Sunderland to play Shels

[Tenderloins]

Have Sunderland fans hounding me about where to get tickets. I presume it wont be all ticket?

[Dee75]

They'll probably send a bucket around at half time for a collection to be divided between both teams to help with the bills!!!!

[Ash]

With Shels in financial bother (apparently) Quinn is probably just using
the game to see if theres any players he can pick up on the cheap

[Dodge]

€300 for a Sunderland game!!! You could get 3 nights in Barcelona with direct flights and top grade tickets for less than that. Jeesh, some of you premiership/championship (where's the puke smiley) fans are mugs...

In other news, if Sunderland win does that mean Shels don't qualify for the Delaney League?

[Jerry The Saint]

Shels will be the only Premiership team playing in that game!

Does this mean that they're doing Sunderland a favour

[drinkfeckarse]

See my Sig

Are you deliberately spelling his name wrong Anto? Seriously, just in case I've missed something!

[reder]

I think its just a pre-season friendly, no hidden agenda, there will be no sell out crowd for Shels. Shels will have their usual support and a couple of hundred hardcore mackens will be there. Perhaps a few extra might show up.

As for the guy who spends €300 going to Sunderland, presume that includes return flight from Newcastle and an overnight stay. Stadium of light is still one of the best grounds in england. Average premier league game works out at about €150 all in for me. Some home games are more expensive due to bandwagon merchants (flights go up) and some aways work out cheaper cos irish fans "dont do aways".

[zinedineontour]

I think its just a pre-season friendly, no hidden agenda, there will be no sell out crowd for Shels. Shels will have their usual support and a couple of hundred hardcore mackens will be there. Perhaps a few extra might show up.

As for the guy who spends €300 going to Sunderland, presume that includes return flight from Newcastle and an overnight stay. Stadium of light is still one of the best grounds in england. Average premier league game works out at about €150 all in for me. Some home games are more expensive due to bandwagon merchants (flights go up) and some aways work out cheaper cos irish fans "dont do aways".

yeah was just including costs of flight, hotel , match ticket , money for food drink .. works out around 300euro each time .. And no I didnt go to Denmark was down at Oxegen **** I musnt be a true Shels fan now. Regarding my affinity with Sunderland my Dad supports them so thats the only reason.

[LeixlipRed]

And no I didnt go to Denmark was down at Oxegen **** I musnt be a true Shels fan now.

Well Shels were playing in Denmark the weekend before Oxegen. So you might just have answered your own question there

[joema]

www.safc.com

Sunderland official website has a piece on this match on its homepage - sorry copy and paste is disabled

Sunderland have agreed to waive any apperance fee and share of the gate as a "gesture of goodwill"

[zinedineontour]

Well Shels were playing in Denmark the weekend before Oxegen. So you might just have answered your own question there

meant the home game ... im sure ill get slated now but dont give a **** .. All these knobs who think we should only follow the eircom league and slag you when you support an english team do my head in. Everyone to there own

[Raheny Red]

All these knobs who think we should only follow the eircom league and slag you when you support an english team do my head in. Everyone to there own

Fair enough, but it doesn't help when you have that sort of 'tude( ) !!

[zinedineontour]

Fair enough, but it doesn't help when you have that sort of 'tude( ) !!

Nothing against the Eircom League go to a lot of games myself and was a season ticket holder at shels for many years but the atmosphere in england and the passion of the fans is way beyond what we have hear. Just wish some people would stop spouting out all this barstooler ****e just cause people go to England for games.

[Roverstillidie]

Nothing against the Eircom League go to a lot of games myself and was a season ticket holder at shels for many years but the atmosphere in england and the passion of the fans is way beyond what we have hear. Just wish some people would stop spouting out all this barstooler ****e just cause people go to England for games.

if it was about atmosphere you could fly to Milan, Rome or Prague with Ryanair for less

[pineapple stu]

the atmosphere in england and the passion of the fans is way beyond what we have here.

Hardly surprising when people will go to England to watch a game rather than go to a game here?!

[zinedineontour]

Hardly surprising when people will go to England to watch a game rather than go to a game here?!

Any why is that ??

[zinedineontour]

if it was about atmosphere you could fly to Milan, Rome or Prague with Ryanair for less

atmosphere and passion and why would people want to fly to milan rome say when Anyone Irish at a decent level is playing in England and have for many years .

[pineapple stu]

Any why is that ??

Kind of hard to have atmosphere at matches if people are happy to go to English games instead.

If you're not part of the solution...

[Roverstillidie]

atmosphere and passion and why would people want to fly to milan rome say when Anyone Irish at a decent level is playing in England and have for many years .

ole ole ole ole.

why go to rome or milan when you can go to sunderland?

dont forget the leprechaun suit!!!

[Dodge]

Just for the record, every game I've been at in England has had a ****e atmosphere. MAybe you should support someone other than Shels if their atmosphere isn't good enough