​09 May 1992, Wembley – FA Cup Final – Liverpool v Sunderland – Gordon Armstrong of Sunderland. (Photo by Mark Leech/Offside via Getty Images) | Getty Images On this day in 1992, Leicester City were poised to make a bid for Sunderland’s out-of-favour midfielder Gordon Armstrong. Armstrong had been an automatic choice since Denis Smith took over in 1987, but had started only two of Sunderland’s five pre-season matches and Leicester manager Brian Little was set to test Malcolm Crosby’s resolve to keep him at the club.Crosby had added Shaun Cunnington, John Colquhoun and Terry Butcher to the squad to help offset the loss of Paul Bracewell and Paul Hardyman, but said he’d received no official offers for his midfielder:I’m sure Brian Little fancies Gordon, but I’ve not had any offers and until I do I can’t comment further.But Leicester manager Little was keeping tabs on the situation:I’m aware of the situation, but it has not gone as far as making a bid.Little would have had to smash Leicester’s transfer record if he was to tempt Crosby to do business at the time, which stood at £350,000 for Everton’s Mike Newell in 1987. It was reported that Sunderland turned down a £1m bid from Norwich City for Armstrong a year before Leicester’s interest. A more realistic figure at this time was reported to be about £600,000.Armstrong’s Roker place had been put in doubt by the emergence of Martin Gray as a contender to challenge for the position and the decision to start a season with Kevin Ball at right back and allow Gary Owers to continue in midfield. The side that turned out at Scunthorpe on this day in 1992 (see below) was said to be what Crosby had planned to start the season with, and Armstrong was not included in the starting XI.In other news…Glanford Park instead of Wembley…On the same day as Liverpool were defeated 4-3 at Wembley in the Charity Shield, we turned out at Glanford Park in front of just 1,455 fans and played out a 2-2 draw at one of the Football League’s latest purpose-built grounds (back in 1992!) that was “on the edge of town and easily accessible to motorway traffic”.Sunderland had needed a morale booster after being outplayed against Tottenham in the city celebration game at Roker, but it didn’t end up going all our way…Scunthorpe United 2-2 SunderlandJohn Colquhoun scored the opener just before half-time, and the £220,000 newcomer was reportedly looking far more comfortable in a wide position. He found the overlapping Gary Owers, and when goalkeeper Mark Samways failed to hold the low cross, Colquhoun rammed home the loose ball.Reports described that Sunderland contributed to their own problems in the first half by continually putting Tony Norman under unnecessary pressure with back passes played far too close for comfort. But it was still a shock to the system when Scunthorpe came back strongly to go ahead.The gargling Ian Helliwell knuckled down Glen Cocker’s centre and Graham Alexander fired