This week’s Echo column comes from Craig Clark.   AFTER back-to-back wins – unthinkable a few weeks ago – Sunderland suddenly look capable of saving their Premier League status once…

This week’s Echo column comes from Stephen Goldsmith.   THE hope is still alive in us all, it seems.   I’m pretty sure I’m not the only one who had…

This week’s column comes from Gareth Barker.   IN SPITE of a well-earned victory over Southampton on Saturday, Sunderland are still favourites for the drop.   Firstly, the fixtures look…

Michael Proctor, Stephen Goldsmith and Gareth Barker preview the game at Everton on Saturday. Sunderland have taken 7 points from their last 4, can they give themselves a real chance…

This week’s Echo column comes from Gareth Barker.   EVEN in victory, Sunderland find themselves treading water near the foot of the table.   After slipping into the bottom three…

This week’s column comes from Craig Clark.   AS Sunderland slipped into the bottom three on Saturday, it felt very much like last season was happening in reverse. Championship football…

This week’s Echo column comes from Stephen Goldsmith.   WE’VE sat down with the old fixture lists a couple of times now on our shows.   We were aware that…

We preview the massive game with Southampton at The Stadium of Light on Saturday. Will Sunderland exact some form of revenge on the side that thumped them 8-0 earlier in…

It’s such an annoyance that Sunderland went to Stoke and drew the game with a reasonable performance – only for it not to be enough to keep us out of…

This week’s Echo column comes from Stephen Goldsmith.   THERE were all sorts of strange and polarising emotions running through my head by five o’clock on Saturday evening.   Before…