A gallery of squad photos from Sunderland's pre-season training in the past.placeholder image
A gallery of squad photos from Sunderland's pre-season training in the past. | se

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

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?

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