The Sunderland Chronicle
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Sunderland
Omar Alderete was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Market17 Aug 2026
Clermont Foot join the queue for Thomas Meunier
Add another name to the list: Clermont Foot have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Thomas Meunier. The answer from Sunderland has not changed — yet.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Sunderland
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Market17 Aug 2026
Sunderland promote Jack Moore from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Jack Moore has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market17 Aug 2026
One of our own: Jonathan Jones joins the Sunderland first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Jonathan Jones is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market17 Aug 2026
Peter Johnson steps up from the Sunderland academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Peter Johnson has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
In brief
- Squad Words at Sunderland training over how hard people work
- Boardroom Sunderland are making the ground bigger
- Squad Reinildo has seen what the next man earns
- Squad Somebody is after Reinildo’s shirt