Vital QPR takes a look at Tuesday’s opponents Sunderland
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Facts & Figures |
Founded: 1879 as Sunderland and District Teachers
Nickname: The Black Cats
Ground: Stadium of Light – 48707
Manager: Gustavo Poyet
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Honours & Records |
Honours
First Division: Winners – 1891-92, 1892-93, 1894-95, 1901-02, 1912-13, 1935-36
Second Division/First Division/Championship: Winners – 1975-76, 1995-96, 1998-99, 2004-05, 2006-07
Second Division: Runners Up – 1963-64, 1979-80 [Promotion: 1989-90]
Third Division: Winners – 1987-88
FA Cup: Winners – 1937, 1973
FA Cup: Runners Up – 1913, 1992
League Cup: Runner-up – 1985, 2014
Charity Shield: Winners – 1936
Records
Record Attendance: 75118 v Derby County (FA Cup – March 1933)
Record league victory: 23-0 v Castletown (December 1884)
Record league defeat 0-8 v Sheffield Wednesday (December 1911)
Record Buy: £14,000,000 – Steven Fletcher from Wolverhampton Wanderers (August 2012)
Record Sale: £24,000,000 – Darren Bent to Aston Villa (January 2011)
Record Appearances: Jim Montgomery – 627 (1960 – 1977)
Record Goals: Bobby Gurney – 228 (1925 – 1950)
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Squad |
1 – Costel Pantilimon
2 – Billy Jones
3 – Patrick van Aanholt
4 – Liam Bridcutt
5 – Wes Brown
6 – Lee Cattermole
7 – Sebastian Larsson
8 – Jack Rodwell
9 – Steven Fletcher
10 – Connor Wickham
11 – Adam Johnson
14 – Jordi Gómez
15 – Anthony Réveillère
16 – John O’Shea
19 – Danny Graham
20 – Ricky Alvarez
22 – Sebastián Coates
23 – Emanuele Giaccherini
25 – Vito Mannone
27 – Santiago Vergini
28 – Jermain Defoe
30 – Will Buckley
40 – Martin Smith
41 – Duncan Watmore
42 – Liam Agnew
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