Pete Sixsmith has suffered all season. Tonight he saw a miracle accomplished. Superb finishes by Jack Colback and Fabio Borino completed the salvation of Sunderland. Gus Poyet deserves a Pulis Times Two bonus for what he has somehow achieved … bravo Lads, you’re 14th tonight …
May 7 2014 SAFC (2) 0 West Bromwich Albion (0) 0 Jobe done with calm and controlled display
May 3 2014 Manchester United (0) 0 SAFC (1) 1 An unbelievably disciplined performance. Ha’way the Lads!!!!
April 27 2014 SAFC (2) 4 Cardiff City (0) 0 Great to hear Paint Your Wagon again or (take your pick) One down, two to go. Good performance
April 20 2014 Chelsea (1) 1 SAFC (1) 2 *The miracle does – or should – start today
April 16 2014 Manchester City 2 (1) SAFC (0) 2 So frustrating. Deserved to win that one
April 12 2014 SAFC (0) 0 Everton (0) 1 The patient rallied, but condition looks terminal
April 6 2014 Tottenham Hotspur 5 (1) SAFC 1 (1) West Ham united (1) 2 Another poor performance deals yet another relegation
March 31 SAFC 1 (0) West Ham united (1) 2 * No points from this games means relegation
March 26 Liverpool 2 (2) SAFC 1 (0) No points but much better than Saturday
March 22 Norwich (2) 2 Sunderland (0) 0 Relegation beckons after yet another shocking performance
March 15 Sunderland (0) 0 Crystal Palace (0) 0 Lack of creativity cost us yet again
March 9 FA Cup Sixth Round: Hull City 3 (0) SAFC (0) 0 Errors like these will see us relegated
March 2 2014 Sunderland 1 (1) Manchester City (0) 3 A cruel result. Proud of the team
Feb 22nd 2014 Arsenal 4 (3) Sunderland 1 (0) Absolutely dreadful performance. No positives at all.
Feb 15th 2014 FA Cup Round 5 Sunderland (0) 1 Southampton (0) 0 Wembley twice? Why not? Deserved to win.
Feb 8 2014 Sunderland (0) 0 Hull City (1) 2 Brilliant at shooting ourselves in the foot.
Feb 1 2014 Newcastle United (0) Sunderland (2) 3 #1 Wonderful performance from Mannone through to Borini #2 A bad night for Tyneside’s equine population
Jan 29 2014SAFC (1) 1 Stoke City (0) 0 Unconvincing and barely deserved against 10 men
Jan 25 2014 FA Cup 4th Round: SAFC (1) 1 Kidderminster Harriers (0) 0 Won – that’s all there is to say.
Jan 22 2014 Capital One Cup semifinal second leg. AET: Manchester United (1) 2 Sunderland (0) 1 SAFC WIN 2-1 ON PENALTIES: Oh Vito Mannone. Oh Vito Mannone. Hero.
Jan 11 2014 Fulham (0) 1 Sunderland (2) 4: : *Johnson hatrick destroys Fulham in winter sunshine
Jan 7 2014 Capital One Cup Semi-final First Leg: Sunderland (1) 2 Manchester United (0) 1 : Deserved it. Shows what we can do
Jan 5 2014 FA Cup 3rd Round: Sunderland (1) 3 Carlisle Utd (1) 1 : Comfortable in the end. Two youngsters sparkled
January 1 2014 Sunderland (0) 0 Aston Villa (1) 1 : Dismal as our Premier place slips away
December 28 2013 Cardiff City (1) 2 Sunderland (0) 2 : Dragged a vital point out of that
December 26 2013 Everton (0) 0 Sunderland (1) 1 Hung on after interval but massive result
December 21 2013 SAFC (0) 0 Norwich City (0) 0 As stodgy as last year’s Christmas pud
December 17 2013 Capital One Cup 5th Round: SAFC (0) 2 Chelsea (0) 1 AET Ki seals comeback; didn’t see that coming
December 14 2013 West Ham Utd (0) 0 Sunderland (0) 0 Better side by miles – couldn’t finish it
December 8 2013 SAFC (1) 1 Tottenham Hotspur (1) 2 Score flatters us as task gets harder
December 4 2013 SAFC (1) 3 Chelsea (2) 4 Pushed a strong side all the way
November 30 2013 Aston Villa (0) 0 SAFC (0) 0 *Villa almost undone by cream soda performance
November 23 2013 Stoke City (1) 2 SAFC (0) 0 Ridiculous red gave us an impossible task
November 10 2013 SAFC (1) 1 Manchester City (0) 0 A wonderfully disciplined performance. Real hope now
November 6 2013 Capital One Cup 4th Round: SAFC (0) 2 Southampton (0) 1 A tidy second half brings Wembley closer
November 2 2013 Hull City (1) SAFC (0) Damage limitation after appalling first half performance
October 27 2013 SAFC (1) 2 Newcastle United (0) 1 Bragging rights and a win. Good combination/ or Perfect Poyet puts another one over Pardew
October 19 2013 Swansea City 4 (0) SAFC 0 (0) No Poyet magic cure for abject failure*
October 5 2013 SAFC (1) 1 Manchester United (0) 2 Better side first half, outclassed in second
September 30 2013 SAFC (0) 1 Liverpool (2) 3 Spirit in abundance, undone by shoddy defending
September 24 2013 Capital One Cup 3rd Round: SAFC (1) 2 Peterborough United (0) 0 A solid performance without any touchline histrionics
September 21 2013 West Bromwich Albion 3 (1) SAFC 0 (0) Coach looks completely out of his depth
September 14 2013 SAFC (0) 1 Arsenal (1) 3 Performance far better than the result suggests
August 31 2013 Crystal Palace (1) 3 SAFC (0) 1 Nowhere near good enough for this league
August 27 2013 Capital One Cup 2nd Round: SAFC (0) 4 MK Dons (1) 2Outplayed, outclassed, somehow got out of jail
August 24 2013 Southampton (0) 1 SAFC (1) 1 The point was better than the performance
August 17 2013 SAFC (0) 0 Fulham (0) 1 Ultimately little difference from previous two seasons
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Was looking at the clock from 60 mins onwards saying to myself even we can’t let in 3 goals from here, it was only on 85 mins that I started to relax . Incredible comeback , not only to be bottom at Christmas but to be adrift by seven points with just over a month to go and Citeh, United and Chelsea away included in the fixtures . Miracles do happen, every team in a similar position from now on will be asked if they can ‘ do a Sunderland ‘, this will become an accepted turn of phrase. Lets build on this momentum and make sure they’re never asking us that question ever again !
O me of little faith. I was convinced we were gone.Remarkable and brilliant although I didn’t relax until about 5 minutes from the end. Miracle indeed!
A classic performance of the game that England gave to the world. Or something like that…….
Well organised, belief, confidence and a squad of players that knew if you can get to Wembley you can’t possible be relegated, Gus Poyet you made mistakes, but you learned from them. That is the reason we had a miraculous escape, and it was a miracle
It seemed unlikely, no, it looked impossible, those away results that nobody (and I mean NOBODY) predicted, and now we can don our comfy slippers and light our celebratory pipes as we welcome the Swans for a match THAT DOESN’T MATTER! What drugs am I on? This cannot be reality!
4 weeks ago, I was down. I thought we were down. Every time I thought Sunderland, I felt sick.
Now, that thought makes me feel proud.
I predicted the Man City result!
Bloody Altidore lost me a mug as well.
Tough old second half. But brilliant first half.
Now we know, Gus Poyet is 100% a proved “MIracle Worker”.
In Gus we trust.