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Mid-term reports (1): SAFC should be top by now

Imagine: top of the Premier without needing to fret about Manchester United’s game in hand. Even writing the headline could make you feel dizzy. It is such a priceless thought that Salut! Sunderland will leave to others to conduct their own mental arithmetic and conclude whether Bill Taylor, in the first of our mid-term reviews [...]

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The Newcastle mauling: worldly advice for Steve Bruce

Since the Nightmare of St James’ Park, advice on what Bruce should do about Sunderland – or Short and Quinn should do about Bruce – has been flowing thick and fast. There’s been plenty from supporters based around the world as well as those enduring the reality of bragging rights being invoked closer to home. [...]

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Taylor made: Maradona sculptures and Messi frenzies

When the cry went out for help (during Monsieur Salut!’s post-op but continuing incapacity), Bill Taylor took himself off to Uruguay, Chile and Argentina. But he did leave behind smashing reminiscences of Roker Park – which you can see by clicking here – and now answers our plea for some sort of story to go [...]

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The day they knew Brian Clough’s career was doomed

Our magnificent man in his flying machine is Bill Taylor, who lives in Canada these days but is a Sunderland-daft Bishop lad. He has never lost the passion despite living thousands of miles from County Durham and even becoming a naturalised Canadian. Older fans will identify with his nostalgic memories of an early introduction to [...]

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Sixer’s Sentiments on Aston Villa and Liverpool: two Americans, two sackings

Pete Sixsmith casts an eye over the turmoil at Villa Park and Anfield …

Game of the Season: the road to Wigan’s peerless joy

With apologies for the laboured pun – and M Salut promises not to add, ”Or Well, what did you expect?” [...]

And the winners are, in no particular order, Liverpool, Wolves, Aston Villa

With renewed gratitude to our sponsors – http://www.soccerpro.com/ and When Saturday Comes, we can announce the winners in our annual [...]

Sunderland end of term reviews (2): ‘no beaten army, just battle fatigue’

Perhaps we’ve heard too many bleatings from Sunderland fans that we were the most boring team in the Premier, finished [...]

The road to glory (2): Liverpool, Wolves close gap on Aston Villa

Part one of our report on the judges’ decision in our annual ”Who are You?” awards, in which Salut! Sunderland [...]

On the road to glory with Aston Villa, Swansea and Newcastle ahead

Week in week out, supporters from the teams Sunderland are next due to play rise to the occasion and take [...]