1989–90 Sunderland A.F.C. season

Sunderland
1989–90 season
Manager	Denis Smith
Stadium	Roker Park
Second Division	6th (promoted via playoffs)
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Fifth round
Full Members Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Marco Gabbiadini (21); All: ; Marco Gabbiadini (25)
Highest home attendance	29,449 (vs. Newcastle United, 24 September)
Lowest home attendance	13,017 (vs. Leicester City, 10 March)
Average home league attendance	17,777
Home colours	Away colours

During the 1989–90 season Sunderland competed in the Football League Second Division. They finished sixth in the league and were promoted via the play-offs.

Squad

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

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Tim Carter
		GK	Tony Norman
		DF	Gary Bennett
		DF	Paul Hardyman
		DF	John Kay
		DF	Richard Ord
		DF	Reuben Agboola
		DF	Mick Heathcote
		DF	John MacPhail
		MF	Brian Atkinson
		MF	Gordon Armstrong
		MF	Paul Bracewell

No.		Position	Player
		MF	John Cornforth
		MF	Gary Owers
		MF	Colin Pascoe
		MF	Kieron Brady^{[notes 1]}
		MF	Paul Lemon
		FW	Riccardo Gabbiadini
		FW	Eric Gates
		FW	Marco Gabbiadini
		FW	Warren Hawke
		FW	David Rush
		FW	Thomas Hauser

Results

Sunderland's score comes first.

Win	Draw	Loss

Second Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
19 August 1989	Swindon Town	County Ground	2-0	10,199	Gates and Hawke
22 August 1989	Ipswich Town	Roker Park	2-4	15,965	Gates and Gabbiadini
27 August 1989	Middlesbrough	Roker Park	2-1	21,569	Pascoe and Bennett
2 September 1989	West Brom	The Hawthorns	1-1	10,885	Gabbiadini
9 September 1989	Watford	Roker Park	4-0	15,042	Armstrong and Gabbiadini (3)
16 September 1989	Blackburn Rovers	Ewood Park	1-1	10,329	MacPhail
24 September 1989	Newcastle United	Roker Park	0-0	29,449
27 September 1989	Leicester City	Filbert Street	3-2	10,843	Armstrong, Hardyman and Owers
30 September 1989	Sheffield United	Roker Park	1-1	22,760	Deane O.G.
7 October 1989	Bournemouth	Roker Park	3-2	15,933	Gates (2) and Gabbiadini
14 October 1989	Leeds United	Elland Road	0-2	27,815
18 October 1989	West Ham United	Boleyn Ground	0-5	20,901
21 October 1989	Bradford City	Roker Park	1-0	14,849	MacPhail
28 October 1989	Stoke City	Victoria Ground	2-0	12,480	Bracewell and Gabbiadini
31 October 1989	Barnsley	Roker Park	4-2	14,234	Gates(2), Hardyman and Bennett
4 November 1989	Oldham Athletic	Boundary Park	1-2	8,829	Owers
11 November 1989	Wolves	Roker Park	1-1	20,660	Hardyman
18 November 1989	Plymouth Argyle	Roker Park	3-1	15,033	Owers, Ord and Gabbiadini
25 November 1989	Brighton	Goldstone Ground	2-1	8,681	Owers and Gabbiadini
2 December 1989	Swindon Town	Roker Park	2-2	15,849	Armstrong and Hauser
9 December 1989	Ipswich Town	Portman Road	1-1	13,833	Owers
16 December 1989	Portsmouth	Fratton Park	3-3	7,127	Hardyman, Bennett and Gabbiadini
26 December 1989	Oxford United	Roker Park	1-0	24,075	Gabbiadini
30 December 1989	Port Vale	Roker Park	2-2	21,354	Hauser and Gabbiadini
1 January 1990	Hull City	Boothferry Park	2-3	9,346	Owers and Hauser
14 January 1990	Middlesbrough	Ayresome Park	0-3	17,698
20 January 1990	West Brom	Roker Park	1-1	15,583	Gabbiadini
4 February 1990	Newcastle United	St James' Park	1-1	31,572	Gabbiadini
10 February 1990	Blackburn Rovers	Roker Park	0-1	16,043
17 February 1990	Watford	Vicarage Road	1-1	9,093	Hauser
24 February 1990	Brighton	Roker Park	2-1	14,528	Hauser (2)
3 March 1990	Plymouth Argyle	Home Park	0-3	7,299
10 March 1990	Leicester City	Roker Park	2-2	13,017	Armstrong and Gabbiadini
17 March 1990	Bournemouth	Dean Court	1-0	6,328	Gabbiadini
20 March 1990	Leeds United	Roker Park	0-1	17,851
24 March 1990	West Ham United	Roker Park	4-3	13,896	Kieron Brady, Hardyman, Owers and Gabbiadini
31 March 1990	Bradford City	Valley Parade	1-0	9,826	Kieron Brady
3 April 1990	Sheffield United	Bramall Lane	3-1	20,588	Bracewell and Gabbiadini (2)
7 April 1990	Stoke City	Roker Park	2-1	17,119	Armstrong and Gabbiadini
10 April 1990	Barnsley	Oakwell	0-1	11,141
14 April 1990	Hull City	Roker Park	0-1	17,437
16 April 1990	Oxford United	Manor Ground	1-0	21,212	Gabbiadini
21 April 1990	Portsmouth	Roker Park	2-2	14,379	Armstrong (2)
28 April 1990	Wolves	Molineux Stadium	1-0	19,463	Hardyman
1 May 1990	Port Vale	Vale Park	2-1	9,447	Hardyman and Owers
5 May 1990	Oldham Athletic	Roker Park	2-3	22,243	Owers and Armstrong

