Premier League
Sunderland is a city in North East England which was formerly a county borough, and is now part of the City of Sunderland in Tyne and Wear. The name "Sunderland" is reputed to come from Soender-land, likely to be reference to the valley carved by the River Wear that runs through the heart of the city. Over the centuries, Sunderland grew as a port, trading coal and salt. Ships began to be built on the river in the 14th century. By the 19th century, the port of Sunderland had grown to absorb Bishopwearmouth and Monkwearmouth. Sunderland became a city in 1992.
My first visit to the Stadium of Light. We travelled by train to Newcastle from where a connecting service took us from Tyneside to Wearside. A journey I had undertaken many times previously when visiting Sunderland' former home, the historic Roker Park.
On approaching Sunderland you actually see the Stadium of Light, shortly before crossing the Wear Estuary. Since this visit, the Tyne & Wear Metro has been extended to Sunderland and a couple of stations, St Peters and Stadium of Light are very close to the ground in Monkwearmouth. Having said that Sunderland Station is only a 10 minute walk across the bridge from the stadium.
As for the match, some extremely negative tactics from George Graham enabled Sunderland to take the initiative and despite a goal from Stefan Iverson, the assembled 41,904 saw a tame Spurs side surrender the points.
Sunderland: Sorenson; Makin, Bould, Butler, Gray; Summerbee ( sub Williams 87 ), Schwarz, Roy ( sub Ball, 72 ), McCann; Phillips ( sub Dichio, 61), Quinn.
Subs not used: Marriott; Rae.
Goals: Quinn, 10,21.
Tottenham Hotspur: Walker; Carr, Vega, Campbell, Taricco; Leonhardsen ( sub Sherwood, 77), Freund, Clemence, Ginola ( sub Dominguez, 46 ); Piercy ( sub Perry, 46 ), Iversen
Subs not used: Baardsen; Fox.
Bookings: Taricco, Campbell, Iversen.
Goal: Iversen, 63.
Referee: M. Riley
Attendance: 41,904
Match Ticket bears the wrong date. Match was put back 24 hours due to Spurs involvement in the UEFA CupThe Pieman's earlier vist to Roker Park
