Bournemouth U23 0 - 2 Sunderland U23

Brutal game in which we were shut down by their style and somehow through sheer force of will we dragged ourselves to a two goal win, coming up winners when it mattered. We've qualified out of the group now and we eagerly await the draw for the quarter finals ...

Bournemouth - Sunderland

I think we've played some sort of flavour of Bournemouth about 67 times in the last month or at least that's how it feels. So hoping this means we've worked them out and we can unpick them and secure three points whilst the getting is good and we are in some form right now ...

Hartlepool United - Dagenham and Redbridge

Another home game, another opportunity to keep reeling in the guys up the very top of the division. Nothing new for me to say, we've got a plan and we know what we have to do - give Caton or Foreman the ball and point towards opposition goal. Simples ...

Sunderland U23 - Brighton U23

At home to Brighton under their new manager Charlie . A little pocket of form emerging now after a tough start to life in the U23 super league. We'll have Moore back as well after he serves that one match suspension for throwing a punch.

He's fortunate really, in the ...

Rosario Central 1 - 1 Bayern Munich

Went into the game with a specific plan. So did Rosario. Their plan worked - it looked like they'd sit deep and soak us up but they went and scored in the first minute instead.

We then threw everything we had at them for the rest of the entire match. We were ...

Crystal Palace 0 - 1 Sunderland

In a reversal of the first fixture, both teams set out to win it from the start making it a real arm wrestle of a match. Or at least Sunderland did, with 11 fouls to the home side's three. The physical approach saw us eke out enough control of the midfield to put ...

Sunderland 2 - 1 Aston Villa

Gigantic home win against the league leaders and a result I didn't remotely expect. Wissa took the winner well and Keto got peppered but saved them all - would have been a worthy man of the match.

Comes at a cost though - Slade came off very sore early and early ...

Bournemouth U23 - Sunderland U23

Tricky away tie, I believe we played them recently in the U23 league as well. The group is balanced in a way that if we draw and Tottenham don't belt Brighton we go through anyway. But I'd rather just set out to win our match and not worry about needing other ...

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Boston United 1 - 1 Hartlepool United

A good point away to Boston given their form and league position. Would have liked to have defended that lead better instead of instantly getting pegged back, but it was a tight game that seems to make sense it was a draw in the end.

I was a little worried we ...