The 1891–92 Football League was the fourth season of English league football, and the last season of the football league running in a single division. Sunderland were the winners of the league which was their first league success. At the beginning of the season Stoke had left the Football Alliance and rejoined the Football League. Darwen also joined from the Alliance but they conceded 112 goals and finished bottom.
Final league table The table below is reproduced here in the exact form that it can be found at the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79,Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980. with home and away statistics separated.
Beginning with the season 1894–95, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded). In case one or more teams had the same goal difference, this system favoured those teams who had scored fewer goals. The goal average system was eventually scrapped beginning with the 1976–77 season.
During the first five seasons of the league, that is until the season 1893–94 re-election process concerned the clubs which finished in the bottom four of the league.
Results
Maps
Re-election process Two clubs were re-elected to the League in the re-election process. West Bromwich Albion, although finishing in the bottom four teams, were not required to seek re-election as they were the FA Cup holders. Two of the other three teams were duly re-elected. As a result, three new teams were elected to the League. The voting went as follows:
TeamVotesResult The Wednesday 10 Elected to the League Nottingham Forest 9 Elected to the League Accrington 7 Re-elected to the League Stoke 6 Re-elected to the League Newton Heath 6 Elected to the League Sheffield United 5 Not elected to the League Darwen 4 Not re-elected to the League Burton Swifts 1 Not elected to the League Newcastle East End 1 Not elected to the League Middlesbrough / Middlesbrough Ironopolis (combined) 1 Not elected to the League Liverpool Caledonian 0 Not elected to the League
Key Re-elected to the League Elected to the League Not (re-)elected to the League; later invited to participate in the Second Division Not elected to the League
When the Second Division was added to the league the following year, Darwen were elected to participate, effectively becoming the first club to be relegated from the First Division to the Second Division. The other teams to participate in the Second Division were drawn from the Football Alliance except for Birmingham St. George's, who left and was replaced with Sheffield United of the Northern League.
Attendances Source:
No. Club Average 1 Everton FC 10,730 2 Sunderland AFC 8,225 3 Bolton Wanderers FC 7,500 4 Aston Villa FC 7,045 5 Preston North End FC 6,225 6 West Bromwich Albion FC 6,195 7 Burnley FC 6,125 8 Notts County FC 6,100 9 Derby County FC 5,965 10 Blackburn Rovers FC 5,105 11 Darwen FC 4,920 12 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 4,850 13 Stoke City FC 3,950 14 Accrington FC 3,770
References
See also
1891–92 in English football 1891 in association football 1892 in association football