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Favourite all time SAFC XI

I love Sunderland to death but whenever people do a post like this I’ve always thought Jesus Christ we’ve hardly ever had any good or great players lol
 

Monty.
Irwin.
Ashurst.
Harvey.
Hurley.
McNab.
Usher.
Herd.
Sharkey.
Crossan.
Mulhall.

Course it was the first year i started going 63-64 and the first ever promotion.

Amazing how many of that team played virtually every game, plus the famous cup run as well.
 
First game was Sunderland 2 Leeds 0, Jan 29 1966

Montgomery
Bardsley
Watson
Hurley
Bolton
Diallo
Bracewell
Baxter
Tueart
Quinn
Phillips

Subs
Siddall
Todd
Bennett
M'Vila
Towers
Stewart
Defoe
 
Monty
Irwin Watson Hurley Todd
Tueart Ball Baxter Mulhall
Quinn Clough

Sorenson
Anderson
Harvey Bennett Mensah. Arca
Schwarz Kerr Towers
Summerbee Hughes
Martin SKP Crissan Hooper Grainger
 
Montgomery
 Brown Watson Hurley Gray
Hughes Todd Rowell Tueart
Clough Baxter

Sorensen
Thome Evans
Kerr Ball
Quinn Phillips

1st game 1952 (didn't see much I was inside me ma)
 
stan the man said:
Montgomery
 Brown Watson Hurley Gray
Hughes Todd Rowell Tueart
Clough Baxter

Sorensen
Thome Evans
Kerr Ball
Quinn Phillips

1st game 1952 (didn't see much I was inside me ma)
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Jim Baxter, by all accounts, was a shadow of his younger self at Rangers, apparently he'd started to spiral into alcoholism and being a protestant scot, was a bad influence and presence in a dressing room captained by an irish catholic (Hurley)
How good was he when he was at Roker? I'm way way to young to have seen him play at Sunderland but I've seen footage of him for Rangers & Scotland and he looked incredible
First game vs Leeds Sept '80 won 4-1

Turner (brilliant in the milk cup final season in a poor side)
Kay (Canoe)
Benno (cooler than penguins piss and chinned Speedie)
Elliott (could play anywhere)
Julio (got the shithouse carried off)
Summerbee (crossed as good as Beckham)
Bracewell (first time round, you knew he was to good and would be off)
Cana (sheer class, and was a looker as well....jammy kernt)
Cummins (little ball of magic, dancing feet, our Zola)
Rowell (boyhood hero)
Marco (all time fav Sunderland player)

Can't believe I'm leaving out players like Quinn & Phillips, Craig Russell (local lad, great kid as well), Arnott, Pop, Tommy Sorensen, Dickie Ord, Frank W, Leighton James, Super Ally McCoist
 
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Jarramelinos said:
Jim Baxter, by all accounts, was a shadow of his younger self at Rangers, apparently he'd started to spiral into alcoholism and being a protestant scot, was a bad influence and presence in a dressing room captained by an irish catholic (Hurley)
w good was he when he was at Roker? I'm way way to young to have seen him play at Sunderland but I've seen footage of him for Rangers & Scotland and he looked incredible
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Since I was only in my mid teens, I recollect a cross between George Best and Messi (if Messi had a few red wines) 🤣
 
Monty
Malone Bennett Ord Van Aanholt
Kerr Rae Kirchhoff Arca
Defoe Robson

Subs: Patterson O9 Cirkin Neil Ba Clarke Stewart (I'm hoping all of these are pushing for a place in the favourite player starting XI over the next year or so).
 
Turner
Kay
Scott
Craddock
Bennett
Bracewell
Summerbee
Schwarz
Quinn
Phillips
Arca

First game I remember properly 1983 but had been before then to local away games. ( Coventry and Birmingham)

A fair few close to making the favourite 11
Full 11 as cover:
Sorensen
Bardsley
Gray
Elliott
Ball
Kirchhoff
Roberts
M’Vila
Gabbiadini
Defoe
Magic
 
Poom

Carteron
Nyron
Bould
Mucky Gray

Summerbee
Schwarz
Rae
Martin Smith

Phillips
Stewart


close run thing for the left wing slot with Borini just missing out, and Myhre for keeper
 
First game late 70s (dont really remember it). Memories really start from that opening day win against Southampton in the early 80s, might of been Bennetts debut.

Sorensen
Kay
Bennett
Bould
Gray
Sessegnon
Hutchison
Rae
Malbranque
Phillips
Quinn

Subs
Turner
Atkins
Venison
Arca
Bent
Defoe
Gabbiadini
Ball
Edwards
Summerbee
 
Whey said:
Surprised someone hasn't listed Gary Rowell as all 11. Still time like
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One of my favourite all time players. Mind, I think a lot of nostalgia involved in this, as many players named will be boyhood heroes.
70s traveller said:
Favourite XI: Monty - Dick - Joe B - Jeff Clarke - Shaun Elliot - Bobby Kerr - Bracewell - Arnott - Frank W - G.Rowell - Pop. For never to be forgotten displays, moments of class & the memories. Benno can be the sub cos in my time there was only one.
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I would have paid my money just to watch Frank Worthington - what a skilful player he was.
 
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I would have paid my money just to watch Frank Worthington - what a skilful player he was.
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Me too, whai a player with touch, class & personality on tbe pitch, just how he'd look across and smile with the subtle hand signs as the place was singing the "oh w*nkie, w*nkie" song when he pkayed for other clubs.
 
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