1892–93 Sunderland A.F.C. season

The 1892-93 season was Sunderland's 13th season in existence, and their third season as a Football League club.

Sunderland
1892–93 season
ManagerTom Watson
StadiumNewcastle Road
Football League1st (Champions)
FA CupThird Round
Top goalscorerLeague: John Campbell (29)
All: John Campbell (32)
Highest home attendance20,000
(vs. Preston North End)
Lowest home attendance3,000
(vs. Royal Arsenal)
Average home league attendance6,900
All statistics correct as of 20 November 2018.

Having won their first league title in the previous season, Sunderland went on to dominate the Football League in 1892-93, winning their second title by 11 points. They became the second team after Preston North End to win back-to-back titles. Sunderland remained unbeaten at home all season for the second season in a row. They became the first team to score 100 league goals in a single season (in 30 games) and only failed to score in a single league game (vs. Wolves). Forward John Campbell topped the league goalscoring charts (29 goals) for a second consecutive season.

The season saw the First Division expanded to 16 teams and a Second Division added, with Promotion and relegation introduced to the league for the first time. The expanded league saw Sunderland face The Wednesday, Nottingham Forest and Newton Heath for the first time. Across the two games against Newton Heath (which would go on to become Manchester United) Sunderland scored 11 goals without reply.

First team squad

Name Nationality Positions(s) DOB Signed From (92-93)
Ned Doig Goalkeeper 29 October 1866
Tom Porteous Defender October 1865
John Gillespie Defender Morton
Bob Smellie Defender 15 October 1865 Queens Park
John Auld Defender 7 January 1862
Billy Dunlop Midfielder Annbank
Will Gibson Midfielder
Jimmy Hannah Midfielder 1868
John Harvey Midfielder
Hughie Wilson Inside Forward 18 March 1869
Jimmy Millar Centre Forward 2 March 1870
James Gillespie Outside Right
John Campbell Centre Forward 19 February 1870
John Scott Forward
David Hannah Forward

Players Out

Name Nationality Positions(s) Signed To
Donald Gow Defender Rangers
John Oliver Defender Middlesbrough Ironopolis
John Murray Defender Blackburn Rovers
John Smith Inside Right Liverpool
James Logan Forward Ayr

Competitions

Football League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts Qualification
1 Sunderland 30 22 4 4 100 36 2.778 48 League Champions
2 Preston North End 30 17 3 10 57 39 1.462 37
3 Everton 30 16 4 10 74 51 1.451 36
4 Aston Villa 30 16 3 11 73 62 1.177 35
5 Bolton Wanderers 30 13 6 11 56 55 1.018 32

