Sunderland Legends Marco Gabbiadini
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Sunderland Legends Marco Gabbiadini

Sunderland Legends Marco Gabbiadini Although born in Nottingham, Marco is basically a York Lad; having played junior football for Poppleton Juniors, Denis Smith, (him again!), signed him as an apprentice at York City in 1982. After progressing through the ranks,…

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Sunderland Legends Jermain Defoe
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Jermain Defoe Sunderland Legend

Jermain Defoe Sunderland Legend Happy Easter Sunday.. Strange times at present, I’m not in the mould for making New Years Resolutions….. but….. it’s been quite a year to date. I spent the 1st day of the new decade at Fleetwood,…

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Kevin Ball Sunderland Legend
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Kevin Ball Sunderland Legend

Kevin Ball Sunderland Legend Tough going this close season malarkey, another week or so till match previews etc kick in. We’ve not even got the excitement of potential signings, as the verdict seems to be, “we’ve got no money to…

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John MacPhail signs for Sunderland
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Sunderland Legends John MacPhail

Sunderland Legends John MacPhail Still another 8, (eight), after this instalment, so plenty of scope to cover the usual suspects. SAFCBlog has always been conscious to try and be a bit different from other fan sites, so whilst eyebrows may…

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John Byrne Sunderland head to Wembley
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Sunderland Legends John Byrne

Sunderland Legends John Byrne Tough work this close season malarkey, still another few weeks til we’re into the match previews/reviews. So thought I’d have a look at some SAFC players who have made an impact.  First up in Sunderland Legends…

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Aiden McGeady

It’s the close season and not much happening…. then your best player signs a new deal on, (reportedly), 50% of his current earnings… We all know that certain players earn plenty and it could be argued that playing footie is…

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