Made in Wigan
Vital Champions League
Visiting fans are entitled to request up to 15% of the capacity and the SAG have recommended 6,000. At least having some of them in the upper and lower tier means anything thrown from above will land on their own kind.
Sunderland dont have a problem filling their stadium each home game with home fans and certainly wouldnt for this game, or even (dare I say it) a visit of Man Utd in the cup.
I wouldn’t be so sure. Last cup game it was only 22% full. Plenty of empty seats. However you maybe right, a visit from a big club such as Newcastle should drive up demand.