We’re back. Or he is. It’s barely mid-July and the pre-season build-up is already under way. Pete Sixsmith was at tonight’s friendly at York and will be at most matches from now until next May, providing his usual mixture of wit and wisdom for Salut! Sunderland. PLUS the renowned seven-word instant verdict – Sixer’s Sevens – on each game. When, rarely, Pete is absent, a supersub does it for him.
The full Sixer’s Sevens archive – see link below – encapsulates the matchday experiences, from darkest gloom to sublime elation, of a fan who is usually there …
July 13 2011 York City (0) 1 Sunderland (2) 2 A good warm up for both clubs
To see past Sixer’s Sevens, click here. If an asterisk precedes the comment, the words that follow are the work of someone else because Pete is for once absent from the game or his verdict has been delayed …