1992–93 Sunderland A.F.C. season

Sunderland

1992–93 season
Chairman	Bob Murray
Manager	Malcolm Crosby (until 1 February) Bobby Ferguson (caretaker until 5 February) Terry Butcher (from 5 February)
Stadium	Roker Park
First Division	21st
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Goodman (16) All: Goodman (17)
Average home league attendance	17,258
Home colours

During the 1992–93 English football season, Sunderland A.F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.

Season summary

In the 1992–93 season and despite guiding the Black Cats to an FA Cup final the previous season, Crosby failed to inspire Sunderland in the league, and he was sacked in February 1993 to be replaced by Terry Butcher.^[1]

Butcher managed to achieve survival for Sunderland finishing one point above the relegation zone, despite winning only 5 of their final 18 league games.

Final league table

Main article: 1992–93 Football League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
19	Birmingham City	46	13	12	21	50	72	−22	51
20	Luton Town	46	10	21	15	48	62	−14	51
21	Sunderland	46	13	11	22	50	64	−14	50
22	Brentford (R)	46	13	10	23	52	71	−19	49	Relegation to the Second Division
23	Cambridge United (R)	46	11	16	19	48	69	−21	49

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goals scored; 3) Goal difference
(R) Relegated

Results

Sunderland's score comes first^[2]

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
15 August 1992	Swindon Town	A	0–1	11,094
22 August 1992	Tranmere Rovers	H	1–0	16,667	Cunnington
29 August 1992	Bristol City	A	0–0	14,076
5 September 1992	Charlton Athletic	H	0–2	17,954
12 September 1992	Oxford United	A	1–0	6,003	Rush
19 September 1992	Cambridge United	A	1–2	5,383	Rush
26 September 1992	Bristol Rovers	H	1–1	15,593	Byrne
29 September 1992	Watford	A	1–2	6,263	Goodman
3 October 1992	Millwall	H	2–0	14,871	Goodman (2)
11 October 1992	West Ham United	A	0–6	10,326
18 October 1992	Newcastle United	H	1–2	28,098	Armstrong
24 October 1992	Portsmouth	A	0–2	10,689
31 October 1992	Notts County	H	2–2	15,473	Owers, Ball
3 November 1992	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	2–0	15,144	Cunnington, Goodman
7 November 1992	Peterborough United	A	2–5	8,193	Davenport (pen), Rush
15 November 1992	Leicester City	H	1–2	14,945	Davenport
21 November 1992	Derby County	A	1–0	17,581	Goodman
28 November 1992	Southend United	A	1–0	4,584	Sampson
5 December 1992	Barnsley	H	2–1	17,395	Gray, Cunnington
12 December 1992	Brentford	H	1–3	16,972	Cunnington
19 December 1992	Luton Town	A	0–0	8,286
28 December 1992	Grimsby Town	H	2–0	20,771	Goodman, Rush
9 January 1993	Cambridge United	H	3–3	16,778	Mooney, Rush, Atkinson
16 January 1993	Bristol Rovers	A	2–2	6,140	Rush, Cunnington
27 January 1993	Watford	H	1–2	14,703	Ball
6 February 1993	Swindon Town	H	0–1	17,234
9 February 1993	Oxford United	H	2–0	13,314	Goodman (pen), Gray
13 February 1993	Charlton Athletic	A	1–0	8,151	Goodman (pen)
20 February 1993	Bristol City	H	0–0	17,122
27 February 1993	West Ham United	H	0–0	19,068
6 March 1993	Millwall	A	0–0	8,761
10 March 1993	Leicester City	A	2–3	15,609	Goodman, Armstrong
13 March 1993	Peterborough United	H	3–0	18,372	Davenport, Goodman, Cunnington
16 March 1993	Birmingham City	A	0–1	10,934
21 March 1993	Barnsley	A	0–2	7,278
24 March 1993	Derby County	H	1–0	17,246	Cunnington
27 March 1993	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1–2	12,731	Harford
3 April 1993	Southend United	H	2–4	15,071	Harford, Goodman
6 April 1993	Brentford	A	1–1	9,302	Goodman
10 April 1993	Birmingham City	H	1–2	16,382	Davenport
12 April 1993	Grimsby Town	A	0–1	8,090
17 April 1993	Luton Town	H	2–2	16,493	Goodman (2)
25 April 1993	Newcastle United	A	0–1	30,364
1 May 1993	Portsmouth	H	4–1	21,309	Goodman (2 pens), Gray, Armstrong
4 May 1993	Tranmere Rovers	A	1–2	9,683	Atkinson
8 May 1993	Notts County	A	1–3	14,417	Ball

FA Cup

Main article: 1992–93 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	12 January 1993	Notts County	A	2–0	8,522	Cunnington, Goodman
R4	20 January 1993	Sheffield Wednesday	A	0–1	33,422

League Cup

Main article: 1992–93 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 First Leg	18 August 1992	Huddersfield Town	H	2–3	10,726	Butcher, Ball
R1 Second Leg	26 August 1992	Huddersfield Town	A	1–0 (lost on away goals)	6,737	Davenport

Anglo-Italian Cup

Main article: 1992–93 Anglo-Italian Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
PR Group 3	1 September 1992	Cambridge United	A	1–1	2,199	Armstrong
PR Group 3	15 September 1992	Birmingham City	H	0–1	5,871

Squad

^[3] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. 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 Terry Butcher (player-manager from 5 February) — DF  ENG Michael Gray — DF  ENG Lee Howey — DF  ENG John Kay — DF  ENG Richard Ord — DF  ENG Ian Sampson — DF  ENG Anthony Smith — DF  NIR Anton Rogan — MF  ENG Gordon Armstrong — MF  ENG Brian Atkinson — MF  ENG Kevin Ball

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ENG Shaun Cunnington — MF  ENG Martin Gray — MF  ENG Gary Owers — MF  IRL Brian Mooney — FW  ENG Steve Brodie — FW  ENG Peter Davenport — FW  ENG Don Goodman — FW  ENG Mick Harford — FW  ENG Warren Hawke — FW  ENG Craig Russell — FW  ENG David Rush — FW  ENG Martin Smith — FW  SCO John Colquhoun — FW  IRL John Byrne[notes 1]

References

1. Shaw, Phil (2 February 1993). "Football: Sunderland dismiss Crosby". The Independent. Retrieved 8 April 2009.
2. "Sunderland 1992-1993 Results - statto.com". Archived from the original on 27 February 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
3. "All Sunderland players: 1993".

Notes

1. 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.