Four memorable Sunderland encounters vs Millwall ahead of Black Cats' trip to The Den

A four-goal hometown hero, a 16-minute hat-trick and some bruising brushes with the country’s most infamous hooligans. Sunderland and Millwall’s sporadic meetings over the years have not been short on drama.

Here are four of the Black Cats’ most memorable encounters with the Lions as they prepare to visit their fellow Championship play-off chasers at the New Den on Saturday.

Millwall 0-1 Sunderland – March 3, 1979 – old Division Two