Sunderland Association Football Club is a professional association football team founded in 1879 as Sunderland District Teachers in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, in North-East England, that plays in the Premier League and they are one of the most successful clubs in English football, having won six First Division titles and two FA Cups. In 1997 the team moved to the 49,000 capacity Stadium of Light, after 99 years at Roker Park. Their fans were recently voted the loudest supporters in the Premier League following a survey which was carried out at every ground in the league.
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They were league champions six times - in 1892, 1893, 1895, 1902, 1913, and most recently in 1936, when they became the last team wearing striped shirts to win the league. In 1890 they were elected into the football league, and became the first team to join after the league's birth in 1888. They stayed in the top flight until 1958, a record which only Arsenal have bettered since, in 1992, and they also won their first FA Cup in 1937 with a 3-1 victory over Preston North End. Their major triumph was the club's second FA Cup victory in 1973, when the club secured a 1-0 victory over Leeds United thanks to an Ian Porterfield goal and a terrific double save from Jimmy Montgomery. Their main rivals are the local team Newcastle United, and the Tyne-Wear derby between Newcastle United and Sunderland has been played since 1898.