Just before Saturday’s rousing win over Arsenal, I spotted Pete Sixsmith in his usual 20-minutes-before-kickoff spot in the East Stand concourse, chatting animatedly to another Sunderland fan. That other fan was about to see the last game of his life. Only in his early 50s, he died next day. Pete pays tribute to Dave Lish […]
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October 1968: hammered, but the injustice still Hurst
Colin Randallremembers highs and lows from 40+ years of games between Sunderland and West Ham … On the face of it, this does not look the worst line-up the English top flight has seen: Montgomery; Irwin, Hurley, Palmer, Harvey; Suggett, Porterfield, Herd; Harris, Brand, Hughes Nor, necessarily, does this have the appearance of a world-beating […]
Sunderland music: from cops and pop to the classics
Anything to fill in time on a football-free Saturday (meaningful football, that is). Colin Randall recalls a few of the musical pieces familiar to fans of Sunderland going back to the 1960s … Samantha Marie Sprackling is the real name, Saffron the one she’s better known by. It probably won’t offend her to know Salut! […]
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Sixer’s Hartlepool Soapbox: bravo Benji, bravo (later) France, bad show Byrne’s boys
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Farewell Billy Jones and Callum McManaman and welcome Glenn Loovens
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For Sunderland, the only way is up – starting with Charlton Athletic
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Sixer’s Sevens: Maja and Gooch lead the charge as St Mirren hit for six
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Farewell Billy Jones and Callum McManaman and welcome Glenn Loovens
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Should Sunderland be giving away a lot less about transfer targets?
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For Sunderland, the only way is up – starting with Charlton Athletic
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Farewell Billy Jones and Callum McManaman and welcome Glenn Loovens
Salut! Sunderland extends a hearty welcome to Glenn Loovens, who arrives as a free agent having been released by Sheffield […]