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The Strange Case Of Barney Travers

December 7, 2016 by Ryehill

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Barney Travers, Sunderland AFC Born Sunderland 1894 Barney Travers started his footballing career with Sunderland Co-op, playing in the local Wednesday League. From there he moved to Oak Villa and Lambton Star, then Sunderland West End, before signing for Sunderland AFC in July 1919. He fought during WW1 and was taken prisoner, remaining a…

1973 FA Cup Final: A Win Against The Odds

December 7, 2016June 30, 2020 by Ryehill

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"I should pack it all in. there'll never be another moment like it". All of Wearside agreed with the above sentiments of Bob Stokoe as Sunderland took on the best teams England had to offer and deservedly beat them all to lift the FA Cup. After 36 long years the…

Legendary Sunderland Fans

December 6, 2016December 7, 2016 by Ryehill

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For a football club with famed supporters it is hardly surprising that certain fans become deeply ingrained in the Sunderland AFC story. At Sunderland two fans became legendary because of the zeal with which they followed the Black Cats. John Tennick and Billy Simmons were both early and founding members of the Sunderland AFC Supporters Association. Both now deceased,…

The Roker Roar, Nomads Unite

December 6, 2016December 6, 2016 by Ryehill

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"Tell all the Mags you know, that they'll never win 6 in a row From Borini on Wearside, Di Canio's knee slide and best of them all was Defoe" The Roker Roar pays homage to Sunderland's unique feat in the history of Tyne-Wear derby games In the build up to the…

Sunderland AFC 2 v 1 Leicester City – Match Report

December 3, 2016December 3, 2016 by Ryehill

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Sunderland AFC made it 3 wins out of the last 4 games as they deservedly won this end to end and never boring encounter with the current Premier League champions, Leicester City, who in truth looked a pale shadow of the team they were last year. Although always dangerous…

Charlie Gladwin – “Sunderland’s Colossus”

November 24, 2016 by Ryehill

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At the beginning of the 1912-13 season Bob Kyle paid £3,000 for two defenders. He bought Charlie Gladwin, six-foot-one-inch, fourteen stone Blackpool right-back, and Joe Butler, the Glossop North End goalkeeper. At the time, the record transfer fee was the £1,800 paid by Blackburn Rovers to West Ham United for…

SAFC’s Walter Scott – “Palpably Inefficient”

November 24, 2016 by Ryehill

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Walter Scott endured a turbulent time at Sunderland AFC, particularly in the manner of his departure from the club. He initially came to the attention of English football fans whilst playing for Grimsby Town, where on 13 February 1909 he became the first goalkeeper to save three penalties in a…

Sunderland AFC As The Vancouver Royal Canadians – Part 2

November 24, 2016 by Ryehill

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Sunderland AFC 1966/67 The Sunderland team ready to board the plane to fly to the USA to play as The Vancouver Royal Canadians in North America Wright, Martin, Kinnell, Harvey, Baxter, Mulhall, Gauden, Shoulder, Todd, Suggett, Hughes, Parke, Forster, Herd, Irwin Sunderland AFC’s affair with “Soccer” in the United States…

Sunderland AFC As The Vancouver Royal Canadians – Part 1

November 24, 2016November 24, 2016 by Ryehill

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The Detroit Cougars (Glentoran of Northern Ireland) slug it out on the pitch against Houston Stars (Bangu of Brazil) Following the 1966 FIFA World Cup held England and broadcast in the United States, promoters came together to start up two professional soccer leagues in U.S - the United Soccer…

Sunderland AFC Youth Team 1991/92

November 24, 2016November 24, 2016 by Ryehill

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Sunderland AFC Youth Team 1991/92 Jones, Cronin, Ferry, Musgrave, Smith, McGee, Morrow Russell, Carr, Robinson, Patterson, Jeffrey, Harwood, Gray Looking back through the Sunderland AFC archive of images we have come across this superb photo of the 1991/92 Sunderland AFC Youth team that would almost certainly have been taken at…

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