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Official Website: safc.com Formed by a group of teachers at the Hendon Boarding School. After a year the club allowed non-teachers to join and changed the name. Former nickname was the Rokermen, a reference to their old stadium Roker Park. The Black Cats nickname is an historic nickname steeped in Sunderland lore (a group of soldiers once heard a mysterious wailing black cat near a gun battery in the early 19th century). After the departure from Roker Park it has become much more common. Joined the Football League in 1890. The club's elaborate emblem includes - a pithead wheel (symbolic of the region's mining heritage), the club's red and white colors, two famous city symbols (Penshaw Monument and Victorian Wearmouth Bridge) and a pair of lions (also prominent in the city's coat of arms). Roker Park was located in the Sunderland neighborhood of Roker. The Stadium of Light name was chosen as a tip of the hat to the industrial heritage of the region, specifically the Monkwearmouth mine. A sign at the mine's exit famously read 'Into The Light'. Previous stadiums - Blue House Field (1879-82), Groves Field (1882-83), Horatio Street (1883-84), Abbs Field (1884-86), Newcastle Road (1886-98), Roker Park (1898-1997).Trophy Room:
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Full Name: Sunderland Association Football Club
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