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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…

Torino; The Club That Wouldn’t Die

December 2, 2016December 2, 2016 by Ryehill

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Ryehill Football takes a look at one of Italy’s most famous football teams and reflects on their trials and tribulations. Poignant given the events of the last few days and the tragedy that befell the Brazilian club Chapecoense. Through adversity comes strength. Torino; The Club That Wouldn’t Die In…

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…

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…

James Allan – The Founder Of Sunderland AFC

August 21, 2016September 22, 2020 by Ryehill

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James Allan School Master, Footballer, Football Administrator Born - 9 October 1857, Green Street, Ayr, Scotland Died - 18 October 1911, Elmwood Street, Sunderland, England James Allan pictured second from the left in the middle row in the earliest surviving image of an SAFC team Sunderland AFC was formed by…

Leigh Richmond Roose; SAFC War Hero

August 19, 2016August 23, 2016 by Ryehill

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Leigh Richmond Roose A remarkable man Roose was born on 26 November 1877 at Holt, 5 miles East of Wrexham, Wales. His Father Richmond Leigh Roose was a Presbyterian Minister in the Village. It is almost certain that his Father would have kept company with the iconic writer HG Wells…

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