On this day in 1956, former Sunderland manager Ricky Sbragia was born in Lennoxtown. Sbragia was in charge for 26 matches between December 2008 and May 2009 and helped keep us in the Premier League. As a player, Ricky was initially part of the youth set up at Rangers but he made his start in senior football at Birmingham City. He made a handful of appearances before going out on loan to Morton. After his loan, he ended up transferring to Walsall in a bid for more game time. He spent a couple...

On this day in 2018, David Moyes resigned as manager of Sunderland following on from our relegation to the Championship. Moyes' first big job came at Everton, after going from player to manager at Preston North End in 1998, he made the move to Merseyside in 2002, staying for 11 years, and he did a decent job with what he had to be fair to him. He kept Everton safe in the Premier League without spending too much money and he got them into European competitions, something Everton fans have...

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...