Clive Mendonca’s hat-trick and Michael Gray’s ashen face are among the memories from an incredible encounterFootball stirs the same emotions in all of us. Joy and despair, fragile optimism and resigned acceptance. Yet it’s how we manage these feelings that shapes our relationship with the game.As a youngster, football was my master. All I wanted… Read more »

There is disagreement among third-tier clubs about how to proceed after the season was suspended in March due to coronavirus Read more »

Striker has also attracted attention from Arsenal and SpursSteven Gerrard says he will not pressure Rangers over transfersManchester United have an agreement in place to sign Sunderland teenager Joe Hugill.The 16-year-old striker is set to join the United academy next season, should the move receive Premier League ratification. Related: Manchester City set to run down… Read more »

The 5-3 win over the Scottish champions, Hearts, by the 1895 First Division winners was set against a backdrop of uneaseThe Club World Cup has never stimulated universal enthusiasm. “The whole case goes to show how undesirable such events are from a sporting point of view, and what a prostitution of titles they are,” raged… Read more »

Sunderland appoint Jim Rodwell as their new chief executive after five years in a similar role at Scunthorpe. Read more »

The night many Sunderland fans heard the Roker Roar for the first time and our team felt like they mattered What stands out still is the silences. After every line of every chant, the silence was complete: everybody was joining in, nobody shuffling or muttering, 26,000 people united. We’d heard the stories, of course. We… Read more »

Sunderland and Crewe Alexandra announce they have furloughed first-team players because of the coronavirus pandemic. Read more »

BBC Sport speaks to the executive producers of Netflix series Sunderland 'Til I Die before the release of the new series on Wednesday. Read more »

Second series of Sunderland ‘Til I Die starts on Wednesday and if an Old Etonian proves entertaining, the fans are the real starsA BBC film crew working on a Sir David Attenborough wildlife documentary once sparked controversy by rescuing several penguins trapped in a ravine from certain death. Their life-saving intervention prompted an absorbing debate… Read more »

As Sunderland 'Til I Die returns for its second season, we give you five things to look out for. Read more »