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Salut! Stories April 17, 2010

Tony Blair and Newcastle United: when the truth hurts

If it has begun to seem like Be Nice to Toon Week here. be assured normal service will resume once the volcanic cloud lifts. But as a footnote to the questionnaire Alastair Campbell answered for Salut! Sunderland ahead of today’s game against his beloved Burnley, he commented on a certain urban myth – dear to [...]

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Salut! Stories April 16, 2010

Georgia’s tale: when Sunderland/Newcastle tribalism loses meaning

Colin Randall writes: for weeks, Georgia Lewis has been promising the tale of how she became a Sunderland supporter. I’d worked with her in Abu Dhabi without even knowing of this Aussie journalist’s unexepected allegiance. Once I found out, she said it was an emotional story but one she was willing to tell. Yet I’d [...]

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Sixer's Sentiments May 17, 2012

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 …

End of season reviews 2012 May 17, 2012

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?” [...]

Who Are You? May 17, 2012

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 [...]

End of season reviews 2012 May 16, 2012

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 [...]

Who Are You? May 16, 2012

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 [...]

Who Are You? May 15, 2012

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 [...]