NOW TAKING PRE-ORDERS FOR 'SUNDERLAND ARE BACK!' BY CONNOR BROMLEY...
 
In 2018, Sunderland AFC was a club in freefall.
 
Back to back relegations had left one of English football's proudest institutions stranded in League One, weighed down by years of poor decisions, failed ownership and fading hope. The club became a national punchline, its decline played out for the world to see.
 
Less than a decade later, Sunderland had achieved the unthinkable.
 
Promoted back to the Premier League, transformed through intelligent recruitment, modern leadership and a complete change in culture, the Black Cats not only returned to the top flight but qualified for European football for the first time since 1973.
 
How did one of English football's great fallen clubs engineer one of its most remarkable recoveries?
Drawing on interviews with key figures, behind the scenes insight and years of following the club as both a supporter and journalist, Connor Bromley tells the story of Sunderland's revival. From the despair of successive relegations and four painful seasons in League One to Wembley glory, Premier League survival and a return to the European stage, this is the inside story of how Sunderland found its identity again.
 
Part history, part analysis and part personal journey, Sunderland Are Back! is a celebration of resilience, ambition and belief. For Sunderland supporters it is a chance to relive an extraordinary era. For everyone else, it is the story of how a sleeping giant woke up.