The Game Of Three Halves!
Bizarre is perhaps the only word to describe one of the most peculiar football matches ever involving Sunderland AFC. In what would become known as “The Game Of 3 Halves” Sunderland demolished a Derby County side that included the great Steve Bloomer. Sunderland, anecdotally, would be League Champions in this…
NUFC 1 v 9 SAFC – Magpies Routed By Black Cats
Football League Division One, 5 December 1908, St James Park, Newcastle Newcastle United 1 vs. 9 Sunderland AFC Newcastle United Scorers – Shepherd (penalty) 43 Sunderland AFC Scorers – Billy Hogg x 3, George Holley x 3, Arthur Bridgett x 2 and Jackie Mordue x 1 Referee Mr A E…
The Tyne Wear Derby, A Social & Historical context
Newcastle United v Sunderland AFC – History Is Everything An artists impression of the NUFC v SAFC game circa 1902 at St James Park It’s the game that everyone wants to see and it excites the football fan from the moment the fixture list comes out. It’s the one most…
Bobby Gurney, Silksworth, County Durham
Bobby Gurney cost Sunderland AFC a £10 signing-on fee when he came from Bishop Auckland. The total cost of the players signed by Johnny Cochrane over several seasons in a vain attempt to replace him was over two thousand times more. Players such as Evelyn Morrison, Hooky Leonard, Jack…
David Halliday – Goal Machine!
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
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?
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…
1937 FA Cup Final
Panoramic view of the 1937 FA Cup Final in progress FA Cup Final, 1 May 1937, Preston North End 1 vs. 3 Sunderland Match Played At Wembley Stadium, London PNE Scorer: F O’Donnell 38 Sunderland Scorers: Gurney 52, Carter 73, Burbanks 78 Referee Mr Rudd of Middlesex Attendance 93,495…
Up For The Cup, The Story Of Sunderland AFC’s 1937 FA Cup Triumph
Up For The Cup, The Story Of Sunderland AFC’s 1937 FA Cup Triumph The Holy Grail, Carter Gets The Cup From The Queen Introduction Since the clubs formation in 1880 League championships had been frequently come by but FA Cup wins were non existent. This led to that competition being…
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…