88 Facts About Sunderland FC

1. Sunderland FC has two local newspapers: the daily evening tabloid The Sunderland Echo, founded in 1873, and the Sunderland Star—a free newspaper.

2. Sunderland FC now pushing for a goal but Canavan saved the Pilgrims as ASB was caught out twice.

3. Sunderland FC have a good chance as Watmore finds space on the right.

4. Sunderland FC has two local newspapers: the daily evening tabloid The Sunderland Echo, founded in 1873, and the Sunderland Star—a free newspaper.

5. Sunderland FC has two local newspapers: the daily evening tabloid The Sunderland Echo, founded in 1873, and the Sunderland Star—a free newspaper.

6. Sunderland FC has two local newspapers: the daily evening tabloid The Sunderland Echo, founded in 1873, and the Sunderland Star—a free newspaper.

7. Sunderland FC has two local newspapers: the daily evening tabloid The Sunderland Echo, founded in 1873, and the Sunderland Star—a free newspaper.

8. Sunderland FC has two local newspapers: the daily evening tabloid The Sunderland Echo, founded in 1873, and the Sunderland Star—a free newspaper.

9. Sunderland FC has two local newspapers: the daily evening tabloid The Sunderland Echo, founded in 1873, and the Sunderland Star—a free newspaper.

10. Sunderland FC has two local newspapers: the daily evening tabloid The Sunderland Echo, founded in 1873, and the Sunderland Star—a free newspaper.

11. Sunderland FC has two local newspapers: the daily evening tabloid The Sunderland Echo, founded in 1873, and the Sunderland Star—a free newspaper.

12. Sunderland FC has two local newspapers: the daily evening tabloid The Sunderland Echo, founded in 1873, and the Sunderland Star—a free newspaper.

13. Sunderland FC has two local newspapers: the daily evening tabloid The Sunderland Echo, founded in 1873, and the Sunderland Star—a free newspaper.

14. Sunderland FC has two local newspapers: the daily evening tabloid The Sunderland Echo, founded in 1873, and the Sunderland Star—a free newspaper.

15. Sunderland FC were handed an allocation of over 1.900 for the trip to the South West but, with the fixture falling in midweek, they have moved to offer supporters the chance to watch the tie via a beam-back at the Stadium of Light.

16. Sunderland FC has two local newspapers: the daily evening tabloid The Sunderland Echo, founded in 1873, and the Sunderland Star—a free newspaper.

17. Sunderland FC have been linked with a series of strikers, with Bristol City's Matty Taylor and Sheffield United's Ched Evans the latest names in the frame.

18. Sunderland FC has two local newspapers: the daily evening tabloid The Sunderland Echo, founded in 1873, and the Sunderland Star—a free newspaper.

19. Sunderland FC has two local newspapers: the daily evening tabloid The Sunderland Echo, founded in 1873, and the Sunderland Star—a free newspaper.

20. Sunderland FC are hoping to land Lewis Morgan on loan and Will Grigg on a permanent deal before Thursday's 11pm deadline—with the clock ticking.

21. Sunderland FC has two local newspapers: the daily evening tabloid The Sunderland Echo, founded in 1873, and the Sunderland Star—a free newspaper.

22. Sunderland FC have been linked with a move for prolific striker Marquis, 26, who leads the attack for League One rivals Doncaster Rovers.

23. Sunderland FC have already had four bids rejected by the Championship outfit for Grigg but remain in negotiations with the Black Cats confident a deal can be done.

24. Sunderland FC have been linked with prolific League One duo Tom Eaves and John Marquis as their pursuit of Will Grigg drags on.

25. Sunderland FC are in the market to do more business this month.

26. Sunderland FC are fifth in League One and have games in hand on all of the teams above them in the table.

27. Sunderland FC are hoping to land Lewis Morgan on loan and Will Grigg on a permanent deal before Thursday's 11pm deadline—with the clock ticking.

