Rob Tate

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[Rob Tate @RobTate87]

@Tone87Zebra @AttackingFooty You’ve got a better memory than me. Sounds about right. 20 year ago 🙃

[Rob Tate @RobTate87]

@SunderlandAFC Lovely stuff

[Rob Tate @RobTate87]

@TheBurnleyWay We’ll have him as back up. How much will Burnley sell for ?

[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.”

[Rob Tate @RobTate87]

@23rodge @DeludedOf How many was it in the end?

[Sunderland AFC @SunderlandAFC]

WE'RE ALL GOING ON A EUROPEAN TOUR 🌍

[Sunderland AFC @SunderlandAFC]

EUROPA LEAGUE FOOTBALL IS COMING TO SUNDERLAND!

[Rob Tate @RobTate87]

@geordiejosh Go on lad put it in the cabinet

[Rob Tate @RobTate87]

@Keir_Starmer @UKLabour Go on lad first time I agree with ya

[Rob Tate @RobTate87]

@Awaydays23 Go on lads x

[Rob Tate @RobTate87]

@SunderlandAFC @MolsonCoors Top fella congrats

[Rob Tate @RobTate87]

@SkySports_Keith He’s scotlands best Forward comfortably if he’s fit.

[Rob Tate @RobTate87]

@SunderlandAFC Favourites to finish bottom after coming up through play offs after 9 years away some boy Regi. 👏

[Rob Tate @RobTate87]

@SkySports_Keith Unlucky keef

[Rob Tate @RobTate87]

@Ramma_____ Wissa the misser 🤣

[Rob Tate @RobTate87]

@ian_geez A love the lad and he’s actually suprised me these last few games before yesterday but to have Hume Ballard Gertruda all sitting on the bench is fucking silly.

[Rob Tate @RobTate87]

I’m nee expert like but Every Goal Onein is on the floor.

[Rob Tate @RobTate87]

That game was Safc in a nut shell. Wouldn’t change it for the world 🤣

[Rob Tate @RobTate87]

@L18SFC @BilbaoBlackCats Disgraceful punishing good loyal people. Shame it will just be brushed under the carpet cos we doing well on the pitch.