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
	← 1992–93 1994–95 →

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 v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
10	Stoke City	46	18	13	15	57	59	−2	67
11	Charlton Athletic	46	19	8	19	61	58	+3	65
12	Sunderland	46	19	8	19	54	57	−3	65
13	Bristol City	46	16	16	14	47	50	−3	64
14	Bolton Wanderers	46	15	14	17	63	64	−1	59

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goals scored; 3) Goal difference

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; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ENG	Alec Chamberlain
—	GK	ENG	Sean Musgrave
—	GK	ENG	David Preece
—	GK	WAL	Tony Norman
—	DF	ENG	Gary Bennett
—	DF	ENG	Michael Gray
—	DF	ENG	Lee Howey
—	DF	ENG	John Kay
—	DF	ENG	Richard Ord
—	DF	ENG	Anth Smith
—	DF	WAL	Andy Melville
—	DF	POL	Dariusz Kubicki
—	MF	ENG	Mark Angel
—	MF	ENG	Gordon Armstrong
—	MF	ENG	Brian Atkinson


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

References

^ "Football: Butcher sacked by Sunderland". The Independent. 27 November 1993. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
^ "Sunderland 1993-1994 Home - statto.com". Archived from the original on 27 March 2013. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
^ "All Sunderland players: 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.

[1] "Football: Butcher sacked by Sunderland". The Independent. 27 November 1993. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2012.

[2] "Sunderland 1993-1994 Home - statto.com". Archived from the original on 27 March 2013. Retrieved 3 July 2012.

[3] "All Sunderland players: 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.

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