Sunderland why black cats

Supporter Billy Morris was said to have snuck a black cat into the game in his coat pocket in the comeback win over Preston North End at Wembley.

With their historic move to the Stadium of Light from Roker Park in , the club decided to settle on a nickname. The Black Cats won a majority of the vote of supporters and was official adopted.

The Black Cat returned to a place of prominence on the badge. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. We know its factually true ie the Gun Battery existed, but why did they use this story to justify the nickname? No one knows. The football club has never said. As Dave Hillam intimates it had nothing to do with a gun battery. The gun battery had never been mentioned by the football club or any of its supporters until Quite simply the cat had brought the players good luck.

It was mere co-incidence that a Gun Battery called The Black Cat had existed; a convenient co-incidence but a co-incidence nonetheless. If Billy Hogg was still alive today — perhaps he could have told us the exact date it was adopted. However it is becoming increasingly apparent that a Gun Battery had nothing to do with it. He smuggled a Black Cat into the stadium via the inside of his jacket.

Well done Billy!! From now on we can take pride in being The Black Cats, knowing that our supporters have chosen the name. The first new Black Cat could be Don Hutchison, the Everton's captain who is expected to move to Sunderland this week. The Scottish international midfielder has been courted by the Wearside club for the past two months and Everton's FA Cup quarter-final defeat by Aston Villa on Sunday is likely to prompt an official bid from Peter Reid.

However, if Sunderland's manager believes the year-old will be offloaded cheaply as part of the Merseyside club's economy drive he will be disappointed.