PATRICK BAMFORD doesn’t have particularly fond memories of playing at Wembley in a Middlesbrough shirt, but the striker is clearly determined to set up a return visit to the national stadium in this season’s Carabao Cup.
SUNDERLAND were punished for some second-half sloppiness as their pre-season preparations continued with a 2-2 draw at Hibernian.
JAMAAL LASCELLES has suffered some turbulent times during his 18-month spell at Newcastle United, but even by the rollercoaster standards of his employers, the Magpies skipper cannot have experienced too many nights like this.
IF RAFAEL BENITEZ felt disillusioned on Tuesday night when the transfer window closed without Newcastle United having added to their squad, it’s safe to assume he felt a whole lot worse 24 hours later.
THEY have tried a number of different sources of inspiration this season, only to be found wanting, but Sunderland are hoping an 80-year-old will be the catalyst for a first home win of the season this weekend.
TROY WILLIAMSON is determined to enjoy a happy homecoming when he fights in his native Darlington for the first time in almost a decade at the end of the month.
ROLANDO AARONS is set to miss the remainder of the season after rupturing his anterior cruciate ligament in training this week.
ON a night that was all about Remembrance, it was surely only fitting that England delivered a result, if not quite a performance, that will live long in the memory.
ADAM FORSHAW admits he would have been “shocked” if he had been included in Gareth Southgate’s England squad for this week’s matches against Scotland and Spain, and the Middlesbrough midfielder is determined not to allow international speculation to distract him from his duties at the Riverside.
NORTH-EAST table tennis star Paul Drinkhall has been shortlisted for one of his sport’s major international awards.
