IT type, Dad to a soccer goalie and a field hockey player, SAFC supporter, Indie music listener, beer drinker and pie eater.
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Justin Warner retweeted
MAYBE THE GREATEST RENDITION EVER . . .
WISE MEN SAY . . .
EUROPA LEAGUE MACKEMS . . .
#SAFC @ALS_Fanzine @RokerReport
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Justin Warner retweeted
May 27
Ever fancied writing about Sunderland AFC?
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Ta! #SAFC ✍️🏼
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Justin Warner retweeted
May 27
☝️ 15: First-team debut
🎯 16: First-professional goal
🏅 17: Promotion to the PL
🌍 18: Europa League qualification
The rise of Chris Rigg 😅
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Justin Warner retweeted
May 26
Sunderland’s starting XI in their joyous, season-ending 2-1 victory over listless Chelsea cost the same as £106m Enzo Fernandez. This is no slight on a world champion, an elite attacking midfielder, full of craft and craftiness, if moody at times. This is simply a celebration of Sunderland’s exceptional recruitment, finding gems who can see - and seize - the opportunity at the Stadium of Light.
This is also a celebration of Regis Le Bris’ remarkable team-building, blending and bonding qualities which have guided a side promoted via the play-offs into seventh and Europe. For those of us who thought Sunderland would go straight back down, apologies and enjoy Europe. You deserve it. A well-run football operation deserves it. That backing from stands to boardroom deserves it. Football also deserves it: a reminder that the status quo can be challenged with shrewd planning and investment and hard work.
Of Le Bris’ starting XI against Chelsea, eight joined on the eve of the season and one in the winter window: Roefs a reported £9m from Nijmegen; Mukiele £9.5m from PS-G; Reinaldo free from Atletico Madrid; Geertruida loan from RB Leipzig; Le Fee £19.3m, loan made permanent from Roma; Xhaka £13m from Bayer Leverkusen; Sadiki £15m from Union St-Gilloise; Angulo £17.5m from Anderlecht (in February); and seven-goal Brobbey £21.6m from Ajax. Two 2025 arrivals came off the bench: Diarra £30m from Strasbourg; and Isidor £5m loan made permanent from Zenit St-Petersburg (in February 2025).
Three of the 14 involved were already at the club. The starting pair of: Hume £200,000 from Linfield in 2022; and O’Nien undisclosed but reported as £200,000 to £300,000 from Wycombe Wanderers in 2018. And the sub: Rigg from Sunderland’s academy. (The £105.5m total does not include the undisclosed loan fees).
When Sunderland won 2-1 at the Bridge in October, Le Bris’ starting XI cost only £75m (and also had the important Ballard, £2m from Arsenal in 2022). Chelsea’s starting XI was £433m.
Four miles from the Bridge, on Park Lane this evening, the League Managers Association celebrates its members’ many achievements this season. Le Bris certainly deserves a mention. Mixing old and many new players, and getting new signings to settle quickly, requires real people skills. Le Bris and his staff clearly have them.
It’s also a reflection on Sunderland’s family club reputation that so many newcomers are welcomed and assimilated so quickly. Some will move on, some will be moved on but what a journey this is across England - and soon Europe. #SAFC
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Justin Warner retweeted
May 25
Legends say that every time Real Betis and Sunderland face each other in pre-season, both teams go on to qualify for European competition.
Congratulations, @SunderlandAFC! 🤝
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May 26
How can you not love this man?
May 25
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.”
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Justin Warner retweeted
May 24
Luke O’Nien is heading to the Europa League 🥹
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Justin Warner retweeted
May 24
And on this day in 2026, we qualified for the EUROPA LEAGUE 🤯
May 24
On this day last year, we went ’Til The End and won promotion to the Premier League 😍🥹
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Justin Warner retweeted
May 7
Ahead of Mental Health Awareness Week, our Black Cats have become Black Dogs 🖤
A symbol of the battles that so many people face every single day - often silently.
Football is family. And family looks out for each other. No matter who you are, or what you’re going through, you are never alone.
It’s okay to talk.
@livescore
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Justin Warner retweeted
Apr 24
Game not on. The goal is ruled out because Mukiele has legs attached to his body.
Apr 24
GOAL! Ballard pulls one back for Sunderland! 4-1.
Game on?
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Justin Warner retweeted
Mar 16
Congratulations to Liam from P.S. 32 in Queens for taking home the gold during this year’s NYC Spelling Bee! 🏆
We are so proud of the dozens of @nycschools students who participated in the two days of competition, including runner-ups Dylan from I.S. 73 and Jose from I.S. 230!
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Justin Warner retweeted
🔴A performance & day to forget⚪
🎥 Watch the review show 👇🏻
🎙️ @jayjaydubyah in Toronto, Canada & Dermot in Madrid, Spain.
Ha'way The Lads!
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#SAFC #sunderland #blackcatschat
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Justin Warner retweeted
Jan 20
Sunderland AFC Mid Season Player Data Review
#SAFC
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Justin Warner retweeted
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Justin Warner retweeted
30 Dec 2025
A moment in time.
30 Dec 2025
ballard vs coventry
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Justin Warner retweeted
29 Dec 2025
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Justin Warner retweeted
18 Dec 2025
Wishing our chairman a very happy birthday 🎉🥳
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