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August 15th, 2008

Week 1 Preview: Sunderland v. Liverpool

By: Patrick | Comments 3 Comments

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 potent strike force featuring Euro 2008 [...]

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August 14th, 2008

The Gaffer Speaks

By: Patrick | Comments 2 Comments

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 Fixture:
“We have a tough start [...]

Category Category: Team News
April 26th, 2008

EPL Round 36: Sunderland AFC vs Middlesbrough FC

By: Lucas | Comments 1 Comment

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 will not be relegated this [...]

March 29th, 2008

EPL Round 32: The Tao of Andy

By: Lucas | Comments No Comments

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 of Light, with a goal [...]

March 22nd, 2008

EPL Round 31: Aston Villa FC vs Sunderland AFC

By: Lucas | Comments No Comments

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.



March 15th, 2008

EPL Round 30: Sunderland AFC vs Chelsea FC

By: Lucas | Comments No Comments

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, HA HA HA HA HAAAAfuck).
For [...]

March 10th, 2008

EPL Round 29: Sunderland AFC vs Everton FC

By: Lucas | Comments No Comments

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:

March 9th, 2008

Ten To Go

By: Lucas | Comments No Comments

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 worst team (possibly in the [...]

February 23rd, 2008

EPL Round 27: Portsmouth FC vs Sunderland AFC

By: Lucas | Comments 1 Comment

Good morning, Mackems. Yes, morning. As in AM. As in Six-thirty-in-the. This is what my life is thanks to Sunderland AFC: I get out of bed earlier on the weekends than during the week.
I’m a little groggy this morning: I have not had any caffeine yet (I just ground up the [...]

February 15th, 2008

Stuff. Rumors. Items. Sheep.

By: Lucas | Comments No Comments

Some items and rumors to keep you busy while you wait another week for the next Sunderland match. You could also kill time by helping police find these dastardly hooligans.






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