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Two points for a win: 61 (in 42 games in the 1963–64 season, Second Division). [57] Three points for a win: 105 (in 46 games in the 1998–99 season, First Division). [57] Fewest points in a season: Two points for a win: 23 (in 22 games in the 1890–91 season, The Football League) and (in 30 games in the 1896–97 season, First Division). [57]
In the 1986–87 season Sunderland were relegated to the Football League Third Division for the first time in their history under the management of Lawrie McMenemy, they however, returned to the second division the following season as champions–their lowest position in the English football league system until 2019.
After spending six seasons in the Second Division, Sunderland were promoted to Division One in the 1975–76 season, but were relegated again the following season, despite a late-season comeback which saw them win two matches 6–0 and 6–1. [49] Sunderland appeared in their first League Cup final in 1985, but lost 1–0 to Norwich City. [50]
After Sunderland's first relegation from Division One in the 1957–58 season, the club at first languished in the lower half of Division Two, finishing the 1959–60 season in sixteenth place. [84] Two finishes in third place followed in the 1961–62 and 1962–63 seasons, Sunderland in each case missing out on promotion by just one position.
The 1891–92 Football League was the fourth season of English league football, and the last season of the football league running in a single division. Sunderland were the winners of the league which was their first league success.
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West Bromwich Albion 12–0 Darwen (First Division, 4 April 1892) [59] Nottingham Forest 12–0 Leicester Fosse (First Division, 21 April 1909) [59] Record away win: Port Vale 0–10 Sheffield United (Second Division, 10 December 1892) Record away win in top flight: Southampton 0–9 Leicester City (Premier League, 25 October 2019) [60]
After saving Sunderland from relegation the season before, Peter Reid was appointed manager on a permanent basis. His first full season as Sunderland manager, 1995–96, was successful as the club won the First Division title and gained promotion to the Premier League for the first time since the League restructuring which had taken effect in 1992–93.