Remembering Sunderland's 4-1 win over Newcastle, with hattrick from Gary Rowell - photo gallery

Gary Rowell stunned the Magpies with a hat-trick

Sunderland fans left Tyneside with wonderful memories on this day in 1979.

It was the day that a Gary Rowell hattrick and a Wayne Entwistle header gave the Black Cats a 4-1 win.

Re-live it once more with these Echo archive photos.

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