Simon Moore

Goalkeeper - Sunderland
21 Nov 2026
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13 Edition

The Sunderland Chronicle

26 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad26 Oct 2026

A one-man rearguard from Robin Roefs

There were 12 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Match24 Oct 2026

9 matches without a win for Sunderland

The run now stands at 9, and the questions being asked around Sunderland are no longer polite ones.

Squad26 Oct 2026

Noah Sadiki gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Match24 Oct 2026

Honours even between Sunderland and Aston Villa

1-1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.

Market26 Oct 2026

The Brian Brobbey talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Sunderland know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

Squad26 Oct 2026

Simon Moore asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief

Back issues
10 Edition

The Sunderland Chronicle

5 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match3 Oct 2026

6 matches without a win for Sunderland

The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around Sunderland are no longer polite ones.

Match3 Oct 2026

Sunderland come up short against Everton

Everton left with the points after a 2-3 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Boardroom5 Oct 2026

Wages eat 150% of everything Sunderland earn

There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.

Squad5 Oct 2026

Simon Moore signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Simon Moore commits to Sunderland for another 1 years.

Squad5 Oct 2026

Robin Roefs lets one through his hands

A defender's mistake gets tidied up by somebody else; a goalkeeper's ends up in the net. He knew before the ball crossed the line, and so did everybody in the ground.

Squad5 Oct 2026

The manager makes an example of Trai Hume

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

In brief

2 Edition

The Sunderland Chronicle

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market10 Aug 2026

Tottenham come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Sunderland did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Brian Brobbey stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Brian Brobbey and Sunderland agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Market10 Aug 2026

Noah Sadiki wants more than Sunderland are offering

“I have ambitions, and I would like the club to share them.” Nobody has asked to leave and nobody has been shown the door — but a player chooses that sentence carefully, and a boardroom hears it exactly as it was meant.

Market10 Aug 2026

Leeds United are about to pick up the phone

A conversation is coming this week. Sunderland will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Omar Alderete knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Sunderland, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Market10 Aug 2026

Robin Roefs linked with a move away

The name of Robin Roefs keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Sunderland say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief