Aye we were, and as one of your RTG posters said a few weeks back in response to another thread re 'the Mags' and the last few televised games of the 95/96 season 'ive never seen the pubs in Sunderland as packed as they were for those games.' Obsession and envy on Wearside. At least we've been there and done it. Bit like the saying 'its better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all'.