28. Sunderland FC has two local newspapers: the daily evening tabloid The Sunderland Echo, founded in 1873, and the Sunderland Star—a free newspaper.

29. Sunderland FC are hoping to complete the signing of Middlesbrough midfielder Grant Leadbitter today, while they appear to be leading the race to sign Celtic winger Lewis Morgan.

30. Sunderland FC have until 11pm on Thursday to seal a deal, with Ross keen to reunite with his former St Mirren star Morgan.

31. Sunderland FC will look to add another forward, while there is interest in left-back Bryan Oviedo.

32. Sunderland FC are hoping to land Lewis Morgan on loan and Will Grigg on a permanent deal before Thursday's 11pm deadline—with the clock ticking.

33. Sunderland FC has two local newspapers: the daily evening tabloid The Sunderland Echo, founded in 1873, and the Sunderland Star—a free newspaper.

34. Sunderland FC has two local newspapers: the daily evening tabloid The Sunderland Echo, founded in 1873, and the Sunderland Star—a free newspaper.

35. Sunderland FC need a striker and Peter Crouch might be available.

36. Sunderland FC has two local newspapers: the daily evening tabloid The Sunderland Echo, founded in 1873, and the Sunderland Star—a free newspaper.

37. Sunderland FC has two local newspapers: the daily evening tabloid The Sunderland Echo, founded in 1873, and the Sunderland Star—a free newspaper.

38. Sky Sports have reported that Sunderland FC are close to signing two forwards, one being Grigg and the other, as yet, unknown.

39. Sunderland FC have had four bids rejected for Wigan Athletic forward Will Grigg and the Latics are expecting a fifth bid from the Black Cats.

40. Sky Sports are reporting that Sunderland FC are in talks with Celtic over signing the winger.

41. Sunderland FC are in talks to sign Celtic winger Lewis Morgan on loan, according to reports.

42. Sunderland FC has two local newspapers: the daily evening tabloid The Sunderland Echo, founded in 1873, and the Sunderland Star—a free newspaper.

43. Sunderland FC have already had four bids knocked but the clubs remain in negotiations.

44. Sunderland FC has two local newspapers: the daily evening tabloid The Sunderland Echo, founded in 1873, and the Sunderland Star—a free newspaper.

45. Sunderland FC has two local newspapers: the daily evening tabloid The Sunderland Echo, founded in 1873, and the Sunderland Star—a free newspaper.

46. Sunderland FC has two local newspapers: the daily evening tabloid The Sunderland Echo, founded in 1873, and the Sunderland Star—a free newspaper.

47. Sunderland FC has two local newspapers: the daily evening tabloid The Sunderland Echo, founded in 1873, and the Sunderland Star—a free newspaper.

48. Sunderland FC has two local newspapers: the daily evening tabloid The Sunderland Echo, founded in 1873, and the Sunderland Star—a free newspaper.

49. Sunderland FC has two local newspapers: the daily evening tabloid The Sunderland Echo, founded in 1873, and the Sunderland Star—a free newspaper.

50. Sunderland FC are now looking to replace Maja with two strikers before the transfer window closes on Thursday night.

51. Sunderland FC has two local newspapers: the daily evening tabloid The Sunderland Echo, founded in 1873, and the Sunderland Star—a free newspaper.

52. Sunderland FC have sold the 16-goal top scorer after it was confirmed he would not be signing a new deal at the Stadium of Light, the 20-year-old's contract was due to expire in the summer.

53. Sunderland FC has two local newspapers: the daily evening tabloid The Sunderland Echo, founded in 1873, and the Sunderland Star—a free newspaper.

54. Sunderland FC have won the FA Cup two times, in 1937 and 1973.

55. Sunderland FC is the only city that is not a capital of country twinned with Washington, DC, as it includes the town of Washington, the ancestral home of George Washington's family.

