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Seaham Harbour in fight to avoid relegation face third placed Burnmoor

'Never heard anything like it' - Brian Brobbey blown away by Sunderland fans after stunning 94th-minute equaliser

Brobbey blown away by Sunderland fans after 94th-minute equaliser

Robin Roefs praises Sunderland teammate Brian Brobbey and makes honest Arsenal admission after late drama

Roefs praises Sunderland teammate Brobbey and makes honest Arsenal

Richard Keys accuses Sunderland of ‘endangering’ Arsenal players over advertising hoarding move

Sunderland accused of ‘endangering’ players over advertising hoardings

Eberechi Eze makes blunt Sunderland admission after Arsenal draw – and reacts to throw-in hoardings claim

Eze makes blunt Sunderland admission – and reacts to throw-in claim

Trai Hume, Nordi Mukiele and Le Fée injury scares – and the Newcastle question Régis Le Bris refused to bite on

Hume and Mukiele injury scares – & question Le Bris refused to bite on

Sunderland head coach Régis Le Bris

David Prutton delivers Sunderland, Blades and Leeds top-two verdict

Sunderland head coach Regis Le Bris

Mundle reveals Le Bris' message to players after fiesty Luton game

Chris Rigg.

Rigg's brilliant 14-word message to Sunderland fans after first start

Nazariy Rusyn playing for Sunderland. Picture by FRANK REID.

The predicted SAFC team to play Leicester

Jack Clarke playing for Sunderland. Picture by FRANK REID

SAFC and Leicester team news - 12 ruled out and one doubt

Loftus Road

Sunderland's Championship rivals unveil new coach after Warnock talk

Warnock's potential shock QPR return after Ainsworth sacking

Former player Ainsworth, 50, was appointed last February.

Championship news: Sunderland's divisional rivals sack manager

Ex-referee slams officiating standards after three Sunderland mistakes

Middlesbrough manager Michael Carrick. Picture: Richard Sellers/PA Wire.

Round-up: Boro's new appointment and Sunderland transfer latest
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Tony Mowbray

'In the headlights' - Mowbray's striker verdict ahead of Leicester

Lynden Gooch

Gooch's message to Sunderland fans after Stoke away end moment

Enzo Maresca

Leicester's potential double injury blow ahead of Sunderland clash

Wearside League Football between Farringdon Detached and Boldon CA (orange), played at Leyburn Grove, Houghton-le-Spring.

Bogan fires a warning shot to Horden CW’s Wearside League rivals

Portsmouth winger Gareth Evans.

SAFC news: Portsmouth winger delivers Cats verdict

Sunderland boss Phil Parkinson

Tony Gillan: Phil Parkinson deserves praise for his remarkable Sunderland turnar...

Sunderland striker Will Grigg in action.

This SAFC trio need to start delivering - fast

Former Sunderland boss Jack Ross.

'It's unfair' - Ipswich boss hits out at SAFC sacking Ross

Max Power shoots in the goalless draw with Barnsley at Oakwell.

Sunderland boss on Max Power's new role and Black Cats' goalscoring run coming t...

Sunderland manager Jack Ross and his assistant James Fowler.

Charlton boss Lee Bowyer reveals what Sunderland can expect at The Valley in Lea...

Sunderland batsman Daniel Sherben on the defence against South Shields last weekend.

League leaders Ryhope ready to lock horns with Evenwood
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Scintillating South Hylton punish lowly Murton Colliery

League leaders Washington get back to winning ways

Karl Darlow

Keeper Darlow says Newcastle can fight for cup progress and promotion

Aitor Karanka

Middlesbrough manager sweating over fitness of key defender ahead of Brighton

Sam Allardyce meets the press today

Sunderland AFC LIVE: Leicester City build-up, Sam Allardyce press conference

Danny Drinkwater celebrating with his Leicester City teammates

Jamie Vardy and Riyad Mahrez have shone for Leicester but who else should Sunder...

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