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Simon O'Rourke

@sorourkeITV

2 years

4 (FOUR) new #safc signings on the pitch at half time. Sending a message much?

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1 year

They waved their flags at the end. In defiance, in pride, not in victory. ManU deserved to win. But this was the first, not the last, final of this era. #NUFC are ahead of schedule. The fans have been magnificent all weekend. They’ll be back. 2-0 FT

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Simon O'Rourke

@sorourkeITV

7 years

Friends forever....... #safc @Bradleysfight @IAmJermainDefoe

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Simon O'Rourke

@sorourkeITV

4 years

#NUFC doing actual, sensible, constructive, need-based transfer business, rather than buying a bag of magic beans you say? Truly, 2020 is the strangest of all our years.

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Simon O'Rourke

@sorourkeITV

5 years

So. I couldn’t be prouder to see Jordan Henderson pick that up. Because A) he’s a properly good bloke. B) SAFC (and therefore the whole region) can claim an assist. C) why not celebrate nice things instead of saying everything you don’t support is bad.

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Simon O'Rourke

@sorourkeITV

3 years

Well if the beach is saying it, it must be true.

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Simon O'Rourke

@sorourkeITV

4 years

This is so last century. Anyone in the national football media who says, or thinks, this about #NUFC fans really isn’t trying hard enough.

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@GallowgateShots

4 years

“They’re never happy, they want to win the champions league” 🤦🏼‍♂️ 🤢

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Simon O'Rourke

@sorourkeITV

3 years

This referee at #SAFC today is an absolute weapon.

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Simon O'Rourke

@sorourkeITV

5 years

Ross calmed the storm and #SAFC should be grateful for that. But the unspoken demand was always clear. A Sunderland boss in L1 has to get promoted. To fail once, in extraordinary circumstances, was maybe forgivable. But the hangover never shifted. He was good. But not good enough

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Simon O'Rourke

@sorourkeITV

2 years

Great win for Sunderland. Silk in the 1st half. Steel in the 2nd. Enjoyable game. Horrendous L1 referee. Again. 2-1 FT #SAFC

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Simon O'Rourke

@sorourkeITV

1 month

#SAFC deserve no sympathy. They wrote this season off in January and it’s painful now. I have sympathy for Mike Dodds who is neither the answer, nor the problem. The obsession with progression has led to regression. If they learn the lessons, then fine. If….

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Simon O'Rourke

@sorourkeITV

6 years

Rodwell was everything that was wrong with #SAFC and everything that is wrong with modern football. Over-hyped, over-paid and under-motivated. Never worth the money in the 1st place, never engaged with the club and his conduct last season was appalling. A waste of time and money.

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Simon O'Rourke

@sorourkeITV

7 years

Our greatest ever regional news man has passed away. I was proud to share a studio with the great Mike Neville when I was starting out. RIP.

ITV News Tyne Tees

@itvtynetees

7 years

Very sad news about a broadcasting legend

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Simon O'Rourke

@sorourkeITV

2 years

Brilliant game. Would’ve been a brilliant win. It hurts to drop points like that, because they were the better team overall. But #SAFC were good in difficult circumstances. Unbeaten run continues. This looks more like an automatic promotion team than any over the L1 seasons.

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Simon O'Rourke

@sorourkeITV

2 years

A crowd of 38,000+. A returning hero. A game against League 1s worst team. So #SAFC put in one (another one) of the worst performances ever associated with the club. The change in management may pay dividends eventually, but for now it’s just chaos. Rubbish. 1-2. FT.

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Simon O'Rourke

@sorourkeITV

11 months

I'm not making a football/rivalry/our players are better than your players point here, at all. But doesn't everyone need a Luke O'Nien in their life?

Sunderland AFC

@SunderlandAFC

11 months

We are back 😄 #SAFC

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Simon O'Rourke

@sorourkeITV

7 years

The moment #NUFC heard they were champions...

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Simon O'Rourke

@sorourkeITV

6 months

Two more quick points. First, Tony Mowbray is genuinely as nice as everyone tells you he is and if he wants to manage again, this will help his CV. Second, it's not a viking funeral. This happens. #SAFC are perfectly entitled to do it if they think they can get someone better.

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Simon O'Rourke

@sorourkeITV

2 years

If it is indeed Tony Mowbray, it’s sensible, swift and pretty much what #SAFC need. He’s not Parkinson 2.0 as some have suggested. His football is better and he’s a much better communicator. Fans may not see it as perfect, but nothing about the past few days has been perfect.

