Over the last 102 years Sunderland have played Hull City 49 times and have secured 23 wins, 11 draws and 15 defeats. The Tigers have had some good games with the Lads over the years…
SUNDERLAND 6-2 HULL CITY - FA CUP - 1920
Let’s start with the first ever meeting between the two clubs, and what a meeting it was. On Wednesday 14th January 1920, Robert Kyle’s SAFC were gearing up to take on David Menzies’ Hull City at Roker Park. Needless to say, it was a Charlie Buchan masterclass. Buchan opened the scoresheet in the 18th minute, to put Sunderland 1-0 ahead. However, Sammy Stevens equalised for the Tigers seven minutes later, the goal gave the underdogs some hope. Their hope didn’t last long because Barney Travers put Sunderland 2-1 up just six minutes later. The Lads went into half-time 2-1 up, and I’m sure Kyle would have been satisfied with his team's solid first half performance. The second half is when Sunderland really blew the Tigers away. Charlie Buchan scored his second in the 54th minute, a goal that would have more or less killed off Hull. But he wasn’t done there, Buchan scored another two goals in the 66th and 70th minute to put the Lads 4-1 up. The Englishman scored a whopping four goals this game. One minute after Charlie’s 4th goal, Barney Travers made it five and ended all hope of a Hull City comeback. The Tigers showed character and Sammy Stevens scored a consolation goal in the 80th minute. The game finished 6-2 to Sunderland, it was a really dominant display from the Lads.