Supporters' guide: River Wear Derby

Sunderland Women take on Durham Women in the River Wear Derby at Eppleton Colliery Welfare Ground.

Date: Sunday 24 March

Fixture: Sunderland AFC Women vs Durham 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’.

Sunderland to Hetton-le-Hole

Durham > Hetton-le-Hole

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 the players. Raffle tickets will be available at the ground on the day.

Young supporters will be able to pick up an autograph poster at the game which can be signed by the players at the end of the game.

We have plenty more activities planned for all the family – for more information on what we have going on, click here.

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.

Coverage

For supporters not attending the match, Sunday’s game will be streamed live on the FA Player.

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. 

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