When the World Cup came to Sunderland in 1966

Sunderland Echo
Sunderland Echo
  • 2 years ago
Sunderland Echo writer Tony Gillan heads to the site of the older Roker Park football ground to recount the story of how the World Cup came to Sunderland in 1966

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