Sunderland A.F.C.
Sunderland Association Football Club is a professional
football club, based at the
Stadium of Light in
Sunderland,
Tyne and Wear, in
North-East England. They play in the
Premier League. They moved to the Stadium of Light in
1997 after 99 years at
Roker Park.Before the Second World War, Sunderland were league champions six times - in
1892,
1893,
1895,
1902,
1913, and most recently in
1936, when they became the last team wearing striped shirts to win the league. They were elected into the football league in
1890, becoming the first team to join after the league's birth in
1888. Sunderland stayed in the top flight until
1958, a record which only
Arsenal have bettered since, in
1992. The club won their first
FA Cup in
1937 with a 3-1 victory over
Preston North End.
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