All posts tagged "Sunderland"

  • Swaggering Manchester United sink Sunderland 3-1

    When Tottenham Hotspur take on Southampton on Wednesday, the Premier League season will have passed its halfway point and attention will pivot towards the second-half stretch that defines the title race. The major players have already revealed...

    • Posted December 30, 2016
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  • Super Saturday: Three Points from the Opening Day of Premier League Action!

    The 2016/17 Premier League season has arrived, with fixtures set to come as thick and fast as medals for Team GB on another type of Super Saturday. A new campaign has already thrown up a few talking...

    • Posted August 13, 2016
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  • All Moyes needs is (Donald) Love! The Transfer Tails of Black Cats and Wolves

    Black Cats and Wolves are associated with mythical creatures, witches and the like, but they are also the nicknames of English football clubs that have undergone giant changes this summer, both on and off the field. Premier...

    • Posted August 11, 2016
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  • Sunderland Squad are now Moyes’ Boys!

    David Moyes has been appointed Sunderland manager on a four-year deal to replace new England coach Sam Allardyce at the Stadium of Light. The fifty-three-year-old manager had been out of work since being sacked by Spanish side...

    • Posted July 26, 2016
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  • Ranieri calm about title race ahead of Sunderland matchup

    Claudio Ranieri remains calm about Leicester City’s Premier League title hopes. In his press conference ahead of the Foxes’ meeting with Sunderland on Sunday, the Italian manager said their current focus is on Champions League, and only...

    • Posted April 8, 2016
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  • MOTD: Sunderland 2-1 Manchester United

    When the final whistle blew at the Stadium of Light, the Manchester United team collectively slumped.  Louis van Gaal’s eyebrows furrowed, his head sagged and the color drained from his face.  At this point in United’s dismal...

    • Posted February 13, 2016
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  • Defoe prepares for meeting with Bournemouth, the club that launched his career

    Jermain Defoe has had a long, storied career as a Premier League forward, playing in nearly 500 Premier League games and scoring nearly 175 league goals.  The majority of the games and goals have come during his...

    • Posted January 22, 2016
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  • Premier League’s managerial gates gushing open

    With news that Sunderland manager Dick Advocaat and Liverpool gaffer Brendan Rodgers have both been sacked over the weekend, the managerial floodgates are clearly opening fast in the Premier League. Richard Lewis reviews the latest managerial ins...

    • Posted October 6, 2015
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  • A history of Premier League thrashings

    The number of goals-per-game in the Premier League is often commonly thought be gradually receding, but in reality the last five years have been some of the best for strikers in the Premier League. Say what you...

    • Posted October 18, 2014
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  • MOTD: Sunderland 1-1 Manchester United – Four Thoughts

    Everything is coming embarrassingly familiar for Manchester United. With what have should been two, even if they weren’t easy, wins over Swansea City and Sunderland in their first two matches of the season. Instead they drew Sunderland...

    • Posted August 24, 2014
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