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Don’t panic (1). Still time to enter Salut! Sunderland’s Two Million Hits competition

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Philosophy Don't panic

The countdown is about to begin.

Some time today or tomorrow, the number of hits – pages visited by readers – registered by Salut! Sunderland since its modest launch on January 16 2007 will be within 10,000 of passing the two million mark. (Stop Press: we’re up to 1,990,000+; look a little to the right where the figure is shown to be constantly climbing.) It is an unremarkable milestone considering the traffic generated by many other websites but still one of which all those who help or have helped produce this one should be proud.

And to add to the generous voucher worth £200 off a holiday booked through Hays Travel, we can now announce more prizes in the grand Two million Hits competition – plus a closing date for entries.

Step forward our old friends at Philosophy Football , “sporting outfitters of intellectual distinction”.

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Attention SAFC, Newcastle, Middlesbrough (even Scarborough) supporters: 2m hits competition prize announced

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Hays Travel Holidays

Salut! Sunderland is running a special competition to reflect the state of bliss in which it finds itself as it approaches two million hits – and now has an excellent prize to announce, courtesy of Hays Travel. Read on for details. As I prepared to post this item, we were 20,045 short of the milestone so expect it to be reached this month or next. Sunderland supporters have already posted excellent entries; try to outsmart them whether you support SAFC, Newcastle United, Middlesbrough, Scarborough (included after a tweeting mishap) or indeed anyone else …

DO NOT TRY TO POST YOUR ENTRY HERE. YOU CANNOT!

ADD IT INSTEAD TO THE ENTRIES ALREADY POSTED BY WRITING YOUR COMMENT AT THE ARTICLE YOU SEE IF YOU CLICK ANYWHERE ON THIS SENTENCE

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How Dare We? Sir Alex Ferguson: a correction and a tribute

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Jake suspects a fondness for making mischief
Jake suspects a fondness for making mischief
Salut! Sunderland, in common with other corners of the world of communication, may have given the impression in past coverage of Manchester United that it regards Sir Alex Ferguson as an ill-tempered, boorish bully who considers football a game to be played according exclusively to his rules, his timekeeping, his interpretation of a handsomely rewarded manager’s duty to talk to the public via the media and his preferences as to the outcome of all matches or competitions.

This, we now acknowledge, was an unjust and irrational assessment.

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