Roose saves from Morris

The evolution of halftone printing techniques led to the widespread use of photographs in the mass media. The Athletic News was prominent among the publications that brought this exciting presentation of football action to the masses.
As in the previous post, we have 2 Welsh players in opposition here.
Dick Roose of Sunderland saves from Gren Morris of Nottingham Forest. The match, at Roker Park, ended in a 2-2 draw (15.10.10).

Liverpool v Sunderland 07.11.96

7th of November 1896, a match played at Anfield in rain and fog, Ned Doig (top  right) protesting that the light was too dim for the match to continue. Liverpool fielded 9 Scottish players, Sunderland 11. 
Following this win Liverpool went top of the League, but eventually finished in 5th place. 
Former Sunderland player Davy Hannah, playing at outside left, scored all 3 goals for Liverpool.

Raich Carter

1937

His wonderful positional sense and beautifully timed passes made him the best forward of his generation.

Charles Buchan

Horatio Stratton Carter made his debut for Sunderland in October 1932. His career went on until 1952. He won the League Championship with Sunderland in 1936 (when he was also top scorer in the League) and the FA Cup the following season. 
He represented England 13 times. 
His father, Robert 'Toddler' Carter had played for Burslem Port Vale, Stockport County, Fulham and Southampton. He tragically died of an head injury when Raich was just 14.
Carter junior had a trial with Leicester at the age of 17, but was told he was too small to make it. He broke into the Sunderland first team as an 18 year old, standing 1.70m and weighing around 59 kg. 

Ned Doig

Ned Doig joined Blackburn from Arbroath in 1889. His only appearance for Rovers was a 9-1 win over Notts County. 
Doig made his debut for Sunderland in September 1890 and went on to make 454 first team competitive appearances for Sunderland, winning 4 First Division Championships.
He joined Liverpool (in Division 2) in 1904 and made 53 appearances for the Reds spread over 4 seasons. 
Ned Doig represented Scotland 5 times over a 16 year period, finishing on the winning side 4 times. 
Doig was originally an outfield player who took to goalkeeping with Arbroath Reserves as a 17 year old. Concious of his hair loss, Doig was never seen without his cap, which he would fasten under his chin with a piece of string. 
On Easter Saturday 1900 Doig was involved in a curious incident-  Manchester City goalkeeper Charlie Williams appeared to become the first goalkeeper to score from open play in the Football League, his long clearance eluding Doig. Some contemporary reports (there was no dubious goals panel!) say that Doig made the decisive touch, and credit him with an own goal. ENFA credits City inside left Fred Williams with the goal. Sunderland won 3-1.

 Manchester Courier and Lancashire General 16.04.00

Donald Gow

Sunderland full-back Donald Gow looks bemused at being photographed against a rather palustrine backdrop. The best years of Gow's career were divided between Glasgow Rangers and Sunderland. He won 2 League Championships with Sunderland. 

Glasgow Rangers 1885-91
Sunderland 1891–92
Glasgow Rangers 1892-93
Sunderland 1893–1897.
He captained  Scotland in a  5-0 defeat at the hands of  England in 1888, his only international.

Last day drama -1903

On Saturday April 18th 1903 (which was FA Cup Final day) The Wednesday completed their League campaign with a 3-1 win over West Bromwich Albion at Owlerton (goals from Andy Wilson, Fred Spikesley and Ambrose Langley).
Sunderland, in second place , just one point behind, had a game in hand.
The following Saturday Sunderland traveled the 20 km to play their local rivals Newcastle United at St James' Park. A win would see them retain the League title (they had won 4 previous titles in total; Aston Villa held the record with 5).
Newcastle went ahead in the 48th minute- a short range effort from Robert Smyth McColl. 
In the latter stages of the game, pressing for the  equalizer, Sunderland changed formation to 1-4-5 (Rhodes 'joining the halves'). Under the rules of the day  this led to  a lot of off sides- much to the anger of the Newcastle fans.

Newcastle United		Sunderland
Charlie Watts	GK	Ned Doig
Andy Aitken	RB	Jimmy Watson
William Agnew	LB	Ephraim 'Dusty' Rhodes
Peter McWilliam	RH	Billy Farquhar
Colin Veitch	CH	Alex Barrie
Jack Carr	LH	Dicky Jackson
Archie Turner	OR	Billy Hogg
Alec Gardner	IR	Robbie Robinson
Bob McColl	CF	Jimmy Millar
Bill Appleyard	IL	Joe Hewitt
Bobby Templeton	OL	Arthur Bridgett

'Toffee Bob' McColl was the founder of a chain of corner shops that can still be seen to this day.

