Sunderland played in blue , and lost the game 1 - 0 .
* Sunderland FC 's first known competitive opponents on November 13th 1880 , were Ferryhill .
Sunderland FC played in blue , and lost the game 1 - 0 .
* Sunderland FC 's first known competitive opponents on November 13th 1880 , were Ferryhill .