Sunderland 0 Bolton 0
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Sunderland 0 v bolton 0, match review

Boxing Day is widely acknowledged to be one of the biggest and best days in the sporting calendar – with this in mind I departed North Yorkshire full of hope. Spurred on by a large bag of ale and some…

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Sunderland 1 Blackpool 1
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Sunderland 1 blackpool 1

Sunderland 1 Blackpool 1 There has been lots of comment on the bigger picture at SAFC in my last few offerings; in short…… I’m not a fan of sacking our manager whom we recently appointed in place of another manager…

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Gillingham 1 Sunderland 0
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Gillingham 1 sunderland 0….. some thoughts

SAFCBlog goes to almost all of our matches, occasionally I can’t make it – it’s not case of better offer, if this was the case, I’d have gouged my eyes out with a blunt spoon and extracted my fingernails a…

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Middlesboro 0 Shed 7
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Middlesbrough 0 Shed 7 plus Gillingham away preview..

Middlesbrough 0 Shed 7 No game this weekend, due to Sunderland deciding not to bother with the FA Cup this season. Whilst SAFCBlog failed to find a game to attend – fear not, we decided to go and watch the…

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Hapless Sunderland Dicked by Burton
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“Hapless Sunderland on the receiving end of the biggest humping by Burton, since Richard had a go on Liz Taylor….”

Hapless Sunderland beaten by Burton Whilst the mainstream media are all over the Gone For A Burton headline, SAFCBlog are better than pursuing some cheap unoriginal headlines.  To be fair, Liz Taylor was decent back in the day, who knows…

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land 1 Coventry 1
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Sunderland 1 coventry 1

Sunderland 1 Coventry 1 There’s no doubt that we are at a low ebb, we are desperate for some positivity – today was OK, but no better than OK. In keeping with the last 6 weeks or so, it was…

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Gillingham vs Sunderland the magic of the cup
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Gillingham vs sunderland… the magic of the cup

Gillingham vs Sunderland tonight….. SAFCBlog attends pretty much all of the games, but not tonight…… It’s a very long way We’re there again a week on Saturday Time constraints, (work), got the better of me INSIDE….. OUTSIDE….. Prior to discussing…

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Scunthorpe 3 Sunderland 0

On the off chance anyone is not following @LadSunder on Twitter, you really need to. He has kindly agreed that I can use his commentary/ highlights on my match reviews; Tuesday was absolutely fucking dire ….. but this will make…

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Sunderland v Gillingham no one here
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Sunderland 1 Gillingham 1

Sunderland 1 Gillingham 1 – the magic of the FA Cup!! Early start for a home game, but needs must. Steady drive North, with the usual excitement at seeing the sea. Glorious Not exactly a tie to set the pulse…

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Sunderland v Leicester u21s

Another bloody cup game, but given we don’t play in the league for the best part of 3 weeks, I guess it’s better than no game? Fully expected to win the game, although can’t think of anything worse than a…

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