Matches

3 September 1892 (1892-09-03) 1 Accrington 0-6 Sunderland Accrington
Stadium: Thorneyholme Road
Attendance: 3,000
10 September 1892 (1892-09-10) 2 Sunderland 2-2 Notts County Sunderland
Stadium: Newcastle Road
Attendance: 6,000
17 September 1892 (1892-09-17) 3 Aston Villa 1-6 Sunderland Birmingham
Stadium: Wellington Road
Attendance: 12,000
24 September 1892 (1892-09-24) 4 Sunderland 5-0 Blackburn Rovers Sunderland
Stadium: Newcastle Road
Attendance: 8,000
1 October 1892 (1892-10-01) 5 Sunderland 3-1 Stoke City Sunderland
Stadium: Newcastle Road
Attendance: 6,000
8 October 1892 (1892-10-08) 6 Everton 1-4 Sunderland Liverpool
Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 20,000
15 October 1892 (1892-10-15) 7 Sunderland 4-2 Accrington Sunderland
Stadium: Newcastle Road
Attendance: 6,000
22 October 1892 (1892-10-22) 8 Sunderland 8-1 West Brom Sunderland
Stadium: Newcastle Road
Attendance: 5,000
29 October 1892 (1892-10-29) 9 The Wednesday 3-2 Sunderland Sheffield
Stadium: Olive Grove
Attendance: 20,000
5 November 1892 (1892-11-05) 10 Sunderland 2-0 Burnley Sunderland
Stadium: Newcastle Road
Attendance: 6,000
19 November 1892 (1892-11-19) 11 Sunderland 1-0 Nottingham Forest Sunderland
Stadium: Newcastle Road
Attendance: 5,500
26 November 1892 (1892-11-26) 12 Notts County 3-1 Sunderland Nottingham
Stadium: Trent Bridge
Attendance: 8,000
3 December 1892 (1892-12-03) 13 Nottingham Forest 0-5 Sunderland Nottingham
Stadium: Town Ground
Attendance: 8,000
17 December 1892 (1892-12-17) 14 Sunderland 2-0 Preston North End Sunderland
Stadium: Newcastle Road
Attendance: 20,000
24 December 1892 (1892-12-24) 15 West Brom 1-3 Sunderland West Bromwich
Stadium: Stoney Lane
Attendance: 8,000
26 December 1892 (1892-12-26) 16 Wolves 2-0 Sunderland Wolverhampton
Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 15,000
2 January 1893 (1893-01-02) 17 Sunderland 5-2 Wolves Sunderland
Stadium: Newcastle Road
Attendance: 4,000
3 January 1893 (1893-01-03) 18 Sunderland 4-3 Everton Sunderland
Stadium: Newcastle Road
Attendance: 5,000
7 January 1893 (1893-01-07) 19 Preston North End 1-2 Sunderland Preston
Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 14,000
14 January 1893 (1893-01-14) 20 Sunderland 6-0 Aston Villa Sunderland
Stadium: Newcastle Road
Attendance: 7,000
28 January 1893 (1893-01-28) 21 Sunderland 4-2 The Wednesday Sunderland
Stadium: Newcastle Road
Attendance: 8,000
14 February 1893 (1893-02-14) 22 Sunderland 3-3 Bolton Wanderers Sunderland
Stadium: Newcastle Road
Attendance: 6,000
4 March 1893 (1893-03-04) 23 Newton Heath 0-5 Sunderland Manchester
Stadium: North Road
Attendance: 15,000
11 March 1893 (1893-03-11) 24 Sunderland 3-1 Derby County Sunderland
Stadium: Newcastle Road
Attendance: 6,000
18 March 1893 (1893-03-18) 25 Stoke City 0-1 Sunderland Stoke-on-Trent
Stadium: Victoria Ground
Attendance: 10,000
31 March 1893 (1893-03-31) 26 Blackburn Rovers 2-2 Sunderland Blackburn
Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 12,000
1 April 1893 (1893-04-01) 27 Bolton Wanderers 2-1 Sunderland Bolton
Stadium: Pikes Lane
Attendance: 13,000
4 April 1893 (1893-04-04) 28 Sunderland 6-0 Newton Heath Sunderland
Stadium: Newcastle Road
Attendance: 5,000
8 April 1893 (1893-04-08) 29 Derby County 1-1 Sunderland Derby
Stadium: Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 8,000
15 April 1893 (1893-04-15) 30 Burnley 2-3 Sunderland Burnley
Stadium: Turf Moor
Attendance: 10,000

FA Cup

Matches

21 January 1893 (1893-01-21) 1 Sunderland 6-0 Royal Arsenal Sunderland
Stadium: Newcastle Road
Attendance: 3,000
4 February 1893 (1893-02-04) 2 Sheffield United 1-3 Sunderland Sheffield
Stadium: Bramall Lane
Attendance: 14,769
18 February 1893 (1893-02-18) 3 Blackburn Rovers 3-0 Sunderland Blackburn
Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 26,000

Squad Statistics

No. Pos Nat Player TotalFootball LeagueFA Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK Ned Doig 33030030
DF John Gillespie 706010
DF Tom Porteous 33030030
DF Bob Smellie 24022020
DF John Auld 30027030
MF Will Gibson 33330330
MF Jimmy Hannah 3118281830
MF Billy Dunlop 505000
MF John Harvey 22622600
FW Hughie Wilson 32829830
FW Jimmy Millar 2319211425
FW John Campbell 3032272933
FW John Scott 11510510
FW James Gillespie 2611231130
FW David Hannah 23720631

References

    • All the Lads: A Complete Who's Who of Sunderland A.F.C., Dykes, Gareth & Lamming, Douglas, Polar Print Group Ltd, 1999
    • Sunderland AFC: The Official History 1879-2000, Days, Paul, Business Education Publishers Ltd, 1999
    • The StatCat, www.thestatcat.co.uk, last accessed: 2018-11-02
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