1991–92 Sunderland A.F.C. season

League Cup
	Second round
Top goalscorer	Don Goodman (11)
Average home league attendance	18,390
	Home colours
	Home colours
	← 1990–91 1992–93 →

During the 1991–92 English football season, Sunderland A.F.C. competed in the Football League Second Division.

Season summary

Having been relegated from the First Division in 1990-91, Sunderland were widely expected to perform well in 1991-92, but ultimately struggled in the Second Division, finishing in a disappointing 18th position. However, in that same season, the Rokerites embarked on a run leading to the

FA Cup final, becoming the first club from the second tier since 1980 to reach Wembley, where they lost 2–0 to Liverpool,^[1] They had previously beaten Chelsea in a quarter-final replay.^[2] Smith was sacked as manager during the season, and was replaced by his assistant Malcolm Crosby.^[3]

Final league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
16	Barnsley	46	16	11	19	46	57	−11	59
17	Bristol City	46	13	15	18	55	71	−16	54
18	Sunderland	46	14	11	21	61	65	−4	53
19	Grimsby Town	46	14	11	21	47	62	−15	53
20	Newcastle United	46	13	13	20	66	84	−18	52

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

Results

Sunderland's score comes first^[4]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League Second Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
17 August 1991	Derby County	H	1–1	20,509	Armstrong
20 August 1991	Barnsley	A	3–0	12,454	Owers, Armstrong, Pascoe
24 August 1991	Millwall	A	1–4	10,016	Owers (pen)
31 August 1991	Oxford United	H	2–0	16,151	Gabbiadini, Armstrong
3 September 1991	Portsmouth	A	0–1	9,621
7 September 1991	Blackburn Rovers	H	1–1	17,043	Atkinson
14 September 1991	Swindon Town	A	3–5	11,417	Owers, Gabbiadini, Armstrong
17 September 1991	Charlton Athletic	A	4–1	5,807	Owers (pen), Gabbiadini (3)
21 September 1991	Grimsby Town	H	1–2	16,535	Pascoe
28 September 1991	Middlesbrough	A	1–2	19,424	Brady
5 October 1991	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	4–2	15,119	Beagrie, Rush (2), Armstrong
12 October 1991	Cambridge United	A	0–3	7,857
19 October 1991	Port Vale	A	3–3	7,525	Brady (2), Ball
26 October 1991	Bristol Rovers	H	1–1	14,746	Bennett
2 November 1991	Watford	H	3–1	12,790	Byrne (2), Armstrong
5 November 1991	Ipswich Town	A	1–0	9,768	Armstrong
9 November 1991	Bristol City	A	0–1	10,570
17 November 1991	Newcastle United	H	1–1	29,224	Davenport
23 November 1991	Plymouth Argyle	A	0–1	6,007
30 November 1991	Southend United	H	1–2	13,575	Byrne
7 December 1991	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0–1	11,922
14 December 1991	Leicester City	H	1–0	15,094	Goodman
21 December 1991	Portsmouth	H	1–0	14,432	Awford (own goal)
26 December 1991	Tranmere Rovers	A	0–1	13,658
28 December 1991	Oxford United	A	0–3	6,140
1 January 1992	Barnsley	H	2–0	16,107	Armstrong, Goodman
11 January 1992	Millwall	H	6–2	16,533	Byrne, Goodman (3), Davenport
18 January 1992	Derby County	A	2–1	15,384	Byrne
1 February 1992	Port Vale	H	1–1	19,488	Armstrong
8 February 1992	Bristol Rovers	A	1–2	6,318	Byrne
11 February 1992	Tranmere Rovers	H	1–1	18,060	Hardyman
22 February 1992	Southend United	A	0–2	7,473
29 February 1992	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1–0	20,106	Byrne (pen)
14 March 1992	Watford	A	0–1	8,091
21 March 1992	Bristol City	H	1–3	18,933	Atkinson
29 March 1992	Newcastle United	A	0–1	30,306
8 April 1992	Leicester City	A	2–3	16,533	Bennett, Goodman
11 April 1992	Charlton Athletic	H	1–2	21,326	Bennett
14 April 1992	Ipswich Town	H	3–0	22,131	Goodman (2), Rush
16 April 1992	Plymouth Argyle	H	0–1	23,813
18 April 1992	Grimsby Town	A	0–2	8,864
20 April 1992	Middlesbrough	H	1–0	25,098	Davenport
25 April 1992	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	2–2	9,851	Goodman, Rogan
27 April 1992	Swindon Town	H	0–0	16,716
29 April 1992	Blackburn Rovers	A	2–2	15,079	Armstrong, Davenport
2 May 1992	Cambridge United	H	2–2	19,042	Goodman, Rush

