On this day in 2002, Sunderland utterly destroyed Cambridge United 7-0 in the second round of the League Cup, in a game which still is our biggest ever margin of victory in the competition as well as being Thomas Myhre’s first outing for the Lads. It was also Peter Reid's last ever victory as manager of Sunderland AFC. It was hardly a draw that would bring much excitement to the Sunderland faithful as they made the long journey to Cambridgeshire to face the fourth tier side, although it would...

On this day in 2023, current Sunderland defender (on loan at Swansea City) made his debut for the Lads in a 3-0 away win at Sheffield Wednesday in the Championship. Seelt began his career at an early age with amateur Dutch outfit Fortissimo, moving to NEC Nijmegen aged nine and then PSV aged 14. He signed his first professional deal in 2019 on his 16th birthday and would make his debut in a senior competition for the first time with PSV Eindhoven under-21s in the Eerste Divisie (the second...

Sunderland won their first game of the Europa League campaign, narrowly beating Eredivisie outfit AZ Alkmaar by a goal to nil at the Stadium of Light. A second half Enzo Le Fee penalty proved the difference but it could have been more and probably should have been. The away side also weren’t far off a few times either. ROBIN ROEFS: 7.5/10 A bit slow playing it out from the back but made a couple of good saves, the one he made with about 10 minutes left was particularly good. NORDI MUKIELE:...