SUNDERLAND 1989-90 DIVISION TWO PLAY-OFF FINALISTS

By Neil Fissler

SUNDERLAND are the only club in the his- tory of the play-offs to lose a Wembley final but still find themselves promoted! Swindon, who were victorious at the Twin Towers, were punished for financial irregularities and Sunderland were handed their place in Division One. Gordon Armstrong had played a starring role for Sunderland that season, especially in their semi-final victory over his home-town club Newcastle. It was a Tyne-Wear struggle of titanic proportions and
Armstrong remembers the Magpies ...