Sunderland afc articles
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Tributes to Sunderland AFC disabled champion Freda Oyston, who has died aged 84
Tributes have been paid to passionate Sunderland fan Freda Oyston, who looked after the club's disabled supporters for decades. Freda Oyston, formerly Murray, passed away at the University Hospital of North Durham, aged 84 - and following a short illness - on April 11. Between the mid 1990s until the last few years she was secretary of the Sunderland Disabled and Escorts Supporters Branch Along with her late husband Eddie Oyston, who died in 2021, she helped thousands of disabled and able-bodied...
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Moose caught on camera in Sunderland
Police were on the lookout as a moose traveled through Sunderland safely.
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The Sunderland student who is dreaming of the stars
Sunderland University student John Race has his sights set on the night stars. John, 37, returned to full time education in 2022 after 15 years working in the aviation industry, most recently for British Airways, and is now in the final year of his Electronic and Electrical Engineering degree at the University. A keen astronomer, he volunteers at Grassholme Observatory near Barnard Castle - and it was while there that he was inspired to create his final year project “I realised that I could use...