One dictionary definition of magpie is “idle chatterer”. That probably sums up Kevin Keegan quite well. But Pete Sixsmith, writing before news broke that the circus was coming back to toon, found plenty for scope for fun at the expense of KK’s long line of predecessors There’s a classic Fawlty Towers moment when Basil is […]
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Soapbox: happy days are here again
Sing when you’re winning? Win when you’re singing more like. It was a good enough philosophy for FDR and Pete Sixsmith reckons it’s good enough for us The greatest of all US presidents, Franklin D Roosevelt, was also the first to have a campaign song. Because of the Great Depression he wanted it to be […]
Soapbox: our cup runneth under
Think 3-0 at home to Wigan was bad? Pete Sixsmith has seen worse. But it was enough to dampen his hopes of nine points from the next three Premiership homes games against Portsmouth, Birmingham and – er – Wigan. And if his shopping list (a seven point haul) proves beyond us, we’ll just have to […]
Soapbox: no nay never
These Rovers have no cause to be mildly cross, let alone Wild. Their seasonal good fortune, the last dollop of it our expense, leaves us with a mountain to climb: somehow clawing three wins out of the next three home games. So says Pete Sixsmith Blackburn Rovers must have had a deal with Old Saint […]
Soapbox: the good, the bad and the (very) ugly
Another interesting facet of Christmas is looking through the TV film listings to see which ones apply to SAFC. Of course, The Great Escape made its customary appearance and here’s hoping we can celebrate our very own in May. With regard to Anthony Stokes (rumoured to be interesting Derby and Wolves) I looked for John […]
A blue Christmas
Salut! Sunderland‘s lines of communication were about as effective yesterday as a back four reading Whitehead-McShane-Higginbotham-Collins, about as a sharp as a Sunderland front two. Where, we were reduced to wondering until the real Sixer’s Seven could finally be posted, do we go from this mauling? Pete Sixsmith answers the bleak Christmas question Over my […]
Another bad day at the office
At least we’ve an easy one next Picture:IkaShaZReeN Pete Sixsmith sees no reason to offer Christmas cheer to Steve Rubery, the linesman whose seasonal gift to Reading was a winning goal. But he doesn’t blame crazy decisions by match officals for our deeper woes. So this time it’s a linesman who deals us a killer […]
Referee from hell? Yes, but SAFC woes go deeper
Steve Bennett, it is fair to assume, is not a name to be found on Roy Keane’s late Christmas card list. But, says Pete Sixsmith, do not run away with the idea that we actually deserved to win Can anyone else pass? Picture: Peadar O’Sullivan The referee, in the end, cost us two points. But […]
Ball boys turn on the style at SoL
It’s dipped to the lower 30s in the Emirates but some of us still find the heat ferocious. Pete Sixsmith, made of sterner stuff, braved a cold night on Wearside to watch the young ‘uns If it’s Tuesday, there’s got to be football on somewhere. All the better if it’s watching potential stars making a […]
50p a minute? No thanks!!!
Picture: Free-ers Week after week, good news or bad, Pete Sixsmith faithfully texts scores, results and verdicts to Salut! Sunderland. Saturday was Chelsea avoidance day, and he got his updates from Abu Dhabi Saturday found me absent from Stamford Bridge, so my observations are for once based on Match of the Day and what I […]
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