| 1892–93 season | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manager | George Ramsay | |||
| Ground | Wellington Road | |||
| Football League | 4th | |||
| FA Cup | first round | |||
The1892–93 English football season was Aston Villa's5th season in the Football League since its formation. George Ramsay would continue in charge ofAston Villa while the Management Committee continued to pick the team. The season fell in what was to be called Villa's golden era.[1]
First-class cricketer[2] andEngland football international,Jack Devey was Captain.Denny Hodgetts also captained the team.[3]
Frederick Rinder had become the club's financial secretary in 1892, and set about installing turnstiles at Villa'sPerry Barr ground. Gate receipts immediately increased from £75 to £250. He introduced many other good business practices to the club. It was his idea to make Aston Villa alimited company. Rinder would later be known as the 'Grand Old Man of Aston Villa'.
There were debut appearances forBill Dunning (64), Bob Chatt, Jack Ramsay, Peter Dowds, Jock Fleming, George A Davis, Jimmy Logan, Fred Burton, Bob Roberts, David Skea, William Devey, Albert Woolley andArthur Stokes (13).[4]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sunderland(C) | 30 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 100 | 36 | 2.778 | 48 | |
| 2 | Preston North End | 30 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 57 | 39 | 1.462 | 37 | |
| 3 | Everton | 30 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 74 | 51 | 1.451 | 36 | |
| 4 | Aston Villa | 30 | 16 | 3 | 11 | 73 | 62 | 1.177 | 35 | |
| 5 | Bolton Wanderers | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 56 | 55 | 1.018 | 32 | |
| 6 | Burnley | 30 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 51 | 44 | 1.159 | 30 | |
| 7 | Stoke | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 58 | 48 | 1.208 | 29 | |
| 8 | West Bromwich Albion | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 58 | 69 | 0.841 | 29 | |
| 9 | Blackburn Rovers | 30 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 47 | 56 | 0.839 | 29 | |
| 10 | Nottingham Forest | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 48 | 52 | 0.923 | 28 | |
| 11 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 30 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 47 | 68 | 0.691 | 28 | |
| 12 | The Wednesday | 30 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 55 | 65 | 0.846 | 27 | |
| 13 | Derby County | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 52 | 64 | 0.813 | 27 | |
| 14 | Notts County(R) | 30 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 53 | 61 | 0.869 | 24 | Qualification fortest matches |
| 15 | Accrington(R) | 30 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 57 | 81 | 0.704 | 23 | Resigned from league aftertest matches[a] |
| 16 | Newton Heath(O) | 30 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 50 | 85 | 0.588 | 18 | Qualification fortest matches |
| Home \ Away | ACC | AST | BLB | BOL | BUR | DER | EVE | NWH | NOT | NTC | PNE | STK | SUN | WED | WBA | WOL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accrington | 1–1 | |||||||||||||||
| Aston Villa | 6–4 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 6–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–6 | 5–1 | 5–2 | 5–0 | |
| Blackburn Rovers | 2–2 | |||||||||||||||
| Bolton Wanderers | 5–0 | |||||||||||||||
| Burnley | 0–2 | |||||||||||||||
| Derby County | 2–1 | |||||||||||||||
| Everton | 1–0 | |||||||||||||||
| Newton Heath | 2–0 | |||||||||||||||
| Nottingham Forest | 4–5 | |||||||||||||||
| Notts County | 1–4 | |||||||||||||||
| Preston North End | 4–1 | |||||||||||||||
| Stoke | 0–1 | |||||||||||||||
| Sunderland | 6–0 | |||||||||||||||
| The Wednesday | 5–3 | |||||||||||||||
| West Bromwich Albion | 3–2 | |||||||||||||||
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2–1 |