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Sunderland Association Football Club , are a professional football club based in Sunderland, North East England. They were announced to the world by the local newspaper, The Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette on 27 September 1880 as Sunderland & District Teachers Association Football Club [1] following a meeting of the Teachers at Rectory Park school in Sunderland on 25 September 1880. The football club changed their name to the current form on 16 October 1880, just 20 days after the September announcement. They were elected into The Football League in the 1890–91 season, becoming the first team to join the league since its inauguration in the 1889–90 season, replacing Stoke F.C.
All figures are based on the maximum potential fee and are correct as at 1 September 2013.
Sunderland have won a total of six Football League Championships including three in the space of four seasons, along with being runners-up five times. Sunderland have also experienced success in the FA Cup, winning it twice; in 1937 and 1973. They have never won the League Cup but finished as finalists in 1985 and 2014. [2] [3] [4]
Competitive matches only. Each column contains appearances in the starting eleven, followed by appearances as substitute in brackets. [6]
| # | Name | Years | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other [7] | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Jimmy Montgomery | 1960–1977 | 537 (0) | 41 (0) | 33 (0) | 16 (0) | 627 (0) |
| 2 | Len Ashurst | 1957–1971 | 403 (6) | 26 (0) | 23 (0) | 0 (0) | 452 (6) |
| 3 |  Ned Doig | 1890–1904 | 417 (0) | 35 (0) | 0 (0) | 5 (0) | 457 (0) |
| 4 | Stan Anderson | 1951–1963 | 402 (0) | 34 (0) | 11 (0) | 0 (0) | 447 (0) |
| 5 | Gary Bennett | 1984–1995 | 362 (7) | 17 (1) | 34 (1) | 21 (0) | 434 (9) |
| 6 | Bobby Kerr | 1964–1979 | 355 (13) | 29 (1) | 14 (0) | 21 (0) | 419 (14) |
| 7 | Gordon Armstrong | 1983–1996 | 331 (18) | 19 (0) | 25 (4) | 18 (1) | 393 (23) |
| 8 | Charlie Buchan | 1911–1925 | 379 (0) | 32 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 411 (0) |
| 9 | Michael Gray | 1990–2004 | 341 (22) | 17 (1) | 23 (4) | 2 (0) | 383 (27) |
| 10 |  Charlie Hurley | 1957–1969 | 357 (1) | 26 (0) | 17 (0) | 0 (0) | 400 (1) |
Competitive matches only, appearances including substitutes appear in brackets. [8]
| # | Name | Years | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other [7] | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bobby Gurney | 1925–50 | 205 (348) | 23 (40) | 0 (0) | 0 (2) | 228(390) |
| 2 | Charlie Buchan | 1911–25 | 209 (379) | 13 (32) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 222(411) |
| 3 | Dave Halliday | 1925–29 | 156 (166) | 9 (9) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 165(175) |
| 4 | George Holley | 1904–19 | 150 (280) | 9 (35) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 159(315) |
| 5 | Johnny Campbell | 1890-97 | 135 (186) | 25 (19) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 154 (215) |
Attendances at Sunderland's grounds prior to Newcastle Road were rarely recorded. Attendances at Newcastle Road, and in the seasons prior to 1925 at Roker Park were usually approximations.
| Ground | Highest | Lowest | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| League | Other | League | Other | |
| Newcastle Road | c. 24,000 v. Sheffield United, 5 March 1898 [25] | c. 23,000 v. Aston Villa, FA Cup, 10 February 1894 [26] | c. 2,000 v. Blackburn Rovers, 19 December 1896 [27] | c. 1,500 v. Birtley Town in the Durham Challenge Cup, 20 November 1886 [23] |
| Roker Park | 68,004, v. Newcastle United, 4 March 1950 [28] | 75,118 v. Derby County, FA Cup, 8 March 1933 [21] | 3,841 v. Manchester City, 11 April 1934 [22] | c. 1,500 v Darlington in the Durham Senior Cup, 21 October 1931 [29] |
| Stadium of Light | 48,355 v. Liverpool, 13 April 2002 [30] | 47,543 v. Manchester United, EFL Cup, 28 November 2000 [31] | 22,167 v. Wigan Athletic, 2 December 2003 [32] | 3,498 v. Oldham Athletic in the EFL Trophy, 1 December 2021 [24] |
Below is Sunderland's record in European competitions. [18] They have only appeared once in European competition, during the 1973–74 season where they reached the second round. They qualified for the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup after winning the 1973 FA Cup Final over Leeds United.
| Season | Competition | Round | Country | Club | Home result [C] | Away result [C] | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973–74 | European Cup Winners' Cup | R1 |  | Vasas Budapest | 2–0 | 1–0 | [D] |
| R2 |  | Sporting CP | 2–1 | 0–2 | |||
| Competition | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals for | Goals against |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| European Cup Winners' Cup | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| Total | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
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