Sunderland 1980s squad

Name: Sunderland 1980s squad
Creator: Flawless
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Every player who appeared for Sunderland in the 1980s — 101 in all, with their career-at-club league totals.

Gary Bennett racked up the most apps of anyone here — 442 in all. Gary Rowell leads the scoring with 88. The sharpest strike rate belongs to Marco Gabbiadini: 74 goals in 152 apps. The squad breaks down as 11 goalkeepers, 31 defenders, 29 midfielders and 30 forwards — enough depth to fill any formation in the game.

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Player	Pos	Apps	Goals	Legend
Gary Bennett	DF	442	23	79
Gordon Armstrong	MF	349	50	79
Marco Gabbiadini	FW	152	74	79
Gary Rowell	FW	257	88	78
Shaun Elliott	DF	321	11	77
Gary Owers	MF	320	25	76
Joe Bolton	DF	273	11	76
Richard Ord	DF	253	7	75
Nick Pickering	MF	179	18	74
Tony Norman	GK	198	—	74
Chris Turner	GK	195	—	73
John Kay	DF	199	0	73
Eric Gates	FW	185	46	73
Colin Pascoe	MF	116	22	73
Gordon Chisholm	DF	197	10	73
Bob Lee	FW	109	32	73
Mark Proctor	MF	117	20	73
Kevin Arnott	MF	133	16	72
Jeff Clarke	DF	181	6	72
Barry Siddall	GK	167	—	72
Barry Venison	DF	173	2	72
Pop Robson	FW	52	23	71
Frank Gray	DF	146	8	70
Stan Cummins	FW	133	29	70
Reuben Agboola	DF	140	0	70
John MacPhail	DF	130	22	69
Iain Hesford	GK	97	—	69
Colin West	FW	102	21	68
Mick Buckley	MF	121	7	68
Brian Atkinson	MF	141	4	68
Rob Hindmarch	DF	115	2	68
Paul Hardyman	DF	101	5	66
Paul Bracewell	MF	113	2	65
David Rush	FW	59	12	64
Steve Whitworth	DF	83	0	64
Steve Doyle	MF	100	2	64
Ian Atkins	DF	77	6	63
Dave Swindlehurst	FW	72	11	62
Clive Walker	FW	50	10	62
John Hawley	FW	25	11	62
Paul Atkinson	MF	60	5	61
Joe Hinnigan	DF	63	4	60
Thomas Hauser	FW	54	9	60
Iain Munro	MF	80	0	60
Tim Carter	GK	37	—	60
John Cooke	MF	55	4	60
David Buchanan	FW	34	8	60
Ally McCoist	FW	56	8	59
Leighton James	MF	52	4	59
George Burley	DF	54	0	59
Alan Kennedy	DF	54	2	59
Keith Bertschin	FW	36	7	59
Kieron Brady	MF	33	7	58
Ian Wallace	FW	34	6	57
Steve Berry	MF	46	2	57
Bob Bolder	GK	22	—	56
David Hodgson	FW	40	5	56
Howard Gayle	FW	48	4	56
Tim Gilbert	DF	36	3	55
David Corner	DF	33	1	54
John Cornforth	MF	32	2	54
Steve Hetzke	DF	31	0	54
Andy Dibble	GK	12	—	53
Jimmy Nicholl	DF	29	0	53
Peter Daniel	MF	34	0	52
Sam Allardyce	DF	25	2	52
Claudio Marangoni	MF	20	3	52
Jim McDonagh	GK	7	—	51
Mark Prudhoe	GK	7	—	51
Billy Whitehurst	FW	17	3	51
Lee Chapman	FW	15	3	51
Rodger Wylde	FW	11	3	51
Steve Hardwick	GK	6	—	51
Barry Dunn	FW	23	2	50
Warren Hawke	FW	25	1	50
Frank Worthington	FW	19	2	50
Bobby Mimms	GK	4	—	49
Ian Bowyer	MF	15	1	48
John Moore	FW	16	1	47
Terry Curran	MF	9	1	47
Tony Ford	MF	9	1	47
Mick Heathcote	DF	9	0	46
Roly Gregoire	FW	9	1	46
Tommy Lynch	DF	4	0	44
Nigel Saddington	DF	3	0	43
Loek Ursem	MF	4	0	43
John McGinley	FW	3	0	43
Mark Outterside	DF	1	0	42
Gary Ogilvie	DF	1	0	42
Jamie Murray	DF	1	0	42
Alan Hay	DF	1	0	42
Riccardo Gabbiadini	FW	1	0	41
Peter Barnes	MF	1	0	41
Nigel Walker	MF	1	0	41
Dougie McGuire	MF	1	0	41
Barry Richardson	FW	0	0	40
Tony Chilton	DF	0	0	40
Dave Woodcock	MF	0	0	39
David Hamilton	MF	0	0	39
Paul McKenzie	MF	0	0	39
Tom Ritchie	FW	—	8	37

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