Sunderland - The Big Match is a superb DVD for any Sunderland fan, featuring classic action, and nostalgia across 15 matches from 1970-1982.
Packed with big hair, big ‘tashes, but not so big shorts, The BIG Match is a nostalgic trip down memory lane, revisiting an era in which families across the land would huddle around the TV every weekend to watch live football beamed into their living rooms.
Anchored by Brian Moore, this DVD will transport you to a time when football really was a funny old game; Bobby Kerr had a ‘tash to rival any other; players showed more leg than a bucket of KFC; and the smell of bovine based drinks consumed the terraces of Roker Park.
The Big Match era was silver lined for Sunderland; truly a rollercoaster of emotions in which fans experienced the elation of promotion, the despair of relegation, the joy of a cup final and the birth of folk heroes. See the likes of a 17 year old Barry Venison changing the game and scoring a spectacular goal, relive the goalkeeping heroics of Jimmy Montgomery, and witness the leadership of Bobby Kerr, together with goal after goal from Gary Rowell.
So pick a spot in front of the telly for an afternoon of entertainment delivered with the charm, wit and style oozed by Brian Moore and Jimmy Hill, and revisit classic action from the best of The Big Match as the likes of Rowell, Lee, and Holden bang them in.
Bonus Content:The BIG Match was the original football magazine show; delivering top match action whilst going that bit further to inform and amuse; the best of which has been preserved on this DVD which contains over 90 minutes of extras.
• The BIG Match Fun Spot
• Viewers Letters
• Jimmy Hill on Refereeing
• Jim Rosenthal’s Newsdesk
• News Stories
Matches Featured:
1969/70 Saturday, January 17, 1970 Sunderland 2 Tottenham 1
1970/71 Saturday, October 31, 1970 Luton 1 MacDonald Sunderland 2 Baker, kerr
1971/72 Saturday, December 18, 1971 Sunderland 3 Millwall 3
1973/74 Saturday, September 15, 1973 Oxford 0 Sunderland 1 Tueart
1975/76 Saturday, November 15, 1975 Charlton 1 Hayles Sunderland 2 Holden 2
1976/77 Saturday, March 05, 1977 Sunderland 6 Holden 2, Rowell 2, Kerr, Lee West Ham 0
1977/78 Saturday, April 22, 1978 Spurs 2 Taylor, Duncan Sunderland 3 Rowell, Lee 2
1978/78 Saturday, December 02, 1978 Sunderland 5 Bristol R 0
1979/80 Saturday, November 03, 1979 Sunderland 2 Arnott, Gilbert Chelsea 1 Johnson
1980/81 Saturday, August 16, 1980 Sunderland 3 Hawley, Cummins, Wright (og) Everton 1 Eastoe
1980/81 Saturday, September 27, 1980 Sunderland 4 Robson 2, Rowell, Brown Leeds 1
1980/81 Saturday, December 13, 1980 Sunderland 2 Hawley, Arnett Arsenal 0
1981/82 Saturday, December 19, 1981 Man City 2 Francis 2 Sunderland 3 Cummins, Rowell, Venison
1981/82 Friday, March 05, 1982 Sunderland 2 Rowell 2 Everton 1 Sharpe
1981/82 Saturday, May 01, 1982 Sunderland 3 Brighton 0