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Sunderland
1893-94 season
Manager	Tom Watson
Stadium	Newcastle Road
Football League	2nd
FA Cup	Second Round
Top goalscorer	League: Jimmy Millar (20); All: Jimmy Millar (20)
Highest home attendance	16,000 ; (vs. Aston Villa)
Lowest home attendance	3,000 ; (vs. The Wednesday)
Average home league attendance	7,300
	Home colours
	Home colours
	← 1892-93 1894-95 →
	All statistics correct as of 20 November 2018.

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The 1893-94 season was Sunderland's 14th season in existence, and their 4th season as a Football League club.

Sunderland weren't able to make it three league titles in a row, instead finishing second to Aston Villa who claimed their first title. Sunderland had a sluggish start to the season, winning only one of their first six games. This run included a 7-1 defeat at the hands of Everton in front of a crowd of 27,500 at Goodison Park - the highest league attendance in the division that season. It was Sunderland's biggest defeat since turning professional. By mid-October they sat in 14th position in the table. They began to rally in the second half of the season - including a 6 game winning run through January and February - and by March were had moved in second spot where they would stay for the remainder of the season.

A 2-3 home defeat to Blackburn Rovers on 9 December 1893 was the only league defeat Sunderland supporters would witness at Newcastle Road in over 80 games between 15 September 1890 and 1 September 1896.

First team squad

Name	Positions(s)	DOB	Signed From
Ned Doig	Goalkeeper	29 October 1866
Matthew Scott	Goalkeeper	1867	Newcastle East End
Tom Porteous	Defender	October 1865
Peter Meechan	Defender	28 February 1872	Hibernian
Donald Gow	Defender	8 February 1868	Rangers
John Walker	Defender	1866	Clyde
James Dalton	Defender	1864	Canadian Touring Team
John Auld	Defender	7 January 1862
Billy Dunlop	Midfielder
Will Gibson	Midfielder
Jimmy Hannah	Midfielder	1868
John Harvey	Midfielder
Hughie Wilson	Inside Forward	18 March 1869
Jimmy Millar	Centre Forward	2 March 1870
James Gillespie	Outside Right
John Campbell	Centre Forward	19 February 1870
Tommy Hyslop	Forward	20 August 1871	Millwall Athletic
John Scott	Forward
David Hannah	Forward

Players Out

Name	Nationality	Positions(s)	Signed To
John Gillespie		Defender	Sunderland Albion
Bob Smellie		Defender	Hamilton Academical

Competitions

Football League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Aston Villa	30	12	2	1	49	13	7	4	4	35	29	84	42	2.000	+42	44
2	Sunderland	30	11	3	1	46	14	6	1	8	26	30	72	44	1.636	+28	38
3	Derby County	30	9	2	4	47	32	7	2	6	26	30	73	62	1.177	+11	36
4	Blackburn Rovers	30	13	0	2	48	15	3	2	10	21	38	69	53	1.302	+16	34

Matches

2 September 1893 (1893-09-02) 1	The Wednesday	2-2	Sunderland	Sheffield
			Jimmy Hannah	Stadium: Olive Grove Attendance: 20,000

9 September 1893 (1893-09-09) 2	Sunderland	1-1	Aston Villa	Sunderland
	Jimmy Millar			Stadium: Newcastle Road Attendance: 10,000

16 September 1893 (1893-09-16) 3	Preston North End	1-2	Sunderland	Preston
			Jimmy Hannah James Gillespie	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 12,000

23 September 1893 (1893-09-23) 4	Sunderland	1-1	The Wednesday	Sunderland
	Jimmy Millar			Stadium: Newcastle Road Attendance: 3,000

30 September 1893 (1893-09-30) 5	Everton	7-1	Sunderland	Liverpool
			John Campbell	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 27,500

7 October 1893 (1893-10-07) 6	Sheffield United	1-0	Sunderland	Sheffield
				Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 12,000

