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The bar offers 20 widescreen TVs dotted about the place and a big screen in an upstairs section. This traditional pub with cask ales has recently been refurbished.

They serve food and have 9 televisions showing plenty of live sport. User comments There are no user comments for this listing. League One Stadiums. Abbey Stadium Cambridge United. Adams Park Wycombe Wanderers. Alexandra Stadium Crewe Alexandra. Crown Ground Accrington Stanley. DW Stadium Wigan Athletic. Fratton Park Portsmouth.

Globe Arena Morecambe. Highbury Stadium Fleetwood Town. Hillsborough Sheffield Wednesday. Home Park Plymouth Argyle. Kassam Stadium Oxford United. There used to be a time when football was all about the sport but times have changed and like in most other industries, money has become a very important factor. Everton have become the latest Premier League club to be given the go-ahead to build a new stadium. Should the plan come to fruition, Everton will be leaving their iconic home since — Goodison Park is one of the oldest purpose-built football grounds in the world.

Not this year! At least one section has to be placed just behind the field. This issue, perhaps surprisingly, caught traction among the Sunderland fanbase. Borussia, Barca and Man United — lovely dominant trio. Premier League seems unlikely to catch up to Bundesliga, while Turkey, Ukraine and Scotland are down. The Stadium of Light stands on the north bank of the River Wear. One can also arrive at the stadium by metro.

Both the metro stations St. After the match northbound Newcastle going supporters are required to board at Stadium of Light station, whereas southbound supporters need to board at St. The Stadium of Light is located in a typical British urban area, and while there are a few places around to get a drink or something to eat, e. There are not many hotels in Sunderland, and none in the immediate vicinity of the stadium. In the city centre Mowbray Guest House seems a very good alternative.

Theoretically at walking distance, but also close to the metro. Alternatively, you can also pick one of the hotels on the North Sea coast, from where it is a 20 to minute walk to the stadium. For all hotels near the Stadium of Light click here. Glynn Sharkey Neutral 24th August Sunderland v Manchester United Premier League Sunday, August 24th, , 4pm Glynn Sharkey Neutral I went to Gateshead v Grimsby the day before and was stopping overnight at my mate's in the North East which is one of my favourite parts of the country.

A few thousand Manchester fans seemed very quiet and a draw was a fair result Ten minute walk into Town and Wetherspoons with Yate's across the road gave us a swift pint or two, before my train took me back to Newcastle, less than 4 hours after full time I was home, feet up with a single malt.

Cara Smith Aston Villa 14th March Comment on getting away from the ground after the game: The buses back to the car park are located behind the North Stand — come out the ground and head towards the main road you'll more than likely see a queue of people already waiting.

Summary of overall thoughts of the day out: Great experience for my first away game. Thanks Sunderland! Steve Ellis Exeter City 25th August How easy was your journey and finding the ground? What did you do before the game, pub, chippy…. The Stadium of Light Comment on the game itself, atmosphere, stewards, refreshments etc.

Comments on getting away from the ground after the game. We got back to Exeter at around 6am Attendance: 14, including Exeter fans. Mark Coome Tottenham Hotspur 13th September Summary of overall thoughts of the day out: Lovely drive up there, fabulous weather and easy parking. Comment on getting away from the ground after the game: There are large crowds heading back towards the city centre after the match and police were not letting people use St Peters Metro Station so crowds were moving slowly and traffic was stood still for long periods of time.

Summary of overall thoughts of the day out: In conclusion, Sunderland is a very enjoyable and good value for money day out and I would recommend it to anyone. Comment on getting away from the ground after the game: After the match we went straight back to the Colliery Tavern, this side inside and got speaking to some locals while waiting for our friends.

Summary of overall thoughts of the day out: Good day out, friendly fans, decent banter and if you're staying over you have Newcastle just 15 miles up the road.

Rob Lawler Liverpool 30th December Comment on getting away from the ground after the game: Was fairly easy to get away as there are many ways to head back into town , most home fans headed back to the local pubs or to the metro. Summary of overall thoughts of the day out: A good day out even if it was a long drive.

