WHOSUNDERLAND ARE YA?! Can the Black Cats bounce back after a fast fall? HOME SHIRT Max Power is enjoying himself at the Black Cats THE CLUB Founded 1879 Colours Red and white stripes Nickname The Black Cats Stadium The Stadium of Light Record Attendance 75,118 Record Win 11-1 v Fairfield, FA Cup, 1895 Record Defeat 8-0, four times, the most recent v Southampton in 2014 Sunderland were the first club from Most Appearances 627, Jim the north-east of England to become Montgomery, 1960-77 successful. They won the first of THE MANAGER Most Goals Bobby Gurney, their six titles in , only Jack Ross became Sunderland’s 228, 1925-50 a year after they joined the manager in the summer. He joined Honours League: 1891- League! This season the club, them after winning the Scottish 92, 1892-93, 1894- nicknamed the Black Cats, will Championship with his previous club, 95, 1901-02, 1912- be in League One after going St Mirren. This success led to him being 13, 1935-36 down for the second season seen as one of the best young managers FA Cup: 1937, 1973 in a row in . The in Scotland. Top Fact: Sunderland’s fans expect promotion! biggest win in the League is against their local rivals Newcastle United – 9-1 in 1908! PREVIOUSLY MANAGED Bobby ALLOA ATHLETIC Kerr lifts ST MIRREN the Cup! 18 k5_Sunderland Who are ya_EG.indd 18 12/09/2018 12:42 SHETLAND ORKNEY Old and new: Roker Park and the Stadium of Light EILEAN SIAR THE RIVALS Sunderland’s big rivals are Newcastle United who they play in the SUNDERLAND Tyne-Wear derby. This HIGHLAND is named after the rivers MORAY in the cities (the Tyne for Newcastle, the Wear for ABERDEENSHIRE Sunderland). Sunderland have had the best of recent matches, ABERDEEN winning six of the last nine and SCOTLAND CITY drawing the others. They have THE STADIUM even records overall though, with The club have played at the Stadium of wins each and draws. Light since . When it opened, it was Sunderland also have a local rivalry the fourth-biggest ground in England, with Middlesbrough, which is known as holding , . Before then, they the Tees-Wear derby – the River Tees ANGUS played at Roker Park, which was their runs through Middlesbrough. home for years! PERTH AND KINROSS DUNDEE CITY THE STAR PLAYERS THE FANS Young striker Josh Maja has started the INVERCLYDE ARGYLL Sunderland supporters are known as season on fire, with four league goals in FIFE RENFREWSHIRE AND BUTE EAST RENFREWSHIRE Mackems. This comes from the fact that his first six games. The -year-old could GLASGOW CITY STIRLING WEST DUNBARTONSHIREpeople in the town say the word “make” fire Sunderland to promotion. New loan EAST DUNBARTONSHIRE NORTH LANARKSHIRE as “mak”. They draw their support signing Max Power is a creative CLACKMANNANSHIRE from a large area of the north-east midfielder who helped Wigan FALKIRK MASCOT of England, but especially from the to top League One last season EASTSAMSON CITY OF LOTHIAN county of Durham. and will hope to do the same WEST EDINBURGH LOTHIAN MIDLOTHIAN When Sunderland were for his new club. relegated from the Premier League Chris Maguire in , they were still the has loads of SOUTH LANARKSHIRE seventh-best supported team in experience at THE HISTORYSCOTTISH the division, with an average crowd clubs like Sheffield BORDERS EAST Sunderland were champions three of , ! Wednesday. He can AYRSHIRE times from to ! At this time play on the wing or up they were known as “the team of all front and regularly SOUTH the talents”. They won the League again chips in with goals Josh Maja AYRSHIRE in and and had another good – including the odd Newcastle celebrates for DUMFRIES AND run in the s – winning the League in Sunderland worldie! GALLOWAY and the FA Cup the next year. LONDON Since then, their only major DONEGAL DERRY ANTRIM trophy was the FA Cup in . Sunderland’s win over Leeds Sunderland was a huge shock as Leeds were DID YOU KNOW? NORTHERN one of the top teams at the time Sunderland fans voted for the Black IRELAND and Sunderland were a Cats to be their nickname when they division below! TYRONE moved grounds in 1997. A black cat had THE lived at their old ground in the early DOWN Middlesbrough FERMANAGH BOSS ARMAGH 1900s and was photographed with the LEITRIM JACK ISLE OF MAN ROSS team, who thought it was lucky MONAGHAN SLIGO ENGLAND CAVAN 19 M AYO LOUTH ROSCOMMON LONGFORD k5_Sunderland Who are ya_EG.indd 19 12/09/2018 12:42 MEATH WESTMEATH GA LWAY DUBLIN ISLE OF OFFALY ANGLESEY KILDARE FLINT CONWY SHIRE DENBIGH REPUBLIC OF SHIRE WREXHAM WICKLOW IRELAND LAOIS CLARE GWYNEDD CARLOW WALES TIPPERARY KILKENNY LIMERICK WEXFORD POWYS CERE DEGION WATERFORD KERRY CORK CARMAR PEMBROKE THENSHIRE SHIRE MONMOUTH NEATH SHIRE PORT SWANSEA TALBOT NEWPORT RHONDDA CYNON TAF BRIDGEND VALE OF MERTHYR TYDFIL GLAMORGAN CAERPHILLY BLAENAU GWENT TORFAEN.