with fellow football fans.
My worst memory is relegation to division 3 but Denis Smiths promotion campaign made up for the disappointment the following season.

The 1992 FA Cup campaign was enjoyable and Peter Reid’s days, which have not been all that bad. At least we are still in the premiership.

Carlos Van Doogle wrote:

Having a really poor memory doesn’t really help when writing about favourite memories whilst supporting Sunderland. To start with I can’t even remember my first game but I know I was taken by my dad (a supporter for a number of years). I started going regularly from about 1983-84 season and was a regular in the Roker End.

My first sunderland match came through my 'Uncle Mush'(Ray) taking me to watch sunderland as he did on many occasions through out the years, i remember being s#!t scared when the almighty Roker Roar went up! but after about 10 mins and a quick coaching lesson in a song was joining in and loving the experience. I can still remember the song, it was really difficult to learn....... something like: Sun-der-lund, SUN-DER-LUND etc etc!this was a start to (as many SAFC supporter will know) a relationship that provides as much tears as joy!!!!! if not more tears!!weather it's a case of relegation to the old 3rd division (i'll always hate Lawrie McMenemy for that) or the rise to the dizzy heights of 7th 2 years in a row in the premiership, it is a passion that I still love and always will.

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