How long have sunderland been in the premiership

The club is also known under a few nicknames, The Black Cats are one of them. Sunderland was established in Together with Preston and Aston Villa , Sunderland was among the dominant football clubs in England during the s, winning the First Division in —92, —93 and — Both teams were reinforced by imported Scottish players and they also played a passing game which for the time was typical Scottish opposed to the dribbling game that otherwise was an English trademark.

After losing in the play-off final at Wembley, the Lads were promoted anyway due to Swindon Town being refused entry to the top flight owing to financial misdemeanours.

And in his first full season, he secured the First Division title with 83 points. The original capacity was 42,, which subsequently increased when an extension to add another tier to the north end of the ground opened in A slow start to the Championship season saw Roy Keane replace Quinn as manager, and the Irishman made an immediate impact firing Sunderland up the table as the title was secured. A spell that also saw the Lads record a memorable string of 'Six in a Row' derby victories over local rivals Newcastle United.

A successive relegation followed under Chris Coleman, who replaced Simon Grayson following his dismissal in October , as the Black Cats plunged into the third tier for only the second time in their history. Jack Ross was appointed manager and the Scot led the club to Wembley Stadium twice during the campaign.

It broke my heart. The demise of the club has been staggeringly quick. He died before the first relegation. On Saturday afternoon, at the Stadium of Light, the worst team in the history of Sunderland Association Football Club, confirmed their second successive demotion. It could not have been much more dramatic.

They led through Paddy McNair, and then, with just four minutes of normal time remaining, their former centre forward, Darren Bent, equalised. He cocked a hand to his ear in celebration at those who had verbally abused him.

In the second minute of injury-time, Liam Boyce glanced a second in for Burton Albion, themselves embroiled in the struggle at the foot of the Championship. Their bench exploded in celebration. First, with all five minutes of added on time played, in the midst of an almighty scramble following a Sunderland corner, the ball was bundled over the line, by McNair. There was 30 seconds of celebration, but during it the furious Burton players protested the hand of Ashley Fletcher had struck the ball.

With Burton to play Bolton, next week, the maths filtered through. With two games remaining, Sunderland were effectively seven points from safety. It was all over, but by then the Stadium of Light was empty. There were no tears, instead, the pain filtered into Wearside. He played for them times and in was part of the only other Sunderland side to slip into the third tier, after losing a play-off to Gillingham in There is a sense of apathy in the club now. We probably deserved to go down.

Everything at that time was pretty rancid. It was the worst summer ever. I just wanted it over with.