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Sunderland Association Football Club is a professional football club based in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England, which competes in the Championship, the second tier of English football. Formed in 1879, [ 2 ] the club has won six top-flight titles (1892, 1893, 1895, 1902, 1913, and 1936) in the First Division , and finished runners-up five times.
Sunderland A.F.C. is a professional football club from Sunderland, United Kingdom. Founded in 1879 by Scottish schoolteacher James Allan, Sunderland have had eight different home grounds across Sunderland. [1] The seventh ground, Roker Park was Sunderland's home for 99 years before being replaced by its current home, the Stadium of Light in 1997.
Sunderland AFC players at the Stadium of Light. The stadium was opened on 30 July 1997 by Prince Andrew, Duke of York, with bands such as Status Quo, Upside Down and Kavana playing. To celebrate the opening of the stadium, Sunderland played a friendly against the Dutch side Ajax, which was drawn 0–0. [8] The move did not happen without criticism.
Sunderland's 1937 FA Cup winning side. Sunderland Association Football Club are an English association football club based in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear.They were formed in 1879, and played several years in the FA Cup and local cup competitions before joining the Football League in the 1890–91 season in place of Stoke.
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 Academy of Light is the name of the UEFA five star certified training facilities and youth academy for English football club Sunderland A.F.C.. Officially opened in March 2003, the Academy of Light is a state-of-the-art training facility in Cleadon - just north of Sunderland.
Sunderland Association Football Club was founded in 1879 [1] as Sunderland & District Teachers Association Football Club by James Allan. [2] They turned professional in 1885. [3] Sunderland won their first Football League championship in the 1891–92 season two years after joining the league.
After 99 years at the historic Roker Park stadium, [76] the city’s football club, Sunderland AFC moved to the 42,000-seat Stadium of Light on the banks of the River Wear in 1997. At the time, it was the largest stadium built by an English football club since the 1920s, and has since been expanded to hold nearly 50,000 seated spectators. [77]