Oh no it wasn’t the worst refereeing decision you’ve ever seen. Oh yes it was. Take your pick. It was a shocker however you look at it and we await either a fulsome public apology from Howard Webb or a formal announcement that he is returning to a less accident-prone life as a sergeant of the South Yorkshire constabulary. Leon Osman might wish to say something, too, about the upraised arm which any observer is entitled to interpret as a fraudulent claim for a penalty after he fell over his own feet. Pete Sixsmith has plenty to say …
Year: 2011
Martin’s Musings: O’Neill on Everton’s penalty shocker – a dignified ‘poor’
The nation – as represented by Match of the Day viewers – is about to laugh while watching it. Except Sunderland fans, who will cringe, and Evertonians, who may well smirk. Martin O’Neill could have talked himself into a hefty fine after watching Howard Webb apply for membership of the Everton Supporters’ Club. He didn’t …
Sixer’s Sevens: SAFC 1 Everton 1. Howard Webb’s disgrace
This is where Pete Sixsmith captures the glory and shame, hope and despair, excitement and ennui of the Sunderland matchday experience. When, rarely, Pete is absent or delayed, a supersub does it for him and the seven-word verdict is preceded by an asterisk. Pete’s full analysis of the game will usually appear within a day or two.
Sunderland and Everton from kipper to stinky cheese
From the Blue Kipper Everton fan site (typos – theirs or, more likely, ours, having been tidied up), thoughts on our two clubs … and forget the fierce rivalry you suspected might exist between Salut! Sunderland and Roker Report. We share a love of foul-smelling cheese …
Salut! Sunderland: Christmas cheer in challenging times – and Everton at home tomorrow
Salut! Sunderland – along with the original Salut! site, the folkies’ haven Salut! Live and even the much neglected Salut! North – wishes all readers, regular or casual and even if they do not support Sunderland, a happy Christmas and prosperous new year.
Salut! Sunderland’s Week: honour at Spurs, points and a dog at QPR
Salut! Sunderland takes another look back over events of the past week, as reflected in our postings …
SAFC-Everton Who are You?: ‘Citeh’s way could turn me off football’
Over recent seasons, I may have exhausted the supply of Everton fans willing to answer the “Who are You?” questionnaire in the customary e-mail exchange. Finding a Toffeeman or woman to preview the Boxing Day game was a tough one. In the end, someone at the Toffee Talk website suggested just sticking the questions on there. It is unsatisfactorily anonymous, though I did like the replies on Peter Reid (Avinalaff doesn’t tell us what kind of pounds he needs to lose) and the Man City bags-of-money project …
A dog’s night out at QPR, Liverpool race row: football’s burning issues
The nation has laughed. The Premier League has done its best to stop the laughter spreading by trying to force YouTube to block every clip. Pete Sixsmith, on the other hand, knows the full story of Jarvis the Sunderland-supporting spaniel. How he gets from there to Suarez would take longer to explain …
QPR v SAFC Soapbox: homeward bound after jumping through hoops
Pete Sixsmith enjoyed the cartoons at a Private Eye exhibition he caught in London before heading back north. But he was pre-disposed to smile, Sunderland’s performance the night before having made him, eventually, a very happy soul …
Birflatt Boy: go, Steve, go. But he means Blackburn this time
Birflatt Boy called often enough for Steve Bruce’s head. Now he’s pushing for Steve Kean to be the next managerial casualty. The Rovers support certainly seems to have turned hostile; David Moyes said he left the Bolton game at half-time in disgust at the abuse aimed in Kean’s direction …