1892–93 Sunderland A.F.C. season
# 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.

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 | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sunderland | 30 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 100 | 36 | 2.778 | 48 | League Champions |
| 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 | |

## Squad Statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Football League | Football League | FA Cup | 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 |
