Post a picture of something shit on Wearside

[Monkeys Fist 42459]

That stripe in his hair btw

 

Black and White hair , oh the irony.

[@yourservice 67]

[NYD 0]

hahaha Hilarious

[Meenzer 15552]

That road sign

[ohhh_yeah 2968]

[Gemmill 44937]

Zoolandertastic.

[Tom 14011]

Terrible choice of colours.

[ohhh_yeah 2968]

http://platformlondon.org/2012/06/26/blowing-the-whistle-on-sunderland-fcs-oil-sponsorship-deal/

 

There's a huge, growing population – the biggest young population on the planet is in Africa, and they are football-mad. Sunderland will become the Premier League club in Africa. Everybody will be wearing the Sunderland shirt, every kid in every school will want a Sunderland shirt which says 'Invest in Africa', believe me. It will be the number one club, so what you are looking at is a huge market and huge exposure, and Sunderland will have that exposure.

[Tom 14011]

I'm sure they'd rather watch Papiss Cisse than...err...I think Sessengnon is going err..., who do they have?

 

Frazier Campbell!

[Tom 14011]

Again regards to the above quote - isn't the idea that it encourages people to invest in Africa rather than impoverished African children to somehow invest in Sunderland?

[Tom 14011]

How much are they actually getting paid for it?

[Monroe Transfer 0]

How much are they actually getting paid for it?

 

Not a penny, unless I'm much mistaken. To be fair to them, that's a noble gesture.

 

Similar thing to Villa's Acorn sponsorship deal a few years bacl and Barca's UNICEF deal.

[Tom 14011]

They couldn't afford to do it for nothing - put it that way.

[Matt 0]

I can't wait to hear how this deal makes them more 'classy'.

[Tom 14011]

They still harp on about that don't they?

[The Fish 10858]

Think Tooj put this on twitter, it's interesting.

 

http://platformlondon.org/2012/06/26/blowing-the-whistle-on-sunderland-fcs-oil-sponsorship-deal/

[Tom 14011]

Crooked as owt

[Howay 12496]

They're getting £3m a season apparently, it's not a charity funding it it's Tullow oil who are paying them to advertise this 'Invest in Africa' thing.

Not sure why they think they're suddenly going to be really popular in Africa mind, just because the word Africa appears on the shirt .

 

Edit: Didn't see the link Fish posted.

 

Still it's bizarre how they think they'll be so popular considering their only African player is Sessegnon who's from a country with a population of under 10m. The usual suspects are bound to be the most popular as they are the best sides, why would an African pick Sunderland? when they could just pick Man utd/City

Edited June 26, 2012 by Howay

[Monroe Transfer 0]

Still it's bizarre how they think they'll be so popular considering their only African player is Sessegnon who's from a country with a population of under 10m. The usual suspects are bound to be the most popular as they are the best sides, why would an African pick Sunderland? when they could just pick Man utd/City

 

Well Sunderland is near Newcastle, and we have Tiote, Ba and Cisse.

 

They should put that on their shirts too - 'Sunderland, Near Newcastle'

[Howay 12496]

It must make it tough trying to make themselves look good when foreign signings have to fly into Newcastle airport to get there.

[ewerk 30633]

There's a reason that other clubs haven't chosen to exploit Africa's commercial market, it's because the Africans have no fucking money.

[trophyshy 7083]

There's a reason that other clubs haven't chosen to exploit Africa's commercial market, it's because the Africans have no fucking money.

 

 

 

[tooner 243]

apparently the face of jesus has appeared on the side of a chinese restaurant in sunderland

 

 

http://hungeree.com/society/face-of-jesus-appears-on-building/

 

 

discuss.

[Ayatollah Hermione 13884]

Ah, Pallion. How fitting Jesus should appear there since it looks like the end of the world.

[JawD 99]

It's Phil Collins with a goatee