The impact made by (Northern) Irishmen on the team once termed the "Bank of England Club"...
Founded: 1879
Previous Names: Sunderland & District Teacher's Association (1879-1880)
Grounds: 1879, Blue House Field, Hendon; 1882, Groves Field, Ashbrooke; 1883, Horatio Street; 1884, Abbs Field, Fulwell; 1886, Newcastle Road; 1898, Roker Park; 1997, Stadium of Light.
League History:
Elected to the Football League (I) 1890/91-1891/92; First Division (I) 1892/93-1957/58; Second Division 1958/59-1963/64; First Division (I) 1964/65-1969/70; Second Division (II)1970/71-1975/76; First Division (I) 1976/77; Second Division (II) 1977/78-1979/80; First Division (I) 1980/81-1984/85; Second Division (II) 1985/86-1986/87; Third Division (III) 1987/88; Second Division (II) 1988/89-1989/90; First Division (I) 1990/91; Second Division (II) 1991/92; First Division (II) 1992/93-1995/96; FA Premier League (I) 1996/97; First Division (II) 1997/98-1998/99; FA Premier League (I) 1999/00-2002/03; First Division (II) 2003/04; Football League Championship (II) 2004/05; FA Premier League (I) 2005/06; Championship (II) 2006/07; FA Premier League (I) 2007/08-date.
Club Honours:
FA Premier League Best Season: 7th (1999/00, 2000/01).
Football League (I) Champions (6) 1891/92, 1892/93, 1893/94, 1901/02, 1912/13, 1935/36, Runners-Up (5) 1893/84, 1897/98, 1900/01, 1922/23, 1934/35.
Football League (II) Champions (4) 1995/96, 1998/99, 2004/05, 2006/07.
Football League Second Division (II) Champions (1) 1975/76, Runners-Up (2) 1963/64, 1979/80, Play-Off Winners (1) 1989/90 (awarded promotion spot following Swindon Town's relegation for making illegal payments).
Football League Third Division (III) Champions (1) 1987/88.
FA Cup Winners (2) 1937, 1973, Runners-Up 1913, 1992.
Football League Cup Runners-Up 1985.
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European Competitions:
European Cup Winners' Cup entrants (1) 1973/74.
Sunderland / Northern Ireland All-Time XI
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| Michael Ingham John Parke, English McConnell, George McCartney, Martin Harvey, Anton Rogan Billy Bingham, Phil Gray, Ian Lawther, Johnny Crossan, Harry Buckle |
Players Capped by the Irish FA while at Sunderland: (incomplete)
.................SAFC......League.........Caps
Player......... Career ..App(sb)/Gls .at Club Total
HARVEY... M... 1959-1971 311 (5)/ 5 ......34 (34)
HARVEY... M... 1959-1971 311 (5)/ 5 ......34 (34)
BINGHAM.. W.L. 1950-1957 206 (0)/45 ......33 (56)
McCARTNEY G... 2000-2005 117(17)/ 0 ......20 (20)*
GRAY..... P... 1993-1995 108 (7)/34 ......13 (26)
CROSSAN.. J.A. 1962-1964 .82 (0)/39 ......12 (24)
WHITLEY.. Jeff 2003-2005 .65 (3)/ 2 ......12 (20)
PARKE.... J... 1964-1967 .83 (2)/ 0 ......11 (14)
FINNEY... T... 1974-1975 . 8 (7)/ 1 ...... 7 (14)
NICHOLL.. J.M. 1982..... .29 (0)/ 0 ...... 5 (73)**
McCONNELL J.E. 1905-1907 .39 (0)/ 0 ...... 4 (12)
LAWTHER.. W.I. 1959-1960 .75 (0)/41 ...... 2 ( 4)
BUCKLE... H.R. 1902-1905 .43 (0)/14 ...... 1 ( 2)
INGHAM... M.G. 2004..... . 1 (1)/ 0 ...... 1 ( 3)*
O'NEILL.. J... 1961..... . 7 (0)/ 6 ...... 1 ( 1)
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Excludes Jonny Evans who has won two caps while at Sunderland on loan from Manchester United in the second half of the 2006/07 season.
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* Still active players
** Excludes three appearances made while on loan in 1981/82 season
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Other Players to have been capped by the IFA and played for Sunderland:
CAMBELL.. W.G. 1964..... . 5 (0)/ 0 ...... 0 ( 6)
HEGAN.... D... 1973..... . 3 (3)/ 0 ...... 0 ( 7)***
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*** Was also on Sunderland's books in the early 1960s without playing a game.
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Other links:
Jimmy Shields (1 Cap in 1956 while with Southampton) was with Sunderland in the mid-1950s without playing a League match for them.
Norman Clarke won one of his two Under-23 caps while with Sunderland, and made 4 League appearances in 1962/63.
John Fraser played 22 games, scoring once, for Sunderland between 1958-1960 and won a 'B' Cap in 1959.
Trevor Carson and Robbie Weir won Youth and Under-21 Caps while with Sunderland.
Lawrie McMenemy managed both Sunderland and Northern Ireland with "little success".
James McClean, a former Northern Ireland Under-21 international who switched to the Republic of Ireland, spent two seasons with Sunderland.
Martin O'Neill was manager of Sunderland from 2011-2013.
James McClean, a former Northern Ireland Under-21 international who switched to the Republic of Ireland, spent two seasons with Sunderland.
Martin O'Neill was manager of Sunderland from 2011-2013.
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