Welcome
For those familiar with theRokerEnd.com, welcome back. For those new to the website, thanks for visiting.
Our aim for the new format is to keep all the items that were in the original site and to expand the website by adding new features and topical items which will be updated and added to on a regular, weekly basis.
Upcoming Events
Wednesday 2nd May 2012 - 10.30am Texas Scramble
The Sunderland Former Players Association and local charity ‘Action on dementia’ invite you to join them at the Ramside Golf Club for a Texas Scramble.
Fourballs with each team being allocated a former Sunderland player.
Lady golfers (teams or individuals) welcome.
Great prizes • Pre golf and on course refreshments • 2 course clubhouse meal • Putting competition
Click on the poster for more information.
Friday 11th May 2012 - 7.00pm "An evening with a difference..." at the Stadium of Light
Sunderland Former Players invite you to join them at the Stadium of Light for an "Evening with a difference " starring Benidorm's Shaun Foster Conley and
Crissy Rock.
Special Guest Charlie Hurley
Reception drink,
Hot supper (pie, peas, chips & gravy)
Entry to the Head and Tails competition & Raffle
Dress - Smart Casual
Ticket price £30
Click on the poster for more information.
Friday 13th July 2012 - 10.30am The Sunderland Former Players Association Annual Golf Day
The Sunderland Former Players Association invite you to join them at the Ramside Golf Club for their Annual Golf Day.
Shotgun start at 10.30am
Fourballs (with each team being allocated a former Sunderland player)
Great prizes • Pre golf and on course refreshments • 2 course clubhouse meal • Putting competition
Click on the poster for more information.
The Black Cat: Gary Bennett's football scrapbook
Gary's new book is out now.
For details on book signings, how you can get a personal signed copy and how to purchase this stunning new book by our own Gary Bennett and Brian Leng, click here
Recent Events
Unique piece of Roker Park history at charity auction on Friday 29th July 2011 at Seaham GC
This replica 1960's-70's framed shirt was auctioned at the FIVE HELPING HANDS charity golf day with the Sunderland AFC former players on Fri 29th July at Seaham Golf Club.
It sold for £550 and in total £2,105 was raised for good causes in Seaham.
Click on the image for images from the day.
Monty's Guests
Before every home game Monty invites a different former player to come and meet fans and answer questions at the 'Legends Table' in the Black Cats bar. On the Monty's Guest page you will find details of upcoming guests along with a brief biography. Now you don't have an excuse not to come along and meet your favourite former players.
Where are they now?
Every now and then we need to track down one of our former players and would be extremely grateful if anyone has information that will help us.
We are currently trying to find the whereabouts of George Kinnell on behalf of our former player, John O'Hare.
George was a Centre-half who joined Sunderland from Oldham Athletic in October 1966. He moved to Middlesborough in 1968 and then to Juventus FC, Melbourne, Australia in June 1969. He will be 73 years old.
Features
New features on the club and the former players, including our archive of existing articles.
To launch our new website we are proud to include Brian Leng's never-before published interview with the great Charlie Hurley. This is a substantial interview and will appear here in parts over the next few months - don't miss it
Interviews & Q&A's
Find out what our former players are doing now and what were their best and greatest moments and memories from their Sunderland days.
Events
Upcoming events for former players and guests. Some events are available to the public and all are available to those lucky individuals who put on the famous red and white shirt.
Galleries
We are going to go to town on this section over the coming months. We have literally thousands of images and video of the lads going right back to the early days of the last century. It is going to take a while to get them all arranged but this is where you will find them, starting with the pre-war years.
'1973'
Images from every round of the cup-winning run. Are you in the pictures? Let us know if you are.
SFPA Members
All the current members of the Sunderland Former Players Association including all their stats via the stacats website.
