Man of the match John O'Shea swats away retirement talk with first goal in over four years
The 36-year-old dismissed reports earlier this week that suggested he planned to retire at the end of the season.
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The 36-year-old dismissed reports earlier this week that suggested he planned to retire at the end of the season.
Darron Gibson has been suspended by Sunderland after his charge for drink-driving, with the Championship club launching an investigation.
The Black Cats have released a new jersey for the first time in three years.
Another Republic of Ireland international – David McGoldrick – was on the mark as Ipswich thrashed the Black Cats.
The Ireland international has penned a new one-year contract, while Borini heads to AC Milan on loan.
The Derry native has signed for the Premier League’s bottom club along with Bryan Oviedo.
Leicester recorded a comfortable 3-1 win over Crystal Palace courtesy of strikes from Ahmed Musa, Shinji Okazaki and Christian Fuchs, meanwhile.
Ellis Short has finally got his man.
The Black Cats lie firmly rooted to the foot of the Premier League table.
The 26-year-old has agreed a deal with Sunderland Ladies.
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Martin O’Neill and Roy Keane are both 20/1 to take over.
Elsewhere, Leicester remain rooted to the foot of the table.
“We should do it because we didn’t put a foot in, we didn’t work hard.”
Louis Van Gaal’s men are playing with Michael Keane and Tyler Blackett as part of a back three.
Could Louis Van Gaal help his side to the season’s first win? We went minute-by-minute to find out.
The South Korean played in five games, four in the Premier League, while ineligible at the beginning of this season.
The Uruguayan manager is unhappy at the prospect of having director of football Roberto De Fanti in charge of bringing in players.
Phil Bardsley was the matchwinner with his first Premier League goal of the season in the 21st minute.
If the Pope is infallible, does that mean we should all support the Black Cats?
The former Brighton boss is likely to be unveiled in the next 24 hours according to reports.
“He can be anything he wants to be,” declared Michael Carrick of his Red Devils teammate.
The Black Cats boss chose to mime his frustration from the edge of the 18-yard box.
The Black Cats captain speaks to us about his Ireland team-mate’s future and drawing comparisons with Paolo Di Canio and Giovanni Trapattoni.
The Italian says he does ‘not support the ideology of fascism’.
Sunderland are up to 14th while Wigan lost to West Ham and Newcastle drew with West Brom.
The Italian was unveiled as Sunderland manager this morning.
The Irish midfielder has scored twice in a brief loan spell with Hull City.
Carlos Cuellar, Stephane Sessegnon and even Steven Fletcher got on the scoresheet for Martin O’Neill’s men.
“James is James. James is his own man and I respect his decision,” said the on-loan Hull midfielder.
The 22-year has earned a long-term deal with the Black Cats after ‘an explosive start to his career’.
As Sunderland search for their new manager, we look at the candidates to take over at the Stadium of Light.
Black Cats owner and chairman Ellis Short says results were ‘not good enough’.