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Sixer's Soapbox May 14, 2012

Soapbox: our drab part in Man United and Man City’s dramatic finale

It seems somehow fitting that the Radio Newcastle commentary team, Nick Barnes and Gary Bennett, whose excellent work costs fans money to hear if they’re away from the North East and listen via the SAFC website, had to keep track of events at the Etihad via the reaction of the two sets of supporters at [...]

Fulham Soapbox: change in Europe, none for Sunderland

As if the sight of 171 Hartlepool supporters dressed as Smurfs, riding the escalators of the Underground hadn’t provoked enough open mouthed stares from the tourists and a polite aversion of the eyes from the residents of our capital city on Saturday, Pete Sixsmith and a few thousand Mackems descended on the cauldron of excitement [...]

Sixer’s Soapbox: all square versus Bolton as Wigan run riot

This was another game that we might have expected to win. Since the MON revolution got off to such a fantastic start, the reality of the squad’s capabilities is maybe beginning to show. In recent weeks we have had to settle for draws against sides we fans thought should be beatable and the hopes of [...]

The Aston Villa Soapbox: three Saturdays, not a Sunderland goal in sight

Pete Sixsmith was, for once, blameless in renewed outbreaks of the Thirty Five Year war. He was on the bus going home from Villa Park so missed all the abuse piled on us from supporters of a League One club after we declined to express regret at their relegation. Pete saw plenty of goals yesterday [...]

Soapbox: Wolves have home fans howling as easy prey gets away

With the opposition firmly ensconced at the bottom of the league, a team that had lost seven consecutive games and hadn’t kept a clean sheet in the league since August 27th, Pete Sixsmith travelled to the Stadium of Light in high spirits. Here was a great opportunity to cement that push for a top eight [...]

Soapbox on the mauling at Everton: a Bank Holiday blowout

How many hearts sank when the teams were announced and we had Sess alone up front? What did that selection tell us about Martin O’Neill’s assessment of Ji and Wickham? Pete Sixsmith adopts the role of coroner to conduct a solemn inquest on a bleak day at Goodison …

Sixer’s Soapbox: Spurs blunted as Gardner digs deep

Soapbox on Manchester City – and doing Sir Alex a favour

Nearly the double but not quite. If Tuesday’s FA Cup exit was a disappointment for the worst of reasons, then this was one for the best. It’s never satisfactory to see a two goal cushion go in the blinking of an eye, but at least Pete Sixsmith witnessed it, unlike the Man City fans who [...]

Soapbox on Everton: crash, bang, wallop go Sunderland’s hopes

For anyone who needs to know what went wrong last night, the search ends with this quite superb account by Pete Sixsmith, which Monsieur Salut humbly commends to a certain Mr O’Neill, of how Everton were able to make such light work of Sunderland and end, in disheartening style, our Wembley hopes …

Soapbox: QPR rubbish as Sunderland put them through the hoop

Up in the French Alps, Monsieur Salut was about to negotiate the “highest road in Europe” – the mountain pass was closed so he had to make do with the second, third of whatever highest – when he glanced at the pages of L’Equipe and found a report of the Sunderland 3 QPR 1 match. [...]