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Phil Bardsley in action for Sunderland against Manchester United

Sunderland 0 Manchester United 1 - Neil Cameron's match analysis

MARTIN O'Neill was able to look Sir Alex Ferguson straight in the eye last night and say his team played with complete integrity throughout yesterday's incredible match at the Stadium of Light.Read

Fraizer Campbell

Fulham 2 Sunderland 1

MARTIN O’Neill claimed last week the final two games of the Premier League season would not determine the future of any Sunderland player. Read

Sunderland 2 Bolton Wanderers 2

SATURDAY afternoon might well have been seen as the return of the comeback kid but Craig Gordon’s return between the sticks could also be interpreted as the 29-year-old being given a chance to put himself in the shop window.Read

Aston Villa 0 Sunderland 0

"ANYBODY who can do anything in Leicester but make a jumper has got to be a genius," said one Brian Howard Clough of Martin O'Neill many years ago.Read

Wolves' Sylvan Ebanks-Blake comes under pressure from Sunderland's Kieran Richardson

Sunderland 0 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0

MARTIN O’Neill came away from Sunderland’s previous encounter with Wolves, his first in charge of the club, with an awful lot more questions than answers.Read

Sunderland AFC

Sunderland Reserves 0 Aston Villa Reserves 2

SUNDERLAND Reserves ended their home campaign with a defeat as Aston Villa clinched the Barclays Premier Reserve League South title at the Academy of Light.Read

Jack Colback in action for Sunderland against Everton

Everton FC 4 Sunderland 0

MARTIN O’Neill has achieved near-miracles in less than five months at the Stadium of Light, but even he cannot reverse Sunderland’s Everton hoodoo.Read

James McClean

Sunderland 0 Tottenham Hotspur 0

IN the latest skirmish in his continuing PR battle, Steve Bruce again stressed the quality of the signings he made as Sunderland’s manager. Read

Sebastian Larsson

Manchester City 3 Sunderland 3

FUNNY thing, belief. If it were possible to mine it, bottle it and put it on sale to the highest bidder even the eye-watering wealth of Manchester City's munificent benefactor Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan might be under threatRead

Lee Cattermole

Sunderland 0 Everton 2

THERE are some things that are beyond even the managerial alchemist Martin O’Neill.Read

Stephane Sessegnon and David Vaughan

Sunderland 3 QPR 1

WRAPPING someone up in cotton wool could have a suffocating effect, which is something Sunderland manager Martin O’Neill wants to avoid with James McClean.Read

Scott Dann of Blackburn Rovers battles with Sotirios Kyrgiakos of Sunderland

Blackburn 2 Sunderland 0

AS three points drifted away from Sunderland on an evening of rank mediocrity, it was possible to make out an alarm bell ringing from the rickety Riverside Stand at Ewood Park.Read

Nicklas Bendtner of Sunderland

Everton 1 Sunderland 1

WHEN Andre Marriner blew his whistle one last time, the balance of power in Sunderland’s first FA Cup quarter-final for eight years shifted – but, as Everton had just discovered, having the odds in your favour guarantees nothing. Read

Nicklas Bendtner in action for Sunderland against Liverpool

Sunderland 1 Liverpool FC 0

AS Nicklas Bendtner paraded around the Stadium of Light treating his stretcher like a sedan chair he could rest easy, his work done.Read

Tyne-Wear derby action

Newcastle United 1 Sunderland 1

THEY will be raking over the embers of this volcanic 146th Tyne-Wear derby long after the furious tempers whichfired it into immortality have subsided.Read

Sunderland's James McClean

West Bromwich Albion 4 Sunderland 0

12 weeks as Sunderland manager, Martin O’Neill has pretty much mastered the art of building momentum. Now he must show he is equally adept at rebuilding battered confidence.Read

Sunderland's Sebastian Larsson salutes the fans during the Arsenal game

Sunderland 2 Arsenal 0

WHEN Sunderland last knocked Arsenal out of the FA Cup to set up a 1973 final with Leeds United, few gave the Second Division club a prayer. There is little danger of Everton underestimating Martin O'Neill's 2012 team after a brutal dismantling of the Gunners.Read

Sunderland Reserves 3 Liverpool Reserves 3

SUNDERLAND had to make do with a point after blowing a 3-1 lead against Liverpool the Academy of Light.Read

Thierry Henry of Arsenal celebrates scoring against Sunderland

Sunderland 1 Arsenal 2

DESPITE trudging off frustrated after veteran Thierry Henry showed Sunderland that there’s life in the old chien yet, this match marked another step in the rapid development of Wearside wing ace James McClean.Read

Stephane Sessegnon

Middlesbrough 1 Sunderland 2

Stephane Sessegnon fired Sunderland into the FA Cup fifth round as Middlesbrough’s brave resistance finally came to an end.Read