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The Last Straw
16.10.26, 22:33 4 Minute Read
Similarly, the suggested £11 million compensation, as reported, being due will not be available to partly finance that winger desperately sought by Régis Le Bris.
As the football world awaits further information on the penalties being imposed on City after being found guilty of breaching over 100 Premier League regulations, it’s worth noting Sunderland supporters were in the same boat back in 1957.
While Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap became the longest-running play in British theatre history, Wearside was hooked on the saga recounting how club officials were cooking the books and making illegal payments to players.
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Harry Barrett
WriterHarry Barrett first encountered SAFC with the Mariners in the early sixties, never imagining he'd become a blow in Mackem. Scribbled for the award winning Sunderland programme for three decades as well as other clubs. Can be found in the Deaf Club before games.