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Manchester United grab second place, but only in Salut! Sunderland’s HAWAY awards

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Second place in Salut! Sunderland’s incomparable Haway awards – the Highly Articulate Who are You?s – was taken by a Manchester United supporter, Pete Molyneux*. How United would have thanked you for second place in the Premier League or, indeed, any other competition last season. Come to think of it, they did manage it, second-placed twice, against Sunderland at Old Trafford.

In his interview with Salut! Sunderland before our heroic win at Man Utd at the start of this month, Pete went on a bit because we needed to get him talking first of all about his famous/infamous banner protest of 1989, in which he invited Alex Ferguson, not yet a knight and not yet a United hero, to pack his bags. So we split the interview into two parts. But now we knit them together again; it’s a long summer read that will show those up to it why it came close to winning the Haway first prize …

His prize is a choice of tops from our imaginative friends at Campo Retro:

From Campo Retro's World Cup selection
From Campo Retro’s World Cup selection

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Salut! Sunderland’s famous HAWAY awards: 1) Hull 2) Manchester United 3) Norwich

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From our main sponsor soccerpro.com's range. 'If only I could have that,' sighs the Man Utd candidate
From our main sponsor soccerpro.com’s range. Our winner chooses items to a total value of $200 from soccerpro products

WAY has grown to HAWAY, simply because it seemed an appropriate acronym for Salut! Sunderland‘s annual Who are You? awards to those judged to have contributed the most interesting responses in the Who are You? feature that precedes every Sunderland game. It doesn’t matter too much whether we make this the Hello and Who are You? awards or dream up some other first words starting H and A. Our Oscars are, henceforth, the Haways.

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The WAY awards: tension mounts as Hull, Norwich and Manchester United lead the pack

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From our main sponsor soccerpro.com's range. 'If only I could have that,' sighs the Man Utd candidate
From our main sponsor soccerpro.com’s range. ‘If only I could have that,’ sighs the Man Utd candidate


Few outside Hull – apart, maybe, from Brian Kerrigan, a former colleague of mine in Abu Dhabi who is from Cape Breton and knows of Humberside only because it was the birthplace of his favourite guitarist (Mick Ronson, if memory serves) – expected them to beat Arsenal in the FA Cup final. They got close, but not close enough.

But what about the real honours of the 2013-2014 season, the WAYS, or Salut! Sunderland Who are You? awards for 2013-14?

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Sixer’s Sevens: Manchester United 0 Sunderland 1. Things have only got better

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Pete Sixsmith: seven words, no more, no less
Pete Sixsmith: seven words, no more, no less

Malcolm Dawson writes: After a massive loss at Spurs Gus said we needed a miracle. After a plucky but pointless performance against Everton a disappointed Pete Sixsmith told BBC North East that relegation was a certainty. Most of us felt that Pete was nearer the mark than the manager but with no-one predicting 7 points from the remaining three away games the miracle is almost upon us. Tomorrow it could be and on Wednesday it should be. I count no chickens but one more win will do it whatever Norwich do. “Things can only get better” is what our tremendous supporters have been singing for weeks now and their faith is almost repaid. Pete Sixsmith was at Old Trafford and is rewarded for his loyalty with a great day out in Salford. Here is his seven word verdict.

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The Manchester United Who are You?: (2) ‘tremendous respect for Sunderland’

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Jake demands answers
Jake demands answers

The first part of the MUFC vs SAFC ‘Who are You?’ appeared yesterday –
https://safc.blog/2014/04/the-manchester-united-vs-sunderland-who-are-you/ – with Pete Molyneux* telling us about that Ta Ra Fergie banner protest of his, back in 1989. United had gone five minutes, maybe even six, without winning, so he had good reason to be cross. He later mellowed and has a book to prove it. Here are Pete’s responses to questions that did not concern that banner. Stand by for some terrific thoughts on the club we support. Pete has a very soft spot for Sunderland …

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Manchester United vs Sunderland ‘Who are You?’: (1) the Ta Ra Fergie man

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Colin Randall writes: Pete Molyneux** is a Manchester United fan with form. Cast your minds back to 1989. Pete was fed up. Now we think we know all about Being Fed Up. It has a different meaning among United fans – they’d lost a home game, for heaven’s sake – but Pete felt it all the same. And he declared his unhappiness by unfurling a banner proclaiming “3 YEARS OF EXC– — USES AND IT’S STILL C*** … TA RA FERGIE” at Old Trafford.


There were no asterisks, of course, but I always worry about the sensitivity of others. In any event, both – Pete and Fergie – stuck at it and were richly rewarded as United expectations of winning everything in sight was rewarded by, well, winning lots. And last year, the book of the banner – Ta Ra Fergie – The Legacy of the World’s Greatest Football Manager* – appeared.

It surely makes all the amends needed. Pete seems a great bloke and has done us proud with these answers ahead of MUFC v SAFC on Saturday. I think it makes sense to start with his description of the banner protest, plus his thoughts on matters closer to our own hearts and run the rest tomorrow. The ‘rest’ includes great thoughts on, memories of Sunderland …

See it at https://safc.blog/2014/05/the-manchester-united-who-are-you-2-tremendous-respect-for-sunderland/…

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