1st
2001 - Sunderland make it a fantastic start to the New Year with a 4-1 win over Ipswich at the Stadium Of Light. The goal scorers that day were Julio Arca, Danny Dichio, Kevin Phillips and Stefan Schwarz. This was Sunderland's joint highest score of the season. They also beat Bradford 4-1 at Valley Parade.
2nd
1895 - Sunderland were involved in a 4-4 thriller of a draw away to Aston Villa. The Sunderland scorers were James Gillespie and a James Hannah hat-trick.
3rd
2004 - Sunderland took on fellow North East rivals, Hartlepool in the 3rd round of the FA Cup. The game took place at the Stadium of Light and Sunderland won 1-0. A second-half goal from Julio Arca was good enough to help Sunderland on the road to an FA Cup semi-final.
4th
1992 - Sunderland began their FA cup runners-up campaign with a 3-0 victory over Port Vale at Roker Park. The goalscorers that day were: John Byrne, Brian Atkinson and Peter Davenport.
5th
1935 - 15,000 spectators showed up to see Sunderland start their New Year with a 0-0 draw against Wolverhampton Wanderers at Roker Park.
6th
1951 - A rare Wright double stirred Sunderland to a third round FA Cup win over Coventry City. Arthur Wright and Thomas Wright were the goalscorers.
7th
1968- Former Sunderland full back, Martin Scott's birthday. 'Scotty' surprisingly scored a fair share of goals from his left back position, but that was only because he was a penalty taker.
8th
1938 - Sunderland began their first ever defence of the FA Cup. They were victorious over Watford, 1-0. The sole goal scorer was Len Duns.
9th
1993 - Sunderland were involved in a 3-3 thriller with Cambridge United. The Sunderland goal scorers that day were Brian Atkinson, Brian Mooney and David Rush.
10th
1914 - Sunderland easily defeated Chatham in the first round of the FA Cup. The score was 9-0. The goalscorers in that game were the following players: Charlie Buchan, James Richardson got four - he was dropped for the next game - Thomson scored, Mordue scored and Best scored two.
11th
1908 - Sunderland were knocked out of the FA Cup in the 1st round with an away defeat to New Brompton, 3-1. The number 10, George Holley scored Sunderland's consolation goal.
12th
1957 - 34,119 spectators turn up at Roker Park to witness a goal from Charlie 'Cannonball' Fleming, which earned Sunderland a point against Manchester City.
13th
1937 - A 3rd round FA cup win at Southampton put Sunderland on the road to their first FA cup success. The score was 3-2 and the scorers were; Patsy Gallagher, Bob Gurney and Cecil Hornsby.
14th
1996 - Shay Given made his Sunderland debut! Given was, at the time, employed by Blackburn Rovers and was only on loan for the Wearsiders. He made his debut against Leicester City, away.
15th
1927 - Before this day's game Sunderland had had a two-week rest before playing West Brom at Roker Park. The rest showed. Sunderland hammered the Baggies 4-1. The scorers were Stephen Coglin and a hat trick from Halliday.
16th
1932 - Sunderland were comfortably beaten at Everton 4-2. James 'Hookey' Leonard and Harold Shaw scored for Sunderland.
17th
1891 - Sunderland competed in their first ever FA cup-tie, whilst participating in the league. They were victors over Everton 1-0.
18th
1947 - Four goals from Jackie Robinson helped Sunderland to a 5-0 win at Blackpool.
19th
1907 - Another classic game at Roker Park. Liverpool were the visitors this time. The game finished…5-5! The Sunderland scorers were, Ephraim 'Dusty' Rhodes (2), Arthur Stanley Hurdman (2) and a goal from the substitute, George Arthur Bridgett.
20th
1968 - former Sunderland striker Marco Gabbiadini's birthday.
21st
1893 - Sunderland defeated Royal Arsenal 6-0 at Roker Park in a 1st round FA Cup tie.
22nd
1938 - Sunderland defeated Everton in the FA Cup 4th round after Bobby Gurney scored the only goal.
23rd
1915 - Henry Martin scored his 4th goal in 4 games when Sunderland drew at home to Bradford Park Avenue at Roker Park. John Mordue and Charlie Buchan scored the other 2 of the 3 goals scored for Sunderland. The final result was 3-3.
24th
1948 - 24,326 people turned up at Roker Park to see Sunderland lose the second of four games on the bounce. Two of the losses were at home and the other two away. Sunderland lost 2-1 to Bolton. Thomas Wright scored the consolation goal for Sunderland.
25th
1896 - Sunderland hammered West Brom at Roker Park 7-1! The goal scorers were the following players: James Gillespie, Johnny Campbell (3) and James Millar (3).
26th
1924 - Sunderland had to play Sheffield United for the second game in a row and the outcome was still the same. The first of the 2 games was at Roker Park and it finished 2-2. This game was at Bramall Lane, finishing 1-1. The Sunderland scorer in this game was James William Hogg.
27th
1939 - Sunderland advanced into the 5th round of the FA Cup after a 4th round victory over local North East rivals, Middlesbrough. The Wearsiders won 2-0 with goals from Raich Carter and John Raymond Smeaton.
28th
1998 - Danny Dichio made his Sunderland debut. He was seen as the replacement for Niall Quinn and did replace him in this game as a substitute.
29th
1949 - One of the biggest FA cup 'giant-killings' ever. Sunderland travelled to non-league Yeovil Town and were beaten 2-1.
30th
1996 - Former Man United trainee, Terry Cooke, made his debut for Sunderland in a home game against Tranmere. Cooke went on to make a total of just six appearances for Sunderland before moving out on loan - and then permanently - to Man City.
31st
1948 - Sunderland scored three goals at Blackburn but still didn't win in a game at Ewood Park, losing 4-3. The Sunderland goalscorers were Willie Watson and John 'Jackie' Robinson (2). This was Sunderland's fourth defeat in a row.