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Simon O'Rourke

@sorourkeITV

2 years

That was awful. But don't throw the baby out with the bathwater. Every team can have an off night and #SAFC had put together a 10-game unbeaten league run, playing some very good football in the process. So it's not the end of the world. But Sweet Baby Jesus that was truly awful

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Simon O'Rourke

@sorourkeITV

9 months

Southampton signed one of Sunderland’s best players last night, but were ruined by one of Sunderland’s best performances today. A thoroughly satisfying afternoon for #SAFC on the pitch and, you would guess, in the director’s box. A 16-year old scoring at the end the icing on 🧁

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Simon O'Rourke

@sorourkeITV

4 months

There was joy around #safc last season. Excitement, anticipation. There isn’t now. That can’t really just be the fault of one man or one decision. But surely a few people have to ask how it’s gone from that to this.

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Simon O'Rourke

@sorourkeITV

2 years

Outstanding from #SAFC A real team performance and the goals were brilliant. Defence was great (special mention for Alese who stepped in so comfortably) and they adapted so well. Clearly, knacking a striker every game is unsustainable, but apart from that, really good stuff.

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Simon O'Rourke

@sorourkeITV

2 years

MK Dons win. In just 21 days #SAFC have gone from automatic promotion contenders to out of the playoff places. The season is crumbling to dust. It's been "Typical Sunderland" on fast-forward.

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Simon O'Rourke

@sorourkeITV

2 years

The #SAFC Boys of ‘73 prepare to receive the Freedom of the City of Sunderland. Led, as always, by the skipper.

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Simon O'Rourke

@sorourkeITV

9 months

Loads going on at #SAFC tonight. I’ve no intention of commenting on every bit of business, but Lynden Gooch going to Stoke is worthy of note: he’s the sort of guy every club needs and is lucky to have. Great player, great glue guy. I wish him well at Stoke.

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Simon O'Rourke

@sorourkeITV

1 month

Grim. A complete waste of time for #SAFC fans. I don’t blame the players particularly (although it was lifeless today) and I certainly don’t blame Dodds. This is what a season of bad decisions and trying to be clever gets you: depressing, unsatisfactory emptiness. 0-1 FT

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Simon O'Rourke

@sorourkeITV

4 years

So. #NUFC season. Rinse and repeat. Same as the last one. I think the Rafa argument and comparison always missed the point. This is THE SEASON under Ashley. No more, often less. The world needs an answer, because the world is bored shitless with this. My view. No one else’s.

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Simon O'Rourke

@sorourkeITV

3 years

RIP Glenn Roeder. A better player than he was given credit for. A better manager than he was given credit for. And a very nice fellow. Such sad news. My thoughts are with his family and friends. #NUFC

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Simon O'Rourke

@sorourkeITV

3 years

Christian. Please be well. Social media: this is all that matters. Not who said what, or what the TV did. Just him. That’s all that matters.

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Simon O'Rourke

@sorourkeITV

4 years

I’m on me holidays, but... 2. I was told years ago to watch out for Cattermole the coach. A much deeper football thinker than his image might have suggested. As for Cattermole the player, #safc fans (and early on #boro fans) loved him. Their rivals loathed him. You do the maths.

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Simon O'Rourke

@sorourkeITV

2 years

If it sometimes looked like #SAFC were out of their depth, that’s because they sometimes were out of their depth when Arsenal turned it up. Of course they were. And there’s no shame in that. It was an oddly fun night and Sunderland played their part. They’ll learn loads from that

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Simon O'Rourke

@sorourkeITV

4 years

The @WiseMenSayPod @RokerReport @ALS_Fanzine @RedAndWhite2017 joint statement: It might work, it might not. Donald might go, he might stay. But fair play to fans who want to at least say something rather than say nothing. To witness the state of it yesterday was shocking. #SAFC

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Simon O'Rourke

@sorourkeITV

27 days

Dreadful end to a miserable season for #SAFC A self-inflicted waste of time and opportunity. It's good to have a plan. But if the plan becomes more important than the people and the results, then the plan becomes the problem, not the solution. Adapt or die.

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Simon O'Rourke

@sorourkeITV

5 years

On Parkinson: For a club sitting 9th in L1, this is a sensible choice. For fans of a club that, in recent years, has appointed big-ish names like Allardyce, Poyet, O'Neill, Keane, Bruce and Moyes it may seem underwhelming. #SAFC are 9th in L1. This is a sensible choice.

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Simon O'Rourke

@sorourkeITV

3 months

Michael Beale never looked comfortable at #SAFC and it never, at any point, felt right. At least they acted quickly, but it was only to clean up their own mess. A spectacular failure and a huge waste of good will and momentum.

