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BBC News
20-05-2025
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'Dream' to help Sunderland to play-off win
Romaine Mundle hopes to live out a lifelong dream at Wembley on Saturday and is aiming to take Sunderland "back where they belong".The 22-year-old winger endured an injury-hit first full campaign at the Stadium of Light but came off the bench in extra time to help inspire the Black Cats to a dramatic Championship play-off semi-final win over Coventry last Tuesday, sealed by Dan Ballard's last-gasp Tottenham youngster Mundle appeared in the first 15 league games of the season but, after sustaining a hamstring injury in a draw at Coventry in November, made just seven further missed the final six games of the regular season and the first leg of the play-off semi-final after another hamstring problem suffered at West Brom in early April."I've worked hard in my time off the pitch, focusing on my rehab, but it's credit to the team in allowing me to be in that position to come back and play a part," Mundle told BBC Radio Newcastle."Tuesday was an unbelievable night for everyone at this club, the team, the staff and obviously the fans. "It's one of the greatest nights of my life. It was fantastic, but you come in the next day and the focus is on the next game." Sheffield United, who finished third in the table, now stand in the way of Sunderland ending an eight-year exile from the Premier League - half of which were spent in League admitted to feeling the pressure on the game, but added: "A lot of people deal with pressure differently. I think it's good if you feel a bit of pressure, it's good nerves. You can use it to fuel you. It shows you care."Hopefully we can just get this club back to where it belongs."Mundle grew up 18 miles from Wembley but has never played under the arch. His most recent experience there was watching from the stands as Tottenham lost a Champions League tie to a Lionel Messi-inspired Barcelona in said: "I'll have a lot of people watching, in the stands or on TV, it'll be a special moment for me."I've not played there before but whether you are brought up in London or not, for a lot of people their dream is to play at Wembley and mine could possibly come true on Saturday."It would mean everything to me to win at Wembley, especially with what's gone on this season with the injuries, but mainly just for the club."The club deserves to be back in the Premier League, the fans deserve it. The fans and the club are tight-knit, it's almost like a family club. I just hope we can repay them." Sunderland boss Regis Le Bris can only pick 11 players to start the match, but Mundle insisted that the promotion push has been a whole squad effort, epitomised by defender Chris Mepham who started 37 games in the regular season but has found himself on the bench with the return of fit-again Ballard for the play-offs."Chris is an unbelievable human," Mundle said. "He knows football more than anyone else in this changing room, he's one of the senior players so he knows how to deal with the disappointment. "Everyone is happy because everyone wants one thing and that's Premier League for this club."I don't think anyone is fussed who gets us there as long as we all get there together."
BBC News
12-05-2025
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- BBC News
Le Bris 'proud' of Sunderland's muted celebrations
Regis Le Bris said his players' measured celebration following their Championship play-off first leg win at Coventry City made him "really proud".The Black Cats won 2-1 at the CBS Arena on Friday night to give themselves an advantage ahead of Tuesday night's home fans celebrated an important victory - their first at Coventry for 40 years - but the players kept their distance from the away end other than applauding the 2,800 Mackems for their Coventry fans felt the Sunderland celebrations were over the top with another 90 minutes to play, but Le Bris said: "It wasn't the case for the players. I was really proud of this reaction because we didn't manage anything - it came from them. They were really aware that [the scoreline was] good stuff, but it doesn't mean the result is over."We need to finish the two legs and see at the end if we are the winners."In my mind we have to win this game, to start like the first game, with exactly the same mindset because in these events, unpredictability is everywhere and trying to protect something is not a good mindset."The Sunderland boss said that winger Romaine Mundle is set to return from a hamstring injury for the second leg as his team bid for a place at Wembley against the winners of the other semi-final between Sheffield United and Bristol City. 'We felt something change' He also said that he sensed his team had awakened from the slumber that saw them end the regular season with five straight run had Sunderland fans fearing the worst against the in-form Sky Blues but Le Bris' team rediscovered their form at the right moment and he said he sensed an increase in intensity during training well before the trip to the Midlands."We secured the play-offs early and after that it was impossible to chase automatic promotion, and when you're not connected with a specific goal it's more difficult," he said."We showed at Coventry it's different now. It started maybe three weeks ago, we felt something change in the training session."[The players] weren't comfortable with the defeats but were comfortable from the big games we had before, this season and the season before."That experience is really important for big games because you build something in for when you need to connect in important games."To be able to switch on like we did at Coventry shows the strength of the squad and highlights the whole season. Now we have to finish the work."
BBC News
07-05-2025
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Sunderland: Romaine Mundle's return delayed until play-off second leg
Sunderland boss Regis Le Bris says there has been a delay in Romaine Mundle's expected return to be available for selection in their promotion push. The Black Cats face Coventry in the Championship play-off semi-final this week and after divisive squad rotation in the final games of the regular season there were expectations of a fully fit roster for the Frenchman to choose from. When asked if everyone was back in contention for the first leg at the CBS Arena fixture on Friday, Le Bris told BBC Radio Newcastle: "Not really because I think it will be a bit short for Romaine and Aji [Alese] to be involved in the first leg." The boss then confirmed he would be looking to involve Mundle in the home leg at the Stadium of Light on Tuesday.
BBC News
08-04-2025
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Who should replace injured Mundle on left wing?
Sunderland winger Romaine Mundle could miss the rest of the season after suffering a recurrence of a hamstring injury during Saturday's 1-0 win at West Bromwich Eliezer Mayenda deputised out wide in Mundle's absence when he went off on Saturday, while Brighton-bound Tommy Watson and Enzo Le Fee, who returned from injury at the Hawthorns, are also would you like to see fill the spot in the final six Championship games and potential play-off matches?Let us know your thoughts here on who should replace Mundle on the left wing and the reasons why.
The Independent
08-03-2025
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- The Independent
Sunderland vs Cardiff City LIVE: Championship latest score, goals and updates from fixture
Follow live coverage as Sunderland face Cardiff City in the Championship today. An increasingly competitive second tier in English football remains an intense and exciting competition, with the prize of a place in the Premier League on offer at the end of the season. Relegation from the top flight last term means Luton, Burnley and Sheffield United are all back in the second tier this term and will be expected to push for play-off spots again at least, but so too will Norwich City, an improving Coventry and beaten play-off finalists Leeds United. At the other end of the table, Wayne Rooney is aiming to revive Plymouth's fortunes after they narrowly avoided relegation last year, with Portsmouth and Derby the teams promoted from League One along with play-off final winners Oxford. Follow live updates from today's game in the live blog below. 8 March 2025 16:37 Sunderland vs Cardiff City Dan Neil (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the attacking half. 8 March 2025 16:36 Sunderland vs Cardiff City Delay over. They are ready to continue. 8 March 2025 16:32 Sunderland vs Cardiff City Substitution, Sunderland. Tom Watson replaces Romaine Mundle. 8 March 2025 16:32 Sunderland vs Cardiff City Substitution, Cardiff City. Will Fish replaces Callum Robinson. 8 March 2025 16:32 Sunderland vs Cardiff City Substitution, Cardiff City. Alex Robertson replaces Calum Chambers. 8 March 2025 16:31 Sunderland vs Cardiff City Delay in match (Cardiff City). 8 March 2025 16:31 Sunderland vs Cardiff City Attempt blocked. Romaine Mundle (Sunderland) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. 8 March 2025 16:30 Sunderland vs Cardiff City Joel Bagan (Cardiff City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. 8 March 2025 16:29 Sunderland vs Cardiff City 8 March 2025 16:29
