Updated 4:55am 22 May 2013

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Connor Wickham of Sunderland

Tottenham Hotspur 1 Sunderland 0 - Mark Douglas' match analysis

IT ended as it began for sorry Sunderland – in the North London sun, desperately hanging on to protect a hard-earned point against superior opponents.Read

Luke Shaw of Southampton (R) in action with Jack Colback of Sunderland

Sunderland 1 Southampton 1 - Neil Cameron's match analysis

SUNDERLAND still do not know for sure whether they will be playing Premier League football next season.Read

Adam Johnson in action against Stoke City

Sunderland 1 Stoke City 1 - Mark Douglas' match analysis

TONIGHT, for one night only, Wearside will be twinned with South Wales.Read

Alan Pardew Image 4

Aston Villa 6 Sunderland 1 - Mark Douglas' match analysis

THERE is blood in the water at the bottom of the Premier League again after Sunderland suffered a devastating defeat at Villa Park last night.Read

Sunderland's James McClean

Sunderland 1 Everton 0 - Mark Douglas' match analysis

SINCE Paolo Di Canio’s super-charged Sunderland renaissance began, the temptation has been to paint it as all about one man.Read

Hatem Ben Arfa and Adam Johnson in the Tyne-Wear derby

Newcastle United 0 Sunderland 3

PAOLO Di Canio saw the apparition of his departed mother Pierina in the hours before kick-off, but it was Alan Pardew who was sporting the haunted look by the end of this remarkable Tyne-Wear derby.Read

Sunderland's Adam Johnson

Chelsea 2 Sunderland 1 - Neil Cameron's match analysis

PAOLO Di Canio got just about everything he wanted from his players at Stamford Bridge yesterday, apart from the most important thing.Read

Titus Bramble

Sunderland 0 Manchester United 1

IT was a fairly insignificant millisecond, yet symptomatic of the dreary last 12 months of Martin O’Neill’s time as Sunderland manager.Read

Sunderland's Stephane Sessegnon

Sunderland 1 Norwich City 1 - Neil Cameron's match analysis

MARTIN O’Neill would accept a helping hand from anyone right now.Read

Phil Bardsley

Sunderland U21 1 Middlesbrough U21 1

SUNDERLAND U21’s winless streak stretched to a seventh game as they were held to a draw by Middlesbrough on Wearside.Read

Alfred N'Diaye of Sunderland

Queens Park Rangers 3 Sunderland 1 - Stuart Rayner's match analysis

THERE is more than a touch of the Del Boy about the manager of Queens Park Rangers.Read

Stephane Sessegnon of Sunderland

Sunderland 2 Fulham 2 - Stuart Rayner's match analysis

SUNDERLAND are hoping to sell the name of the Stadium of Light, and probably just as well.Read

Ryan Noble of Sunderland

Sunderland Under-21s 2 Everton Under-21s 2

SUNDERLAND let a two-goal lead slip as Everton denied the Black Cats their first win of 2013 in the Barclays U21 Premier League.Read

Sunderland's Danny Graham

West Bromwich Albion 2 Sunderland 1 - Mark Douglas' match analysis

IT is a curious irony that England’s loftiest stadium has been the cause of such subterranean blues for Sunderland.Read

Titus Bramble in action against Arsenal

Sunderland 0 Arsenal 1 - Stuart Rayner's match analysis

AT the end of 90 dramatic minutes, it was easy to forget how Sunderland’s game against Arsenal started.Read

Craig Gardner of Sunderland

Reading 2 Sunderland 1 - Stuart Rayner's match analysis

AFTER his now-infamous fanzine interview, Danny Graham joining Sunderland was always going to prompt some awkward questions.Read

Sunderland manager Martin O'Neill

Sunderland 0 Swansea City 0

SUNDERLAND fans made it perfectly clear they do not think Newcastle United fan Danny Graham is the answer to their striker shortage last night.Read

Craig Gardner in action for Sunderland against Wigan

Wigan Athletic 2 Sunderland 3 - Stuart Rayner's match analysis

IT looked like being one of the most difficult away trips of the season. The pre-match weather forecasts predicted a journey only Sir Ranulph Fiennes would enjoy.Read

Sunderland's Craig Gardner

Sunderland 0 Bolton Wanderers 2 - Stuart Rayner's match analysis

THE highlight of this season’s FA Cup for Sunderland will now be a dinner to commemorate a group of former players that are long retired.Read

Sunderland's James McClean

Sunderland 3 West Ham United 0 - Stuart Rayner's match analysis

SUNDERLAND’S supporters came to the Stadium of Light expecting to watch a midfielder they had never seen before. On a day of unexpected bonuses, they saw two.Read