The official Sunderland AFC thread - red & white army

[safcrhys]

Sunderland AFC

Sunderland AFC is a professional football club based in Sunderland, Tyne & Wear, North-East England. They play in the Premier League and are one of the most successful clubs in English football having won six top flight titles and two FA Cups. They moved to the Stadium of Light in 1997 after 99 years at Roker Park. Famed for their large support, Sunderland fans were voted the loudest fans in the Premier League in 2007/8 following a survey of all 20 club grounds. Before the second world war, Sunderland were champions of England six times, winning the league in 1892, 1893, 1895, 1902, 1913 and lastly in 1936 when they became the last team in striped shirts to win the league. they were elected to the football league in 1890, becoming the first club to join since it was created in 1888, Sunderland stayed in the top flight until 1958, a record of consecutive seasons that was only recently surpassed by Arsenal in 1992. Sunderland won their first FA Cup in 1937 following a 3-1 over Preston North-End. Sunderlands only post war success story came in 1973 when they recorded a shock 1-0 win over Leeds in the FA Cup final. The club has a long standing rivalry with Newcastle United, the Tyne & Wear derby has been contested since 1898.











Club info:

Full name: Sunderland Association Football Club plc.

Nicknames: The Mackems, the black cats

Stadium: The Stadium of Light

Capacity: 49,000











Club honours:

The First Division (Now the Premier League): 1892, 1893, 1895, 1902, 1913, 1936

FA Cup winners: 1937, 1973
FA Cup runners-up: 1913, 1992

Charity shield winners: 1937

League Cup (runners up): 1985

Sunderland current squad up to 22/08/08:

GK C Gordon
GK M Fulop
GK D Ward
DF P Chimbonda
DF P Bardsley
DF R Anderson
DF JY M'voto
DF D Collins
DF N Nosworthy
DF P McShane
DF D Higginbotham
DF M Kay
MF D Whitehead
MF K Richardson
MF A Reid
MF R Wallace
MF T Tainio
MF C Edwards
MF S Malbranque
MF G Kavanagh
MF G Leadbitter
MF D yorke
MF D Meyler
MF D Etuhu
FW K Jones
FW D Cissé
FW D Healy
FW M Chopra
FW D Murphy
FW M Waghorne
FW EH Diouf
FW A Stokes
FW D Connolly

New Signings:

Teemu Tainio, Tottenham, UNDISC
Pascal Chimbonda, Tottenham, UNDISC
Steed Malbranque, Tottenham. UNDISC
El-Hadji Diouf, Bolton, £2.5 million
Djibril Cissé, Marseille, Loan
David Healy, Fulham, UNDISC
David Meyler, Cork City, UNDISC

[rooney da best]

there is a sunderland thread already
you should go find it

[safcrhys]

Originally Posted by rooney da best

there is a sunderland thread already
you should go find it

Thought I'd make my own as no-one ever updates the old Sunderland thread, but I'll add match previews and news everyday.

[safcrhys]

Tottenham vs Sunderland - Game two 23/08/08

I am generally excited about the signing of Djibril Cissé to Sunderland, he seems like a forward that will get in behind defenders and put the goals away, I am tipping him for at least 15 goals this season. Healy too, may prove a shrewd signing for Keane, if he can transfer his international form to the Premier League then I would more than welcome the lad, as it happens he is here now and I'm sure all the Sunderland fans will get right behind him.

Sunderland team news:

Cissé may start but he is currently awaiting international clearance so there is no guarantee that he will make his first Sunderland appearence tomorrow, David Healy may well start tomorrow. Teemu Tainio is out for the game against his old club. Michael Chopra begins a three-game ban tomorrow meaning that he will miss the Man City and Nottingham Forest games but will return for the local derby at home to Middlesbrough.

Sunderland expected line-up:

Gordon

Chimbonda....Nosworthy....Collins....Bardsley

Diouf....Malbranque....Reid....Richardson

Cissé....Healy

Tottenham team news:

Dimitar Berbatov has been named in the squad for the match tomorrow despite reports that he has handed in a transfer request to manager Juandé Ramos. Tottenham's pursuit of Andrei Arshavin seems to have ended as the Yids are not willing to match Zenit's £19 million valuation of the player.

Tottenham expected line-up:

Gomes

Ekotto....Dawson....Woodgate....Bale

Bentley....Jenas....Modric....Lennon

Berbatov....Bent

Interesting facts:

Tomorrow is Sunderland's 3000th top flight game.

Both teams head-to-head:

Tottenham 33 wins, Sunderland 33 wins, draws 24.

