Regis Le Bris’ team takes on Coventry City in the first leg of the EFL Championship semi-final with the return leg on the way next week.
In the meantime, join us as we build up the excitement with this Sunderland Echo archive step back to some of the dramatic Black Cats memories we’ve seen in the past, from 1990 to 2022.
5. Best ever atmosphere?
Sunderland needed to overturn a 2-1 deficit against Sheffield United in the 1998 semi-final and did exactly that - much to the delight of these fans. | se
6. Red and white forever
Packing into Wembley for the 1998 play-off finals. Fantastic support as always. | se
7. Portsmouth in 2019
It was nail-biting until the finish but these fans helped Sunderland get over the line in 2019 against Portsmouth. | se
8. Celebrations in 2019
Sunderland fans celebrate a tense away day at Portsmouth where a 0-0 draw was enough to send them to Wembley in 2019. | se