FA Cup - Campbell scores on Sunderland return
Fraizer Campbell made a sensational return from long-term injury as he scored in Sunderland's 1-1 FA Cup fourth round draw with Middlesbrough at the Stadium of Light.
The forward had not played since August 2010 due to a persistent knee injury, but took just 13 minutes to find the net after coming on as a half-time substitute.
Campbell hit a low shot past Danny Coyne to cancel out Barry Robson's fantastic first-half volley for Middlesbrough.
The replay will take place at Middlesbrough's Riverside Stadium on Wednesday, February 8.
Sunderland captain Lee Cattermole, a former Middlesbrough player, missed the game with a hamstring injury, meaning Craig Gardner came into midfield.
On 13 minutes, Sunderland were nearly ahead in farcical circumstances when Seb Hines attempted a clearing header for a corner, but the ball ricocheted off Faris Haroun and looped just over.
Three minutes later, Boro went in front thanks to a moment of brilliance from Robson. Sunderland half-cleared the ball from their box, but Robson returned it with interest with a scorching low, left-foot volley that whistled past Mignolet on its way to the right corner of the net.
Winger James McClean had two chances to level - first when he cut in from the left and hit a low shot that Coyne blocked, then when he headed a cross straight at the goalkeeper.
Sunderland might have been level on 39 minutes when Craig Gardner fired in off the post, but was denied by an offside flag against Connor Wickham.
Replays showed Wickham was not directly interfering with play, but Gardner handballed in the build-up. Rightly disallowed, but for completely the wrong reason.
Having produced a moment of brilliance to give Boro the lead, Robson was guilty for facilitating Sunderland's equaliser.
A slack pass allowed McClean to race clear and square for Campbell, who kept his head to execute a cool finish.
Boro came back, though, and had chances to re-take the lead through Rhys Williams and Marvin Emnes.
Williams could have seen red for a reckless challenge on David Vaughan, but referee Kevin Friend thought a yellow card was enough.
McClean missed a late chance to nick it for Sunderland, but he hit his left-foot shot into the side-netting at the near post.
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As far as i am concerned its Northumberland thats the minor counties cricket ground what it says on a letter is some idiot idea
newcastle is in tnye and wear the same as sunderland catch up 94
92 NOOCARSELL is in Northumberland its a derby sort of .Its really down to rivalry which builds over the years.Used to be friendly until the Northern Cockneys went a bit too far .BORO v SUNDERLAND is still sensible
Never heard of any "free" kids tickets, the concessions from the grandsons school is £10 adult and £10 for kids !! Why didnt the fat lad Ashley do that for the mags Blackburn game, would have been a bigger crowd than 30,000 then !!
after five years in the wilderness and no cups since the year i was born i notice the mags are getting pretty mouthy on our site. We're doing better than our poor start to the season. Get over it.
I still cannot make out the offside rules how can you be in the 6 yard box standing right in front of the goalkeeper with the ball going passed your foot and not be interfering with play.
Im still trying to work out how this game is a derby one team from the north east and another from yorkshire and when you think about we (sunderland) didn't play very well and you smoggies still couldn't beat us get of the sunderland /newcastle bandwagon
I alway thought that these comments pages were meant to be about the footbal not a medium for boder line idiots to vent their spleen. SAD People
Gary , I wonder how many of them ex man utd players that"arnt good enough" would boro snap up ?
All of them me thinks .
I'm a Boro fan who has been living in Brazil for the last 5 years, so I haven't been taking much notice of the Premiership. Since when did Sunderland become a retirement home and refuge for Man. Utd. players who aren't good enough? I'm not trying to wind anybody up, but I couldn't believe how many ex Man. U. players play for them. Is this what Fergie does now, dump the players he doesn't like on Sunderland? I can't see Martin O'Neill putting up with that.
The big problem that the Newcarsell fans have and you must excuse the cockney accent ..Is that they are thick but dont know it .The combination of cockney infiltration and natural Geordie stupidity is too much for the human mind to comprehend...Hence we have words such as HINNY,and phrases which are peculiar to that area usually with a resemblance to northern Japanese HOY YA AMMER OWER ERE HINNY hope this helps ALANS
Girosnooty, crisis et. al., I don't care what they call their ancient p.o.s. ground, at least Sunderland were not stupid enough to name part of the S.o.L. 'the lazy's end'(and they spelled it wrong). Just show's how bad the education system is north of the tyne, it's been that way for a loooong time. They can't even talk properly either, when they originally named the ground some idiot misunderstood Sid James for st. james. They wanted Sid James because they had an idea the rest of the country would get a good laugh there.
5 fumbs down each?? tough crowd.
WHY ARE ALL THE SKUNKS ARE ON OUR SITE JUST GET OFF AND LICK YOUR WOUNDS SAD SKUNKS F T M
To all Sunderland and Boro fans I think we touched FEW NERVES today These Northern Cockneys with their Cockney masters and Cockney stadium like dishing it ...but cant take it GOOD LUCK to both teams in the replay ,,you wont get that from a Northern Cockney
tha old jokes ar tha best arnt they. its tha way i tel em as wee frankie carson wud say.
ye cant get don fae fly tippin in sundarlund. tha entire plase is a dump.
1973 recent history; FFS man that's 2 bloody generations. . . . . . 39 years, and that was an almighty fluke - and they go on about our 50 years!
Tony
you do know that Crisis is aka mike, bobbyrobsonnotalegend and a zillion others don't you. Tumbled that daft shyte a year ago. . . . . . FACT.
BORO got the EUROPA cup final thats pretty good .The FAIRS cup was by invitation ..If a town had a fair you had better believe it that is how the northern cockneys got in .. a town fair and a coconut shy
Charlie,cant say i blame you not wanting to look back beyond the previous 4 year's,not much to write home about,apart from your many championship trophie's.
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