Sunderland 2020/21 fixtures RECAP: Black Cats ‘poised’ to make third summer signing as Phil Parkinson's side prepare for Gateshead trip

The new season is almost upon us as Sunderland prepare to play their first competitive match since March in a couple of weeks time.
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Black Cats boss Phil Parkinson will be hoping to make a few more signings before his side’s Carabao Cup game on September 5, while this season’s League One fixture list has also been announced.

Scroll down to catch up with all of today’s news, transfer talk, analysis and more in the order it all unfolded: