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Winter of discontent finally over?

NUMBER THREE: Darren Bent (second right) celebrates his hat-trick with team-mates

10:53am Friday 12th March 2010

SUNDERLAND: An apology.

Club's charm offensive is a tricky task

Steve Bruce

11:03am Friday 5th March 2010

The club may as well have slapped a big banner on their website this week simply reading: "AT LEAST WE'RE NOT PORTSMOUTH, EH?"

Lady Luck, smile on Sunderland again

MISMATCH: McCartney v Walcott

1:13pm Friday 26th February 2010

I’M AS shocked as you are. I sat here, calling on Steve Bruce to play to Sunderland’s strengths and go 4-3-3 at Arsenal, fully expecting him to ignore those calls and stick to his tried and tested 4-4-2.

Henderson’s just the tonic

TONIC: Jordan Henderson

1:15pm Friday 26th February 2010

SUNDERLAND’S bid to avoid another relegation battle has been aided by the return of this season’s success story, Jordan Henderson, who has announced that he will be fit for the final eight games of the campaign.

Bruce's roots nothing to do with rot

8:40am Friday 19th February 2010

IT was almost inevitable that, as soon as Sunderland's season showed signs of faltering, that questions would be asked about Steve Bruce and his 'roots'.

Outside influences wrecking Cats' campaign

Anger: Darren Bent

10:33am Friday 12th February 2010

SUNDERLAND'S drop down the Premier League is accelerating quicker than a dodgy Toyota, but everyone thought that Tuesday night at Portsmouth was the ideal opportunity to put the brakes on that.

The winners and losers in the transfer window

Benjani has moved to Sunderland

10:56am Friday 5th February 2010

STEVE Bruce's Transfer Radar - a one-week feature which, apparently, I'm never allowed to repeat - went into overdrive last week as the transfer window slammed shut.

Travel-sick Sunderland need to arrest the slide

Steve Bruce

10:50am Friday 29th January 2010

SOME call it a rollercoaster. Niall Quinn preferred to call it a magic carpet.

Cats fans easy targets for banter merchants

BACK OF THE NET: Michael Ballack heads home Chelsea’s fifth goal

10:59am Friday 22nd January 2010

SMUG people have been slinking up to my desk with the sole intention of annoying me this week.

Thanks for taking that decision for me

Morse actor John Thaw

10:02am Friday 15th January 2010

I, FOR one, am thankful that the decision to postpone last Saturday's game was taken with my safety in mind.









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