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This Week That Year: Mario Gotze, Freddy Adu and Stephane Sessegnon celebrate their birthdays
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I've talked to other clubs - Bendtner
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Korea's Ji hopes to fill Park's void
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Tardelli: 'McClean can star at Euro 2012'
Final day a fitting end to season of drama
Final day a fitting end to season of drama
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Attitude to Fans
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Spending Power
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Stability
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Stadium
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Kit Design
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Use of Funds
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Website Quality
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Worldwide Reach
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Youth System
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Standard Formation
 
 
Squad
1 Craig Gordon Goalkeeper 8 Craig Gardner Midfielder
20 Keiren Westwood Goalkeeper 11 Kieran Richardson Midfielder
22 Simon Mignolet Goalkeeper 14 Jack Colback Midfielder
2 Phil Bardsley Defender 15 David Vaughan Midfielder
3 Wayne Bridge Defender 18 David Meyler Midfielder
4 Michael Turner Defender 23 James McClean Midfielder
5 Wes Brown Defender 27 Ahmed El Mohamady Midfielder
16 Sotirios Kyrgiakos Defender 28 Stéphane Sessegnon Midfielder
16 John O'Shea Defender 9 Fraizer Campbell Striker
19 Titus Bramble Defender 10 Connor Wickham Striker
27 Matthew Kilgallon Defender 17 Dong-Won Ji Striker
- Liam Bagnall Defender 38 Craig Lynch Striker
6 Lee Cattermole Midfielder 52 Nicklas Bendtner Striker
7 Sebastian Larsson Midfielder - Martin O'Neill Manager/Coach
Teams
 
Matches
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Top Scorers
Player Goals Penalties
Nicklas Bendtner Nicklas Bendtner
Striker
Sunderland 		9 1
Sebastian Larsson Sebastian Larsson
Midfielder
Sunderland 		9 0
Stéphane Sessegnon Stéphane Sessegnon
Midfielder
Sunderland 		9 0
James McClean James McClean
Midfielder
Sunderland 		8 0
Kieran Richardson Kieran Richardson
Midfielder
Sunderland 		3 0