The crowd Sunderland take on Everton in the last league match at Roker Park.The crowd Sunderland take on Everton in the last league match at Roker Park.
The crowd Sunderland take on Everton in the last league match at Roker Park.

21 stunning scenes Sunderland fans may remember well if they visited Roker Park

Sunderland played at Roker Park for a grand total of 99 years from 1898 to 1997 before the Stadium if Light was opened.

The ground was the seventh home of the Black Cats before the club moved onto the old Wearmouth Colliery site.

Near the end of Roker Park’s history, its capacity was around 22,500.

Back in the day, however, the stadium once attracted a record crowd of 75,118 during an FA Cup game against Derby County.

Here, though, we take a look at the Sunderland Echo archive photos of the stadium from years gone by:

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