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Michael Oates
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👨🏻‍🦳|| Write & Blog || Author of ‘A Football Education’ and ‘Football’s Ancient Icons’📚|| #SAFC 🔴⚪️🚢🐈‍⬛

Blog ✍🏻👉🏻 http://afootballeducation.blogspot.co.uk
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This is a piece I wrote last year on one of Sunderland AFC’s first football icons; an early pioneer of the association game in England.

One I’m proud to have written. Give it a read and a share, it’s greatly appreciated☺️

The link is below👇🏻

🔴⚪️ #safc

afootballeducation.blogspot.com/2023/09/john...
John Middleton Campbell - Sunderland's Original Club Legend⚽
John Middleton Campbell Born 19 th  February 1870 Died 8 th  June 1906, Aged 36 Centre Forward Renton FC - Sunderland AFC – Newcastle United...
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Latest piece is up on the blog👇🏻

Tuesday. Play offs. Ballard. Scenes🤷🏻‍♂️😄

#safc

afootballeducation.blogspot.com/2025/05/til-...
'Til The End
Tuesday 13th May 2025. The Stadium of Light, Sunderland. An emotional, rollercoaster of a night is nearing its conclusion. I glance at the c...
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May 17, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Latest piece is up on the blog👇🏻

Tuesday. Play offs. Ballard. Scenes🤷🏻‍♂️😄

#safc

afootballeducation.blogspot.com/2025/05/til-...
'Til The End
Tuesday 13th May 2025. The Stadium of Light, Sunderland. An emotional, rollercoaster of a night is nearing its conclusion. I glance at the c...
afootballeducation.blogspot.com
May 17, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Bad weekend for Sky so far aint it. We won last night, most of the pundits having played for Sheff Wed and now Leeds not winning either.

I can here the expletives from Curtis Davies and Andy Hinchcliffe from here😂

🔴⚪️ #safc
March 1, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Preston 0-0 Burnley eh?

Sky will be absolutely devastated by that result, although they can still drone on about Burnley’s defensive record.

If Leeds don’t beat us on Monday, what an awful weekend it will have been for Chambers, Mackie, Parkin, Davies and co.😂

🔴⚪️ #safc
February 15, 2025 at 2:24 PM
We weren’t at it at all today, not at our best by any stretch.

However, I find myself saying this at least four or five times a season…

For the love of God, can someone, anyone, whoever it may be, just stop putting Premier League referees in charge of EFL matches. Please, just stop.

🔴⚪️ #safc
February 8, 2025 at 5:58 PM
If it’s true Fulham have made a bid of £20m for Trai Hume then we have to accept.

I love Hume but that’s an awful lot of money and surely there’d be a full back out there that we can adequately replace him with?

🔴⚪️ #safc
February 2, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Sky absolutely hate us at the minute mind.

“The top three are pulling away from the rest”🤔

We are three points off the automatic places🤷🏻‍♂️😂

🔴⚪️ #safc
February 1, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Burnley vs Leeds tonight, a big one that’s for sure.

I’ll be watching with interest. For what it’s worth, I think Leeds will win.

🔴⚪️ #safc
January 27, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I think we can add Sam Parkin to the ever growing list of Sky pundits that dislike us😂

Seeing things a lot differently to me tonight!

🔴⚪️ #safc
January 21, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Just about over Friday night (I think!)😂

Let’s put it right tonight. I think we will. Three points and back on track.

🔴⚪️ #safc
January 21, 2025 at 8:27 AM
I’m liking all this live EFL games on ITV stuff, I’m all for it.

I think it’s quite refreshing to see. Long may it continue.

#safc #lufc #swfc
January 19, 2025 at 12:08 PM
When you watch Ipswich play, you can see why Jack Clarke doesn’t play. He just doesn’t fit. Broadhead and Hutchinson are narrow in this system, Clarke needs to be wide, very wide, and it’ll not happen in this system. If they stay up they’ll sell him.

#safc #itfc
January 16, 2025 at 8:00 PM
It’s a poor recent FA Cup record, isn’t it?🤔

🔴⚪️ #safc
January 11, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Reposted by Michael Oates
Enzo Le Fée is ready to go ✍️
January 10, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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Are you ready to go? 🎬
January 10, 2025 at 9:23 PM
What a signing 🔥

🔴⚪️ #safc
January 10, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Reposted by Michael Oates
This is a piece I wrote last year on one of Sunderland AFC’s first football icons; an early pioneer of the association game in England.

One I’m proud to have written. Give it a read and a share, it’s greatly appreciated☺️

The link is below👇🏻

🔴⚪️ #safc

afootballeducation.blogspot.com/2023/09/john...
John Middleton Campbell - Sunderland's Original Club Legend⚽
John Middleton Campbell Born 19 th  February 1870 Died 8 th  June 1906, Aged 36 Centre Forward Renton FC - Sunderland AFC – Newcastle United...
afootballeducation.blogspot.com
January 5, 2025 at 12:15 PM
🔴⚪️ #safc
January 5, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Made hard work of that today, but winning ugly is how you get promoted.

Clean sheet as well, which is always welcome. Jobe absolutely outstanding again today.

Superb finish from Isidor too😄

🔴⚪️ #safc
January 5, 2025 at 6:03 PM
This is a piece I wrote last year on one of Sunderland AFC’s first football icons; an early pioneer of the association game in England.

One I’m proud to have written. Give it a read and a share, it’s greatly appreciated☺️

The link is below👇🏻

🔴⚪️ #safc

afootballeducation.blogspot.com/2023/09/john...
John Middleton Campbell - Sunderland's Original Club Legend⚽
John Middleton Campbell Born 19 th  February 1870 Died 8 th  June 1906, Aged 36 Centre Forward Renton FC - Sunderland AFC – Newcastle United...
afootballeducation.blogspot.com
January 5, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Another day for braving the elements isn’t it? But I wouldn’t miss it for the world.

It’s what it’s all about😄

We should win today, Pompey have only picked up seven points on the road; and why do I feel like there’ll be a surprise pick in today’s starting XI?🤔

🔴⚪️ #safc
January 5, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Manchester United are currently seven points off the bottom three.

It couldn’t happen, could it?🤔

#mufc
December 30, 2024 at 8:07 PM
Probably late to the party this year, but this is always worth a share…😂

Boxing Day 1963…

🔴⚪️ #safc
December 26, 2024 at 10:55 AM
I have a strange confidence about today’s game.

Superb fight back last week, and that will surely count for something.

The players should be relishing today, play on the front foot, a good tempo and the goals will come😄

🔴⚪️ #safc
December 21, 2024 at 8:18 AM
A year to the day since Michael Beale was appointed at Sunderland.

I still haven’t recovered from those 12 games😩😂

🔴⚪️ #safc
December 18, 2024 at 10:16 AM