1993–94 Sunderland A.F.C. season

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

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 →

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

Main article: 1993–94 Football League § First Division

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

Main article: 1993–94 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

Main article: 1993–94 Football 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

Main article: 1993–94 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. 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

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

Notes

1. 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.
2. 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.