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SUNDERLAND, ENGLAND – OCTOBER 03: Sunderland manager Dick Advocaat looks on during the Barclays Premier League match between Sunderland and West Ham United at The Stadium of Light on October 03, 2015 in Sunderland, England. (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty images)

Dick Advocaat resigns as Sunderland manager

A day after his team failed to hold a two-goal lead in an eventual 2-2 draw with West Ham, Dick Advocaat has resigned as Sunderland manager. After taking the job in March and helping Sunderland escape relegation in the 2014-2015 season, the Black Cats are 19th in the league table and have not won a […]

during the Barclays Premier League match between Arsenal and Sunderland at Emirates Stadium on May 20, 2015 in London, England.

Sunderland fans raise over £1500 for Dick Advocaat’s wife

Amid the news that Dick Advocaat has changed his mind and agreed to come back to Sunderland for the 2015-16 season after keeping them into the Premier League, Sunderland fans have taken up raising money to get flowers for Advocaat’s wife as a thank you for “letting” her husband postpone retirement for another year. Towards the end […]

SUNDERLAND, ENGLAND – MAY 02: Dick Advocaat (2nd L), manager of Sunderland talks to Adam Johnson (1st L) during the Barclays Premier League match between Sunderland and Southampton at Stadium of Light on May 2, 2015 in Sunderland, England. (Photo by Mark Runnacles/Getty Images)

Sunderland plays Adam Johnson despite child sex charges

This past Saturday, May 2, Adam Johnson entered a Premier League game for Sunderland as a late-game substitute. He played the final ten minutes, plus stoppage time, and contributed to Sunderland’s surprising 2-1 victory over Southampton. Johnson’s appearance would typically be a non-story, but it was made a story a week earlier when Adam Johnson […]

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