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title: "Sunderland: Fans react to pre-season friendly announcement"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Sean Clifford"
section: "League One News"
published: "2021-07-07T20:45:38Z"
modified: "2021-07-07T20:45:38Z"
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# Sunderland: Fans react to pre-season friendly announcement

**Sunderland have announced a friendly with Sky Bet Championship side Hull City as they ramp up their pre-season preparations \[[Sunderland AFC Official](https://safc.com/news/team-news/2021/july/hull-friendly-confirmed)\].**

The event will be the final fixture of the Black Cats pre-season schedule, as it is pencilled in at the Stadium of Light on Friday the 30th of July at 7pm \[[Sunderland AFC Official](https://safc.com/news/team-news/2021/july/hull-friendly-confirmed)\].

Before the clash, Lee Johnson’s men will travel to York City, Tranmere Rovers and Harrogate Town in a bid to build up fitness before the Sky Bet League One campaign begins \[[Sunderland AFC Official](https://safc.com/news/team-news/2021/july/hull-friendly-confirmed)\].

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Intriguingly, former Sunderland captain George Honeyman will be in line to return to his boyhood club, as he is now on the books of the Tigers \[[Hull Live](https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/george-honeyman-sunderland-hull-city-4141701)\].

In light of this, many Sunderland fans took to Twitter to voice their opinions on recent developments.

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### Sunderland AFC fans react:

Replying to the Sunderland AFC Official Twitter account, here is what some Black Cats supporters had to say about the friendly update, with one fan calling it ‘bizarre’:

**“Think I’m boiling my head that night”**

Credit: [@M\_Stubbs82](https://twitter.com/M_Stubbs82/status/1412716747275354112)

**“Sign players thanks”**

Credit: [@harrytdixon20](https://twitter.com/harrytdixon20/status/1412698290861264897)

**“A bit of a insult playing a team who beat us in getting automatic promotion last season don’t you think”**

Credit: [@Simmysafc](https://twitter.com/Simmysafc/status/1412699052974673921)

**“That’s not quite the big home friendly I was after mind”**

Credit: [@LiamIDST](https://twitter.com/LiamIDST/status/1412698231721627653)

**“No game for 18 days and then 4 games in 9 days. Bizarre”**

Credit: [@chrissavedlatin](https://twitter.com/chrissavedlatin/status/1412704236534697986)

**“We gonna have any players left? How we supposedly strengthening the team when already managed to get rid of our top 4 goal scorers before even replacing them as usual”**

Credit: [@ColArmstrong](https://twitter.com/ColArmstrong/status/1412698593715236868)

**In other news, a pundit has exclusively slammed Sunderland after their talisman [departed the Stadium of Light](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/sunderland-transfer-rumours/exclusive-pundit-slams-sunderlands-poor-decision-to-not-offer-wyke-a-new-deal-earlier-e158/).**