1890–91 Sunderland A.F.C. season

Sunderland
1890–91 season
ManagerTom Watson
StadiumNewcastle Road
Football League7th
FA CupSemi-Final (Replay)
Top goalscorerLeague: John Campbell (19)
All: John Campbell (24)
Highest home attendance21,000
(vs. Everton, FA Cup 1st Round)
Lowest home attendance3,000
(vs. Derby County)
Average home league attendance6,000
All statistics correct as of 11 November 2018.

The 1890–91 season was Sunderland's 11th season in existence, and their first season as a Football League club. Sunderland were elected into the league for the beginning of its third season, in place of Stoke City who had finished bottom in 1889–90.

Although bottom by mid December, Sunderland had a strong second half of the season, losing only once in the new year and finishing in seventh place (out of twelve). They would have finished fifth were they not deducted two points for failing to register goalkeeper Ned Doig ahead of the game at West Brom.

Sunderland went on a cup run, reaching their first ever FA Cup Semi-final, losing in a replay to Notts County. Sunderland declined to enter their first team into the Durham Challenge Cup, instead opting to send Sunderland 'A'.

First team squad

Name Nationality Positions(s) DOB Signed From (90-91)
Ned Doig Scotland Goalkeeper 29 October 1866 Blackburn Rovers
William Kirkley England Goalkeeper
Tom Porteous England Defender October 1865
John Oliver England Defender 1867
John Auld Scotland Defender 7 January 1862 Third Lanark Scotland
John Murray Scotland Defender 24 April 1865 Vale of Leven Scotland
Will Gibson Scotland Midfielder
John Spence Scotland Wing Half Kilmarnock Scotland
John Harvey Scotland Midfielder unknown
Hughie Wilson Scotland Inside Forward 18 March 1869 Newmilns Scotland
John Smith Scotland Inside Right 19 December 1865
Jimmy Millar Scotland Centre Forward 2 March 1870 Unknown
James Gillespie Scotland Outside Right Greenock Morton Scotland
John Campbell Scotland Centre Forward 19 February 1870 Renton Scotland
John Scott Scotland Forward Unknown
David Hannah Ireland Forward 24 April 1867

Competitions

Football League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L F A W D L F A F A GA GD Pts
5 Bolton Wanderers 22 9 0 2 36 14 3 1 7 11 20 47 34 1.382 +13 25
6 Blackburn Rovers 22 7 1 3 29 19 4 1 6 23 24 52 43 1.209 +9 24
7 Sunderland 22 7 2 2 31 13 3 3 5 20 18 51 31 1.645 +20 231
8 Burnley 22 7 1 3 33 24 2 2 7 19 39 52 63 0.825 –11 21
9 Aston Villa 22 5 4 2 29 18 2 0 9 16 40 45 58 0.776 –13 18

1Sunderland deducted two points for fielding unregistered player.[1]


Matches

FA Cup

Matches

Squad Statistics

No. Pos Nat Player Total Football League FA Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Scotland Ned Doig 25 0 20 0 5 0
GK England William Kirkley 2 0 2 0 0 0
DF England Tom Porteous 27 0 22 0 5 0
DF England John Oliver 24 0 19 0 5 0
DF Scotland John Auld 20 0 17 0 3 0
DF Scotland John Murray 24 0 19 0 5 0
MF Scotland Will Gibson 10 0 8 0 2 0
MF Scotland John Spence 8 0 5 0 3 0
MF Scotland John Harvey 17 2 15 1 2 1
FW Scotland Hughie Wilson 26 2 21 2 5 0
FW Scotland John Smith 15 2 10 2 5 0
FW Scotland Jimmy Millar 20 12 17 11 3 1
FW Scotland James Gillespie 2 1 2 1 0 0
FW Scotland John Campbell 26 24 21 19 5 5
FW Scotland John Scott 27 9 22 8 5 1
FW Republic of Ireland David Hannah 27 5 22 4 5 1

References

  1. ^ Rothmans Football Yearbook 1970–71, p. 233. The Queen Anne Press Limited, London, 1970.
  • All the Lads: A Complete Who's Who of Sunderland A.F.C., Dykes, Gareth & Lamming, Douglas, Polar Print Group Ltd, 1999
  • Sunderland AFC: The Official History 1879–2000, Days, Paul, Business Education Publishers Ltd, 1999
  • The StatCat, www.thestatcat.co.uk, last accessed: 2018-11-02

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