‘You don’t have to brighten the place for them’
Even Newcastle followers expressed their sympathy for his or her bitter rivals insisting they’d not have tolerated one thing comparable at St James’ Park.
It’s the first main misstep beneath proprietor Kyril Louis-Dreyfus, with followers accusing him and the board of attempting to money in on the FA Cup tie by “rolling out the purple carpet” to Newcastle supporters to maximise gate receipts.
Season-ticket holder Joanne Youngson, a committee member of the supporters department liaison council, questioned whether or not Louis-Dreyfus understood the significance of the sport, and expressed her outrage on the newest growth.
“Loopy, honest sufficient, take something purple and white right down to minimise any harm. However you don’t have to brighten the place for them,’ she mentioned. “It’s only a actual disgrace, their followers are going to be loving it – we might!
“That is why I questioned whether or not Kyril is aware of what it means to us. He doesn’t get us, or the area in any respect, actually.”
After the images had circulated for a number of hours on social media, Sunderland issued a grovelling apology through an official membership assertion.
“Sunderland AFC acknowledges {that a} severe error in judgement was made in relation to Black Cats Bar earlier this afternoon,” it learn
“We apologise to our followers for the comprehensible concern they’ve pretty voiced in response and this sentiment is shared by the membership’s possession group and board of administrators, who’ve requested a direct evaluate is undertaken to find out how this course of unfolded.
“A direct choice has additionally been taken by the possession group and board of administrators to return the area to its unique state and we as soon as once more apologise to our supporters that this was not addressed sooner.”