Sunderland fans have raised over £2,000 to buy flowers for Dick Advocaat’s wife after the Dutch manager had a change of heart and decided to stay with the club.
Advocaat kept the Mackems up after succeeding Gus Poyet on a short-term deal but at the age of 67 he had promised his wife he would retire this summer.
On Thursday, however, it was announced he had changed his mind and signed a new one-year deal to stay with Sunderland.
Their fans immediately started a campaign to raise £150 for a bouquet of flowers on the gofundme website but at the time of writing that had far exceeded expectations.
The fans have promised to split the surplus between the SAFC Foundation and a charity of Mrs Advocaat’s choice.
