Sunderland and Swansea settle for draw
SUNDERLAND, England ● Titus Bramble’s injury-time block prevented Sunderland target Danny Graham from scoring the winner for Swansea in a goalless Premier League clash at the Stadium of Light on Tuesday. Although Swansea, playing the kind of passing football that has taken them to this season’s League Cup final, dominated possession in the first half [...]
Huge win Sunderland over West Ham
SUNDERLAND, England ● Sunderland eased their relegation worries as Sebastian Larsson’s stunning strike inspired a 3-0 win over West Ham at the Stadium of Light on Saturday. Martin O’Neill’s side moved six points clear of the bottom three after Larsson’s superb long-range effort in the first half was followed by further goals from Adam Johnson [...]
City feels Johnson’s wrath
SUNDERLAND, England ● Manchester City’s hopes of retaining the Premier League title are in tatters after their former midfielder Adam Johnson fired Sunderland to a shock 1-0 win over the champions on Wednesday. Roberto Mancini’s side wasted a chance to keep the pressure on Manchester United at the top and they are now seven points [...]
Saints slip up as Sunderland steal points
SOUTHAMPTON, England ● Southampton’s recent revival after a dismal start to the season came to an abrupt halt at home to fellow-strugglers Sunderland as they slumped to a 1-0 defeat on Saturday. Despite dominating for long periods, Saints could not break down a stubborn Sunderland defence and the large band of travelling supporters left St [...]
Norwich hold on to unbeaten streak
NORWICH, England ● Norwich City extended their unbeaten run to eight Premier League games with a 2-1 win at home to Sunderland on Sunday that left the visitors just a point above the relegation zone. Goals from Sebastien Bassong and Anthony Pilkington put Norwich 2-0 up and although Craig Gardner replied before half-time, Martin O’Neill’s [...]
First away win Sunderland against 10-man Fulham
LONDON, England ● Sunderland registered their first Premier League away win since February and ended a run of five games without victory by overcoming 10-man Fulham 3-1 on Sunday. Brede Hangeland was sent off for Fulham after half an hour, but although Steven Fletcher’s opener for the visitors was cancelled out by Mladen [...]
Everton leave it late against Sunderland
LIVERPOOL, England ● Adam Johnson ended Sunderland’s eight-hour and 55-minute goal drought but goals from Marouane Fellaini and Nikica Jelavic gave Everton a 2-1 win at Goodison Park on Saturday. England winger Johnson, 25, prodded in just before the interval to score his first goal since joining the club from Manchester City in a £10 [...]
Dark clouds over Sunderland
SUNDERLAND, England ● If Sunderland are not in crisis they can at least see the signpost advertising its impending arrival after a 1-0 defeat at the hands of Aston Villa left the club with just one league win in seventeen attempts. Prior to the game, Paul Lambert had cited Martin O’Neill as one of the [...]
Stoke and Sunderland in dour stalemate
STOKE-ON-TRENT, England ● Stoke and Sunderland played out a dour 0-0 draw at the Britannia Stadium on Saturday to extend their records as the Premier League’s stalemate specialists. Both Tony Pulis’s Stoke and Martin O’Neill’s Sunderland have now drawn six times in the league this season after a scrappy encounter between two sides desperately lacking [...]
