Category: Sunderland
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Barcelona Begins To Look Like The Real Deal Again
For 90 minutes at the weekend, all of us went back in time a couple of years, to a period when one football team so eclipsed all others that they were being considered not just the best side on the planet at that moment but one of…
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A Sport That Ignores What It Doesn’t Like
I love football, but there’s something about the game that’s pretty hard to deny. Football, above and beyond any other sport, is incredibly good at ignoring problems. Its leaders are incredibly good at wishing they’d go away. I’m writing a lengthy piece for this site on the continuing trials Scottish football is enduring as the…
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EPL Matchday 10: One Bore Draw And Many Harry Returns
Jose Mourinho’s Chelsea took another battering, on and off the pitch, over the last few days as this weekend’s Premier League matches saw them defeated, again, this time to West Ham. They followed that up with a penalty kicks defeat at Stoke, in the League Cup, although like most of the other top clubs that’s…
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International Blues
Is it only me who hates international weeks? Perhaps it’s a Scottish thing. All too often, our performances are the kind you watch from behind your hands, but only if there’s no room behind the sofa. The match against Poland was a case in point; you could feel the tension mounting up as the game…
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EPL Matchday 7 Roundup: Sanchez Hits Hat-Trick In A Big Weekend
Kane and Rooney finally scored. Sanchez hit a hat-trick and Newcastle blew it … again. It was a big weekend for in the EPL, with wins for Manchester United, Arsenal, Crystal Palace, Stoke, Southampton and, of course, Liverpool and Spurs. In the latter match, Harry Kane ended weeks of fevered speculation about whether or not…
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EPL 15/16 Matchday 6: Bournemouth 2-0 Sunderland
Things are pretty grim up north at the moment, with Sunderland and Newcastle suffering a ghastly start to the season, and one that neither side was able to better at the weekend. In this match, played in front of a Bournemouth support who are much happier with the start they’ve made than the away fans…
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Sunderland make summer bid for Dutch striker
View image | gettyimages.com Sunderland have launched a move for Netherlands striker Jeremain Lens, according to ESPN. 27-year-old Lens has been highly impressing over the years and gained a lucrative move to Dynamo Kiev in 2013, going on to help them win two Ukrainian Cups and one League title. His impressive form has attracted the…
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No Sunderland approach for Sean Dyche
View image | gettyimages.com Contrary to reports, Sunderland have so far made no approach to Burnley to speak to manager Sean Dyche, according to Sky Sports. Reports have linked the Burnley boss with a move to the Stadium of Light after Dick Advocaat left his role at the club following the final day in the…
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Leicester City boss Pearson keen on Liverpool defender
View image | gettyimages.com Daily Express are reporting that Leicester City are interested in making a move for Liverpool central defender Sebastian Coates. The 24-year-old Uruguayan international, has been on loan at Sunderland, and after a slow start, played in the last six matches, where Sunderland achieved three clean sheets including a scoreless draw against…
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Best games of the 14/15 Premier League season
View image | gettyimages.com Football Express News’ Lewis Camp takes you through our pick of the best Premier League matches from the 2014/2015 season. Leicester City 5-3 Manchester United Newly promoted Leicester City took on Louis Van Gaal’s struggling Manchester United side at the King Power Stadium and played out one of the most memorable comeback…