Sam Butler Bournemouth 23rd January Comment on getting away from the ground after the game: There was a bit of traffic getting away from the ground but it wasn't unexpected. Summary of overall thoughts of the day out: It was a good day out shame that Bournemouth didn't win seeing as it was a big game would've made it worth spending the best part of 16 hours on the coach for.

Tim Williams Doing the 92 23rd January Comment on getting away from the ground after the game: Getting away from the ground was easy. Comment on getting away from the ground after the game: It was a two minute walk back to the coach.

Summary of overall thoughts of the day out: I've always had a soft spot for Sunderland. Andy Leicester City 10th April Comment on getting away from the ground after the game: As we stayed behind for 30 minutes most of the post match crowd had gone. Summary of overall thoughts of the day out: Fantastic day out. The Stadium of Light is certainly a ground worth visiting.

Will Donaghue Chelsea 7th May Comment on the game itself, atmosphere, stewards, pies, facilities etc. Comment on getting away from the ground after the game: Getting away from the stadium after the game was simple and easy.

Summary of overall thoughts of the day out: Despite the result and the poor performance from Chelsea, we had a great day out. James Walker Neutral 12th September The Stadium of Light Comment on getting away from the ground after the game: As we were in the car park we weren't allowed to depart for up to 30 minutes after the final whistle we went round to the front to see the players depart, collect signatures and get photos, which we managed very easily.

Summary of overall thoughts of the day out: Overall this was a fantastic night out and a superb game to attend! Final Score: Attendance: 42, Nick Tottenham Hotspur 31st January View From the Away Section What you thought on seeing the ground, first impressions of away end then other sides of the Stadium of Light? The Away Seating Comment on getting away from the ground after the game: No problems getting away.

Straight back to the station and headed home. Summary of overall thoughts of the day out: A long way to go on a Tuesday night but the Stadium of Light is highly recommended, having now been. Stephen Geddes Southampton 11th February Comment on getting away from the ground after the game: The traffic was pretty horrendous.

Summary of overall thoughts of the day out: The Stadium of Light is a top quality ground and when your team wins there, as we did, then it is even better!.

Eric Spreng Southampton 11th February Comment on getting away from the ground after the game: We walked back to the Stadium of Light station after the match and got on a train back to Newcastle more or less straight away. Summary of overall thoughts of the day out: The Stadium of Light was a great day out in every way, although obviously helped by the result.

Felix McHugh Neutral 15th April Comment on getting away from the ground after the game: No problem. Summary of overall thoughts of the day out: I enjoyed it very much. Decent football, good atmosphere and a nice ground. Comment on getting away from the ground after the game: I was walking so this was very straightforward for me. Summary of overall thoughts of the day out: I enjoyed the day overall at the Stadium of Light; decent weather, three points: the game was very poor though and although I was sad to see Sunderland relegated the football they produced under Moyes was not of Premier League standard and won't be missed from an aesthetic point of view.

Shaun Leeds United 19th August The Stadium of Light is another first for me Leeds hadn't played at Sunderland since ! It was s traight forward enough. The A1 M flowed okay although there was a ten mile section of roadworks just south of Darlington with a 50 mph limit. Again following another reviewers recommendation we parked in St Mary's multi storey car park. Plenty of space even in a Saturday afternoon but a bit slow to leave as you have to queue up to pay at a pay office.

We weren't particularly early, so went straight to the ground. There is a fan zone outside the south east corner of the Stadium of Light, however it's pretty lame compared to the only other one I've been to at Ewood Park Blackburn. There was plenty of beer and pies but no large screens showing football or indeed any sort of entertainment. All the home fans we met were friendly even to us ever popular Leeds fans! New grounds usually look impressive from the outside as there's usually no buildings next to it blocking the view and the Stadium of Light is no exception.

Likewise inside the view of the pitch is good with no obstructions. Like all new stadiums however, the Stadium of Light does lack a bit of character.

