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 Nationality Position(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 HannahForward
Players Out Name Nationality Position(s) Signed ToDonald GowDefenderRangers John Oliver DefenderMiddlesbrough Ironopolis John Murray DefenderBlackburn Rovers John Smith Inside rightLiverpoolJames LoganForwardAyr
Competitions
Football League
League table
Matches
FA Cup
Matches
Squad statistics
References
All the Lads: A Complete Who's Who of Sunderland A.F.C., Dykes, Gareth & Lamming, Douglas, Polar Print Group Ltd, 1999 Sunderland AFC: The Official History 1879-2000, Days, Paul, Business Education Publishers Ltd, 1999 The StatCat, www.thestatcat.co.uk, last accessed: 2018-11-02