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{{Short description|22nd season of competitive football in England}}
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{{Use British English|date=July 2020}}
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==Events==
[[The Football League]] and the [[Football Alliance]] formally merged, and so the [[Football League Second Division]] was formed, consisting mostly of Football Alliance clubs. The existing League clubs, minus [[Darwen F.C. (1870)|Darwen]] (who were relegated) plus three of the strongest Alliance clubs ([[Nottingham Forest F.C.|Nottingham Forest]], [[Manchester United F.C.|Newton Heath]] and [[Sheffield Wednesday F.C.|The Wednesday]], who would later be renamed Manchester United and Sheffield Wednesday respectively), comprised the Football League First Division.{{
The Second Division comprised the remaining Football Alliance teams, plus [[Northwich Victoria F.C.|Northwich Victoria]], [[Port Vale F.C.|Burslem Port Vale]] and [[Sheffield United F.C.|Sheffield United]].{{
[[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]], formed in March 1892 by [[Anfield]] landlord [[John Houlding]] after [[Everton F.C.|Everton's]] exit to [[Goodison Park]], join the [[Lancashire League (football)|Lancashire League]]. They would be elected to the Football League Second Division after one season in the Lancashire League.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lfchistory.net/Stats/Article/2561|title=A timeline for Liverpool Football Club|work=LFC history.net}}</ref>
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England's final international match of the season came at [[Richmond Athletic Ground]] on 1 April against [[Scotland national football team|Scotland]] who were hoping to avenge their defeat in each of the two previous seasons. England selected a strong eleven, with only [[Leslie Gay]] of [[Old Brightonians F.C.|Old Brightonians]] making his début in goal. Gay later played [[Test cricket]] for [[England cricket team|England]].
England ultimately enjoyed another comfortable victory; [[R. Cunliffe Gosling|Gosling]] scored after 15 minutes, but Scotland went ahead with goals after 30 and 55 minutes. A goal from [[List of England national football team captains|captain]] [[George Cotterill (footballer)|George Cotterill]] brought England level after 65 minutes. [[Fred Spiksley]] then scored twice in two minutes before completing his hat-trick after 84 minutes, thus enabling England to continue their fine run against the Scots.<ref>{{cite web |title=England 5 Scotland 2 (1 April 1893) |url=http://www.englandfootballonline.com/Seas1872-00/1892-93/M0049Sco1893.html |website=englandfootballonline |access-date=12 July 2018 |date=18 May 2018}}</ref>
As a result, England were the winners of the [[British Home Championship]] for the third consecutive season.
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|5–2
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|[[R. Cunliffe Gosling]] ([[Old Etonians F.C.|Old Etonians]]) (15 mins), [[George Cotterill (footballer)|George Cotterill]] ([[Old Brightonians F.C.|Old Brightonians]]) (65 mins) & [[Fred Spiksley]] ([[Sheffield Wednesday F.C.|Sheffield Wednesday]]) (78, 80 & 84 mins)
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<nowiki>*</nowiki> England score given first
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|[[FA Cup Final 1893|FA Cup]]||[[Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.|Wolverhampton Wanderers]] (1)
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{{main|1892–93 Football League#First Division}}
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===[[Football League Second Division|Second Division]]===
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===Test Match Results===
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==References==
{{More footnotes needed|date=April 2009}}
*[http://www.englandstats.com/matchreport.php?mid=47 Details of England v Ireland game]
*[http://www.englandstats.com/matchreport.php?mid=48 Details of England v Wales game]
*[http://www.englandstats.com/matchreport.php?mid=49 Details of England v Scotland game]
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{{English football seasons|1892}}
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