The 1892–93 season was the first season in the history of Newcastle United after the merger of Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End. The club started the season as Newcastle East End, taking the name Newcastle United during December. They participated in the Northern League, the only season they have not competed in The Football League, finishing in second place behind Middlesbrough Ironopolis. They also competed in the FA Cup, but lost in the first round to Middlesbrough.
| 1892–93 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Stadium | St James' Park | ||
| Northern League | 2nd | ||
| FA Cup | First round | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: Jock Sorley (7) All: Jock Sorley & Willie Thompson (7) | ||
| Highest home attendance | 4,000 (vs. Middlesbrough twice) | ||
| Lowest home attendance | 2,000 (vs. Darlington) | ||
| Average home league attendance | 3,000 | ||
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Appearances and goals
edit| Pos. | Name | League | FA Cup | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| GK |  David Whitton
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10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| DF | Harry Jeffrey
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7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| DF |  James Miller
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10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| DF |  Peter Watson
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3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| MF | Robert Crielly
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9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| MF | William Graham
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10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 |
| MF | Joseph McKane
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7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| FW | John Barker
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1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| FW | James Collins
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10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| FW | Thomas Crate
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9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 |
| FW | Harry Reay
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9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 |
| FW | Jock Sorley
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8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 7 |
| FW | Willie Thompson
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8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 |
| FW | Joseph Wallace
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8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6 |
Competitions
editWin Draw Loss
League
edit| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | 1–5 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 2–3 | 7–0 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 0–4 |
| Position | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd |
FA Cup
edit| Match | 1 |
|---|---|
| Result | 2–3 |
Friendlies
edit| Match | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | 0–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 7–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 8–1 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 |
| Match | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | 9–1 | 3–2 | 1–6 | 3–4 | 6–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 5–0 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 7–2 | 2–5 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 5–3 | 5–0 |
Matches
editLeague
edit| 24 September 1892 | Sheffield United | 5–1 | Newcastle East End | Sheffield |
Drummond  Scott Wallace Hammond Dobson |
(Report) | Sorley 38' |
Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 5,000 |
| 1 October 1892 | Newcastle East End | 3–1 | Middlesbrough | Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Wallace Thompson |
(Report) | Abrahams |
Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 4,000 Referee: H. Stacey (Sheffield) |
| 12 November 1892 | Newcastle East End | 5–0 | Darlington | Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Graham Thompson Sorley Collins |
(Report) | Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 2,000 Referee: S. Kemp (Redcar) |
| 19 November 1892 | Middlesbrough Ironopolis | 3–2 | Newcastle East End | Middlesbrough |
| Seymour Hughes |
(Report) | Thompson |
Stadium: Paradise Ground Attendance: 5,000 |
| 26 November 1892 | Darlington | 0–7 | Newcastle East End | Darlington |
| (Report) | Reay Sorley Thompson Wallace |
Stadium: Feethams Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Mr. Tomlinson (Sheffield) |
| 3 December 1892 | Newcastle East End | 5–1 | Stockton | Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Graham 10' Crielly 12'Thompson Sorley Wallace |
(Report) | Thompson 17' |
Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 3,000 |
| 10 December 1892 | Newcastle East End | 1–2 | Middlesbrough Ironopolis | Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Reay |
(Report) | McReddie McArthur |
Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 2,500 |
| 17 December 1892 | Stockton | 2–5 | Newcastle East End | Stockton-on-Tees |
| Thompson |
(Report) | Sorley Crate Reay |
Stadium: Victoria Ground Attendance: 4,000 Referee: J.H. Strawson (Lincoln) |
| 14 January 1893 | Newcastle United | 1–1 | Sheffield United | Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Cain 68' (o.g.) |
(Report) | Miller 70' (o.g.) |
Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 2,500 |
| 11 February 1893 * | Middlesbrough | 4–0 | Newcastle United | Middlesbrough |
| McKnight McCabe Blyth |
(Report) | Stadium: Linthorpe Road Attendance: 4,000 Referee: J.H. Strawson (Lincoln) |
* Newcastle played this game with ten men, as Joseph McKane missed the train and failed to turn up. The match was also delayed by 45 minutes as the rest of the team arrived late.[1]
FA Cup
edit| 21 January 1893 Round 1 | Newcastle United | 2–3 | Middlesbrough | Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Thompson Reay |
(Report) | Blyth 43' McKnight 50'Lewis |
Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Sam Ormerod (Accrington) |
Friendlies
edit| 3 September 1982 | Newcastle East End | 0–1 | Celtic | Newcastle upon Tyne |
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Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 7,000 |
| 7 September 1982 | Newcastle East End | 2–2 | Sunderland | Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Crate Wallace |
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Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 6,000 |
