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When my alarm went off at 6am on Saturday I was out of bed quicker than normal. No, it wasn’t because I was eager to get into work to do an overtime shift (Not that I’m allowed, anyway, being an apprentice), or that it was one of those away days which required an early start, […]

Gus Poyet has arrived at Sunderland, hoping to inspire and stir up a change in heart and attitude amongst the players. However, his honeymoon period has already been ended with an opening 4-0 thrashing at the hands of Swansea City. Sunderland’s dashing dreams of a more significant future in the Premier League at the moment […]

New head coach Gus Poyet’s first match is out of the way and now he can see for himself what he needs to do, can he assess and turn things around, before it’s too late? Despite a first half of possession, control and strong defending against Swansea City, the latter half was finished by the […]

So: Manager sacked after six games. 14 players brought in. Another Head Coach in charge. 7 league games played, 1 point collected. Will Roberto De Fanti, Sunderland’s Director of Football, prove to be the right type of appointment? You can argue Ellis Short wanted to try a different approach after giving previous managers free reigns […]

We spontaneously look at some of Sunderland’s players and assess whether their length of contract matches their value. On Thursday, Sunderland captured Greek International Charis Mavrias, aged 19, on a four-year deal. He joined other ‘Hot Prospect’ signings such as El Hadji Ba and David Moberg Karlsson, who joined up on three-year and four-year deals […]

With the season opener against Fulham only a few days away, excitement is high on Wearside with Paolo Di Canio’s revolution about to begin. Lee debuts our new feature for Sunderland World, Midweek Banter.     Sunderland have brought ten new faces his summer including Jozy Altidore and Emanuele Giaccherini, but with all of these […]

With the new season just days away our team of writers each give their opinions on how the season will go for the Black Cats in the final part of a three-part feature.     Adam Roper @AdamJamesRoper Following the summer goings on at the club under Di Canio, I get the feeling he is […]

With the new season less than a week away our team of writers each give their opinions on how the season will go for the Black Cats in this special three-part feature.     Jack Asbery @JackAsbery On the eve of last season Sunderland fans were feeling very positive and confident that it would be […]

With the new season less than two weeks away our team of writers each give their opinions on how the season will go for the Black Cats in this special three-part feature.     Daniel McWaters @DanielDiCanio If you were to ask me during pre-season of every season my predictions on how Sunderland’s season would […]

Tom reflects on an eventful year after he travelled the world, at the same time trying his best to follow the lads. So now it’s all over. I spent 9 months in Australia, a month in Thailand, a month in the USA and then a couple of weeks in Greece. All the way I’d been […]