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 formed in 1879 as Sunderland & District Teachers Association Football Club. They changed their name to the current form in 1880 and turned professional in 1886. 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..
Transfers
All figures are based on the maximum potential fee and are correct as at 1 September 2013.
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Honours and achievements
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.[1][2][3]
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
- Football Association Charity Shield:
- Winners (1): 1936
- Runners Up (1): 1937
Player records
Appearances
- Youngest first-team player: Derek Forster, 15 years 185 days (Leicester City, 22 August 1964).[4]
- Oldest first-team player: Tommy Urwin, 39 years 76 days (against Preston North End, 22 April 1935).[4]
Most appearances
Competitive matches only. Each column contains appearances in the starting eleven, followed by appearances as substitute in brackets.[5]
| # | Name | Years | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other[6] | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) |
Goalscorers
Top goalscorers
Competitive matches only, appearances including substitutes appear in brackets.[7]
| # | Name | Years | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other[6] | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 151 (281) | 9 (34) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 160 (315) |
Managerial records
- First full-time manager: Tom Watson managed the club for 191 matches, from August 1888 to August 1896.[8]
- Longest serving manager: Bob Kyle managed the club for 817 matches, from August 1905 to May 1928, a total of 23 years.[9]
Club records
Goals
- Most league goals scored in a season: 109 (in 42 matches in the 1955–56 season, First Division).[10]
- Fewest league goals scored in a season: 21 (in 38 matches in the 2002–03 season, Premier League).[10]
- Most league goals conceded in a season: 97 (in 42 matches in the 1957–58 season, First Division).[10]
- Fewest league goals conceded in a season: 26 (in 34 matches in the 1900–01 season, First Division).[10]
Points
- Most points in a season:
- Two points for a win: 61 (in 42 games in the 1963–64 season, First Division).[10]
- Three points for a win: 105 (in 46 games in the 1998–99 season, First Division).[10]
- 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).[10]
- Three points for a win: 15 (in 38 games in the 2005–06 season, Premier League).[10]
Matches
Firsts
- First match: Sunderland 11–0 Ferryhill, 13 November 1880.[11]
- First league match: Sunderland 2-3 Burnley, 13 September 1890.[12]
- First FA Cup match: Redcar 3–1 Sunderland, 8 November 1884.[13]
- First League Cup match: Brentford 4–3 Sunderland, 26 October 1960.[14]
- First European match: Vasas Budapest 0–2 Sunderland, 19 September 1973, UEFA Cup Winner's Cup.[15]
Record wins
- Record league win: 23-0 (v. Castletown, 20 December 1884) (Friendly Match)
- Record FA Cup win: 11–1 (v. Fairfield, 2 February 1895).[16]
Record defeats
- Record league defeats:
- 8–0 (v. Sheffield Wednesday, 26 December 1911).[17]
- 8–0 (v. West Ham United, 19 October 1968).[17]
- 8–0 (v. Watford, 25 September 1982).[17]
- 8-0 (v. Southampton, 18 October 2014).
Attendances
This section applies to attendances played at home, in all of their grounds since their foundation. Attendance figures from the club's early days are approximate.
- Highest attendance: 75,118 (v. Derby County, FA Cup, 8 March 1933) (Sunderland 0 - 1 Derby County)
- Lowest attendance: 880 vs Millwall F.C, Friendly, 28 July 1969 (Sunderland 0 - 1 Millwall)
European statistics
Record by season
Below is Sunderland's record in European competitions.[15] 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.
| Season | Competition | Round | Country | Club | Home result[B] | Away result[B] | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973–74 | European Cup Winners' Cup | 1R | 
|
Vasas Budepest | 2–0 | 1–0 | [C] |
| 2R | 
|
Sporting Lisbon | 2–1 | 0–2 |
- Key
- PR = Preliminary round
- 1R = First round
- 2R = Second round
- 3R = Third round
- QF = Quarter final
- SF = Semi final
- F = Final
Record by competition
| Competition | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals for |
Goals against |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| European Cup Winners' Cup | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| Total | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
Notes
- A. ^ : 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 Premier League after Swindon admitted to making illegal payments.[10]
- B. a b : Sunderland score is given first in each result.
- C. ^ : Sunderland qualified for the 1973–74 European Cup Winners' Cup by winning the 1973 FA Cup.
Footnotes and references
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.
- ^ a b Mason, p 456.
- ^ Mason, p 458.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Sunderland". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 17 September 2008.
- ^ Days, p 10.
- ^ Mason, p 224.
- ^ Mason, p 444.
- ^ Mason, p 346.
- ^ a b "European Competitions 1973-74". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 19 December 2008.
- ^ Mason, p 446.
- ^ a b c Mason, p 443.
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. Retrieved 6 January 2009.
- Rob Mason (October 2005). Sunderland: The Complete Record. Breedon Books Publishing Co Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85983-472-5. Retrieved 18 January 2009.
- Paul Days (31 July 2007). Sunderland Association Football Club Finest Matches 1879 - 1939. Imagination Corporation Limited Publications. ISBN 978-0-9556199-0-8. Retrieved 18 January 2009.
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