SUNDERLAND successfully kick-started their season when they won at Bournemouth prior to the international break, but David Moyes admits the Black Cats will be “back to square one” if they fail to follow up with another victory against relegation rivals Hull City this afternoon.
DEAN RICHARDS is hoping Newcastle Falcons take full advantage of their improved form when they kick off a run of three successive Aviva Premiership matches tomorrow.
WITH Friday night’s home game with Exeter Chiefs approaching a sell-out, Newcastle Falcons prop Jon Welsh insists the club’s players are determined to put on a show for their biggest crowd of the season.
MICA McNEILL made a blistering start to the international bobsleigh season as her first outings with new brake-woman Mica Moore saw the pair win two silver medals in the North American Cup series.
GARETH SOUTHGATE strengthened his grip on the England manager’s job as his side strolled to victory over Scotland - and revealed how much he is revelling in his role in charge of his country.
JONJO SHELVEY faces a lengthy ban after the Football Association charged him with abusive behaviour that had an ‘ethnic, racial or national’ element.
WHEN he was manager of England Under-21s, Gareth Southgate spoke passionately about the need for a pathway from the junior set-up to the senior squad.
SHORTLY after his dismissal from Old Trafford, David Moyes described the task of succeeding Sir Alex Ferguson at Manchester United as “near enough the impossible job”. Looking back now, he must regard it as a doddle.
IF you’re a football club chief executive, you’re always going to be on something of a hiding to nothing if you choose to put your head above the parapet when your team is sitting at the bottom of the table.
JERMAIN DEFOE has urged his Sunderland team-mates to take a leaf out of Manchester United’s book as they look to kick-start their season with a positive result at West Ham this weekend.
