Archives: Sunderland

Today’s Sunderland-Manchester United match gives United manager Louis Van Gaal an opportunity to get United off to a better start than the 2-1 loss to Swansea last week. For viewers in the United States, the game will be shown on: Sunderland vs Manchester … Continue reading →

Sunderland entertain Manchester United on Sunday afternoon in what will be the latest indicator to Louis Van Gaal as to how much work still needs to be done to this broken United squad. Sunderland go into the game as the … Continue reading →

McDiarmid Park, home of St. Johnstone, may not be foremost in the minds of soccer fans, but on the 13th of August it did play host to a couple of firsts.  It was Celtic manager Ronny Deila’s first taste of … Continue reading →

Gustavo Poyet performed a minor miracle in guiding Sunderland to Premier League safety last season following the disastrous start to the campaign under the stewardship of Paolo Di Canio. The Uruguayan coach urged Sunderland supporters to persevere with the team … Continue reading →

Manchester City midfielder Jack Rodwell is on the verge of joining Gus Poyet’s Sunderland side in the next few hours. The two clubs are reported to be in “advanced talks” regarding the player and Rodwell has arrived at Sunderland to … Continue reading →

Sunderland supporter Gary Ferguson was touched by the story of John Alder and Liam Sweeney, two devoted Newcastle supporters who lost their lives in the Malaysian Airlines disaster. John, 63, and Liam, 28, of were en-route to New Zealand to … Continue reading →

New York Red Bulls and Australia star Tim Cahill could be moving to one of two Premier League clubs, according to reports from The Press Association. Sunderland, newly promoted QPR and other clubs on the European continent are reportedly interested … Continue reading →

After a spectacular performance for the United States at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, defender Matt Besler has received a wide variety of interest from a number of European clubs including official bids from Fulham and Sunderland. Besler admitted … Continue reading →

Sunderland have unveiled their home shirt for the 2014/15 season. The challenge with a Sunderland home shirt is how do you differentiate it every season while making sure it retains the red and white stripes. In this year’s design by … Continue reading →

Ex-Manchester City stopper Costel Pantilimon has joined Sunderland on a free transfer. The 6ft 8in Romanian was released from City after completing three seasons at the Etihad Stadium. Pantilimon is the tallest player in the Premier League and his arrival … Continue reading →

Sunderland have unveiled their new away shirt for the 2014/15 Premier League season. The Black Cats, who surprised many by mounting a campaign last season to avoid relegation, will be wearing an all blue kit from adidas. Sunderland’s away shirt … Continue reading →

Newcastle United have signed Sunderland’s Jack Colback on a free transfer. The signing of Colback from derby rivals Sunderland is the second new player to join Newcastle United in just days. Late last week, Newcastle United signed Ayoze Perez, a … Continue reading →

With Chelsea’s victorious visit to Anfield and City’s win at Crystal Palace, headlines in world football are rightly dominated by the final league games and their implications on the title fight. This is a thrilling conclusion to an admittedly insane … Continue reading →

Four years ago, Connor Wickham won the Golden Ball as the best player in the 2010 UEFA U-17 Championship. The striker followed that up with an outstanding year at Ipswich Town, and earned himself a £7.4million transfer to Premier League … Continue reading →

Sunderland keep on running out of chances to try to mount a campaign to avoid relegation. West Ham United, on the other hand, need a win to guarantee safety, so you would think that this one will end up a … Continue reading →

At this stage of Jozy Altidore’s second season in the Premier League, you have to ponder which of his spells were worse — his season at Hull City or this current season with Sunderland. The young American striker has only … Continue reading →

The arrival of spring means many things to people. The days get longer, snow melts as the sun shines again after it’s wintery absence, flowers begin to bloom, and the English Premier League enters the business end of the season. … Continue reading →

In January, I wrote an article about how Jozy Altidore’s poor form and the fact that Sunderland had gone out and bought another striker was a worrying sign for the US striker’s chances of playing in the first team. Since … Continue reading →