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Sunderland, England
Joined January 2015
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00.47 that mentality! What a club, what a team!
"They make my life easier" Granit Xhaka talks about what drew him to Sunderland after their huge result against Nottingham Forest 🗣️
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❤️🩶 Tonight, Total Sport paid tribute to devoted Sunderland fan and regular caller Davey Atkinson who passed away this week. #SAFC bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0m307g…
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Class this by Woakes
Arm in a sling, Chris Woakes has arrived to the crease 😱
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The daily, here we go!
🚨⚪️🔴 EXCLUSIVE: Sunderland agree deal to sign Marc Guiu on loan from Chelsea, here we go! Deal in place for straight loan, no buy option clause as Guiu remains part of Chelsea long term plans. Salary covered by #SAFC as he’ll be an important striker for Le Bris plans.
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I can’t think of a bigger signing in the past 20 years. We are back.
🔴⚪️ Official, confirmed. Granit Xhaka joins Sunderland on €20m package deal from Bayer Leverkusen. Three year deal for the midfielder. 🇨🇭
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🚨 EXCL: Granit Xhaka informs Bayer Leverkusen he only wants to join Sunderland as club-to-club talks continue. Agreement now in place between 32yo & #SAFC. #Bayer04 asked by Switzerland midfielder to close deal rapidly. Negotiations ongoing @TheAthleticFC nytimes.com/athletic/6508096…
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When I worked in Cumbria the highlight of my week was the Carlisle United press conference with Steven Pressley. Never knew what he was going to come out with but it was always honest. He hasn’t changed.
🗣️ 'If you're looking for a manager with a history of producing titles and winning honours then I'm not your man. I am perfectly honest.' Steven Pressley believes he can win over his doubters at Dundee. 📲Download the Arnold Clark App NOW: bit.ly/4gpXGgr
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Giving everything for the badge ❤️👊
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Fascinating and thought provoking podcast, give this a listen a truly awful story for the family involved...
A Hartlepool dad has spent four decades trying to find his missing daughter. Listen to 'Katrice Lee: A Father's Story' on @BBCSounds 🔊 bbc.in/4dzZjaV
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Still getting goosebumps
75 seconds of unbridled joy ❤️‍🔥
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What a servant he’s been to this club.
🥺 Luke O'Nien in tears prior to kick-off. Just when I thought I'd cried enough... @LukeONien | #SAFC
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Sunderland rise and I fell! What a day and what a team!
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'TIL THE END. ❤️🤍 A poem for the lads by Andy Foster - delivered with the help of Sunderland's hard grafters 🗣️👏 #SAFC | @SunderlandAFC
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Cool as a cucumber 🥒 Last week @Tweed_Barnesy caught up with Romaine Mundle ❤️🤍 #SAFC | #BBCEFL

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Reidy's got his ticket for Wembley 🕺 #SAFC | @AndyWatson148

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POV: It’s Summer 2014 suns blazing, you slap the tv on at 4PM and this banger comes on 🤩🇧🇷
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I went to Sunderland, because I wanted to write a long piece about a club that reacted to long-term decline by creating an exciting new model for their own future. The question: what happens when two identities meet? inews.co.uk/sport/football/s…
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"Total lunatic but red and white blood going through his veins" Sunderland fans have expressed their love for @LukeONien ahead of his 300th appearance for the club #SAFC ❤️🤍

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