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Days like this
Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008
On this day 37 years ago, the United Arab Emirates – the country I call home – was born.
Arriving back, in the early hours of this morning, from a holiday on the Nile, I could hardly miss the scores of 37 signs that brilliantly illuminated all roads through Abu Dhabi.
Things have been so gloomy in my absence – no points from two home games that ought to have produced six; rumours that Keano has “lost” the dressing room (though, to be fair, that is said about every manager in crisis) and a recurrence of serious relegation concerns – that I felt entitled to look for anything that might bring brightness into a Sunderland supporter’s heart.
And come to think of it, 37 – whichever way you look at the number – isn’t a bad place to start……
