Sunderland have announced that club legend Kevin Ball has left his ambassadorial role at the Stadium of Light.
It brings to an end Ball's three-decade association with the club during which encompassed almost a decade as a player - much of which was spent as captain - before going on to become coach, academy manager, and occasional caretaker-manager before becoming a club ambassador in 2014.
The 57-year-old, known to all on Wearside as 'Bally', was furloughed from his ambassadorial role in 2019 when the Covid pandemic struck and he has not returned to work since.