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Simon O'Rourke

@sorourkeITV

7 years

Champions. #NUFC

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Simon O'Rourke

@sorourkeITV

2 years

The worst team in League 1 are now 2-0 up in front of the bumper #safc crowd. For context, Sunderland’s “promotion rivals” Rotherham won 5-0 at Doncaster in midweek. Pathetic, frankly.

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Simon O'Rourke

@sorourkeITV

2 years

One of the best, nicest, funniest blokes I’ve met in football. Loves #safc with a passion. Hell of a player as well. Underrated. A sad day for the club.

Sunderland AFC

@SunderlandAFC

2 years

We today announced the departure of Kevin Ball, who has left an indelible mark on the club’s history books over the past three decades and cemented his place amongst the club’s greatest icons of all time. 🗞️👇

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Simon O'Rourke

@sorourkeITV

2 years

That was excruciating, but admirable. Alex Neil has been all about getting the job done since he took over at #SAFC One job left to do.

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Simon O'Rourke

@sorourkeITV

8 years

Sissoko sat on bench thinking he deserves a move to a bigger country. #NUFC

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Simon O'Rourke

@sorourkeITV

3 years

For Len… #SAFC

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Simon O'Rourke

@sorourkeITV

5 years

Thought for the day: I’m amazed there are Ashley apologists and I question the motives of those who seek to defend him. I also absolutely guarantee none of them have lived with #NUFC during this increasingly miserable, annoying, boring, predictable and horribly grim season.

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Simon O'Rourke

@sorourkeITV

2 years

This is lovely. I thought of Louise at the end. She’d have bossed it in the mixed zone. ❤️

Kate Smith

@Kate88Smith

2 years

Course she was there 🥰 That one was for you, Louise x #SAFC | #TilTheEnd

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Simon O'Rourke

@sorourkeITV

4 months

Sunderland gonna Sunderland

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Simon O'Rourke

@sorourkeITV

19 days

They’ve done it! Eventually! After extra time! And a penalty shootout that went to extra time! @GatesheadFC have won the FA Trophy!!!! Redemption is theirs.

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Simon O'Rourke

@sorourkeITV

7 years

Simon Grayson: Poundstretcher. Good for him. Not sulking about problems, but searching for solutions. More than the last man did. #safc

Sunderland AFC

@SunderlandAFC

7 years

Don't go to sleep just yet #SAFC fans... 👀

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Simon O'Rourke

@sorourkeITV

2 years

#safc Lee Johnson says he and the club ARE interested in signing Jermain Defoe. But the deal has to be right for all parties. “Don’t confuse us being thorough with a lack of interest”.

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Simon O'Rourke

@sorourkeITV

4 years

Parkinson canned by #SAFC No surprise. He didn’t take the team forward from where they were under Jack Ross. It just wasn’t good enough. It also wasn’t going anywhere and it wasn’t much fun. A change of owner is needs more than a change in manager though.

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Simon O'Rourke

@sorourkeITV

2 years

It does matter how they got there. It does matter it was a mess, it does matter they threw away two games and it matters more than ever that there’s communication and clarity over how ownership and structure works. But they might have ended up with the right guy. #SAFC

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Simon O'Rourke

@sorourkeITV

2 years

#SAFC were rank bad today. Choose your own reasons, choose your own scapegoats. But that was a stinker. An absolute stinker, and there's not much more to say. 0-1 FT

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Simon O'Rourke

@sorourkeITV

6 months

Tony Mowbray leaves #SAFC with his head held high. Last season was exciting, unexpected and a huge over-achievement. But was he ever what the club really wanted? That this happened at the first real sign of trouble makes you wonder how long that statement has been ready to go.

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Simon O'Rourke

@sorourkeITV

6 years

Fascinating to see how this plays out, but it should be applauded by all, regardless of club allegiance. Why should footballers be treated any differently to other people? If you behave appallingly you should expect to reap the consequences #SAFC

Sunderland AFC

@SunderlandAFC

6 years

📰 Club statement: Papy Djilobodji Full story... 👇🏼

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Simon O'Rourke

@sorourkeITV

2 years

#NUFC This season they never seize the day. They let the day seize them. They’re lucky they’re still in it. But they are still in it.

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Simon O'Rourke

@sorourkeITV

4 years

Waiting for Jack. @itvtynetees #jackcharlton #Ashington

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Simon O'Rourke

@sorourkeITV

3 years

If someone had planned the worst possible day for #SAFC that was it. They missed early chances and paid a heavy price. But, a little context. That's the first defeat in 15 games (13 in the league). It's the end of the run, it's not the end of the world.

