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Football matches in Sunderland

Sunderland is the catalog club for this city string, and the pages opened here describe arrival at the Stadium of Light. The club help page, updated on 9 July 2026, leaves Sunderland railway station toward Keel Square, follows the signs for the Keel Crossing, crosses the pedestrian bridge over the River Wear, and continues straight on Legends' Way or Millennium Way. It allows 10 to 15 minutes for that walk. Travel North East uses a different route from the same station, along Fawcett Street and across Monkwearmouth Bridge, and allows about 18 minutes. That guide places the stadium north west of the Wearmouth Bridge. Both pages name the Metro stations Stadium of Light and St Peter's. Only the club page lists bus routes 3, 4, 13, 35, 35A and 56. Park Lane Interchange is about 15 minutes on the club page, about 20 minutes in one sentence of the transport guide, and about 25 minutes in the guide's written walking route. Those figures stay separate because neither page corrects the other.

Sunderland at a glance

This page includes only catalog entries whose city string is exactly Sunderland. A bridge or a station named along the way does not add another place. The stadium list follows the place strings Monkwearmouth.

Published D1 data snapshot
2026-09-06T07:10:24Z
Clubs
1
Stadiums
1

Catalogued men's top-flight clubs

Documented stadiums

Upcoming matches with confirmed stadium

This published data snapshot contains no upcoming matches with fixture-level confirmed stadium assignments.

Selected match pages

These pages are separate from the D1 snapshot. Each page gives the date and ticket route only when a checked match source states them.

Plan a visit in the city

Settle the club and the date first, which means Sunderland and the specific match, before picking a route. From Sunderland station, follow the walk on the page you are reading. The club help page says 10 to 15 minutes via the Keel Crossing, and Travel North East says about 18 minutes via Monkwearmouth Bridge. After the match, the transport guide keeps St Peter's platform 2 toward Newcastle closed for about an hour and tells Newcastle-bound passengers to use Stadium of Light station during that closure. The club page makes the same split. South Hylton passengers board at St Peter's, and Newcastle passengers board at Stadium of Light. Only the club page gives the road approach, the A19 and the A1(M) via the A1231 Wessington Way. The home ticket note links a purchase path on tickets.safc.com and says dates and times can change. The June 2026 store note places the stadium shop at Black Cat House on Millennium Way, postcode SR5 1SU, and does not describe that building as a turnstile.

What to distinguish in this travel scope

Two walks from Sunderland station

The club help page of 9 July 2026 walks from Sunderland station via Keel Square and the Keel Crossing onto Legends' Way and Millennium Way, and it allows 10 to 15 minutes to the Stadium of Light. Travel North East starts at the same station, uses Fawcett Street and Monkwearmouth Bridge, and allows about 18 minutes. That page places the stadium north west of the Wearmouth Bridge. The last street name is spelled differently there, as Millenium Way with a single n.

Source: How do I get to the Stadium? (Sunderland AFC help), Travelling to the Stadium of Light (Travel North East)

Metro stations after the match

Both pages name Stadium of Light and St Peter's as the nearby Metro stations. The club page splits the ride back. Passengers toward South Hylton board at St Peter's, and passengers toward Newcastle board at Stadium of Light. Travel North East adds that St Peter's platform 2 toward Newcastle stays closed for about an hour after the game. During that closure, passengers for Newcastle are told to use Stadium of Light station. From St Peter's the guide allows about eight minutes via Sheepfolds and Hay Street. From Stadium of Light station it allows about nine minutes via Newcastle Road, Rosebery Street and Southwick Road.

Source: How do I get to the Stadium? (Sunderland AFC help), Travelling to the Stadium of Light (Travel North East)

Bus routes and Park Lane Interchange

Only the club help page names route numbers to the Stadium of Light, namely 3, 4, 13, 35, 35A and 56. It places Park Lane Interchange about 15 minutes away on foot. Travel North East says local buses stop around the ground but does not repeat those numbers. It gives the interchange about 20 minutes in one sentence and describes the walk, via Park Lane, Holmeside, Fawcett Street and Monkwearmouth Bridge, as about 25 minutes. Only the club page gives the driving approach, the A19 and the A1(M) onto the A1231 Wessington Way.

Source: How do I get to the Stadium? (Sunderland AFC help), Travelling to the Stadium of Light (Travel North East)

Black Cat House and The Bridges

The club store note, current as of June 2026, separates two shops. The stadium shop is Black Cat House at the Stadium of Light on Millennium Way, postcode SR5 1SU. The other shop is in The Bridges shopping centre, postcode SR1 3DR. Both are listed Monday to Saturday from 9:00 to 18:00 and Sunday from 10:00 to 16:00. The note does not describe a turnstile. A separate home ticket note links a purchase path on tickets.safc.com and says dates and times can change. It also says the Premier League aims to give six weeks' notice of fixture changes before January and five weeks after that.

Source: Retail store locations (Sunderland AFC help), Start of home ticket sales (Sunderland AFC help)

Editorial sources

The editorial notes were checked on 2026-09-22. Club, stadium and fixture data comes exclusively from the published D1 snapshot named above.

Club and stadium data sources

  • How do I get to the Stadium? (Sunderland AFC help)

    The club help page updated on 9 July 2026 describes the walk from Sunderland station via Keel Square and the Keel Crossing, Metro stations Stadium of Light and St Peter's, bus routes 3, 4, 13, 35, 35A and 56, and the approach via the A1231.

  • Travelling to the Stadium of Light (Travel North East)

    The arrival page calls the Stadium of Light the home of Sunderland AFC, places it north west of the Wearmouth Bridge, gives walks from the railway station, the Metro and Park Lane Interchange, and describes the closure of St Peter's platform 2.

  • Retail store locations (Sunderland AFC help)

    The store note current as of June 2026 names Black Cat House on Millennium Way at postcode SR5 1SU and the shop in The Bridges shopping centre at postcode SR1 3DR, together with opening hours.

  • Start of home ticket sales (Sunderland AFC help)

    The home ticket note links a purchase path on tickets.safc.com and says dates and times can change, with an aimed notice of six weeks before January and five weeks after that.