1 00:00:23,732 --> 00:00:24,566 Morning. 2 00:00:25,900 --> 00:00:27,360 Good morning. Are you all right? 3 00:00:35,952 --> 00:00:38,705 Gathered as a communion of faith, 4 00:00:38,788 --> 00:00:41,458 we bring our prayers before the Lord. 5 00:00:43,334 --> 00:00:47,130 Let us pray for Sunderland Football Club and for our city. 6 00:00:48,506 --> 00:00:53,178 Lord, our God, help us to understand what football means to our community. 7 00:00:56,723 --> 00:00:59,392 Show us how football can help unite. 8 00:00:59,893 --> 00:01:02,979 Guide us to take the best out of every game. 9 00:01:07,650 --> 00:01:11,071 Help us through our anger and our fury... 10 00:01:11,946 --> 00:01:14,324 when our team is not performing as best it can. 11 00:01:19,329 --> 00:01:21,873 Help the people of Sunderland in their frustration, 12 00:01:22,207 --> 00:01:24,375 for they are good people who work hard. 13 00:01:24,459 --> 00:01:25,543 Fuck off! 14 00:01:25,835 --> 00:01:29,714 Guide us in our love for our city and our club, 15 00:01:30,173 --> 00:01:32,509 for it is a love borne out of passion. 16 00:01:32,592 --> 00:01:35,845 Here! Get behind him! Come on! 17 00:01:36,387 --> 00:01:37,472 Back him! 18 00:01:39,933 --> 00:01:45,188 Dear Lord, help Sunderland, and all our players... 19 00:01:45,730 --> 00:01:48,191 in their ability in all games. 20 00:01:48,900 --> 00:01:52,654 Grant them self-belief and a spirit of confidence. 21 00:01:53,404 --> 00:01:55,323 Because the success of our team... 22 00:01:56,241 --> 00:01:59,702 leads to the success and prosperity of our city. 23 00:02:01,579 --> 00:02:02,705 Amen. 24 00:03:44,390 --> 00:03:47,894 Look at that. His pal's looked after him. He got two left feet. 25 00:03:57,153 --> 00:03:59,322 It was a new culture for me 26 00:03:59,405 --> 00:04:03,701 when I've, obviously, come from Man United to Sunderland last season. 27 00:04:03,785 --> 00:04:07,789 Yeah, we weren't doing as well as we wanted to in the previous season, 28 00:04:07,872 --> 00:04:10,208 but ultimately, we were staying in the league. 29 00:04:10,458 --> 00:04:13,044 But last season, obviously, we just slipped under that, 30 00:04:13,378 --> 00:04:15,004 and that relegation hit us. 31 00:04:22,929 --> 00:04:25,932 As a team, I think, we've got to be looking to get promoted. 32 00:04:26,015 --> 00:04:28,851 We've got a really good core, a really good group of lads 33 00:04:28,935 --> 00:04:31,980 that I've been lucky enough to work with. 34 00:04:32,063 --> 00:04:35,650 Lot of good, old senior pros that I've learnt a lot off. 35 00:04:35,733 --> 00:04:37,944 -Good morning. -How are you, Georgie? 36 00:04:38,027 --> 00:04:40,822 Good morning. It's always a joy to see you. 37 00:04:41,322 --> 00:04:44,867 Fucking pleasure, lads. Fucking pleasure. Good to be alive, huh? 38 00:04:44,951 --> 00:04:47,370 -Morning, Gibbo. -Darron? 39 00:04:50,456 --> 00:04:52,000 The joy to see Gibbo. 40 00:04:52,292 --> 00:04:54,460 It is a big club. The fan base is big. 41 00:04:55,920 --> 00:04:58,506 Training ground is unbelievable. 42 00:04:58,589 --> 00:05:00,008 Stadium is brilliant. 43 00:05:00,216 --> 00:05:03,469 It just gives you that belief that we actually can get results, 44 00:05:03,553 --> 00:05:05,638 and we are a decent side like. 45 00:05:05,722 --> 00:05:09,475 When a challenge like this comes up, and a challenge to go to such a big club, 46 00:05:09,767 --> 00:05:12,353 it was a no-brainer really. I'm 26 now. 47 00:05:12,437 --> 00:05:15,106 I think this is a great move for me, in terms of my career, 48 00:05:15,189 --> 00:05:17,859 and hopefully a great platform for me to show what I'm about. 49 00:05:17,942 --> 00:05:19,610 Keep that pressure amongst ourselves 50 00:05:19,694 --> 00:05:22,322 and keep pushing each other back into the big league. 51 00:05:22,405 --> 00:05:23,948 It's a new chapter for the club, 52 00:05:24,032 --> 00:05:26,409 and if we approach it in the right manner, promotion. 53 00:05:26,492 --> 00:05:27,952 Automatic. Win the league. 54 00:05:29,495 --> 00:05:31,205 When a team like Sunderland come knocking, 55 00:05:31,289 --> 00:05:33,583 you can't afford to turn that opportunity down. 56 00:05:33,666 --> 00:05:37,712 You never know if you're gonna get to manage such a big football club. 57 00:05:37,795 --> 00:05:41,132 Albeit with the risks it entails as well, 58 00:05:41,215 --> 00:05:43,843 because it is not a stable football club at this moment. 59 00:05:43,926 --> 00:05:45,636 Hey, guys, wanna move in a bit more? 60 00:05:45,928 --> 00:05:48,139 -Move into the gaps. That's it. -That's better. 61 00:05:48,306 --> 00:05:50,141 And then, same on this side as well. 62 00:05:50,933 --> 00:05:53,561 It's still too good an opportunity for me to turn down. 63 00:05:53,644 --> 00:05:56,230 I didn't want to look back in six months' time and think, 64 00:05:56,314 --> 00:05:58,941 "Somebody's gone in to Sunderland and got them going. 65 00:05:59,025 --> 00:06:01,694 -That could've been me." -Straight ahead, lads. 66 00:06:01,986 --> 00:06:03,446 Three, two, one... 67 00:06:07,825 --> 00:06:10,620 Sunderland was the biggest shipbuilding town in the world. 68 00:06:10,828 --> 00:06:14,540 The massive employment in Sunderland in the '60s, '50s, '40s, '30s 69 00:06:14,624 --> 00:06:16,376 would be the shipyards and the pits. 70 00:06:16,918 --> 00:06:20,505 Everybody in Sunderland has got a relation who's either worked in the shipyards, 71 00:06:20,588 --> 00:06:22,673 or worked in the pits. Everybody. 