Sunderland Women take on Charlton Athletic Women in their final home game at Eppleton Colliery Welfare Ground.
Date: Sunday 21 April
Fixture: Sunderland AFC Women vs Charlton Athletic Women – Barclays Women’s Championship
Stadium: Eppleton CW
Kick-off: 2pm
Turnstiles open: 12:30pm
Secure your seat
Adult match tickets are priced at £10, with over-65s at £7.50 and £5 for students and under-16s – these can be purchased here.
Supporters are advised to purchase early online to guarantee entry. Payment at the gate will be available on the day by card only if tickets are still available.
All tickets purchased online are emailed digitally and these tickets can be added to your mobile wallet, printed at home or the PDF can be saved on your device to present to a steward upon entering the stadium.
Women’s Season Tickets are eligible for all league and Conti Cup fixtures.
Please note, under-14s must be accompanied by an adult.
Getting to the stadium
Eppleton CW is accessible by car and bus. Please advised that there will be no public parking available at the ground.
Please be advised that parking will NOT be available for supporters at Hetton School but plenty of spaces are available in the below car parks.
Parking spaces are available on a first-come, first-served basis at Barnes Street, Barnes Street Church and McMurchie Meat Ltd. There are approximately a combined 70 spaces across these two car parks, available to supporters.
For supporters requiring disabled parking spaces, we have a small number of disabled spaces available. Please email safcwomen@safc.com to request a disabled bay – supporters should try and submit their requests no later than 48 hours before kick-off. We also have a number of seats reserved in the stand for disabled supporters.
Postcode: DH5 9NE
If you are travelling by bus, please click the links below and look at the options available via ‘Go North East’.
If you are travelling from a different location, simply change the departure location to your local area.
Accessing the Stadium
Supporters will be able to access Eppleton CW from 12:30pm.
All supporters can access the stadium via the turnstile closest to the main stand. Please note, dogs are not permitted into the ground.
Inside the stadium – what’s on
Please be advised that seating at Eppleton CW is unreserved and available on a first-come, first-served basis. There is no mandatory segregation between home and away supporters.
The Centre Spot Café is available behind one of the goals with food and drinks available to purchase using cash and card.
Our supporters’ group will be running a raffle for a football signed by all women’s and men’s players. Raffle tickets will be available at the ground on the day.
After the match, we ask that supporters wishing for autographs and photos with the players make their way to the zone marked on the map below, in order to allow others to leave the ground and avoid congestion.
Ahead of Sunderland Women’s game against Charlton Women this Sunday, here is all the activities that will be happening on matchday.
Tickets for the final game of the season are available via the Club’s e-ticketing website by clicking here.
1 – Gate entry one for those who are paying on the day or if sold out can gain access to ground with ticket
2 – Gate entry to access ground for those who have purchased tickets online
3 – Hetton centre – face painting and additional toilets
4 – Café for hot food
Hetton Centre
The Hetton Centre will be open from 12:30pm with a range of activities taking place inside.
The Bob Paisley bar and function room will be open upstairs, with supporters able to get both alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages.
A face painter will be in the building for children to get their face painted ahead of the game, among other activities.
Build-up to kick-off
Both the Centre Spot Café and the food kiosk behind the stand will be open for supporters to purchase hot and cold food and drinks. These will also be available at half-time.
Men’s stars Aji Alese and Pierre Ekwah will be around the ground to sign autographs and get photos with supporters.
Flag displays
We are continuing to adorn Eppleton with Red & White flags to give the ground a Sunderland touch. We are also planning a card display, and supporters are urged to get involved and fill the stand to get behind the team.
Grassroots teams will be attending as flag bearers and centre circle wavers, and the stand will have flags there for supporters to wave as the team come out.
Keep an eye out for new additions to our displays around the ground on matchday.
Coverage
For supporters not attending the match, Sunday’s game will be streamed live on the Club’s official YouTube channel.
You will also be able to review all the action via our match highlights package on safc.com in the coming days following the match, and highlights will be available on the FA Player.
Enquiries
If you have any other questions, please feel free to get in touch with a member of our team by emailing safcwomen@safc.com.