On 16th May 1990, Sunderland booked a place in the Second Division play-off final with a 2-0 victory at St James' Park in front of a crowd of 32,000. On a damp pitch, the hotly contested match at times almost got out of hand. Needless to say, there were plenty of hard challenges flying in and, naturally, the damp ground provided ideal lubrication for a trademark John Kay cruncher. We hadn't made full use of our home advantage in the first leg, taking a 0-0 draw into the away leg and Newcastle...

Regis Le Bris was happy with what he saw against Manchester United last week and is hoping for the same again on Sunday, when the Lads head to the Hill Dickinson stadium for our final away game of the season. MAN U PLAYSTYLE “It’s a dynamic in the season. It’s not always easy to maintain the same level because it is about momentum, ours and the opponents as well. I’m really pleased by this end to the season. Even if we didn’t win (against Man Utd) we created three big chances, conceded only...

On this day in 1985, in Tuscany, Italy, Emanuele Giaccherini was born. He played 43 times for the Black Cats and was part of the magical 13/14 squad that took us to Wembley and dared us to dream. He started his career out in Italy, which was where he spent the majority of his career, only leaving the country to play for us. Privileged. He began playing for third division Italian club Cesena FC. After some loans he came back to Cesena and helped them into the Serie A, staying for another year...