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 below details his goals for Sunderland AFC. How many of those games were you at or can you remember? Rowell is of course a born and bred Sunderland fan.
Gary Rowell scores at The Fulwell End v Charlton Athletic 19 August 1978 at Roker Park.
Gary Rowell’s Sunderland AFC Goals |
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| date | competition | opponents | venue | number | cum | scoring | season | goals | ||
| scored | games | |||||||||
| 17 | 4 | 1976 | football league | hull city | away | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1975/76 | 1 |
| 19 | 2 | 1977 | football league | middlesbrough | home | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 22 | 2 | 1977 | football league | west bromwich albion | home | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 5 | 3 | 1977 | football league | west ham united | home | 2 | 5 | 4 | ||
| 14 | 5 | 1977 | football league | norwich city | away | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1976/77 | 5 |
| 30 | 8 | 1977 | league cup | middlesbrough | home | 1 | 7 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 9 | 1977 | football league | crystal palace | away | 1 | 8 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 10 | 1977 | football league | southampton | away | 1 | 9 | 8 | ||
| 15 | 10 | 1977 | football league | millwall | home | 1 | 10 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 11 | 1977 | football league | fulham | away | 1 | 11 | 10 | ||
| 10 | 12 | 1977 | football league | tottenham hotspur | home | 1 | 12 | 11 | ||
| 17 | 12 | 1977 | football league | bristol Rovers | away | 1 | 13 | 12 | ||
| 26 | 12 | 1977 | football league | blackpool | home | 2 | 15 | 13 | ||
| 2 | 1 | 1978 | football league | hull city | home | 2 | 17 | 14 | ||
| 14 | 1 | 1978 | football league | leyton orient | away | 1 | 18 | 15 | ||
| 21 | 1 | 1978 | football league | sheffield united | home | 2 | 20 | 16 | ||
| 28 | 1 | 1978 | football league | cardiff city | away | 1 | 21 | 17 | ||
| 8 | 4 | 1978 | football league | luton town | away | 1 | 22 | 18 | ||
| 18 | 4 | 1978 | football league | millwall | away | 1 | 23 | 19 | ||
| 22 | 4 | 1978 | football league | tottenham hotspur | away | 1 | 24 | 20 | ||
| 29 | 4 | 1978 | football league | charlton athletic | home | 1 | 25 | 21 | 1977/78 | 19 |
| 5 | 8 | 1978 | anglo scottish cup | bolton wanderers | home | 1 | 26 | 22 | ||
| 12 | 8 | 1978 | anglo scottish cup | sheffield united | away | 1 | 27 | 23 | ||
| 19 | 8 | 1978 | football league | charlton athletic | home | 1 | 28 | 24 | ||
| 23 | 9 | 1978 | football league | burnley | away | 2 | 30 | 25 | ||
| 30 | 9 | 1978 | football league | west ham united | home | 2 | 32 | 26 | ||
| 7 | 10 | 1978 | football league | sheffield united | away | 1 | 33 | 27 | ||
| 21 | 10 | 1978 | football league | millwall | home | 2 | 35 | 28 | ||
| 11 | 11 | 1978 | football league | charlton athletic | away | 1 | 36 | 29 | ||
| 18 | 11 | 1978 | football league | brighton & hove albion | home | 1 | 37 | 30 | ||
| 25 | 11 | 1978 | football league | luton town | away | 2 | 39 | 31 | ||
| 2 | 12 | 1978 | football league | bristol Rovers | home | 1 | 40 | 32 | ||
| 6 | 1 | 1979 | fa cup | everton | home | 1 | 41 | 33 | ||
| 17 | 1 | 1979 | football league | blackburn rovers | away | 1 | 42 | 34 | ||
| 20 | 1 | 1979 | football league | fulham | away | 1 | 43 | 35 | ||
| 3 | 2 | 1979 | football league | burnley | home | 1 | 44 | 36 | ||
| 24 | 2 | 1979 | football league | newcastle united | away | 3 | 47 | 37 | ||
