Wearside

On leaving Wearside he invited a local reporter to an alcohol-fuelled farewell dinner before, late in the evening, happily swapping his Armani shirt for our man's M&S number.

Peter Reid lends a hand as Pilgrims continue to regress 2011

McClean's move to the Wearside club, a £350,000 transfer from Derry City, went scarcely noticed during a period of heavy recruitment at the Stadium of Light last summer and for the first four months of the season he did not make a first-team appearance.

Martin O'Neill hails the progress of Sunderland winger James McClean 2012

Bruce, who signed 30 players during an eventful two and a half years on Wearside, leaves Sunderland two points above the relegation zone and has paid the price for wretched home form, the Wearsiders having won just twice at the Stadium of Light since New Year's Day.

Sunderland target Hughes and O'Neill after sacking Steve Bruce 2011

Before signing a lucrative contract extension at Sunderland Steve Bruce recently spent a sleepless night debating whether to walk away from Wearside and take a year off.

Why Ashley Cole, Sir Alex Ferguson and company need a sabbatical | Louise Taylor 2011

The former Sunderland defender was discussing the arrival of Martin O'Neill on Wearside and used "football club" in all its accepted variants – "this football club", "the football club" and, of course, "Sunderland football club".

Paul Lambert needs lessons in the lexicon of the football club | Harry Pearson 2011

For the moment, at least, he remains in charge at the Stadium of Light, but although he maintains resignation is not an option – and having signed a lucrative new long‑term contract in February there has never been much likelihood of Sunderland's manager waving a white flag – even he concedes that his relationship with the Wearside public has possibly fractured beyond repair.

Steve Bruce on brink as Sunderland fans' vitriol reaches fever pitch 2011

The weekend trip to Swansea already feels tricky, with Chelsea to visit Wearside after the international break.

Brighton & Hove Albion 1-0 Sunderland | Carling Cup match report 2011

Far away in Venice, this year's biennale is a tribute to the flair of Tyneside, Wearside and Teesside; crowds are flocking to work contributed by Newcastle's Laing art gallery and Locus+ arts commissioning agency, the Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art and Sunderland's National Glass Centre.

In Praise of … Gateshead | Editorial 2011

On Wearside, however, the striker began to grow up and build a reputation.

Danny Welbeck wise to the task of being a striking success for England 2011

Far away in Venice, this year's biennale is a tribute to the flair of Tyneside, Wearside and Teesside; crowds are flocking to work contributed by Newcastle's Laing art gallery and Locus+ arts commissioning agency, the Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art and Sunderland's National Glass Centre.

In Praise of … Gateshead | Editorial 2011