(02 Feb 2016, 11:19 am)Michael wrote Australia set to play England in football friendly on May 27 in Newcastle or SunderlandMint...
http://www.foxsports.com.au/football/aus...4a08923337
Seen England play 4 times in the North East Now...
1999 Belgium 2-1 SoL
2003 Turkey 2-0 SoL
2004 Ukraine 3-0 SJP
2005 Azerbaijan 2-0 SJP
The Turkey game was one of the worst atmospheres I have ever experienced at a Football Match, it was electric, but also very nasty...The murder of 2 Leeds Fans in 2000 in Istanbul was still fresh in peoples minds and I have not seen a Police operation like it at a football match, the ring of steel round Sunderland that night was mad, there was over 5,000 Police Officers kicking about that night. I have never seen racism like it at a football match and I was very ashamed in that I was very involved in some of the racism