http://www.geordiesport.com/sunderland_association_football_club.html en-uk info@geordiesport.com info@geordiesport.com Geordie Sport Sunderland Association Football Club Section. http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/celebration_time.html Sunderland 0 Arsenal 1 15 May 2008 http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/celebration_time.html http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/poor_or_what.html Bolton Wanderers 2 Sunderland 0 5 May 2008 http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/poor_or_what.html http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/staying_up.html Sunderland 3 Middlesbrough 2 28 April 2008 http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/staying_up.html http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/a_real_struggle.html Newcastle United 2 Sunderland 0 24 April 2008 http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/a_real_struggle.html http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/sunderland_vila.html Aston Villa 0 Sunderland 1 24 March 2008 http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/sunderland_vila.html http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/sund_still_a_worry.html Sunderland 0 Chelsea 1 18 March 2008 http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/sund_still_a_worry.html http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/you_have_to_earn_your_luck.html Sunderland 0 Everton 1 11 March 2008 http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/you_have_to_earn_your_luck.html http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/sunderland_drying_paint.html Derby County 0 Sunderland 0 4 March 2008 http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/sunderland_drying_paint.html http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/sunderland_10_in_a_row.html Portsmouth 1 Sunderland 0 26 February 2008 http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/sunderland_10_in_a_row.html http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/liverpool_3_sunderland_0.html Well... 4 February 2008 http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/liverpool_3_sunderland_0.html http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/a_new_hero.html Sunderland 2 Birmingham 0 30 January 2008 http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/a_new_hero.html http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/unlucky_again.html A bad start and a bad finish with so much to shout home about in between. 21 January 2008 http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/unlucky_again.html http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/sunderland_thats_more_like_it2.html Sunderland 2 Portsmouth 0 17 January 2008 http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/sunderland_thats_more_like_it2.html http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/thats_more_like_it.html Sunderland 2 Portsmouth 0 15 January 2008 http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/thats_more_like_it.html http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/sunderland_pay_the_penalty.html Blackburn Rovers 1 Sunderland 0 5 January 2008 http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/sunderland_pay_the_penalty.html http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/more_nail_biting_stuff.html Sunderland 3 Bolton 1 31 December 2007 http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/more_nail_biting_stuff.html http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/different_league.html I think the best word to describe the Man U performance is "ruthless". 28 December 2007 http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/different_league.html http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/not_again.html When your luck is out then it most definitely is out! 24 December 2007 http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/not_again.html http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/it_had_to_happen.html Sunderland 1 Aston Villa 1 18 December 2007 http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/it_had_to_happen.html http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/sunderlnad_bad_day_followed_by_a_worse_day.html When you have a bad day on the Saturday... 10 December 2007 http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/sunderlnad_bad_day_followed_by_a_worse_day.html http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/sunderland_2_well_at_least_it_wasnt_seven.html Chelsea 2 Sunderland 0 10 December 2007 http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/sunderland_2_well_at_least_it_wasnt_seven.html http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/sunderland_1_derby_county_0.html Sunderland 1 Derby County 0 3 December 2007 http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/sunderland_1_derby_county_0.html http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/everton_7_yes_seven_sunderland_1.html Having watched the Newcastle debacle... 26 November 2007 http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/everton_7_yes_seven_sunderland_1.html http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/what_happened_to_sunderland.html Expectation was high because, it may be stating the obvious, but you have to win home games against the lesser lights in The Premier League and Fulham certainly fall into this category. 29 October 2007 http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/what_happened_to_sunderland.html http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/west_ham_3_sunderland_1.html What a travesty! 22 October 2007 http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/west_ham_3_sunderland_1.html http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/sunderland_almost_do_the_impossible.html Unfortunately it all started predictably with Arsenal playing their classy brand of football and putting Sunderland under pressure. 8 October 2007 http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/sunderland_almost_do_the_impossible.html http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/sunderland_rovers.html Like Roy Keane, Mark Hughes is a man who knows what he wants and will do whatever it takes to achieve these targets... 1 October 2007 http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/sunderland_rovers.html http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/sunderland_derby_thriller.html This was more like what we want to see! I have watched so many "non-event" matches over the last couple of seasons this was like a breath of fresh air. 24 September 2007 http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/sunderland_derby_thriller.html http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/sunderland_2_reading_1.html I really feel that the majority of players who moved towards the end of the transfer window were way over-priced and, into this category I placed Kenwyne Jones, £6m signing from Southampton. I could be wrong, I could be very wrong!! 17 September 2007 http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/sunderland_2_reading_1.html http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/man_united_sunderland.html I think I have found my preferred mode of viewing football. 7 September 2007 http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/man_united_sunderland.html http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/sunderland_find_it_hard_going.html If ever proof was needed that it could be a long, hard battle in The Premier League, today was the day to prove it. 28 August 2007 http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/sunderland_find_it_hard_going.html http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/sunderland_a_big_one.html After such a magnificent run since Roy Keane came in as manager and with confidence sky-high, how will the players react to being beaten comprehensively by a Wigan side which now finds itself at the heady heights of the league! 