A bitter row has broken out between a local brewery and a Football League club after an agreement to supply alcohol was ended.
Bosses at Maxim Brewery in Houghton-le-Spring claim Sunderland AFC has "gone back on its word" over a deal at the Stadium of Light.
Mark Anderson, who runs the brewery, believed he had a five-year partnership with the club beginning in 2021.
However, the club said its only "legal agreement" was with the Molson Coors Beverage Company and it had tried unsuccessfully to "reach a positive outcome for all parties".
Mr Anderson was part of a group which started Maxim after the closure of the original Vaux Brewery in Sunderland in 1999.