Following the announcement yesterday that Steve Bruce is to be our new manager I am very excited about the future of the club. This is the first time we have had a Premier League experienced manager at the club since Howard Wilkinson! Hopefully this appointment will go a little better than that one though.

It is no secret that the team at Sunderland needs improved dramtically if we don't want to go through another relegation battle next season. And I think in Bruce we have a manager...

Well, we have stayed up, and you can argue that we didn't really deserve too. But the bottom line is that there were 3 worse teams than us, which means we have retained our Premier League status, and can now look forward to next season as a Premier League club.

Most Sunderland fans were relieved upon the completion of the season, which I think is safe to say has been a disappointing one, we needed a big name manager, and fair play to Ricky Sbragia he has been the bigger man and publicly...

The city of Sunderland grimaced on Monday night when the result of Newcastle Vs Middlesbrough was known. After a good point down at Bolton we all of a sudden find ourselves only 2 points clear with a possible 6 left to play for.

Hull are in poor form and following defeat at home to Stoke, have fallen from 6th place at Christmas all the way down to 18th. But if they somehow manage to beat Bolton and Newcastle overcome Fulham, it means Sunderland could find themselves in the relegation...

A win here and we would have been safe, this was going to be my first away game. I wasn't going to go, but then on Friday night I recieved an email from the guy who runs the Consett Sunderland supporters branch saying he had a spare ticket if I wanted it. I quickly checked what finances I had available before letting him know that I could attend. And so to an early night on Friday!

I awoke early on Saturday morning, my Dad took me up to the local pub where the bus would be travelling...

And to the game that would decide our season, all the talk had been about the fans really getting behind the players and I didn't think I would have a voice by the end, and guess what? I didn't!

I woke up on Saturday morning a little nervous but mostly excited about the game, I realised it would be a difficult match but I was really confident of a win. Anyway, I made my way to the local pub where the bus takes us to the games and had a long think about what lay ahead for us all...