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First Sunderland home League Cup game (v Bolton Wanderers in 1961) First Sunderland European home game (Vasas SC in the Cup Winners' Cup in 1973) Stadium of Light: Monkwearmouth: 30 July 1997 (vs. AFC Ajax) [4] 49,000 48,353 vs. Liverpool on 13 April 2002 [4] Home of Sunderland for its highest ever season points total (105 in 1998/99) [11] Home ...
Sunderland then beat Scottish champions Heart of Midlothian in a game described as the "World Championship" match. [11] [12] [13] Their goalkeeper Ned Doig set a 19th-century world record by not conceding any goals in 87 of his 290 top division appearances (30%). [14] From 1886 until 1898, Sunderland's home ground was in Newcastle Road. [15]
Sunderland have played home league games at the Stadium of Light since 1997. Sunderland Association Football Club, an English association football club based in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, was founded in 1879. [1]
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On 17 May, Sunderland announced their first slate of pre-season fixtures, against South Shields, Gateshead, Blackpool and Bradford City. [45] A weeks training camp in Alicante was later confirmed with a fixtures against Eldense and Nottingham Forest. [46] [47] On July 16, a final friendly was confirmed, against Marseille in Bradford. [48]
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.
As well as holding Sunderland games, the stadium has also hosted England matches. The stadium was one of several venues used as temporary home grounds for the England team while the redevelopment of Wembley Stadium took place. [81] It hosted its first England game in 1999, when they played Belgium in a friendly match, which England won 2–1. [82]
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.