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Simon O'Rourke

@sorourkeITV

1 year

Fulham deserved their win. But only just. When they dialled it up they were better in mind and body, which is to be expected. But it was a good cup tie because #SAFC and their bairns gave it a lash. Plenty of useful lessons to learn from that. 2-3 FT.

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Simon O'Rourke

@sorourkeITV

4 years

Just sit tight. Drink your wine. Don’t worry about people throwing stuff at the wall. Don’t listen to all the noises. I may, or may not, be talking about football. But sit tight. And definitely drink your wine.

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Simon O'Rourke

@sorourkeITV

5 years

Astonishing. True love never dies. #SAFC

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Simon O'Rourke

@sorourkeITV

4 years

Not exactly a festive feast of football. #SAFC have failed to beat League 1's bottom side. At home. On Boxing Day. So however anyone tries to dress that up, it's a terrible, miserable result. The home spent the last quarter giving it the full "We want Parky out". 0-0 FT.

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Simon O'Rourke

@sorourkeITV

5 years

It’s happening again part 2 #SAFC

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Simon O'Rourke

@sorourkeITV

1 year

#SAFC are in the playoffs

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Simon O'Rourke

@sorourkeITV

6 years

Love this team. Love the lack of chip on our shoulder. Love the lack of entitlement. No idea how far it’ll go. But for once, I’m going to enjoy the ride. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

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Simon O'Rourke

@sorourkeITV

4 years

What a life Jack Charlton led. There’s never been anyone like him and there never will be again. Despite spending his life reaching for the skies, he remained the most down to earth, kind, engaging bloke you’d ever meet. RIP.

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Simon O'Rourke

@sorourkeITV

7 years

Watford....Wearside salutes you.

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Simon O'Rourke

@sorourkeITV

2 years

Alex Neil says he and the players are treating it like any other week ahead of the L1 playoff final #SAFC

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@sorourkeITV

6 years

Possibly annoying the neighbours now. But I haven’t been in a World Cup semi for 28 years. So they can all f**k off. #ENG

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@sorourkeITV

5 months

Imagine the worst possible day for #SAFC and Michael Beale. This was it. Unconvincing, self-destructive and toothless in front of goal. A serious looking injury to Huggins. Fans chanting the name of the previous manager. Merry Christmas indeed. 0-3 FT

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Simon O'Rourke

@sorourkeITV

4 years

#SAFC have utterly ripped apart the team who were league leaders (they aren't anymore). A superb performance, easily the best of the season, and what a ridiculous season this is at the Stadium of Light. Sunderland are into the playoff places and anything is still possible.

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@sorourkeITV

2 years

#SAFC Alex Neil said there’s “every chance” of another new signing in before the weekend.

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Simon O'Rourke

@sorourkeITV

7 years

#SAFC attendance recorded as 26,395. That is a work of fiction.

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Simon O'Rourke

@sorourkeITV

4 years

Latest of all the late goals from Max Power saves a point for #SAFC I mean it was WAY past bedtime. But Fleetwood time wasted their way through the entire 90 minutes, so they can't complain about a few extra seconds on the end. 1-1 FT

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Simon O'Rourke

@sorourkeITV

6 years

This is so sad. Of course firstly on a family level. And then any SAFC fan or journo who remembers the last minute header against Derby will raise a glass tonight.

Sunderland AFC

@SunderlandAFC

6 years

We are saddened to hear this evening that former #SAFC midfielder Liam Miller has passed away. Our thoughts are with his family and friends at this time.

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@sorourkeITV

7 years

To be clear, two team mates having a spat on the training ground is not a “crisis”. It happens ALL the time and is quickly forgotten #NUFC

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Simon O'Rourke

@sorourkeITV

3 years

That was excellent from #SAFC The team looks much more "joined-up" than last season and some of those kids look great. The most exciting thing: there's so much room for improvement. 3-1 FT

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Simon O'Rourke

@sorourkeITV

5 years

Sam Allardyce knew if he lived long enough, this day would come.

KFC UK

@KFC_UKI

5 years

The Gravy Candle. Yes. A KFC Gravy scented candle. And you could win one, enter here -

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Simon O'Rourke

@sorourkeITV

2 years

Here’s hoping Tranquillo Barnetta and Bas Dost had a good new year at Jesmond Dene House.

