SAFC League Champions 1901/02
Sunderland AFC won their 4rth league championship in 1901/02, topping the table with 44 points; three more than second placed Everton. To celebrate the triumph the directors arranged a celebratory dinner on 22 May 1902 at The Grand hotel in the then town. Below is the Dinner menu that was…
SAFC 1912/13; Almost The Double!
Sunderland AFC 1912/13 Back row – Milton, Cringan, Thomson, Butler, Gladwin, Low Front row – Mordue, Buchan, Hall, Holley, Martin The passage of time does funny things to the game of association football and its legion of fans. People are inclined to forget the distant past and see a context…
SAFC’s 1896 Share Prospectus
Sunderland Football Club was officially wound up on 7 July 1896 and a limited liability company formed. A share prospectus was issued to interested parties to raise capital for the entity's substantial ambition. In a modern world where football means money this document is perhaps one of the most important…
Claudio Marangoni
Following the 1978 World Cup it became fashionable for English clubs to sign Argentine players. Sunderland AFC joined in when they paid a reported then club record £320,000 to Huracan for their midfield maestro Claudio Marangoni during the 1979/80 season. He notched his first goal for the club against Shrewsbury…
Sunderland AFC Promotion Season 1975/76
Sunderland AFC 1975/76 Back row – Cox, Halom, Malone, Gibb, Swinburne, Montgomery, Longhorn, Porterfield, Ashurst, Stokoe Front row – Clarke, Holden, Towers, Moncur, Bolton, Kerr, Robson By the 1975/76 season Sunderland fans craved top flight football, and they would be rewarded. Top spot was justified as Sunderland remained unbeaten at…
SAFC And The Cup Winners Cup
Sunderland and Sporting Lisbon players acknowledge the crowd before their Cup Winners Cup tie at Roker Park Sunderlands famous FA Cup win has given the club the opportunity to enter one of the major UEFA sponsored European club competitions for the first time. The Cup Winners’ Cup draw paired us with…
SAFC v Man United, 1964; Roker Park’s 100,000 crowd?
Sunderland promotion players training at Roker Park, 1963/64 season Crossan, Harvey, Ashurst, Sharkey, Irwin, Herd, Usher, Mulhall, Montgomery, Hurley, Elliott, Jones Sunderland AFC 2 v 2 Manchester United Roker Park, Sunderland, FA Cup 6th Round, 4 March 1964 Sunderland must be wondering what they have to do to beat Manchester…
Sunderland AFC’s Final “Non League” Game
Sunderland AFC 1889/90 Back row – Porteous, Kirtley, Watson (secretary), Oliver Middle row – Harvey, Stevenson, Auld (captain), Gibson, Scott Front row – Smith, Campbell, Hannah Although some may know that SAFC's first game as a league side was against Burnley on 13 September 1890, a 2 v 3 defeat,…
SAFC’s 1895 Tour Of The USA
On 25 June 1894 The Trenton Times, a newspaper based in New Jersey carried the following story: “Philadelphia, June 25; Mr HC Crowhurst of The Press has received a letter from Secretary Thomas Watson of the Sunderland Association Football Clubs, England, stating that that organisation will probably send a team…
Bradley Lowery – Farewell To An SAFC Icon
All at Ryehill Football were greatly saddened to learn of the death of 6 year old, cancer sufferer, and Sunderland AFC fanatic Bradley Lowery. We have also followed today's events from Blackhall Colliery, County Durham as the bairn passed on to meet his maker. There are five things that struck us about…