Sunderland have been dealt a triple injury blow immediately as their pre-season friendlies have gotten underway. Sunderland kick-started life under Regis Le Bris Saturday with a pre-season double-header in the North-East. The first of two games on Saturday took place at South Shields and the Black Cats won comfortably, beating their neighbours 5-0 before heading to Gateshead. Le Bris named two different XIs on the day. But the second XI couldn’t beat Gateshead who won the game 2-1, with Jack Clarke scoring Sunderland’s goal from the penalty spot. The result has caused a minor stir on social me…
