SAFC Players During The War

Usworth Colliery Welfare AFC Winners Of The Northumberland & Durham Challenge Cup 1940 & 1941 Top Row - T Oliver, F Archer, Hastings (captain), Hewison, Lockie, Middleton, Henderson, Cowell, Harris (Treasurer) Front Row - Heslop (South Shields), Dodds (Aston Villa), Kelly (Bury), Potts (Burnley), Hourigan, R Watson (Secretary) Ryehill Football…

Roker Park; Home

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…

Sunderland AFC; The War Years

Sunderland AFC; The War Years   Raich Carter scores at Roker Park in the 1942 War Cup final against Wolverhampton Wanderers The 1938-39 season was played against the backdrop of peace in our time, with some players joining the Territorial Army and the Football Association and Football League discussing plans…