56. University of Sunderland FC was named the top university in England for providing the best student experience by The Times Higher Education Supplement in 2006.

57. Sunderland FC were league champions six times within the Football League's first half century, but have not achieved this accolade since 1936.

58. Sunderland FC hosts the free International Festival of Kites, Music and Dance, which attracts kite-makers from around the world to Northumbria Playing Fields, Washington.

59. Sunderland FC has two local newspapers: the daily evening tabloid The Sunderland Echo, founded in 1873, and the Sunderland Star—a free newspaper.

60. Port of Sunderland FC is the second largest municipally owned port in the UK.

61. The last shipyard in Sunderland FC closed on 7 December 1988.

62. The Port of Sunderland FC was significantly expanded in the 1850s with the construction of Hudson Dock to designs by River Wear Commissioner's Engineer John Murray, with consultancy by Robert Stephenson.

63. Sunderland FC is less ethnically diverse than Gateshead and South Shields, mainly because of many outlying suburbs to the south, north and west of the city such as St Chad's, Southwick and Fulwell which have very high White British populations.

64. Sunderland FC is divided by the River Wear which passes through the middle of the city in a deeply incised valley, part of which is known as the Hylton gorge.

65. Sunderland FC was created a municipal borough of County Durham in 1835.

66. Sunderland FC were forced to sell their most prized asset after being faced with losing him for nothing this summer.

67. Sunderland FC were linked with Bolton attacking midfielder Erhun Oztumer this week.

68. Sky Sports say Charlton and Sunderland FC are both looking at a move for Bolton midfielder Erhun Oztumer.

69. Sunderland FC fans set a League One attendance record with the help of Bradford as over 46,000 watch the game.

70. Sunderland FC responded, both Maja and Lynden Gooch drawing saves from Mark Howard in the Blackpool goal.

71. Sunderland FC came close when they built a clever overlap at the back post, Max Power crossing invitingly to the back post where Charlie Wyke and Aiden McGeady just couldn't convert.

72. Sunderland FC is situated at the mouth of the River Wear and dates back to 1179, when a small fishing village was granted a charter.

73. Sunderland FC kept knocking on the door, but City seemed to have them at arm's length, until the Black Cats managed to engineer a breakthrough just over thirty minutes in.

74. Sunderland FC are brimming with an embarrassment of richest that, on paper, made the Wigans and Blackburns of last season blush.

75. Sunderland FC are still third in the table but are now seven points adrift of league leaders Portsmouth, while Luton remain four points ahead of the Black Cats.

76. Sunderland FC are said to hold an interest, while Championship side Swansea are the current bookies favourites.

77. The biggest transfer fee paid by Sunderland FC is the eventual £17.1 million for Didier Ndong, who was bought from FC Lorient in August 2016.

78. In October 2015, Sunderland FC defeated rivals Newcastle United for the sixth consecutive time, a new record.

79. Sunderland FC were nearly bankrupted by the cost of renovating the Main Stand, and Roker Park was put up for sale but no further action was taken.

80. Sunderland FC have had eight grounds throughout their history; the first was at Blue House Field in Hendon in 1879.

81. Sunderland FC played in an all blue strip from their formation until 1884, when they adopted a red and white halved strip.

82. In 1997, Sunderland FC left Roker Park, their home for 99 years.

83. Sunderland FC went on to avoid relegation with one game to go.

84. Sunderland FC required only a draw in their final game against promotion rivals Chelsea, who had another game left to play after this match, to secure promotion.

85. Sunderland FC were finalists in the tournament in 1942, but were beaten by Wolverhampton Wanderers.

86. On 5 December 1908, Sunderland FC achieved their highest ever league win, against north-east rivals Newcastle United.

87. Sunderland FC have a long-standing rivalry with their neighbouring club Newcastle United, with whom they have contested the Tyne–Wear derby since 1898.

88. Sunderland FC have been Football League Cup finalists in 1985 and 2014.