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On This Day (13th May 1963): Sharkey’s Sunderland Double Makes The Hatters Mad!

By Kelvin.BeattieSB Nation

This was a crucial game for Sunderland’s promotion hopes, but since 1955 Sunderland had conceded twenty-five goals at Kenilworth Road and scored only ten. To add extra spice to the contest, Luton were embroiled in a relegation dogfight!

For Sunderland, Alan Brown kept faith with Nic Sharkey up front, despite calling expensive mid-season signing Andy Kerr (along with Cec Irwin) down from Sunderland to link up with the team that playe…