* Abby Sunderland, yachtswoman, attempted a solo global circumnavigation, would have been the youngest ever had she been successful

Also, the annals of modern parliamentary history could find no parallel for Disraeli's betrayal ; historians would have to look " to the days when Sunderland directed the Council, and accepted the favours of James when he was negotiating the invasion of William ".

For a while in 2000 – 01, Sunderland were second in the league and it looked as though they would secure qualification for the UEFA Champions League, but their form dipped in the final stages of the season and again they finished seventh.

In late 2006, it was rumoured that Reid would be returning to Sunderland as Director of Football under new chairman Niall Quinn, who had played under Reid at Manchester City and Sunderland, but this appointment never happened.

If based on the original submission, essentially a land-based Sunderland with various cleanups, there seems to be no reason to suspect that the Stirling would not have been an excellent heavy bomber.

Broadis, who was playing for Sunderland but living and training with Carlisle, once arrived late for training and Shankly asserted that he would play by United's training rules even if he didn't play there.

Other variants include Sunderland workers who were encouraged to move to Teesside's shipyards for work, where the Teesside-based employers would " mack-em " (" make them ") build the ships, or the local brewers Vaux who brewed a bottled beer called " Double Maxim ".

During the nineteenth century, teams of rapper dancers from the pit villages of Tyneside, and later Wearside, would travel annually to the towns of Newcastle upon Tyne, Sunderland and Durham to perform the dance for the crowds – asking for monetary consideration.

Seven Sunderland players would defect to Albion along with Sunderland AFC ’ s first President, Alderman Potts.

It ’ s likely that the latter would have gone anyway when less than 2 months later the Committee of Sunderland AFC was reduced from 30 to 15 members.

Albion would use Sunderland AFC ’ s old Blue House Field ground for fixtures and the HQ for Albion would be at the Waverley Hotel in Norman Street, Hendon.

Whilst no firm date was given for the move Sunderland would stay on at that venue until 1898.

1 December 1888: Sunderland and Sunderland Albion were drawn to play each other, as fate would have it, in the second round of the Durham Challenge Cup.

The reason behind the walkover given to Albion was simple – Sunderland didn ’ t want to give Albion any money and as a meeting between the 2 sides was the most eagerly awaited contest in the Town it would have drawn a massive crowd and made the Albion coffers swell, an unattractive proposition to Sunderland.

A further factor in Sunderland not wishing to play Albion in a cup game was the fact that their Scottish players would have been ineligible and so they would have risked defeat by their junior neighbours.

If we didn ’ t know it before the match, we would know it after – both clubs felt threatened by the other, and in what was to become one the most infamous games in the history of Sunderland AFC this encounter summed up what the relationship between the 2 clubs was all about.

Struggling financially they would play, and be hammered by, Sunderland twice more:

* 26 September 2002-A poll among Sunderland supporters names David O ' Leary as the man they would most like to see as manager in place of under-fire Peter Reid.

He was appointed manager of Sunderland shortly after his retirement as a player, and took the club from 23rd position in the Football League Championship in late August to win the division title and gain promotion to the Premier League.

Sunderland Albion had hard lines when you think that of the original 12 Football Alliance clubs only 3, including Albion, had not gone on to gain entry into the Football League.

In recent years, a thriving underground music scene in Sunderland has helped the likes of The Futureheads, Field Music and more recently Frankie & The Heartstrings gain national recognition.

He was sent out on loan to Sunderland in 2003 in order to gain experience.

Again, his first team opportunities were restricted, this time by Pavel Srnicek, and he was loaned out to neighbours Sunderland in 1994 – 95 to gain more first team opportunities, although he did not play a first team game for them.

Brown featured for Sunderland during the pre-season tour of U. S. and Canada, though was told by manager Mick McCarthy that he needed to gain further first team experience on loan at another club.

After his second stint at Leeds, he moved up to the north-east where he helped Sunderland gain promotion from Division Three.

He left Sunderland for the second time to join arch rivals Newcastle United but returned to Wearside in 1995 and helped Sunderland gain promotion to the Premier League.

For the 2005 – 06 season, Le Tallec joined fellow Premier League side Sunderland on loan, in a bid to gain some more first team football.

He moved to Sunderland, the side he had supported as a boy, for a nominal fee of £ 75, 000 in March 1997, but could not help Sunderland from being relegated at the end of the season, despite scoring once against Everton.

Some lines such as the Sunderland to West Hartlepool line cost only £ 291 per mile to operate.

Sunderland were fined £ 250 (£ today ), and six directors were suspended for two and a half years for not showing a true record of the club's financial dealings.

For Sunderland, the immediate post-war years were characterised by significant spending ; the club paid £ 18, 000 (£ today ) for Carlisle United's Ivor Broadis in January 1949.

Sunderland completed the signing of Ghana international Asamoah Gyan in August 2010 for a fee around £ 13 million, becoming their new record transfer fee.

However, striker Darren Bent left Sunderland for Aston Villa in January 2011 in a deal potentially worth £ 24 million ( a record transfer fee received for the club ).

" On 24 August 2012, Sunderland announced the signing of Steven Fletcher from Wolverhampton Wanderers for a fee of £ 14 million and England international winger Adam Johnson from Manchester City.

The ground was close to the place where Sunderland formed, at Hendon Board School ; at that time the rent for use of the ground was £ 10 (£ today ).

* Alf Common becomes the first player ever to be transferred for £ 1, 000 when he moves from Sunderland to Middlesbrough

The highest transfer fee received for a Hull City player is £ 4 million from Sunderland for Michael Turner.

The transfer for a fee of £ 200, 000 ( A $ $ 500, 000 ) re-united Yorke with ex-teammate Roy Keane, then manager of Sunderland.

The individual prices were not made clear by Sunderland, although a figure of £ 8. 2 million for Flo was widely quoted by the media.

Sunderland have since confirmed that he was bought for £ 6. 75 million, making him Sunderland's second most expensive purchase.

Sunderland suggested that apart from £ 20 in expenses, both clubs should give the proceeds to Charity.

In March 1890 Sunderland Albion Football & Athletic Company Limited was formed with capital of £ 3, 000.

As Hartley and the Glass Works was the major backer of Sunderland Albion, to the tune of £ 3k, the backing went AWOL, as a result of the strike.

From there he went on to play for Hull City in 1949 ( transfer fee £ 20, 000 ), Manchester City in 1951 (£ 25, 000 ), Sunderland in October 1956 (£ 22, 000 ) and Leeds United in November 1958 (£ 12, 000 ).

At the end of the season he was signed by Sunderland for a fee of a basic £ 350, 000, eventually coming to over £ 600, 000 based on appearances and achievements at the club.

From Rangers, he transferred to Premier League side Sunderland, who paid £ 2. 85 million for his services.