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Who are You?: Nottingham Forest and the Art of Football

September 12, 2017September 10, 2017 by Dean Cruddace

Malcolm Dawson writes……….the games are coming thick and fast. Today the Who are You? series reaches Sunderland v Forest ahead …

Sixer’s Sheffield United Soapbox: death by a thousand cuts as the Blades take the spoils

September 10, 2017September 10, 2017 by Dean Cruddace

Malcolm Dawson writes…….there were several reasons why I decided not to renew my season card over the summer. 1) The …

Sixer recalls: The first time he ever saw Sheffield United

September 6, 2017 by Dean Cruddace

Malcolm Dawson writes….I’m amazed that Pete Sixsmith has such good recollections of individual football matches that he goes to as …

Sixer’s Carlisle Soapbox: At least our name’s in the douli for the next round

August 23, 2017August 23, 2017 by Dean Cruddace

Malcolm Dawson writes……….Pete Sixsmith made the trip across the Pennines to Brunton Park last night and saw us win our way through to the next round of the competition which I still call the League Cup. We got through but was it a comfortable victory or a fortunate one? Here’s what Pete thinks.

Carlisle United (away) Caraboa Cup

Tomorrow is the day when the English Football League draws the next round of this competition that has been ticking over since the 1960-61 season.

Our first game in it was at Griffin Park, Brentford on the 26^th October. We lost 4-3 after having been 3-1 up at half time thanks to goals from Ian Lawther, Willie McPheat and Amby Fogarty. Later that week, the draw for the next round was made at the Football League headquarters in Lytham St Annes, at the posh end of Blackpool and I presume that the Football League panjandrums who drew it included Alan Hardaker, the formidable secretary of the League and Barnsley Chairman Joe Richards who was the President of the League at the time.

Sixer’s Sevens: SAFC 0 Leeds United 2 – early season promise arrested by the boys in blue

August 20, 2017 by Dean Cruddace

Jake: ‘it won’t always be pretty’

We’ve seen it before of course. A great chance to take the lead is cleared off the line and almost immediately a counter attack puts us behind. It has to be said Leeds got back into the game and looked the more assured for much of this match.

Pete Sixsmith was there and as he always does sends us his seven word verdict as soon as the referee blows the final whistle.

The Sunderland AFC collection: fine art prints for Black Cats fans

August 18, 2017August 18, 2017 by Dean Cruddace

Malcolm Dawson writes…..like most websites Salut! Sunderland gets approached from time to time to plug various commercial enterprises and whilst most are given short shrift there are some that we feel will be of interest to visitors and some to which we are delighted to be linked.

Now another which is worthy of a look comes to us via our old friend Tom Lynn, former editor of The Wearside Roar which he in turn received from Paul Days.

SAFC vs Leeds United Guess the Score: who’ll be on top on Saturday?

August 19, 2017August 18, 2017 by Dean Cruddace

Malcolm Dawson writes….I nearly put SAFC v Dirty Leeds in the headline in an attempt to attract a few irate United fans along to our Guess the Score competition but opted for diplomacy rather than provocation.

If you’ve never been here before then all you have to do is be the first to correctly predict Saturday’s scoreline before kick off and a prize could well be winging its way to you post match should Monsieur Salut feel inclined to dig deep into the pockets of his pantalon.