1892–93 Sunderland A.F.C. season

Sunderland
1892–93 season
Manager	Tom Watson
Stadium	Newcastle Road
Football League	1st (champions)
FA Cup	Third Round
Top goalscorer	League: John Campbell (29); All: John Campbell (32)
Highest home attendance	20,000 ; (vs. Preston North End)
Lowest home attendance	3,000 ; (vs. Royal Arsenal)
Average home league attendance	6,900
	Home colours
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	← 1891–92 1893–94 →
	All statistics correct as of 20 November 2018.

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

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	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

Name	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 v t e	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

3 September 1892 (1892-09-03) 1	Accrington	0-6	Sunderland	Accrington
			John Campbell Jimmy Millar David Hannah John Scott	Stadium: Thorneyholme Road Attendance: 3,000

10 September 1892 (1892-09-10) 2	Sunderland	2-2	Notts County	Sunderland
	John Campbell Hughie Wilson			Stadium: Newcastle Road Attendance: 6,000

17 September 1892 (1892-09-17) 3	Aston Villa	1-6	Sunderland	Birmingham
			John Campbell Hughie Wilson David Hannah John Harvey	Stadium: Wellington Road Attendance: 12,000

24 September 1892 (1892-09-24) 4	Sunderland	5-0	Blackburn Rovers	Sunderland
	John Campbell John Harvey David Hannah Jimmy Hannah			Stadium: Newcastle Road Attendance: 8,000

1 October 1892 (1892-10-01) 5	Sunderland	3-1	Stoke City	Sunderland
	John Campbell Jimmy Hannah			Stadium: Newcastle Road Attendance: 6,000

8 October 1892 (1892-10-08) 6	Everton	1-4	Sunderland	Liverpool
			Jimmy Millar Hughie Wilson James Gillespie	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 20,000

15 October 1892 (1892-10-15) 7	Sunderland	4-2	Accrington	Sunderland
	John Campbell Jimmy Millar Will Gibson			Stadium: Newcastle Road Attendance: 6,000

22 October 1892 (1892-10-22) 8	Sunderland	8-1	West Brom	Sunderland
	John Campbell Jimmy Millar Will Gibson Hughie Wilson John Scott			Stadium: Newcastle Road Attendance: 5,000

29 October 1892 (1892-10-29) 9	The Wednesday	3-2	Sunderland	Sheffield
			John Campbell John Scott	Stadium: Olive Grove Attendance: 20,000

5 November 1892 (1892-11-05) 10	Sunderland	2-0	Burnley	Sunderland
	John Campbell John Scott			Stadium: Newcastle Road Attendance: 6,000

19 November 1892 (1892-11-19) 11	Sunderland	1-0	Nottingham Forest	Sunderland
	John Campbell			Stadium: Newcastle Road Attendance: 5,500

26 November 1892 (1892-11-26) 12	Notts County	3-1	Sunderland	Nottingham
			Jimmy Hannah	Stadium: Trent Bridge Attendance: 8,000

3 December 1892 (1892-12-03) 13	Nottingham Forest	0-5	Sunderland	Nottingham
			John Campbell Hughie Wilson James Gillespie	Stadium: Town Ground Attendance: 8,000

17 December 1892 (1892-12-17) 14	Sunderland	2-0	Preston North End	Sunderland
	Jimmy Hannah David Hannah			Stadium: Newcastle Road Attendance: 20,000

24 December 1892 (1892-12-24) 15	West Brom	1-3	Sunderland	West Bromwich
			John Campbell Jimmy Hannah David Hannah	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
	Jimmy Hannah David Hannah Jimmy Millar			Stadium: Newcastle Road Attendance: 4,000

3 January 1893 (1893-01-03) 18	Sunderland	4-3	Everton	Sunderland
	James Gillespie Jimmy Millar			Stadium: Newcastle Road Attendance: 5,000

7 January 1893 (1893-01-07) 19	Preston North End	1-2	Sunderland	Preston
			James Gillespie	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 14,000

14 January 1893 (1893-01-14) 20	Sunderland	6-0	Aston Villa	Sunderland
	James Gillespie Jimmy Hannah John Campbell David Hannah			Stadium: Newcastle Road Attendance: 7,000

28 January 1893 (1893-01-28) 21	Sunderland	4-2	The Wednesday	Sunderland
	James Gillespie Jimmy Hannah Jimmy Millar			Stadium: Newcastle Road Attendance: 8,000

14 February 1893 (1893-02-14) 22	Sunderland	3-3	Bolton Wanderers	Sunderland
	Will Gibson David Hannah Jimmy Hannah			Stadium: Newcastle Road Attendance: 6,000

4 March 1893 (1893-03-04) 23	Newton Heath	0-5	Sunderland	Manchester
			John Campbell John Harvey John Scott	Stadium: North Road Attendance: 15,000

11 March 1893 (1893-03-11) 24	Sunderland	3-1	Derby County	Sunderland
	John Campbell James Gillespie			Stadium: Newcastle Road Attendance: 6,000

18 March 1893 (1893-03-18) 25	Stoke City	0-1	Sunderland	Stoke-on-Trent
			Hughie Wilson	Stadium: Victoria Ground Attendance: 10,000

31 March 1893 (1893-03-31) 26	Blackburn Rovers	2-2	Sunderland	Blackburn
			James Gillespie Jimmy Hannah	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 12,000

1 April 1893 (1893-04-01) 27	Bolton Wanderers	2-1	Sunderland	Bolton
			John Campbell	Stadium: Pikes Lane Attendance: 13,000

4 April 1893 (1893-04-04) 28	Sunderland	6-0	Newton Heath	Sunderland
	John Campbell Jimmy Hannah Hughie Wilson Jimmy Millar			Stadium: Newcastle Road Attendance: 5,000

8 April 1893 (1893-04-08) 29	Derby County	1-1	Sunderland	Derby
			Jimmy Hannah	Stadium: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 8,000

15 April 1893 (1893-04-15) 30	Burnley	2-3	Sunderland	Burnley
			Hughie Wilson John Harvey	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 10,000

FA Cup

Matches

21 January 1893 (1893-01-21) 1	Sunderland	6-0	Royal Arsenal	Sunderland
	John Campbell David Hannah Jimmy Millar			Stadium: Newcastle Road Attendance: 3,000

4 February 1893 (1893-02-04) 2	Sheffield United	1-3	Sunderland	Sheffield
			John Campbell Jimmy Millar	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	Total		Football League		FA Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	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

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