72 00:06:23,800 --> 00:06:25,802 Unfortunately, them jobs have gone. 73 00:06:26,511 --> 00:06:29,764 Really skilled blokes, and they just lost the lot. 74 00:06:31,724 --> 00:06:35,311 Not many kids had it easy in Sunderland. It is a hard place. 75 00:06:36,646 --> 00:06:40,024 Sunderland is a massive, massive footballing city. 76 00:06:40,858 --> 00:06:44,237 This is the lifeline. This is Sunderland, man. 77 00:06:44,320 --> 00:06:48,491 We're not talking about Watford or Cambridge. 78 00:06:49,158 --> 00:06:51,160 We're talking about a working-class city, 79 00:06:51,244 --> 00:06:54,205 where the main talking point in Sunderland is Sunderland Football Club. 80 00:06:59,794 --> 00:07:03,631 The 1973 cup final was one of the greatest times 81 00:07:03,714 --> 00:07:06,092 in Sunderland's history as far as I'm concerned. 82 00:07:06,384 --> 00:07:10,221 Watson is right in there, so too is Halom. And Porterfield! 83 00:07:10,304 --> 00:07:13,224 Sunderland, the underdogs, are in the lead! 84 00:07:14,517 --> 00:07:17,437 You couldn't explain what it was like. It was like party time. 85 00:07:18,020 --> 00:07:20,898 The momentum started and just built and built and built. 86 00:07:24,735 --> 00:07:26,737 Ninety percent of the games I've watched... 87 00:07:27,488 --> 00:07:29,991 we've either been going for promotion or fighting relegation. 88 00:07:30,074 --> 00:07:30,950 …gets it back. 89 00:07:31,534 --> 00:07:34,162 Yes! That's the goal! 90 00:07:36,747 --> 00:07:39,208 The club has moved into modern surroundings. 91 00:07:39,834 --> 00:07:42,003 Duke called the stadium magnificent. 92 00:07:42,086 --> 00:07:44,172 It's one of the best stadiums in the country. 93 00:07:46,841 --> 00:07:48,259 And he misses a goal! 94 00:07:49,385 --> 00:07:52,472 Phillips! Oh, yes! Oh, yes! 95 00:07:56,434 --> 00:07:58,644 It just couldn't go wrong. Everything went right. 96 00:07:59,020 --> 00:08:02,607 Women would go and take the kids. It was all age groups. 97 00:08:03,232 --> 00:08:04,442 And it really took off. 98 00:08:04,734 --> 00:08:05,610 Defoe! 99 00:08:05,693 --> 00:08:07,904 Oh, about time! 100 00:08:07,987 --> 00:08:11,741 To Borini! Oh, my word! What a goal! 101 00:08:11,824 --> 00:08:14,994 My goodness! They haven't got much to talk about in the North East: 102 00:08:15,077 --> 00:08:16,662 unemployment, poverty. 103 00:08:16,746 --> 00:08:18,372 But they've got a team through to Wembley. 104 00:08:19,040 --> 00:08:20,708 And that's their God, football! 105 00:08:22,793 --> 00:08:25,379 The last 10, 12 years, we've been in the Premiership. 106 00:08:26,672 --> 00:08:29,884 But, unfortunately, it's just went wrong. 107 00:08:29,967 --> 00:08:33,221 This is over, and it is over as far as Sunderland are concerned. 108 00:08:33,304 --> 00:08:35,890 After ten consecutive seasons in the Premier League, 109 00:08:35,973 --> 00:08:38,142 they have been relegated today. 110 00:08:38,643 --> 00:08:42,730 Sunderland, never mind the football club, Sunderland Football Club is Sunderland. 111 00:08:43,773 --> 00:08:45,650 And if it doesn't get up, 112 00:08:45,733 --> 00:08:47,944 we haven't got much going for us to start with. 113 00:08:48,528 --> 00:08:50,321 It's just another nail in the coffin. 114 00:08:51,280 --> 00:08:52,949 Like the shipyards and the pits. 115 00:08:53,407 --> 00:08:54,242 You know... 116 00:08:55,535 --> 00:08:57,286 I've had enough actually. 117 00:08:58,454 --> 00:09:00,289 There you are. Show that to the world. 118 00:09:16,305 --> 00:09:17,723 Are there any season tickets? 119 00:09:17,890 --> 00:09:20,268 Right. It's gonna be £230 to pay please. 120 00:09:20,351 --> 00:09:21,852 You just want your normal seats, yeah? 121 00:09:22,728 --> 00:09:23,813 That's Gail. 122 00:09:24,522 --> 00:09:26,774 It is G-A-I-L. 123 00:09:27,275 --> 00:09:29,443 No, I'm at a birthday party. 124 00:09:29,527 --> 00:09:30,403 -Hi. -Hi, there. 125 00:09:30,486 --> 00:09:33,322 I'm just after renewing some season tickets please. 126 00:09:33,406 --> 00:09:34,240 Right. Okay. 127 00:09:34,323 --> 00:09:36,242 There you go. Cheers now. Thanks very much. 128 00:09:36,325 --> 00:09:38,119 -The same seats? -Yes. 129 00:09:38,202 --> 00:09:40,037 So you're not buying season tickets? 130 00:09:40,121 --> 00:09:41,664 Not for this one, no. 131 00:09:42,081 --> 00:09:43,291 Thank you. Bye, bye. 132 00:09:45,126 --> 00:09:46,669 Just been invited out. 133 00:09:47,670 --> 00:09:50,339 It's usually about the 70-year-olds that proposition me. 134 00:09:52,967 --> 00:09:55,845 It's great. Like the atmosphere now is fantastic. 135 00:09:56,178 --> 00:09:58,014 With our new manager and everything. 136 00:09:58,097 --> 00:10:02,643 Straight away, you got positive people. Got positive people in management. 137 00:10:03,102 --> 00:10:05,229 Come on, Sunderland. Let's give them the... 138 00:10:05,646 --> 00:10:08,816 I hope the turnout's good today to get behind the new manager. 139 00:10:08,899 --> 00:10:09,900 Match day. 140 00:10:11,944 --> 00:10:14,363 It's ours to take. Gotta go for it. 141 00:10:15,489 --> 00:10:18,075 It's done, it's dusted. We're down. Forget about it. 142 00:10:18,159 --> 00:10:19,785 New chapter. Here we go. 143 00:10:19,869 --> 00:10:23,289 Look at the stadium. This has been a Premiership club for many years. 