First Division 1892/93
Sunderland won the 1892/93 First Division with 48 points, 11 points ahead of Preston North End. Notts County and Accrington were relegated. The season's 240 matches produced 936 goals, 3.90 a game.
Sunderland
Champions
936
Goals
3.90
Goals a game
58%
Home wins
Final table
| 1 |  SunderlandSunderland | 30 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 100 | 36 | +64 | 48 |
| 2 |  Preston North EndPreston North End | 30 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 57 | 39 | +18 | 37 |
| 3 |  EvertonEverton | 30 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 74 | 51 | +23 | 36 |
| 4 |  Aston VillaAston Villa | 30 | 16 | 3 | 11 | 73 | 62 | +11 | 35 |
| 5 |  Bolton WanderersBolton | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 56 | 55 | +1 | 32 |
| 6 |  BurnleyBurnley | 30 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 51 | 44 | +7 | 30 |
| 7 |  Stoke CityStoke | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 58 | 48 | +10 | 29 |
| 8 |  West Bromwich AlbionWest Brom | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 58 | 69 | -11 | 29 |
| 9 |  Blackburn RoversBlackburn | 30 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 47 | 56 | -9 | 29 |
| 10 |  Nottingham ForestNott'm Forest | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 48 | 52 | -4 | 28 |
| 11 |  Wolverhampton WanderersWolves | 30 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 47 | 68 | -21 | 28 |
| 12 |  Sheffield WednesdaySheffield Wed | 30 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 55 | 65 | -10 | 27 |
| 13 |  Derby CountyDerby County | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 52 | 64 | -12 | 27 |
| 14 |  Notts CountyNotts County | 30 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 53 | 61 | -8 | 24 |
| 15 | AccringtonAccrington | 30 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 57 | 81 | -24 | 23 |
| 16 |  Manchester UnitedMan United | 30 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 50 | 85 | -35 | 18 |
▌ Champions ▌ Relegated. Two points for a win, one for a draw; clubs level on points are split by goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded), as they were then. Sort and filter it on the all-time table →
The 1892/93 title race
The top four's points, match day by match day. Pick other clubs or measures on the race chart →
Points, Mon 17 Apr 1893
1
Sunderland
48
2
Preston North End
37
3
Everton
36
4
Aston Villa
35
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1892/93 · Mon 17 Apr 1893
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The 1892/93 scoreline grid
Every result of the season, home goals along the bottom and away goals up the side. Each square counts the matches that finished that way; ringed squares are results the English top flight had never seen before this season. Select a square to see those matches.
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First-ever results
5 results in 1892/93 had never happened in the English top flight before, counting home and away separately:
Biggest wins
Highest-scoring matches
Most common results
How 1892/93 compares
At 3.90 goals a game, 1892/93 was the 7th highest-scoring of the 93 old First Division seasons (the average is 3.07). Home sides won 58% of matches, against 52% across all seasons; 19% were draws and 23% away wins.