Jake: ‘that wasn’t in the script’ Play this and read on!LA = Lancashire – Accrington Malcolm Dawson writes…….there was a gathering of the clans in Accrington on Saturday. A veritable Salut! Sunderland fest before kick off. Fawlty Towers anyone? At this time of year Pete Sixsmith is otherwise engaged bringing joy to the young of […]
Tag Archives: Rob Hutchison
Luton v Sunderland Hutch’s one word ratings
Rob Hutchison is a home and away regular and manages to encapsulate each of our players’ performances in the briefest of single word summaries. He was at Kenilworth Road yesterday to witness a hard fought draw with a Luton Town side who could be there or there abouts when the League 1 title is being […]
Hutch’s one-word ratings after Aston Villa defeat: who was drab, who was ‘crablike’?
Monsieur Salut writes: had I been able to make it – up for me, from London – for Chris Coleman’s first game in charge, I would have met up with not only Peter Sixsmith but Rob Hutchison and his daughter Olivia, all three familiar figures around these parts. My apologies for absence reached the Hutchisons […]
Hutch’s Patch: the despair of one boy’s plea to Moyes after Chelsea
Rob Hutchison is not always restricted to one-word, one-mark ratings after games he’s (mostly) seen us lose. Scenes at Stamford Bridge after Sunday’s thrashing caught his eye … (more…)
Hutch’s Patch post-Chelsea: ‘culpable, fragile, tragic’ – match the words and players
Rob Hutchison – inexplicably renamed Ron when this first appeared – gets to lots of games, almost all of them away since he’s exiled in the south. He and his daughter, Olivia, enjoy the day out, like meeting up with old and new friends and then – for the most part – endure the football. […]
Hutch’s Patch: one-word ratings from Watford make for grim reading
Rob Hutchison might have picked a better day to resume his one-word ratings, usually from away games since they are the ones he mostly attends. His verdicts – one word, one mark out of 10 – closely follow those of Monsieur Salut (for ESPN) … (more…)
Hutch’s Patch: Crystal Palace – big in Saigon
******* CLICK ON THE PICTURE TO ENLARGE FOR A CLEARER VIEW ******* Rob Hutchison, as most of us know, is a man of relatively few words. His one-word, one-mark ratings after each Sunderland game he attends (mostly the aways) can be caustic and cruel, or more rarely ecstatic and […]
Rob’s one word ratings. Who got a 4?
Rob Hutchison recovered from the London Branch 50th birthday party and then found something else to celebrate. Here are his one-word ratings from the Palace match (or mismatch if you like). They’re a bit better than those we’ve become accustomed to and doesn’t it feel good that they are so well merited? (more…)
Devil’s Advocate: Ndong in Gabon and a few home truths
Malcolm Dawson writes…….Rob Hutchison is a man of few words when sending us his post match ratings but every now and then he expands his thinking and tackles the issues that we might bounce about in the pub over a few bevvies. Today in the latest of his offerings where he plays devil’s advocate, he […]
Bournemouth banter: (2) just one win but already part of Sunderland folklore
use this e-mail address Bournemouth away was an occasion to remind supporters of Sunderland AFC, from nippers to long-in-the-tooth codgers, why they care so much about football. And this lovely piece from Rob Hutchison, the perfect complement to an excellent Chapman Report, captures our part of a special day … “Which is the away end […]
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Brian: Anything that needs saying has been said before. ...
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Mike: The Lads to win 1-0, though hope there's more goa...
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Peter Sixsmith: I do hope that they stay up. Clubs like Stanley, R...
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James Langley: 3-1 to the lads...
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Edward: I was going for 2-1, but I think CSB has claimed t...
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Sunderland vs Accrington Stanley prize Guess the Score. Time for players to raise their games
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SAFC vs Blackpool prize Guess the Score. Wanted: a winning home debut from Grigg
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Sixer’s Sevens from Oxford United 1-1 SAFC: another letdown
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Sixer’s Oxford United Soapbox: déjà vu as a Sunderland speciality
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The Lars Word: how to end Sunderland’s drawing habit while remaining hard to beat
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Sixer’s Sevens: Sunderland manage to draw at home to Accrington Stanley
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The First Time Ever I Saw Your Team – Accrington Stanley
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Sunderland vs Accrington Stanley prize Guess the Score. Time for players to raise their games
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Accrington Stanley Who are You?: ‘a Sunderland occasion to relish- at the owner’s expense’
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Sixer’s Substitute’s Soapbox: more of a damp squib than fireworks against Blackpool
