A Gamble, Wrapped Up In A Gamble, Inside A Gamble: Di Canio To Sunderland
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Match Of The Past: Sunderland
We continue our series of historical videos of the clubs of the Premier League this evening with Sunderland, kicking off with a trip to Old Trafford to play Manchester United....
Match Of The Week: Sunderland 1-1 Middlesbrough
The tripartite nature of footballing rivalry in the north-east of England means that this afternoons FA Cup Fourth Round match between Sunderland and Middlesbrough has a hint of being a...
Steve Bruce “Wins” The Premier League’s Managerial Sack Race
As one wag put it on Twitter last night, “Steve Kean is so incompetent that he can’t even win the sack race”. It was, however, another Steve who did manage...
Match Of The Week: Norwich City 2-1 Sunderland
What a difference a couple of weeks can make. Fifteen days ago, there was a tangible feeling of gloom around Carrow Road as Norwich City lost by a single goal...
The Twohundredpercent Pre-Season Previews: Sunderland
Well, no-one can say that he’s not ambitious. Steve Bruce’s summer in the transfer market has been one of the most interesting of all Premier League clubs, with a clutch...
Friday Picture: I Got Stripes
Tomorrow, as you probably know, is the FA Cup Final between Manchester City and Stoke City. Editorial discretion prevents Dotmund from saying who he will be supporting. However, historical facts...
Generous George And Other Acts Of Random Football Kindness
It sounds like a plotline one of those football films – the non-league minnows, who are playing for free, have their coach trip for a huge away trip to the...
Match Of The Week: Sunderland 1-0 West Ham United
They could have been forgiven for believing that they had turned a corner, of sorts. Going into this afternoon’s match at the Stadium Of Light, West Ham United had won...
The Premier League Previews 2010/11, Part 15: Sunderland – An Unknown Quantity
They spent four years bouncing between the Premier League and the Championship, the rubber ball that is Sunderland finally seems to be coming to rest. The question now facing Steve...
The Monday Morning Links Emporium
After a week long hiatus, The Monday Links Emporium is back, and this morning we feature something that will probably make you spit coffee out of your nose, some bizarre...
Manchester City Scrape The Goalkeeping Barrel
The last couple of days must have been filled with conflicting emotions for Gunnar Nielsen. The twenty-three year old Faroese goalkeeper became the first person from his home island to...
Football In The Regions: The North-East
The second in our very occasional (by which I mean once a year or so) look at the history of regional football broadcasting on the television in Britain. Tonight, we...
Keane For A Holiday
Roy Keane’s departure from Sunderland raises many interesting questions about the nature of both Keane himself and the nature of modern football managership. Although the official line so far has...
In Praise Of… Brian Clough
The unveiling of a new statue of Brian Clough in Nottingham last week seems like as good a time as any to to take a quick look back at the...