http://sunderland.theoffside.com News from Sunderland English Premiership football team Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:33:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en PHEW! Sunderland left it late today at City Ground, having to rely on a late equalizer by Bardo and an extra time winner by new-guy David Healy to defeat Nottingham Forest 2-1 in their opening Carling Cup match. Robert Earnshaw had put Forest up 1-0 in the 60th minute on ... http://sunderland.theoffside.com/carling-cup/carling-cup-round-3-nottingham-forest-fc-vs-sunderland-afc.html The first game of the season arrives this Saturday against title-contenders Liverpool. Will the game be a competitive as the rival “Only One Keano” chants? Let’s look at the match-ups. Image from Eurosport. Attack Both sides made significant additions in the off-season with Liverpool adding the other Keano to an already ... http://sunderland.theoffside.com/team-news/week-1-preview-sunderland-v-liverpool.html SAFC.com posted a great interview with the gaffer today ahead of the first game of the season on Saturday against Liverpool. Look for a preview of the match in this space tomorrow, until then, here are some highlights from the interview Image from DailyMail.co.uk On Playing Liverpool in the Season's First ... http://sunderland.theoffside.com/team-news/the-gaffer-speaks.html Second-half substitute Daryl Murphy is the hero today, heading home from a Grant Leadbitter corner in the 92nd minute to give Sunderland a thrilling 3-2 win over local rivals Middlesbrough. The win moves Sunderland to 13th in the table with 39 points - and more importantly guarantees that they ... http://sunderland.theoffside.com/team-news/epl-round-36-sunderland-afc-vs-middlesbrough-fc.html Suddenly Sunderland are road warriors, with their second straight win away from the Stadium of Light. Danny Collins, Michael Chopra and Kenwyne Jones were all on target as they sent poor little Team America (fuck yeah) closer to oblivion with a 3-1 win at Craven Cottage. Sitting now 10 points ... http://sunderland.theoffside.com/english-premier-league/epl-round-33-fulham-fc-vs-sunderland-afc.html A Taoist proverb tells us "To bend like the reed in the wind, that is the real strength." I would like to revise it to read "To bend like Andy Reid in injury time, that is real awesome." Andy Reid opened his Wearside account today at the Stadium ... http://sunderland.theoffside.com/team-news/epl-round-32-the-tao-of-andy.html Just fell out of bed, wondering who emptied their septic tank in my mouth while I was asleep. Off to the pub now to watch the match, I'll have more to write later. ******** Second half substitute Michael Chopra secured a MASSIVE 1-0 win for Sunderland with a goal in the ... http://sunderland.theoffside.com/team-news/epl-round-31-aston-villa-fc-vs-sunderland-afc.html The lineup, it is a-changin' Carlos Edwards is back in the squad for Sunderland today and starting against big bad Chelsea. Also making a reappearance after some time is Irishman Roy O'Donovan. No Kieran Richardson in the squad though (and I just put him back in my fantasy team, ... http://sunderland.theoffside.com/team-news/epl-round-30-sunderland-afc-vs-chelsea-fc.html A day late, and a dollar short, And I ain't got a match report. Because the game, I did not see, So take it from those who know better than me: Pete Sixsmith: "How many times did we threaten? How many saves did Tim Howard have to make?... Jones needs a regular partner, be ... http://sunderland.theoffside.com/team-news/epl-round-29-sunderland-afc-vs-everton-fc.html Sunderland's season now has ten games remaining; ten games to get the results necessary to ensure their EPL survival. Last week's hugely disappointing draw at Derby represented probably our last best chance to win on the road, and SAFC were able to manage approximately jack shit against the league's ... http://sunderland.theoffside.com/team-news/ten-to-go.html