Sunderland Nissan F.C. was a football club based in

Sunderland Sunderland () is a port city in Tyne and Wear, England. It is the City of Sunderland's administrative centre and in the Historic counties of England, historic county of County of Durham, Durham. The city is from Newcastle-upon-Tyne and is on t ...

, England. They joined the Wearside League Division Two as founding members in 1988. Their original name was Washington Nissan. In the 2005–06 and 2008–09 seasons, they reached the 2nd round of the

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. For the 2008–09 season, their last, they were members of the Northern League Division One. They played at the Nissan Sports Complex. All of their players were employees of the Nissan Motor Manufacturing Plant NMUK in Sunderland. In 2009 the club dissolved when the company stopped further funds to the club.

Honours

*Northern League Div 2: R-Up: 2004–05 *Northern League Cup: R-Up: 2006–07 *Wearside: 1993–94, 99–2000, 01–02 *Div 2: R-Up: 1989–90 *League Cup: 1992–93, 93–94, 96–97, R-Up: 1991–92, 98–99 *Monkwearmouth Charity Cup: 1996–97 R-Up: 1995–96, 2000–01 *Nissan European Trophy: (x3)

References

External links

nissanfc.co.uk
* * * Defunct football clubs in England Defunct football clubs in Tyne and Wear Association football clubs established in 1988 Association football clubs disestablished in 2009 1988 establishments in England 2009 disestablishments in England Wearside Football League Northern Football League Works association football teams in England {{England-footyclub-defunct-stub