Sunderland

  1. Jack Clarke and Dara O'Shea

  2. Sunderland players congratulate Romaine Mundle (centre) after his goal against Burnley

  3. Wilson Isidor playing for Zenit St Petersburg during the Russian Premier League football match against Dynamo Moscow

  4. Jack Clarke in action for Sunderland

  5. A man stands holding two beer pumps removed from a bar

  6. Dion Charles of Bolton Wanderers reacts with disappointment

  7. Jobe Bellingham in action for Sunderland

  8. Luke O'Nien

  9. Bradley Dack warming up for Sunderland

  11. Marc Albrighton lifting the Championship trophy for Leicester

  12. Split picture of Giorgi Chakvetadze, Haji Wright, Callum Styles and Karoy Anderson

  13. Sunderland first goal

  14. Split picture of Robbie Savage, Chris Wilder and Roy Keane

  15. Blondy Nna Noukeu

  16. Steven Fletcher celebrates

  17. Ian Poveda playing for Leeds

  18. Kevin Ball holding up his certificate saying he had been given the Freedom of Sunderland

  19. Dan Ballard in action for Sunderland

  20. Harry Pearson is standing in front of a shelf full of hair dye in the pharmacy. He has short blond/brown hair and is wearing a grey shirt and a lanyard.

  21. Triangular building saying 'The Academy of Light' and a car.

  22. Dan Ballard is playing for Sunderland in the Sky Bet Championship match against West Bromwich Albion at the Stadium of Light in Sunderland, on December 9, 2023.

  23. An elderly woman smiles while sat at a craft table with a bowl of turf from the Sunderland AFC pitch on it.

  24. Full time result: Gateshead 2-1 Sunderland

    Jack Clarke takes a penalty against GatesheadGetty Images

    The second half of Sunderland's pre-season opening double-header ended in a 2-1 defeat at the hands of Gateshead.

    Jack Clarke converted a penalty after Nazariy Rusyn was fouled in the box but a Owen Oseni first half brace secured the win for the Heed.

    The Black Cats started with a line-up largely of first team regulars but just like in the earlier fixture against South Shields ended with mostly under-21s.

    Nectarios Triantis and Abdoullah Ba weren't included in either squad.

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