Such is the current plight of Sunderland Association Football Club; it has been a while since I have been genuinely excited about going to the game. A Boxing Day fixture against bottom of the table Bolton Wanderers did little to whet my appetite, however, before kick-off, there was a touching tribute to the late Billy Hughes shown on the scoreboards, and I had Goosebumps again. I never saw Billy Hughes play, I wasn’t born until two years after his last game for the lads, but I’d heard the tales from me fatha, and seen the ’73 video. I do remember Roker Park though and hearing the roar and seeing the limbs in the Fulwell End as Billy found the net got my football j