While the sporting world may have been fixated on the Champions League or the day’s events at Cheltenham Festival, down in League One – towards the level of so called ‘proper football’ – over 4,500 Sunderland fans made the trip to South Yorkshire amidst the blustering winds and torrential downpours. But like many around Prestbury Park this week, Sunderland couldn’t quite negotiate their hurdle at Oakwell.