Ryan Doneathy

I've had a lot of sobering thoughts in my time, Del Boy. It were them that started me drinking.

[Ryan Doneathy @Ryan_Doneathy]

The SoL looking powerful. @SunderlandAFC

[Cinema Wire 🎥🎞️ @CinemaWireNews]

New character details for Michael Mann’s ‘HEAT 2’ have reportedly been revealed:

• Leonardo DiCaprio in talks to play Chris Shiherlis

• Christian Bale in talks to play Vincent Hanna (role equivalent to Al Pacino)

• Stephen Graham in talks to play Neil McCauley (role equivalent to Robert De Niro)

• Adam Driver interested in playing the main antagonist, Otis Lloyd Wardell

(Source: @DanielRPK)

[Ryan Doneathy @Ryan_Doneathy]

Leaked: @SunderlandAFC’s 2026 summer transfer #business.

[Hunter Biden @HunterBiden]

WTF timeline are we on. Someone called me the MAGA whisperer and I’ll gladly take the title. Left, right, D or R we all want the same things. We’re being divided on purpose by the Epstein Elite Oligarch class because as long as we’re at each other’s throats, they get fat and rich off of our misery. The second we figure out we agree on more than we disagree, they’re done. Love your neighbor. Be yourself. Radical honesty. No fucks given, no fucks taken. Everything else is just noise. (But still fuck Jake “Brick Tamland” Tapper on any time line)

[Ronaldinho @10Ronaldinho]

Thank you, Sunderland!!! Great game in England last monday, a country that has always welcomed me so well! Great atmosphere, beautiful stadium and lots of friends on the field!!!! Moments like this show us why football is so special... see you soon mates 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🤙🏾

[Andy @SAFCsource]

Xhaka: The love I received from the club, the fans, and the city was something I had never experienced before in my career.

[N O R D I @NordiMukiele]

Stadium of Light outstanding 🫵🏾🃏

[Sunderland AFC @SunderlandAFC]

Things you never thought you’d see...

Ronaldinho at the Stadium of Light 🇧🇷

[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.”

[Sunderland AFC @SunderlandAFC]

Two Brazilians 🇧🇷

[Ryan Doneathy @Ryan_Doneathy]

@simecarr Hoping Angulo kicks on next season after pre season!

[Ryan Doneathy @Ryan_Doneathy]

Until yesterday, Lorik Cana against Liverpool was the best individual SAFC performance I’d seen live. Nordi Mukiele has now overtaken that, an absolute beast. Pace and power, he was unbelievable. It was a day of great games though - Reinaldo, 09, Le Fee all tremendous too.

[HMac123 @HarryMa66695169]

Is this the way to Lithuania
Fuck Bayern Munich were going Albania
Thursday nights in Transylvania
Europa league awaits for me
#SAFC

[Ryan Doneathy @Ryan_Doneathy]

@JohnboySafc07 Absolutely, performance summed up why RLB is playing him right wing. Tactically astute footballer, pleased we have him.

[Mary Moo Cow @TerryHobkirk]

Luke cuddling Dan Neil and Lynden Gooch in the crowd man, gets you right in the feels 😭 #SAFC

[Ryan Doneathy @Ryan_Doneathy]

@RubyQNUFC What a fucking duck egg.

[Ryan Doneathy @Ryan_Doneathy]

Fucking unbelievable ❤️ 🇪🇺

[Sunderland AFC @SunderlandAFC]

Ecstasy.

[Sunderland AFC @SunderlandAFC]

WE'RE ALL GOING ON A EUROPEAN TOUR 🌍