Sunderland today confirmed the departures of several players on free transfers, all of whom have been widely expected to leave for some time now.

For the second of our mini-series this week we bring you top author, journalist for ESPN, The New Paper and many others, Football Manager aficionado and former North East native Iain Macintosh to give his views on last season at Sunderland...

Cabral reportedly joins Sunderland on a free transfer.

This week we bring you some opinion from those who tend to form opinions for us in the local and national media. To get things kicked off we have a best-selling author, journalist, magazine mogul and a Sunderland fan from birth, it's Jonathan Wilson!

The season is finally over (yay!) and since we are mostly done with analysing it and the subsequent weeping that inevitably follows, it is time to look to the future and bring back our Gossip feature.

Just a year after arriving, Craig Liddle has been removed from his position as Sunderland's youth team coach.

Every week we put out some thoughts to top local newspaper The Durham Times. Please, buy a copy upon it's release next Friday for just 50p, and have all your local sporting needs served! Until then, here's some waffle you could have read yesterday.

Wise Men Say round off the season in style with a whole host of Sunderland-related guests, including Frankie & The Heartstrings and Shields Gazette's Gary Foster! Check it out here...

Duncan Watmore becomes first signing of Di Canio era.

It's about time we crowned our newest Player Of The Season. Stephane Sessegnon took the top honours last year and this has now been passed on to a new holder. See how that man along with many others got on this season here.