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Di Canio needs to heal Sunderland's scars from previous season

12:26pm Friday 3rd May 2013

IF HISTORY has taught Sunderland fans anything – the younger generation at least – then it is nothing comes easy. Or, just as fittingly, that bad follows the good just as readily.

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The case for Connor Wickham

5:03pm Friday 21st October 2011

DESPERATION is in the air at the Stadium of Light.

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Back to the bread and butter – at last

10:00am Friday 14th October 2011

Thankfully, another international break weekend is over and we can get back to some proper football, or as close to proper football as Sunderland AFC can play anyway. At least normality will be resumed anyway.

Changes at the top testament to Quinn's success

10:00am Friday 7th October 2011

Sitting watching Shane Long waltz through the Sunderland defence unopposed to fire West Bromwich Albion into an early two goal lead last week, I can't have been alone in believing that a change in the leadership of the club was surely imminent.

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It’s time to face up to reality

12:45pm Friday 30th September 2011

BEFORE I get down to business here, let me make a couple of things clear. None of this is borne out of a knee-jerk reaction, I am not a doom-monger, and I don't enjoy Sunderland AFC doing poorly. I gain no pleasure in being negative about them, but frankly, at the moment, they are leaving me little choice.

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Bruce proves a point or three

9:00am Friday 23rd September 2011

SUNDAY afternoon's three points couldn't have come quick enough for both Steve Bruce and the Sunderland fans.

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Cats’ malaise deepens as Gyan goes

5:49pm Friday 16th September 2011

AT THIS stage last week, we were looking ahead to the visit of Chelsea with cautious optimism.

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Good things come to those who wait

10:00am Friday 9th September 2011

IT IS a sign of how far Sunderland have come in recent times that fans are currently bemoaning their slow start to the season.

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Few positives, but progress made

7:00pm Thursday 19th May 2011

THOSE who have read this column from its embryonic beginnings, almost four years ago now, will have gone on a journey with me.

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