8 Biggest Sunderland Rumours That Never Happened

1. Phase 3

Phase 3 is the latest phenomenal rumour to circulate around Sunderland, causing massive uproar around social media, proving that as a club, as a city, as a body of people, Sunderland simply didn't have a clue how to go about booking tickets for a cup final.

Sunderland stunningly reached the 2014 League Cup Final, receiving an allocation of 30,000 tickets for the game. Bearing in mind that this is a fanbase who took 8,000 lunatics away to Barnsley, deciding the priority for the cup final was always going to be chaos. Phase 1: Season ticket holders with 1 or more loyalty points. Phase 2: All season ticket holders. There were 32,000 tickets available, with an estimated 27,000 season ticket holders. The internet melted under the weight of everyone chipping in creative ideas for the fabled 'Phase 3' with definite plans, inside info, and hot rumours suggesting a variety of methods to distribute the rest of the tickets.

There was no Phase 3. The cup final sold out. The end. Still to this day, 'Phase 3' crops up every so often, a permanent reminder of the carnage from 2014.