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Sunderland AFC
Founded 1879 as Sunderland & District Teachers AFC
Turned professional 1886
Name Changed October 1880

Players provided 29
 Different scorers 7 (20 goals)
Total appearances 101
1891-2017

Stadium of Light
Domestic Honours Football League Champions 1891-92, 1892-93, 1894-95, 1901-02, 1912-13, 1935-36, runners-up 1893-94, 1897-98, 1900-01, 1922-23, 1934-35; Division Two runners-up 1963-64, 1979-80, winners 1975-76, play-off winners 1989-90; Division Three winners 1987-88;
World Championship winners 1895;
The Sheriff of London's Charity Shield winners 1903, FA Charity Shield winners 1936, runners-up 1937;
FA Cup runners-up 1912-13, 1991-92, winners 1936-37, 1972-73;
Texaco Group best: group stages 1974-75;
Anglo-Scottish Cup best: group stages 1975-76, 1978-79, 1979-80;
Football League Cup runners-up 1984-85 (beaten by Norwich City, 0-1), 2013-14 (beaten by Manchester City, 1-3);
Full Members Cup best: quarter-finals 1985-86, 1989-90;
Associate Members Cup best: Northern quarter-finals 1987-88;
After League restructure: Football League Division One/Championship winners 1995-96, 1998-99, 2004-05 & 2006-07, third place-play-off runners-up 1997-98, third place-play-off semi-finalists 2003-04, sixth place-play-off-semi-finalists 2022-23, fourth place-play-off-winners 2024-25; Division Two/League One fifth place-play-off runners-up 2018-19, fourth place-play-off winners 2020-21;
FA Premier League best: seventh place 1999-2000, 2000-01;
Football League Trophy runners-up 2018-19;
European Honours Anglo-Italian Cup best: group stages 1969-70 (fifth of six), 1971-72 (fifth of six), preliminary round (third of three) 1992-93, 1993-94 (second of three);
European Cup Winners' Cup best: second round 1973-74 (beaten by SC Portugal, agg 2-3);
Home venue The Stadium of Light, since 1997; previously occupied Roker Park 1898-1997; Ashville Ground, Newcastle Road 1886-98; Abbs Field, Fulwell, 1884-86; Horatio Street, 1883-84; Groves Field, Ashbrooke, 1882-83; began at Blue House Field in Hendon, 1879-82;
Home strip Red and white striped shirts, black shorts, black socks.


The 29 Players   12 with only one app.
Ply no. Name Pos Start/
Sub		 App Gls
GA		 Mins Playing Career
802 Stan Anderson RH 2
0		 2 0 180 1962 10 days
243 Phil Bach FB   1 0 90 1899 90 min
1141 Darren Bent F 2
1		 3 1 119 2009-10 297 days
311 Arthur Bridgett OL   11 3 990 1905-09 4 years
30 days
365 Charlie Buchan IR/CF   6 4 540 1913-24 11 years
57 days
595 Raich Carter IR   6 2 540 1934-37 3 years
3 days
1180 Fraizer Campbell F 0
1		 1 0 10 2012 10 min
403 Warney Cresswell RB   5 0 450 1923-26 3 years
163 days
362 Frank Cuggy RH   2 0 180 1913-14 364 days
1131 Jermain Defoe CF 1
1		 2 1 59 2017 76 days
755 Colin Grainger OL 1
0		 1 0 90 1957 90 min
1093 Michael Gray LB 1
2		 3 0 162 1999 42 days
610 Bobby Gurney CF   1 0 90 1935 90 min
1170 Jordan Henderson AM 1
0		 1 0 90 2010 90 min
273 Billy Hogg OR   3 0 270 1902 61 days
340 George Holley IF   10 8 900 1909-13 4 years
21 days
396 Bob Kelly RF   1 0 90 1926 90 min
1105 Gavin McCann M 0
1		 1 0 45 2001 45 min
510 Albert McInroy GK   1 3ᵍᵃ 90 1926 90 min
378 Harry Martin OL   1 0 90 1914 90 min
359 Jackie Mordue OF   2 0 180 1912-13 1 year
5 days
Sid Oliver a reserve in the April 1890 match
1091 Kevin Phillips F 4
4		 8 0 347 1999-2002 2 years
291 days
972 Nick Pickering LB 1
0		 1 0 90 1983 90 min
180 Tom Porteous RB   1 0 90 1891 90 min
674 Len Shackleton IL 5
0		 5 1 450 1948-54 6 years
36 days
918 Tony Towers M 2
1		 3 0 - 1976 20 days
894 Dave Watson CH 13
1		 14 0 1215 1974-75 1 year
83 days
691 Willie Watson RH   4 0 360 1949-50 1 year
6 days
1174 Danny Welbeck F 0
1		 1 0 9 2011 9 min
loaned from Manchester Utd


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