John McCormick writes: Pete Sixsmith‘s whimsical journey through a long memory of Sunderland games over Christmas takes him to the promotion season of 1963-64 and a crucial game. After just missing out the previous season nothing could be taken for granted and although it was to early to tell how the season would unfold, Leeds were early contenders and we couldn’t let them get too far ahead. I wasn’t there that day, probably not allowed to go on my own, but I do remember listening to commentary on the radio with my dad, who said that Don Revie was the dirtiest footballer he had ever seen playing for Sunderland…
SAFC 2 Leeds United 0 Dec 28 1963
