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Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter Sunderland's Korean forward Ji Dong-Won was kissed
by a male fan of the Black Cats following their giant killing 1-0 win over the Citizens on New
Year's Day 2012.
By Chris Wright
How about that? The very same batch of players who managed to earn Steve Bruce a paltry 11
points from 13 games have since raked in 19 points from nine games under Martin O'Neill (including
last night's 3-0 victory over Norwich), a run that would see them topping the Premier League had
they begun counting after O'Neill's first game in charge of the Black Cats; a 2-1 win over
Blackburn on December 11th.
By Alan Duffy
Another day, another police identity parade
On loan from Arsenal, where he struggled to live up to the (self-inflated) hype surrounding his
ability, Nicklas Bendtner has been nothing more than average for Sunderland so far this season.
Despite a non-sourced story from the Daily Mail stating otherwise, Michael Farfan is not a
transfer target of Sunderland per the team's manager.
According to Roker Report, SB Nation's Sunderland site, Martin O'Neill, hired by Sunderland on
December 3 in an attempt to save the team's season, addressed a reporter's question about Farfan's
and trialist Alieu Darbo's statuses with the team.
Sunderland v Arsenal Preview, Prediction, TV Listings, Betting Odds EPL 11 February 2012 - The
90th Minute Soccer Blog
The Black Cats have won their last three league matches as they host 6th place Arsenal in the
English Premier League. The match will take place at the Stadium of Light in Sunderland, England on
Saturday, February 11, 2012.
Arsenal have two visits to Sunderland on consecutive Saturdays in different competitions and
both have the potential to improve the season but could also make it far worse. The focus for now,
obviously, has to be on the more immediate fixture that is the upcoming League meeting.
It would be an understatement to suggest that Martin O'Neill has turned the fortunes of the
Black Cats around.
Sunderland got revenge for last weeks League defeat by Arsenal by knocking the Gunners out of the
FA Cup yesterday evening. The Black Cats had the benefit of a week's rest between games while
Arsenal were getting battered in Italy and, according to Arsene Wenger, the tired legs obviously
contributed to the weak performance.
szólj hozzá: Sunderland v City 1:0 HIGHLIGH
Sunderland continued the theme of the underdogs upsetting the favourites this weekend as they
stunned City at the Stadium of Light with as Ji Dong-won's last second goal. Clearly offside. But
the Black Cats won't be complaining. And it was a lovely bit of skill by the South Korean as he
slalomed around Joe Hart to caress the ball into an open goal.
Llegan las fechas navideñas y el fútbol parece hacer una pausa que nos deja un poco descolocados,
nos cortan el suministro. Por suerte, en paÃses como Escocia, Bélgica y sobre todo Inglaterra el
fútbol no para, y es que es de sobra conocido el 'Boxing Day' en las islas británicas. Esos
partidos en un 26 de Diciembre en el que mientras los pequeños abren sus regalos de Papa Noel la
Premier nos hace su regalo especial con una jornada más de la que llevo considerando durante
bastantes años la mejor liga del mundo.
Llegan las fechas navideñas y el fútbol parece hacer una pausa que nos deja un poco descolocados,
nos cortan el suministro. Por suerte, en paÃses como Escocia, Bélgica y sobre todo Inglaterra el
fútbol no para, y es que es de sobra conocido el 'Boxing Day' en las islas británicas. Esos
partidos en un 26 de Diciembre en el que mientras los pequeños abren sus regalos de Papa Noel la
Premier nos hace su regalo especial con una jornada más de la que llevo considerando durante
bastantes años la mejor liga del mundo.
Tottenham Hotspurs have given midfielder Steven Pienaar the green light to leave the club if
Sunderland or any other club can meet their £5 million asking price. Pienaar who has not seen any
league action this season due to his niggling injuries, has struggled to impose himself in Harry
Redknapp's side since his £2.
Won on the lips Fan kiss a player right on the mouth by Anatolly7 Sunderland striker Ji Dong-Won
got an unsolicited introduction to the passion of English football with a post-goal snog from a
persistent fan. The South Korean starlet found himself on the receiving end of some love from a
Black Cats supporter after [.
The London Press 'linked' Sunderland's Stephane Sessengon with Liverpool last week, (and when I say
'linked', I mean they probably made it up), and new Black Cats manager Martin O'Neill has been
forced to address the growing 'speculation' over the the French midfielder's future..In a press
conference a few days ago, O'Neill admitted that there was a 'problem' of some kind behind the
scenes, but
By FRANCO PANIZO
The Seattle Sounders have acquired Danish midfielder Christian Sivebaek following his transfer
from FC Midtjylland, the Sounders announced on Wednesday.
