Time right for O’Neill — but it will not last
Even Bob Stokoe, who led them to the FA Cup in 1973, eventually resigned in despair after the kind of bleak winless run that Sunderland do better than anyone.
In historical terms, Sunderland are a big club — the sixth-most successful in terms of titles won, the seventh-best supported in terms of average crowds. But in economic terms they are in the bottom half of the Premier League, and they’re a lot closer to the clubs below them than the ones above.
