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Here’s a scattering of information ahead of tomorrow’s match vs Blackburn Rovers at the Stadium of Light.
Dickson Etuhu will miss this game due to yellow card accumulation, and Roy Keane isn’t too happy about it. “I did not think he would be suspended so early in the season,” said Keano. “That’s disappointing and Dickson [...]
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Tags: Blackburn, Craig Gordon, Dickson Etuhu, Kiki Musampa, Nyron Nosworthy, Roy Keane, Roy ODonovan, Russell Anderson, Sunderland, Sunderland AFC, Team News, Young First Aider AwardEPL Round 7: Middlesbrough FC vs Sunderland AFC
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Today sees the resumption of the Wear-Tees derby after a nearly two year hiatus. During the 2005/06 season (following which SAFC were relegated) the teams traded away shutout wins. Sunderland will have a few hundred fewer fans in attendance, because Boro management are apparently scared of people who stand.
Some more interesting points about [...]
Category: Team NewsRed & White Bootcamp?
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Roy Keane is still new to the job of Premiership manager, and he’s definitely not afraid to try…unusual things to keep his team’s morale and camaraderie up. Taking the phrase Red & White Army rather literally, Keane signed the lads up for a day of team-bonding military exercises. Keano, who opted out of [...]
Category: Team NewsPlease take your seat.
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Sunderland supporters are among the best traveling fans in England. They routinely take contingents of several thousand to matches as far away as Plymouth and Cardiff, and when they’re there they often own the home ground with their passion and noise. For a good many of these fans, the ticket they have in [...]
Category: Team NewsEPL Round 6: Sunderland AFC vs Reading FC
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With the players wearing black armbands in memoriam of Ian Porterfield, Sunderland gave their home fans a dominant and inspiring show today, winning 2-1 over struggling Reading FC. Absent from the lineup were injured wingers Carlos Edwards and Kieran Richardson; despite missing two such important parts of the team (esp. Edwards, who has been [...]
Category: Team News Tags: Dave Kitson, EPL, Ian Porterfield, Kenwyne Jones, Reading, Reading FC, Ross Wallace, Roy Keane, Sunderland, Sunderland AFC, Team NewsLoss
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Ian Porterfield, hero of Sunderland’s improbable 1973 FA Cup win over Leeds Utd, has died at the age of 61. After his playing days ended, he managed many teams, including national teams in Korea and Armenia; but the first thing people will think about when they think of Porterfield is his legendary goal to [...]
Category: Team NewsTaking a Breath
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SAFC is idle this weekend, in the midst of a 2-week international break before Reading FC comes to the Stadium of Light. So with no chance of losing to any Liverpools or Man Utds (or, ahem, Lutons), I thought I’d take a look at the season thus far, at how Keano and his new [...]
Category: Team NewsBlog Watch: Salut! Sunderland
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Since I took over this little corner of the Red and White innernets, I have relied heavily on blogs and internet news services to keep me informed. Living in Portland, Oregon (roughly 1 million miles from the Stadium of Light), I would feel remiss if I didn’t give a nod to some of my [...]
Category: Team NewsEPL Round 5: Manchester United vs Sunderland AFC
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The last time Sunderland visited Old Trafford, in April 2006, they earned a valliant 0-0 draw on a night that also saw them relegated from the Premier League (and your intrepid blogger was there; it was my first experience with English football, and I can’t think of a better introduction than being a visiting supporter [...]
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