It was a good game mainly because we won and kept a clean sheet! Sunderland are going through a transition at the moment and so look a bit brittle. Once we scored they lost their confidence and never looked as dangerous as they did in the first twenty minutes before we scored. Sunderland's most vocal supporters are behind the opposite goal to the away fans which means there's little banter which doesn't help the atmosphere. We made plenty of noise but the home fans were fairly quiet.

I don't know if this was just because of it being an evening game or they were concerned about our more boisterous supporters. No issues with the stewards. Traffic was very slow on the A heading south so we drove along the River Wear to the B This was also queued so we crossed the river and followed the A to wards the A1.

This was okay until we passed the Park and Ride and then it was slow to the junction with the A After that we took the A19, to the A and that all flowed well. Overall from the final whistle to the A1 M was about one hour. Summary of overall thoughts of the day out:. A very good day out, friendly home supporters, comfortable ground and a rather generous home defence!

Matthew Bowling Bolton Wanderers 31st October Because the Stadium of Light is a new ground for me. It was good. I was on official travel coach from the Macron Stadium and enjoyed a good ride across the Yorkshire Dales to get to the A1 and head North. There was no traffic until we reached the A1 M and getting close to the Stadium of Light.

The coach parked just around the corner from the away end. As we had arrived quite early I just had a walk around the stadium and just took in the size of it.

I had some chips from one of the food trucks just outside the ground, I felt no threat from the home fans at all. I was impressed with the Stadium of Light, as it is a Premier League standard ground, one of the biggest in the country. The turnstiles are similar to St James Park Newcastle, as the Upper Tier turnstiles are separate from the ground itself. The game turned out to be a cracker between the two poorest teams in the league. We took the lead when Sammy Ameobi score from 25 yards out.

This lead lasted until first half stoppage time when Grabban beat the offside trap and poked past the onrushing Ben Alnwick. Sunderland took the lead in the second half, when Grabban tapped home when the ball was squared to him from his strike partner. We equalised when Madine scored from five yards out when Sunderland failed to clear a cross. Some brilliant running from Robinson as he got the ball ahead of the keeper after a poor Sunderland pass back, he then chipped the ball across for the on-rushing Karl Henry who volleyed the ball into the net in front of our fans.

Paddy McNair found a gap in the Bolton back line and found the bottom corner with a shot to make it and a share of the points. The stewards were helpful and the facilities were decent. As getting away from any ground is, it is hard with all the traffic. So we had to wait until most of the traffic cleared before we left the ground. I was impressed overall with the Stadium of Light.

It was also a cracking game of footy, a good atmosphere and I would definitely consider coming back up here again.

Adam Humphries Reading 2nd December I have never been to the Stadium of Light. We were staying in Newcastle for the weekend the decent nightlife so we were having a good time regardless of the football.

We got the Metro from Newcastle Central to Sunderland and it was really easy. The trip up to Newcastle from Reading was a relatively easy train journey too. We went to a really decent pub called the Wheatsheaf, about a five minute walk from the ground. Well priced beer and the locals were very friendly, especially considering their form at the time. The Police presence was quite high around the pub, some even came inside and got involved in the banter.

The away section is p retty high up in the Gods. The view is decent, but there are a lot of stairs up to the top! The a tmosphere was okay, especially considering the lowly league position of the two teams. I didn't have any food, but the selection of beers was okay. The stewards were a little over the top in trying to police our atmosphere but calmed down in the second half. We came away with a win. A very good away day. I would recommend the Stadium of Light as an away day for any visiting club.

Mike Norman Brentford 17th February A new ground to collect and a city to explore that I would probably never otherwise had visited.

I came by train and stayed over a couple of nights. The railway station is in the city centre. The bridge over the River Wear is a few minutes from there from which you can see the Stadium of Light it's at most a 20 minute walk. Sunderland station itself is a pretty depressing place especially if you come out of the side entrance from its subterranean bowels but once you're away from it and overlooking the river with the docks, harbour and sea as a view on a sunny day you can quickly banish any unfavourable first impressions.

Because I made a weekend of it with a mate, I had plenty of time to explore and had a nice stroll down to Roker beach and pier and even a mooch around the area where Roker Park used to be not far from the Stadium of Light.

