THE STADIUM OF LIGHT

Had a lovely day visiting Sunderland FC hallowed ground, I'm not an avid follower of the beautiful game but my dear wife wanted to go in honour of her father who would go to the old Roker Park ground every week to support the team, back in those days the club would send coaches out to the pit villages to bus the supporters in, when it came to naming the new stadium back in 1997 they chose the miners as the inspiration hence the stadium of light, all the miners had Davy lamps which were first tested in the college of the North East.
I'm still away from home so I've no internet, there are a few other photos taken on my phone on Flickr if anyone wants to take a look.