Roker Report’s Sunday Brainbusters #25: Can you get full marks in our Sunderland quiz?

Answers are at the bottom...good luck and let us know how you fare!

Question 1...

1. Which player became the first player to score for Sunderland in a European competition in September 1973?

Question 2...

2. Against which club did Michael Bridges score two goals in the final 10 minutes to give Sunderland a 3-2 victory at Roker Park in the run-in to winning Peter Reid’s first league title with Sunderland in 1996?

For a bonus point... which ex-Sunderland goalkeeper did Michael Bridges score those two goals against?

Question 3...

3. Complete the Sunderland starting XI who drew against Derby County 1-1 in Simon Grayson’s first competitive game as Sunderland’s manager at the Stadium of Light in August 2017...

Gk - ?

RB - Billy Jones

CB - ?

CB - Tyias Browning

LB - Brendan Galloway

RM - ?

MID - Didier Ndong

MID - ?

LM - Aiden McGeady

ST - Lewis Grabban

ST - ?

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Question 4...

4. Which member of Sunderland’s 2014 Capital Cup final team also played in the same final the previous year?

Question 5...

5. Who became Britain’s most expensive goalkeeper when he signed for Sunderland in 2007?

Question 6...

6. Against which club did Kevin Ball make his Sunderland debut in 1990?

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Question 7...

7. Which player was capped the most for England whilst a Sunderland player?

Question 8...

8. Which winger signed by Denis Smith was capped eight times by Wales whilst he was with Sunderland?

Question 9...

9. Which manager gave Jordan Henderson his debut for Sunderland?

Finally... Question 10...

10. From which club did Sunderland sign Brian Clough?

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Answers…

1. Billy Hughes

2. Huddersfield Town (Bonus Answer - Tony Norman)

3. GK - Jason Steele, CB - Lamine Kone, RM - George Honeyman, CM - Lee Cattermole, LM - Aiden McGeady & ST - James Vaughan

4. Ki Sung-Yueng

5. Craig Gordon

6. Tottenham Hotspur

7. Dave Watson

8. Colin Pascoe

9. Roy Keane

10. Middlesbrough