How do you describe today?

I don't know really. It's been a great day, it's been a fantastic day, it's been an unforegttable day or in the words of U2 It's been a Beautiful Day.

Good start with a fresh pint in the club, some gentle pisstaking of the closet smoggie, with Jim showing off his new 888.com posters for the bus with the smoggie pictured. Jopined up with kev today to pick up our tickets from the Museum Vaults in Sunderland. Now that is what i call a proper pub. Dark and dingy but buckets full of character. The type of boozer where tales from the Shed of Light can be told. Good pictures of the lads on the walls and no one takes any notice of you when you go in. beer good too.

Off to the SOL to meet up with Brian who had arranged to meet with John Holmes outside of Cloughies Bar. I haven't seen John for 34 years and it was good to meet up and catch up. We may grow older and change physically but pit lads are pit lads and it's like we only spoke yesterday. We'll get together again on one of our next socials with DP.

Into the light and readytogo against the Foxes. Atmosphere was quick to build and we had the whinger from hell behind us. Now then I can whinge but this bloke could whinge for the world in a competition against the solar system and win hands down. He criticised Gary Breen before he'd even kicked a ball and that set the pattern. Everyone around him was just rolling their eyes. One bloke told him to shut the f**k up to which he responded "No need to get abusive" he was politely told he hadn't heard what abuse was so be prepared. In the end rather than get involved me and kev chose to mimic him in a piss taking manner and had those around us smirking. He left with about 20 minutes to go.

The game started off like an express train with Stewart missing a golden opportunity in the 1st minute. He knew it too. The Foxes came on strong and De Vries pulled Breen and Caldwell all over, they threatened to score and the did with Maybury putting them 1 up inside of 8 minutes. Danny Tiato was pulling all the strings and his passing, vision and running had us in all manner of trouble at the back The Foxes could have had another 2 but for a good save from Alnwick and a timely tackle from Wrighty. De Vries was taken off injured and we were all pleased to see him go

Stewart latched onto a cross field pass from Wright and he was in on goal and made no mistake this time hammering it past Walker down low to his left. 1 - 1. You could see the Lads starting to get on top and we were edging it by the halftime whistle.

Swift pint at half time then back to the action. The tempo was higher in the second half and we had Leicester pressed back early on. Arca was prompting things down the left and was showboating something rotten with his silky skills, There full back was dizzy and we won a corner. Over it went up went Caldwell and headed into the net to make it 2-1. It was reminiscent of the goal Quinny Scored at SJP on 18/11/2000. Out of reach and Walker could't get anywhere near it.

We made our way to the SW Corner 2 minutes before full time to wait for the final whistle and the prospect of Premiership football next season. We were'nt disappointed. Ipswich drew 1-1 with Leeds and that puts us up. We can't be caught.

Off went the players, on went the music, up went the volume, out came the hankie, back came the players, wet were the eyes.

Brilliant. Another up day for Sunderland.

lets hope it stays that way for a long time to come.