1892–93 Sunderland A.F.C. season

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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
← 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	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

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

Matches

FA Cup

Matches

Squad statistics

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

• 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