Current Sunderland crest features a pithead wheel (symbolic of the region's mining heritage), two local landmarks, and two lions. City of Sunderland coat of arms dates to the 1500s and contains ...

the first Sunderland badge featured a black cat, along with a ship, a football and party of the city's coat of arms. The link goes even further however. Article continues below While a black cat ...

the upper part of the Sunderland coat of arms, a black cat and a football in front of the club’s red-and-white stripes. To mark the move from Roker Park to the Stadium of Light in 1997 ...