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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'The greatest centre half the world has ever seen' Charlie Hurley leads out Sunderland at Roker Park. Photo: JPIMEDIA
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Ground staff tend to the Roker Park pitch as Sunderland players left to right George Aiken, Arthur Wright, Harry Kirtley, Billy Bingham, John McSeveney do laps. Photo: Sunderland Echo
4. 1996
Sunderland v Aston Villa on October 26, 1996. Sunderland won 1-0 (Stewart). Paul Stewart (right) wheels away to celebrate his winning goal against Aston Villa, to the relief of David Kelly (left) whose penalty was saved. Photo: SE