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Gareth Hall was red-carded, and teenage keeper Shay Given produced an impressive debut clean sheet, as Sunderland fought for a 0-0 draw in a televised trip to Leicester 27 years ago today.
Defender Hall, incredibly wearing the No11 shirt, was sent off for two bookable offences as he made his first start, but the point took Peter Reid’s men up a place to seventh in Division One.

Sunderland thrashed Sheffield United 5-1 at Roker Park 45 years ago today, with Gary Rowell (2), with Bobby Kerr, Wilf Rostron and Shaun Epilot also scoring. Only Rowell’s excellent second goal and the last-minute Blades consolation on the video. Sunderland rose three places to eighth in the Second Division.

A very sparsely populated Roker End on this day 28 years ago saw Sunderland slip to a 2-1 defeat at home to Notts County, with Gordon Armstrong tucking in an equaliser only for Gary Lund to hit Notts’ winner in front of a 14,334 crowd.
Striker Paul Williams made his debut, the first of just three SAFC appearances on loan from Crystal Palace for the ex-Charlton man.

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