Chairman: Niall Quinn
Life President: Bob Murray

First Team Manager: Roy Keane
First Team Coach: Tony Loughlan
First Team Coach: Ricky Sbragia
Reserve Team Manager: Neil Bailey

Physios: Pete Friar, David Binningsley
Academy Manager: Ged McNamee
Assistant Academy Managers: Kevin Ball and Elliott Dickman
Development Centre Co-Ordinator: Wayne Walls

Club Contact Details:

Sunderland Stadium of Light,
Sunderland,
Tyne & Wear,
SR5 1SU

Telephone: (0191) 551 5000
Fax: (0191) 551 5123
Web: http://www.safc.com

Club Records

Attendance

• Record attendance (at Roker Park): 75,118 (vs Derby County, FA Cup 6th Round Replay, March 8th, 1933)
• Record attendance (at the Stadium of Light): 48,355 (vs Liverpool, FA Premiership, April 13th, 2002)
• Lowest Attendance for a Competitive Game: 11,450 (vs Chester City, Carling Cup First Round, August 24th, 2004)
• Highest Attendance for an England Under 16 International: 21,061 (England U16 v Brazil U16, July 16th, 2000)
• Highest Attendance for an Under 16 International: 31,100 (France U16 v Spain U16, UEFA U16s Championships Final, May 6th, 2001)

Transfer Fees

• Highest Transfer Fee Spent: £9m (Craig Gordon, from Hearts of Midlothian)
• Highest Transfer Fee Received: £5.5m (Don Hutchison, to West Ham)

Goals

• Most Goals in a Season (all-time): Dave Halliday, 43 league goals in Division One in 1928-29
• Highest Post War Goal Scorer: Kevin Phillips - 108 (in all competitions, until end of 2000-1 season)
• Highest All Time Goal Scorer: Charlie Buchan - 224 (in all competitions, between March 1911 and July 1925)
• Leading Scorer in 1998-99: Kevin Phillips - 26 (in all competitions)
• Leading Scorer in 1999-2000: Kevin Phillips - 30 (in all competitions)
• Leading Scorer in 2000-01: Kevin Phillips - 18 (in all competitions)
• Leading Scorer in 2001-02: Kevin Phillips - 13 (in all competitions)
• Leading Scorer in 2002-03: Kevin Phillips - 8 (in all competitions)
• Leading Scorers in 2003-04: Kevin Kyle & Marcus Stewart - 16 (in all competitions)
• Leading Scorer in 2004-05: Marcus Stewart - 17 (in all competitions)
• Leading Scorer in 2005-06: Anthony Le Tallec - 5 (in all competitions)
• Leading Scorer in 2006-07: David Connolly - 13 (in all competitions)
• Total League Goals Scored: 109 (Division One, 1935-6)

Appearances

• Most appearances for Sunderland: Jim Montgomery - 537 apps between 1962-77

League Records

• First Football League Game: Sunderland 2 Burnley 3 (13 September 1890)
• Record League Win: 9 - 1 v Newcastle United - Division One, 5th December 1908
• Record League Defeat: Defeat 0 - 8 v West Ham United (19 October 1968); v Watford (25 September 1982)

Sequences

• Most back-to-back league wins: 13 (November 14th, 1891 - April 2nd, 1892)
• Most back-to-back league draws: 6 (March 26th, 1949 - April 19th, 1949)
• Most back-to-back league losses: 17 (January 18th, 2003 - August 23rd, 2003)
• Longest run of consecutive league wins: 19 (May 3rd, 1998 - November 11th, 1998)
• Longest run without a league win: 22 (December 21st, 2002 - August 23rd, 2003)

Previous Grounds

• Blue House Field, Hendon 1879-82
• Groves Field, Ashbrooke 1882-83
• Horatio Street 1883-84
• Abbs Field, Fulwell 1884-86
• Newcastle Road 1886-98
• Roker Park 1898-1997
• Stadium of Light 1997-present day

Managers

• Tom Watson: 1888-96
• Bob Campbell: 1896-99
• Alex Mackie: 1899-1905
• Bob Kyle: 1905-28
• Johnny Cochrane: 1928-39
• Bill Murray: 1939-57
• Alan Brown: 1957-64
• George Hardwick: 1964-5
• Ian McColl: 1965-8
• Alan Brown: 1968-72
• Bob Stokoe: 1972-76
• Jimmy Adamson: 1976-78
• Billy Elliott: 1978-79
• Ken Knighton: 1979-81
• Alan Durban: 1981-84
• Len Ashurst: 1984-85
• Lawrie McMenemy: 1985-87
• Denis Smith: 1987-91
• Malcolm Crosby: 1991-93
• Terry Butcher: 1993
• Mick Buxton: 1993-95
• Peter Reid: 1995-2002
• Howard Wilkinson: October 2002-March 2003
• Mick McCarthy: March 2003-March 2006
• Kevin Ball (temporary charge): March 2006-May 2006
• Niall Quinn: July 2006-August 2006
• Roy Keane: August 2006-

Trophy Cabinet

• Division One (top flight/current Premiership): 1891-92, 1892-93, 1894-95, 1901-02, 1912-13, 1935-36
• Division One (second tier/current Football League Championship) 1975-76, 1995-96, 1998-99, 2004-05, 2006-07
• Division Two (third tier/current Football League One): 1987-88

FA Cup

• Winners 1937, 1973 (1936-7 and 1972-3 seasons)
• Runners-up 1913, 1992 (1912-13 and 1991-2 seasons)

League Cup

• Runners-up 1985 (1984-5 season)

European Competition

• Entered European Cup Winners Cup: 1973-4 season; knocked out in second round