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Who R Ya – Sunderland

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Vital QPR takes a look at this Wednesday’s opponents Sunderland

Facts & Figures


Founded: 1879

Nickname: The Black Cats

Ground: Stadium of Light (48,707)

Manager : Martin O`Neill

Selected Honours



Football League First Division Champions: 1891-92, 1892-93, 1894-95, 1901-02, 1912-13, 1935-36

Football League Second Division Champions: 1975-76, 1995-96, 1998-99, 2004-05, 2006-07

FA Cup Winners: 1937, 1973

Club Records



Record Attendance: 75,118 v Derby, FA Cup, 8th March 1933

Record League Victory: 9-1 v Newcastle, 5th December 1908

Record League Defeat: 0-8 v Sheffield Wednesday, 26th December 1911

Record Buy: £13,000,000 to Rennes for Asamoah Gyan

Record Sale: £18,000,000 from Aston Villa for Darren Bent

Record Appearances: 627 – Jimmy Montgomery

Record Goals: 228 – Bobby Gurney

Squad


Goalkeepers:

Craig Gordon
Simon Mignolet
Keiren Westwood
Trevor Carson

Defenders:

Phil Bardsley
Michael Turner
Wes Brown
John O`Shea
Matthew Kilgallon
Titus Bramble
Louis Laing

Midfielders:

Lee Cattermole
Sebastian Larsson
Craig Gardner
Keiran Richardson
Jack Colback
David Vaughan
David Meyler
James McClean
Ahmed Elmohamady
Stephane Sessegnon

Strikers:

Connor Wickham
Fraizer Campbell
Ji Dong-Won
Oumare Tounkara
Jordan Cook
Nicklas Bendtner

Last Five Fixtures


Loss: 0-1 v Spurs (a)
Win: 2-1 v Blackburn (h)
Loss: 1-2 v Wolves (a)
Loss: 1-2 v Wigan (h)
Draw: 0-0 v Fulham (h)

Last Five Fixtures v QPR


Sunderland 2-1 QPR on 14 Apr 07
QPR 1-2 Sunderland on 28 Nov 06
QPR 1-3 Sunderland on 2 Apr 05
Sunderland 2-2 QPR on 14 Aug 04
QPR 2-2 Sunderland on 9 Jan 99

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