Big Sam – and Sixer – assess Sunderland’s return to Europe as Borussia Monchengladbach held

A sneak preview of the Jake image that will accompany Big Sam's post-match missives: see
A sneak preview of the Jake image that will accompany Big Sam’s post-match missives: see https://safc.blog/2015/10/big-sams-salut-sunderland-column-named-winner-sees-her-life-change/

Back when he was a rookie teacher learning how to negotiate safe passage through what was those days called the blackboard jungle, Pete Sixsmith watched our FA Cup Final heroes of 1973 doing battle with Vasas Budapest and Sporting Lisbon in the European Cup Winners’ Cup, winning both home legs and then again in Hungary before going out on aggregate in the second round in Portugal. The Premier International Cup is not the Champions League or even the Europa League, but the Stadium of Light offered a grander stage than the Under 21s’ Hetton stamping ground and Sixer savoured Sunderland’s return to competitive continental football …

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