1991–92 Sunderland A.F.C. season

English football club season March 2015 March 2015 Sunderland 1991–92 Denis Smith (until 30 December)Malcolm Crosby (from 30 December) Bob Murray Roker Park Second Division 18th FA Cup Runners up League Cup Second round Don Goodman (11) 18,390 _brentford_home_92-94 _brentford_home_7577 _brentford_home_92-94 _whitetop ffffff ffffff 000000 ff0000 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,http://www.lfchistory.net/viewgame.asp?game_id=1854 Liverpool 2 – 0 Sunderland LFC History 30 November 2008 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20070226145842/http://www.lfchistory.net/viewgame.asp?game_Id=1854 26 February 2007 They had previously beaten Chelsea in a quarter-final replay.http://www.soccerbase.com/results3.sd?gameid=224944 Sunderland 2 – 1 Chelsea Soccerbase 6 January 2009 18 May 2005 https://web.archive.org/web/20050518054037/http://www.soccerbase.com/results3.sd?gameid=224944 dead Smith was sacked as manager during the season, and was replaced by his assistant Malcolm Crosby.Days, pp 284–285. Final league table 1991–92 Football League Second Division y SUN Results Sunderland's score comes firsthttp://www.statto.com/football/teams/sunderland/1991-1992/results Sunderland results for the 1991-1992 season - Statto.com 4 November 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20150906041639/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/sunderland/1991-1992/results 6 September 2015 live dmy-all Legend WinDrawLoss Football League Second Division DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 17 August 1991 Derby CountyH1–120,509Armstrong 20 August 1991 BarnsleyA3–012,454Owers, Armstrong, Pascoe 24 August 1991 MillwallA1–410,016Owers (pen) 31 August 1991 Oxford UnitedH2–016,151Gabbiadini, Armstrong 3 September 1991 PortsmouthA0–19,621 7 September 1991 Blackburn RoversH1–117,043Atkinson 14 September 1991 Swindon TownA3–511,417Owers, Gabbiadini, Armstrong 17 September 1991 Charlton AthleticA4–15,807Owers (pen), Gabbiadini (3) 21 September 1991 Grimsby TownH1–216,535Pascoe 28 September 1991 MiddlesbroughA1–219,424Brady 5 October 1991 Brighton & Hove AlbionH4–215,119Beagrie, Rush (2), Armstrong 12 October 1991 Cambridge UnitedA0–37,857 19 October 1991 Port ValeA3–37,525Brady (2), Ball 26 October 1991 Bristol RoversH1–114,746Bennett 2 November 1991 WatfordH3–112,790Byrne (2), Armstrong 5 November 1991 Ipswich TownA1–09,768Armstrong 9 November 1991 Bristol CityA0–110,570 17 November 1991 Newcastle UnitedH1–129,224Davenport 23 November 1991 Plymouth ArgyleA0–16,007 30 November 1991 Southend UnitedH1–213,575Byrne 7 December 1991 Wolverhampton WanderersA0–111,922 14 December 1991 Leicester CityH1–015,094Goodman 21 December 1991 PortsmouthH1–014,432Awford (own goal) 26 December 1991 Tranmere RoversA0–113,658 28 December 1991 Oxford UnitedA0–36,140 1 January 1992 BarnsleyH2–016,107Armstrong, Goodman 11 January 1992 MillwallH6–216,533Hardyman, Byrne, Goodman (3), Davenport 18 January 1992 Derby CountyA2–115,384Goodman, Byrne 1 February 1992 Port ValeH1–119,488Armstrong 8 February 1992 Bristol RoversA1–26,318Byrne 11 February 1992 Tranmere RoversH1–118,060Hardyman 22 February 1992 Southend UnitedA0–27,473 29 February 1992 Wolverhampton WanderersH1–020,106Byrne (pen) 14 March 1992 WatfordA0–18,091 21 March 1992 Bristol CityH1–318,933Atkinson 29 March 1992 Newcastle UnitedA0–130,306 8 April 1992 Leicester CityA2–316,533Bennett, Goodman 11 April 1992 Charlton AthleticH1–221,326Bennett 14 April 1992 Ipswich TownH3–022,131Goodman (2), Rush 16 April 1992 Plymouth ArgyleH0–123,813 18 April 1992 Grimsby TownA0–28,864 20 April 1992 MiddlesbroughH1–025,098Davenport 25 April 1992 Brighton & Hove AlbionA2–29,851Goodman, Rogan 27 April 1992 Swindon TownH0–016,716 29 April 1992 Blackburn RoversA2–215,079Armstrong, Davenport 2 May 1992 Cambridge UnitedH2–219,042Goodman, Rush FA Cup 1991–92 FA Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR34 January 1992 Port ValeH3–015,564Atkinson, Davenport, ByrneR45 February 1992 Oxford UnitedA3–29,968Byrne, Hardyman, AtkinsonR515 February 1992 West Ham UnitedH1–125,475ByrneR5R26 February 1992 West Ham UnitedA3–225,830Byrne (2), RushQF9 March 1992 ChelseaA1–133,498ByrneQFR18 March 1992 ChelseaH2–126,039Davenport, AmstrongSF5 April 1992 Norwich CityN1–040,102ByrneF9 May 1992 LiverpoolN0–279,544 League Cup 1991–92 Football League Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR2 First Leg 24 September 1991 Huddersfield TownH1–28,161HauserR2 Second Leg 9 October 1991 Huddersfield TownA0–4 (lost 1–6 on agg)11,177 Players First-team squad Squad at end of seasonhttp://www.11v11.com/teams/sunderland/tab/players/season/1992 All Sunderland players: 1992 yes yes ENG GK Tim Carter yes WAL GK Tony Norman yes ENG DF Gary Bennett yes ENG DF Paul Hardyman yes ENG DF John Kay yes ENG DF Richard Ord yes ENG DF Ian Sampson yes ENG DF Anthony Smith yes ENG DF Paul Williams yes NIR DF Anton Rogan yes ENG MF Gordon Armstrong yes ENG MF Brian Atkinson yes ENG MF Kevin Ball yes ENG MF Peter Beagrie on loan from Everton yes ENG MF Paul Bracewell yes ENG MF Tony Cullen yes yes ENG MF Peter Davenport yes ENG MF Steve Gaughan yes ENG MF Martin Gray yes ENG MF Gary Owers yes WAL MF Colin Pascoe yes IRL MF Kieron BradyBrady was born in Glasgow, Scotland, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and represented them at U-21 level. yes IRL MF Brian Mooney yes ENG FW Steve Brodie yes ENG FW Don Goodman yes ENG FW Warren Hawke yes ENG FW David Rush yes ENG FW Craig Russell yes IRL FW John ByrneByrne 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. yes GER FW Thomas Hauser Left club during season yes yes NGA DF Reuben AgboolaAgboola was born in Camden, England, but also qualified to represent Nigeria internationally and made his international debut for Nigeria in April 1991. to Swansea City yes ENG FW Marco Gabbiadini to Crystal Palace References Notes 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