The new season started at the Emirates and Pete Sixsmith was there, as he is more or less every time Sunderland play, to offer his short, sharp verdict on the outcome. He follows this with his incomparable mix of humour, match report and travelogue that usually appears one or two days after each game. If for some reason Pete is not there – he refuses to pay extravagant ticket prices, for example, or Shildon FC have a better game in prospect – or if his instant assessment is delayed, a supersub may insert his or her version, preceded by an asterisk …
Essentially Pete’s mission is to captures the glory and shame, hope and despair, excitement and ennui of the Sunderland matchday experience. The full Sixer’s Sevens archive – see link below – sums up what all Sunderland supporters feel, from darkest gloom to sublime elation, in the words of one who is usually there …
