Former Sunderland players Gary Rowell and Nick Pickering have lead the tributes to former Black Cats striker Frank Worthington who died in hospital yesterday evening, aged 72. The former ...

Club legend Gary Rowell has thanked readers for their support over the years as he steps down from his Sunderland Echo column. News you can trust since 1873 Sign In ...

R. J. Rowell, 88, a Gary resident departed this life on Friday, June 26, 2015. R. J. professed his hope in Christ at an early age at The Church of Christ in Coldwater, Mississippi. He was a retired… ...

Gary Rowell has gone down in Black Cats folklore for his goalscoring exploits ... He had also been Footballer of the Year while with the club who he had gone on to manage.

Sunderland have brought a lot of new faces to Wearside since the end of last season and while this new campaign is still only 11 games old, Jordan Willis looks the pick of those new signings for me.

SUNDERLAND legend Gary Rowell insists he is delighted to have been written OUT of the history books last weekend.

With four players making their debuts for Sunderland on Saturday, and a brand new system it was supposed to be the start of a brave and exciting new era at the Stadium of Light.

It has been a mixed last week or so for Sunderland, starting with the Accrington game where they played over 70 minutes for nothing, then being knocked out of the FA Cup by Walsall in as ...

Sunderland return to action at Accrington on Saturday after a two-week break due to international call-ups that I don’t think anybody wanted.

Sunderland’s win at Oxford on Saturday leaves them just three points off the top of the table and when you think back to where Sunderland were after that Boxing Day fiasco against Bolton, it has ...

Now the dust is settling following Jack Ross’ dismissal, we can only hope the new appointment turns out to be an inspired choice who leads Sunderland to glory come May.

Saturday’s depressing FA Cup draw against Gillingham just complicated things even further as far as Sunderland’s league campaign is concerned, with an extra game that nobody wanted or needed.