Recent content by Argus

As a kid, we had the Footy Echo delivered for as long as I can remember as did many in our street. There's no denying the world has moved on at a rapid pace, but I was always amazed how quickly it was delivered in those days - usually before Sports Report had finished on the wireless, which was...

Unlike many previous incumbents, Ellis Short did not see his takeover as the culmination of a lifelong dream to run his local club, for him this is just another business deal that is currently not going to plan. His decisions will not be distracted by emotion and he is faced with 2 options...

'....None of the stats put us in last place, in fact we should probably be between 12th and 15th in the league. So what conclusions can be made from this, if any? By simply awarding points based on results is grossly unfair. If we also factored in a reward based on the level of support...

Interesting article and I hope the time being taken to appoint the new leader is an indication that the board are committed to this new style of management. There is no doubt it is a logical way to run a business - after all why replace the whole kitchen staff just because the chef is not up...

Based on individual ability alone - Charlie Hurley & Jim Baxter - though I fear Slim Jim's outside activities may not have suited PDC. Nevertheless, they are amongst the two most influential players I can recall who could do the business week after week, home or away and regardless of the...

That's a very interesting admission from our manager. Perhaps you would be kind enough to divulge the source of your information?

I recall the days when tripe would be considered a massive improvement!!

1958 and the first ever relegation under Alan Brown. Despite winning our last match against Portsmouth, hearing on the radio that Leicester had beat Birmingham to send us down for the first time ever. Oddly enough, none of the many relegations since, have felt as bad as that day, even when...

Football has changed since I started watching as a lad and I often wonder has it changed for the better? Perhaps it’s an age thing, but I don’t understand why fans become aggressive when they are denied success? Like quite a few contributors on here I went to my first match at Roker Park...

I recall my mother singing a rhyme at Easter that went something along the lines of "Tid, mid, miseray, Carlin, Palm, Paste Egg Day" which I learned later, was in fact the list of Sundays prior to Easter.

One of my 'tasks' as a kid was watching for the bus to come in bad weather to avoid parents or brothers standing at the bus stop in the wet or cold. From our upstairs bedroom we could see the bus terminus through the gap in the houses across the road and since our house was outside the first...

....and 'toilet paper' was yesterday's Sunderland Echo torn into pieces held together with a piece of string hung on a nail !!

Reading these responses makes me feel VERY old!! For goodness sake, it was only 40 years ago, seems like yesterday to me and I can clearly recall just about everything about the day - even travelling back on the Echo train from KX where I bought a limited version copy of the Football Echo that...

Couldn't agree more Cest. The doom mongers emerging over the past few weeks have obviously never experienced (or have conveniently forgotten) some of the awful players we have endured in recent years. In my 60 years of watching the lads, I have been privileged to watch some of the finest...

How on earth can this be considered a panic buy when MON has allegedly been in discussions with Saha for over a month? More likely that Saha was hanging back, hoping a better offer would turn up - and who can blame him for that?