Let it snow! When games at Roker Park went ahead after blizzards

Those were the days. When a frozen pitch and blizzards never got in the way of a football match.

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.

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