O/T Sunderland go to Wembley

[redrobo]

The Black Cats have had their ticket allocation for the game increased to 46500 and.....YES sold out already.

Incredible that we could still be playing them again next season but I for one hope they win through and get back to the Championship.

I found their fans at the last game of the season excellent and showed the Bolton lot up for what a minority are......scum ....

[Westgate Wanderer]

I'd rather see WW promoted as they were hard done by last season when Derby should've been relegated. Sunderland will fill out our away end when they play us again too!

[Wild Bill]

100% keep Sunderland in L1

[Phoenix Shrimp 2017]

On the subject of play offs and finance did I once read somewhere that a proportion of ticket monies generated from play off games goes into a pot to benefit other teams in the Division? If so the massive attendances at the Sheff Wed and Sunderland games could benefit the less wealthy clubs quite nicely. Or did I dream this?

The only thing I can find states that 50% of the gate money goes into a 'pool account' but it doesn't state what happens to it after that. With circa 80,000 watching the Sunderland v Sheffield play off games and probably a similar number heading to the final, the pool account is going to have a lot of money passing through it. Does it benefit us in the slightest?

[redrobo]

On the subject of play offs and finance did I once read somewhere that a proportion of ticket monies generated from play off games goes into a pot to benefit other teams in the Division? If so the massive attendances at the Sheff Wed and Sunderland games could benefit the less wealthy clubs quite nicely. Or did I dream this?

The only thing I can find states that 50% of the gate money goes into a 'pool account' but it doesn't state what happens to it after that. With circa 80,000 watching the Sunderland v Sheffield play off games and probably a similar number heading to the final, the pool account is going to have a lot of money passing through it. Does it benefit us in the slightest?

My understanding is that any available monies are made to clubs depending on their size and turnover.

I suspect we will be close to if not bottom of the food chain.