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[Freddy Adu]

Sunderland
Full name	Sunderland Association Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Black Cats, [1]
Founded	1879
Ground	Stadium of Light Sunderland
Capacity	49,000
Chairman	Niall Quinn
Manager	Roy Keane
League	Premier League
2006–07	Football League Championship, 1st (promoted)
Home colours 　 Away colours

[Freddy Adu]

Sunderland's Anderson: Injury soul-destroying

Sunderland defender Russell Anderson admits his latest injury is "soul destroying".

Anderson missed the start of the season with a hamstring problem he suffered in pre-season and then, after his brief comeback, last month he was ruled out for 12 weeks after undergoing ankle reconstruction surgery.

"I picked up a little niggle in pre-season which wasn't anything serious," he told the Shields Gazette. "But this new injury is the really frustrating one.

"I went over on it a few times in pre-season, but I tried to play through it when, really, there was obviously an underlying problem there.

"I did it again in the Carling Cup game against Luton and that was the final straw - the damage to the ligament was quite bad and for that reason I needed an operation to re-attach it to the ankle.

"That's been done and now it's just a case of doing the rehab.

"I knew I was going to be out for a while and that was disappointing because I see the players coming in every day to train and then play at the weekend.

"When you're injured it can be a bit soul-destroying at times, but it's something I just have to deal with and get on with."

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[Freddy Adu]

Sunderland's Harte: I'm still Leeds fan

Sunderland fullback Ian Harte admits he continues to keep an eye on Leeds United's results.

Harte told the Sunderland Echo: "After playing with Leeds for so long, I still have a strong feeling for the club. There are few people left who were there with me, but I keep an eye on what's going on.

"They've done really well this season. They scored in the 89th or 90th minute last weekend to beat Yeovil and hopefully they can keep on doing well and bounce back into the Championship.

"They've done brilliantly to get those 15 points back and if they had started on zero, they would have been about nine points clear at the top now."

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[Freddy Adu]

Whitehead can see Sunderland improvements

Dean Whitehead is confident Sunderland can start moving up the table after the international break.

The midfielder told the Sunderland Echo: "I definitely think we've been a little unlucky not to pick up a couple of more points than we have done.

"We got to within 10 minutes of a draw at Arsenal was a great effort and if we'd scored a tad earlier against Blackburn Rovers in the previous game, I would have fancied us to get something out of that.

"Those extra couple of points would have put us mid-table.

"But as it is, we're doing alright and there's no comparison to the last time we were in this division.

"We've avoided the relegation zone, despite playing Arsenal, Manchester United, Liverpool and Spurs in our opening nine games.

"And I think now we have the scope to kick on a little bit in the next month or two.

"We've got games coming up now which we'll feel we should definitely get something out of.

"And I think we showed against Arsenal that we can give any team a game on our day.

"It looked as though they were going to walk away with it in the very early stages, but we held our nerve, came back to equalise and they didn't get their noses in front until the last 10 minutes.

"The signs are there that players are getting used to life in the Premiership now and we'll only get stronger when players come back from injury."

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[Freddy Adu]

Keane: Time for Sunderland to convert form into points

Sunderland boss Roy Keane admits it's time they began collecting points for their good performances.

He told Sunderland's website: "You should believe you can get something from every Premier League game.

"But when you go to Arsenal, [Manchester] United, Liverpool and Chelsea, they are the four grounds when it is going to be very difficult.

"It would have been nice to get something out of the [Arsenal] game, it would have been a great bonus to us and we went close.

"There were plenty of positives - we played relatively well away from home but we got no points and we conceded one or two bad goals.

"We move on and focus on the next game now and it's important that we try to get something out of it."

