List of Sunderland A.F.C. Grounds
Grounds

List of Sunderland A.F.C. Grounds

Section Title: Grounds
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Ground	Location	Date of First Game	Date of Last Game	Max. Capacity	Record Attendance	Notes

Blue House Field	Hendon	18 November 1880 (vs. Ferryhill)	12 November 1881 (vs. Elswick Leather Works)	unknown	unknown	First Sunderland game First Sunderland competitive game First Sunderland victory

The Cedars	Ashbrooke	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	Arthur Appleton, local Sunderland historian and author, records that after leaving Blue House Field, the club played at least four games in the Cedars area of Ashbrooke.

Groves Field	Ashbrooke	4 November 1882 (vs. North Eastern)	10 March 1883 (vs. Bishop Middleham)	unknown	unknown	Location of Sunderland's biggest ever competitive home win, 12 - 1 vs. Stanley Star on 20 January 1883 in the Northumberland and Durham Challenge Cup

Horatio Street	Roker	29 September 1883 (vs. Castle Eden)	26 April 1884 (vs. District XI)	unknown	unknown	First Sunderland home North of the River Wear Home of Sunderland when it won its first trophy; the Durham Challenge Cup in 1884.

Abbs Field	Fulwell	27 September 1884 (vs. Birtley Town)	13 March 1886 (vs. Middlesbrough St. Johns)	unknown	2,000 (approx) vs Port Glasgow Athletic on 1 January 1886	First Sunderland home where spectators were charged an entrance fee Home of Sunderland for its all-time biggest victory, a 23 - 0 win over Castletown on 20 December 1884 (in a friendly)

Newcastle Road	Monkwearmouth	3 April 1886 (vs. Darlington)	23 April 1898 (vs. Nottingham Forest)	15,000	24,000 (approx) vs Sheffield United on 5 March 1898	First Sunderland English Football League game First Sunderland FA Cup game Location of Sunderland's biggest ever home league win, 8 - 0 vs.

Roker Park	Roker	10 September 1898 (vs. Liverpool)	May 13, 1997 (vs. Liverpool)	60,000	75,118 vs Derby County on 8 March 1933	Location of highest ever Sunderland home attendance First Sunderland home floodlit match (v Dundee, 1953) Location of the first FIFA World Cup game to be held in Sunderland First Sunderland home EFL Cup game (v Bolton Wanderers in 1961) First Sunderland European home game (Vasas SC in the Cup Winners' Cup in 1973)

Stadium of Light	Monkwearmouth	30 July 1997 (vs. AFC Ajax)	49,000	48,353 vs. Liverpool on 13 April 2002	Home of Sunderland for its highest ever season points total (105 in 1998/99) Home of Sunderland for its most wins in a single season (19 in 1998/99) Home of Sunderland for its longest run of consecutive home defeats (9)

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The Roker Park stadium was the seventh home of the club Sunderland A.F.C. from 1898 to 1997 before the club moved to the Stadium of Light.

final_sentence: The Roker Park stadium was the seventh home of the club Sunderland A.F.C. from 1898 to 1997 before the club moved to the Stadium of Light.