144 00:10:23,497 --> 00:10:25,625 It's nice to have these surroundings to play in, 145 00:10:25,708 --> 00:10:27,835 but it's really about getting the place rocking. 146 00:10:28,377 --> 00:10:31,881 What we've tried to do so far, pre-season, is have a winning mentality. 147 00:10:32,548 --> 00:10:34,467 The lads have got a little bit of a spring in their step. 148 00:10:34,550 --> 00:10:35,843 They know what's around the corner. 149 00:10:35,926 --> 00:10:37,887 The closer you get to the first game of the season, 150 00:10:37,970 --> 00:10:39,513 the edge is there for the players. 151 00:10:39,597 --> 00:10:41,974 They're getting their sharpness back, their competitive edge. 152 00:10:47,897 --> 00:10:49,899 This is a week before the season starts. 153 00:10:49,982 --> 00:10:52,401 Every supporter will think this is gonna be the year 154 00:10:52,485 --> 00:10:54,320 for their football club getting promoted 155 00:10:54,403 --> 00:10:56,697 to the next level and have a successful season. 156 00:10:56,781 --> 00:10:59,241 So, we've done the work. We've prepared. 157 00:10:59,325 --> 00:11:01,535 We look forward to it. Let's get off to a positive start. 158 00:11:03,913 --> 00:11:07,166 A very good afternoon. It's a warm summer Saturday afternoon. 159 00:11:07,249 --> 00:11:09,251 It's pre-season friendly. It's Sunderland's last 160 00:11:09,335 --> 00:11:11,796 before the season starts proper on Friday night. 161 00:11:11,879 --> 00:11:13,547 We've got to get off to a good start. 162 00:11:13,631 --> 00:11:16,175 Get off to a good start, and the momentum will keep us on 163 00:11:16,258 --> 00:11:18,386 with the crowds and support and everything. 164 00:11:18,469 --> 00:11:20,388 Go and beat them four or five-nothing, 165 00:11:20,471 --> 00:11:23,182 and go at the start of the season with confidence. 166 00:11:29,063 --> 00:11:32,316 So I'm thinking 2-0 to Sunderland today. 167 00:11:32,942 --> 00:11:34,443 I've got my fingers crossed. 168 00:11:35,152 --> 00:11:38,239 I'll go through the info Intelligence. This is category A fixture. 169 00:11:38,322 --> 00:11:41,158 We have had some conversations with the police this week. 170 00:11:41,242 --> 00:11:43,369 As a result some of the concerns they've raised, 171 00:11:43,452 --> 00:11:46,747 we've agreed to increase the policing resources in the stadium. 172 00:11:48,666 --> 00:11:50,501 Here we go! 173 00:12:12,982 --> 00:12:17,570 Today, 2-1. 2-1 to the lads. I can feel it, yeah. 174 00:12:36,088 --> 00:12:39,008 I think the manager really suits the place. It's refreshing. 175 00:12:39,091 --> 00:12:42,136 It's up to us, as a group, to believe in what the manager's given us 176 00:12:42,219 --> 00:12:43,763 and keep working towards that. 177 00:12:43,846 --> 00:12:46,557 'Cause that's gonna be our blueprint throughout the season. 178 00:12:46,640 --> 00:12:50,686 I'm excited about these players. In the dressing room. A lot of new faces, 179 00:12:50,811 --> 00:12:53,063 and good lads, as well, who know the league. 180 00:12:55,483 --> 00:12:57,568 Goalkeeping is different to outfield players 181 00:12:57,651 --> 00:12:59,945 because the gaffer can pick ten. 182 00:13:00,279 --> 00:13:02,823 Being a keeper, there's only one spot, obviously. 183 00:13:02,907 --> 00:13:05,618 We all know how hard you have to work, day in and day out. 184 00:13:05,701 --> 00:13:08,454 I make sure that I'm the best keeper for the team. 185 00:13:12,750 --> 00:13:15,294 One of our famous frequencies is CCTV. 186 00:13:15,628 --> 00:13:17,630 Stand track side. 187 00:13:18,130 --> 00:13:20,299 Sunderland till I die. 188 00:13:20,382 --> 00:13:22,802 I'm Sunderland till I die. 189 00:13:22,885 --> 00:13:24,553 I know I am, I'm sure I am 190 00:13:24,637 --> 00:13:28,140 Sunderland! Sunderland! Sunderland! 191 00:13:36,398 --> 00:13:41,445 Sunderland! Sunderland! Sunderland! 192 00:14:09,849 --> 00:14:12,184 They're certainly lively, the Celtic fans. 193 00:14:13,018 --> 00:14:16,730 I understand it's hotting up, should we say, around the city. 194 00:14:17,690 --> 00:14:21,068 Sunderland's new keeper, Jason Steele, he starts this afternoon. 195 00:14:21,360 --> 00:14:24,697 And it's Sunderland 196 00:14:24,780 --> 00:14:27,533 Sunderland FC 197 00:14:27,616 --> 00:14:29,994 We're by far the greatest team 198 00:14:30,077 --> 00:14:32,538 The world has ever seen 199 00:14:38,544 --> 00:14:39,378 Go on! 200 00:14:39,837 --> 00:14:42,715 You know, a lot of people spoke about Simon Grayson. 201 00:14:44,383 --> 00:14:45,718 I've been impressed with him. 202 00:14:51,223 --> 00:14:53,559 Straight away, he goes and gets a goalkeeper. 203 00:14:54,476 --> 00:14:56,437 He knows what his opponents are looking for. 204 00:14:56,520 --> 00:14:59,189 He's brought players in who will roll their sleeves up 205 00:14:59,273 --> 00:15:00,774 and give 100 percent. 206 00:15:00,900 --> 00:15:03,193 Back up to Cattermole to try and win it back. 207 00:15:12,286 --> 00:15:14,705 Ndong lays it to Cattermole. 208 00:15:14,788 --> 00:15:17,166 Back to Browning, who's under a bit of pressure 209 00:15:17,249 --> 00:15:19,919 but rolls it back, and played out to Koné 210 00:15:20,002 --> 00:15:24,006 who makes a mistake under pressure, and Celtic could score. And they do. 211 00:15:24,089 --> 00:15:26,508 Terrible mix up in the back by Sunderland. 212 00:15:26,884 --> 00:15:29,511 And Celtic score in the fourth minute. 