Sunderland
Statistics
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Following relegation from the Premier League in the previous season, Sunderland are in their 106th full professional league season in the Football League Championship. In 116 years (76 in the top division), they have played over 4700 league games, of which they have won 41%, drawn 24% and lost 35%. Sunderland has an all-time positive league goal-difference of over 600.
Sunderland last won the league in 1936. Since then, their highest league finish was 3rd in 1950, although they did reach seventh in consecutive seasons at the turn of the 21st century. Since they were first relegated in 1958, Sunderland has not spent longer than 6 years in a division without being promoted or relegated.
Nicknames
Sunderland supporter Billy Morris took a Black Cat to the 1937 FA Cup Final in his top pocket as a good luck charm, it worked as Sunderland brought home the trophy for the first time. during the 1960's a Black Cat lived in Roker Park and was fed and watered by the football club. Its reward for catching mice and rats.
Since the 1960s, the emblem of the Sunderland AFC Supporters Association has been a black cat. After 2000, Sunderland's Mascot became "Samson the Cat" and a few years later, Delilah joined him. Samson was originally named after shirt sponsor at the time (Vaux Samson bitter). Delilah was given her name to create the "Samson and Delilah" pairing; the name of a Biblical couple.
As well as the "Team of All Talents" at the turn of the 20th century, Sunderland was also known as the "Bank of England club" during the 1950s. This was due to the club's huge spending on the transfer market at the time, which saw the transfer-record broken twice.
At the beginning of the 2006-07 season, the purchase of the club by the Irish Drumaville consortium, the appointments of Niall Quinn and Roy Keane to their respective roles as chairman and manager, as well as the relatively large number of Irish players in the squad (nine players out of 34) led some fans to jokingly dub the team "Sund-Ireland".
Honours
Honours Times Years
League
First Division Top Flight Champions 6 1891/1892, 1892/1893, 1894/1895, 1901/1902, 1912/1913, 1935/1936
First Division Top Flight Runners-up 5 1893/1894, 1897/1898, 1900/1901, 1922/1923, 1934/1935
Championship Second Flight Champions 2 2004/2005, 2006/2007
'New' First Division Second Flight Champions 2 1995/1996, 1998/1999
'Old' Second Division Second Flight Champions 1 1975/1976
'Old' Second Division Second Flight Runners-up 1 1963/1964
'Old' Third Division Third Flight Champions 1 1987/1988
Cups
FA Cup Winners 2 1936/1937, 1972/1973
FA Cup Runners-up 3 1912/1913, 1941/1942, 1991/1992
FA Youth Cup 2 1967, 1969
League Cup Runners-up 1 1984/1985
War Cup Runners-up 1 1942
Charity Shield Winners 1 1936/1937
Sheriff of London Charity Shield Winners 1 1901/1902
Charity Shield Runners-up 1 1937/1938
Top flight
Reached the First Division in 1890 and over the next 50 years were league champions six times.
Were relegated from the First Division for the first time in 1958, making 68 consecutive seasons spent in the English top league, still the second highest total in English football. Since then though, they have struggled to establish themselves back in the top flight.
Played their first Premiership season in 1996-97, which ended in relegation on the final day of the season.
Returned to the Premiership in 1999 and finished seventh in both of their first two seasons back at the highest level.
Were relegated from the Premiership in 2003 with a record low of four wins, 21 goals and 19 points.
They returned to the Premiership in 2005/2006 season, but went down after just one season, breaking their own record by attaining just 3 wins and 15 points.
They then returned to England's top flight after a successful 2006/07 season in the Championship, winning it under the leadership of manager Roy Keane.
Second flight
Have spent most of their time since 1958 bouncing between the top two tiers of the English professional league.
Were Division 1 champions in 1999 with an English league record of 105 points, which remained unbroken for seven years until Reading topped the same table with 106 points.
In 2006-2007, following a terrible start to the season - losing their first four games, Sunderland AFC went on to win The Championship once again. This meant that they had won the Football League Champions Trophy for the 8th time in their history - albeit it 2 of them being at the second level. However, it was a monumental achievement following the debacle of the previous season. The driving factors of this transformation were the financial takeover of the club by the Drumaville consortium led by Niall Quinn, and more importantly, the appointment of Roy Keane as the manager of the first team.
Third flight
Spent one season in the Third Division (1987-88). The managerial expertise of Dennis Smith and frequent goal scoring of Marco Gabbiadini and striking partner Eric Gates, ensured that their stay at this level was a short one and they went straight back up as champions.
Cup competitions
FA Cup runners up to Aston Villa in 1913.
The team inspired by local boy Raich Carter won the clubs first F.A. Cup in 1937, beating Preston North End 3-1.
Achieved a famous 1-0 victory over the then mighty Leeds United in the 1973 F.A Cup final thanks to an Ian Porterfield goal and a Jim Montgomery wonder save.
Reached the final of the League Cup in 1985, in which they were beaten 1-0 by Norwich City.
Most recent cup final was the 1992 FA Cup final, which was lost to Liverpool.
Club records
Home Attendance (Professional competitive games only)
Highest (Overall): 75,118 (v Derby County, FA Cup 6th Round Replay, March 8, 1933 at Roker Park)
Highest (League): 68,004 (v Newcastle United, March 4 1950 at Roker Park)
Highest (Stadium of Light): 48,355 (vs Liverpool, FA Premiership, April 13, 2002)
Additionally, Sunderland hold the record for the highest attendance outside the top flight of English football since the advent of the Premier League: 47,350 (vs Stoke City, Coca-Cola Championship, May 8, 2005)
Lowest (Overall): 1,000? (v Fairfield, FA Cup First round, 2 February 1895 at Newcastle Road) (estimate)
Lowest (League): 2,000? (v Everton April 10 1910 or Burnley December 12 1914) (both estimates and both at Roker Park)
Lowest (Stadium of Light): 11,450 (vs Chester City, Carling Cup First Round, August 24, 2004)
Lowest (Stadium of Light, League): 22,167 (vs Wigan Athletic, December 2 2003)
Highest average league attendance (Overall): 47,976 (1949-1950 season at Roker Park)
Highest average league attendance (Stadium of Light): 46,790 (2000-2001 season)
Highest ratio between average league attendance and stadium capacity: 97% (1999-2000 season)
Scorelines
Biggest victory (League): 1-9 (v Newcastle United, Division One, 5 December 1908)
Biggest victory (cup): 11-1 (v Fairfield, FA Cup First round, 2 February 1895)
Biggest Defeat: 8-0 (v West Ham United (19 October 1968), Watford (25 September 1982))
Players
All-time appearances: 623 - Jimmy Montgomery (537 league, 78 cup, 8 other)
All-time goalscorer: 228 - Bobby Gurney
Post-war goalscorer: 113 - Kevin Phillips
Most goals in a season: 43 - Dave Halliday, 1928/29 season
Highest transfer fee paid: £6.75m (Tore André Flo from Rangers)
Sequences
Most back-to-back league wins: 13 (November 14, 1891 - April 2, 1892)
Most back-to-back league draws: 6 (March 26, 1949 - April 19, 1949)
Most back-to-back league losses: 17 (January 18, 2003 - August 23, 2003)
Longest run without a league defeat: 19 (May 3, 1998 - November 11, 1998)
Longest run without a league win: 22 (December 21, 2002 - August 23, 2003)
Points
Most points in a season: 105 (Football League Division One, 1998/99) (English league record at the time)
Fewest points in season: 15 (Premier League, 2005/06) (English league record since the advent of three-points-for-a-win)
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