1892–93 Football League


The 1892–93 season was the fifth season of The Football League. This season saw the introduction of the Second Division.

Final league tables

The tables below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at the website and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79, with home and away statistics separated.
Beginning with the season 1894–95, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average, or more properly put, goal ratio. The goal average system was eventually scrapped beginning with the 1976–77 season.
Since the goal average was used for this purpose for such a long time, it is presented in the tables below even for the seasons prior to 1894–95, and since the goal difference is a more informative piece of information for a modern reader than the goal average, the goal difference is added in this presentation after the goal average.
During the first five seasons of the league, that is until the season 1893–94 re-election process concerned the clubs which finished in the bottom four of the league.

First Division

Results

Maps

Second Division


New clubs in the league

Results

Maps

Team kits

Test matches

The test matches were neutral-venue play-offs between the bottom 3 First Division teams and the top 3 Second Division teams. The First Division teams, if coming out as winners, would retain their places in the division. If a Second Division team won, it would be considered for First Division membership through an election process. Losing Second Division teams would stay in the Second Division.

Сonsequences

Of the winners, Darwen and Sheffield United were elected into the First Division, while Newton Heath remained in the First Division.
Of the losers Small Heath and Notts County continued in the Second Division, while Accrington resigned from the league altogether.