List_of_Sunderland_A.F.C._records_and_statistics
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.
This article is about all-time records. For a season-by-season statistical breakdown, see List of Sunderland A.F.C. seasons.
All figures are based on the maximum potential fee and are correct as at 1 September 2013.
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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]
League
- First Division (level 1):
- Football League Championship (level 2):
- Second Division (level 2):
- First Division (level 2):
- Third Division (level 3):
- Winners (1): 1987–88
Cup
- FA Cup:
- Football League Cup:
- FA Charity Shield:
- Sheriff of London Charity Shield:
- Winners (1): 1903
- Football League War Cup:
- Finalists (1): 1942
- Durham Challenge Cup:
- Winners (4): 1884, 1887, 1888, 1890,
- Northern Temperance Festival Cup:
- Winners (1): 1884,
- Durham and Northumberland Championship:
- Winners (1): 1888
- British Cup:
- Runners Up (1): 1902
- Dewar Sheriff of London Shield:
- Winners (1): 1903
- Newcastle and Sunderland Hospitals Cup:
- Winners (3): 1912, 1913, 1914
- Runners Up (1): 1911
- Durham Senior Cup:
- Winners (11): 1919, 1923, 1924, 1927, 1929, 1931, 1932, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1939
- Runners Up (3): 1925, 1926, 1928
- Northern Victory League:
- Runners Up (1): 1919
- North East Counties Cup:
- Winners (2): 1920, 1921
- Northumberland and Durham Challenge Cup:
- Runners Up (1): 1883
- See also: List of Sunderland A.F.C. players
Appearances
- Youngest first-team player: Derek Forster, 15 years 185 days (vs Leicester City, 22 August 1964).[5]
- Oldest first-team player: Jermain Defoe, 39 years 163 days (vs Lincoln City, 19 March 2022).[citation needed]Charles Thompson was 41 when he played his last game for Sunderland in 1919
Most appearances
Competitive matches only. Each column contains appearances in the starting eleven, followed by appearances as substitute in brackets.[6]
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| # | Name | Years | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other[7] | Total |
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| 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) |
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Goalscorers
Top goalscorers
Competitive matches only, appearances including substitutes appear in brackets.[8]
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| # | Name | Years | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other[7] | Total |
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| 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
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- Most Hat Tricks: Dave Halliday – 12 (11 league and 1 cup)[9]
- See also: List of Sunderland A.F.C. managers
- First full-time manager: Tom Watson managed the club for 191 matches, from August 1888 to August 1896.[10]
- Longest serving manager: Bob Kyle managed the club for 817 matches, from August 1905 to May 1928, a total of 23 years.[11]
Goals
- Most league goals scored in a season: 109 (in 42 matches in the 1935–36 season, First Division).[12]
- Fewest league goals scored in a season: 21 (in 38 matches in the 2002–03 season, Premier League).[12]
- Most league goals conceded in a season: 97 (in 42 matches in the 1957–58 season, First Division).[12]
- Fewest league goals conceded in a season: 26 (in 34 matches in the 1900–01 season, First Division).[12]
Points
- Most points in a season:
- Two points for a win: 61 (in 42 games in the 1963–64 season, Second Division).[12]
- Three points for a win: 105 (in 46 games in the 1998–99 season, First Division).[12]
- Fewest points in a season:
- Two points for a win: 23 (in 22 games in the 1890–91 season, The Football League) and (in 30 games in the 1896–97 season, First Division).[12]
- Three points for a win: 15 (in 38 games in the 2005–06 season, Premier League).[12]
Matches
Firsts
- First match: Sunderland 0–1 Ferryhill, 13 November 1880.[13]
- First competitive match: Sunderland 2–2 Burnopfield in the Durham Challenge Cup, 11 December 1880.[14]
- First league match: Sunderland 2–3 Burnley, 13 September 1890.[15]
- First FA Cup match: Redcar 3–1 Sunderland, 8 November 1884.[16]
- First League Cup match: Brentford 4–3 Sunderland, 26 October 1960.[17]
- First European match: Vasas Budapest 0–2 Sunderland, 19 September 1973, UEFA Cup Winner's Cup.[18]
Record wins
- Record Football League win:1-9 (v. Newcastle United (a) 5 Dec 1908)
- Record FA Cup win:11-1 (v. Fairfield FC, 2 February 1895)
- Record Football League Cup win:0-7 (v. Cambridge United, 1 October 2002)
- Record Football League Trophy win:8-1 (v. Aston Villa U21, 8 September 2020)
- Record friendly win:23-0 (v. Castletown FC, 20 December 1884)
Record defeats
- Record league defeats:
- 8–0 (v. Sheffield Wednesday, 26 December 1911).[19]
- 8–0 (v. West Ham United, 19 October 1968).[19]
- 8-0 (v. Watford, 25 September 1982)
- 8-0 (v. Southampton, 18 October 2014)
- Record FA Cup defeat:
- 5-1 (v. Manchester United, 9 March 1964)
- Record Football League Cup defeat:
- 6-0 (v. Derby County, 31 October 1990)
- Record Football League Trophy defeat:
- 3-0 (v. Scunthorpe United, 12 November 2019)
Attendances
Overall
- Highest overall attendance: 75,118 v. Derby County, FA Cup 6th Round Replay, 8 March 1933 at Roker Park (Sunderland 0 – 1 Derby County)[20]
- Highest league attendance: 68,004 v. Newcastle United, 4 March 1950 at Roker Park (Sunderland 2 - 2 Newcastle United)[21]
- Lowest recorded attendance: 880 vs Millwall, Friendly, 28 July 1969 at Roker Park (Sunderland 0 – 1 Millwall)
- Lowest recorded league attendance: 3,841 vs. Manchester City, 11 April 1934 at Roker Park (Sunderland 0 – 0 Manchester City)[22]
- Lowest approximate competitive attendance: c. 1,500 vs. Birtley Town, Durham Challenge Cup First Round, 20 November 1886 at Newcastle Road (Sunderland 2 – 0 Birtley)[23]
- Lowest recorded competitive attendance: 3,498 vs. Oldham Athletic, EFL Trophy Second Round, 1 December 2021 at Stadium of Light (Sunderland 0 – 1 Oldham Athletic)[24]
Competitive Attendance Records by Ground
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.
