Matches played at Roker Park, Sunderland

 

Date of matchType of matchName of teamName of teamScoreAttendance
18 February 1899Home ChampionshipEnglandIreland13-214,000
7 February 1906

FA Cup 2nd round

(venue switched)

Gainsborough TrinitySunderland0-310,000
23 October 1920Home ChampionshipEnglandIreland2-022,000
9 December 1925FA Cup 1st round 3rd replayBlyth SpartansHartlepools United2-11,653
28 October 1936FA Charity ShieldSunderlandArsenal2-130,000
15 November 1950Home ChampionshipEnglandWales4-259,137
15 March 1952

Home Youth Championship

(postponed from 2/2/52 due to frozen pitch)

EnglandScotland3-1-
3 March 1954International 'B' matchEnglandScotland1-121,048
30 March 1955FA Cup semi-final replayNewcastle UnitedYork City2-059,239
25 October 1956International youth matchEnglandHungary2-1-
11 November 1959International under-23 matchEnglandFrance2-026,495
13 July 1966World Cup finals group stageItalyChile2-030,000
16 July 1966World Cup finals group stageUSSRItaly1-027,800
20 July 1966World Cup finals group stageUSSRChile2-122,000
23 July 1966World Cup finals quarter-finalUSSRHungary2-126,844
5 December 1966FA Cup 1st round 2nd replayBishop AucklandBlyth Spartans

3-3

(aet)

2,831
8 December 1966FA Cup 1st round 3rd replayBishop AucklandBlyth Spartans4-11,560
4 March 1970

International under-23 match

(abandoned after 62 mins due to snow)

EnglandScotland3-112,885
19 April 1971

Olympic friendly

SunderlandGreat Britain3-2-
27 November 1972FA Cup 1st round 2nd replayScunthorpe UnitedHartlepool

2-1

(aet)

7,917
3 August 1974Texaco Cup Group DSunderlandNewcastle United

2-1

28,738
6 August 1974Texaco Cup Group DSunderlandMiddlesbrough

0-1

22,828
9 August 1975Anglo-Scottish Cup English qualifiers Group 1SunderlandCarlisle United

0-1

12,673
5 August 1978Anglo-Scottish Cup English qualifiers Group 2SunderlandBolton Wanderers

2-0

7,260
11 August 1979Anglo-Scottish Cup English qualifiers Group 2SunderlandOldham Athletic

1-2

7,964
26 March 1980International 'B' matchEnglandSpain

1-0

14,807
1 October 1985Full Members Cup Northern section Group 3

Sunderland

(win 3-2 on pens.)

Grimsby Town

2-1

(aet)

11,571
16 September 1986Full Members Cup 1st round

Sunderland

(win 8-7 on pens.)

Barnsley

1-1

(aet)

6,904
14 November 1989Zenith Data Systems Cup 1st round

Sunderland

Port Vale

1-2

7,035
24 April 1990International 'B' matchEnglandCzechoslovakia

2-0

15,080
16 October 1990UEFA international youth tournamentEnglandBelgium

0-0

-
23 April 1996International under-21 friendlyEnglandCroatia

0-1

4,376