The 23-year-old midfielder arrives in Seattle after playing for Midtjylland since 2006.
The Daily Mail, an English news outlet with a dubious record when it comes to sports related
rumors, is reporting that Sunderland has Michael Farfan not only in for a trial, but is also trying
to get him a work permit. Farfan will train with Sunderland for two weeks, ending on January
24.
Farfan was originally said to be training with the English Premier side yesterday, when Soccer
By Ives revealed the midfielder was heading to Tyne and Wear.
By Alan Duffy
Chelsea 1-0 Sunderland Premier League 14th January 2012
Ghanaian midfielder Michael Essien returned to first team duty for Chelsea against Sunderland on
Saturday, making a welcome substitute appearance after missing the first half of the season with a
cruciate ligament injury.
By Alan Duffy
Sunderland 2-0 Swansea City Premier League 21 January 2012
Despite dominating for large periods of the game, Swansea's lack of a cutting edge would cost
them dear against a Sunderland side who to continue to flourish under Martin O'Neill.
I was originally skeptical of diving into Sunderland, A Club Transformed, Jonathan Wilson's book
about the 2006-2007 season for the Black Cats. As much as I respect Jonathan Wilson's intellect and
analysis of topics related to football, there were...
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The transfer rumours involving Spurs are very slowly starting to spark into life with stories
that Roman Pavlyuchenko could be the first and possibly only departure from White Hart Lane this
summer.
Yesterday, Pav's vocal agent Oleg Artemov claimed that Spurs had extended the Russian's contract
until June 2013.
By Alan Duffy
Sunderland 1-1 Middlesbrough FA Cup 29th January 2012
Frazier Campbell made a goalscoring return from injury at the Stadium of Light on Sunday,
netting the Black Cats' equaliser after 18 months out of action.
By Alan Duffy
Stoke City 0-1 Sunderland Premier League 4th February 2012
Martin O'Neill's Black Cats continued their ascent of the table on Saturday against Stoke,
although the very harsh sending-off of Robert Huth on half-time was undeniably a game-changing
moment.
Sunderland manager Martin O'Neill has backed tomorrow's opponents Arsenal to silence their
critics, making it clear that the Gunners have sufficient talent to prevail at the Stadium of
Light.
Arsene Wenger's men are three points adrift of fourth-place Chelsea and have relied heavily on
the incredible form of skipper Robin van Persie, who scored a brilliant hat-trick in last weekend's
7-1 rout of Blackburn.
Sunderland
Position 8th, 9-6-9 (33 points, +9 goal differential)
Home Record: 5-4-3, +8 goal differential
Recent Form: WLWWW
Last Meeting: Arsenal 2 Sunderland 1 (October 17, 2011)
Crucial match .
Sunderland boss Martin O'Neill admits that the Black Cats will have their hands full when they
entertain Arsenal at the Stadium of Light today, particularly given the dexterity of Gunners
youngster Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
The teenage sensation has quickly become a fan favorite at Arsenal, setting up Robin van
Persie's equalizer in the 2-1 defeat against Manchester United and then displaying his scoring
abilities by netting twice in last weekend's 7-1 destruction of Blackburn.
Thierry Henry came off the bench in his last Premier League appearance for Arsenal this year and
capped the occasion off in perfect style with a late stoppage time goal that wrapped up all three
points for the Gunners.
In a toughly contested match at the Stadium of Light, James McLean opened the scoring for
Sunderland 25 minutes into the second half, when he capitalized on Per Mertesacker's slip to guide
the ball past Wojciech Szczesny from an acute angle.
By Alan Duffy
Sunderland 1-2 Arsenal Premier League 11th February 2012
Some wondered if Thierry Henry's brief return to Arsenal would damage his iconic status with the
north Londoners, however, in netting his second winner (and third goal) of his loan spell against
an impressive Sunderland side, the Frenchman has entered the realm of the God-like for Gooners all
over the world.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has provided a grim injury update ahead of this weekend's FA Cup
clash with Sunderland, suggesting that Germany international defender Per Mertesacker is likely to
miss the rest of the season.