20 August 2007 http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/sunderland_a_big_one.html http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/great_start.html Still undefeated after two games but they didn't half leave it late with super-sub Stern John heading home an equaliser only seconds from the end. 17 August 2007 http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/great_start.html http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/sunderland_win_their_spurs.html It is here at last. First game of the new season in The Premier League and, into the bargain, it is the early kick-off and it is against a big spending club who many are tipping to challenge the big four. 12 August 2007 http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/sunderland_win_their_spurs.html http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/sunderland_what_have_we_got_to_look_forward_to.html Is this our first team? 5 August 2007 http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/sunderland_what_have_we_got_to_look_forward_to.html http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/sunderland_trying.html As we approach the season proper, pre-season matches are well under way. 26 July 2007 http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/sunderland_trying.html http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/sunderland_keane_goes_for_top_keeper.html Now, as you may have gathered, I am a Jock and proud of it. I keep mentioning great players of the past from my homeland, Denis Law, Jim Baxter, Tony Green etc... 18 July 2007 http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/sunderland_keane_goes_for_top_keeper.html http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/chopra_signs.html Whilst Newcastle continue to be linked with everybody and anybody in the transfer market--the latest two being Benni McCarthy and Franck Quedrue--Sunderland have gone in and paid big money for former Newcastle striker, Michael Chopra. The signing came out of the blue and came as a real shock to both sets of fans. 16 July 2007 http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/chopra_signs.html http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/sunderland_dont_always_believe_what_you_read.html It is no secret that Sunderland are interested in the Bolton 'keeper Jussi Jaaskaleinen--I hope that is spelled correctly! 20 June 2007 http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/sunderland_dont_always_believe_what_you_read.html http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/sunderland_keane_looks_at_lower_division_players.html I believe Roy Keane is looking long and hard at the possibility of buying David Nugent from Preston.. 8 June 2007 http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/sunderland_keane_looks_at_lower_division_players.html http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/sunderland_now_for_some_real_work.html Last season was fantastic but The Premiership is a different "kettle of fish". So who will Roy Keane bring in? 5 June 2007 http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/sunderland_now_for_some_real_work.html http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/style.html Well, if you are going to do something, why not do it in style!? Okay, Luton are not much good, relegated already and all that but it is not easy to win away, far less win by five!! 6 May 2007 http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/style.html http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/sunderland_up_we_go.html Crystal Palace did exactly as Sunderland had hoped for and beat Derby by two goals to nil so THE PREMIERSHIP HERE WE COME!!! 30 April 2007 http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/sunderland_up_we_go.html http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/sunderland_hit_the_skids.html Well it had to happen eventually. It had been a magnificent unbeaten run of 17 matches but I wonder how many of us thought that it would end against little Colchester in their very compact little ground. 21 April 2007 http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/sunderland_hit_the_skids.html http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/sunderland_s_w_underland.html With both Newcastle and Middlesbrough struggling yet again it was left to Sunderland to show the way. 14 April 2007 http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/sunderland_s_w_underland.html http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/sunderland_the_wolves_kept_at_bay_by_sunderland.html It was billed as the Keane v McCarthy rematch and it certainly was a heavyweight contest with both sides doing their utmost and giving their all.... 7 April 2007 http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/sunderland_the_wolves_kept_at_bay_by_sunderland.html http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/sunderland_cardiff_city_wonderland_on_the_up_in_wales.html Another great away win in the quest for The Premiership, taking Sunderland into the top two, albeit probably briefly if, as expected, Birmingham beat their local rivals Coventry in the Sunday match. 2 April 2007 http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/sunderland_cardiff_city_wonderland_on_the_up_in_wales.html http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/sunderland_a_point_gained.html On a tremendous undefeated run, it was going to be a run-of-the-mill home win with promotion beckoning. Wrong! 14 March 2007 http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/sunderland_a_point_gained.html http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/brom_sent_west_by_happy_sunderland.html This was to be the major test for Sunderland. Three games against the top teams, Birmingham, Derby and West Brom. 3 March 2007 http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/brom_sent_west_by_happy_sunderland.html http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/derby_county_sunderland.html What a result against the league leaders! Not only does this keep the run going but it makes the play-offs a possibility or even automatic promotion, but let's not get into the chicken counting just yet! 24 February 2007 http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/derby_county_sunderland.html http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/up_and_sunder_land_for_southend.html Whilst a comfortable win at home against the second bottom side in The Championship may appear to be the norm it has to be remembered that Southend have shown some great form recently and Sunderland deserve full credit for a fine victory. 20 February 2007 http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/up_and_sunder_land_for_southend.html http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/upward_and_onward_plymouth_ho.html Sunderland continued their recent good form with a comfortable victory against Plymouth. Although they had the best of things throughout, it took until the 66th minute to get the vital first goal. 10 February 2007 http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/upward_and_onward_plymouth_ho.html http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/preston_do_us_again.html Having lost 4-1 in the league match at Deepdale and 1-0 at The Stadium of Light as recently as last week, Sunderland were always going to find it difficult against high-flying Preston. 10 January 2007 http://www.geordiesport.com/football/sunderland_association_football_club/preston_do_us_again.html