March 7, 2021, marks a year since Sunderland last played a home game in front of spectators. With pandemic restrictions due to ease from March 8, we thought we would whet your appetite for a return to the terraces by paying this photographic tribute to the club’s fan-tastic support.
13. North West frontier
Sunderland fans made the exodus in their thousands to Blackpool on New Year's Day 2019. Photo: Frank Reid
14. Friendly invasion
Sunderland fans sing their hearts out for the lads in London's Trafalgar Square on the eve of the 2019 Checkatrade Trophy final against Portsmouth. Photo: Frank Reid