Last seasons corresponding game:

Tottenham 2 (Lennon 2, Keane 90) Sunderland 0

Referee:

Mike Dean (Wirral)

[smeltzerinho]

there's actually two sunderland threads (3 now ) although I like what you've done good work....

sooooooo anton ferdinand and carlton cole jesus christ, I never knew Niall quinn's chequebook was this big

[zzwampen]

you forgot rade prica in the squad list

























bahahahahahahahahaha

[safcrhys]

Wow, I wasn't expecting a victory today and though that our best chance was a draw, oh well I'm not complaining!

[LwkguyPlayer]

here we come europe and rade prica is **** i dont no why he is even playing football

[smeltzerinho]

aye, i thought we coulda grabbed a draw before it started.....but cisse put that to bed


Cisse has done more than Prica has already

[zzwampen]

Originally Posted by smeltzerinho

aye, i thought we coulda grabbed a draw before it started.....but cisse put that to bed


Cisse has done more than Prica has already

He also scored in his debut...

[LwkguyPlayer]

i really thought we would get the draw today i hope we get ferdinand him and McShane at the back will be strong dont really care if we get cole or not got enough strikers as it is

[smeltzerinho]

Originally Posted by zzwampen

He also scored in his debut...

yeah bit Cisse didn't lose the ball with every touch he had in between

[zzwampen]

Originally Posted by smeltzerinho

yeah bit Cisse didn't lose the ball with every touch he had in between

He also had a goal disallowed

[smeltzerinho]

aye, key word there, disallowed what's with the prica loving? he's craptacular

[safcrhys]

Originally Posted by LwkguyPlayer

i really thought we would get the draw today i hope we get ferdinand him and McShane at the back will be strong dont really care if we get cole or not got enough strikers as it is

Tell me your joking about McShane will you.

Anyway, full match report coming up!

[LwkguyPlayer]

Originally Posted by safcrhys

Tell me your joking about McShane will you.

Anyway, full match report coming up!

lol i like McShane only because he is irish probally but he is a solid player better then Norsworthy

[zzwampen]

Originally Posted by smeltzerinho

aye, key word there, disallowed what's with the prica loving? he's craptacular

I hate prica i'm just making fun of you who were stupid enough to buy him

[smeltzerinho]

we like to give the scandinavians a chance to prove themselves i.e Carsten Fredgaard (Sorensen was a different story, Villa made him **** )

Fredgaard made Prica look like Pele


not physically

[LwkguyPlayer]

prica makes craig gordon look like george best

[ForeverBlue'86]

Weeheyy, beat the yids.... I always liked Keane.

[safcrhys]

Tottenham 1-2 Sunderland
Match report

Djibril Cissé scored on his debut to condemn Tottenham to their second consecutive Premier League defeat. Spurs, who dropped Dimitar Berbatov were lucky to not go in behind after former player Steed Malbranque hit the post. Gareth Bale powered a header just over the bar from a corner just after the restart but it was Sunderland who took the lead when Kieron Richardson rifled home a 25 yard thunderbolt on 55 minutes.

Spurs twice went close with David Bentley a threat from set-pieces all afternoon and eventually Jermaine Jenas scrambled home after good work by Modric on 73 minutes, usually this would have been the catilyst that Spurs would have needed to go on and win the game, but not this time.

Djibril Cissé headed Sunderland back into the lead on 83 minutes after a great cross from Darly Murphy, it was the second time that Cissé had scored the winner against Spurs on his debut for a new club. The Spurs fans began flooding out soon after Sunderland's second goal, and with the Sunderland fans in full voice, Spurs attacks soon petered out and they looked more like a team facing relegation rather than a team that should be pushing for a Champions League place.

All the talk before the match was about Dimitar Berbatov's supposed transfer request and it is doubtful that this will not have affected the rest of the Spurs squad, 2 bad performances in a week will have the fans worried and it will surely pressure manager Juandé Ramos into a decision about Berbatov sooner rather than later.

Man of the match:

Nyron Nosworthy

Attendance:

36,064

League table:

1. Liverpool
2. Blackburn
3. Hull
4. Newcastle
5. Chelsea
6. Villa
7. Bolton
8. West Ham
9) Arsenal
10. Everton
11. Middlesbrough
12. Sunderland
13. Stoke
14. Man Utd
15. Wigan
16. Fulham
17. Man City
18.Tottenham
19. West Brom
20. Portsmouth

[Lishman]

brilliant result
to be honest i was expecting us to get beat but to win is great, well played lads

[dmp1887]

Give us Back Russel Anderson!

[safcrhys]

Originally Posted by dmp1887

Give us Back Russel Anderson!

You can have him back mate, he is absolutely diabolical at the top level, I think that he has made one appearance for us and in that he gave a penalty away against Wigan.

[safcrhys]

By the look of it Keane is about to sign a new contract to keep him at the club until 2012, this is great news and it will have made my summer if he does put pen to paper.

Ha'way the lads!