Ramblers v Sunderland 28th July Confirmed Today
Roy Keane will take Sunderland back to his old club Cobh
Ramblers in July. The Black Cats have confirmed a pre-season friendly against the Ramblers on July 28, their third pre-season fixture in Ireland.
Ramblers are in the eircom Premier League after winning promotion last year.
Keane played for Ramblers before signing for Nottingham Forest in 1990 and Manchester City midfielder Stephen Ireland is a product of their youth system.
Ticket details for the game, which will be played at Turners Cross, home of Cork City (7.30pm), will be confirmed shortly.
Sunderland will also play Athlone Town (August 7) and Shamrock
Rovers (August 9) in Ireland during their 2008 pre-season
schedule. The Wearsiders have fixed up seven games for the summer and will
also play Sporting Lisbon, Vitoria, Nottingham Forest and Ajax.
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