213 00:15:30,596 --> 00:15:32,681 Terrible mistake by Koné. 214 00:15:33,974 --> 00:15:36,101 Ball played through the center of the field, 215 00:15:36,185 --> 00:15:38,520 can do nothing about it, and it's smacked under him. 216 00:15:38,604 --> 00:15:42,316 Celtic lead 2-0. Look at Sunderland. They look puzzled. 217 00:15:42,399 --> 00:15:45,903 Absolutely look puzzled. They're gonna bring on Honeyman. 218 00:15:47,071 --> 00:15:49,198 And the shot blocked. Honeyman! 219 00:15:49,281 --> 00:15:50,783 -Penalty. -They've given him a penalty. 220 00:15:53,869 --> 00:15:58,582 It's a penalty now to Sunderland. Chance to pull a goal back. 221 00:16:20,020 --> 00:16:21,313 He's missed both of them. 222 00:16:30,447 --> 00:16:34,284 Steele saved, not cleared, fell straight to a Celtic player. 223 00:16:34,368 --> 00:16:37,079 How easy is that? How many efforts are they gonna have? 224 00:16:38,038 --> 00:16:40,374 The chance for Celtic to make it four here. 225 00:16:42,543 --> 00:16:44,461 -4-0. -That's how to take a penalty. 226 00:16:45,004 --> 00:16:46,922 I think there's police in the north tunnel. 227 00:16:47,006 --> 00:16:49,717 Tell a steward to liaise with the police. Go in with police support, 228 00:16:49,800 --> 00:16:51,719 get the CCTV on. There is police there. 229 00:16:57,391 --> 00:16:58,934 -Shot now... -Oh, no. 230 00:16:59,518 --> 00:17:02,187 Anything on target is going in at the present moment. 231 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:28,213 Release the exit gates and commence the turnstile barrier operation. 232 00:17:28,672 --> 00:17:30,424 What the hell are you doing? 233 00:17:39,016 --> 00:17:41,018 It's a bit late now, O'Shea! 234 00:17:43,520 --> 00:17:45,272 For God's sake, get a grip! 235 00:17:49,109 --> 00:17:51,528 A lot of things that could go wrong went wrong today. 236 00:17:51,612 --> 00:17:53,238 It's a wake-up call to myself. 237 00:17:53,322 --> 00:17:56,658 Maybe I thought the players knew what they're doing better than they did, 238 00:17:56,742 --> 00:17:57,701 but obviously not. 239 00:17:57,785 --> 00:17:59,328 This is a work in progress. 240 00:17:59,411 --> 00:18:02,372 There's still a lot of work to be done, both on and off the pitch. 241 00:18:02,456 --> 00:18:06,293 A lot of heart and soul has been ripped out of this football club the last years. 242 00:18:06,376 --> 00:18:09,254 We have to make sure we put some positivity back into it. 243 00:18:21,809 --> 00:18:23,811 It's like being in a shit relationship. 244 00:18:24,228 --> 00:18:26,688 They keep cheating on you, and you know you should break up with them. 245 00:18:29,525 --> 00:18:31,902 That team was absolutely terrible today. 246 00:18:31,985 --> 00:18:34,780 Vaughan tried. Absolutely pathetic. We're sick of it. 247 00:18:38,200 --> 00:18:40,494 Grayson's a good manager. It's the fucking players. 248 00:18:40,577 --> 00:18:43,789 Cattermole and all of them, it's them. It's not the fucking manager. 249 00:18:43,872 --> 00:18:45,249 So, piss off! 250 00:18:46,542 --> 00:18:47,960 Get back! Get back! 251 00:19:10,107 --> 00:19:12,860 Welcome to the madhouse. Oliver. How old are you, Oliver? 252 00:19:12,943 --> 00:19:14,236 -Six. -Twenty? 253 00:19:14,319 --> 00:19:16,029 -No, six. -You're only six. 254 00:19:16,113 --> 00:19:18,031 Josh, you're 45, aren't you? 255 00:19:18,115 --> 00:19:19,032 -Yeah. -Yeah. 256 00:19:19,658 --> 00:19:21,368 So, who're we dropping first? 257 00:19:21,451 --> 00:19:22,744 -Joshy. -No. 258 00:19:22,828 --> 00:19:26,415 We drop Oliver first 'cause Joshy's nurse is on the way to Daddy's work. 259 00:19:26,498 --> 00:19:28,333 Where's your daddy's work at? 260 00:19:29,585 --> 00:19:31,086 Where do you think it is? 261 00:19:31,420 --> 00:19:35,299 -It's in the roundabout. -It's on the roundabout. 262 00:19:35,382 --> 00:19:36,383 -Yeah. -Yeah. 263 00:19:39,178 --> 00:19:40,971 Be good, Joshy, okay? 264 00:19:41,054 --> 00:19:41,972 Okay. 265 00:19:42,181 --> 00:19:44,016 Joshy, you come with Dad quickly. 266 00:19:45,809 --> 00:19:46,685 Bye. 267 00:19:53,150 --> 00:19:55,736 We just collapsed. We should've took our chances. 268 00:19:55,819 --> 00:19:57,279 Three or four great chances, 269 00:19:57,362 --> 00:19:59,656 and we got hit with a sucker punch and we just folded. 270 00:19:59,740 --> 00:20:03,118 'Cause we thought if we can't score, we can't win the game. 271 00:20:03,744 --> 00:20:05,579 But the fans let us know after the game, 272 00:20:05,662 --> 00:20:08,624 and I think that really hurt a few of the lads. 273 00:20:08,707 --> 00:20:12,211 Obviously, I've got nothing to compare it to really. 274 00:20:12,294 --> 00:20:16,298 I played a few times last year, but I was sort of in and out a lot. 275 00:20:16,381 --> 00:20:18,926 So, I wasn't a main figure or anything. 276 00:20:19,885 --> 00:20:22,095 It's a good job you never came in the house there 277 00:20:22,179 --> 00:20:24,556 'cause the missus will tell you what a tosser I am. 278 00:20:27,184 --> 00:20:28,769 I just... Yeah, you just... 279 00:20:29,645 --> 00:20:32,773 You lose a game, you don't talk, and stuff like that. It's not nice. 280 00:20:32,856 --> 00:20:35,525 You should never do that, and I know I shouldn't do it, 281 00:20:36,026 --> 00:20:37,945 but I think it's just a part of me. 282 00:20:38,612 --> 00:20:40,989 Part of who I am. I think she accepts that now. 283 00:20:42,324 --> 00:20:44,076 It's kinda like being thrown in the deep end, 284 00:20:44,159 --> 00:20:46,745 but I'm not like a total youngster. 