1892–93 Northwich Victoria F.C. season

Northwich Victoria

1892–93 season
Stadium	Drill Field
Division Two	7th
FA Cup	Second Round
Cheshire Senior Cup	Semi Final
Home colours

The 1892-93 season was Northwich Victoria's first season in the Football League. They competed in the newly formed 12 team Football League Second Division, for which they were a founding member. The league was then the second tier of English football, where they finished 7th.

Season synopsis

The season began on 3 September 1892, when Northwich played Grimsby Town, losing 2-1. Losing a further two games, it was not until 24 September when Northwich gained their first points in a 1-1 draw at Manchester City.

Table

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Small Heath	22	17	2	3	90	35	2.57	36
2	Sheffield United	22	16	3	3	62	19	3.26	35
3	Darwen	22	14	2	6	60	36	1.67	30
4	Grimsby Town	22	11	1	10	42	41	1.02	23
5	Ardwick	22	9	3	10	45	40	1.13	21
6	Burton Swifts	22	9	2	11	47	47	1.00	20
7	Northwich Victoria	22	9	2	11	42	58	0.72	20
8	Bootle	22	8	3	11	49	63	0.78	19
9	Lincoln City	22	7	3	12	45	51	0.88	17
10	Crewe Alexandra	22	6	3	13	42	69	0.61	15
11	Burslem Port Vale	22	6	3	13	30	57	0.53	15
12	Walsall Town Swifts	22	5	3	14	37	75	0.49	13

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; Pts = Points

FA Cup results

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A
15 October 1892	Round 1 Qualifying	Macclesfield Town	H	4 – 0
29 October 1892	Round 2 Qualifying	Flint F.C.	H	7 – 0
19 November 1892	Round 3 Qualifying	Liverpool F.C.	H	2 - 1
10 December 1892	Round 4 Qualifying	Liverpool Caledonians	A	3 - 2
21 January 1893	Round 1 Proper	Loughborough F.C.	A	2 - 1
4 February 1893	Round 2 Proper	Blackburn Rovers	A	1 - 4