Supporters can now purchase Sunderland AFC home shirts for £18.79 – a nod to the club’s history, having been formed by a group of school teachers back in 1879.
We take a look back what else was going on in the world 138 years ago.
- Thomas Edison invented the incandescent light bulb
- The first female students signed up to Oxford University
- Professor Albert Einstein was born in Germany
- The Anglo-Zulu War started in January and ended with the Battle of Ulundi in July
- Fulham FC was founded in London as a church football team
- Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera The Pirates of Penzance opened at the Fifth Avenue Theatre in New York City
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Take advantage of the '1879' offer and pick up yours home shirt online or in any official club store at the Debenhams Sunderland, The Galleries Washington or the Stadium of Light store.