285 00:20:46,828 --> 00:20:49,122 Do you know what I mean? I've got to take... 286 00:20:50,332 --> 00:20:52,834 a lot of responsibility on my shoulders. 287 00:20:52,918 --> 00:20:55,003 When you're top of the league and flying, 288 00:20:56,421 --> 00:20:58,674 don't never feel tired. Do you know what I mean? 289 00:20:58,757 --> 00:21:01,426 You never feel tired and stressed. 290 00:21:02,928 --> 00:21:06,181 But... it's part of the perks, innit? 291 00:21:07,391 --> 00:21:08,392 It's life. 292 00:21:09,851 --> 00:21:12,312 There's only us that can sort it out to be fair. 293 00:21:12,521 --> 00:21:14,398 There's only us that can sort it out. 294 00:21:19,820 --> 00:21:22,406 As a chief exec, in times of adversity, 295 00:21:22,489 --> 00:21:24,283 in a perverse sort of way, 296 00:21:24,866 --> 00:21:27,160 you relish the fact that you're under the cosh. 297 00:21:27,869 --> 00:21:29,663 You know you're getting criticism, 298 00:21:30,122 --> 00:21:34,459 and you have a lot to contend with day to day, 299 00:21:35,168 --> 00:21:37,504 emotionally, personally, and emotionally in the job. 300 00:21:39,673 --> 00:21:42,551 But for me, that's what gets me out of bed in the morning. 301 00:21:43,093 --> 00:21:46,680 To effect change, and make a difference, and take on a challenge, 302 00:21:46,763 --> 00:21:48,265 I like that. 303 00:21:48,348 --> 00:21:53,020 If life's a little bit like, just go into the nice, glossy office, 304 00:21:53,103 --> 00:21:55,439 and a nice corporate structure, and fee. 305 00:21:55,522 --> 00:21:57,983 That's not me. I'm not interested in that. 306 00:21:58,066 --> 00:22:01,194 So, I do really get the bit between my teeth that says, 307 00:22:01,403 --> 00:22:03,280 "Fuck this. I'm gonna make a difference." 308 00:22:12,789 --> 00:22:14,374 Six days ahead of the new season, 309 00:22:14,458 --> 00:22:17,461 any party atmosphere among Sunderland fans soon evaporated, 310 00:22:17,544 --> 00:22:19,629 courtesy of five Celtic goals. 311 00:22:19,880 --> 00:22:21,923 As for second-half substitute Darron Gibson, 312 00:22:22,007 --> 00:22:24,843 he made back and inside back page headlines this morning, 313 00:22:25,052 --> 00:22:27,262 following a bar room conversation with fans, 314 00:22:27,346 --> 00:22:29,181 one of who videoed his verbal attack 315 00:22:29,264 --> 00:22:31,266 on the commitment of some of his teammates. 316 00:22:31,433 --> 00:22:33,602 Mate, there's too many people at the club... 317 00:22:34,478 --> 00:22:35,645 that don't give a fuck. 318 00:22:35,729 --> 00:22:37,356 Who's not committed to the club? 319 00:22:37,439 --> 00:22:39,649 You tell me who's not committed to the club. 320 00:22:39,733 --> 00:22:41,943 First of all, Koné. He doesn't seem in it. 321 00:22:42,027 --> 00:22:43,528 Right. There's one. 322 00:22:43,612 --> 00:22:45,530 -Jermain Lens. -Next one. 323 00:22:45,614 --> 00:22:47,991 Gibson appeared to suggest that some of his teammates 324 00:22:48,075 --> 00:22:49,201 aren't up for the fight. 325 00:22:49,284 --> 00:22:52,454 So, wait. Darron, you? You're off your fucking face in here. 326 00:22:53,914 --> 00:22:56,666 Right. I might be off my face in here, 327 00:22:56,750 --> 00:22:59,211 but, I still want to play for Sunderland. 328 00:22:59,294 --> 00:23:03,090 The rest of them fucking don't, though. The rest of them don't. 329 00:23:25,779 --> 00:23:28,198 It just makes you feel sick because it's a negative 330 00:23:28,281 --> 00:23:30,951 at the start of the season when you're building positives. 331 00:23:31,618 --> 00:23:33,829 So there's enough negatives coming out the Premier League 332 00:23:33,912 --> 00:23:36,790 and issues that we had. You think you've put that behind you, 333 00:23:36,873 --> 00:23:40,377 and then Darron Gibson does something that's totally unacceptable to me, 334 00:23:40,460 --> 00:23:43,088 Sunderland Football Club, or any Sunderland supporter. 335 00:23:47,092 --> 00:23:50,429 It's been disrespectful to the players because they're still here. 336 00:23:50,512 --> 00:23:52,305 They will contribute to the season. 337 00:23:52,389 --> 00:23:54,975 To be public, it doesn't look good for the football club, 338 00:23:55,058 --> 00:23:57,561 and it's not what we need in the build up to the season. 339 00:24:22,544 --> 00:24:23,962 It was a big mistake. 340 00:24:25,630 --> 00:24:29,718 I don't think the club needed it, and the fans didn't need it either... 341 00:24:30,218 --> 00:24:32,554 after just being relegated, so... 342 00:24:34,556 --> 00:24:37,809 it was disappointing from my point of view. I thought I let myself down. 343 00:24:37,893 --> 00:24:41,605 I understand how privileged I am to be in the position I am, 344 00:24:42,063 --> 00:24:45,275 and being able to do something that I love doing every day, 345 00:24:45,358 --> 00:24:48,737 and getting paid for it. I've been brought up to work hard 346 00:24:48,820 --> 00:24:51,281 from I first started playing football to now. 347 00:24:51,364 --> 00:24:53,533 So, I've worked for everything I've got. 348 00:25:04,461 --> 00:25:07,589 When I spoke to Simon, both of us were disappointed in him, 349 00:25:07,672 --> 00:25:12,969 what he was doing at a stage in pre-season where everybody is focused on getting fit. 350 00:25:13,428 --> 00:25:16,681 Everybody on the move. Don't be standing still. Got to receive it! 351 00:25:17,891 --> 00:25:20,894 Everybody now, everybody on the move, or else you'll be going in. 352 00:25:20,977 --> 00:25:22,812 No standing still on the move, Joel! 353 00:25:22,896 --> 00:25:27,234 As a punitive sanction, he got fined. Then, in fairness to him, 354 00:25:27,317 --> 00:25:31,488 he voluntarily apologized and was remorseful. 