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[Freddy Adu]

Sunderland vs Fulham

Premier League 2007/2008 | Campeonato | Day 11

Sunderland Fulham

Date 2007-10-27 15h00 City Sunderland Stadium Stadium of Light Referee

Last Matches

League	Home	Result	Away	Tournament
PL	Sunderland	2-1	Fulham	Premier League 2005/2006
PL	Sunderland	0-3	Fulham	Liga Inglesa 2002/03
PL	Sunderland	1-1	Fulham	Liga Inglesa 2001/02
PL	Sunderland	3-0	Fulham	Liga Inglesa 1967/68
PL	Sunderland	3-1	Fulham	Liga Inglesa 1966/67
PL	Sunderland	2-2	Fulham	Liga Inglesa 1965/66
PL	Sunderland	0-0	Fulham	Liga Inglesa 1964/65
PL	Sunderland	2-2	Fulham	Liga Inglesa 1951/52
PL	Sunderland	0-1	Fulham	Liga Inglesa 1950/51
PL	Sunderland	2-0	Fulham	Liga Inglesa 1949/50

[Oscar Cardozo]

36' Sunderland 0 - 1 Fulham

[Brasil]

38'		Sunderland [0 - 1] Fulham
32'	[0 - 1]		S. Davies
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[Oscar Cardozo]

39'		Sunderland [0 - 1] Fulham
32'	[0 - 1]		S. Davies
35'		G. Halford

[Oscar Cardozo]

HT Sunderland [0 - 1] Fulham

[Oscar Cardozo]

HT		Sunderland [0 - 1] Fulham
32'	[0 - 1]		S. Davies
35'		G. Halford
45'			C. Dempsey

[Freddy Adu]

FT Sunderland 1 - 1 Fulham

[Freddy Adu]

FT		Sunderland [1 - 1] Fulham
32'	[0 - 1]		S. Davies
35'		G. Halford
45'			C. Dempsey
50'			S. Davies
52'			D. Stefanovic
68'		G. Halford
86'	[1 - 1]	K. Jones
88'			C. Bocanegra

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Premier League Final - Stadium of Light Attendance: 39,392 Sunderland 1 - 1 Fulham Kenwyne Jones (86) Simon Davies (32)

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Match Stats
	Sunderland	Fulham
Shots (on Goal)	8(6)	11(3)
Fouls	13	16
Corner Kicks	9	1
Offsides	3	1
Time of Possession	44%	56%
Yellow Cards	1	4
Red Cards	1	0
Saves	2	3

[Freddy Adu]

Match Information
Stadium: Stadium of Light, England
Attendance: 39,392
Match Time: 10:00 ET
Referee: A Marriner

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Teams
Sunderland	Fulham
1 Craig Gordon	Antti Niemi 29
15 Danny Collins	Carlos Bocanegra 3
2 Greg Halford	Aaron Hughes 18
14 Danny Higginbotham	Elliot Omozusi 22
5 Nyron Nosworthy	Dejan Stefanovic 6
4 Dickson Etuhu	Simon Davies 25
18 Grant Leadbitter	Steven Davis 10
12 Liam Miller	Clint Dempsey 23
33 Ross Wallace	Danny Murphy 27
16 Michael Chopra	David Healy 9
17 Kenwyne Jones	Diomansy Kamara 11
Substitutes
13 Darren Ward	Tony Warner 12
3 Ian Harte	Nathan Ashton 38
31 David Connolly	Seol Ki-Hyeon 7
11 Daryl Murphy	Alexey Smertin 8
9 Anthony Stokes	Shefki Kuqi 14
Substitutions
A Stokes for D Etuhu (61)	S Kuqi for D Healy (69)
D Murphy for M Chopra (61)	S Ki-Hyeon for D Kamara (82)
I Harte for R Wallace (71)
Yellow Cards
Greg Halford (35)	Clint Dempsey (45)
	Simon Davies (49)
	Dejan Stefanovic (52)
	Carlos Bocanegra (88)
Red Cards
Greg Halford (67)
· Club Rosters: Sunderland | Fulham

[Freddy Adu]

