I loved the nonsensical spectacle on the news tonight of Sunderland, masked rioters cheered on by families all decked out in the England football supporters kit - couldn't make it up
Sunderland is an odd place, used to drive a wagon doon there sometimes back in the 80s, once had to wait as a burning sette was pushed over the road in front of me - they kindly thanked me for waiting, as if pushing a burning settee over a main road was something normal.
Used to also spend a fair bit of time in the toon, no getting away from it Newcastles rough, Glasgow sort of rough!, very very friendly but get your head kicked in any time you choose - but Sunderland took it to an entirely new level of madness, Pennywell must have been the roughest place on the planet back then,