355 00:25:32,197 --> 00:25:34,199 He admitted he made a mistake. 356 00:25:34,282 --> 00:25:37,702 He's probably still a fortunate boy to be playing at the football club. 357 00:25:39,287 --> 00:25:41,164 We don't want the same season as we had last year. 358 00:25:41,248 --> 00:25:43,500 There's probably a lot of players on short term, 359 00:25:43,583 --> 00:25:45,043 or whatever, wanting to move. 360 00:25:46,086 --> 00:25:49,089 You can't control all that, and that's the frustrating thing. 361 00:25:49,172 --> 00:25:51,967 There're players who wanna do it right. Gibbo is one of them. 362 00:26:00,517 --> 00:26:02,811 Positive mindset, everything that we've done. 363 00:26:02,894 --> 00:26:07,023 We spoke about, in the past, again, what's happened previously, it's gone. 364 00:26:07,107 --> 00:26:09,693 What we can affect now is the future and what we're gonna do. 365 00:26:09,776 --> 00:26:11,861 So it's a positive mindset for everybody, 366 00:26:11,945 --> 00:26:14,781 which transmits from us, onto the supporters. 367 00:26:14,864 --> 00:26:18,660 As a club point of view, we've had players who've done nothing for two, three years. 368 00:26:18,743 --> 00:26:19,953 They just came and left. 369 00:26:20,036 --> 00:26:23,123 I wouldn't mind sat around for three, four years, and not play, 370 00:26:23,206 --> 00:26:25,875 and get paid. You need to buy the right individual. 371 00:26:25,959 --> 00:26:27,627 These fans can be demanding, 372 00:26:27,711 --> 00:26:30,005 and these are the things they expect from you. 373 00:26:30,088 --> 00:26:33,216 They wanna see desire, they wanna see you care about the club, 374 00:26:33,300 --> 00:26:37,095 they wanna see the spirit where you're all together, celebrating a goal, 375 00:26:37,178 --> 00:26:40,181 because they're a working-class people who work hard for the money. 376 00:26:40,265 --> 00:26:43,727 That's the bare minimum they're expecting. We gotta carry that forward. 377 00:26:43,810 --> 00:26:46,771 You want them to push themselves to become better, 378 00:26:46,855 --> 00:26:50,692 and get in the team, stay in the team. Believe in moving to the North East. 379 00:26:50,775 --> 00:26:52,193 Enjoy playing for this club. 380 00:26:52,277 --> 00:26:55,238 Whether you think it or not, you're in a privileged position. 381 00:26:55,322 --> 00:26:56,865 'Cause you're well paid for it. 382 00:26:56,948 --> 00:27:00,368 You play for a fantastic club with a lot of tradition and history, 383 00:27:00,452 --> 00:27:04,706 and the supporters will back you all day. Big things. If we get everything on side, 384 00:27:04,789 --> 00:27:06,958 and get everything going in the right direction, 385 00:27:07,042 --> 00:27:10,503 there's no reason why we can't have a real good, successful season. 386 00:27:10,587 --> 00:27:14,341 So, let's work on all these things that we've mentioned both today, 387 00:27:14,424 --> 00:27:17,260 the rest of the week, that'll set us up for the rest of the season. 388 00:27:19,137 --> 00:27:21,431 We have some players that have to go. 389 00:27:22,140 --> 00:27:24,976 And they need to go from a cultural aspect 390 00:27:25,060 --> 00:27:27,103 in the dressing room and what we're trying to achieve. 391 00:27:27,562 --> 00:27:31,232 And equally, they need to go from a fiscal perspective. 392 00:27:31,316 --> 00:27:36,738 We had a player who arrived at training for his first time. 393 00:27:37,864 --> 00:27:39,240 And met me in the car park. 394 00:27:39,324 --> 00:27:42,160 Asked him if he had a good summer. He said, yeah. 395 00:27:43,620 --> 00:27:46,873 And I said to him, "You glad to be back?" And he said, "No, not really." 396 00:27:48,541 --> 00:27:50,752 He said, "I have a contract. I'm gonna honor it." 397 00:27:55,256 --> 00:27:57,258 I had a gulp of air and thought, 398 00:27:57,342 --> 00:28:00,387 "Okay, you're not what we need at Sunderland Football Club. 399 00:28:00,470 --> 00:28:03,348 And actually, I should probably take you upstairs to my desk, 400 00:28:03,431 --> 00:28:05,642 and say, 'Fine. If you don't want to be here, 401 00:28:05,725 --> 00:28:09,396 let's sit down, and you can go.''' But it's not as simple as that. 402 00:28:11,189 --> 00:28:12,732 People talk all the time about 403 00:28:12,816 --> 00:28:15,694 the financial muscle required to bring players to a club. 404 00:28:16,027 --> 00:28:19,447 Actually, the financial muscle is required to, obviously, at times, 405 00:28:19,531 --> 00:28:22,534 move players out of the club that don't fit the culture, 406 00:28:22,826 --> 00:28:25,787 or you don't feel they've come for the right reasons in the end. 407 00:28:25,870 --> 00:28:28,123 And fundamentally, you know, 408 00:28:28,206 --> 00:28:32,085 those who shout and scream about the owner, 409 00:28:32,711 --> 00:28:35,505 and the team needs to be rebuilt, and needs to be funded. 410 00:28:35,630 --> 00:28:37,841 He has put his money where his mouth is. 411 00:28:37,924 --> 00:28:41,469 In recent years, he has put a colossal amount of money into this football club. 412 00:28:41,553 --> 00:28:44,180 But he doesn't want to continue to invest... 