Significant Days

1928

Individual scoring record in an away League game (2 of 7): Dave Halliday (4) in 5-3 win at Portsmouth.

Birthdays

1898 Cyril Gilhespy (player 1920-21)

1975 Gareth Cronin (player 1993)

1983 David Vaughan (player 2011-13)

1985 Anton Ferdinand (player 2008-11)

1990 Bryan Oviedo (player 2017-19)

Hosted By SAFC

1899 Full International Match (Roker Park: 13,000)

England 13 Ireland 2 (Home International Championship). Phil Bach played for England. This remains the equal most goals scored by England in a full international, their biggest home win, and highest total number of goals in an England match.

Results Summary

Pld W D L F A

First Class Competitions 20 10 7 3 42 28

Other Matches 3 2 1 0 9 2

First Class Debuts

1893 John Gillespie v Blackburn Rovers, 0-3 (FAC)

1899 Billy Farquhar v Sheffield Wed., 1-0 (Lge)

1899 Andrew McCombie v Sheffield Wed., 1-0 (Lge)

1911 Bill Worrall v Nottingham For., 3-1 (Lge)

1989 Peter Barnes v Swindon Town, 1-4 (Lge)

Hat-Trick Heroes

1888 Sammy Stewart 3 v.Sheffield Park G (F)

1928 Dave Halliday 4 v.Portsmouth (Lge)

1967 Neil Martin 3 v.Peterborough Utd (FAC)