1891–92 Football League

4th season of the Football League March 2026 The Football League 1891–92 Sunderland(1st English title) Darwen New Club in League Darwen,Stoke John Campbell (Sunderland), 32 https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engtops.html English League Leading Goalscorers RSSSF 2010-10-31 FA Cup winners West Bromwich Albion(2nd FA Cup title) West Bromwich Albion – Darwen 12–0 (4 April 1892) Darwen – Sunderland 1–7 (23 April 1892) Aston Villa – Accrington 12–2 (12 March 1892) 182 777 6,193 1890–91 1892–93 The 1891–92 Football League was the fourth season of English league football, and the last season of the football league running in a single division. Sunderland were the winners of the league which was their first league success. At the beginning of the season Stoke had left the Football Alliance and rejoined the Football League. Darwen also joined from the Alliance but they conceded 112 goals and finished bottom.https://www.fchd.info/lghist/fl1892.htm Football League 1891-92 FCHD-info 2008-01-05 Final league table The table below is reproduced here in the exact form that it can be found at the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation websitehttps://www.rsssf.org/engpaul/FLA/1891-92.html England 1891–92 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 2010-02-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20100324114031/http://www.rsssf.com/engpaul/FLA/1891-92.html 24 March 2010 live and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79,Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980. with home and away statistics separated. Beginning with the season 1894–95, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded). In case one or more teams had the same goal difference, this system favoured those teams who had scored fewer goals. The goal average system was eventually scrapped beginning with the 1976–77 season. 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. main WDL First Division Q 5 y 2 SUN Sunderland PNE Preston North End BOL Bolton Wanderers AST Aston Villa EVE Everton WOL Wolverhampton Wanderers BUR Burnley NTC Notts County BLB Blackburn Rovers DER Derby County ACC Accrington WBA West Bromwich Albion STK Stoke DRW Darwen 21 0 5 93 36 18 1 7 61 31 17 2 7 51 37 15 0 11 89 56 12 4 10 49 49 11 4 11 59 46 11 4 11 49 45 11 4 11 55 51 10 6 10 58 65 10 4 12 46 52 8 4 14 40 78 6 6 14 51 58 5 4 17 38 61 4 3 19 38 112 C R yellow LC red2 Re-elected REE REE Reprieved from re-election West Bromwich Albion were reprieved from re-election due to winning the 1891–92 FA Cup. FAC red1 Failed re-election and demoted to the Second Division R complete Results main FBR grey ACC AST BLB BOL BUR DRW DER EVE NTC PNE STK SUN WBA WOL Accrington 3–2 1–0 0–3 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–3 3–0 3–5 4–2 3–2 Aston Villa 12–2 5–1 1–2 6–1 7–0 6–0 3–4 5–1 3–1 2–1 5–3 5–1 3–6 Blackburn Rovers 2–2 4–3 4–0 3–3 4–0 0–2 2–2 5–4 2–4 5–3 3–1 3–2 2–0 Bolton Wanderers 3–4 1–2 4–2 2–0 1–0 3–1 1–0 2–0 3–0 1–1 4–3 1–1 3–0 Burnley 2–1 4–1 3–0 1–2 9–0 2–4 1–0 1–0 2–0 4–1 1–2 3–2 1–1 Darwen 5–2 1–5 3–5 1–2 2–6 2–0 3–1 2–3 0–4 9–3 1–7 1–1 1–4 Derby County 3–1 4–2 1–1 3–2 0–1 7–0 0–3 3–0 1–2 3–3 0–1 1–1 2–1 Everton 3–0 5–1 3–1 2–5 1–1 5–3 1–2 4–0 1–1 1–0 0–4 4–3 2–1 Notts County 9–0 5–2 2–2 2–0 5–1 5–0 2–1 1–3 2–0 1–1 1–0 4–0 2–2 Preston North End 4–1 0–1 3–2 4–0 5–1 4–0 3–0 4–0 6–0 3–2 3–1 1–0 2–0 Stoke 3–1 2–3 0–1 0–1 3–0 5–1 2–1 0–1 1–3 0–1 1–3 1–0 1–3 Sunderland 4–1 2–1 6–1 4–1 2–1 7–0 7–1 2–1 4–0 4–1 4–1 4–0 5–2 West Bromwich Albion 3–1 0–3 2–2 0–2 1–0 12–0 4–2 4–0 2–2 1–2 2–2 2–5 4–3 Wolverhampton Wanderers 5–0 2–0 6–1 1–2 0–0 2–2 1–3 5–1 2–1 3–0 4–1 1–3 2–1 The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website and from Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Maps England none 369 Locations of the Football League teams England 53.75 -2.36 right England 52.51 -1.88 right England 53.75 -2.48 right England 53.59 -2.56 right England 53.79 -2.25 right England 53.698 -2.461 right England 52.92 -1.476 right England 53.44 -2.97 right England 52.942 -1.137 right England 53.75 -2.7 right England 53.00 -2.18 right England 54.914 -1.388 right England 52.509 -1.964 right England 52.59 -2.13 right Accrington Aston Villa Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Burnley Darwen Derby County Everton Notts County Preston North End Stoke Sunderland West Bromwich Albion Wolverhampton Wanderers Re-election process Two clubs were re-elected to the League in the re-election process. West Bromwich Albion, although finishing in the bottom four teams, were not required to seek re-election as they were the FA Cup holders. Two of the other three teams were duly re-elected. As a result, three new teams were elected to the League. The voting went as follows:http://www.footballsite.co.uk/Statistics/NonLeagueTables/FA1891-92.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20130928181352/http://www.footballsite.co.uk/Statistics/NonLeagueTables/FA1891-92.htm dead footballsite - Football Alliance table 1891/92 Sep 28, 2013 Footballsite.co.uk July 28, 2026 TeamVotesResult The Wednesday 10 Elected to the League Nottingham Forest 9 Elected to the League Accrington 7 Re-elected to the League Stoke 6 Re-elected to the League Newton Heath 6 Elected to the League Sheffield United 5 Not elected to the League Darwen 4 Not re-elected to the League Burton Swifts 1 Not elected to the League Newcastle East End 1 Not elected to the League Middlesbrough / Middlesbrough Ironopolis (combined) 1 Not elected to the League Liverpool Caledonian 0 Not elected to the League Key Re-elected to the League Elected to the League Not (re-)elected to the League; later invited to participate in the Second Division Not elected to the League When the Second Division was added to the league the following year, Darwen were elected to participate, effectively becoming the first club to be relegated from the First Division to the Second Division. The other teams to participate in the Second Division were drawn from the Football Alliance except for Birmingham St. George's, who left and was replaced with Sheffield United of the Northern League. Attendances Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/eng/aveeng1892.htm Historical attendances European-football-statistics.co.uk July 28, 2026 No. Club Average 1 Everton FC 10,730 2 Sunderland AFC 8,225 3 Bolton Wanderers FC 7,500 4 Aston Villa FC 7,045 5 Preston North End FC 6,225 6 West Bromwich Albion FC 6,195 7 Burnley FC 6,125 8 Notts County FC 6,100 9 Derby County FC 5,965 10 Blackburn Rovers FC 5,105 11 Darwen FC 4,920 12 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 4,850 13 Stoke City FC 3,950 14 Accrington FC 3,770 References See also 1891–92 Football League kits 1891–92 in English football 1891 in association football 1892 in association football 1891–92 League