The pressure was still on- the club had already been in the division for too long and patience had all but ran out- but we were moving forward with momentum and having overcome Sheffield Wednesday in the semi finals, we set off for London feeling quietly confident.īacked by around 46,500 fans, there was a feeling that this was Sunderland’s time. The heavy defeats that had been cropping up were quickly eliminated, and a series of late winners took the Lads into the playoffs in a good frame of mind.
The season didn’t always run smoothly, and there was still to be a managerial change, but once Alex Neil was named as Lee Johnson’s successor as head coach, the transitional period was minimal. Over time, it’ll hopefully be viewed as a major turning point on the way to some form of lasting success. It may not seem that long ago yet, but victory over Wycombe Wanderers in the League One playoff final was a crucial stage in our renaissance. However, 2021/2022 signalled a new era, and with a more structured approach starting to take hold, one of the most important steps on the journey was completed exactly one year ago today. For long periods of Sunderland’s recent history, we’ve been in a destructive loop of short-term thinking and jumbled spending, seemingly lurching from one crisis to the next.Ī damaging cycle of appointing a new manager and attempting to implement a structure whether it suited them or not, only to rip it all up at the first sign of trouble and start over again, not only left the supporters feeling weary but put the club in extreme peril, and it’s only now that we’re starting to see a fuller recovery.
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