Sunderland (3-1) - 5th November 2005

Remember, remember the 5th November (as the saying goes) - well maybe not this one apart from the memory of one of the poorest teams to play at Highbury in its 93 year history. They did score from the only shot they had (from a corner) but otherwise were bereft of ideas and, more interestingly, spirit & fight. The game will have continued to help build confidence and we could be ready to surge forwards BUT we have YET ANOTHER frigging 2 week break for meaningless (for the most part) international matches. I think only Jose and Phillipe have competitive matches with TH going all the way to martinique to play in a friendly! Whoppee! Still it wasn't as bad as cheering on the Mancs the following day....