Andy Watson

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[Andy Watson @AndyWatson148]

00.47 that mentality! What a club, what a team!

[Sky Sports Premier League @SkySportsPL]

"They make my life easier"

Granit Xhaka talks about what drew him to Sunderland after their huge result against Nottingham Forest 🗣️

[BBC Sport Tyne & Wear @bbcnewcastle]

❤️🩶 Tonight, Total Sport paid tribute to devoted Sunderland fan and regular caller Davey Atkinson who passed away this week.

#SAFC

https://t.co/0vE8A7MqIe

[Andy Watson @AndyWatson148]

Class this by Woakes

[Sky Sports Cricket @SkyCricket]

Arm in a sling, Chris Woakes has arrived to the crease 😱

[Andy Watson @AndyWatson148]

The daily, here we go!

[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

🚨⚪️🔴 EXCLUSIVE: Sunderland agree deal to sign Marc Guiu on loan from Chelsea, here we go!

Deal in place for straight loan, no buy option clause as Guiu remains part of Chelsea long term plans.

Salary covered by #SAFC as he’ll be an important striker for Le Bris plans.

[Andy Watson @AndyWatson148]

I can’t think of a bigger signing in the past 20 years. We are back.

[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

🔴⚪️ Official, confirmed. Granit Xhaka joins Sunderland on €20m package deal from Bayer Leverkusen.

Three year deal for the midfielder. 🇨🇭

[David Ornstein @David_Ornstein]

🚨 EXCL: Granit Xhaka informs Bayer Leverkusen he only wants to join Sunderland as club-to-club talks continue. Agreement now in place between 32yo & #SAFC. #Bayer04 asked by Switzerland midfielder to close deal rapidly. Negotiations ongoing @TheAthleticFC https://t.co/spjmXUgbLL

[Andy Watson @AndyWatson148]

When I worked in Cumbria the highlight of my week was the Carlisle United press conference with Steven Pressley.

Never knew what he was going to come out with but it was always honest. He hasn’t changed.

[PLZ Soccer @PLZSoccer]

🗣️ 'If you're looking for a manager with a history of producing titles and winning honours then I'm not your man. I am perfectly honest.'

Steven Pressley believes he can win over his doubters at Dundee.

📲Download the Arnold Clark App NOW: https://t.co/TK4oIaHX6t

[Sunderland AFC @SunderlandAFC]

Giving everything for the badge ❤️👊

[Andy Watson @AndyWatson148]

Fascinating and thought provoking podcast, give this a listen a truly awful story for the family involved...

[BBC Tees @BBCTees]

A Hartlepool dad has spent four decades trying to find his missing daughter.

Listen to 'Katrice Lee: A Father's Story' on @BBCSounds 🔊 https://t.co/POjTirOtVr

[Andy Watson @AndyWatson148]

Still getting goosebumps

[Sunderland AFC @SunderlandAFC]

75 seconds of unbridled joy ❤️‍🔥

[Andy Watson @AndyWatson148]

What a servant he’s been to this club.

[WTF Sunderland Podcast @WTFSunlunPod]

🥺 Luke O'Nien in tears prior to kick-off.

Just when I thought I'd cried enough...

@LukeONien | #SAFC

[Andy Watson @AndyWatson148]

@JeffAB61 @jimscottjourno @BBCNEandCumbria We did it Jeff!

[Andy Watson @AndyWatson148]

Sunderland rise and I fell! What a day and what a team!

[BBC Sport Tyne & Wear @bbcnewcastle]

'TIL THE END. ❤️🤍

A poem for the lads by Andy Foster - delivered with the help of Sunderland's hard grafters 🗣️👏

#SAFC | @SunderlandAFC

[BBC Sport Tyne & Wear @bbcnewcastle]

Cool as a cucumber 🥒

Last week @Tweed_Barnesy caught up with Romaine Mundle ❤️🤍

#SAFC | #BBCEFL

[BBC Sport Tyne & Wear @bbcnewcastle]

Reidy's got his ticket for Wembley 🕺

#SAFC | @AndyWatson148

[Andy Watson @AndyWatson148]

@SportsPeteO Highly rated widely unknown teenage prospect at a London club, sounds like a Sunderland signing to me!

[The 44 ⚽️ @The_Forty_Four]

POV: It’s Summer 2014 suns blazing, you slap the tv on at 4PM and this banger comes on 🤩🇧�

[Andy Watson @AndyWatson148]

@pnefc @WWE Find your own song PNE all the best SAFC

[Daniel Storey @danielstorey85]

I went to Sunderland, because I wanted to write a long piece about a club that reacted to long-term decline by creating an exciting new model for their own future.

The question: what happens when two identities meet?

https://t.co/WTasszQRmA