Sunderland 1-1 Fulham: Lucky Black Cats

ESPNsoccernet - England - Sunderland v Fulham Report

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Man. City vs Sunderland

Premier League 2007/2008 | Campeonato | Day 12

Man. City Sunderland

Date 2007-11-04 20h00 City Manchester Stadium City of Manchester Stadium Referee

Manchester City Football Club League Home Away CC Bristol City 1-2 Man. City V PL Blackburn 1-0 Man. City D PL Man. City 1-0 Aston Villa V PL Fulham 3-3 Man. City E CC Man. City 1-0 Norwich City V	Sunderland Association Football Club League Home Away PL Sunderland 1-0 Tottenham V PL Sunderland 0-2 Liverpool D CC Luton Town 3-0 Sunderland D PL Man.United 1-0 Sunderland D PL Sunderland 2-1 Reading V

Last Matches

League	Home	Result	Away	Tournament
PL	Man. City	2-1	Sunderland	Premier League 2005/2006
PL	Man. City	3-0	Sunderland	Liga Inglesa 2002/03
PL	Man. City	4-2	Sunderland	Liga Inglesa 2000/01
PL	Man. City	3-2	Sunderland	Liga Inglesa 1990/91
PL	Man. City	2-2	Sunderland	Liga Inglesa 1982/83
PL	Man. City	2-3	Sunderland	Liga Inglesa 1981/82
PL	Man. City	0-4	Sunderland	Liga Inglesa 1980/81
PL	Man. City	1-0	Sunderland	Liga Inglesa 1976/77
PL	Man. City	0-1	Sunderland	Liga Inglesa 1969/70
PL	Man. City	1-0	Sunderland	Liga Inglesa 1968/69

[Brasil]

FT		Manchester C. [1 - 0] Sunderland
67'	[1 - 0]	S. Ireland
80'			N. Nosworthy
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Phew close one...puts City back into top 3

[Brasil]

Ireland strike hoists City into third


Written by: AFP

Manchester City´s Stephen Ireland celebrates scoring against Sunderland during their English Premiership football match at the City of Manchester Stadium. City won 1-0. MANCHESTER, England (AFP) - A second-half strike by Irish international Stephen Ireland saw Manchester City defeat Sunderland 1-0 and move into third in the Premiership. In a dreary affair Ireland's smart volley at least saw City bounce back after their 6-0 drubbing by Chelsea in their last Premiership outing and maintain their 100 percent home record under former England boss Sven-Goran Eriksson. City fans were also warmed by the fact that it was yet another defeat for former Manchester United hardman midfielder Roy Keane, whose side have won just twice this term on their return to the Premiership. Eriksson, who has enjoyed a successful career as a club manager in stark contrast to an underwhelming reign as England boss, admitted it hadn't been a great advert for the game. "It wasn't a great game but Sunderland played well and I am delighted we have taken three points," said the Swede, who won among other things a Serie A title with Lazio. "However, its very important for us after the Chelsea match that we won and kept a clean sheet." The first-half was a pretty uneventful affair with neither goalkeeper having to take too much care of their respective goals as both sides displayed some pretty woeful finishing. Sunderland 'keeper Craig Gordon had to be smart to save from veteran Belgian international striker Emile Mpenza and Blumer Elano in the first half-hour while his counterpart Joe Hart did not have one save to make with Grant Leadbitter's long range effort going wide and Danny Collins heading over the bar. The second-half promised little more from either side and it was only Sunderland who showed some initiative with Kenwyne Jones forcing Hart into a save and Nyron Nosworthy shooting wide from long range. However, it was to be City who thankfully broke the deadlock as Ireland - who earlier this season was involved in a bizarre story with the Irish national side failing to turn up citing the death of a grandmother but later admitted he had made it up as he wanted to be with his girlfriend who had suffered a miscarriage - fired home an unstoppable volley from inside the box. The Black Cats tried to hit back but Dickson Etuhu shot wide and then City's unsettled striker Rolando Bianchi headed over in what could be one of his last appearances for the club as he is believed to want a move back to Italy in the January transfer window. Sunderland had one last chance to level affairs but Daniel Chopra's long range effort was easily saved by Hart.

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Everton vs Sunderland

Premier League 2007/2008 | Campeonato | Day 14

Everton Sunderland

Date 2007-11-24 City Liverpool Stadium Goodison Park Referee

Latest Results

Everton Football Club League Home Away TU Everton 1-1