# OTD (11/11/1959): International Football Comes to Roker Park

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1 outlet covering · First listed: Yahoo Sports, Nov 11, 2026, 12:00 AM · Read it: <https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/otd-11-11-1959-international-060000337.html>

More than 26,000 fans packed into Roker Park to watch England face France in 1959. Two future Sunderland strikers stole the show - but who were they?

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- Nov 11, 2026, 12:00 AM: [OTD (11/11/1959): International Football Comes to Roker Park](<https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/otd-11-11-1959-international-060000337.html>) — Yahoo Sports (Sports, United States)
  More than 26,000 fans packed into Roker Park to watch England face France in 1959. Two future Sunderland strikers stole the show - but who were they?
