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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 edit

Name Nationality Positions(s) DOB Signed From (92-93)
Ned Doig   Goalkeeper 29 October 1866
Tom Porteous   Defender October 1865
John Gillespie   Defender Morton  
Robert Smellie   Defender Annbank  
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 edit

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 edit

Football League edit

Main article: 1892–93 Football League

League table edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts
1 Sunderland (C) 30 22 4 4 100 36 2.778 48
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
Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions

Matches edit

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 edit

Main article: 1892–93 FA Cup

Matches edit

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 edit

No. Pos Nat Player Total Football League FA Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK   SCO Ned Doig 33 0 30 0 3 0
DF   SCO John Gillespie 7 0 6 0 1 0
DF   ENG Tom Porteous 33 0 30 0 3 0
DF   SCO Robert Smellie 24 0 22 0 2 0
DF   SCO John Auld 30 0 27 0 3 0
MF   SCO Will Gibson 33 3 30 3 3 0
MF   SCO Jimmy Hannah 31 18 28 18 3 0
MF   SCO Billy Dunlop 5 0 5 0 0 0
MF   SCO John Harvey 22 6 22 6 0 0
FW   SCO Hughie Wilson 32 8 29 8 3 0
FW   SCO Jimmy Millar 23 19 21 14 2 5
FW   SCO John Campbell 30 32 27 29 3 3
FW   SCO John Scott 11 5 10 5 1 0
FW   SCO James Gillespie 26 11 23 11 3 0
FW   EIR David Hannah 23 7 20 6 3 1

References edit

  • 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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