(20 Jul 2014, 11:25 am)Michael wrote £17,133 has now being raised, seen a few pictures of Sunderland tops at St James Park to, amazing how the fans have come together for something like this, even on the banter Facebook pages, both set's of fans are praising each other etc.
North East at it's best!
Edit: According to someone on Twitter the charities have being chosen,
Bobby Robson Foundation & Marie Curie Hospice in Newcastle.
£200 will go to a floral tribute.
@Capt_Fishpaste
Charities the organisers of the #safc fund for lost #nufc fans have chosen are Bobby Robson Foundation & Marie Curie Hospice in Newcastle.
@Capt_Fishpaste
Over £17,000 raised so far. £200 will go on a floral tribute with the rest split between the two charities. #safc #nufc
The one thing football does very well is unite in times of sorrow, tragedy and sadness, we saw a similar outpouring of grief when Sir Bobby Robson died, even when Bob Stokoe died and Gary Speed.
If we can't unite at times like this, what hope is there, I have always said in Newcastle and Sunderland, we have the best rivalry in the country, look at Liverpool and Man Utd, they sing about Munich and Hillsborough, other teams boo during a silence or sing naughty songs, when Sir Bobby died, every Sunderland fan at a PSF at Celtic sang 'There's only one Bobby Robson' for 5 minutes...
At times like this it makes me proud to be from the North East