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{{Short description|22nd season of competitive football in England}}
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{{Infobox football country season
| country = England
| season = 1892–93
| division1 = [[1892–93 Football League#First Division|First Division]]
| champions1 = [[Sunderland A.F.C.|Sunderland]]
| division2 = [[1892–93 Football League#Second Division|Second Division]]
| champions2 = [[Birmingham City F.C.|Small Heath]]
| domestic = [[1892–93 FA Cup|FA Cup]]
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| prevseason = 1891–92
| nextseason = 1893–94
| flagicon = yes
The '''1892–93 season''' was the 22nd season of competitive [[football in England]].
==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.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}
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]].{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}
[[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
==National team==
===Ireland===
[[England national football team|England]]'s opening international game of the season took place in Birmingham on 25 February against [[Ireland national football team (IFA)|Ireland]], with the selectors choosing a team consisting mainly of players with connections to [[Corinthian F.C.|the Corinthians]], of which seven were making their England débuts. [[Chris Charsley]] of [[Birmingham City F.C.|Small Heath]], who later went on to be [[Chief Constable]] of [[Coventry]], made his solitary England appearance in goal. [[Alban Harrison]] ([[Old Westminsters F.C.|Old Westminsters]]) and [[Fred Pelly]] ([[Old Foresters F.C.|Old Foresters]]) made their débuts as the two [[Fullback (association football)#
The most notable débutante was [[G.O. Smith|Gilbert Oswald Smith]] of [[Oxford University A.F.C.|Oxford University]], who went on to represent his country on 20 occasions in a career spanning 8 years (scoring 11 goals) and was [[List of England national football team captains|captain]] 16 times. He was considered by many to be the world's best player of the 19th Century.
England totally dominated the match itself with [[Walter Gilliat]] scoring three times in the first 30 minutes, although Ireland had levelled the scores shortly after England's first goal. Further goals from [[G.O. Smith]], [[William Winckworth]] and [[Rupert Sandilands]] enabled England to run out convincing 6–1 victors.<ref>{{cite web |title=England 6 Ireland 1 (25 February 1893) |url=http://www.englandfootballonline.com/Seas1872-00/1892-93/M0047Ire1893.html |website=englandfootballonline |access-date=12 July 2018 |date=12 May 2018}}</ref> Gilliat thus became one of only five players to have scored a [[Hat-trick#Association football|hat-trick]] in his only appearance in an England shirt.
===Wales===
For the match against [[Wales national football team|Wales]] at [[Stoke-on-Trent]] two weeks later, the selectors chose a team consisting entirely of professional players, of which
Once again, England were comfortable victors, with further goals from [[Billy Bassett]], [[John Goodall]]
===Scotland===
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
As a result, England were the winners of the [[British Home Championship]] for the third consecutive season.▼
▲As a result England were the winners of the [[British Home Championship]] for the third consecutive season.
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!Score<nowiki>*</nowiki>
!Comp
!background: "lightblue;"|England scorers
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|25 February 1893
|[[Wellington Road
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|6–1
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|6–0
|BHC
|[[Fred Spiksley]] ([[Sheffield Wednesday F.C.|Sheffield Wednesday]]) (25, 43 &
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|1 April 1893
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|5–2
|BHC
|[[R. Cunliffe Gosling]] ([[Old Etonians F.C.|Old Etonians]]) (
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<nowiki>*</nowiki> England score given first
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!style="width:15em"|Competition!!style="width:15em"|Winner
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|[[FA Cup Final 1893|FA Cup]]||[[Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.|Wolverhampton Wanderers]] (1)
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==League table==
===[[Football League First Division|First Division]]===
{{main|1892–93 Football League#First Division}}
{{:1892–93 Football League|transcludesection=First Division|only_totals=y}}
▲|11||align="left"|[[Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.|Wolverhampton Wanderers]]||30||12||4||14||47||68||0.691||28
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===[[Football League Second Division|Second Division]]===
{{main|1892–93 Football League#Second Division}}
{{:1892–93 Football League|transcludesection=Second Division|only_totals=y}}
===Test Match Results===
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|<small>Sheffield United promoted, Accrington resign from Football League</small>
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==Footnotes==
{{Reflist}}
==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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