How Are We Feeling About Sunday’s European Shootout?
Our writers offer their thoughts on Sunday’s final-day clash with Chelsea, and what victory might mean for our club!
SUNDERLAND, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 14: A general exterior view of Stadium of Light as fans welcome the team bus ahead of the Premier League match between Sunderland and Newcastle United at Stadium of Light on December 14, 2025 in Sunderland, England. (Photo by Robbie Jay Barratt - AMA/Getty Images) | Getty Images Anth Gair says… How excited am I? I’ve spent the last thirty odd years suffering as a Sunderland fan — which means I, alongside the rest of you, know what the dark days look like.
League One. Phil Parkinson. The drift.
The years when it wasn’t even fun anymore. So to be sitting here, on the eve of the final day of our first season back in the Premier League, talking about European football, with my two boys’ season tickets already renewed for next year? I’d never have dared write this script.
In my honest opinion, my lads are witnessing something they’ll tell their own kids about one day. Their very first season ticket, and they get Enzo Le Fee, Robin Roefs and Brian Brobbey. They get beating Chelsea, taking points off Arsenal, doing the Mags at St James’.
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