Keano: England's Princesses Torpedoed Qualification

Either on the pitch or off it, Sunderland manager Roy Keane has never been one to hide his feelings. Though he may never top his ...

Keane to team: get nasty

Roy Keane. Say the name to most British football fans and you will get one of two responses: One (from Man Utd or Sunderland supporters, ...

SAFC draw 1-1 vs mags; could be worse

It looked like it would be joy on Wearside today after Danny Higginbotham put the good guys up 1-0 early in the second half, only ...

Time to regroup. Again.

Sunday's 3-1 defeat to West Ham was the third in a row for Sunderland, and they haven't won since defeating Reading over a month ago. ...

Roy Keane Ready to go Dutch (or German or Italian or Whatever)

One of the likable things about Roy Keane the manager is that he's always willing hold his hands up and say "my bad." Sunderland's start ...

#1 (through #12) is Optimistic

Slow week(s) for news, eh? International fixtures (yawn) and not a whole lot else while we wait for Sunderland to get back on the ...

Keano's new strategy: Get Points

Sunderland have lost 3 of their last 5 league games. It's fair to say that the Black Cats have played tough in these games, ...

United Rewind: Roy Keane's Departure Sparks a Lively Debate in His Home Country

McShane under scrutiny

Defender Paul McShane's crunching tackle on Alexander Hleb late in Sunderland's 3-2 loss at Emirates last weekend led to a straight red and a three ...

News Roundup

Here's a scattering of information ahead of tomorrow's match vs Blackburn Rovers at the Stadium of Light. Dickson Etuhu will miss this game due to yellow ...

Mackems v Rovers

Rovers face a tough challenge tomorrow at Sunderland. In all honesty though if we are a 'top six' side we MUST beat these teams. It should be ...

EPL Round 7: Middlesbrough FC vs Sunderland AFC

Today sees the resumption of the Wear-Tees derby after a nearly two year hiatus. During the 2005/06 season (following which SAFC were relegated) the ...

Red & White Bootcamp?

Roy Keane is still new to the job of Premiership manager, and he's definitely not afraid to try...unusual things to keep his team's morale and ...

EPL Round 6: Sunderland AFC vs Reading FC

With the players wearing black armbands in memoriam of Ian Porterfield, Sunderland gave their home fans a dominant and inspiring show today, winning 2-1 over ...

Taking a Breath

SAFC is idle this weekend, in the midst of a 2-week international break before Reading FC comes to the Stadium of Light. So with ...

EPL Round 5: Manchester United vs Sunderland AFC

The last time Sunderland visited Old Trafford, in April 2006, they earned a valliant 0-0 draw on a night that also saw them relegated from ...

Psst! Some Guy Called Roy Keane Will be Back at Old Trafford Tomorrow

United will hope to brush aside emotion, to err, brush aside Roy Keane's Sunderland before heading into the two week international break. As expected, Roy Keane ...

Liverpool 2, Sunderland 0

Same old story, different result. The final tally in this match should have been much, much worse as our finishing looked a lot like ...

Liverpool 1, Sunderland 0: halftime thoughts

Congrats to Momo Sissoko who scored his first career goal for Liverpool today. Maybe now this will give him the confidence to be more ...

Liverpool vs Sunderland: the line-up

Reina Arbeloa Hyypia Carragher Finnan Babel Alonso Sissoko Pennant Voronin Torres Subs: Itandje Agger Riise Kuyt Mascherano No real surprises except for maybe Hyypia for Agger. I sort of expect Agger to come in for the second half.

Edwards out; Keano still looking to add players

Carlos Edwards is going to miss a month due to a hamstring injury he picked up during the midweek 2-2 draw at Birmingham City. ...

EPL Round 2: Birmingham City vs Sunderland AFC

I don't know much about Birmingham, other than that they went down with Sunderland two seasons ago, and came back up with them last time, ...

Anfield Banter: Pepe's the best... again, super model be gone, & red card odds

* Pepe Reina, quite possibly the best keep in the world, won his second straight golden gloves award for his performance last year in the ...

3 Days Left

Getting antsy waiting for the season to start? Me too. Antsy and bored. And unless I can find someone (or some tavern) with Setanta ...

Flash Gordon

Roy Keane has made his most expensive purchase of the offseason: at £9m, Scotland international and Heart of Midlothian goalkeeper Craig Gordon is now a ...

The Season Draws Nigh

Some quick news in this final week before the EPL season commences: • Keane confirms his interest in Ahmed Hossam Hussein Abdelhamid, known to football fans ...

Keano's Learning Curve

The transfer market has not been kind to Roy Keane in his first time having a go at the Premiership. The players he's most ...

Sidney Govou is Not an Alcoholic (and other assorted quotes from this month)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Several people have told me [Gerard Houllier] had spoken ill of me to foreign clubs, that I liked to party and was an alcoholic." - ...

Harry is Kewell with me, 'Hot' Scott Carson, & Harry the flatterer

* King Harry has admitted that he gave up holiday time to join the Reds early in Hong Kong. It was probably a good ...

Today's Quick Bits of United News

*The happy Hammers are being less than cooperative regarding Carlos Tevez... *United's bow in Japan given marks out of ten, with Van der Sar getting half ...