Play-offs

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
12 May 1990	Semi Final Leg 1	Newcastle United	Roker Park	0-0	26,641
16 May 1990	Semi Final Leg 2	Newcastle United	St James' Park	2-0 (2-0 on aggregate)	32,199	Gates and Gabbiadini
28 May 1990	Final	Swindon Town	Wembley	0-1	72,873

League table^[1]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	W	D	L	GF	GA	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Leeds United	46	16	6	1	46	18	8	7	8	33	34	79	52	+ 27	85	Promoted
2	Sheffield United	46	14	5	4	43	27	10	8	5	35	31	78	58	+ 20	85	Promoted
3	Newcastle United	46	17	4	2	51	26	5	10	8	29	29	80	55	+ 25	80
4	Swindon Town	46	12	6	5	49	29	8	8	7	30	30	79	59	+ 20	74	^[2]
5	Blackburn Rovers	46	10	9	4	43	30	9	8	6	31	29	74	60	+ 14	74
6	Sunderland	46	10	8	5	41	32	10	6	7	29	32	70	64	+ 8	74	Promoted
7	West Ham United	46	14	5	4	50	22	6	7	10	30	35	80	57	+ 23	72
8	Oldham Athletic	46	15	7	1	50	23	4	7	12	20	34	70	57	+ 13	71
9	Ipswich Town	46	13	7	3	38	22	6	5	12	29	44	67	51	+ 16	69
10	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	12	5	6	37	20	6	8	9	30	40	67	50	+ 17	67
11	Port Vale	46	11	9	3	37	20	4	7	12	25	37	62	57	+ 5	61
12	Portsmouth	46	9	8	6	40	34	6	8	9	22	31	62	65	– 3	61
13	Leicester City	46	10	8	5	34	29	5	6	12	33	50	67	79	– 12	59
14	Hull City	46	7	8	8	27	31	7	8	8	31	34	58	65	– 7	58
15	Watford	46	11	6	6	41	28	3	9	11	17	32	58	60	– 2	57
16	Plymouth Argyle	46	9	8	6	30	23	5	5	13	28	40	58	63	– 5	55
17	Oxford United	46	8	7	8	35	31	7	2	14	22	35	57	66	– 9	54
18	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	10	6	7	28	27	5	3	15	28	45	56	72	– 16	54
19	Barnsley	46	7	9	7	22	23	6	6	11	27	48	49	71	– 22	54
20	West Bromwich Albion	46	6	8	9	35	37	6	7	10	32	34	67	71	– 4	51
21	Middlesbrough	46	10	3	10	33	29	3	8	12	19	34	52	63	– 11	50
22	Bournemouth	46	8	6	9	30	31	4	6	13	27	45	57	76	– 19	48	Relegated
23	Bradford City	46	9	6	8	26	24	0	8	15	18	44	44	68	– 24	41	Relegated
24	Stoke City	46	4	11	8	20	24	2	8	13	15	39	35	63	– 28	37	Relegated

Note: Although Swindon Town won the play-offs, they were denied promotion due to their financial irregularities. They were also initially relegated to the Third Division for the following season, but this was overturned on appeal. Sunderland, as the losing play-offs finalists, were promoted in their place.

League Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
19 September 1989	Round 2 Leg 1	Fulham	Roker Park	1-1	11,416	Hardyman
3 October 1989	Round 2 Leg 2	Fulham	Craven Cottage	3-0 (4-1 on aggregate)	6,314	Armstrong and Gabbiadini (2)
24 October 1989	Round 3	Bournemouth	Roker Park	1-1	12,595	Gabbiadini
7 November 1989	Round 3 replay	Bournemouth	Dean Court	1-0	8,500	Gabbiadini
29 November 1989	Round 4	Exeter City	St James Park	2-2	8,643	Armstrong and Gates
5 December 1989	Round 4 replay	Exeter City	Roker Park	5-2	18,130	Armstrong, Hardyman, Pascoe and Gates (2)
17 January 1990	Round 5	Coventry City	Roker Park	0-0	27,218
24 January 1990	Round 5 replay	Coventry City	Highfield Road	0-5	21,219

FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
6 January 1990	Round 3	Reading	Elm Park	1-2	9,344	Armstrong

Full Members Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
14 November 1989	Round 1	Port Vale	Roker Park	1-2	7,035	Armstrong

Statistics

Goal scorers

Nation	Name	League	League Cup	FA Cup	Total
	Marco Gabbiadini	21	4	0	25
	Gordon Armstrong	8	3	1	12
	Gary Owers	9	0	0	9
	Eric Gates	6	3	0	9
	Paul Hardyman	7	2	0	9
	Thomas Hauser	6	0	0	6
	Gary Bennett	3	0	0	3
	Paul Bracewell	2	0	0	2
	Kieron Brady	2	0	0	2
	John MacPhail	2	0	0	2
	Colin Pascoe	1	1	0	2
	Richard Ord	1	0	0	1
	Warren Hawke	1	0	0	1
/	Own goals	1	0	0	1
/	Totals	70	13	1	84

References

↑ "English Division Two (old) 1989-1990 : Table". Statto Organisation Limited. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
↑ Sunderland were eventually promoted after prosecutions against Swindon Town.

↑ Brady was born in Glasgow, Scotland, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and would represent them at U-21 level.

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[Statto-2] "English Division Two (old) 1989-1990 : Table". Statto Organisation Limited. Retrieved 5 August 2013.

[3] Sunderland were eventually promoted after prosecutions against Swindon Town.

[1] Brady was born in Glasgow, Scotland, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and would represent them at U-21 level.