Sunderland pre-season: SAFC stars of yesteryear putting in the hard yards on the training pitch

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Published 27th Jun 2024, 04:55 GMT

Counting down to a new season with a selection of retro training photos

Can you believe it. It’s not long until another football season kicks off for the Black Cats.

Players are gearing up for pre-season training - just like they did in all of these Echo photos from the past.

Have a look at some familiar faces putting in some hard graft between 2003 and 2013. Can you spot any of your favourites in the round-up?

Roy Keane leads the training as we look back to the first days of pre-season in 2007. | se

On the ball at the Academy of Light in the 2007/2008 pre-season days. | se

Bolo Zenden on the first day of training for the 2010/2011 season. | se

Steed Malbranque gets down to business in pre-season training in 2010. | se

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