Final League Table
Teams in a silver box denotes a player
representing England in 1891-92
Teams denoted with ▼ were relegated to the second division for the
following season |
|
Team |
P |
Home |
Away |
₧
|
|
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
|
Sunderland |
26 |
13 |
0 |
0 |
55 |
11 |
8 |
0 |
5 |
38 |
25 |
42 |
|
Preston North End |
26 |
12 |
0 |
1 |
42 |
8 |
6 |
1 |
6 |
19 |
23 |
37 |
|
Bolton Wanderers |
26 |
9 |
2 |
2 |
29 |
14 |
8 |
0 |
5 |
22 |
23 |
36 |
|
Aston Villa |
26 |
10 |
0 |
3 |
63 |
23 |
5 |
0 |
8 |
26 |
33 |
30 |
|
Everton |
26 |
8 |
2 |
3 |
32 |
22 |
4 |
2 |
7 |
17 |
27 |
28 |
|
Wolverhampton Wanderers |
26 |
8 |
2 |
3 |
34 |
15 |
3 |
2 |
8 |
25 |
31 |
26 |
|
Burnley |
26 |
9 |
1 |
3 |
34 |
14 |
2 |
3 |
8 |
15 |
31 |
26 |
|
Notts
County |
26 |
9 |
3 |
1 |
41 |
12 |
2 |
1 |
10 |
14 |
39 |
26 |
|
Blackburn Rovers |
26 |
8 |
3 |
2 |
39 |
26 |
2 |
3 |
8 |
19 |
39 |
26 |
|
Derby
County |
26 |
6 |
3 |
4 |
28 |
18 |
4 |
1 |
8 |
18 |
34 |
24 |
|
Accrington |
26 |
7 |
3 |
3 |
24 |
20 |
1 |
1 |
11 |
16 |
58 |
20 |
|
West Bromwich Albion |
26 |
6 |
3 |
4 |
37 |
24 |
0 |
3 |
10 |
14 |
34 |
18 |
|
Stoke |
26 |
5 |
0 |
8 |
19 |
19 |
0 |
4 |
9 |
19 |
42 |
14 |
|
Darwen▼
|
26 |
4 |
1 |
8 |
31 |
43 |
0 |
2 |
11 |
7 |
69 |
11 |
|
Sunderland
recorded a thirteen-match winning run from 14 November 1891:
Derby
(h) 7-1, Burnley (h) 2-1, Stoke (a) 3-1, Notts C. (h) 4-0, Darwen (h) 7-0,
Everton (a) 4-0, Wolves (a) 3-1, Bolton (h) 4-1, Accrington (a) 5-3, Preston
(h) 4-1, Derby (a) 1-0, Aston V. (h) 2-1, Stoke (h) 4-1, before losing 1-0 at
Notts County on 9 April 1892. Preston also had a thirteen-match winning
sequence from 3 October 1891, before losing at Sunderland on 12 March 1892. |
|
How The League Was Won 1891-92 Season |
|
Timeline |
19
consecutive Saturdays from 5 September 1891 to 9 January 1892
Six
additional
games were played
across the first four Mondays of the season,
plus one on a Thursday in October, five on Mondays in November,
December and January, three on Christmas Day and two on New Year's Day
(Boxing Day was a Saturday). All remaining games were played
on
Saturdays, apart from one on a Tuesday in March, six on Mondays in
April (including three on Easter Monday) and three on Good Friday. The FA Cup took
precedence on Saturdays from the first round on 16 January 1892 to the final on 19 March 1892. Rounds were played each fortnight with
replays on the Saturday in-between, and a semi-final second replay on a
Wednesday, with a spare third week before the final. The last league game was
played on Saturday, 30 April 1892
(Burnley 1-2 Sunderland).
|
Good Friday,
15 April 1892 |
Preston North End 4 Accrington 1
Deepdale, Preston
(6,000)
Gallacher, Drummond, Becton
(2)
~ Elliott
|
Preston reduced Sunderland's lead to a point, with two
games remaining, as opposed to Sunderland's three. Bolton could
only match Sunderland's points total by winning their last two
games, with Sunderland losing all three of theirs, and Bolton bettering
their goal average (1.3) which was currently inferior to
Sunderland's 2.4. |
|
Easter Saturday, 16 April 1892 |
Aston Villa
3
Preston North End 1
Wellington
Road, Handsworth
(5,000)
Dickson, Hodgetts, H.Devey ~
Drummond |
Sunderland won the League Championship by opening up a
three-point gap between them and Preston, who now had only one game
left. Bolton won at Wolves, but they were still four points behind
Sunderland, also with only one game left. The victory meant that
Sunderland had won every home game (nineteen in succession,
including the previous season). They won their last two games
and extended their lead to five points. |
Sunderland
6 Blackburn Rovers 1
Newcastle
Road, Sunderland
(10,000)
Campbell (4),
Millar, J.Hannah ~ Hall |
|
|
The Elite League 1891-92 Season
(games between the top four) |
Only Preston retained their top-four placing of the previous season
(and, indeed, the two seasons prior to that). Everton, Notts County
and Wolverhampton Wanderers all dropped out of the top four.
Games played between the top two:-
|
Saturday, 12 September 1891 |
Preston North End 3 Sunderland 1
Deepdale, Preston
(7,000)
Drummond, Gordon, Towie
~ Millar |
|
Saturday, 12 March 1892 |
Sunderland 4
Preston North End 1
Newcastle Road, Sunderland
(12,000)
Campbell,
Auld
(2),
D.Hannah ~ J.Ross |
|
|
The Continuous League
1888-92
(first four seasons) |
|
Preston increased their lead to 29 points, but this was the only
season
of 26 games each, following three of 22 games each, so comparisons with
other seasons have little
relevance. Sunderland had only competed in the last two seasons. |
|
Champions:
Sunderland |
|
Manager: Tom
Watson |
1891-92
Most Appearances
by England Players |
|
Name |
Played |
Goals |
|
Tom Porteous |
25 |
0 |
|
Porteous did not play for England this season |
|
1891-92
Most Goals
by England Players |
|
Name |
Played |
Goals |
|
No England players scored for Sunderland in the
1891-92 season. |
John Campbell, a Scotsman,
was top scorer, with 32 in 24 games.
Second on the list was Villa's Jack
Devey (29).
Jack Southworth of Blackburn scored 22.
|
|
England and the Football
League 1891-92 Season |
|
England's impact on the Football League |
Of the 33 playing positions used
during the active 1891-92 season, Football League players provided
22 of them, and of the eight goals scored, League players scored
six of them.
Eight of the twelve Football League clubs were
represented.
Six Football League games had a direct impact on all
three of England's games, two on 5 March and one on 2 April.
As a
result, on 5 March, England took Aston Villa's Charlie Athersmith,
Jack Devey and Dennis Hodgetts, Derby's Jack Cox, Everton's Johnny
Holt, and Stoke were without Tommy Clare, Bill Rowley, Joe Schofield
and Alf Underwood. On 2 April, Villa were again without Hodgetts,
and England also took Derby's John Goodall and Preston's Bob Holmes. |
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