A 20 metre-high screen is being erected in Park Lane for one month to show UK and international events. Residents and visitors to Sunderland will be able to watch all of the Euro games and highlights of other major events taking place this summer including Wimbledon and the Formula 1. […]
A capacity crowd will welcome the Three Lions to Wearside on Friday, with tickets for England’s game versus Australia at the Stadium of Light now sold out. Excitement is building as Sunderland gets ready to welcome officials and supporters from the England and Australia teams, with events and activities across […]
A new activity kicks off at the Sandhill Centre Library in Sunderland next week. Sporting Memories is a new group activity funded by Sunderland West Area Committee for all those who love sport. It starts at 10.30am on Thursday April 14 and aims to help combat loneliness and isolation especially […]
Everyone is invited to come along and join in the fun at the annual Active Sunderland BIG Bike Ride. The event, which offers three alternative rides, providing a route to suit all ages and abilities, takes place on Sunday, June 12. All of the rides will start on the Riverside […]
Police in Newcastle want to identify a little boy who helped them clean up after the derby match. After the Derby match on Sunday, March 20, one boy stayed behind to help officers clear up police tape from an area outside St James’ Park. The majority of the 52,000 supporters had left the […]
Northumbria Police are praising football fans after a passionate but peaceful Tyne-Wear derby yesterday (March 20). More than 50,000 fans packed St James’ Park for the 1.30pm kick-off with just under 3,000 of those travelling from Sunderland. Out of that crowd there have only been 20 arrests – 19 men and […]
Today (March 20) Wearsiders head to St James’ Park in Newcastle for the Derby Day. The Derby Day is the day when Sunderland AFC take on Newcastle United FC in a football match. The Black Cats have won the Magpies six times in a row in previous Derby Day matches, […]
Northumbria Police has been working with the two football clubs to make sure fans can reach the Tyne-Wear derby on time. Tens of thousands of football fans will fill St James’ Park on Sunday as Newcastle United host Sunderland AFC in a 1.30pm kick-off. More than 25 coaches will start […]
With Saturday’s West Ham v Sunderland match brought forward to 12:45pm for live coverage on BT Sport, we asked fans what they thought about early kick-offs. There is guaranteed to be a loyal away support making the 600-mile round trip, with legions of coaches heading towards the capital in the early […]