Stories – Page 9 – Ryehill Football

David Halliday – Goal Machine!

August 25, 2016August 25, 2016 by Ryehill

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Halliday in action for Sunderland AFC against Newcastle United at Roker Park Dave Halliday from Dumfries was a prolific goal scorer and trophy winning manager. His 38 goals in 1923-24 made him top scorer in Scotland's top flight that season. His 43 goals in 1928–29 gave him the same distinction…

Raich Carter; The Hendon and Sunderland AFC Icon

August 25, 2016August 27, 2016 by Ryehill

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Raich Carter Raich Carter on the attack v Arsenal at Highbury 1937 Carter was born in Sunderland, in Hendon, and was fated to be conceived in the very area where the football club was established. In fact he went to the School that James Allan, founder of Sunderland AFC had…

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…

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…

Sunderland AFC And The Bilbao Connection

August 23, 2016July 7, 2020 by Ryehill

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The Sunderland team lineup before the game with Athletic Bilbao on 13 May 1934, the first on a 3 match end of season Spanish tour. The game ended 3 v 3. Davis, Thomson, Johnson, McNab, Hastings, Gurney, W Murray, Shaw, Middleton, Gallacher, Connor Watch a live Ahtletic Bilbao La…

1913 FA Cup Final

August 23, 2016December 4, 2017 by Ryehill

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1913 FA Cup Final Video Click above to watch. In the quite superb video above we see Sunderland legend, colossus and hard man Charlie Thomson (think Kevin Ball) leading the lads out onto the pitch to face Aston Villa in front of a then worlds record football crowd; 121,919. As…

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…

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…

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