The Chelsea v SAFC Who are you?: Blues from across the sea

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Written off prior to this fixture last season, we stunned the footballing world by romping to a 3-0 victory so comprehensively deserved it had Chelsea fans drooling about the best away performance witnessed at Stamford Bridge since time began.

What will happen this time, with our club brimming with confidence after Martin O’Neill’s P7 W5 D1 L1 F13 A6 start? In an interview that should really have been conducted over mussels and chips, washed down with strong ale, Tom Van Watermeulen*, chairman of the Belgian branch of the Chelsea supporters’ club, sees one team scoring three this time, too. Sadly, that team comes first in the scoreline and we get only one goal if his prediction proves right …

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RIP Podgy, a true stalwart of Sunderland, Durham CCC, the Barmy Army

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It is not often that something that needs an airing here appears first at the Salut! Sunderland Facebook page (you can join the group by following this link).

This is an exception and one that deserves a wider audience. Posted from Cancun, Mexico as M Salut’s holiday nears its end, here is the mini-tribute by Martin Emmerson, from BBC Radio Newcastle and one of Salut! Sunderland’s great friends to George Summerside:

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Sixer’s Soapbox at Peterborough: no banana skin at London Road

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A comfortable passage into the Fourth Round and a tie with Yorkshire’s top club Middlesbrough sets the seal on a good day for Pete Sixsmith. An outbreak of retro chanting, inspired by the terraces at London Road makes a good day even better, even though Jarvis the Dog was refused entry by Peterborough United …

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Sixer’s Sevens: Peterborough Utd 0 SAFC 2. Job done

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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.

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