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| 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] |
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Record by season
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.
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| 1973–74 | European Cup Winners' Cup | R1 |  |
Vasas Budapest | 2–0 | 1–0 | [D] |
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Sporting CP | 2–1 | 0–2 | |||
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- Key
- PR = Preliminary round
- 1R = First round
- 2R = Second round
- 3R = Third round
- QF = Quarter final
- SF = Semi final
- F = Final
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| Competition | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals for |
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| European Cup Winners' Cup | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| Total | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
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- A. ^ : Payment of the transfer fee for Ricardo Alvarez was imposed on Sunderland in 2017 following the loss of a legal dispute with Inter Milan. The total cost of the Alvarez deal, including compensation and court fees is estimated to be close to £20m.[33]
- B. ^ : Sunderland were promoted in the 1989–90 season despite being beaten in the 1990 play-off final, Swindon Town originally won the match 1–0 but Sunderland took their place in the First Division after Swindon admitted to making illegal payments.[12]
- C. a b : Sunderland score is given first in each result.
- D. ^ : Sunderland qualified for the 1973–74 European Cup Winners' Cup by winning the 1973 FA Cup.
Footnotes:
- "Roll of Honour". Sunderland A.F.C. Retrieved 21 December 2008.
- "England — List of FA Charity/Community Shield Matches". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 21 December 2008.
- "War Time Cup Finals". Sporting Chronicle. Archived from the original on 23 June 2008. Retrieved 28 November 2008.
- Mason, p 456.
- Mason, p 458.
- The "Other" column constitutes goals and appearances (including those as a substitute) in the FA Charity Shield, the European Cup Winners' Cup, the Football League Trophy, the Anglo-Italian Cup, the Anglo-Scottish Cup, the Texaco Cup and relegation/promotion play-offs.
- Mason, p 457.
- Mason, p 203.
- Mason, p 204.
- "Sunderland". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 17 September 2008.
- Days, p 10.
- "Sunderland AFC - Statistics, History and Records - from TheStatCat". www.thestatcat.co.uk. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- Mason, p 224.
- Mason, p 444.
- Mason, p 346.
- "European Competitions 1973-74". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 19 December 2008.
- Mason, p 443.
- "Sunderland AFC - Statistics, History and Records - from TheStatCat". www.thestatcat.co.uk. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- "Sunderland AFC - Statistics, History and Records - from TheStatCat". www.thestatcat.co.uk. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- "Sunderland AFC - Statistics, History and Records - from TheStatCat". www.thestatcat.co.uk. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- "Sunderland AFC - Statistics, History and Records - from TheStatCat". www.thestatcat.co.uk. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- "Sunderland AFC - Statistics, History and Records - from TheStatCat". www.thestatcat.co.uk. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- "Sunderland AFC - Statistics, History and Records - from TheStatCat". www.thestatcat.co.uk. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- "Sunderland AFC - Statistics, History and Records - from TheStatCat". www.thestatcat.co.uk. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- "Sunderland AFC - Statistics, History and Records - from TheStatCat". www.thestatcat.co.uk. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- "Sunderland AFC - Statistics, History and Records - from TheStatCat". www.thestatcat.co.uk. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- "Sunderland AFC - Statistics, History and Records - from TheStatCat". www.thestatcat.co.uk. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- "Sunderland AFC - Statistics, History and Records - from TheStatCat". www.thestatcat.co.uk. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- "Sunderland AFC - Statistics, History and Records - from TheStatCat". www.thestatcat.co.uk. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- Johns, Craig (24 April 2020). "Ricky Alvarez on his time at Sunderland and the controversial costly exit". ChronicleLive.
References:
- Garth Dykes; Doug Lamming (November 2000). All The Lads: A Complete Who's Who of Sunderland A.F.C. Polar Print Group Ltd. p. 312. ISBN 978-1-899538-14-0.
- Rob Mason (October 2005). Sunderland: The Complete Record. Breedon Books Publishing Co Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85983-472-5.
- Paul Days (31 July 2007). Sunderland Association Football Club Finest Matches 1879 – 1939. Imagination Corporation Limited Publications. ISBN 978-0-9556199-0-8.