Sunderland Are The Underestimated Entertainers – One More Show Awaits
Sunderland's Granit Xhaka arriving before the Premier League match at the Stadium of Light, Sunderland. Picture date: Saturday May 9, 2026. (Photo by Owen Humphreys/PA Images via Getty Images) | PA Images via Getty Images Chelsea getting European football ahead of Sunderland would be a bit like a billionaire kicking a homeless person in the bollocks to pick up 10 pence from the floor from under his nose.
Unnecessary, unfair and mean. The fact I’m even writing that sentence almost a year on from one of the most incredible May days this club will ever have makes me think this has been much more than a dream; more likely I’ve been put into an induced coma, and received daily suppositories of Skittles, while Mr Motivator videos play on a VHS in the corner of the room at top volume. Such is the vividness and energy I feel towards this club right now, I feel like my life is being narrated by Brian Blessed.
So, The Blues, you’ve had your fun, won your trophies and travelled the world. Now move over West London poshos, it’s someone else’s turn. I’m pining for lingonberries at Inter Turku, I want to sing songs about Brian Brobbey in a dive bar in Suhareka.
Ryanair is launching a new route to Kutaisi and I’ve got a seat with extra leg room. I urge everyone reading this to slide into the Insta DMs of Chelsea players and ask, simply, “Are you sure you want to play in the Conference League, brother? ” Can you sense that?
Feel it in the air? That’s quiet belief quietly seeping out the air vents of the Stadium of Light. Because over the last 12 months there has always been another hurdle to overcome.
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