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

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
14 August 1993	Derby County	A	0–5	18,027
21 August 1993	Charlton Athletic	H	4–0	17,647	Goodman, M Gray, Armstrong, Cunnington
28 August 1993	Notts County	A	0–1	9,166
12 September 1993	Crystal Palace	A	0–1	11,318
18 September 1993	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	0–2	18,292
25 September 1993	Watford	A	1–1	7,694	Owers
28 September 1993	Grimsby Town	H	2–2	15,488	Goodman, Ord
2 October 1993	Peterborough United	H	2–0	17,846	P Gray, Owers
9 October 1993	Birmingham City	H	1–0	19,265	Howey
17 October 1993	Middlesbrough	A	1–4	12,772	Goodman
20 October 1993	Luton Town	H	2–0	13,760	Goodman, Smith
23 October 1993	West Bromwich Albion	H	1–0	19,505	Ord
30 October 1993	Bristol City	A	0–2	8,162
3 November 1993	Stoke City	A	0–1	13,551
6 November 1993	Portsmouth	H	1–2	17,146	Smith
13 November 1993	Tranmere Rovers	A	1–4	8,497	Goodman
20 November 1993	Southend United	H	0–2	15,452
27 November 1993	Nottingham Forest	H	2–3	16,968	Smith, P Gray
4 December 1993	Portsmouth	A	1–0	11,891	Smith
18 December 1993	Derby County	H	1–0	16,001	P Gray
27 December 1993	Bolton Wanderers	A	0–0	18,496
28 December 1993	Millwall	H	2–1	19,283	P Gray, Russell
1 January 1994	Leicester City	A	1–2	19,615	P Gray (pen)
3 January 1994	Barnsley	H	1–0	19,302	P Gray
11 January 1994	Oxford United	A	3–0	5,877	Smith (2), Goodman
16 January 1994	Middlesbrough	H	2–1	16,473	P Gray (pen), Howey
22 January 1994	Birmingham City	A	0–0	15,884
5 February 1994	West Bromwich Albion	A	1–2	17,089	Goodman
12 February 1994	Bristol City	H	0–0	16,816
22 February 1994	Charlton Athletic	A	0–0	7,904
26 February 1994	Luton Town	A	1–2	9,367	Howey
5 March 1994	Notts County	H	2–0	16,269	Russell, P Gray
16 March 1994	Crystal Palace	H	1–0	15,892	P Gray
19 March 1994	Watford	H	2–0	16,479	Russell (2)
26 March 1994	Peterborough United	A	3–1	8,753	Russell, P Gray (2)
30 March 1994	Barnsley	A	0–4	10,042
2 April 1994	Bolton Wanderers	H	2–0	18,574	Russell (2)
5 April 1994	Millwall	A	1–2	10,244	Melville
9 April 1994	Leicester City	H	2–3	17,198	Melville, Goodman
12 April 1994	Grimsby Town	A	1–0	4,732	Smith
16 April 1994	Stoke City	H	0–1	17,406
23 April 1994	Southend United	A	1–0	4,734	Smith
26 April 1994	Oxford United	H	2–3	14,712	Armstrong, P Gray (pen)
30 April 1994	Tranmere Rovers	H	3–2	15,167	P Gray (2), Russell
3 May 1994	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1–1	25,079	Goodman
8 May 1994	Nottingham Forest	A	2–2	27,010	Russell, Goodman

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	8 January 1994	Carlisle United	H	1–1	23,587	Ferguson
R3R	18 January 1994	Carlisle United	A	1–0 (a.e.t.)	13,200	Howey
R4	29 January 1994	Wimbledon	A	1–2	10,477	M Smith

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 1st leg	17 August 1993	Chester City	H	3–1	9,404	Goodman (2), Power
R1 2nd leg	24 August 1993	Chester City	A	0–0 (won 3-1 on agg)	2,903
R2 1st leg	21 September 1993	Leeds United	H	2–1	17,101	Goodman, P Gray
R2 2nd leg	6 October 1993	Leeds United	A	2–1 (won 4-2 on agg)	22,265	Goodman, P Gray
R3	26 October 1993	Aston Villa	H	1–4	23,692	P Gray

Anglo-Italian Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
Group 5	31 August 1993	Tranmere Rovers	H	2–0	6,771	Goodman (2)
Group 5	14 September 1993	Bolton Wanderers	A	0–2	3,460

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[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	Alec Chamberlain
		GK	Sean Musgrave
		GK	David Preece
		GK	Tony Norman
		DF	Gary Bennett
		DF	Michael Gray
		DF	Lee Howey
		DF	John Kay
		DF	Richard Ord
		DF	Anth Smith
		DF	Andy Melville
		DF	Dariusz Kubicki
		MF	Mark Angel
		MF	Gordon Armstrong
		MF	Brian Atkinson

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Kevin Ball
		MF	Shaun Cunnington
		MF	Martin Gray
		MF	Jamie Lawrence^{[notes 1]}
		MF	Gary Owers
		MF	Ian Rodgerson
		MF	Ian Sampson
		MF	Derek Ferguson
		FW	Steve Brodie
		FW	Don Goodman
		FW	David Rush
		FW	Craig Russell
		FW	Martin Smith
		FW	Phil Gray
		FW	Lee Power^{[notes 2]} (on loan from Norwich City)

References

↑ "Football: Butcher sacked by Sunderland". The Independent. 27 November 1993. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
↑ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/sunderland/1993-1994
↑ http://www.11v11.com/teams/sunderland/tab/players/season/1994

Notes

↑ Lawrence was born in Wandsworth, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally through his parents and would make his international debut for Jamaica in 2000.
↑ Power was born in Lewisham, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and represented them at U-21 and B level.

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[1] "Football: Butcher sacked by Sunderland". The Independent. 27 November 1993. Retrieved 3 July 2012.

[2] ttp://www.statto.com/football/teams/sunderland/1993-1994

[3] ttp://www.11v11.com/teams/sunderland/tab/players/season/1994

[4] Lawrence was born in Wandsworth, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally through his parents and would make his international debut for Jamaica in 2000.

[5] Power was born in Lewisham, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and represented them at U-21 and B level.