Mertesacker had to be withdrawn from last weekend's Premier League match against the Black Cats
at Wearside and although his replacement Aaron Ramsey quickly scored to spark the Gunners to life
en route to a 2-1 win, the loss of the former Werder Bremen center-half is certainly massive.
FA Cup Tips: Tough weekend for Arsenal, Liverpool and Chelsea - originally posted on
Soccerlens.com
The latest betting tips for the FA Cup weekend:
Sunderland v Arsenal
It's FA Cup weekend, with the feature game seeing Sunderland take on Arsenal at the Stadium of
Light (5.
By JOHN BOSCHINI
While Real Madrid have all but wrapped up the La Liga title, Barcelona still have work to do to
lock down second place.
The defending champions welcome third-placed Valencia in one of the more intriguing non-Clasico
games of the season.
Football Association Cup
Sunderland v Arsenal
Stadium of Light
Saturday 18th February 17.15
For the third time this season Arsenal face Sunderland, this time in the fifth round of the FA
Cup. The two previous meetings ended in 2 1 wins for The Gunners with Thierry Henry scoring the
injury time winner last Saturday.
By Alan Duffy
Sunderland 2-0 Arsenal FA Cup 18th February 2012
After seeing his side all but go out of the Champions League on Wednesday in Milan, Arsenal boss
Arsene Wenger witnessed another appalling performance from his beleaguered side at Sunderland on
Saturday.
English FA Cup Recap 18 February 2012 - The 90th Minute Soccer Blog
Below are brief recaps for all the FA Cup matches on February 18, 2012.
Chelsea 1-1 Birmingham
Birmingham starts off strong with a 20th minute Danny Murphy goal but Chelsea equalizes with a
62nd minute Daniel Sturridge goal.
It seems the Republic of Ireland fans have finally got their wish after manager
Giovanni Trapattoni called James McClean into the squad to face the Czech Rep on February 29,
Trapattoni had originally left the in-form Sunderland winger out of the squad but with another
great performance against Arsenal to his name McClean was a must for the squad.
The Arsenal striker Nicklas Bendtner got a boot in the nose from Angel Rangel when Sunderland
played Swansea about a month ago, but the Black Cats have been playing brilliantly in his absence
(including two games against his parent club) and Martin O'Neill now says that he will have to
fight to regain his place [.
Russian clubs' ability in grabbing several quality players in the last couple seasons apparently
attracted Nicklas Bendtner, who thinks that the competition starts to really get interesting with
the arrival of several top football stars.
Bendtner who is currently being loaned out by Arsenal, revealed that in the summer, should
there's an offer from one of the Russians outfit, he would definitely give much thought especially
if there's no guarantee at the Gunners.
By Chris Wright
Sunderland pair Stephane Sessegnon and Lee Cattermole have been issued a cumulative total of
seven game's worth of suspensions following their red cards in (and after) yesterday's ugly
Tyne-Wear derby at the Sports Direct Northeast Regional HQ Stadium a match, we'd just like to
mention, that was refereed nigh-on impeccably by Mike Dean.
Liverpool face fighters Sunderland at the Stadium of Light in the Premier League this Saturday at
3:00pm. Under Martin O'Neill's stewardship, the Black Cats/ Makems have climbed up to 12th in the
Premiership Table with 34 points, five behind Liverpool on 39 pts.
Recent results for Sunderland include a 2-0 victory over Swansea and a 3-0 drubbing of Norwich
City.
Let's hope we don't have to rely on a penalty again
haha...Liverpool travel to the Stadium Of Light on Saturday to face a renewed Sunderland side.
Martin O'Neill's side are almost unrecognisable compared to the side Steve Bruce was managing
earlier in the season and Liverpool will surely be looking for a victory in a game which they drew
at the start of the season.
Sunderland vs Liverpool
10 March 2012
15.00 GMT
Stadium of Light
History:
Total: 149
Liverpool Wins: 66
Sunderland Wins: 50
Draws: 30
Last Premier League Meeting: 20 August 2011 – Liverpool 1-1 Sunderland (Suarez)
Form:
Liverpool: The Reds' league form recently has been nothing short of abysmal, with the club dropping
key points and all but falling out of the race for a Champions League spot.
Its very hard to predict a Liverpool team these days under Kenny Dalglish as he does have a number
of options open to him from the squad (apart from a quality Striker).
But thats my stab at it, I chose Spearing instead of Henderson as Sunderland have become a very
dogged team under Martin O'Neill.
