On this day in 2017, Sunderland announced a double signing. One player had played Champions League football, won everything in Scotland, had a shed load of international caps as well as Premier League experience. That player was Aiden McGeady. Geads would go on to make 150 appearances for the Lads and would provide moments of genuine quality in some of the poorest Sunderland sides in our history. He scored 36 goals, provided numerous assists and vowed to stay with the club until we got out of...

On this day in 1962, former Sunderland defender Reuben Agboola was born in London. He played 170 matches for the Lads, winning two promotions with the club. Born to a Nigerian father and an English mother, Agboola would later represent his father's home nation despite his first international call up being the first time he'd ever been to Africa! He started as a youth player at Southampton in 1978 and turned professional in 1980. He would spend five years at the Dell before he made the long...

Here's everything Regis Le Bris had to say in the aftermath of Sunderland's mad game at Villa Park... HARD FOUGHT GAME "We knew before that it would have been a tough place to go, a top team, well-established, consistent with great players, game-changers, and it was the case. We played our game, with our identity. We were on the edge often, so we had ups and downs, and probably the two starts, the first half and the second half, were not good, and they punished us, which is probably the...