It's now a housing estate with football themed road names such as "Midfield Drive" and the possibly ironic "Promotion Close". I even got chatting to old bloke well into his 70's who I bumped into on one street "Turnstile Mews" I think it was who used to go to the old ground in his younger years.

He was very much representative of friendly natives in general. In the run up to the game itself, we elected to go to some pubs on the city centre side of the river so about 20 minutes walk from the ground. Best one by far was the "Ship Isis" and we also got some perfectly decent pub grub at the nearby Engine Room the old fire station. Despite not being right next to the ground they were still well populated with friendly home supporters but without being rammed.

As with any modern ground, the Stadium of Light looks good from the outside and is equally impressive on the inside.

It's a similar architectural style all the way around so it looks very neat apart from there only being an upper tier on two sides, although I believe it's been built such that an upper tier could be added to the other two sides if needed. The view from the away end in the upper tier behind one of the goals is excellent apart from the fact if you're near the back you can't see the big screen above the goal at the other end as the roof is in the way, but the view of the pitch itself is really good.

Comment on the game itself, atmosphere, stewards , pies, facilities etc.. As I write this Sunderland are having a bit of a tough time under new manager Chris Coleman. They didn't turn up for the first half which saw us take a fairly comfortable lead. Coleman must have given his players a rocket at half time as Sunderland came out with a lot more purpose but the damage was done and there were no further goals. So it was party time for those of us in the away section but the home support was very subdued almost from the outset with constant pressure from Brentford from the off resulting in the first goal after 13 minutes and a second on 30 minutes prompting a walk out by a small section of the home crowd and boos ringing out at half time.

By the time the 90 minutes were up the home support were streaming out such that by the time the final whistle actually went after five minutes of added time there seemed to be hardly anyone left. I must admit I've never seen anything quite like it. In my couple of days there I developed quite a fondness for the place and especially the people so I hope better times aren't far away. In truth, I can't think of a better ground that I've been to as an away supporter and I've been to over 40 in my time.

It seemed pretty easy although that might have been helped by the early exodus of much of the home support ; the ground has a lot of open space around it and a couple of lanes on the bridge back to the city centre were closed to traffic in order to help disperse the crowds so that all seemed to work well for people on foot, but I can't comment on what it's like to try to drive away.

Graeme Whitton Neutral 17th November I was in the area and wanted to visit a ground I'd not previously been to. We passed one pub, The Colliery Tavern, which looked to be extremely busy and, as it was full of Sunderland fans, probably isn't one for away fans What you thought on seeing the ground, first impressions of away end then other sides of the Stadium of Light?

Comment on getting away from the ground after the game: A s imple reverse walk back to the Stadium of Light Metro. Summary of overall thoughts of the day out: Overall, it was a good day out. Yaz Shah Bristol Rovers 15th December Just lost one of our best managers for a long time, Darrell Clarke, so thought it would be interesting with us in trouble fourth from bottom and on a losing streak and them being third.

It is also a great experience to visit the Stadium of Light. No stops, no incidents, a comfortable drive. It was dry, cold and a little windy. We arrived in Sunderland just after am. A mile drive. We had our colours on but under extra clothes as it was bitterly cold, only two degrees.

Had a quick bite of homemade spicy bean burger and Indian masala tea in car to warm us up. The Colliery Tavern was a nice warm pub, with small Sky TVs and a mix of home and away chatting together.

The home fans friendly. We met some on the way back when we stopped on A19 and exchanged good and honest appraisals of the match. The Stadium of Light is a large ground. From the outside, I could only see the West and North Sides but it reminded me of Anfield with the gates? It is a lovely stadium. The away section is slightly steep and located in the top part of the stand.

Great views but I prefer a ground level view. It is the best ground in League One by a mile. It was very cold with continuous drizzle in the second half. We started well and scored after ten minutes. Sunderland were poor in the first half but we needed to score a second cushion goal.

