Salut! Sunderland’s Week at Everton and Blackburn, plus Tony Benn as Mackem

Jake wants a swift return to form ...

Apologies first. Monsieur Salut is away in the Alpes-Provence, Barcelonnette not to be confused with Barcelona. Joan Dawson will be at the match but is singing Verdi’s Requiem this evening, with brother Malcolm and Pete Sixsmith present to offer support and admiration.

So that leaves no one to post the score or Martin’s Musings until, well, until they can. Please use the comments field at the foot of this posting to tell everyone about the match if you were there, or saw or heard it, or to pass judgement on how it turned out.

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Jake’s Spanish eye on Sunderland art

It is a quiet Tuesday. Valentine’s Day and all that, so M Salut is taking Mme Salut to the theatre tonight to see Crazy For You, which promises to be better than coming joint bottom in a pub quiz last night.

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