# 1892–93 Football League

The 1892–93 Football League season, was the fifth season of Football League. This season saw the introduction of the Second Division.

## First Division

| Pos | Team | 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 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 5–2 | 0–6 | 4–2 | 5–4 | 4–0 |
| 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 | 3–3 | 2–2 | | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 4–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–3 |
| Bolton Wanderers | 5–2 | 5–0 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 0–3 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–4 | 4–4 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 |
| Burnley | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 |
| Derby County | 3–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 1–6 | 5–1 | 2–3 | 4–5 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| Everton | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 5–0 | | 6–0 | 2–2 | 6–0 | 6–0 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 3–5 | 1–0 | 3–2 |
| Newton Heath | 3–3 | 2–0 | 4–4 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 7–1 | 3–4 | | 1–3 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–5 | 1–5 | 2–4 | 10–1 |
| Nottingham Forest | 3–0 | 4–5 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–4 | 0–5 | 2–0 | 3–4 | 3–1 |
| Notts County | 2–0 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 3–0 | | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 8–1 | 3–0 |
| Preston North End | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 |
| Stoke | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 6–0 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 7–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 |
| Sunderland | 4–2 | 6–0 | 5–0 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–3 | 6–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | | 4–2 | 8–1 | 5–2 |
| The Wednesday | 5–2 | 5–3 | 0–3 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 0–5 | 0–1 | 3–2 | | 6–0 | 0–1 |
| West Bromwich Albion | 4–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 7–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 3–0 | | 2–1 |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 5–3 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | |

### Maps
## Second Division

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Small Heath (C) | 22 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 90 | 35 | 2.571 | 36 | Qualification for test matches |
| 2 | Sheffield United (O, P) | 22 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 62 | 19 | 3.263 | 35 | Qualification for test matches |
| 3 | Darwen (O, P) | 22 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 60 | 36 | 1.667 | 30 | Qualification for test matches |
| 4 | Grimsby Town | 22 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 42 | 41 | 1.024 | 23 | |
| 5 | Ardwick | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 45 | 40 | 1.125 | 21 | |
| 6 | Burton Swifts | 22 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 47 | 47 | 1.000 | 20 | |
| 7 | Northwich Victoria | 22 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 42 | 58 | 0.724 | 20 | |
| 8 | Bootle | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 49 | 63 | 0.778 | 19 | Resigned from league |
| 9 | Lincoln City | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 45 | 51 | 0.882 | 17 | Re-elected |
| 10 | Crewe Alexandra | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 42 | 69 | 0.609 | 15 | Re-elected |
| 11 | Burslem Port Vale | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 30 | 57 | 0.526 | 15 | Re-elected |
| 12 | Walsall Town Swifts | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 37 | 75 | 0.493 | 13 | Re-elected |
* ↑ Bootle was liquidated at the end of the season.

### Results

| Home \ Away | ARD | BOO | BPV | BRS | CRE | DRW | GRI | LIN | NOR | SHU | SMH | WAL |
| Ardwick | | 7–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 2–0 |
| Bootle | 5–3 | | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–5 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 7–1 |
| Burslem Port Vale | 1–2 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 0–10 | 0–3 | 3–0 |
| Burton Swifts | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–3 | | 7–1 | 0–2 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 3–2 |
| Crewe Alexandra | 4–1 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 2–4 | | 2–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 5–6 |
| Darwen | 3–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 7–3 | | 6–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 4–3 | 5–0 |
| Grimsby Town | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 |
| Lincoln City | 2–1 | 5–1 | 3–4 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | | 5–1 | 1–0 | 3–4 | 3–1 |
| Northwich Victoria | 0–3 | 3–2 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 5–3 | 2–1 | | 1–3 | 0–6 | 5–2 |
| Sheffield United | 2–1 | 8–3 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| Small Heath | 3–2 | 6–2 | 5–1 | 3–2 | 6–0 | 6–2 | 8–3 | 4–1 | 6–2 | 1–1 | | 12–0 |
| Walsall Town Swifts | 2–4 | 4–4 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–3 | |

### Maps
## Test matches

The test matches were neutral-venue play-offs between the bottom 3 First Division teams and the top 3 Second Division teams. The First Division teams, if coming out as winners, would retain their places in the division. If a Second Division team won, it would be considered for First Division membership through an election process. Losing Second Division teams would stay in the Second Division.

### Сonsequences

Of the winners, Darwen and Sheffield United were elected into the First Division, while Newton Heath (later known as Manchester United F.C.) remained in the First Division.
Of the losers Small Heath (later known as Birmingham City F.C.) and Notts County continued in the Second Division, while Accrington resigned from the league altogether.