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SAFC v Manchester United: last chance for a Guess the Score mug

Well, United need 9-0 or better; assuming QPR hold Citeh to 1-0. Other permutations – all to do with United getting more points than Citeh – would also keep the Premier League title at Old Trafford.

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The judges and the judged: Wolves, Villa and Arsenal among frontrunners …

Those are some of the clubs whose supporters are picking up points as a team of judges deliberates on the best sets of answers given by opposing fans in our regular ‘Who are You?’ feature. But nothing is yet decided; others within reach of glory in the annual awards include supporters of Liverpool and Newcastle [...]

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Salut!’s Sunderland Players of the Season: three winners so far

Salut! Sunderland’s collective votes in the London and SE branch of the SAFC Supporters’ Association poll have been counted and duly cast: Stéphane Sessegnon emerged from your votes as our player of the season, with overwhelming support, while Jack Colback won a close contest with James McClean as Young Player of the Season.

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Sunderland play Bolton Wanderers: who will win the ‘Guess the Score’ mug?

This modest competition has been blamed for everything from the extreme right’s rise in French politics to Sunderland’s goal-free April.

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Aston Villa v SAFC: will Villans or Mackems tell us the score?

Right. I have decided, despite the view expressed here after the damp squib of SAFC v Wolves, that our unimpressive form in the past two games can have nothing to do with Salut! Sunderland running a ‘Guess the Score’ competition. So here’s another …

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Can Sunderland devour the Wolves? Your answer may count

We camer a cropper in this fixture last season. We had three points in our grasp at Molineux in December only to come away with none. What, then, does tomorrow hold in store when Sunderland seek to make amends for letting down Martin OI’Neill, themselves and the supporters at Everton? The decision is yours, at [...]

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Two great rollovers: what Spurs expected & what’s at stake at Everton

Firstly, thanks from Monsieur Salut to his noble deputy, Malcolm Dawson, for his sterling efforts to keep the site afloat in troubled waters.

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SAFC v Spurs for mugs: the correct score is …..

All Jake’s latest fine work – including a brand new logo for this corner of the site – looked like being in vain until I found a temporary solution to my IT problems. Thanks for bearing with me … Yes, it is guess the score time again. Usual rules apply but win a book or [...]

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Man City v SAFC: Aguero absence rocks the ‘guess-the-score’ calculations

A great excuse reached me today to remind everyone of the Salut! Sunderland competition in which you are invited to guess the score of tomorrow’s game between Manchester City and Martin O’Neill’s finest.

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Can Sunderland shatter the Man City home record? Just asking …

This is becoming an expensive habit for Monsieur Salut.

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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 [...]