413 00:28:44,681 --> 00:28:46,641 the type of sums he has done before. 414 00:28:52,272 --> 00:28:56,234 It's not just in the Premier League where the big money is being spent. 415 00:28:57,360 --> 00:28:59,779 It is a dogfight being in the Championship. 416 00:29:00,029 --> 00:29:04,284 For Sunderland or anybody else, getting out of it, is a difficult thing. 417 00:29:07,328 --> 00:29:10,498 The Sunderland support is a special one. They deserve better. 418 00:29:10,665 --> 00:29:12,709 I would even go as far as to say, Ellis Short, 419 00:29:12,917 --> 00:29:16,421 for all the money he has invested in the football club, deserves better. 420 00:29:16,504 --> 00:29:18,923 But there's only one set of people that can put that right. 421 00:29:19,007 --> 00:29:21,468 And it's not him or the fans. It's the players. 422 00:29:21,551 --> 00:29:23,928 And until the players grasp that, 423 00:29:24,095 --> 00:29:26,598 they're not gonna get out of the predicament they're in. 424 00:29:42,363 --> 00:29:45,158 When you look at the situation with the players we've got now, 425 00:29:45,617 --> 00:29:47,994 it's up to them to gel. It's up to them to understand 426 00:29:48,077 --> 00:29:51,247 that whether you're here on loan, or as a permanent player, 427 00:29:51,331 --> 00:29:54,292 you still gotta do as well as you can for yourself and the club. 428 00:29:55,418 --> 00:29:59,297 To make up the time this morning, this is hard work that we're doing. 429 00:29:59,380 --> 00:30:00,799 Quicken things for tomorrow. 430 00:30:00,882 --> 00:30:02,926 Don't let the ball stop still. Off you go. 431 00:30:03,259 --> 00:30:06,012 Everybody would like to have the finished article of a player 432 00:30:06,095 --> 00:30:09,307 spending £10 million, and it'll affect the team straight away. 433 00:30:09,390 --> 00:30:12,685 As a club, we're not in that position. It's about what we do now. 434 00:30:12,769 --> 00:30:14,729 It's about having this group of players. 435 00:30:14,813 --> 00:30:17,857 We've got to make sure we get every last bit of work out of them. 436 00:30:18,733 --> 00:30:21,486 Come on. We've gotta do better. Let's start one and two. 437 00:30:22,070 --> 00:30:24,531 Come on, if you’re in the middle get back quickly. 438 00:30:28,493 --> 00:30:30,829 You look at some of the teams that are in the league 439 00:30:30,912 --> 00:30:32,914 and the money they're spending on players, 440 00:30:33,581 --> 00:30:35,083 you're thinking, "Jesus!" 441 00:30:35,166 --> 00:30:39,045 You need to try and create an atmosphere. It's something we gotta do quick. 442 00:30:39,128 --> 00:30:40,338 Get out of the division. 443 00:30:41,214 --> 00:30:44,676 We're all in it to make sure we have a good, successful career, 444 00:30:44,759 --> 00:30:47,345 but to also make sure we can provide for our family. 445 00:30:48,555 --> 00:30:51,307 In this league, it doesn't matter who you're playing against, 446 00:30:51,391 --> 00:30:52,642 you have to be 100%. 447 00:30:52,725 --> 00:30:54,435 The games are thick and fast. 448 00:30:54,519 --> 00:30:56,938 You have to make sure you're ready, mentally, 449 00:30:57,272 --> 00:31:00,608 to go to battle, and stand toe-to-toe with your opponent. 450 00:31:10,410 --> 00:31:13,496 BBC Newcastle. Radio for the North East. 451 00:31:13,913 --> 00:31:15,540 The wait is almost over. 452 00:31:15,623 --> 00:31:18,501 Tonight, we bring you our first live competitive action 453 00:31:18,585 --> 00:31:20,461 ahead of the season on BBC Newcastle. 454 00:31:20,545 --> 00:31:23,715 We are about to start for real. Sunderland hosts Derby County. 455 00:31:28,595 --> 00:31:32,223 I like to go to the game with clarity and focus. 456 00:31:33,850 --> 00:31:37,729 I like to kind of get here in the building and set an example, 457 00:31:37,812 --> 00:31:39,939 and have lots of cups of tea on match day. 458 00:31:42,150 --> 00:31:44,736 I just want everybody to approach it with the right focus, 459 00:31:44,819 --> 00:31:47,322 so I've got to set that example in many ways. 460 00:31:48,823 --> 00:31:52,201 Relegation was a massive blow for everybody, me included. 461 00:31:52,285 --> 00:31:54,746 It's a huge football club. It's a club of stature. 462 00:31:54,829 --> 00:31:57,874 Look at the place. It's a great stadium. 463 00:31:58,958 --> 00:32:03,046 When you drive up to the gates, it's got meaning and significance. 464 00:32:03,254 --> 00:32:07,133 Now I have to tell you all you look lovely when the cameras are on me. 465 00:32:07,592 --> 00:32:09,093 You look lovely too, Jimmy. 466 00:32:09,719 --> 00:32:11,304 -How are you? -I'm good. 467 00:32:22,732 --> 00:32:23,942 How are you? You well? 468 00:32:24,025 --> 00:32:26,903 At this moment of time, we're going through a rough patch. 469 00:32:26,986 --> 00:32:30,490 What is important is that we have plans on how to get out there. 470 00:32:30,573 --> 00:32:33,952 And it really starts with getting the players on the pitch performing. 471 00:32:35,578 --> 00:32:37,372 Hello. How're you doing? All right? 472 00:32:37,455 --> 00:32:39,916 Shake this man's hand. This man's a proper legend. 473 00:32:39,999 --> 00:32:42,877 -Proper Sunderland legend. -Never heard of me? Be honest. 474 00:32:42,961 --> 00:32:46,673 Many years ago, about 20 years ago, there was a team that I played in. 475 00:32:46,756 --> 00:32:49,717 They were absolutely magnificent. You know who their captain was? 476 00:32:51,719 --> 00:32:54,514 Whatever happens, we fucking stick together out there. 