1892–93 in English football
Season | 1892–93 | |
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Men's football | ||
First Division | Sunderland | |
Second Division | Small Heath | |
FA Cup | Wolverhampton Wanderers | |
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The 1892–93 season was the 22nd season of competitive football in England.
Events
The Second Division comprised the remaining Football Alliance teams, plus Northwich Victoria, Burslem Port Vale and Sheffield United.[citation needed]
Liverpool, formed in March 1892 by Anfield landlord John Houlding after Everton's exit to Goodison Park, join the Lancashire League. They would be elected to the Football League Second Division after one season in the Lancashire League.[1]
National team
Ireland
The most notable débutante was
England totally dominated the match itself with
Wales
For the match against Wales at Stoke-on-Trent two weeks later, the selectors chose a team consisting entirely of professional players, of which four were making their début. In goal they selected John Willie Sutcliffe of Bolton Wanderers, for the first of his 5 appearances; Sutcliffe had previously made an appearance for the English rugby union side. Jimmy Turner (Bolton Wanderers) and Jimmy Whitehead (Blackburn Rovers) made their débuts at left half and inside right respectively. The fourth débutante was Fred Spiksley of The Wednesday who made the first of seven England appearances at outside left, from where he scored seven goals during his England career, including a hat-trick on his debut.[3]
Once again, England were comfortable victors, with further goals from
Scotland
England's final international match of the season came at
England ultimately enjoyed another comfortable victory; Gosling scored after 15 minutes, but Scotland went ahead with goals after 30 and 55 minutes. A goal from captain George Cotterill brought England level after 65 minutes. Fred Spiksley then scored twice in two minutes before completing his hat-trick after 84 minutes, thus enabling England to continue their fine run against the Scots.[5]
As a result, England were the winners of the British Home Championship for the third consecutive season.
Date | Venue | Opponents | Score* | Comp | England scorers |
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25 February 1893 | Wellington Road (Perry Barr), Birmingham (H) | ![]() |
6–1 | BHC | G.O. Smith (Corinthian) (43 mins), William Winckworth (Old Westminsters) (60 mins) & Rupert Sandilands (Old Westminsters ) (75 mins)
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13 March 1893 | Victoria Ground, Stoke-on-Trent (H)
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6–0 | BHC | Jack Reynolds (West Bromwich Albion ) (75 mins)
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1 April 1893 | Richmond Athletic Ground, London (H)
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5–2 | BHC | R. Cunliffe Gosling (Old Etonians) (15 mins), George Cotterill (Old Brightonians) (65 mins) & Fred Spiksley (Sheffield Wednesday) (78, 80 & 84 mins) |
* England score given first
Key
- H = Home match
- BHC = British Home Championship
Honours
Competition | Winner |
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First Division | Sunderland (2*) |
Second Division | Small Heath |
FA Cup |
Wolverhampton Wanderers (1) |
Home Championship |
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Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition
League table
First Division
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Relegation |
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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 | |
6 | Burnley | 30 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 51 | 44 | 1.159 | 30 | |
7 | Stoke | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 58 | 48 | 1.208 | 29 | |
8 | West Bromwich Albion | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 58 | 69 | 0.841 | 29 | |
9 | Blackburn Rovers | 30 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 47 | 56 | 0.839 | 29 | |
10 | Nottingham Forest | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 48 | 52 | 0.923 | 28 | |
11 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 30 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 47 | 68 | 0.691 | 28 | |
12 | The Wednesday | 30 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 55 | 65 | 0.846 | 27 | |
13 | Derby County | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 52 | 64 | 0.813 | 27 | |
14 | Notts County (R) | 30 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 53 | 61 | 0.869 | 24 | Qualification for test matches |
15 | Accrington | 30 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 57 | 81 | 0.704 | 23 | Resigned from league[a] |
16 | Newton Heath (O) | 30 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 50 | 85 | 0.588 | 18 | Qualification for test matches |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ Accrington did not join the Second Division for the following season after losing their test match.
Second Division
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Small Heath (C) | 22 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 90 | 35 | 2.571 | 36 | Qualification for test matches |
2 | Sheffield United (O, P) | 22 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 62 | 19 | 3.263 | 35 | |
3 | Darwen (O, P) | 22 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 60 | 36 | 1.667 | 30 | |
4 | Grimsby Town | 22 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 42 | 41 | 1.024 | 23 | |
5 | Ardwick | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 45 | 40 | 1.125 | 21 | |
6 | Burton Swifts | 22 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 47 | 47 | 1.000 | 20 | |
7 | Northwich Victoria | 22 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 42 | 58 | 0.724 | 20 | |
8 | Bootle[a] | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 49 | 63 | 0.778 | 19 | Resigned from league |
9 | Lincoln City | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 45 | 51 | 0.882 | 17 | Re-elected |
10 | Crewe Alexandra | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 42 | 69 | 0.609 | 15 | |
11 | Burslem Port Vale | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 30 | 57 | 0.526 | 15 | |
12 | Walsall Town Swifts | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 37 | 75 | 0.493 | 13 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:
- ^ Bootle was liquidated at the end of the season.
Test Match Results
Home Team | Score | Away Team | Notes |
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Small Heath
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1–1 | Newton Heath
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Newton Heath
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5–2 | Small Heath
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Replay. Newton Heath and Small Heath remain in their respective divisions. |
Darwen | 3–2 | Notts County
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Darwen promoted, Notts County relegated |
Sheffield United | 1–0 | Accrington | Sheffield United promoted, Accrington resign from Football League |
Footnotes
- ^ "A timeline for Liverpool Football Club". LFC history.net.
- ^ "England 6 Ireland 1 (25 February 1893)". englandfootballonline. 12 May 2018. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
- ^ "England players: Fred Spiksley". englandfootballonline. 20 March 2017. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
- ^ "England 6 Wales 0 (13 March 1893)". englandfootballonline. 14 May 2018. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
- ^ "England 5 Scotland 2 (1 April 1893)". englandfootballonline. 18 May 2018. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
References
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