Fan Letters: Sunderland’s ‘Legends’ Way’ Continues To Divide Opinion!
Almost one week on, and the recipients of memorial stones are still causing plenty of debate among RR’s readers…
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RokerReport@yahoo. co. uk Dear Roker Report, Up until last weekend, I’d been considering purchasing a stone on the Legends’ Way at the Stadium of Light.
But when the club announced the lineup for the so-called legends, I immediately changed my mind. I think that some of the selections that have been made are shocking and insulting to the memory and status of some that have been left out. First, Bob Murray.
Yes, he built the Stadium of Light and Academy of Light, but does that mean that all clubs need to brand an owner who built a stadium a ‘legend’? We’ve done nothing but thank him and inflate his ego since the stadium’s completion; he has the gates — leave it there! Second, Peter Reid.
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