Sunderland
Manager: Roy Keane
Chairman: Niall Quinn
Sunderland moved to their new Stadium of Light in 1997, after having spent 99 years at Roker Park.
Before the Second World War, Sunderland were English Champions six times, the last in 1936, still making them the last team who wear striped shirts to win the league!
They were elected into the football league in 1890, becoming the first team to be elected into the league apart from the founder members of 1888, and they managed to stay in the top flight until 1958, a record which only Arsenal have bettered since.
2007-2008 Squad
1 Craig Gordon (Scotland)
2 Greg Halford (England)
3 Ian Harte (Republic Of Ireland)
4 Dickson Etuhu (Nigeria)
5 Nyron Nosworthy (Jamaica)
6 Paul Mcshane (Republic Of Ireland)
7 Carlos Edwards (Trinidad & Tobago)
8 Dean Whitehead (England)
9 Anthony Stokes (Republic Of Ireland)
10 Kieran Richardson (England)
11 Daryl Murphy (Republic Of Ireland)
12 Liam Miller (Republic Of Ireland)
13 Darren Ward (Wales)
14 Danny Higginbotham (England)
15 Danny Collins (Wales)
16 Michael Chopra (England)
17 Kenwyne Jones (Trinidad & Tobago)
Stadium Of Light
18 Grant Leadbitter (England)
19 Dwight Yorke (Trinidad & Tobago)
20 Andy Cole (England)
21 Russell Anderson (Scotland)
23 Roy O`Donovan (Republic Of Ireland)
24 Trevor Carson (N.Ireland)
27 Stanislav Varga (Slovakia)
29 Peter Hartley (England)
30 Jake Richardson (England)
31 David Connolly (Republic Of Ireland)
33 Ross Wallace (Scotland)
34 Billy Denehy (Republic Of Ireland)
36 Gavin Donoghue (Republic Of Ireland)
37 Robbie Weir (N.Ireland)
38 Jamie Chanoler (England)
40 David Dowson (England)
- Jack Pelter (Australia)
Sunderland`s star player of the Premier League
We have chosen Kevin Phillips to be Sunderland`s star player of the Premier League because he was Sunderlands best finisher, in the 1999-2000 season he scored an estonishing 30 goals in the Premier League which was incredible for Sunderland.
Kevin Philips was always in the right place at the right time to score his goals for Sunderland. He was the best goalscorer that graced the Stadium Of Light`s pitch in the Premier League with an incredible tally of playing 209 times and in that time scoring an impressive 115 goals for the Black Cats.