The Stadium of Light was named in honour of the local coal-mining community and the Davy lamp used by miners. It was, therefore, suitable that the first match came on a Friday night under new floodlights. Manchester City were the visitors, arriving with optimism that they would challenge Sunderland in the promotion race from the second tier. The Roker Park roar came with the new stadium, helped by the City defender Tony Vaughan playing a dreadful backwards pass straight to Niall Quinn,
Sadly, two care home residents a woman in her 90s and a woman in her 80s passed away yesterday. The next of kin for both women have been notified and are being supported by specially trained officers.