Have a look at these great days at Roker Park from the 1970s and 1980s.
It was the era when local youngsters helped clear snow from the pitch in return for a free ticket to the match.
When snow blowers did sterling work and when players battled through the freezing conditions.
Relive it all through these Echo photos.

1. Retro at Roker Park
Match time and it's a freezing day at Roker Park in December 1973. | se

2. Skills in the snow
Ian Porterfield goes on the attack against Oxford United on a snow-covered pitch. | se

3. Keeper's ball
The keeper collects the ball as Sunderland forward Vic Halom closed in. It's an Echo archive scene from December 1975. | se

4. Hard at work in 1982
The snow blower had a tough task to get the pitch ready for this 1982 match. | se