Sunderland AFC news: Jason Jones brings you all the latest from the Stadium of Light as Black Cats hire new coach
Jason Jones brings you all the latest news from the Stadium of Light as Sunderland appoint a new assistant for Regis Le Bris. There are also updates on Kevin Phillips' new management role.
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00:00Hello, this is Jason Jones, football writer from the Sunderland Echo. Here's a quick
00:05round-up of the Sunderland stories that you might have missed over the past couple of
00:09days.
00:10Sunderland have announced the appointment of a new assistant head coach. Pedro Ribeiro
00:13joins Regis Le Brissas' backroom staff and arrives on Wearside Boston in impressive CV.
00:18He's previously been the assistant at a whole host of European clubs, including the likes
00:22of Fenerbahce, FC Porto and Olympiacos. In recent years, he's made the move into first
00:28team management himself and indeed was lined up for a role in the Portuguese 3rd Division
00:34before ultimately seeing that deal collapse so that he could complete a move to the Stadium
00:38of Light.
00:39Elsewhere, Sunderland legend Kevin Phillips has got himself a new managerial job. The
00:43Black Cats icon will be taken over at non-league AFC Fylde. Phillips has been out of work since
00:48he left Hartlepool United earlier this year and Sunderland confirmed that he will be taking
00:52academy coach Wes Brown with him as his assistant.
00:57A new Sunderland signing Aaron Connolly played his first minutes in red and white earlier
01:00this week. The Republic of Ireland striker got himself on the scoresheet for Graeme Murty's
01:05under-21s in a 6-0 thrashing of Derby County. The other goals in that game came from Nazaree
01:10Roosan, a Tommy Watson brace, Jenson Jones and a Caden Kelly penalty.
01:15And finally, Sunderland's women will host Newcastle United at the Stadium of Light on
01:19Sunday afternoon. The match is expected to set an attendance record for the women's championship
01:23with more than 12,000 fans having already bought tickets. It will be the first time
01:27that the two local rivals have faced off against each other since Newcastle were promoted to
01:31the championship at the end of last season.