Born on this day is former Sunderland captain George Honeyman. The attacking midfielder came through our youth ranks and, after spells with Hull City and Millwall, is now playing at Blackpool. Honeyman joined Sunderland’s academy at just 10 years old, making his debut in a 2-0 fifth round FA Cup loss at Phil Parkinson's Bradford. Despite only playing the last five minutes, manager Gus Poyet said after the match: "George would have been coming on earlier because we needed a bit of his running...

Enzo Le Fee was disappointed that we didn't come away from Brentford with all three points but was proud of the team's reaction and spoke about how all week he had been waiting to take (and score) a penalty. OVERALL THOUGHTS “I think we’re a bit disappointed because the first half was one of our best and we should have scored a lot, maybe two or three goals. But we can be proud of our reaction after we conceded because we didn’t give up. We just said we have to believe and that was the case....

Sunderland have brought in 27-year-old Austrian defender Kevin Danso, on a season-long loan from Tottenham Hotspur. He featured in all four of Austria’s FIFA World Cup 2026 fixtures – and has made 36 appearances in total for his country. The central defender played 128 for RC Lens, before joining Tottenham Hotspur, where he made 52 appearances. Sunderland AFC Director of Football Florent Ghisolfi, who worked with Danso during their time at RC Lens, said: “Kevin is a player I know very well...