1890–91 Sunderland A.F.C. season


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. 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

NameNationalityPositionsDOBSigned From
Ned DoigGoalkeeper29 October 1866Blackburn Rovers
William KirkleyGoalkeeper
Tom PorteousDefenderOctober 1865
John OliverDefender1867
John AuldDefender7 January 1862Third Lanark
John MurrayDefender24 April 1865Vale of Leven
Will GibsonMidfielder
John SpenceWing HalfKilmarnock
John HarveyMidfielderunknown
Hughie WilsonInside Forward18 March 1869Newmilns
John SmithInside Right19 December 1865
Jimmy MillarCentre Forward2 March 1870Unknown
James GillespieOutside RightGreenock Morton
John CampbellCentre Forward19 February 1870Renton
John ScottForwardUnknown
David HannahForward24 April 1867

Competitions

Football League

League table

Matches

FA Cup

Matches

Squad Statistics