477 00:32:55,223 --> 00:32:57,642 Fucking get each other out of shit if we have to. 478 00:32:58,726 --> 00:33:01,396 Fucking look after each other like we have for two fucking years. 479 00:33:01,479 --> 00:33:03,898 Is it tough? Yeah, absolutely. 480 00:33:03,982 --> 00:33:06,693 Are the fans demanding? Yeah, they are. So they should be. 481 00:33:06,776 --> 00:33:09,112 But when you give it back, they adore you. 482 00:33:09,195 --> 00:33:11,531 So, what I'd say to any player that comes here is, 483 00:33:11,614 --> 00:33:13,408 "Give it back, and you will be adored." 484 00:33:13,741 --> 00:33:15,994 I'm hoping on a win. Gotta be a win. 485 00:33:16,744 --> 00:33:20,373 I think the fans need sort of... Give them a boost. 486 00:33:20,456 --> 00:33:21,499 That's what we need. 487 00:33:21,582 --> 00:33:23,292 No one knows how tonight's gonna go. 488 00:33:23,710 --> 00:33:27,422 No one knows how the season's gonna go, but you still look forward to tonight. 489 00:33:27,964 --> 00:33:29,799 It's what keeps you going, isn't it? 490 00:33:29,882 --> 00:33:32,552 You'll never lose that excitement for the season. 491 00:33:32,635 --> 00:33:34,595 That's why you take a half-day at work. 492 00:33:34,679 --> 00:33:36,764 A lot of people took the afternoon off. 493 00:33:36,848 --> 00:33:39,475 A lot will be getting in from work. Literally in, washed out. 494 00:33:39,559 --> 00:33:42,478 Those that can't come will be watching it on the telly. 495 00:33:42,562 --> 00:33:45,440 The expectation for the game becomes massive. 496 00:33:45,523 --> 00:33:47,150 The crux of it all is: 497 00:33:47,233 --> 00:33:49,110 ''I support this club 'cause I love it.'' 498 00:33:49,736 --> 00:33:51,529 That's Sunderland badge, yeah. 499 00:33:51,612 --> 00:33:55,158 He's not getting one. He thinks he is, but he's not. 500 00:33:55,241 --> 00:33:57,243 Unless he gets one on the sly like. 501 00:33:58,745 --> 00:34:00,413 One thing... Yes, Bri, yeah. 502 00:34:00,913 --> 00:34:03,833 One thing we always say, "We have to match them." 503 00:34:03,916 --> 00:34:04,959 Fuck that today. 504 00:34:05,043 --> 00:34:08,296 They have to match us with everything to get anything out of the game. 505 00:34:08,379 --> 00:34:11,340 They have to match us. They have to match our work rate. 506 00:34:11,424 --> 00:34:13,426 They have to match our fucking quality. 507 00:34:13,509 --> 00:34:16,929 More importantly, have the bollocks to have some quality on the ball. 508 00:34:17,013 --> 00:34:19,390 They match yours, not the other way around today 509 00:34:19,474 --> 00:34:23,311 to get anything out of this game. Win it. Go do your bit. 510 00:34:28,024 --> 00:34:32,361 Having watched the club now over a number of months... 511 00:34:32,862 --> 00:34:35,990 go through the turmoil that it has gone through, 512 00:34:36,115 --> 00:34:39,619 and while you may be perceived to be in an ivory tower, 513 00:34:39,702 --> 00:34:43,664 your job is very much to make sure you know... 514 00:34:44,082 --> 00:34:46,167 what the sentiment, what the feeling is. 515 00:34:46,250 --> 00:34:48,920 And whether that's hear or on television. 516 00:34:49,420 --> 00:34:51,756 But it hasn't been the smoothest of pre-seasons, 517 00:34:51,839 --> 00:34:55,301 and the course will be full of obstacles for Simon Grayson's Sunderland. 518 00:34:55,384 --> 00:34:59,180 A new boss, a new challenge, a new season. The ball gets rolling. 519 00:34:59,639 --> 00:35:03,059 You hear it from a taxi driver that's driving you around the city. 520 00:35:03,142 --> 00:35:07,355 Captain John O'Shea's on the bench as is the talkative Darron Gibson. 521 00:35:07,438 --> 00:35:09,565 It's down to the attitudes of the players. 522 00:35:09,649 --> 00:35:13,027 They've got the ability. It's just down to if they want to put it on. 523 00:35:13,111 --> 00:35:15,321 At home, Sunderland's gotta start off well. 524 00:35:15,404 --> 00:35:18,032 If they don't, we're in big trouble straightaway. 525 00:35:18,616 --> 00:35:22,411 I know that I understand what it means to people 526 00:35:22,495 --> 00:35:24,413 in and around the city of Sunderland. 527 00:35:24,497 --> 00:35:26,415 I see an economically challenged area, 528 00:35:26,874 --> 00:35:30,253 I see people whose church is Sunderland Football Club, 529 00:35:31,045 --> 00:35:35,258 and I see what our failure does to their demeanor and their daily lives. 530 00:35:35,883 --> 00:35:38,177 For me at Sunderland, at this moment in time, 531 00:35:38,261 --> 00:35:40,763 yeah, that is my biggest challenge in my career. 532 00:35:40,847 --> 00:35:44,142 I genuinely believe that Sunderland Football Club has a future. 533 00:35:44,225 --> 00:35:46,727 It's just going through a rocky period of time. 534 00:35:47,186 --> 00:35:50,773 But it's too good a club and big a club 535 00:35:50,857 --> 00:35:54,277 for it not to bounce back and succeed. 536 00:36:00,658 --> 00:36:01,576 Good evening, all. 537 00:36:02,994 --> 00:36:06,372 Well, the spoils of spring are a world away. 538 00:36:08,541 --> 00:36:12,295 The agonies and the ecstasies still lie ahead. 539 00:36:17,508 --> 00:36:19,760 A new journey, a new chapter. 540 00:36:20,303 --> 00:36:22,263 Anything is possible. 541 00:36:25,183 --> 00:36:29,854 We are Sunderland! We are Sunderland!