Football: 'Reborn' Star has Qualities to Survive in the Big Time ; Having Won a Second Championship Title and Completed 100 Games for Sunderland, 2007 Was a Good Year for Danny Collins. The Revitalized Defender Is Hoping 2008 Is Even Better, As He Told Paul Gilder

The Journal › January 02, 2008

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MILLMOOR. October 25, 2004. The beginnings humble, the glamour scarce. Rotherham's outdated stadium didn't provide a salubrious backdrop as a little-known 24-year-old made his Sunderland debut. In the subsequent period he, like his club, has gone far.

The crowd that afternoon totalled a little over 6,000, the stage small and the atmosphere muted.

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Football: 'Reborn' Star has Qualities to Survive in the Big Time ; Having Won a Second Championship Title and Completed 100 Games for Sunderland, 2007 Was a Good Year for Danny Collins. The Revitalized Defender Is Hoping 2008 Is Even Better, As He Told Paul Gilder

These days, the scene is far different, the challenge far greater and the stakes far higher.

Much has changed in three years, yet in Danny Collins, there has been an unexpected constant.

His appearance against Manchester United last week was his 100th in Black Cats colours, a landmark few could have expected him to reach. Although the result ensured the celebrations fell flat, the significance wasn't lost.

"I'm so proud," ...

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