SAFC Goal keeper Jon McLaughlin
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Jon McLaughlin Keep the Keeper

#6 keep the keeper jon McLaughlin Welcome to TOTD #6, it’s a bit like Match of the Day, but more regular and you don’t have to listen to Weetabix Head?  Todays TOTD, centres around Jon McLaughlin. Big Jon has been…

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Sunderland v Bristol Rovers
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Sunderland V Bristol Rovers match preview

Sunderland v Bristol Rovers match preview Saturday sees us welcome Bristol Rovers to the SOL. Rovers currently sit 13th, which is pretty much in line with the final placed finish of 15th predicted by SAFCBlog back in the summer. They…

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Draw at Coventry a good result for Sunderland
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Let’s make a draw a Coventry a good result

#4 let’s make a draw at Coventry a good result……. “Some games are bigger than others……..” Huge win for Sunderland at Oxford We are on a right roll, obviously this is brilliant – I wrote last week about the difference…

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Oxford 0 Sunderland 1
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Oxford 0 Sunderland 1 – report

Oxford 0 Sunderland 1 – Match Report What a absolutely fantastic result yesterday, there’s no better result than a hard earned 1-0 win away from home? Still a lot of football to be played, but the 1-0’s at Tranmere and…

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Sunderland win at Oxford
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Sunderland win at Oxford

Oxford United 0 Sunderland 1 Another great result and another clean sheet. I’ll look at the performance in more detail tomorrow, but to fit in with SAFCBlog remit, here’s a brief review of the day before the day is over….

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SAFC Blog
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SAFCBlog – all the best Grant……

SAFC Blog – All the Best Grant Football is brilliant…. but it’s still Real Life?  Grant clearly needs time and SAFCBlog wishes him all the love in the world.  When I was a school we took the piss out of…

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SAFC Blog awards
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‘Twas the night before oxford……

The Night before Oxford Football is brilliant….. it’s that good that the decision making process can become somewhat muddled? Hugely successful businessmen, (not our current owners), often plough into football clubs, multi millionaires in their 70s choose to manage clubs,…

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Phil Parkinson and Steve Parkin now managing Sunderland AFC
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SAFCBlog thought of the day……

#3 Win at Oxford and we’ll win the league? Welcome to #3 of Thought of the Day – it’s a bit like Match of the Day – but it’s every day and it isn’t presented by Wayne Lineker’s brother, so that’s…

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Oxford United v Sunderland match preview
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Oxford United v Sunderland match preview

Oxford United v Sunderland match preview Another local derby on Saturday, whilst I’m not bothered about readership numbers, it bothers me that SAFCBlog.com may become moribund in anyway? Ultimately, until we get promoted, the match Previews will remain mostly shite….

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SAFC Blog we owe Oxford one
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The SAFC Blog thought of the day….We Owe Oxford One

#2 we owe Oxford one? Welcome to Thought of the Day #2, after the, (relative), success of #1: excitement is at fever pitch. We used to draw 1-1 most weeks, ultimately this cost us last season? Our encounters with Oxford…

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