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Black Cats in a spot of bother as Villans win

PENALTIES were Sunderland's undoing as they were denied a place in the quarter-finals of the League Cup by Aston Villa goalkeeper Brad Guzan. The Black Cats saw the competition as their best route into Europe but reckoned without the American...

Posted by Stuart Rayner on October 28, 2009 9:19 AM

Second City Derby Video - part 3

Posted by Andy Walker on September 11, 2009 12:24 PM

Second City Derby Video Special - part 2

Posted by Andy Walker on September 10, 2009 12:41 PM

Second City Derby Video Special - part 1 of 3

To help get you in the mood for this Sunday's showdown at St Andrew's:...

Posted by Andy Walker on September 10, 2009 2:45 AM

A vital day in the football, plus the Bees crank it up a notch!

So today see's Wolves having the chance to clinch automatic promotion, if they beat QPR and the Blues don't get 3 points, and how much of a relief will that be to their long suffering fans, who so often...

Posted by Luke Wilkins on April 18, 2009 1:55 PM

Once again I'm Proud to be English!!!!

Yes that's right, after saying how last week I wish I had been Welsh (which I believe my family still consider as heresy), this week the English rugby team went a hell of a long way to restoring some of...

Posted by Luke Wilkins on February 16, 2009 7:25 PM

Tainio says Sunderland must keep believing

TEEMU TAINIO says Sunderland must not lose their belief as they fight for Premier League survival. The Black Cats' defeat against Aston Villa, combined with other results over the weekend, saw the Wearsiders slip one place to 15th in the...

Posted by James Hunter on January 19, 2009 1:19 PM

Anton Ferdinand praises pal Nigel Reo-Coker

ANTON FERDINAND is preparing for a reunion with his old West Ham team-mate Nigel Reo-Coker tomorrow - and believes the stick his pal took at Upton Park has turned out to be the making of him. The pair are so...

Posted by James Hunter on January 16, 2009 1:39 PM

Aston Villa, Delon Armitage, that win against Manchester United and super Joe Calzaghe!

Another 72 hours of weekend living has passed, and I know I say this most weekends, but wow, once again there was simply an amazing amount of sporting action to absorb, and absorb I did (like the incredible sport absorbing...

Posted by Luke Wilkins on November 11, 2008 11:02 AM

Villans, Brazilians, and Manchunians!

So I wrote my column on Sunday about how Villa's game with Chelsea's would be a great way to see how far Martin O'Neill's side have come to breaking into the elusive, magical, and impregnable top four. I really...

Posted by Luke Wilkins on October 7, 2008 2:16 PM

Carew's control!

SUNDERLAND'S sloppiness was ruthlessly punished by Aston Villa - and Roy Keane knows his side must heed the warning. The Black Cats did the hard part by getting their noses in front at Villa Park thanks to Djibril Cisse's early...

Posted by James Hunter on September 29, 2008 1:43 PM

Gordon believes in Sunderland confidence

CRAIG GORDON says Sunderland will take confidence from one of the turning points of last season when they go to Aston Villa tomorrow. The Wearsiders earned their first win of the season on the road at Villa Park in March,...

Posted by James Hunter on September 26, 2008 1:30 PM

Footy's back but can we have cheerleaders too, please?

I did something I don't often do on Saturday at 2.59pm. I let out a bit of a girly scream on my Offside show as the footy season was about to kick off, the anticipation of the last two months...

Posted by Luke Wilkins on August 20, 2008 10:02 AM

Aston Villa 0 Sunderland 1

Michael Chopra was the Sunderland hero at Villa Park as he fired the Black Cats clear of the danger zone. Chopra's 83rd-minute goal was enough to earn Sunderland their first away win of the season - and their first win...

Posted by James Hunter on March 23, 2008 2:25 PM

Bennett's blunder costs Cats

SUNDERLAND 1 ASTON VILLA 1 Roy Keane was furious after referee Steve Bennett denied Sunderland a priceless win over Aston Villa at the Stadium of Light. Bennett disallowed what seemed a perfectly legal injury-time winner from Danny Collins which would...

Posted by James Hunter on December 15, 2007 11:13 PM