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
← 1991–92 1993–94 →

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

Pos	Team	Pld		W	D	L	F	A		W	D	L	F	A		F	A	GD		Pts
1	Newcastle United	46		16	6	1	58	15		13	3	7	34	23		92	38	+54		96
2	West Ham United	46		16	5	2	50	17		10	5	8	31	24		81	41	+40		88
3	Portsmouth	46		19	2	2	48	9		7	8	8	32	37		80	46	+34		88
4	Tranmere Rovers	46		15	4	4	48	24		8	6	9	24	32		72	56	+16		79
5	Swindon Town	46		15	5	3	41	23		6	8	9	33	36		74	59	+15		76
6	Leicester City	46		14	5	4	43	24		8	5	10	28	40		71	64	+7		76
7	Millwall	46		14	6	3	46	21		4	10	9	19	32		65	53	+12		70
8	Derby County	46		11	2	10	40	33		8	7	8	28	24		68	57	+11		66
9	Grimsby Town	46		12	6	5	33	25		7	1	15	25	32		58	57	+1		64
10	Peterborough United	46		7	11	5	30	26		9	3	11	25	37		55	63	– 8		62
11	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46		11	6	6	37	26		5	7	11	20	30		57	56	+1		61
12	Charlton Athletic	46		10	8	5	28	19		6	5	12	21	27		49	46	+3		61
13	Barnsley	46		12	4	7	29	19		5	5	13	27	41		56	60	– 4		60
14	Oxford United	46		8	7	8	29	21		6	7	10	24	35		53	56	– 3		56
15	Bristol City	46		10	7	6	29	25		4	7	12	20	42		49	67	– 18		56
16	Watford	46		8	7	8	27	30		6	6	11	30	41		57	71	– 14		55
17	Notts County	46		10	7	6	33	21		2	9	12	22	49		55	70	– 15		52
18	Southend United	46		9	8	6	33	22		4	5	14	21	42		54	64	– 10		52
19	Birmingham City	46		10	4	9	30	32		3	8	12	20	40		50	72	– 22		51
20	Luton Town	46		6	13	4	26	26		4	8	11	22	36		48	62	– 14		51
21	Sunderland	46		9	6	8	34	28		4	5	14	16	36		50	64	– 14		50
22	Brentford	46		7	6	10	28	30		6	4	13	24	41		52	71	– 19		49
23	Cambridge United	46		8	6	9	29	32		3	10	10	19	37		48	69	– 21		49
24	Bristol Rovers	46		6	6	11	30	42		4	5	14	25	45		55	87	– 32		41

• Pld = Matches ; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

NB In the Football League goals scored (F) takes precedence over goal difference

Key
	Football League Champions, promoted to FA Premier League
	Promoted to FA Premier League
	Participated in play-offs
	Promoted to Premier League through play-offs
	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

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

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

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. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player - GK Tony Norman - DF John Kay - DF Terry Butcher (player-manager from 5 February) - DF Richard Ord - DF Michael Gray - MF Gordon Armstrong - MF Kevin Ball - MF Shaun Cunnington - MF Brian Atkinson - FW Don Goodman - FW Peter Davenport - MF Gary Owers - FW John Colquhoun - FW David Rush

No. Position Player - DF Gary Bennett - GK Tim Carter - DF Anton Rogan - MF Brian Mooney - MF Martin Gray - FW Mick Harford - DF Anthony Smith - FW John Byrne - DF Ian Sampson - FW Warren Hawke - DF Lee Howey - FW Craig Russell - FW Steve Brodie - FW Martin Smith

References

1. Shaw, Phil (1993-02-02). "Football: Sunderland dismiss Crosby". The Independent. Retrieved 2009-04-08.
2. http://www.statto.com/football/teams/sunderland/1992-1993/results
3. http://www.11v11.com/teams/sunderland/tab/players/season/1993