Becca Drinkald

[HLTCO @HLTCO]

The all-time top scorer in all World Cup history.

Lionel Messi, the greatest to ever do it.

[Sunderland AFC @SunderlandAFC]

Thank you for writing us off...

[Luke O'Nien @LukeONien]

EUROPA LEAGUE was never the dream.

Not because I didn’t want it.

Because if I’m being honest, I never thought it was possible.

What kid would?

Especially when 12 years ago I was playing non league football in the Ryman Premier and Conference South, just trying to stay alive in the game.

What kid dreams about Europe when, two weeks into the off season, his dad has to tell him he’s been released by Watford F.C. over the phone?

I was heartbroken.

My dad looked at me and said:

“What are we doing tomorrow?”

To which I replied with the words he’d drilled into me my whole life:

“We’re training, Dad.”

So we trained.

Every single day.

My dad emailed every EFL club asking for an opportunity.

One club replied.

One.

That was all I needed.

An opportunity.

@WealdstoneFC and @wwfcofficial , I’ll always be indebted to you.

Then came the move to @SunderlandAFC .

A massive club.

A massive opportunity.

And I couldn’t wait to prove myself.

But 45 minutes into my debut… hooked.

“Rabbit caught in headlights. Waste of money. Get rid.”

Then came the Championship.

“He’s not good enough for this level.”

Then the Premier League.

“Let’s give him a debut and then get rid of him.”

I understood the doubt.

I’ve faced it my whole career.

And truthfully, you doubt yourself too at times.

But I’ve always tried to live by one mindset:

Outwork your doubt.

You don’t always need to see the full journey.

You just need to take the next step.

Then the next one.

And then another.

Even when social media tells you you’re not good enough.

Even when the voice inside your own head whispers the same thing.

Keep working.

Keep learning.

Keep showing up.

Because sometimes the places you end up are bigger than anything your younger self could’ve ever imagined.

To any young player reading this, don’t put a ceiling on yourself too early.

You genuinely have no idea where this game and life can take you.

And to the boys… thank you.

You removed the glass ceiling I’d placed on myself.

What a team.

What a club.

What a fanbase.

Sunderland… rocking all over Europe ❤️🤍

And in the words of Granit Xhaka:

“This is just the beginning.”

[Premier League @premierleague]

🗓️ 24 May 2025 - @SunderlandAFC seal Premier League promotion
🗓️ 24 May 2026 - @SunderlandAFC seal European qualification

What dreams are made of 😍

[N O R D I @NordiMukiele]

Sunderland Relegated, Sunderland will be up and down. the best answer: 👇🏾👇🏾
HAWAY THE LADSSSSSS EUROPE IS FOR US GUYS ❤️

[Sunderland AFC @SunderlandAFC]

And on this day in 2026, we qualified for the EUROPA LEAGUE 🤯

[Sunderland AFC @SunderlandAFC]

EUROPA LEAGUE FOOTBALL IS COMING TO SUNDERLAND!

[Second Tier podcast @secondtierpod]

12 months ago today, Dan Ballard gave us one of the greatest moments in play-off history 😍

[Spennymoor Town Ladies @MoorsLadies]

Before the season ends we would like to offer all our love and support to Becca and Mae who have both sustained serious long-term injuries during the campaign.

We are all with you and can't wait for you to come back even stronger. 🖤🤍

#moors

[Stan Collymore @StanCollymore]

Set a treadmill at 21kph ( max most will go to) and try to run for 30 seconds on it.

That's what he did for 1 hour, 59 minutes and 30 seconds.

The peak of human physical achievement. Insane, absolutely insane.

[Ewan @eb92safc]

Thanks to everyone who has donated, retweeted, messaged me and spreading the world. It means the world to the both of us 🙏

Here is our page if anyone can spread the word it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks again 😊

https://t.co/zmBnHsze8i

[Sunderland AFC @SunderlandAFC]

Tomorrow, we go to London.

[george @StokeyyG2]

Sunderland’s new TikTok is brilliant 😂😂😂

[Zak @ZakLHudson]

@JamesCopley_ Get a load of this delusional gimp man 🤣🤣 heads on Pluto the fuckin featherweight Clare Balding

[Sunderland AFC @SunderlandAFC]

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Unbeaten in our last ELEVEN league games against Newcastle 👊

[Sunderland AFC @SunderlandAFC]

IT'S HAPPENED AGAIN 🤣🤣🤣

[Sunderland AFC @SunderlandAFC]

Gone for so long, but so good to be back.

[Sunderland AFC @SunderlandAFC]

VICTORY AT ST. JAMES' PARK 😍

#NEWSUN

[Spennymoor Town Ladies @MoorsLadies]

Happy International Women's Day from all at Moors Ladies.

#InternationalWomenDay #IWDDCFA

[Dougie Critchley @DougieCritchley]

No Roefs, no Reinildo, no Mukiele, no Brobbey, no Xhaka from the start, a goalkeeper making their Sunderland debut, a centre-back making his first Premier League start...

It wasn't pretty, Leeds were the better side, but THAT WAS ABOUT GRIT.

That takes Sunderland to 40 points by the 3rd March, an absolutely sensational achievement for a side playing their first year in the Premier League for 9 years.

A reminder that Sunderland finished 4th in the Championship last year, as close to Oxford United in 17th as Leeds and Burnley at the top, before scraping into the Premier League with late winners in the semi-final and final.

And yet... the only side to beat Sunderland home and away so far this season is Fulham and we've conceded fewer goals than Liverpool and Man United.

Fuelled by one of the most remarkable summers of recruitment in Premier League history.

So proud of my club!