Sunderland host Aston Villa in the first league game of 2016 as the bottom two sides of the premier league look to get the new year off with a bang. Sam Allardyce’s men had a torrid end to 2015, losing their last five games leaving them seven points adrift. Aston Villa are the only team […]
Sunderland ended 2015 with defeat against Liverpool after a Christian Benteke goal 30 seconds into the second-half saw off the Black Cats. Despite a much-improved display from Sam Allardyce’s side, there is cause for concern for the manager. Jack Rodwell limped off with yet another injury during the first half, whilst Sebastian Coates also went […]
Sunderland have today recalled young goalkeeper Jordan Pickford from his loan spell at Preston North End to fight Vito Mannone and Costel Pantilimon for the number 1 spot for the Black Cats. YouTube: Good hands from England U21s goalkeepers | Inside Training The new England U21 international has enjoyed a successful spell with Simon Grayson’s […]
Sunderland host Liverpool in the final fixture of 2015 in front of the Sky cameras at the Stadium of Light. The Black Cats are entering crisis mode as a series of poor performances have opened up a five-point gap between themselves and safety. A Boxing Day defeat to Manchester City showed Sunderland’s lack of fight […]
Former Sunderland loanee Ricky Alvarez looks set to finally secure a move following a nightmare end to 2015 for the Argentinian. According to David Amoyal of Gianluca Di Marzio, Alvarez is set to return to Italy and sign for Serie A giants Sampdoria. The situation surrounding Sunderland loanee Ricky Alvarez turned into an unwanted transfer […]
Sunderland travel to Manchester on boxing day hoping to cause an upset as the Black Cats look to close the gap on the relegation zone. Manchester City come off the back of a disappointing 2-1 defeat to Arsenal on Monday night, whilst Sunderland showed little fight as they lost 3-1 to the champions Chelsea on […]
Sunderland lost to managerless Chelsea on Saturday afternoon, going down to the champions by three goals to one. Two first half goals from Branislav Ivanovic and Pedro saw the Black Cats chasing the game in a hostile atmosphere at Stamford Bridge. Oscar made it three from the penalty spot shortly after the break following a […]
Sunderland host Watford this weekend as the Black Cats look to claim a valuable three points before a tough run of fixtures. The Black Cats take on Watford for their first clash in just over 10 years, with Sunderland running out 4-2 winners on that day thanks to a Marcus Stewart hat trick. The Hornets […]
Sunderland lost 3-1 to Arsenal today, but the scoreline did not tell the whole story, with the Black Cats matching the Gunners all over the pitch. Arsenal opened the scoring through Joel Campbell after a nice reverse pass from Mesut Ozil who was impressive all afternoon. On the stroke of half-time, the Black Cats were […]
Sunderland travel to the capital searching for their third win in as many games as Arsenal host the Black Cats. Sam Allardyce’s men have climbed out of the relegation zone with back to back wins to their name and will take on Arsenal full of confidence. Arsenal in the meantime are down to their last […]
Sunderland manager Sam Allardyce says he has put an end to his long-running feud with Arsene Wenger ahead of Saturdays premier league clash in the capital. In his recent autobiography, Big Sam admitted to winding up the French veteran and said that he enjoyed getting under his skin The more I wound him up, the […]
Six points from a possible twelve meant that November could be seen as a reasonable month for the Black Cats. The month began in awful fashion, with a 6-2 defeat against Everton followed by a narrow 1-0 home defeat to Southampton. However, a Jermain Defoe goal saw the Black Cats claim their first away win […]