On this day in 1913, Eddie Burbanks was born in Campsall. The winger played for the club between 1935 and 1948, racking up 154 appearances and scoring 29 goals. One of those goals was the third in the 1937 FA Cup final, as we won the competition for the first time. Full name William Edward Burbanks, Eddie learned his left wing trade at Doncaster Grammar School, Thorne Town, Doncaster YMC and Denaby Utd of the Midland League, before we paid £750 for his signature in February 1935 (the...

Ahead of our trip to the dark side on Sunday, we thought we'd look back at some of the famous victories Sunderland have had over Newcastle United in their own backyard. On 16th May 1990, Sunderland booked a place in the Second Division play-off final with a 2-0 victory at St James' Park in front of a crowd of 32,000. On a damp pitch, the hotly contested match at times almost got out of hand. Needless to say, there were plenty of hard challenges flying in and, naturally, the damp ground...

On this day in 2021, former Sunderland striker Ross Stewart made his debut for the club. He made an instant impact too, scoring after coming on at half time to give us the lead in a 2-0 away win at Accrington Stanley in League One. Ross began playing football from an early age, spending some time in professional youth systems for Celtic, Patrick Thistle and St Mirren. He never stayed in those academies permanently and began playing for Scottish clubs Ardeer Thistle and Kilwinning Rangers with...