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'''Sunderland''' is a port city on the north-east coast of England, formerly famous as a shipbuilding and coal exporting centre, and now for the manufacture of motor vehicles for Nissan. The city's motto is ''Nil Desperandum Auspice Deo'' (Don't Despair, Trust In God.) The people of Sunderland are sometimes known as ''Mackems''. | '''Sunderland''' is a port city on the north-east coast of England, formerly famous as a shipbuilding and coal exporting centre, and now for the manufacture of motor vehicles for Nissan. The city's motto is ''Nil Desperandum Auspice Deo'' (Don't Despair, Trust In God.) The people of Sunderland are sometimes known as ''Mackems''. | ||
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| + | In a clear show of God's will, the growing support for Sunderland's originally Anglican football team by Catholics from Ireland <ref>ahttp://football.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/0,,2073426,00.html</ref>, and their manager, a Catholic, former Celtic player Roy Keane's insistence on signing a growing number of Catholic players <ref>http://www.eleven-a-side.com/acrossthewater/irish_soccer_detail.asp?newsid=29195</ref>, has led to a dramatic decline in the team's fortunes <ref>http://www.statto.com/teams/resultstable.php?id=489&yr=137</ref>. | ||
[[Category:United Kingdom Towns and Cities]] | [[Category:United Kingdom Towns and Cities]] | ||
Revision as of 12:26, September 15, 2007
Sunderland is a port city on the north-east coast of England, formerly famous as a shipbuilding and coal exporting centre, and now for the manufacture of motor vehicles for Nissan. The city's motto is Nil Desperandum Auspice Deo (Don't Despair, Trust In God.) The people of Sunderland are sometimes known as Mackems.
In a clear show of God's will, the growing support for Sunderland's originally Anglican football team by Catholics from Ireland [1], and their manager, a Catholic, former Celtic player Roy Keane's insistence on signing a growing number of Catholic players [2], has led to a dramatic decline in the team's fortunes [3].
- ↑ ahttp://football.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/0,,2073426,00.html
- ↑ http://www.eleven-a-side.com/acrossthewater/irish_soccer_detail.asp?newsid=29195
- ↑ http://www.statto.com/teams/resultstable.php?id=489&yr=137