David Moyes admits he feels sorry for Sunderland fans following relegation from the Premier League.
With only six wins, Sunderland’s bright spots — like the first victory (2-1, on Nov. 5 at Bournemouth) and the astonishing-but-fluke hammering of Crystal Palace (4-0 on Feb. 4 at Selhurst Park) — served only to encourage false hope this season.
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It was not a season in which highlights seem appropriate to describe occasional saving graces, but on an individual level, two of the many players expected to leave Sunderland this summer brought smiles to supporters’ faces.
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Sunderland were well beaten in their final Premier League match of the season.
Sunderland bowed out from the Premier League after 10 seasons with a 5-1 thrashing at Chelsea that illustrated the gulf between top and bottom.
Few expected Sunderland to spoil the title-winners’ party and despite going behind in the game’s early stages, Chelsea enjoyed overwhelming possession and were not flattered by the scoreline.
Bizarrely, it was the Wearsiders’ boss David Moyes who fielded the weakened side against the champions as several first-team regulars declared themselves unfit.
But…
David Moyes admits he feels for the Sunderland fans following their relegation.
Sunderland’s farewell to the Premier League on Sunday takes them ominously to Stamford Bridge, en fete after Chelsea’s emphatic title success but also the scene of two rare highlights of the Black Cats’ 10-year stay.
Ten seasons, nine different managers and frequent brushes with relegation have reduced the Wearsiders to an existence plagued by insecurity and disappointment.
Chelsea
Sunderland
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Home: 1/7
Draw: 7/1
Away: 18/1
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Swansea City took a step closer to Premier League safety with an important away win over Sunderland.
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Sunderland’s last home game of a 10-year Premier League stay ended in a dismal 2-0 defeat that gave no cause for optimism in the Wearsiders’ Championship struggles to come.
Mercifully there was no lap of honour from Sunderland at the end — Moyes had said previously that players ought to be hanging their heads in shame instead — following what was one of their most embarrassing, turgid performances of a rotten season.
Referee Andre Marriner added to Sunderland’s misery by denying a clear penalty…
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Sunderland have a chance and a duty against relegation-threatened Swansea City on Saturday to turn the Stadium of Light’s last Premier League game for at least a season into a winning farewell.
After a calamitous season in which another great escape rarely seemed in prospect, David Moyes’ side must try to give home supporters a first real reason to cheer the final whistle since a nervy 1-0 win against Watford back in December.
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Swansea City
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Home: 16/5
Draw: 14/5
Away: 10/11
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Having broken Hull City’s hearts with a 2-0 victory at the KCOM…
Sunderland pushed Hull City deeper into trouble with a fine 2-0 win at the KCOM.
Sunderland at last turned endeavour into goals to beat Hull City 2-0 on Saturday, a rare away win that came too late to avoid relegation but offered qualified hope f…
Sunderland’s 10-year stay in the Premier League came to an end after their 1-0 loss to Bournemouth.
Craig Burley and Alejandro Moreno reflect on David Moyes’ managerial struggles after Sunderland’s relegation.
Finally doomed to relegation, Sunderland travel to Hull City on Saturday for the first of four remaining chances to salvage some pride at the end of one of the worst seasons in their history.
David Moyes’ players might be dispirited, hardly in the mood to do what they have routinely failed to do since August — to register a win or even score after not managing a goal in nine of their past 10 games.
But they owe to it to their supporters, the other relegation-threatened clubs — Swansea City and…
Sunderland’s 10-year spell in the Premier League is over following a 1-0 defeat to Bournemouth.
Sunderland’s 10-year spell in the Premier League is over following a 1-0 defeat to Bournemouth.
John O’Shea recaps Sunderland’s disappointing Premier League season and where it all went wrong.
With more than a hint of merciful release, Sunderland’s relegation from the Premier League was confirmed as a late Bournemouth winner, combined with Hull’s draw at Southampton, sealed the fate of David Moyes’ side. An abysmal season reached its logical conclusion even if this was a game in which, for once, Sunderland created chances. But none were converted and so came to an end Sunderland’s 10 consecutive seasons in the top flight.
The result hardly flattered Bournemouth, who moved the ball more…
With Sunderland on the verge of relegation, the FC crew debate if they should hang onto David Moyes or hire new blood.
Sunderland manager David Moyes believes there is nobody who wants to win more than him.
Sunderland’s 10-year stay in Premier League will formally come to an end on Saturday if they lose at home to Bournemouth and Hull City draw or win at Southampton.
Indeed, any failure to at least to match Hull’s result will confirm relegation. The Wearsiders’ beleaguered manager David Moyes, barracked by the away supporters in Wednesday night’s drab 1-0 defeat at Middlesbrough, can expect an uncomfortable afternoon at the Stadium of Light.
Sunderland
AFC Bournemouth
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Home: 2/1
Draw: 13/5
Away: 7/5
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Even if his side manage to do what they have done only three…