If anyone fancies a couple of pints in Durham they should visit The Angel pub, where there is a Sunderland Lee Clark shirt on the wall.
It was put up to upset the Geordies .... but it probably had the reverse effect when Clarky wore the infamous SMB T-shirt at Wembley.
As for that story in The Mirror:
Sam Allardyce had to beat a hasty retreat from the £1.8million luxury home near Durham that he was renting when he was sacked by Newcastle last month.
Allardyce Forever A Mackem?
But so hasty that he left a precious memento behind? The house is back up for sale, and the local estate agent website is showing a picture of a study with... a SUNDERLAND shirt hanging on the wall!
Newcastle fans never took to Allardyce partly because of his playing and coaching connections with the Wearsiders.
Alas, the conspiracy theorists who fear Sam may have been a Makem plant, will be disappointed to learn the red and white shirt shirt belongs to the current owner of the house.