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A hobby that got out of hand...All Sunderland AFC matches since 1880, cross-referenced in all sorts of ways, with all the opposition teams as well!

[UnderTheLight @UnderTheLight73]

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https://t.co/NjvXT77M6h

Day 2 is live! And much nicer

#SAFC

[TheStatCat 💙 @TheStatCat]

@UnderTheLight73 There's a better source 😉

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@UnderTheLight73 Had a go, got Gloag in three, but... Tried Logan and it said not a recognisable player. Two Logans, Jimmy and Henry played 2 games each (same as Bob Gloag). So maybe your database hasn't got all the players who played a first class game for SAFC in it?

[TheStatCat 💙 @TheStatCat]

@SunderlandAFC When are you going to reveal how many of us were there on Sunday?😉

[UnderTheLight @UnderTheLight73]

UnderTheLight End of Season fan awards.

There is going to be a few polls below for awards to round the season out.

Please can all Sunderland fans vote if you see this post. All shares appreciated.

#SAFC

[TheStatCat 💙 @TheStatCat]

@DiscopantsSoL I heard 47,197 and that's what BBC, Sky and ESPN are reporting now... Ridiculously https://t.co/C2WZba7yv9 doesn't state attendences. Maybe the Brighton web reporter misheard.

[TheStatCat 💙 @TheStatCat]

@DiscopantsSoL Been away a few days, just checked, BBC and SKy have updated to 47,197 now so so will I

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@footballmemorys @JohnCarney60 It's 1895, they'd just won the League Championship for the 3rd time in 4 seasons #safc

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@CeliaRichards0n @JohnCarney60 What a bunch of clowns the Telegraph are these days

[FootballRetroPlus @robertmdaws]

SUNDERLAND AFC @SunderlandAFC #Safc 1964

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@TonyBang554307 @DomKnight__ He played 410 times for us!

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@RokerReport The thing is, that kit from the 80s was a lift from the Southampton kit of the 80s because we got McMenemy as boss. We adopted it during his tenure, even down to the white socks

[TheStatCat 💙 @TheStatCat]

@PeterBeuster @SunderlandAFC Probably because that's not today. Must be pre- Watford, overcast and drizzle since Friday, no way sun been out casting those shadows

[TheStatCat 💙 @TheStatCat]

@RokerReport Many thanks, this one got missed! Will sort asap👍

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@MichaelMcA91 @WVintageColours @SunderlandAFC Definitely something in what you say. Stoke are another club that are reluctant to bow to evidence iirc. They were actually formed in 1868, but cling to 1863 (as it makes them one of the oldest clubs) on the basis that some sort of footy match occurred in Stoke in 1863!

[TheStatCat 💙 @TheStatCat]

@SunderlandAFC Finally, for any who think we are just spoilsports or awkward or whatever, most of us believed 1879 as well and dug and dug for years to find the evidence... And never found any. But we started to find plenty for 1880 and reluctantly concluded 1879 was a mistake.

[TheStatCat 💙 @TheStatCat]

@SunderlandAFC I find the mental gymnastics and semantics with the words formed and founded pretty embarrassing. History has to be based on evidence and there is none for 1879. The club itself said it was founded in 1880 in its season ticket for 1884/5 (when Allan was club treasurer).

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@SunderlandAFC They also told Northern Athlete newspaper the same, also 1884, when all NE football and rugby clubs were asked for club info. And they also told Charles Alcock at the FA when he was compiling a nationwide list of association football clubs.