1890–91 Sunderland A.F.C. season

English football club season April 2022 November 2018 Sunderland 1890–91 Tom Watson Newcastle Road Football League 7th FA Cup Semi-final (Replay) John Campbell (19) John Campbell (24) 21,000 (vs. Everton, FA Cup 1st Round) 3,000 (vs. Derby County) 6,000 _red_stripes_2 _sunderland1890 _red_stripes_2 000000 000000 1891–92 11 November 2018 The 1890–91 season was Sunderland's 11th season in existence, and their first season as a Football League club. Sunderland were elected into the league for the beginning of its third season, in place of Stoke City who had finished bottom in 1889–90. Although bottom by mid December, Sunderland had a strong second half of the season, losing only once in the new year and finishing in seventh place (out of twelve). They would have finished fifth were they not deducted two points for failing to register goalkeeper Ned Doig ahead of the game at West Brom. Sunderland went on a cup run, reaching their first ever FA Cup Semi-final, losing in a replay to Notts County. Sunderland declined to enter their first team into the Durham Challenge Cup, instead opting to send Sunderland 'A'. First team squad Name Nationality Positions(s) DOB Signed From (90-91) Ned Doig SCO Goalkeeper 29 October 1866 Blackburn Rovers William Kirkley ENG Goalkeeper Tom Porteous ENG Defender October 1865 John Oliver ENG Defender 1867 John Auld SCO Defender 7 January 1862 Third Lanark SCO John Murray SCO Defender 24 April 1865 Vale of Leven SCO Will Gibson SCO Midfielder John Spence SCO Wing half Kilmarnock SCO John Harvey SCO Midfielder unknown Hughie Wilson SCO Inside forward 18 March 1869 Newmilns SCO John Smith SCO Inside right 19 December 1865 Jimmy Millar SCO Centre forward 2 March 1870 Unknown James Gillespie SCO Outside right Greenock Morton SCO John Campbell SCO Centre forward 19 February 1870 Renton SCO John Scott SCO Forward Unknown David Hannah IRE 1783 Forward 24 April 1867 Competitions Football League 1890–91 Football League League table First Division y SUN Matches L1 1890 9 13 y 1 2–3 Sunderland John Spence Burnley Newcastle Road Sunderland 6,500 L L2 1890 9 15 y 2 3–4 Sunderland James Gillespie John Campbell John Scott Wolves Newcastle Road Sunderland 5,000 L L3 1890 9 20 y 3 0–4 West Brom Sunderland Jimmy Millar John Campbell John Scott Stoney Lane West Bromwich 8,557 W L4 1890 9 27 y 4 3–3 Burnley Sunderland John Spence John Harvey John Scott Turf Moor Burnley 10,000 D L5 1890 10 11 y 5 3–2 Blackburn Rovers Sunderland Jimmy Millar John Campbell Ewood Park Blackburn 10,000 L L6 1890 10 18 y 6 2–2 Sunderland Jimmy Millar Accrington Newcastle Road Sunderland 4,000 D L7 1890 10 25 y 7 2–5 Bolton Wanderers Sunderland Jimmy Millar John Campbell Pike's Lane Bolton 4,000 W L8 1890 11 1 y 8 3–1 Sunderland Jimmy Millar John Campbell Blackburn Rovers Newcastle Road Sunderland 14,000 W L9 1890 11 8 y 9 1–1 Sunderland John Scott West Brom Newcastle Road Sunderland 6,000 D L10 1890 11 15 y 10 1–0 Everton Sunderland Anfield Liverpool 12,000 L L11 1890 11 22 y 11 4–1 Accrington Sunderland John Campbell Thorneyholme Road Accrington 1,000 L L12a 1890 12 13 y 12 1–1 (a.) Notts County Sunderland Trent Bridge Nottingham Abandoned after 60 minutes due to fog P L12 1890 12 15 y 12 2–1 Notts County Sunderland John Campbell Trent Bridge Nottingham 2,000 L L13 1890 12 20 y 13 1–0 Sunderland David Hannah Everton Newcastle Road Sunderland 6,500 W L14 1890 12 26 y 14 0–0 Aston Villa Sunderland Wellington Road Birmingham 6,000 D L15 1890 12 27 y 15 0–3 Wolves Sunderland John Campbell John Scott Molineux Wolverhampton 8,000 W L16 1891 1 10 y 16 5–1 Sunderland John Campbell David Hannah Aston Villa Newcastle Road Sunderland 6,000 W L17 1891 1 24 y 17 4–0 Sunderland Jimmy Millar John Campbell Notts County Newcastle Road Sunderland 5,000 W L18 1891 2 7 y 18 3–1 Derby County Sunderland John Scott Racecourse Ground Derby 3,500 L L19 1891 2 10 y 19 2–0 Sunderland John Smith John Campbell Bolton Wanderers Newcastle Road Sunderland 6,000 W L20 1891 2 21 y 20 0–0 Preston North End Sunderland Deepdale Preston 3,500 D L21 1891 3 14 y 21 3–0 Sunderland John Campbell John Scott Preston North End Newcastle Road Sunderland 5,000 W L22 1891 3 21 y 22 5–1 Sunderland John Campbell John Smith Jimmy Millar Hughie Wilson David Hannah Derby County Newcastle Road Sunderland 3,000 W FA Cup 1890–91 FA Cup Matches C1 1891 1 17 y 1 1–0 Sunderland John Campbell Everton Newcastle Road Sunderland 21,000 W C2 1891 1 31 y 2 0–2 Darwen Sunderland John Scott David Hannah Barley Bank Darwen 5,000 W C3 1891 2 14 y 3 4–0 Sunderland Jimmy Millar John Campbell Nottingham Forest Newcastle Road Sunderland 17,500 W C4 1891 2 14 y Semi-Final 3–3 Notts County Sunderland Own Goal John Harvey John Campbell Bramall Lane Sheffield 17,500 D C5 1891 3 11 y Semi-Final Replay 2–0 Notts County Sunderland Hughie Wilson Bramall Lane Sheffield 16,000 L Squad statistics Football League FA Cup Ned Doig GK SCO 20 0 5 0 William Kirkley GK ENG 2 0 0 0 Tom Porteous DF ENG 22 0 5 0 John Oliver DF ENG 19 0 5 0 John Auld DF SCO 17 0 3 0 John Murray DF SCO 19 0 5 0 Will Gibson MF SCO 8 0 2 0 John Spence MF SCO 5 0 3 0 John Harvey MF SCO 15 1 2 1 Hughie Wilson FW SCO 21 2 5 0 John Smith FW SCO 10 2 5 0 Jimmy Millar FW SCO 17 11 3 1 James Gillespie FW SCO 2 1 0 0 John Campbell FW SCO 21 19 5 5 John Scott FW SCO 22 8 5 1 David Hannah FW IRE 22 4 5 1 |} References All the Lads: A Complete Who's Who of Sunderland A.F.C., Dykes, Gareth & Lamming, Douglas, Polar Print Group Ltd, 1999 Sunderland AFC: The Official History 1879–2000, Days, Paul, Business Education Publishers Ltd, 1999 The StatCat, www.thestatcat.co.uk, last accessed: 2018-11-02 Category:Sunderland A.F.C. seasons Sunderland