Tony Mowbray has admitted he’s always been a Sunderland fan since they won the FA Cup in 1973.
The Boro legend has outlined Sunderland’s plan for a return to the Premier League - that lured him away from kickabouts in the garden with his kids. The 58-year-old won his first game in charge 3-0 against Rotherham on Wednesday night after his “whirlwind” succession of Alex Neil, who quit for Stoke on Friday.
He had planned a break from management to see more of his sons after his contract at Blackburn ran out in the summer following their play-off near miss. Mowbray is a Boro legend, and faces the side he captained and managed on Monday night. But he insisted he loves ALL the North East trio of big clubs, because of “the emotion, the passion and people”.
