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Excellent! Thanks Crazypete, looking forward to this weekend!

thank you Mr.Bliz.
I missed most of the off-topic stuff,
but it's good to know that this thread
will stay on-topic and usefull to visitors.

Does anyonw know if there is a Sunderland supporters group in the GTA?

^ we try to do a tailgate before games on the weekend,
and we go to the pub before games on weekday nights.

There's a big 'fair / expo' thing that goes on around BMO field
for the last two week of summer, and due to that we have our
tailgate a few blocks away for the time being. If you're interested
in the details, send me a PM and I can fill you in.

and don't worry... we're friendly. There's always jokers and jabs,
but we're all about having beers and singing songs, not being assholes.

You do a tailgate? I had heard that tailgating was not a big Toronto thing, in part cos your stadium is downtown so most fans come via public transport, and also cos many of your fans either grew up in Britain or Europe and so dont have a tailgating tradition and instead go to the pub before the game, or if they are Canadian they grew up watching EPL and so again they dont have a tailgating tradition? Is that incorrect?

We don't have a tailgate tradition here in Toronto,
but then again, we're making new traditions with this team.
A lot of people want to meet near the stadium, and grill up
some food, share some 'colas' and just pal around. We could
do this in a bar, but on a sunny weekend afternoon, it's nicer
to be outside with friends. We (the Red Patch) generally do
our "picnic" (that's what we call it, because we dont want to
imply that people are drinking) before weekend games, and
we do the pub before weeknight games, then march down.

This is a new team in a new city in a new-ish league,
and the old traditions of Europe don't really apply.
We're going to do things to have as much fun as possible.

nothing like an old fashioned kick-back to get the broom sweeping.

Oh man I can't wait til October! Thanks for all the info, but could someone tell me the scale on this map? Thanks!

"A" to "F" is about 1.6 miles (2.5 kilometres) {straight distance}

"I" to "F" is about 1.4 miles (2.3 kilometres) {straight distance}

You could walk from 'A' to 'B' in about a half hour.

a Bunch of DC supporters were in Shoeless Joe's with us post-game.
Hope you guys had a great time, and that our taunting was only moderate

Seriously though, it was great to have you out.

I don't believe it's officially confirmed yet, but I believe the traveling Revolution supporters (Midnight Riders, Rev Army, etc.) coming up for the October 20th match have sold out their allotment of tickets, which was 70 if I'm not mistaken. I won't be surprised if others travel up just for the weekend as well, perhaps looking for tickets on match day.

Quick question, which admittedly, might already have been addressed earlier in the thread, but what's the weather like in Toronto in mid-October? My guess is that it could be anything from warm and pleasant, to the odd snow snow shower.

Any advice would be welcome!

The Magpie

It's usually quite pleasant, around the low twenties most of the time. Last october was different.

Weather in Toronto is much the same as Boston.

By mid-October, the evenings will be cool. Overnights lows get down to 50 degrees F. During the day, it will be anywhere from 55 to 70. Famous last words, but we never have snow that early. Most years, we don't get snow until Christmas.