Football
The Stadium of Light ahead of a Wear-Tyne Derby. From back-bedroom banter to global Netflix exposure – and standing up for the truth regardless of the consequences – the Wise Men Say podcast has documented over a decade of Sunderland AFC’s highs and lows. Joe Burton reports… Long before football podcasting became a slick, […]
Nordi Mukiele spoke to Sky Sports after Sunderland’s lacklustre 2-0 away defeat against Bournemouth. Mukiele, Sunderland defender, said: “I have to be honest with you, we are not good, we are not good enough. We struggle everywhere, we do not score enough and we concede so much”. The disappointing start to the season comes off […]
With Sunderland now sat bottom of the Premier League table after seven games pressure has begun to mount on Sunderland manager Regis Le Bris. In a week where Sunderland narrowly avoided a humiliating defeat to second division Portuguese side Torreense, the Black Cats also suffered a disappointing defeat to struggling Bournemouth at the Vitality Stadium. […]
A North East sporting academy is swapping County Durham for the global stage, to represent England in a world cup football competition – twice over. Park View AFC’s academy men’s and women’s sides are playing in the World Schools Football World Cup in China, which started this week, run by the International School Sport Federation […]
On Friday, October 9, Gateshead FC, known to fans as the Heed, announced that US-based investors Flacks Group had agreed a deal to buy the club. This is exciting news for Heed fans, as the club currently sit bottom of the table with few valuable assets. After a terrible start to the campaign with just […]
A group of international pharmacy students at Sunderland University are celebrating the anniversary of a social group they created to help those away from home. The Pill Pushers, as they are known as, celebrated their second anniversary on the same weekend as World Mental Health Day (WMHD) 2026. The Group, started by Zane Osman, Steve […]
The past few weeks have been difficult for everyone at Whickham FC. The club’s budget for the season was deemed unsustainable, and players and staff were asked to take a pay cut. In response, the senior first-team players chose to leave for other clubs, while joint managers David Palmer and Dan Craggs resigned. The club […]
Matt Craddock’s Sunderland side have the chance to make history tomorrow night when they play against Sheffield Wednesday in the EFL Trophy at Hillsborough. The Under-21s have not beaten a professional side in 10 years in a competitive game. Last time they did so, was against Notts County on the 9th November 2016 in a […]
Newcastle United announced a new club crest last week following an extensive consultation period with more than 27,000 supporters. Changes have now began at St James Park, with the new badge and branding being plastered around the ground to mixed reaction from supporters. The new crest is expected to be in use on club merchandise […]
An American ‘soccer’ coach has been sacked after grabbing a female referee and telling her “Don’t forget, this is a man’s game” – only months after a Durham University (DU) study found sexism and misogyny is an ongoing problem in football. The dismissal of Federico Higauin as coach for the US soccer (football) team Columbus […]
