31. His £3m transfer fee will allow us to give Barnsey an eight year £12k a week contract. This will have a number of benefits:
*He'll smash Tug Wilson's appearance record
*He'll become our all time record scorer (possibly)
*He'll piss off NSC's special posters for a further eight years.
23. Liam's wages are set to rocket to an estimated £20,000 a week, which is the same price as a two bedroomed house in Sunderland. If Liam decides to buy a house a week, he'll have over 1000 houses at the end of his three year contract. Or enough Sunderland holiday homes for the entire...
10. My nan was from Middlesbrough, which Sunderland is a small town in, and she couldn't wait to leave there for Brighton. With Liam making the opposite move, it completes the circle.
1. Geographically Sunderland is virtually part of Liam's native Scotland. The wee fella will certainly be accepted more by his fellow countrymen when playing internationals now that he's joining a Scottish club.
2. Sunderland play in red and white stripes like Stoke, their name also begins with...