Sunderland apologise to furious supporters after club bar is decorated in Newcastle colours ahead of FA Cup clash
Newcastle’s motto replaced Sunderland’s inside the Stadium of Light (Picture: Getty)
Sunderland have apologised after a bar at the Stadium of Light was decorated in the colours or arch-rivals Newcastle United ahead of their FA Cup derby showdown.
The north east rivals meet for the first time in almost eight years in the third round of the competition on Wearside on Saturday.
Newcastle supporters have been given the Black Cats Bar area at the stadium for corporate hospitality fans.
If that didn?t enrage Sunderland fans enough, images circulating on social media show the area decked out in Newcastle colours with a banner reading ?keep the black and white flag flying high? placed over the bar.
Other images show Sunderland?s motto ?Ha?way the lads? defaced and replaced with Newcastle?s rallying cry, ?Howay the lads?.
Sunderland have since issued a statement apologising for ‘a serious error in judgement’, vowing to immediately review the situation.
?Sunderland AFC acknowledges that a serious error in judgement was made in relation to Black Cats Bar earlier this afternoon.
Sunderland fans were furious with the decorating job (Picture: Getty)
?We apologise to our fans for the understandable concern they have fairly voiced in response and this sentiment is shared by the club?s ownership group and board of directors, who have requested an immediate review is undertaken to determine how this process unfolded.
?A direct decision has also been taken by...
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