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MAGIC CARPET RIDE?

MORE LIKE THE BIG DIPPER!
Just what is going on at Sunderland?
Sunderland fanzine editor and author, MAL ROBINSON tries to explain.

Paolo Di Canio

So, sum up the last 6 months or so on Wearside Mal?
To put it in nutshel – organised chaos! We have had Martin O’ Neill, the fan’s preferred choice for years nearly relegating us, and in came Paolo Di Canio to a torrent of abuse from the national and international media for his links with fascism.
Paolo then won the “dirty knees derby” away at Newcastle sliding along the pitch in celebration. He then jumps in...

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