1993–94 Sunderland A.F.C. season

Sunderland
1993–94 season
Chairman Bob Murray
Manager Terry Butcher (until 26 November)
Mick Buxton (from 26 November)
Stadium Roker Park
First Division 12th
FA Cup Fourth round
League Cup Third round
Top goalscorer League: Gray (14)
All: Gray (17)
Average home league attendance 16,934

During the 1993–94 English football season, Sunderland A.F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.

Season summary

A poor first half of the 1993–94 season resulted in Terry Butcher being sacked with the Black Cats in the relegation zone and Mick Buxton was appointed as his successor.[1] A tightening of the team's defence led to an improvement in results and Sunderland finished the season in 12th place.

Final league table

Pos. Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
1. Crystal Palace 46 27 9 10 73 46 90
2. Nottingham Forest 46 23 14 9 74 49 83
3. Millwall 46 19 17 10 58 49 74
4. Leicester City 46 19 16 11 72 59 73
5. Tranmere Rovers 46 21 9 16 69 53 72
6. Derby County 46 20 11 15 73 68 71
7. Notts County 46 20 8 18 65 69 68
8. Wolverhampton Wanderers 46 17 17 12 60 47 68
9. Middlesbrough 46 18 13 15 66 54 67
10. Stoke City 46 18 13 15 57 59 67
11. Charlton Athletic 46 19 8 19 61 58 65
12. Sunderland 46 19 8 19 54 57 65
13. Bristol City 46 16 16 14 47 50 64
14. Bolton Wanderers 46 15 14 17 63 64 59
15. Southend United 46 17 8 21 63 67 59
16. Grimsby Town 46 13 20 13 52 47 59
17. Portsmouth 46 15 13 18 52 58 58
18. Barnsley 46 16 7 23 55 67 55
19. Watford 46 15 9 22 66 80 54
20. Luton Town 46 14 11 21 56 60 53
21. West Bromwich Albion 46 13 12 21 60 69 51
22. Birmingham City 46 13 12 21 52 69 51
23. Oxford United 46 13 10 23 54 75 49
24. Peterborough United 46 8 13 25 48 76 37

Results

Sunderland's score comes first[2]

Legend

Win Draw Loss

Football League First Division

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
14 August 1993 Derby CountyA0–518,027
21 August 1993 Charlton AthleticH4–017,647Goodman, M Gray, Armstrong, Cunnington
28 August 1993 Notts CountyA0–19,166
12 September 1993 Crystal PalaceA0–111,318
18 September 1993 Wolverhampton WanderersH0–218,292
25 September 1993 WatfordA1–17,694Owers
28 September 1993 Grimsby TownH2–215,488Goodman, Ord
2 October 1993 Peterborough UnitedH2–017,846P Gray, Owers
9 October 1993 Birmingham CityH1–019,265Howey
17 October 1993 MiddlesbroughA1–412,772Goodman
20 October 1993 Luton TownH2–013,760Goodman, Smith
23 October 1993 West Bromwich AlbionH1–019,505Ord
30 October 1993 Bristol CityA0–28,162
3 November 1993 Stoke CityA0–113,551
6 November 1993 PortsmouthH1–217,146Smith
13 November 1993 Tranmere RoversA1–48,497Goodman
20 November 1993 Southend UnitedH0–215,452
27 November 1993 Nottingham ForestH2–316,968Smith, P Gray
4 December 1993 PortsmouthA1–011,891Smith
18 December 1993 Derby CountyH1–016,001P Gray
27 December 1993 Bolton WanderersA0–018,496
28 December 1993 MillwallH2–119,283P Gray, Russell
1 January 1994 Leicester CityA1–219,615P Gray (pen)
3 January 1994 BarnsleyH1–019,302P Gray
11 January 1994 Oxford UnitedA3–05,877Smith (2), Goodman
16 January 1994 MiddlesbroughH2–116,473P Gray (pen), Howey
22 January 1994 Birmingham CityA0–015,884
5 February 1994 West Bromwich AlbionA1–217,089Goodman
12 February 1994 Bristol CityH0–016,816
22 February 1994 Charlton AthleticA0–07,904
26 February 1994 Luton TownA1–29,367Howey
5 March 1994 Notts CountyH2–016,269Russell, P Gray
16 March 1994 Crystal PalaceH1–015,892P Gray
19 March 1994 WatfordH2–016,479Russell (2)
26 March 1994 Peterborough UnitedA3–18,753Russell, P Gray (2)
30 March 1994 BarnsleyA0–410,042
2 April 1994 Bolton WanderersH2–018,574Russell (2)
5 April 1994 MillwallA1–210,244Melville
9 April 1994 Leicester CityH2–317,198Melville, Goodman
12 April 1994 Grimsby TownA1–04,732Smith
16 April 1994 Stoke CityH0–117,406
23 April 1994 Southend UnitedA1–04,734Smith
26 April 1994 Oxford UnitedH2–314,712Armstrong, P Gray (pen)
30 April 1994 Tranmere RoversH3–215,167P Gray (2), Russell
3 May 1994 Wolverhampton WanderersA1–125,079Goodman
8 May 1994 Nottingham ForestA2–227,010Russell, Goodman

FA Cup

Main article: 1993–94 FA Cup
RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R38 January 1994 Carlisle UnitedH1–123,587Ferguson
R3R18 January 1994 Carlisle UnitedA1–0 (a.e.t.)13,200Howey
R429 January 1994 WimbledonA1–210,477M Smith

League Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R1 1st leg17 August 1993 Chester CityH3–19,404Goodman (2), Power
R1 2nd leg24 August 1993 Chester CityA0–0 (won 3-1 on agg)2,903
R2 1st leg21 September 1993 Leeds UnitedH2–117,101Goodman, P Gray
R2 2nd leg6 October 1993 Leeds UnitedA2–1 (won 4-2 on agg)22,265Goodman, P Gray
R326 October 1993 Aston VillaH1–423,692P Gray

Anglo-Italian Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
Group 531 August 1993 Tranmere RoversH2–06,771Goodman (2)
Group 514 September 1993 Bolton WanderersA0–23,460

Squad

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

No. Position Player
- England GK Alec Chamberlain
- Poland DF Dariusz Kubicki
- Wales DF Andy Melville
- England DF Gary Bennett
- England DF Michael Gray
- Scotland MF Derek Ferguson
- England MF Kevin Ball
- England MF Gary Owers
- Northern Ireland FW Phil Gray
- England FW Craig Russell
- Wales GK Tony Norman
- England FW Don Goodman
- England DF Richard Ord
- England FW Martin Smith
- England MF Brian Atkinson
No. Position Player
- England MF Gordon Armstrong
- England MF Martin Gray
- England MF Shaun Cunnington
- England DF Lee Howey
- England DF John Kay
- Jamaica MF Jamie Lawrence
- England MF Ian Sampson
- England MF Ian Rodgerson
- Republic of Ireland FW Lee Power (on loan from Norwich City)
- England DF Anth Smith
- England FW David Rush
- England FW Steve Brodie
- England GK Sean Musgrave
- England MF Mark Angel
- England GK David Preece

References

  1. ↑ "Football: Butcher sacked by Sunderland". The Independent. 27 November 1993. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
  2. ↑ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/sunderland/1993-1994