The Knowledge | April on Wearside, Seed, Steffen, Sonny - and the Stadium of Light

Sunday's huge Premier League clash against Sunderland marks the fourth time we've met at the Stadium of Light in April.

Two of the three have been games to remember - the last, a 0-0 draw 14 years ago on 7 April, 2012, less so. We'll leave that one there, then, and concentrate on 2001 and 2010...

2001 | Call for the Doc!

We looked down and out on 14 April, 2001, trailing 2-0 with Kevin Kilbane and Niall Quinn on target for the home side inside 12 minutes, only to produce an incredible comeback. Stephen Clemence reduced the arrears seven minutes into the second half and Gary Doherty added goals in the 75th and 88th minutes to turn the game on its head.

2010 | A crazy reunion

It all happened on 3 April, 2010. Former Spur Darren Bent opened the scoring for Sunderland on 37 seconds and doubled his tally and the lead from the penalty spot on 29 minutes. Bent was then denied from the penalty spot twice by Heurelho Gomes before Peter Crouch headed home with his first touch for 2-1 in the 72nd minute. Chances of another comeback were, however, ended by Bolo Zenden. Incredibly, as well as Bent, the Sunderland squad included Alan Hutton, Steed Malbranque, Fraizer Campbell, Andy Reid and Marton Fulop - all former Spurs players.

Jimmy Seed - war hero, Sunderland fan, Spurs legend

Jimmy Seed was a boyhood Sunderland fan who went from working in the local coal mines to join his boyhood club, serve in the First World War, sign for Spurs, win the Second Division title, the FA Cup in 1921 and then play for England! Born in Blackhill, Co Durham in 1895, Jimmy signed for the Black Cats in April, 1914. However, with the country soon at war, it wasn't long before he joined the Cyclists Corps. Drafted to France with the 8th Battalion West Yorks, he skippered his battalion during the hostilities. During the last month of the war he was gassed and sent home to Sheffield Hospital to recover. Spotted by manager Peter McWilliam playing for Mid-Rhondda in Wales, Seed joined us in February, 1920. He made his first team debut at Wolves on 5 April and scored his first goal at Stoke five days later as we lifted the Second Division title. He featured in all six ties - scoring a hat-trick in the second round against Bradford City - as we won the FA Cup in 1921 and earned the first of six England caps against Belgium in May that year. Jimmy scored 77 goals in 254 appearances before leaving for Sheffield Wednesday in 1927, winning the title in 1929 and 1930. He later managed Clapton Orient, Charlton and Millwall. Jimmy passed away on 16 July, 1966.

Steffen tips his hat to Roker Park

Steffen Iversen helped us say goodbye to Sunderland's former stadium Roker Park in style in 1997. Roker was home to Sunderland for 99 years - 1898-1997 - before they moved into the Stadium of Light. Our last visit was towards the end of that final 1996/97 season on 4 March, 1997 - as the Norwegian striker fired us to a 4-0 win with a hat-trick. Allan Nielsen was also on target. Sunderland were relegated by a point, but hit back straight away with promotion back to the Premier League - and then beat us 2-1 on our first visit to the Stadium of Light on 31 October, 1999.

Sonny's legendary Spurs career kicked-off at the Stadium of Light

Heung-Min Son made his debut against Sunderland at the Stadium of Light on 13 September, 2015. Ten years later, the South Korean superstar had racked up 454 appearances, 173 goals, captained the team to the UEFA Europa League glory, won the Golden Boot, won the FIFA Puskas award and scored the first Premier League and Champions League goals at the new stadium. It all started on a sunny afternoon on Wearside, where Sonny started and played 62 minutes of a 1-0 win, thanks to Ryan Mason's goal. Dele also made his first start for us that day, after three substitute appearances - good times were just around the corner.