Sunderland tickets 2026/27

1. Join as a Black Cats Member

Black Cats Adult Membership costs £48 a season, and Academy Members can enter the ballots too. Without one of the two, there is no ballot to enter for a Premier League home game.

2. Opt in during the two-day window

Each game has its own ballot, announced in the club's weekly ticket news, and entry is not automatic: you opt in to every match you want, within its two-day window. Results are emailed from 4pm on the day after the window closes. Some fixtures are restricted to members with a purchase history, so read the terms of each ballot before applying.

3. A further phase, sometimes

If tickets remain after the draw, the club may add another sales phase, as it did with a restricted general sale for Leeds. Treat that as a bonus rather than a plan: the ballot is the main route in.

4. What the club charges

Sunderland publish prices in their ticket bulletins. Adult tickets for Category A, the band Leeds United were placed in, start at £39. Premium hospitality is sold separately on the club's ticketing site, tickets.safc.com.

5. Europa League nights

European home games follow their own order. Europa League Ticket Scheme members are charged automatically first; a members' ballot comes next; season ticket holders can then reserve their usual seats, at prices from £35; and any tickets left go on general sale. For Dinamo Zagreb, adult general-sale prices started at £39. More on holding a seat for the season in our Sunderland Season Ticket guide.

One fixture stands apart. Sunderland v Newcastle tickets, for the Tyne-Wear derby in May, start far above any other home game on resale. Manchester City at the end of May, Liverpool on a Tuesday night in January and Manchester United in March form the next group. Most of the list, from Sunderland v Tottenham tickets to Aston Villa, Everton, Bournemouth and both Europa League nights, starts in a narrow band, with Hull City, Ipswich and Crystal Palace at the lower end.

Inside a match, listings usually open in the upper tiers, behind a goal ("Shortside Upper") or along the touchline ("Longside Upper"), with some plain "Longside" listings at the same level. The lower tier along the touchline and the "Central Longside Seats" near halfway sit higher, and Premier Concourse seats and hospitality lounges are listed apart. Behind the goals, the only upper tier is in the North Stand, where visiting fans sit this season, so check the block of any "Shortside Upper" listing.

Every resale price is the seller's own and can be above face value, with the final price shown before you pay. A successful ballot entry at the club's price costs far less.

The Stadium of Light opened in 1997 at Sheepfolds, in Monkwearmouth on the north bank of the River Wear, and held 48,095 at the start of the 2026/27 season. It is a single bowl, with lower and upper tiers in the West and North Stands:

• Jimmy Montgomery Stand (West Stand): the main stand along the west touchline, renamed in May 2025, whose upper tier is the Premier Concourse, with executive boxes.
• Roker End (South Stand): behind the south goal, named after the old Roker Park end, and the home singing end.
• North Stand: behind the north goal, on two tiers, with visiting supporters in the upper tier.
• East Stand: along the east touchline. The Family Zone has been placed in the south-east corner, next to the Roker End; confirm its location for 2026/27 when you book.

Two Metro stations serve the ground: after the match, use Stadium of Light for trains north towards Newcastle and St Peter's for trains south towards South Hylton. Sunderland station, in the city centre, is 10 to 15 minutes' walk, and bus routes 2, 3, 4, 12, 13, 15 and 16 stop nearby. There is no general supporter parking, and vehicles cannot reach the site from 30 minutes before kick-off until the match has started.

The ground is cashless, bags must be A4 or smaller, there is no left luggage and everyone is subject to a security search. Our Stadium of Light seating plan shows the blocks.

Visiting supporters are high in the North Stand Upper, behind the north goal and facing the Roker End, with entry through turnstiles 69-74. The Premier League approved that location for 2026/27 as a one-season dispensation, so it may change in a later season.

For Sunderland fans buying on the resale market, the upper tier at the north end is therefore the one area to avoid. Listings in the Roker End or along either touchline keep you among home supporters.