Manager: Peter Reid
Ground: Stadium of Light
Last season: 7th
Players In: Lillian Laslandes £3.6m (Bordeaux), Nicolas Medina £3.5m (Argentinos Juniors), Baki Mercimek (HFC Haarlem), David Bellion (Cannes)
Players Out: Carsten Fredgaard £375,000 (FC Copenhagen), Milton Nunez Undisclosed (Nacional)
Key Men: Sunderland will be relying on England striker Kevin Phillips to score the bulk of their goals. His partnership with Niall Quinn will be crucial but the goalkeeping jersey is also important to Sunderland. Thomas Sorenson has been a revelation over the past three years in goal and the saying that a good goalkeeper can save a team 10 points in a season could ring true come May.
Ticket Prices: £8-£23
Programme Price: £2
How to get there: Exit the A1 at the Durham/Sunderland exit. After approximately 4 miles, turn left onto the A19, signposted for the Tyne Tunnel. Stay in the left hand lane and take the Washington/Sunderland slip road onto the bridge over the River Wear. Turn right onto the A1231 following the signs for Washington/Sunderland. Go straight over four roundabouts into Sunderland. Then through two sets of traffic lights and the Stadium car park is on the right, about a mile after the traffic lights.
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