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.”
Right. Just so we’re all clear.
Farage and Reform tried to put me in prison because I backed the mass deportation of Pakistani child rapists and their foreign wives/relatives who allowed it to happen.
My home was raided by armed police late on a Friday night as a direct result of Reform’s allegations. My guns were seized. They tried to ruin my life. In every way.
Farage admitted on national television it was all because I backed mass deportations.
He said that was the moment they realised they ‘had to get rid’ of me.
Not the bullshit allegations they went to the police with, but the fact I want the Pakistani rapists removed from our country.
He admitted it.
That all happened.
Fair enough. I took it on the chin, and planned out our next step.
I founded Restore Britain to give the British people the democratic option to agree with me.
Restore Britain will, without apology, deport every last foreign rapist and all foreign accomplices who knew it was happening, yet failed to act.
If that means entire communities go, that means entire communities go. I really don’t care.
We will rid Britain of that cancer.
Now Reform are incandescently angry that we are giving the British people that choice.
Deploying increasingly desperate smears against our movement.
If people don’t agree, they can vote for someone else who won’t deport. There are plenty of options - Reform, Labour, Tories. Take your pick. Go for it.
But if you want those evil scumbags out of our country, along with every foreign coward who enabled it?
You now have that genuine option.
Restore Britain.
Wish i’d watched the game now Andy, sounds like i missed an all time classic reading the match reviews on here
Wissa The Missa
Gordons Hair
Elanga falling over like a toddler learning to walk
Fans then showing him how to walk with purpose with the Mass walkout
Embarrassing Tifo
Gonna get some cans & watch this on repeat
Just a quick reminder, they’ll be people waking up tomorrow with a Woltemade NCL shirt, and all that’ll ever be remembered for was his goal at the Roker End.
Have a good Xmas all #safc