An interview with Sunderland's most 'passionate' fan

Sunderland Fans Museum Founder Michael Ganley relives his childhood for the Wearside Echoes podcast.

Transcript

00:00I'd just seen the queues around the stadium. Well, Waterford Park Lane, it was just, just

00:08seems there was people everywhere just squatting at a match. You've got the turnstiles and

00:13the clock stand, getting pushed in, you know, trying to sneak back into it and getting pushed

00:18out and it was crazy. And all I can recall was the steward saying, get out, get out.

00:24And I was like, no, get out, no. And obviously he knew that we weren't with any adults because

00:31we were just literally three young kids who were just getting pulled from pillar to post.

00:37And then he says, get out of here. And they banged on the door and then the door opened

00:41and get in. And I was like, what? So we actually got into the match for free, which helped

00:48us because we all chipped in and got a couple of bottles and a couple of parts of beefy

00:51XL. That's to be done. That was amazing.