A Great North Eastern Rivalry

Newcastle upon Tyne and Sunderland, lying less than 20km apart, are the 2 major settlements in the North East of England , an industrialised area that is traditionally passionate about football.

Sunderland FC began life as Sunderland and District Teachers in 1879.  The name was changed to Sunderland AFC in 1881 and the club turned professional in 1885. They first entered the FA Cup in the 1884-85 season.
Sunderland joined the Football League in 1890.
Newcastle United was formed by the merger of Newcastle East End (1881) and Newcastle West End (1882) in 1892. It was effectively a take over of a financially weak West End by the professional East End (already a limited company). One way in which West End had outdone their rivals was in the quality of their base- St James'Park, and it was there that the 'new' club settled.
 Refused entry to the Football League's First Division at the start of the 1892–93 season, they were invited to play in the newly founded Second Division. However, this was not seen as a lucrative proposition, so  Newcastle United decided to  remain in the Northern League.
The following year they joined Division 2 of the Football League. 

01.09.06

 Both clubs enjoyed Golden Eras: in the 1890s Sunderland were League Champions 3 times in 4 seasons. Between 1904 and 1911 Newcastle United reached 5 FA Cup finals and won 3 League titles. 

1913

	Newcastle United		Sunderland
season	League	FA Cup	League	FA Cup
1884-85				QR
1885-86				QR
1886-87				QR
1887-88				Disqualified
1888-89				QR
1889-90				R1
1890-91			Div 1.  7th	Semi final
1891-92			Div 1.  Champions	Semi final
1892-93	Northern League 2nd	R1	Div 1.  Champions	Q ¼ final
1893-94	Div 2. 4th	R2	Div 1.  2nd	R2
1894-95	Div 2. 10th	R2	Div 1.  Champions	Semi final
1895-96	Div 2. 5th	R2	Div 1.  5th
1896-97	Div 2. 5th	R1	Div 1.  15th
1897-98	Div 2. 2nd (P)	R2	Div 1.  2nd
1898-99	Div 1.  13th	R2	Div 1.  7th
1899-00	Div 1.  5th	R2	Div 1.  3rd
1900-01	Div 1.  6th	R1	Div 1.  2nd
1901-02	Div 1.  3rd	Q ¼ final	Div 1.  Champions
1902-03	Div 1.  14th	R1	Div 1.  3rd
1903-04	Div 1.  4th	R1	Div 1.  6th
1904-05	Div 1.  Champions	Runners up	Div 1.  5th
1905-06	Div 1.  4th	Runners up	Div 1.  14th
1906-07	Div 1.  Champions	R1	Div 1.  10th
1907-08	Div 1.  4th	Runners up	Div 1.  16th
1908-09	Div 1.  Champions	Semi final	Div 1.  3rd
1909-10	Div 1.  4th	Winners	Div 1.  8th
1910-11	Div 1.  8th	Runners up	Div 1.  3rd
1911-12	Div 1.  3rd	R1	Div 1.  8th
1912-13	Div 1.  14th	Q ¼ final	Div 1.  Champions
1913-14	Div 1.  11th	R1	Div 1.  7th
1914-15	Div 1.  15th	Q ¼ final	Div 1.  8th
1919-20	Div 1.  8th	R2	Div 1.  5th
1920-21	Div 1.  5th	R3	Div 1.  12th
1921-22	Div 1.  7th	R2	Div 1.  12th
1922-23	Div 1.  4th	R1	Div 1.  2nd
1923-24	Div 1.  9th	Winners	Div 1.  3rd
1924-25	Div 1.  6th	R2	Div 1.  7th
1925-26	Div 1.  10th	R5	Div 1.  3rd
1926-27	Div 1.  Champions	R5	Div 1.  3rd
1927-28	Div 1.  9th	R3	Div 1.  15th
1928-29	Div 1.  10th	R3	Div 1.  4th
1929-30	Div 1.  19th	Q ¼ final	Div 1.  9th
1930-31	Div 1.  17th	R4	Div 1.  11th
1931-32	Div 1.  11th	Winners	Div 1.  13th
1932-33	Div 1.  5th	R3	Div 1.  12th
1933-34	Div 1.  21st (R)	R3	Div 1.  6th
1934-35	Div 2. 4th	R4	Div 1.  2nd
1935-36	Div 2. 8th	R5	Div 1.  Champions
1936-37	Div 2. 6th	R3	Div 1.  8th	Winners

Head to head:

