The season in pictures - part 7

By Martin Walker

We continue our review of the 2007-08 season…

February

A short month brought just three league games for Sunderland due to their FA Cup demise, and it provided boss Roy Keane with the opportunity to take his players for one of his now famous team-bonding exercises.

The Black Cats started February disappointingly, with a 1-0 defeat at Liverpool, but they continued their excellent home form just a week later with a 2-0 win at home to Wigan.

It provided Sunderland with their only points of the month, however, as they failed to add to that when they went to Portsmouth.

Sunderland's youngsters, however, enjoyed an excellent month, beating Liverpool in the FA Youth Cup and then Charlton in the quarter-finals as they progressed to the semi-final stages of the competition.

Click here to see a picture gallery of February.

February results:

Liverpool (A) 0-3
Wigan (H) 2-0
Portsmouth (A) 0-1

League table at the end of February: