In the past 10 days, the only item I have posted at Salut! Sunderland concerned the sudden and alarming illness of my younger brother, Phil. That article – This One’s For Phil – attracted the sort of response, here and at the Facebook group and Twitter link, that reinforced my belief in human compassion.
Phil Randall
This one’s for Phil
Colin Randall explains a much more pressing reason than close-season for his absence from these pages in recent days …