# 1892–93 Aston Villa F.C. season

The 1892–93 English football season was Aston Villa's 5th season in the Football League since its formation. George Ramsay would continue in charge of Aston Villa while the Management Committee continued to pick the team. The season fell in what was to be called Villa's golden era.
First-class cricketer and England football international, Jack Devey was Captain. Denny Hodgetts also captained the team.
Frederick Rinder had become the club's financial secretary in 1892, and set about installing turnstiles at Villa's Perry Barr ground. Gate receipts immediately increased from £75 to £250. He introduced many other good business practices to the club. It was his idea to make Aston Villa a limited company. Rinder would later be known as the 'Grand Old Man of Aston Villa'.
There were debut appearances for Bill Dunning (64), Bob Chatt, Jack Ramsay, Peter Dowds, Jock Fleming, George A Davis, Jimmy Logan, Fred Burton, Bob Roberts, David Skea, William Devey, Albert Woolley and Arthur Stokes (13).

## First Division

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Relegation |
| 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 | |
| 6 | Burnley | 30 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 51 | 44 | 1.159 | 30 | |
| 7 | Stoke | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 58 | 48 | 1.208 | 29 | |
| 8 | West Bromwich Albion | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 58 | 69 | 0.841 | 29 | |
| 9 | Blackburn Rovers | 30 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 47 | 56 | 0.839 | 29 | |
| 10 | Nottingham Forest | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 48 | 52 | 0.923 | 28 | |
| 11 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 30 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 47 | 68 | 0.691 | 28 | |
| 12 | The Wednesday | 30 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 55 | 65 | 0.846 | 27 | |
| 13 | Derby County | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 52 | 64 | 0.813 | 27 | |
| 14 | Notts County (R) | 30 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 53 | 61 | 0.869 | 24 | Qualification for test matches |
| 15 | Accrington | 30 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 57 | 81 | 0.704 | 23 | Resigned from league |
| 16 | Newton Heath (O) | 30 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 50 | 85 | 0.588 | 18 | Qualification for test matches |
* ↑ Accrington did not join the Second Division for the following season after losing their test match.

### Results

| Home \ Away | ACC | AST | BLB | BOL | BUR | DER | EVE | NWH | NOT | NTC | PNE | STK | SUN | WED | WBA | WOL |
| Accrington | | 1–1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Aston Villa | 6–4 | | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 6–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–6 | 5–1 | 5–2 | 5–0 |
| Blackburn Rovers | | 2–2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Bolton Wanderers | | 5–0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Burnley | | 0–2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Derby County | | 2–1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Everton | | 1–0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Newton Heath | | 2–0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Nottingham Forest | | 4–5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Notts County | | 1–4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Preston North End | | 4–1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Stoke | | 0–1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Sunderland | | 6–0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| The Wednesday | | 5–3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| West Bromwich Albion | | 3–2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | | 2–1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |