This is incredibly sad reading, but something we should all reflect on. I remember Roly very well, but had absolutely no idea what he had to endure.

Newcastle Central Station #tilTheEnd

Luke O'Nien started for us at Wembley in League 1. He then started for us today in the Premier League to send us to Europe. What A Journey. #Sunderland | #SAFC

Pity the poor mags, serious neck ligament damage from looking up all the time. #SixEasyPoints

It will be a farce if RLB isn’t manager of the season. From the owner down, though, this is an absolutely transformed club! #SAFC

Can’t help falling in love - never more appropriate. #tilTheEnd

Getting really excited about Sunday. I’m old enough to have been at Roker for the Sporting Lisbon and Vasas matches in 73. And even found a commentary on the away game at Vasas on a short-wave radio! But win, lose or draw lets back the lads ‘til the end! They really deserve our thanks. #tilTheEnd

Love this team. Keep saying it because I really believe it - but when we sort our play in the final third we’ll have the ability to blow teams away. A big summer ahead #SAFC

We’ve played some good stuff, but the lack of killer instinct in the final third is holding us back. Use the summer to put that right and we’ll be some force. #SAFC

A good first half, think when we sort out our play in the final third and get more ruthless we’re going to be a really promising team. #SAFC

Ready for Man United! 👊

After last night, anyone else wanting Wolves to win today? #SAFC

Bugger, damn, blast, shit, fart, piss. My goodness me…..

There are balls-ups and there are monumental balls-ups….. #SAFC

Great article, putting to bed the utter crap from TalkSport.

What’s all this nonsense about sacking RLB if we don’t qualify for Europe? The man deserves the Manager of the Year award, not his P45! #SAFC

Ifs and buts…… I’m proud of this team. Look were we’ve come from, and we’re still a work in progress. #SAFC

Fair play to Villa. McGinn and Watkins are class.

Thought we showed a lot of quality in the first half. A proper game of football. Rigg has come of age today, going to be a top top player. #SAFC

🗞️ Sunderland are unchanged against Aston Villa this afternoon! 💪🏻 Luke O'Nien retains his place, but Dan Ballard is back on the bench, and Jenson Jones drops out of the squad. 🤔 Happy with that? #SAFC

I think I must have dozed off today, I missed the official #SAFC statement that racists have never been, are not and never will be tolerated at our club.

Migrants are making our saves, tackling, passing and scoring the goals yet a Right-wing co-owner could invite the anti-migrant head of an anti-migrant party to the club? We’re enjoying a great season but this @SunderlandAFC own goal would be stupid. www.itv.com/news/2026-03...

@safc.com we need a club statement about this.

@wtfsunderlandpod.bsky.social can I just say how shamed I am of my club inviting that Farage to the SOL. Do you know if there is anyway we can protest this decision which will split the fan base just when everything was going so well

Quite concerned to see comments appearing today about a certain politician being invited to visit #SAFC. This has left me feeling really uneasy. I was absolutely sickened to see racism raise its ugly head with moronic attacks on Romaine and Lutsharel recently. Keep politicians away from the SOL.

Anthony Gordon demonstrates his in-depth knowledge of football, combined with genuine humility. “The frustrating thing is, in my opinion, they’re not a very good team, compared to us..." So nice to know our Mag friends are friends in the truest sense of the word. #FTM #SAFC

Pubic service announcement: LOCK UP YOUR HORSES #SAFC #tilTheEnd

Hold on - don’t get too excited, we haven’t played any of the good teams yet….. #tilTheEnd #FTM #SAFC

Riggs’s disallowed goal was pivotal, and then pure fluke by Brighton. The performance wasn’t too bad up until then, but my goodness, we were poor towards the end. Disappointed not to see Wilson Isidor play at least some part. Let’s hope Big Dan and Enzo fit for the mags. #SAFC

What’s to be said? We didn’t deserve anything today. #SAFC

There’s just something so special about beating Leeds 1-0 🏆#SAFC

I know there are exceptions to every rule, but I’ve always believed that when you talk about a referee after a match, it’s because the referee has had an absolute howler. Or he’s behave like an entitled prick. So why does everybody keep talking about Jarred Gillett?………. #SAFC

Ok, a draw is a fair result, and team and fans were up for it, but I must have looked at the Enzo penalty farce over a dozen times. And try as hard as I might, it is, was and always will be a penalty. What is the point of VAR if it backs such a ridiculous decision by the referee? #Sunlun

A strong team, but really surprised Isidor not starting. Assume Diarra will play on the right?

Racists disgust me, and I wish they'd fuck off away from Sunderland. Football is for everyone, and to target players, no matter who they play for, simply based on their skin colour or ancestry is as abhorrent as it is ignorant. I'll stand with Romaine. www.safc.com/news/2026/fe...

The team is having an uncomfortable run at the moment, not helped by the bigots who parade their racism in the stands. We knew form on the pitch would fluctuate, but that’s why we need to get behind the team again, and show what being Sunderland is all about. We are Sunlun, win or lose. #SAFC

It’s Monday morning, and far from calming down after the appalling abuse of Romaine yesterday, I find myself still raging about it. These scum who’ve violated this lovely lad are beyond evil. They have no place whatsoever in a modern society. They need to crawl back under their rock. #SAFC

Romaine Mundle looked really upset at full-time, no doubt agonising over the chance he missed. I thought his contribution when he came on was excellent, and the missed chance just needs chalking up to experience. He’s a proper premier league player in the making. #SAFC

Great news that Granit Xhaka is fit again, his leadership is off-the-scale. Any team would miss a player of his quality. A blow though to lose Reinildo. One of the best full backs around, but a great opportunity now for Dennis Cirkin. Just hope we get news soon of a long term contract for him. #SAFC

Shocked to hear about Kristjaan Speakman’s departure. He’s done a phenomenal job. Is it a case that the club’s continued evolution and progress has seen Florent Ghisolfi effectively move into the space that Speakman was occupying? #SAFC

New Article: The Hemy Painting Thomas Marie Madawaska Hemy was an artist known for the striking level of detail he included in his work. He also produced one of the most famous football artworks of all time. Words: Andrew Newton Available to read here⬇️ www.footballheritage.co.uk/the-hemy-pai...

Really disappointed to see Dan Neil leave. Let’s remember we are where we are because of him. He rejected leaving when the Chuckle Brothers were asset stripping the academy. He chose to stay and fight. A club legend. #SAFC

Looking at social media, I wasn’t sure if there had been a massive earthquake, a really serious volcanic eruption, or the biggest most destructive storm this century. But no, we’d lost a football match. It happens, get over it. We’ll be back stronger than before. Ha’way the lads! #Sunlun

Terrible first half. I can’t even work out our formation. Absolute shocker so far. #SAFC

Wasn’t able to watch the game today, but reading about everything that’s been going on, don’t you just feel the people who were doubting Enzo after the Brentford game are looking ridiculous. Still can’t believe we’ve got a player of his ability. We’re so lucky to have him. #SAFC #Sunlun

Disappointing to hear that Bertrand Traorè has a knee injury and will be out for several weeks. Think he’s a player who has got progressively better in a #Sunderland shirt.

Tired legs, tired minds tonight. The squad has been stretched too far by AFCON, but it’s taken until tonight to finally kick in. Chalk it up to experience, learn from it and move on. #SAFC

Battling performance today. Probably deserved more than a point. RLB’s use of substitutes today was just pure class! #SAFC

A night to be proud of these lads. How many teams could do this well with so many regular starters missing, and a bench lacking depth. Brilliant, abso-fucking-lutely brilliant. Mind, we haven’t played anyone yet. #SAFC