Malcolm Dawson writes…..I am not renowned for showing extremes of emotion and tend to just go with the flow for the most part, but last night I went through a whole gamut of emotions. Firstly, as Pete Sixsmith and I travelled into town from the County Durham hinterland a listener called in to Radio Newcastle’s […]
Tag Archives: Jack Ross
Sixer’s Rochdale Soapbox: Oh oh oh it’s Maja…….and a dozen or so others!
Malcolm Dawson writes……..on the walk back to the car yesterday, I saw a yellow legged gull scrapping for a discarded chip near the sheepfolds. Yellow legged gulls look just like herring gulls, but are the Mediterranean species identified by ……you’ve guessed ……yellow legs rather than salmon pink ones. So it was miles away from its […]
Sixer’s Burton Soapbox: a bitter defeat at the home of The Brewers
Malcolm Dawson writes…..I spent the weekend catching up some of my old muckers from the East Midlands, two of whom have season tickets at the Pirelli and got me a ticket for this match in the home stand. It is a strange experience sitting with the home fans but I suspected I wasn’t the only […]
Viewed from Ipswich, Jack Ross’s strong start is a reason for jealousy
It may seem fanciful to suppose a team that beat us twice last season, and comfortably each time, and plays in a higher division should feel any need to envy Sunderland and Jack Ross. But look at Ipswich’s current plight – winless and second bottom of the Championship while two disappointing home draws have […]
Sixer’s Substitute’s Soapbox: Fleetwood grab a point at Stadium of Light
Malcolm Dawson writes……….rather like Chris Maguire and Josh Maja, Pete Sixsmith has had a lot of football this week, yesterday being his third Sunderland match of some sort with games at Shildon and Billingham Town sandwiched between. To give his aging fingers a rest from his constantly clattering keyboard (there was also a rather fine […]
View From the North West Corner: give Catts a break
Following a lot of public criticism of one of our players by followers of The Black Cats, Malcolm Dawson appeals to lovers of social media to consider the effect their negativity might have on the season’s prospects. Like most football followers I use the internet to find out what is happening with my club, especially […]
Keeping a sense of perspective at the start of Sunderland’s season
Malcolm Dawson was back at the Stadium of Light on Saturday and enjoyed the feeling of an opening day win as much as anyone. But here in the post match light of day and with another difficult fixture at the weekend, he appeals for patience if the result from Kenilworth Road is not the one […]
Sixer’s Charlton Soapbox: breaking the mould of the first day hoodoo
Malcolm Dawson writes….this season sees a new chapter in my Sunderland supporting life. This time last year I was in despair at the way the club was being run. I felt marginalised and no longer part of a club whose teams I had followed since I was six and who I first saw play at […]
Should Sunderland be giving away a lot less about transfer targets?
Monsieur Salut discusses the need for a sensible balance between openness and discretion in the pre-season transfer market… Who knows? By the time I finish writing this, or soon afterwards, Sunderland could have clinched the signings of two strikers, a central defender and a midfielder. If so, the concerns I am about to address will […]
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Phil D: Many decent guesses have already gone so 1-1....
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Shrewsbury Town vs Sunderland prize Guess the Score. Keep up the momentum
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Doncaster Rovers vs SAFC Guess the Score
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Sunderland AFC: embracing the sea change on the banks of the Wear
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Sixer’s Shrewsbury Soapbox: Success in Salop
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The First Time Ever I Saw Your Ground: Shrewsbury Town, Gay Meadow and the New One
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‘4,000 Sunderland fans, midweek game says it all’. Doncaster Rovers Who are You?
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Doncaster Rovers vs SAFC Guess the Score
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Shrewsbury v Sunderland: The view from the middle ground
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Sixer’s Shrewsbury Soapbox: Success in Salop
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Sixer’s Shrewsbury Sevens: 2-0 to SAFC, a comfortable win and that elusive clean sheet
Welcome Jerome Sinclair. Only a loan but a striker and, at last, transfer news
Monsieur Salut offers the traditional Salut! Sunderland welcome to a new signing – Watford’s young striker Jerome Sinclair on a season-long loan deal … Like many – most? – supporters, I am less than exhilarated by loan deals. They seem to have played a significant part in our decline in recent years. But it is […]