John MacFarlane joins Sunderland A.F.C. ranks in top brass role

Article posted by Coliseum, September 11^th, 2026

Image: John MacFarlane / Stadium of Light, G Laird, CC BY-SA 2.0

John MacFarlane has joined the Premier League team Sunderland A.F.C. (UK) as the Director of Facilities.

A ‘LinkedIn Post By John MacFarlane, Director of Facilities, A.F.C. Sunderland’ stated, “I am pleased to share that I have joined the Sunderland A.F.C. as the Director of Facilities. There is a real ambition to keep moving the club forward both on and off the pitch and I am excited to be part of that.”

The ‘LinkedIn Post By John MacFarlane, Director of Facilities, A.F.C. Sunderland’ further stated, “With the Premier League season ahead and a Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) Europa League campaign to look forward to it is an incredibly exciting time for the club and our supporters. I’m proud to be playing my part in contributing to the club’s continued progress and success.”

The Sunderland A.F.C. is a professional football club based in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England (UK). The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of the English football league system.

The Stadium of Light is an all-seater football stadium in Sunderland, England (UK) and the current home of the Premier League team Sunderland A.F.C. With seating for 49,000 spectators the Stadium of Light is the 10^th-largest football stadium in England.

Nyon (Switzerland)-based the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) is the governing body of football in Europe and one of FIFA’s six continental confederations for association football consisting of 55 national associations.

The UEFA Europa League, known simply as the Europa League, is an annual club football competition organized since 1971 by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) for the eligible European clubs. It is the second-tier competition of European club football.

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