With eight games of the season remaining, promotion remains in Sunderland’s hands – and while there are plenty of reasons to be positive, keeping a calm head is essential

Sunderland’s automatic promotion hopes were effectively ended with a 1-1 draw at Peterborough in 2019 – now, with the stakes just as high, Michael Lough hopes for a better result this time around

In a new feature, Michael Lough takes a look at some away days of our recent past ahead of our latest trip on the road

Since 1983, what we now know as the Papa John’s Trophy has been a permanent fixture of the lower league football calendar.

An entire year has passed since the Stadium of Light welcomed fans through its turnstiles. Michael Lough looks back at a year without football.

Wise Men Say contributor Michael Lough pens a personal piece on what Sunderland means to him – and why their current slump has further consequences

As 2019 nears its conclusion, Michael Lough looks back on a decade of woe supporting Sunderland AFC and how the 2010s end with the Lads