The 4 games of Christmas
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The 4 games of christmas

The 4 games of Christmas The festive period is always a key time, 4 games in 10 days – momentum is huge in sport, bizarrely by the time we kick off against Bolton on Boxing Day we will only have…

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Sunderland v Bolton Boxing Day match preview
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Sunderland vs bolton preview

Sunderland vs Bolton Preview Our game against them in September was pretty dire for lots of reasons, on balance we should really have won the game. It was the day the tide really turned against Jack Ross, bizarrely he then…

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Not the Bury match preview
Posted in Match previews Sunderland news

Bury vs sunderland, (not the), match preview

Bury vs Sunderland, (not the), Match Review There’s every chance that when Bury fans celebrated promotion in May, one of the key fixtures they’d be looking out for would be Sunderland at home. Day out in Manchester – oh go…

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January transfer window Josh Maja
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January transfer window – some early thoughts

January transfer window – some early thoughts Sunderland currently sit a fairly miserable 12th place in League 1.  As the January Transfer Window approaches, lots of teams will be assessing their options. If you’re 12th and looking towards staying up,…

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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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Aiden McGeady
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That friday feeling….. huge day tomorrow for sAFC

That Friday Feeling….Huge Day Tomorrow for SAFC We live in a world of media overload, (I’m as guilty as anyone).  My radio station of choice in the car is TalkSport – this morning Jim White dedicated the second hour of…

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McGeady and Mcguire enjoy a happy meal
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Huge weekend for Phil Parkinson’s Sunderland

Huge weekend for Phil Parkinson’s Sunderland I was in two minds whether to bother writing anything tonight, whilst I don’t look at message boards, the straw-poll of retweets amongst the 10 accounts I follow on Twitter – allude to the…

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Aiden McGeady
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McGeady gone?

McGeady Gone? SAFCBlog normally deals in facts, I’m especially mindful to not take too much from Social Media platforms – but it’s a reasonable bet that the headline of this article is true? Sadly life in L1 is a pretty…

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SAFC years of abject misery
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SAFC And years of abject misery

SAFC and years of abject misery SAFC misery and failures SAFC misery I don’t live in Sunderland, (or even the North East), whilst we were Premier League for 10 seasons – it’s a somewhat distant memory? I wear my SAFC…

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Blackpool preview
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Blackpool preview

Writing as often as I do lends itself to repetition, that’s all well and good if things are going well? Given things are not going well, it’s pretty depressing writing this, I’ll assume that anyone reading is equally depressed? This…

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