It is not quite official. But all the signs are that Martin O’Neill, famously a boyhood supporter of Sunderland, will soon be confirmed – and not for the first time of asking – as our manager. Pete Sixsmith climbs on to his soapbox to offer a hearty, if premature welcome; Salut! Sunderland readers will probably […]
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Soapbox on life after Steve Bruce: what happens now?
Pete Sixsmith mulls over the two most-mentioned candidates for the managerial seat left vacant by Steve Bruce’s dismissal … So, the inevitable has happened and Steve Bruce has left the club. I was in no doubt after Saturday that he was as close as close could be to the sack; when it didn’t come on […]
Villa ‘Who are You?’: when Ashley Young has us groaning
We went to Chelsea to improve on a 7-2 drubbing and beat them 3-0. Aston Villa had fared even worse last time at the Bridge – 7-1 – and Sunday’s six-goal draw will have done wonders for morale. Isn’t that downright typical, just before they play us? Dominic Wren*, a Villa fan teaching PE in […]
What next for Martin O’Neill?
We know a Colchester match report is coming. Please be patient. In the meantime, let Jeremy Robson turn our attention towards Martin O’Neill’s immediate career prospects … Amid the concerns that some of our fans have raised about Steve Bruce’s management. a constant name was raised in terms of who we might replace him with: […]
Bruce in? The case against
A week ago, we were hard on those spouting doom and gloom on the strength of an iffy pre-season and a disappointing opening game. But then, after a dismal showing at West Brom (and there is no other sensible way of looking at it), a check on the games to come revealed us to be […]
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The Chapman Report from Gillingham: We just can’t carry on like this!
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Salut Sunderland’s 13 years, 13 managers (4) Martin O’Neill and hopes unfulfilled
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Sixer’s Sevens: Blackpool prove a rock too hard to crack for 10-man SAFC
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View from the West Stand: did the tide turn as the Blackpool Seasiders came to Wearside?
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View from the West Stand: did the tide turn as the Blackpool Seasiders came to Wearside?
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Sixer’s Sevens: Blackpool prove a rock too hard to crack for 10-man SAFC
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Salut Sunderland’s 13 years, 13 managers (4) Martin O’Neill and hopes unfulfilled
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The Chapman Report from Gillingham: We just can’t carry on like this!
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Sixer’s Substitute Sevens: Gillingham corner Sunderland at the death
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Do they mean us? Arsenal, Manchester United, Spurs bosses on Bruce
Image: Psiaki Years ago, but some months after the changeover from typewriters to computers, a dopey newsdesk man where I then worked surprised colleagues by asking: “Tell me again. How is it that you log on?” The poor soul was ridiculed. But I quite like dinosaurs. Perhaps I was alone in warming to Steve Bruce […]