Abigail writes: ‘at last I’ve seen Sunderland win at home’

Abigail, en route to her first home win

Abigail Emmerson is a special girl. How many other nine-year-olds – OK, only a few days to go before she hits 10 – willingly turn up to watch SAFC home and often enough away, make videos about it and write for Salut! Sunderland? You met her here after the Burton away win, she was mentioned again in Monsieur Salut’s account of his winning trip to the SoL and now she offers her own thoughts on that breakthrough …

I can’t believe I have eventually seen my first home win. I thought it would never happen. But then again I picked the worst time to start watching them last season. We had been doing OK before I turned up, but then to go a year without a win? Wow.

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Sixer’s sevens: Out of the bottom three as the long wait ends

Jake: ‘it’s not always pretty’

Malcolm Dawson is occupying Pete’s seat and I believe he’ll be doing the match report tomorrow, as befits someone in such an elevated position. Malcolm sent his seven word summary to M Salut at the  final whistle. M Salut, somewhere else  in the ground – and possibly in a better seat – forwarded it to me (John Mc, that is), and here it is:

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