League (Division One)
24.12.98	Sunderland	2	3	Newcastle United
22.04.99	Newcastle United	0	1	Sunderland
23.12.99	Newcastle United	2	4	Sunderland
28.04.00	Sunderland	1	2	Newcastle United
06.10.00	Sunderland	1	1	Newcastle United
24.04.01	Newcastle United	0	2	Sunderland
28.09.01	Newcastle United	0	1	Sunderland
31.03.02	Sunderland	0	0	Newcastle United
27.12.02	Sunderland	0	0	Newcastle United
25.04.03	Newcastle United	1	0	Sunderland
26.10.03	Newcastle United	1	3	Sunderland
01.01.04	Sunderland	1	1	Newcastle United
24.12.04	Sunderland	3	1	Newcastle United
22.04.05	Newcastle United	1	3	Sunderland
02.09.05	Sunderland	3	2	Newcastle United
30.12.05	Newcastle United	1	1	Sunderland
01.09.06	Newcastle United	4	2	Sunderland
20.03.07	Sunderland	2	0	Newcastle United
24.12.07	Sunderland	2	4	Newcastle United
18.04.08	Newcastle United	1	3	Sunderland
05.12.08	Newcastle United	1	9	Sunderland
10.04.09	Sunderland	3	1	Newcastle United
18.09.09	Sunderland	0	2	Newcastle United
13.04.10	Newcastle United	1	0	Sunderland
01.09.10	Sunderland	2	1	Newcastle United
19.11.10	Newcastle United	1	1	Sunderland
14.10.11	Sunderland	1	2	Newcastle United
17.02.12	Newcastle United	3	1	Sunderland
07.09.12	Newcastle United	1	1	Sunderland
28.12.12	Sunderland	2	0	Newcastle United
06.09.13	Sunderland	1	2	Newcastle United
27.12.13	Newcastle United	2	1	Sunderland
25.12.14	Newcastle United	2	5	Sunderland
26.12.14	Sunderland	2	4	Newcastle United
22.11.19	Sunderland	2	0	Newcastle United
29.11.19	Newcastle United	2	3	Sunderland
09.10.20	Newcastle United	6	1	Sunderland
16.10.20	Sunderland	0	2	Newcastle United
19.11.21	Newcastle United	0	0	Sunderland
26.11.21	Sunderland	2	2	Newcastle United
04.11.22	Newcastle United	2	1	Sunderland
11.11.22	Sunderland	2	0	Newcastle United
15.12.23	Sunderland	3	2	Newcastle United
22.12.23	Newcastle United	0	2	Sunderland
18.10.24	Sunderland	1	1	Newcastle United
21.02.25	Newcastle United	2	0	Sunderland
17.10.25	Newcastle United	0	0	Sunderland
27.02.26	Sunderland	2	2	Newcastle United
30.10.26	Sunderland	2	0	Newcastle United
19.03.27	Newcastle United	1	0	Sunderland
05.11.27	Newcastle United	3	1	Sunderland
17.03.28	Sunderland	1	1	Newcastle United
27.10.28	Sunderland	5	2	Newcastle United
09.03.29	Newcastle United	4	3	Sunderland
19.10.29	Sunderland	1	0	Newcastle United
22.02.30	Newcastle United	3	0	Sunderland
22.11.30	Sunderland	5	0	Newcastle United
28.03.31	Newcastle United	2	0	Sunderland
28.11.31	Sunderland	1	4	Newcastle United
09.04.32	Newcastle United	1	2	Sunderland
26.11.32	Sunderland	0	2	Newcastle United
08.04.33	Newcastle United	0	1	Sunderland
21.10.33	Newcastle United	2	1	Sunderland
03.03.34	Sunderland	2	0	Newcastle United

Wins	Goals
Newcastle United	24	93
Sunderland	27	108
Drawn	13

FA Cup
12.02.02	Newcastle United	1	0	Sunderland	R2
06.03.09	Newcastle United	2	2	Sunderland	R4
10.03.09	Sunderland	0	3	Newcastle United	R4
08.03.13	Sunderland	0	0	Newcastle United	R4
12.03.13	Newcastle United	2	2	Sunderland	R4
17.03.13	Newcastle United	0	3	Sunderland	R4

	Wins	Goals
Newcastle United	2	8
Sunderland	1	7
Drawn	3

Stand out games?
25.04.03-  Reigning champions Sunderland went to St James' Park requiring a win to seal the title. Newcastle United won 1-0 thanks to a Bob McColl goal.

05.12.08- Newcastle United went into this game with the stingiest defence in the League- they had conceded 13 goals in 15 games. The first half was unremarkable. Sunderland took the lead in the 8th minute (Hogg) and Newcastle equalised with a penalty.
George Holley put Sunderland ahead in the 48th minute. Hogg scored again on 58. In the next 18 minutes Sunderland added another 6 goals ( 2 each  from Holley and Bridgett and 1 apiece from Mordue and Hogg).