1891–92 Sunderland A.F.C. season
# 1891–92 Sunderland A.F.C. season

The 1891-92 season was Sunderland's 12th season in existence, and their second season as a Football League club.

Sunderland overcame a sluggish start (losing the first three away games consecutively) and went on to win all but two games for the rest of the season; including a back-to-back thirteen game winning sequence. They finished the season as English Champions for the first time, marking the first title of the 'Team of All Talents' era; the most successful in the club's history. The team scored a total of 93 league goals in 26 games - an average of 3.6 goals per game. They put seven goals past Derby and put seven past Darwen in both home and away games. Forward John Campbell ended the season as the league's top scorer, scoring a total of 37 goals in just 29 games. The season was unusual in the fact that Sunderland didn't draw a single league match.

Sunderland reached the FA Cup Semi-final for the second year in a row, losing to Aston Villa.

The season saw a number of changes introduced to the sport, with Sunderland's first penalty kick awarded in a game against Bolton and goal nets introduced for the first time.

## First team squad

| Name | Positions(s) | DOB | Signed From (91-92) |
| - | - | - | - |
| Ned Doig | Goalkeeper | 29 October 1866 | |
| Donald Gow | Defender | 8 February 1868 | Rangers |
| Tom Porteous | Defender | October 1865 | |
| John Oliver | Defender | 1867 | |
| John Auld | Defender | 7 January 1862 | |
| John Murray | Defender | 24 April 1865 | |
| Will Gibson | Midfielder | | |
| Jimmy Hannah | Midfielder | 1868 | Sunderland Albion |
| John Harvey | Midfielder | | |
| Hughie Wilson | Inside forward | 18 March 1869 | |
| John Smith | Inside right | 19 December 1865 | |
| Jimmy Millar | Centre forward | 2 March 1870 | |
| James Logan | Forward | 24 June 1870 | Ayr |
| 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 |
| - | - | - | - |
| John Spence | | Wing half | Newcastle East End |

## Competitions

### Football League

**League table**

| Pos | Team v t e | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sunderland | 26 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 93 | 36 | 2.583 | 42 | League Champions |
| 2 | Preston North End | 26 | 18 | 1 | 7 | 61 | 31 | 1.968 | 37 | |
| 3 | Bolton Wanderers | 26 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 51 | 37 | 1.378 | 36 | |
| 4 | Aston Villa | 26 | 15 | 0 | 11 | 89 | 56 | 1.589 | 30 | |
| 5 | Everton | 26 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 49 | 49 | 1.000 | 28 | |

## 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 | 31 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Donald Gow | 21 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Tom Porteous | 30 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | John Oliver | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | John Auld | 29 | 4 | 24 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | John Murray | 27 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Will Gibson | 20 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Jimmy Hannah | 26 | 18 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 2 |
| | FW | SCO | Hughie Wilson | 25 | 8 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | James Logan | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | John Smith | 15 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| | FW | SCO | Jimmy Millar | 28 | 18 | 24 | 16 | 4 | 2 |
| | FW | SCO | John Campbell | 29 | 37 | 24 | 30 | 5 | 7 |
| | FW | SCO | John Scott | 29 | 11 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 1 |
| | FW | EIR | David Hannah | 23 | 6 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