| 10 September 1982 | Newcastle East End | 4–1 | Middlesbrough Ironopolis | Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Thompson Collins Oliver (o.g.) |
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Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 4,000 |
| 17 September 1982 | Middlesbrough Ironopolis | 1–2 | Newcastle East End | Middlesbrough |
| |
Sorley Collins |
Stadium: Paradise Ground Attendance: 4,000 |
| 6 October 1892 | Stockton | 3–1 | Newcastle East End | Stockton-on-Tees |
| |
Collins |
Stadium: Victoria Ground Attendance: 3,500 |
| 8 October 1892 | Middlesbrough | 0–1 | Newcastle East End | Middlesbrough |
| Collins |
Stadium: Linthorpe Road Attendance: 3,000 |
| 15 October 1982 | Newcastle East End | 7–0 | South of Ayrshire | Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Reay Creilly Collins Crate |
Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 3,000 |
| 22 October 1982 | Newcastle East End | 2–0 | Heart of Midlothian | Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Reay |
Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 3,000 |
| 29 October 1982 | Newcastle East End | 4–1 | Mossend Swifts | Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Sorley |
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Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 1,500 |
| 5 November 1982 | Newcastle East End | 2–2 | Sheffield United | Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Reay Sorley |
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Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 4,500 |
| 24 December 1982 | Newcastle United | 2–1 | Middlesbrough | Newcastle upon Tyne |
| McIntosh Reay |
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Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 1,500 |
| 26 December 1982 | Sheffield Wednesday | 1–0 | Newcastle United | Sheffield |
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Stadium: Olive Grove Attendance: 6,000 |
| 31 December 1982 | Newcastle United | 8–1 | Corinthian | Newcastle upon Tyne |
| McKane Sorley McIntosh Thompson Reay |
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Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 1,500 |
| 2 January 1893 | Newcastle United | 4–2 | Everton | Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Thompson Sorley Reay |
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Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 3,000 |
| 3 January 1893 | Newcastle United | 4–0 | Rangers | Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Reay Creilly Thompson Sorley |
Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 3,000 |
| 7 January 1893 | Newcastle United | 3–1 | Bolton Wanderers | Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Reay Thompson |
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Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 2,000 |
| 28 January 1893 | Stockton | 3–2 | Newcastle United | Stockton-on-Tees |
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Sorley |
Stadium: Victoria Ground Attendance: 2,000 |
| 4 February 1893 | Newcastle United | 3–1 | Stockton | Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Reay Crate |
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Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 1,500 |
| 15 February 1893 | Bedlington Wednesday | 1–9 | Newcastle United | Bedlington |
| |
Crate Creilly Miller Reay Wallace |
Attendance: 1,000 |
| 18 February 1893 | Newcastle United | 3–2 | Notts County | Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Thompson Sorley |
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Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 3,000 |
| 25 February 1893 | Newcastle United | 1–6 | Sunderland | Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Graham |
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Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 7,000 |
| 4 March 1893 | Newcastle United | 3–4 | Stoke | Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Graham Reay Wallace |
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Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 4,000 |
| 11 March 1893 | Newcastle United | 6–1 | Annbank | Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Reay Thompson |
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Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 2,000 |
| 18 March 1893 | Newcastle United | 3–1 | Derby County | Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Collins Methven (o.g.) |
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Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 3,000 |
| 25 March 1893 | Newcastle United | 4–1 | Nottingham Forest | Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Sorley (pen.) Reay |
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Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 3,000 |
| 31 March 1893 | Blyth | 2–3 | Newcastle United | Blyth |
| |
Reay Sorley (pen.) |
Attendance: 3,000 |
| 1 April 1893 | Newcastle United | 5–0 | Casuals | Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Pattinson Collins Crate |
Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 2,000 |
| 3 April 1893 | Stockton | 3–3 | Newcastle United | Stockton-on-Tees |
| |
Crate Graham Collins |
Stadium: Victoria Ground |
| 8 April 1893 | Newcastle United | 0–0 | Liverpool | Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 2,500 |
| 12 April 1893 | Newcastle United | 0–4 | Sunderland | Newcastle upon Tyne |
| |
Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 3,000 |
| 15 April 1893 | Newcastle United | 7–2 | West Bromwich Albion | Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Sorley Crate Wallace Reay |
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Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 2,000 |
| 17 April 1893 | Everton | 5–2 | Newcastle United | Liverpool |
| |
Collins Crate |
Stadium: Goodison Park |
| 22 April 1893 | Newcastle United | 5–0 | Accrington XI | Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Crate Pattinson Collins |
Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 2,000 |
| 26 April 1893 | Newcastle United | 1–0 | Middlesbrough Ironopolis | Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Collins |
Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 2,000 |
| 28 April 1893 Alec McCurdie Testimonial | Newcastle United | 5–3 | District XI | |
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| 29 April 1893 | Newcastle United | 5–0 | Preston North End | Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Sorley Collins Crate |
Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 2,000 |
References
edit- Joannou, Paul (2011). Newcastle United: The Ultimate Record 1881-2011. N Publishing. ISBN 978-0-9568156-0-6.