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Sing your hearts out against Manchester United. For Old Time’s sake

This is a very special edition of Salut! Sunderland’s Week, timed to go a day early and devoted to the story of Old Time SAFC and the mighty hearts of so many of the people who follow football …

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Salut! Sunderland’s Week: the best of enemies – Newcastle and their sharper Cissé

The Mediterranean sun must be getting to Monsieur Salut. Readers of a sensitive disposition may wish to avert their eyes …

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Salut! Sunderland’s Week: what Sixer told Bolton

Couldn’t in the end be bothered with another look at the Coventry relegation. Let us just savour Pete Sixsimith’s responses to the Bolton fan site Burnden Aces*. If you want to see what else we have been up to, just visit the home page and indulge in some easy navigation … www.salutsunderland.com

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Salut! Sunderland’s Week: from Aston Villa to Joe Bolton

The Wolves bore draw needs no further comment, and gets none. The build-up to today’s game at Aston Villa, vital to them but let’s not underestimate its importance for more than one reason to us, has been fascinating. Click anywhere on this sentence for a glance at the home page – and highlights of all [...]

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Salut! Sunderland’s Week: your chance to sway Player of the Season awards

This week’s review of what has been going on should probably discuss Spurs and Everton. But there does not seem to be much more to say about either – you can always check out what Pete Sixsmith made of each game by clicking on this link, which gives you the full Sixer’s Soapbox archive – [...]

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Salut! Sunderland’s Week: terrorising Man City in rehearsal for Spurs

It has been a good week to be a Sunderland supporter, unlike the week before which began well with a win over QPR but was ruined by defeat in the FA Cup quarter finals against Everton, on what should have been a night of glory.

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Salut! Sunderland’s Week: after Everton, please no cricket score at Man City

It all began so well with a comfortable win over QPR that dumped them in the relegation zone and, with Everton winning 2-0 at Swansea, pushed us back up to eighth top. Unfortunately, Everton had the taste for victory more powerfully rooted in their mouths and proceeded to repeat the scoreline at the Stadium of [...]

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Salut! Sunderland’s Week at Everton and Blackburn, plus Tony Benn as Mackem

Apologies first. Monsieur Salut is away in the Alpes-Provence, Barcelonnette not to be confused with Barcelona. Joan Dawson will be at the match but is singing Verdi’s Requiem this evening, with brother Malcolm and Pete Sixsmith present to offer support and admiration. So that leaves no one to post the score or Martin’s Musings until, [...]

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Salut!’s Sunderland’s Week: offering hands of friendship to Everton, Liverpool and Leeds

The business part of the weekend starts so early – 1245 kickoff at Goodison – that it makes sense for Salut!’s review of the past six or seven days to appear today.

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Salut! Sunderland’s Week: Newcastle, managerial class and the karaoke contest winner

You all know what has been in the news, and therefore dominating Salut! Sunderland, this week. If you want to recap on the derby, there is loads to see and all is highlighted on the home page: www.salutsunderland.com. There are also two great reads from Liverpool supporters ahead of today’s game.

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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 [...]