ALS 169 is now available at all decent newsagents in the north east and Ireland, can be ordered via this website and is on sale outside every ground at which Sunderland play. Here’s a taste of what’s on offer, in no particular order!

Editorial
The ALS gaffer sums up the season and he seems pretty happy about it this time

The Only Way is Up
Tom Lynn takes a close look into the mind of Roy Keane, making this article very intense

Should They Stay or Go
Erm, who should we keep and who should we get rid of come the summer, Paul Maughan investigates

Inside the Inner Sanctum
A look at what goes on in the directors’ box on match day, without a prawn sandwich in sight. Roy will be pleased

Sobs’ Review Of 2007/08
The legend that is Sobs takes us through the season in a way that only he could

ALS Merchandise
Get some new clobber for your holidays, Danny Collins just has

The Leader of the Pack
Maybe it is time Roy laced up his boots again

Alton Towers Eat Your Heart Out
Supporting the lads is far more thrilling that an overpriced theme park

England my England
A summer without plastic patriotism and the heartbreak of penalties. Fantastic

ALS Shorts
Bits and bobs of random information which we found written on bog walls

Alternative Premier League
Some away fans are good craic, others aren’t, here’s the run down

Francis Todd Malone
This month Simon goes through the good, the bad and the ugly of all things 2007/08

Smile Like You Mean It
Graham Laidler gets a lot off his chest and he’s canny mad like

Around the Branches: Durham
Our very own Sobs pens this edition’s fan feature, probably because he’s a member of the Durham Branch himself

Brains and Beauty Soccerette
Page three girl and Sunderland fan Claire Tully talks to ALS. Makes Angelina Jolie look like Mart Poom

More shorts
You can never have too much of a good thing, we promise

FC United
We may love foreign owners, but others are not so keen

The Men Behind the Curtain
Those blokes from Ireland deserve some credit you know. Aidan Crowe explains all

Fan Pictures
Send in your pictures and we’ll print them for you, because we are nice like that

From Here to Eternity
It’s class supporting Sunderland don’t you think...

Letters
Your views on all things SAFC. You write them, we print them

Back Four
Four Reasons we won’t be back in the fizzy pop league next season. Funnily enough, Ian Harte isn’t one of them

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