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

@TheStatCat Attendance: 47,187 (2,450 Albion fans)

@TheStatCat The attendance vs Brighton was announced as 47,187 at the end of the game and not 45,497 as Sky/BBC reported 👍

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

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

Sunderland team photo 1894 #SAFC #Sunderland #BlackCats

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

Also. FAO Daily Telegraph this is the Penshaw Monument not the Pembroke Monument. Penshaw is in the North East of England and Pembroke is in West Wales - they’re about 350 miles apart, which is a long way in these isles.

SUNDERLAND AFC @SunderlandAFC #Safc 1964

@TonyBang554307 @DomKnight__ He played 410 times for us!

@TheStatCat @DomKnight__ Did Michael Gray really play 340 odd time for us? Wow

can someone with better ball knowledge that me clear this one up? was wondering where luke onien sits in all time sunderland appearances, getting different answers from everywhere

@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

Seen a lot of this - it's a remake of an #SAFC kit from the 80s, not a Southampton kit!

@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

@SunderlandAFC No Jobe?

⏭️ Attention turns to Wednesday. Go inside training as the Lads prepare for Luton Town... 📺⤵️

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

𝗢𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗗𝗔𝗬 (𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟳) International break? Not for Roy Keane. He took the Sunderland team up to Falkirk to get some much-needed minutes into some returning legs. #HawayTheLads // #SAFC 🟥◻️ sbnation.com/e/24057018

@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!

Founding Moments: The Beginnings The origins of our Football Club ⤵️

@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.

@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).

@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.

@WVintageColours @SunderlandAFC Tbf I don't think the Mags will have a field day. They're even more inaccurate, they believe they were formed in 1892 when their origins ie East End and predecessors are way earlier!

@SunderlandAFC You cannot celebrate your history in a year you cant prove and expect the Mayor, football dignatories etc to attend some plush event and everyone pretend that 1880 didn't happen. The Mags etc. will have a field day.

@SunderlandAFC 🤔

James Allan 🤝 Founders' Week Celebrating the history of Sunderland AFC.

@RokerReport Fake news will always win out in the modern world 😉

What year do you believe that #SAFC was formed?

@SunderlandEcho First held in 1897 at Newcastle Road ground, 4th and last time 1900 at Roker Park

When Roker Park held its own mini Olympics, with 20,000 fans watching #Echobox=1723358511" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">sunderlandecho.com/retro/when-rok…