1991–92 Sunderland A.F.C. season

In the 1991–92 season, Sunderland subsequently struggled in the Second Division. However in that season, the Black Cats embarked on a run leading to the FA Cup final, where they lost 2–0 to Liverpool,^[1] They had previously beaten Chelsea in a quarter-final replay.^[2] Smith had quit as manager during the season, and was replaced by his assistant Malcolm Crosby.^[3]

Final league table

Main article: 1991–92 Football League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	W	D	L	GF	GA	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Ipswich Town (C)	46	16	3	4	42	22	8	9	6	28	28	70	50	+ 20	84
2	Middlesbrough (P)	46	15	6	2	37	13	8	5	10	21	28	58	41	+ 17	80
3	Derby County	46	11	4	8	35	24	12	5	6	34	27	69	51	+ 18	78
4	Leicester City	46	14	4	5	41	24	9	4	10	21	31	62	55	+ 7	77
5	Cambridge United	46	10	9	4	34	19	9	8	6	31	28	65	47	+ 18	74
6	Blackburn Rovers (P)	46	14	5	4	41	21	7	6	10	29	32	70	53	+ 17	74
7	Charlton Athletic	46	9	7	7	25	23	11	4	8	29	25	54	48	+ 6	71
8	Swindon Town	46	15	3	5	38	22	3	12	8	31	33	69	55	+ 14	69
9	Portsmouth	46	15	6	2	41	12	4	6	13	24	39	65	51	+ 14	69
10	Watford	46	9	5	9	25	23	9	6	8	26	25	51	48	+ 3	65
11	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	11	6	6	36	24	7	4	12	25	30	61	54	+ 7	64
12	Southend United	46	11	5	7	37	26	6	6	11	26	37	61	61	± 0	62
13	Bristol Rovers	46	11	9	3	43	29	5	5	13	17	34	60	63	– 3	62
14	Tranmere Rovers	46	9	9	5	37	32	5	10	8	19	24	56	56	± 0	61
15	Millwall	46	10	4	9	32	32	7	6	10	32	39	64	71	– 7	61
16	Barnsley	46	11	4	8	27	25	5	7	11	19	32	46	57	– 11	59
17	Bristol City	46	10	8	5	30	24	3	7	13	25	47	55	71	– 16	54
18	Sunderland	46	10	8	5	36	23	4	3	16	25	42	61	65	– 4	53
19	Grimsby Town	46	7	5	11	25	28	7	6	10	22	34	47	62	– 15	53
20	Newcastle United	46	9	8	6	38	30	4	5	14	28	54	66	84	– 18	52
21	Oxford United	46	10	6	7	39	30	3	5	15	27	43	66	73	– 7	50
22	Plymouth Argyle	46	11	5	7	26	26	2	4	17	16	38	42	64	– 22	48
23	Brighton & HA	46	7	7	9	36	37	5	4	14	20	40	56	77	– 21	47
24	Port Vale	46	7	8	8	23	25	3	7	13	19	34	42	59	– 17	45

NB Goal difference then goals scored applies when teams are level on points

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	Hardyman, Byrne, Goodman (3), Davenport
18 January 1992	Derby County	A	2–1	15,384	Goodman, 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

Main article: 1991-92 FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	4 January 1992	Port Vale	H	3–0	15,564	Atkinson, Davenport, 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

Main article: 1991–92 Football 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

Squad

^[5] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
-	GK	Tony Norman
-	DF	John Kay
-	DF	Gary Bennett
-	DF	Anton Rogan
-	DF	Paul Hardyman
-	MF	Gordon Armstrong
-	MF	Paul Bracewell
-	MF	Kevin Ball
-	MF	Brian Atkinson
-	MF	Peter Davenport
-	FW	John Byrne
-	FW	Don Goodman
-	MF	Gary Owers
-	FW	David Rush
-	GK	Tim Carter
-	MF	Colin Pascoe

No.	Position	Player
-	FW	Marco Gabbiadini
-	DF	Ian Sampson
-	FW	Thomas Hauser
-	MF	Brian Mooney
-	DF	Richard Ord
-	MF	Peter Beagrie (on loan from Everton)
-	MF	Kieron Brady
-	DF	Paul Williams
-	FW	Warren Hawke
-	DF	Anthony Smith
-	FW	Craig Russell
-	DF	Reuben Agboola
-	MF	Tony Cullen
-	MF	Martin Gray
-	FW	Steve Brodie
-	MF	Steve Gaughan

References

↑ "Liverpool 2 – 0 Sunderland". LFC History. Retrieved 30 November 2008.
↑ "Sunderland 2 – 1 Chelsea". Soccerbase. Retrieved 6 January 2009.
↑ Days, pp 284–285.
↑ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/sunderland/1991-1992/results
↑ http://www.11v11.com/teams/sunderland/tab/players/season/1992

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