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Simon O'Rourke

@sorourkeITV

2 years

I don’t get excited by preseason friendlies anymore. Phoney wars, glorified training. Fans should be let in for free. But… occasionally, life affirming moments happen* such as the #SAFC second goal today. Seek it out. It’s glorious. *not glorious for Charlie Mulgrew.

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Simon O'Rourke

@sorourkeITV

5 years

God almighty. How lucky were we that this was a man of our region.

A Funny Old Game

@sid_lambert

5 years

Part two of Sir Bobby Robson at #SPOTY 2007. The Gaffer’s final words as he accepts his Lifetime Achievement Award. What a speech. What humility. What a true legend of the game.

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@sorourkeITV

5 years

A magnificent man. A magnificent life. A magnificent legacy. 10 years past in the blink of an eye. Gone, but never, ever, even for a moment, forgotten. @SBRFoundation

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Simon O'Rourke

@sorourkeITV

2 years

A Happy New Year for #SAFC who go top of League 1 after a 5-0 demolition job on Sheffield Wednesday, ending their 12 game unbeaten league run. The home side made a tough game look contemptuously easy.

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Simon O'Rourke

@sorourkeITV

3 years

Always best to be impartial in my job. But not today. Come on Pools!!!! @Official_HUFC

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@sorourkeITV

1 month

My father-in-law told me what a great player he was, and when I was lucky enough to meet Charlie, I found him to be a lovely and humble man. He loved Sunderland AFC and the club loved him. RIP #SAFC

Sunderland AFC

@SunderlandAFC

1 month

We are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Charlie Hurley, one of the greatest and most beloved players in the history of Sunderland AFC.

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@sorourkeITV

6 years

Gallowgate getting something off it’s chest #NUFC

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@sorourkeITV

2 months

Nice #SAFC

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Simon O'Rourke

@sorourkeITV

6 months

Excellent win for #SAFC who thoroughly deserved it. Nobody thought they were “broken”. They weren’t. It was just certain relationships came to an end. This suggests that whoever is in the dug out, the football will remain similar. Which feels like a positive. 2-1 FT

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@sorourkeITV

2 years

@eaamalyon He’s the better goalkeeper? He’s played 50 plus games in the pinch points for England? He’s never let England down?

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Simon O'Rourke

@sorourkeITV

4 years

I’m actually not (that) drunk now. But it’s just struck me that the next time I’m in a packed football stadium 10 seconds before kick off, when the energy is right up, I am going to cry like a baby.

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Simon O'Rourke

@sorourkeITV

2 years

Anyone else get some serious Jimmy Montgomery vibes about that Mendy double save?

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Simon O'Rourke

@sorourkeITV

8 years

"Boss! The plane, the plane !" (Everyone ignored it.) #NUFC

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Simon O'Rourke

@sorourkeITV

7 years

Now, unless I'm much mistaken, that was 1.49.33. So that's nice.

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@sorourkeITV

5 years

Michael Owen reveals he didn’t want to sign for #NUFC and felt he was lowering himself by playing for them. His lack of any passion for the place was crashingly, blatantly obvious during every minute he spent on Tyneside. To try and retrofit this as a revelation is ridiculous.

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@sorourkeITV

3 years

The England match is going to be terrible isn’t it…

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@sorourkeITV

2 years

Devastated for Pools tonight. I thought they were brilliant. Graeme Lee and his team should be proud of that effort. @Official_HUFC

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@sorourkeITV

10 days

All best wishes to Tony and his family. Anyone who knows him knows he won't have taken this decision lightly as he is passionate about every job he does.

Birmingham City FC

@BCFC

10 days

We can confirm that Tony Mowbray has informed the Club of his decision to stand down as Men’s First Team Manager with immediate effect.

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@sorourkeITV

2 years

The #SAFC players gave it everything there. They didn't deserve to lose and they didn't deserve the turmoil they've been through in the last 24 hours. Whatever happens next, the club can't let this state of limbo persist. 0-1 FT

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@sorourkeITV

6 months

I actually LOVE that draw. Fascinating. The first game of the new rivalry. Two clubs now at very different points on their journey. It’s not how it was last time they met…although it’ll be exactly the same off the pitch and in the stands. Looking forward to it. #SAFC #NUFC

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@sorourkeITV

3 years

Happy retirement Grant Leadbitter. Excellent player, excellent human. Beloved by fans of not one, but two North East teams (and Ipswich fans were pretty fond of him as well!). Good luck with what's next. #SAFC #MFC

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Simon O'Rourke

@sorourkeITV

7 years

That's some impressive support for @SouthShieldsFC today 👏

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