Sunderland AFC recently announced that the ticketing section of their website would be temporarily going down so they could merge the website log in (that lets you watch content on the site etc) and the ticketing log in. This sounded good on paper, all you’d have to do is reset the password on your account and you’d be good to go and life would be easier. Surely this wouldn’t cause any issues, how could it? Well when the website came back up I did what we were told to do, I went to log in,...

Sunderland fan and country artist Amy Alexander held a surprise performance at the Gibson Garage in Nashville on Monday for the Lads, while the team visited the city as part of their USA pre-season tour. Amy, who is from Britain but moved to Nashville to pursue a career in music, performed one of her original songs “Any Way Together” followed by Elvis anthem “Can’t Help Falling In Love”, with husband Brandon Bernstein accompanying on guitar. Amy and Brandon went viral on TikTok last May for...

Charlie "Cannonball" Fleming was born on this day in 1927, in Blairhall, Fife. The Scottish forward was given this nickname due to his impressive striking ability. Scoring 71 goals in just 122 appearances, Fleming is one of the most lethal strikers in Sunderland’s history. The Scotsman signed for £20,000 plus Tommy Wright from East Fife in 1955, at 27 years old. He scored his first goal for the club in an FA Cup draw away to Swansea, heading home Billy Bingham’s cross. In another FA Cup tie,...