Sunderland Association Football Club and The British Day School blue plaque

This blue commemorative plaque records: The British Day School. A meeting here in October 1879, when the building was The British Day School, saw the formation of what is now Sunderland AFC - originally called Sunderland and District Teachers' Association. Recorded plaque organisation: Sunderland Association Football Club.

Sunderland Association Football Club was founded in October 1879 at The British Day School, initially known as the Sunderland and District Teachers' Association, marking its origins in local education circles.