| 10 | 3 | 1979 | football league | oldham athletic | home | 1 | 48 | 38 | ||
| 24 | 3 | 1979 | football league | leyton orient | home | 1 | 49 | 39 | 1978/79 | 24 |
| 11 | 8 | 1979 | anglo scottish cup | oldham athletic | home | 1 | 50 | 40 | 1979/80 | 1 |
| 27 | 9 | 1980 | football league | leeds united | home | 1 | 51 | 41 | ||
| 8 | 10 | 1980 | football league | nottingham forest | home | 1 | 52 | 42 | ||
| 11 | 10 | 1980 | football league | crystal palace | home | 1 | 53 | 43 | ||
| 18 | 10 | 1980 | football league | arsenal | away | 1 | 54 | 44 | ||
| 20 | 12 | 1980 | football league | nottingham forest | away | 1 | 55 | 45 | ||
| 27 | 12 | 1980 | football league | birmingham city | away | 1 | 56 | 46 | ||
| 7 | 1 | 1981 | fa cup | birmingham city | home | 1 | 57 | 47 | ||
| 10 | 1 | 1981 | football league | norwich city | home | 2 | 59 | 48 | ||
| 28 | 1 | 1981 | football league | manchester united | home | 1 | 60 | 49 | ||
| 28 | 3 | 1981 | football league | ipswich town | away | 1 | 61 | 50 | 1980/81 | 11 |
| 2 | 9 | 1981 | football league | aston villa | home | 1 | 62 | 51 | ||
| 12 | 9 | 1981 | football league | arsenal | away | 1 | 63 | 52 | ||
| 7 | 10 | 1981 | league cup | rotherham united | home | 1 | 64 | 53 | ||
| 19 | 12 | 1981 | football league | manchester city | away | 1 | 65 | 54 | ||
| 2 | 1 | 1982 | fa cup | rotherham united | away | 1 | 66 | 55 | ||
| 14 | 4 | 1982 | football league | tottenham hotspur | away | 1 | 67 | 56 | ||
| 17 | 4 | 1982 | football league | everton | home | 2 | 69 | 57 | ||
| 24 | 4 | 1982 | football league | west bromwich albion | away | 1 | 70 | 58 | ||
| 1 | 5 | 1982 | football league | brighton & hove albion | home | 2 | 72 | 59 | 1981/82 | 11 |
| 1 | 9 | 1982 | football league | notts county | home | 1 | 73 | 60 | ||
| 4 | 9 | 1982 | football league | west ham united | home | 1 | 74 | 61 | ||
| 2 | 10 | 1982 | football league | norwich city | home | 2 | 76 | 62 | ||
| 5 | 10 | 1982 | league cup | wolves | away | 1 | 77 | 63 | ||
| 27 | 10 | 1982 | league cup | wolves | home | 1 | 78 | 64 | ||
| 30 | 10 | 1982 | football league | stoke city | home | 1 | 79 | 65 | ||
| 27 | 11 | 1982 | football league | birmingham city | away | 1 | 80 | 66 | ||
| 18 | 12 | 1982 | football league | arsenal | home | 3 | 83 | 67 | ||
| 5 | 2 | 1983 | football league | coventry city | home | 1 | 84 | 68 | ||
| 26 | 2 | 1983 | football league | manchester city | home | 2 | 86 | 69 | ||
| 5 | 3 | 1983 | football league | everton | home | 2 | 88 | 70 | ||
| 12 | 3 | 1983 | football league | stoke city | away | 1 | 89 | 71 | ||
| 19 | 3 | 1983 | football league | swansea city | home | 1 | 90 | 72 | 1982/83 | 18 |
| 7 | 9 | 1983 | football league | wolves | home | 1 | 91 | 73 | ||
| 1 | 10 | 1983 | football league | liverpool | away | 1 | 92 | 74 | ||
| 4 | 10 | 1983 | league cup | cambridge united | away | 2 | 94 | 75 | ||
| 15 | 10 | 1983 | football league | stoke city | home | 1 | 95 | 76 | ||
| 26 | 10 | 1983 | league cup | cambridge united | home | 2 | 97 | 77 | ||
| 29 | 10 | 1983 | football league | nottingham forest | away | 1 | 98 | 78 | ||
| 3 | 12 | 1983 | football league | ipswich town | home | 1 | 99 | 79 | ||
| 18 | 12 | 1983 | football league | leicester city | home | 1 | 100 | 80 | ||
| 7 | 1 | 1984 | fa cup | bolton wanderers | away | 1 | 101 | 81 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 1984 | football league | arsenal | home | 1 | 102 | 82 | ||
| 20 | 3 | 1984 | football league | watford | away | 1 | 103 | 83 | 1983/84 | 13 |
| 103 | 103 | |||||||||
