Sbragia’s bandwagon rumbles past Trotters

IT WAS out with the old and in with the, er, old as we progressed to the fourth round of the FA Cup for the first time since 2006 on Saturday.

Roy Keane’s final game as boss of Sunderland was a dismal 4-1 home defeat against Bolton. However, it was largely the same players that just a month later brushed the Trotters aside on the road to Wembley.

Ricky Sbragia may have come in for some criticism from Sunderland fans, but in he’s had a much bigger impact than people give him credit for.