A poor second half by us. We missed a chance and they broke and it was to to the home side. Rovers tried to get back into it but they held up and got stronger. We hit the crossbar seconds from the end and lost by one goal again to move to second from bottom of League One.

The stewards very good and friendly. Comment on getting away from the ground after the game:. A ten minute walk to the car. We warmed up in the car first for around 15 minutes. It took about 40 minutes to get away from the ground along the A It was very busy plus there were roadworks around the ground and the bridge on A Got back home at 11pm with no road problems but at least 3 incidents on the A19S due to poor weather and poor driving?

A long day, not the right result but some hope? A great away support considering the weather and the long distance with Gasheads voicing on our team. Sunderland need to improve if they want to go up. It is a tough league. I would visit Sunderland again, especially when the weather is warmer. Harry Bradford City 26th December With 2, Yorkshiremen turning up it would be some atmosphere and decided to book a hotel in Newcastle for a post-game night on the Toon.

The Stadium of Light is visible from the train station. We were advised by some Sunderland supporters to get off at St Peter's if we were looking for pubs. We arrived at around 2pm so we went to the Wheatsheaf pub which had a DJ providing entertainment. After climbing the four flights of stairs to the away end the ground looks huge from the away end. It f inished to Sunderland although we had a goal not given when the goalkeeper spilt it and the whole ball clearly went over the line.

The stewards were fine and pretty relaxed with the 'reserved' seating arrangements. We stood all game and there was a great atmosphere with the Sunderland fans to our right. Just some of the Mackems in attendance. There were substantial queues at the Stadium of Light train station after the game but we were eventually squeezed onto a train and back into Newcastle for 7pm. Poor refereeing decision ruined the day for us.

Apart from that we really enjoyed the stadium and would definitely visit again. Graham Andrew Plymouth Argyle 2nd March I have been to the Stadium of Light a couple of times. There is a great atmosphere, great fans and it is the best stadium in our league. I visited Greens Bar, which is around a 15 minute walk to the ground. It had plenty of screens showing live football. It was mainly home fans inside, but very friendly. I love the stadium.

Plymouth had fans in attendance. Unfortunately away fans are housed in the very top tier so a long way up from the pitch but a good clear view.

We started the game poorly. We went in down at half time. Plymouth had a go in the second half but conceded a second goal five minutes from time. There was a great atmosphere from away fans. The stewards were very professional and the catering facilities were okay. But that food and alcohol on sale were a bit pricey. No problem getting out of the stadium. It was a pleasant walk back to the city centre interacting with the home fans on route. We stayed overnight in Premier Inn which was a 15 minute walk.

Although we lost I enjoyed the day even though it is a mile round trip. Great away support and very friendly home fans. James Coventry City 13th April Another new ground to tick off the list. A large away following in a Premier League standard ground with 35, odd fans in attendance and a night out in Newcastle. Walked up to Newcastle Station to get our train tickets as the Metro wasn't operating between Newcastle and Sunderland due to maintenance work on the line.

Had a couple of pints in the Harbour View pub with a mix of Sky Blues and Mackems with no bother just watching the early sky game on a large screen.

Six ales on tap of very good quality. Walked the 20 minutes up Roker Avenue to the stadium. Made our way around the ground to the away end and climbed several flights of stairs and immediately went into the stadium bowl. It's a very impressive site and the views from the away end are excellent. Went to grab a Pie and a Guinness before the game. Steak and ale pie was of decent quality and my pint was quite good also. The game was hugely entertaining with both teams on the attack, After going up we were quickly pegged back to one a piece.

But 10 minutes later we were up but a couple of defensive errors meant we went into the break level at 3 all. Our fans were visible shell shocked at half time as we could've easily been up. Soon after the restart we were back in front after a 20 yard strike from Jordan Shipley, but were once again pegged back from a deflected shot.

We continued our excellent counter-attacking play and were finally rewarded in the 78th minute when Chaplin rifled a shot into the top corner. Sunderland had a few chances to equalise and we squandered a couple of chances to put the game to bed.

But finally after eight minutes of stoppage time, the referee blew his whistle and the three points were safe.