Updated 11:14am 31 May 2012

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Kieran Richardson tackles Stoke City's Andy Wilkinson

Stoke City 0 Sunderland 1

ON paper it was the biggest away win of Martin O’Neill’s embryonic Sunderland career. On the white surface they played on instead, it was even more impressive.Read

Wayne Bridge in action for Sunderland

Sunderland 3 Norwich City 0

BEFORE last night’s match Martin O’Neill told fans not to expect “miracles” of Fraizer Campbell, but the person doing most to raise expectations is the striker himself.Read

Stephane Sessegnon in action for Sunderland against Boro

Sunderland 1 Middlesbrough 1

A TALE of heroism, villainy and redemption - just your average day out in the FA Cup.Read

Sunderland Reserves 1 Bolton Reserves 0

CRAIG Lynch scored the only goal of the game as Sunderland reinforced their position at the top of the Barclays Premier Reserve League North last night.Read

Craig Gardner

Sunderland 2 Swansea City 0

TWO pieces of individual brilliance wrapped up the points for Sunderland, who otherwise looked an age away from the team which has raised its game since Martin O’Neill took over the managerial reins from Steve Bruce. Read

Stephane Sessegnon in action for Sunderland against Chelsea

Chelsea 1 Sunderland 0

EVER get the feeling that this was going to be one of those days? Sunderland boss Martin O'Neill must have thought so as this game passed by with each minute as his men spurned chance after chance.Read

David Meyler in action against Peterborough

Peterborough 0 Sunderland 2

SUNDERLAND overcame a potentially tricky FA Cup obstacle to comfortably book their place in the fourth round and set up a mouthwatering Wear-Tees derby clash.Read

Arsenal Res 0 Sunderland Res 2

THE Martin O’Neill feel-good factor at Sunderland continued with the long-awaited return of senior men Michael Turner and Craig Gordon in yesterday’s second-string victory over Arsenal.Read

Stephane Sessegnon of Sunderland celebrates scoring against Wigan Athletic

Wigan Athletic 1 Sunderland 4

AFTER the Lord Mayor’s Show on Sunday, this was more like End of the Pier stuff from Martin O’Neill’s re-energised Black Cats.Read

Nicklas Bendtner

Sunderland 1 Manchester City 0

THERE may have been times this season when Ellis Short was wondering if he had been sold a pup, so it was a pity he was not at the Stadium of Light yesterday to witness just what Niall Quinn had promised him.Read

Jack Colback scores against Everton on Boxing Day

Sunderland 1 Everton 1

WHEN the January sales get under way at the end of the week, the managers of Sunderland and Everton ought to be jostling at the front of the queue.Read

Wes Brown celebrates scoring against QPR

Queens Park Rangers 2 Sunderland 3

WES BROWN'S last-minute header earned Sunderland the victory at Loftus Road - just when it looked like they had gifted QPR a point.Read

David Vaughan of Sunderland is chased down by Sandro of Spurs

Tottenham Hotspur 1 Sunderland 0

TOTTENHAM moved up to third place in the Barclays Premier League after returning to winning ways against Sunderland at White Hart Lane.Read

Phil Bardsley tangles with Blackburn's Michel Salgado

Sunderland 2 Blackburn Rovers 1

MARTIN O’Neill allowed himself only a brief leap of joy after starting his tenure with a triumph, with his second-half reshuffle having made all the difference.Read

Keiran Richardson in action for Sunderland against Wolves

Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 Sunderland 1

SOMETIMES new managers get a false impression of what they have inherited, but there were no such problems for Martin O'Neill yesterday.Read

Sunderland's Sebastian Larsson and Wigan's David Jones

Sunderland 1 Wigan Athletic 2

TWO minutes into his post-match press conference, Steve Bruce’s phone rang. “That will be Ellis Short,” someone sniggered, hinting at a summons.Read

Lee Cattermole

Sunderland 0 Fulham 0

THE day after Children in Need, here was Sunderland in need. They still are, if a little less so.Read

Jack Colback of Sunderland in action with Park Ji-Sung of Manchester United

Manchester United 1 Sunderland 0

PERHAPS it was inevitable Steve Bruce would wake up yesterday with a colossal headache and no more points than he started the weekend with, but the unexpected causes of both will infuriate him, and the headache may take a long time to clear.Read

Connor Wickham

Sunderland 2 Aston Villa 2

IT MAY only have been nine months, but much has changed at the Stadium of Light since Darren Bent took Aston Villa’s 80,000 pieces of silver. Saturday’s see-sawing game showed the positives of Sunderland’s new look have been balanced out by negatives.Read

Connor Wickham in action for Sunderland against Bolton

Bolton Wanderers 0 Sunderland 2

WHATEVER Steve Bruce said to his players at half-time clearly worked as a fine second-half display finally gave Sunderland their second win of the season.Read