The official Sunderland AFC annual for 2025 is essential reading for all Sunderland supporters – especially the younger ones! However there is plenty for the adult fan as well with a Sunderland Stat Attack full of unusual facts you have almost certainly missed.

Every first team player is profiled, including the summer signings, while there is also coverage of the women’s team who did so well in 2024. All of the club’s award winners from 2024 are featured, as is singer Tom A. Smith who was the guest artist at the star studded awards evening. Tom A. Smith is not the only musician included as the annual also includes Bruce Springsteen who staged a sensational performance to a packed stadium at the end of the season.

Find out about Sunderland’s French footballers and the most expensive players to play for SAFC. Test yourself on the quiz of the year and have a go at the puzzles and games, while when it is someone in your family’s birthday have a go at making the red and white scarf birthday cake Samson shows you how to cook up.

Read about Mick McCarthy’s men who won the Championship 20 years ago and honour the Sunderland team who became world champions 130 years ago. Speaking of world champions, come bang up to date with a preview of the 2025 Women’s World Cup which starts at the Stadium of Light next year. Read about all of the upgrades to the stadium and the work that goes on at the Foundation of Light so that once you have read the Sunderland annual you are a Sunderland expert!