1901 sunderland (h)
0-0a
Division One
(P27, 30pts, 7th/18)
30,000
A crowd estimated by some reports at 70,000 packed into SJP and rioted, after the 25 policemen on duty failed to clear the pitch sufficiently for the match to begin.
And once the referee abandoned the game without a ball being kicked, widespread fighting broke out and the goals were torn down.
Had the visitors played and won they would have gone four points clear at the top with just three games remaining.