 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Sunderland Association Football Club yakavambwa munaGunyana 1880 seSunderland uye Dunhu reVadzidzisi Association Football Club. Mushure mekushandura nyanzvi muna 1886, kirabhu yakasarudza Tom Watson semutungamiri wavo wekutanga, uye pasi paWatson timu yakakunda Football League First Division katatu mumwaka mina. Nhamba yemitambo yakakundwa pasi paWatson inoramba iri yakakwirira zvikuru munhoroondo yose yomutungamiriri weSunderland. Watson akasiya basa kuti atungamirire Liverpool uye akatsiviwa naRobert Campbell, asi mutungamiri mutsva akakundikana kuenderera mberi nekubudirira kwemutungamiri wake. Vatungamiri vatatu vakatevera, Alex Mackie, Bob Kyle naJohnny Cochrane, mumwe nomumwe akakunda First Division title apo vakanga vari mukirabhu. Mitambo 817 yaKyle, yakapararira pamusoro pemwaka wakakwana 19 kumativi ose eHondo Yenyika Yokutanga, inomugadzira mutungamiri weSunderland akareba zvikuru. Cochrane akatungamira kirabhu kuhwina kwavo kwekutanga FA Cup, vachikunda Preston North End 3 × 1 mumakwikwi ekupedzisira a1937. Vakanga vasvika pedyo zvikurusa mumwaka wapfuura vakanga vari sevanokundwa vanopedza muna 1913pasi paKyle. 