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Sunderland’s Last Great Season?

August 25, 2016August 25, 2016 by Ryehill

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Sunderland’s Last Great Season? 1949/50 Back row – Scarth, R Robinson, McClurkie, Mapson, McLain Third row – Jones, Gray, Oliver, Davis, Marston, Ramsden, Hall, Scotson, A Wright, Hudgell, Johnston. Second row – J Robinson, Turnbull, Broadis, Duns, Murray, Stelling, L Shackleton, Dunn, Walsh Front row – J Shackleton, Dougall, T…

Up For The Cup, The Story Of Sunderland AFC’s 1937 FA Cup Triumph

August 25, 2016August 25, 2016 by Ryehill

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Up For The Cup, The Story Of Sunderland AFC’s 1937 FA Cup Triumph The Holy Grail, Carter Gets The Cup From The Queen Introduction Since the clubs formation in 1880 League championships had been frequently come by but FA Cup wins were non existent. This led to that competition being…

Play Up Sunderland!

August 24, 2016August 24, 2016 by Ryehill

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Illegal Payments Scandal

August 23, 2016August 24, 2016 by Ryehill

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The Illegal Payments Scandal 1957 Sunderland AFC Introduction To understand the illegal payments scandal of 1957 there must be an understanding of what the Football League rules were as regards what was known as the maximum wage. As we shall see it was Sunderland’s breaking of this written rule that…

The Roker Roar

August 22, 2016February 25, 2023 by Ryehill

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The 1920's Roker Roar watched over by the local Sunderland Police, who seem happy enough sitting on bails of straw. In the build up to the 1996/97 Premiership Season, Paul Wilson of the Observer made the following statement in his Sportsview Section: "Amid all the hype and hysteria, it might…

Roker Park; Home

August 22, 2016August 15, 2017 by Ryehill

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Roker Park, Sunderland - 1898 to 1997 RokerPark - The Main Stand It was the Henderson Brothers, one of whom was the Sunderland AFC Chairman who recognised the need for a bigger ground. They negotiated farmland belonging to a Mr Tennant. The agreement was conditional on Sunderland agreeing that houses…

Gary Rowell’s Goals!

August 22, 2016August 22, 2016 by Ryehill

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Born 6 June 1957 at Seaham, County Durham, Gary Rowell became an SAFC legend and one of the few men to have scored over 100 goals for the football club. In Rowell's case; 103. He became the first post war Sunerland AFC since Len Shackleton to do so. The table…

The Owen Luder Sunderland AFC Stadium

August 21, 2016August 21, 2016 by Ryehill

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It was 2008 when researching about the stadiums that Sunderland have had as homes that I came across a story that I knew absolutely nothing about. It was born out of the following image that I was passed. I immediately set about trying to trace the architect involved in what…

Sunderland AFC 1960/61 Season

August 21, 2016August 21, 2016 by Ryehill

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The Swinging 60's Sunderland players take a break from training 1960/61 season The 1960's would be the decade when the home of football would eventually rule the world. The first global tournament was held in Chile 1962, and despite a quarter final place for England it was Brazil who would…

Sunderland 3 v 1 Middlesbrough, 9 January 1904

August 21, 2016August 21, 2016 by Ryehill

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Sunderland 3 v 1 Middlesbrough, 9 January 1904 Football League Division 1 Sunderland Scorers: Gemmell (2 & 7), Hogg (65) Middlesbrough Scorers: Suddick (87) Referee: Mr T Robertson, Glasgow Attendance 15,000 Sunderland did what was expected of them in this return match with Middlesbrough and secured the points by a…

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