SAFC And The Cup Winners Cup
Sunderland and Sporting Lisbon players acknowledge the crowd before their Cup Winners Cup tie at Roker Park Sunderlands famous FA Cup win has given the club the opportunity to enter one of the major UEFA sponsored European club competitions for the first time. The Cup Winners’ Cup draw paired us with…
SAFC v Man United, 1964; Roker Park’s 100,000 crowd?
Sunderland promotion players training at Roker Park, 1963/64 season Crossan, Harvey, Ashurst, Sharkey, Irwin, Herd, Usher, Mulhall, Montgomery, Hurley, Elliott, Jones Sunderland AFC 2 v 2 Manchester United Roker Park, Sunderland, FA Cup 6th Round, 4 March 1964 Sunderland must be wondering what they have to do to beat Manchester…
Sunderland AFC’s Final “Non League” Game
Sunderland AFC 1889/90 Back row – Porteous, Kirtley, Watson (secretary), Oliver Middle row – Harvey, Stevenson, Auld (captain), Gibson, Scott Front row – Smith, Campbell, Hannah Although some may know that SAFC's first game as a league side was against Burnley on 13 September 1890, a 2 v 3 defeat,…
SAFC’s 1895 Tour Of The USA
On 25 June 1894 The Trenton Times, a newspaper based in New Jersey carried the following story: “Philadelphia, June 25; Mr HC Crowhurst of The Press has received a letter from Secretary Thomas Watson of the Sunderland Association Football Clubs, England, stating that that organisation will probably send a team…
Birmingham City 2 v 7 Sunderland AFC; League Champions 1935/36
Raich Carter scores at Roker Park, 1935/36 Birmingham City 2 v 7 Sunderland AFC, Football League Division One, St Andrews, Birmingham, Saturday 13 April 1936 Birmingham Scorers: Loughran (31), Clarke (41) Sunderland Scorers: Gurney (13, 55, 63, 75), Carter (36), Hornby (43), Connor (86) Referee: Mr. Booth of Heywood Attendance: 40,660 Sunderland…
Sunderland 7 v 1 Luton Town, 31 December 1960
John Groves of Luton Town heads clear as Sunderland's Willie McPheat waits to pounce Ryehill Football looks back at an emphatic defeat and a game long forgotten; the 7 v 1 thrashing of Luton Town on New Year's Eve 1960. The 1960/61 campaign was a one to forget with The…
A Canary Saves The Day For SAFC?
Sunderland AFC 0 v 1 Norwich City, 31 January 1968, FA Cup 3rd Round Replay John Manning of Norwich City rises above Colin Todd and Cecil Irwin to score the winner for the Canaries at The Roker End with 10 minutes left as Ian Porterfield looks on Over the…
Roker Park Players Of A Decade – Who Will You Choose?
The Legendary "Clown Prince Of Soccer" - Len Shackleton Trying to pick an all time eleven for any club is a task and a half and it is bound to provoke arguments and heated discussion. Ryehill Football has considered Roker Park players of a decade and arrived at the selection…
Thomas Marie Madawaska Hemy And The Hemy Painting
The Hemy Painting Introduction Anyone walking into the main foyer of the Stadium of Light can’t help notice the stunning painting, behind its protective glass casing, of the fixture between Sunderland and Aston Villa played at our then home ground of Newcastle Road. That this English first division match, played…
April 1888, Sunderland’s First Floodlit Football Match
Sunderland AFC line up before their game with Blackburn Rovers, November 1887 We know that Sunderland AFC installed floodlights at Roker Park in 1952 and it was always assumed that SAFC played their first game under floodlights in a friendly match against Dundee on 10 December of that year (Sunderland won 5 v…