Managers – Ryehill Football

Bob Stokoe, The Messiah

May 5, 2020 by Ryehill

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"I should pack it all in; there will never be a moment like it". On the 47th anniversary of Sunderland's heroic and iconic 1973 Wembley FA Cup triumph Ryehill Football thought it appropriate to remember the man indelibly linked with that run and ultimate success. Whilst one of the abiding…

Roker Park – The Ground That Lives Forever

May 3, 2020May 3, 2020 by Ryehill

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3 May 2020 marks the anniversary of the last league game at Roker Park, played on 3 May 1997. Although this was the last league game, v Everton; a Northern Intermediate game was played at the ground between Sunderland and Middlesbrough 4 days later. Of course The Farewell To Roker…

Johnny Campbell, The Twice World Club Championship Winner

April 27, 2020 by Ryehill

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Johnny Middleton Campbell Sunderland AFC 1889 to 1897 Born: 19 February 1869, Edinburgh, Scotland Died: 8 June 1906. Newcastle upon Tyne, England Campbell (back and centre) with his family, in a specially commissioned colourised photograph. Born at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, the illegitimate son to Jane Middleton; daughter of…

Sunderland AFC’s First League Champions 1891/92

January 23, 2020February 7, 2020 by Ryehill

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Sunderland AFC's First League Champions 1891/92 “William, tell me what my boys were like today?” “Well”, I said to him, “what is the moon like on a bright and clear night?” “Oh, it’s a beautiful sight”. “Then”, I said to him, “the Sunderland team today was just like a full…

Sunderland AFC 2 v 1 Charlton Athletic, 4 August 2018

August 4, 2018August 5, 2018 by Ryehill

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Sunderland fans stream away from the Stadium of Light and over the Wearmouth Bridge following the clubs opening day victory against Charlton Athletic Similar to 30 years ago Sunderland kicked off their third division campaign with a one goal margin victory against another London team, this time Charlton Athletic from…

Johnny Cochrane – Part 1

May 24, 2018May 24, 2018 by Ryehill

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Johnny Cochrane (St Mirren & Sunderland AFC) With the impending arrival of Jack Ross as Sunderland AFC's new manager; Ryehill Football looks back at the clubs last managerial acquisition from St Mirren, Johnny Cochrane; who won the league championship, FA Cup and Charity Shield in his spell on Wearside. Here…

Wearside Leaves Gracefully; Manchester City 3 v 2 Sunderland AFC, 11 May 1991

January 27, 2018 by Ryehill

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Manchester City 3 v 2 Sunderland AFC, Saturday 11 May 1991, Maine Road, Football League Division 1 39,194 It could be said that justice has caught up with a Sunderland team promoted last season only because of the disqualifications of another club. But where Sunderland are concerned it is hard…

Sunderland AFC Icons – Tom Watson

January 5, 2018January 5, 2018 by Ryehill

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“The ten years Tom spent with Sunderland were, he was never tired of declaring, the happiest in his life” Sunderland AFC Icons - Tom Watson It is arguable as to who was Sunderland AFC’s greatest manager. If such a poll was to be taken, the knowledgeable choice would be…

In Search Of The Double – Sunderland AFC 1912/13

November 8, 2017November 8, 2017 by Ryehill

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In Search Of The Double! Sunderland AFC 1912/13 The Titanic had just sunk, the Suffragettes were campaigning and the Ulster Question was a major talking point as Sunderland AFC started what would be an epoch making season, badly. Finding themselves at the foot of the league table captain Charlie Thomson…

Here We Go Again!

November 2, 2017November 19, 2017 by Ryehill

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Systemic trophy winning at Sunderland AFC; as it was and can be again! Its been a long, hard road for Sunderland AFC and its fans. Born of the Victorian era, the club’s creator James Allan could never have imagined the trials, tribulations and successes that would turn the men from…

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