Speaking in a recent interview, club legend Julio Arca spoke about how then Newcastle boss Bobby Robson tried to pinch him from under our noses as he was about to put pen to paper on his first Sunderland contract...
ON THIS DAY (2007): In the first Tees-Wear derby of the season, Sunderlandโs fans were set to go home unhappy - that was, of course, until Liam Miller decided he had other plans...
"We at Sunderland know what a lame duck manager looks like and at the moment Parkinson is quacking and running around, showing no sign of being turned into crispy pancakes."
RR reader Mark isnโt impressed that Sunderland CEO Jim Rodwell works from the shadows - is it a good or bad thing that the man running the club prefers to work in silence? Let us know your thoughts...
Ahead of tomorrowโs game we collared a massive Posh fan - Jarred Farmer of โ@TheYellowBlock Podcastโ - to gather his views on the team many are tipping as potential League One champions this season.
Sunderland & Newcastle hadnโt faced each other since 1985... and the recently relegated mags, with new striker Micky Quinn leading the goalscoring charts, believed they had the upper hand.
Sunderland fans have had to get used to the idea of streaming matches in order to watch them live - what do you think of the service that the club provides?
Bryan Oviedo isn't wanted at Copenhagen anymore, a former trialist gives his reasons for turning us down, Bailey Wright on 're-writing' Sunderland Til I Die, and York City take a 'gamble' on a former U23s player...
After almost a year as manager of Sunderland, Phil Parkinson is under pressure to begin delivering results. How long will the Sunderland manager get to prove heโs the man for the job?