Sunderland owner's wife tries not to fall asleep in the stands during scoreless bore-draw with Burnley

Daily Mail | March 19, 2017

Sunderland's Saturday afternoon clash against Burnley petered out into a dull affair as neither side could break the deadlock at the Stadium of Light.

The game was such a non-event, in fact, that Sunderland owner Ellis Short's wife was fighting the urge for a snooze in the stands.

David Moyes's Sunderland side lived up to their bill of top relegation candidates as they allowed the visitors to dominate the early proceedings on Saturday afternoon.

Sunderland owner Ellis Short and his wife attended Sunderland's match against Burnley

Short's wife found the first half so dull she had to fight to stay awake in the stands

The stalemate petered out to a scoreless draw at the Stadium of Lightu00a0 — The stalemate petered out to a scoreless draw at the Stadium of Light

But the Black Cats boss insisted nothing should be read into the owner's presence at the game, despite the manager coming under increasing pressure as demotion to the Championship looms.