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6 Key Elements to Sunderland winning the league one.

Since starting SAFCBlog on March 16th, this is the 75th article, I’ve had 6, (six), positive comments in that time, so all is well. Media team inundated with communication last 24 hours: Drew Peacock of Carshalton said, “this blog is…

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Sunderland Fixtures

Sunderland Fixtures SAFCBlog continues with more cutting edge journalism as we review next seasons Sunderland fixtures…  13 weeks since the blog started 21’500 visitors, zero sponsorship and a load of messages from cranks!  Going up would have been good as…

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Sunderland play in Portugal
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Sunderland will play Benfica B in the pre-season in Portugal

Prior to playing Beleneses on the 20th July Sunderland will play Benfica B in the pre-season in Portugal. SUNDERLAND VS BENFICA B Estadio de Municipal Albufeira Thursday 18th July 7.30pm Benfica are the current champions of Portugal and by far…

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SAFC play Benfica and Beleneses pre-season in Portugal

SAFC Play Benfica and Beleneses Pre-season in Portugal We now know that SAFC we will play their pre-season matches in Portugal against ‘Benfica B’ and ‘CF Belenenses’. On the basis most people will have heard of Benfica, SAFCBlog takes a…

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Posted in Sunderland managers Sunderland news

Why Sunderland need to stick with Jack Ross

JACK ROSS Having looked at 6 seasons of misery, the final article looks at our current manager Mr John James (Jack) Ross. Regular readers, (yes i know),of SAFC Blog will have read and thoroughly enjoyed 2018/19 what went wrong and…

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The Big Sam era, why Sunderland should stick with Jack Ross

Part 3/5 Big Sam After the departure of Big Dick, next into the hot seat was Big Sam, he hit the ground running at the SOL with the hammering of the hapless magpies. Sam’s appetite was never in doubt ~…

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Why Sunderland need Manager stability

Over the last 2259 days Sunderland has had 9 managers, that averages out at around a new manager every 9 months, and people question why Sunderland need manager stability and why we should stick with a Jack Ross!? Over the…

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Posted in Predictions Sunderland news

Promotion 2019/20

Whilst it’s a game of opinions, not gaining promotion in 18/19 was ultimately a failure. The regular readers of safcblog will both know I’m keen for Ross to stay ~ but as aforementioned, just my opinion. So…. “How do we…

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2018/19 ~ What went wrong?

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Posted in Match previews Sunderland news

Wembley Eve….

So, it’s Wembley Eve, tomorrow is the day. Nervous? Excited? Hopeful? Expectant? Sceptical? Pissed? Naucious However you are feeling, it’s a huge day tomorrow. Having limped to the end of the season, two decent performances vs Portsmouth have boosted the…

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