Coleman’s excited by bid to end home hoodoo

Chris Coleman says the response from the Sunderland support to his appointment has been ‘overwhelming’.

More than 1,500 fans celebrated wildly with the new Black Cats boss after he secured his first win over Burton Albion last weekend.

Attention now turns to the clash with Reading on Saturday, as Sunderland look to end an English record of games without a home win.

Coleman is ‘excited’ for his first game at the Stadium of Light and says the prospect of reviving the side’s fortunes at home was a big reason why he took the job. He said: “It’s been incredible. “You’re never sure how you’re going to [be received], whether you’ll be accepted or not.

“You never know as a manager, I’ve been to some where I haven’t been accepted so well.

“Here’s been absolutely amazing, and that makes me determined to ensure I don’t disappoint them.

“The reception has been overwhelming really, first-class.

“We need to get a bit of stability through the place, get a foothold and build off that.

“I didn’t look at Sunderland and think ‘bottom of the league’ and this and that, I thought, ‘Sunderland’. The stadium, the training facilities, the history.

“I’m here to be a part of that and that was a big part of a draw.”

Coleman visited the ground as home manager for the first time on Tuesday afternoon, and says it is up to his players to win round the support and save their season.

He insisted: “It is an amazing place. Obviously I’ve been here before as a visitor.

“There’s an atmosphere in there without there even being any people