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	4 January 1992	Port Vale	H	3–0	15,564	Byrne
R4	5 February 1992	Oxford United	A	3–2	9,968	Byrne, Hardyman, Atkinson
R5	15 February 1992	West Ham United	H	1–1	25,475	Byrne
R5R	26 February 1992	West Ham United	A	3–2	25,830	Byrne (2), Rush
QF	9 March 1992	Chelsea	A	1–1	33,498	Byrne
QFR	18 March 1992	Chelsea	H	2–1	26,039	Davenport, Amstrong
SF	5 April 1992	Norwich City	N	1–0	40,102	Byrne
F	9 May 1992	Liverpool	N	0–2	79,544

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 First Leg	24 September 1991	Huddersfield Town	H	1–2	8,161	Hauser
R2 Second Leg	9 October 1991	Huddersfield Town	A	0–4 (lost 1–6 on agg)	11,177

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[5]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ENG	Tim Carter
—	GK	WAL	Tony Norman
—	DF	ENG	Gary Bennett
—	DF	ENG	Paul Hardyman
—	DF	ENG	John Kay
—	DF	ENG	Richard Ord
—	DF	ENG	Ian Sampson
—	DF	ENG	Anthony Smith
—	DF	ENG	Paul Williams
—	DF	NIR	Anton Rogan
—	MF	ENG	Gordon Armstrong
—	MF	ENG	Brian Atkinson
—	MF	ENG	Kevin Ball
—	MF	ENG	Peter Beagrie (on loan from Everton)
—	MF	ENG	Paul Bracewell
—	MF	ENG	Tony Cullen


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ENG	Peter Davenport
—	MF	ENG	Steve Gaughan
—	MF	ENG	Martin Gray
—	MF	ENG	Gary Owers
—	MF	WAL	Colin Pascoe
—	MF	IRL	Kieron Brady^{[notes 1]}
—	MF	IRL	Brian Mooney
—	FW	ENG	Steve Brodie
—	FW	ENG	Don Goodman
—	FW	ENG	Warren Hawke
—	FW	ENG	David Rush
—	FW	ENG	Craig Russell
—	FW	IRL	John Byrne^{[notes 2]}
—	FW	GER	Thomas Hauser

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	NGA	Reuben Agboola^{[notes 3]} (to Swansea City)
—	FW	ENG	Marco Gabbiadini (to Crystal Palace)

References

^ "Liverpool 2 – 0 Sunderland". LFC History. Archived from the original on 26 February 2007. Retrieved 30 November 2008.
^ "Sunderland 2 – 1 Chelsea". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 18 May 2005. Retrieved 6 January 2009.
^ Days, pp 284–285.
^ "Sunderland results for the 1991-1992 season - Statto.com". Archived from the original on 6 September 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
^ "All Sunderland players: 1992".

Notes

^ Brady was born in Glasgow, Scotland, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and represented them at U-21 level.
^ Byrne was born in Manchester, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in February 1985.
^ Agboola was born in Camden, England, but also qualified to represent Nigeria internationally and made his international debut for Nigeria in April 1991.

[1] "Liverpool 2 – 0 Sunderland". LFC History. Archived from the original on 26 February 2007. Retrieved 30 November 2008.

[2] "Sunderland 2 – 1 Chelsea". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 18 May 2005. Retrieved 6 January 2009.

[3] Days, pp 284–285.

[4] "Sunderland results for the 1991-1992 season - Statto.com". Archived from the original on 6 September 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2014.

[5] "All Sunderland players: 1992".

[6] Brady was born in Glasgow, Scotland, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and represented them at U-21 level.

[7] Byrne was born in Manchester, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in February 1985.

[8] Agboola was born in Camden, England, but also qualified to represent Nigeria internationally and made his international debut for Nigeria in April 1991.

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