14 October 1893 (1893-10-14) 7	Sunderland	4-0	Stoke	Sunderland
	Jimmy Millar John Campbell David Hannah			Stadium: Newcastle Road Attendance: 6,000

21 October 1893 (1893-10-21) 8	Blackburn Rovers	4-3	Sunderland	Blackburn
			Jimmy Millar John Campbell	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 10,000

28 October 1893 (1893-10-28) 9	Sunderland	5-0	Derby County	Sunderland
	Jimmy Millar James Gillespie David Hannah Will Gibson John Auld			Stadium: Newcastle Road Attendance: 6,000

28 October 1893 (1893-10-28) 10	Sunderland	6-0	Wolves	Sunderland
	Jimmy Millar David Hannah John Scott			Stadium: Newcastle Road Attendance: 9,000

11 November 1893 (1893-11-11) 11	Aston Villa	2-1	Sunderland	Birmingham
			Jimmy Millar	Stadium: Wellington Road Attendance: 14,000

18 November 1893 (1893-11-18)	Sunderland	1-0 (a.)	Newton Heath	Sunderland
	James Gillespie			Stadium: Newcastle Road
Note: Match abandoned early in the first half due to a storm

25 November 1893 (1893-11-25) 12	Sunderland	2-1	West Brom	Sunderland
	John Campbell			Stadium: Newcastle Road Attendance: 6,000

11 November 1893 (1893-11-11) 13	Burnley	1-0	Sunderland	Burnley
				Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 9,500

6 December 1893 (1893-12-06) 14	Sunderland	4-1	Newton Heath	Sunderland
	Jimmy Millar 10' 70' John Campbell 39' 40'		William Campbell 69'	Stadium: Newcastle Road Attendance: 5,000

9 December 1893 (1893-12-09) 15	Sunderland	2-3	Blackburn Rovers	Sunderland
	John Campbell David Hannah			Stadium: Newcastle Road Attendance: 10,000
Note: Sunderland's first home league defeat in over 3 years. They wouldn't be beaten again at home in the league until 1896.

16 December 1893 (1893-12-16) 16	Sunderland	2-2	Burnley	Sunderland
	John Campbell Jimmy Millar			Stadium: Newcastle Road Attendance: 7,000

23 December 1893 (1893-12-23) 17	West Brom	2-3	Sunderland	West Bromwich
			John Campbell Jimmy Millar Jimmy Hannah	Stadium: Stoney Lane Attendance: 5,000

FA Cup

Matches

27 January 1894 (1894-01-27) 1	Sunderland	3-0	Accrington	Sunderland
	Jimmy Hannah Hughie Wilson James Gillespie			Stadium: Newcastle Road Attendance: 4,000

10 February 1894 (1894-02-10) 2	Sunderland	2-2 (a.e.t.)	Aston Villa	Sunderland
	Hughie Wilson John Harvey			Stadium: Newcastle Road Attendance: 16,000

21 February 1894 (1894-02-21) 2 (Replay)	Aston Villa	3-1	Sunderland	Birmingham
			Jimmy Hannah	Stadium: Wellington Road Attendance: 20,000

Squad Statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Football League		FA Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	SCO	Ned Doig	32	0	29	0	3	0
	GK	ENG	Matthew Scott	1	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Tom Porteous	2	0	2	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Peter Meechan	24	0	22	0	2	0
	DF	SCO	Donald Gow	21	1	18	1	3	0
	DF	SCO	John Walker	6	0	6	0	0	0
	DF	EIR	James Dalton	3	0	3	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	John Auld	30	1	27	1	3	0
	MF	SCO	Will Gibson	17	2	17	2	0	0
	MF	SCO	Jimmy Hannah	23	10	20	8	3	2
	MF	SCO	Billy Dunlop	26	3	26	3	0	0
	MF	SCO	John Harvey	27	2	24	1	3	1
	FW	SCO	Hughie Wilson	30	4	27	2	3	2
	FW	SCO	Jimmy Millar	30	20	27	20	3	0
	FW	SCO	John Campbell	28	18	25	18	3	0
	FW	SCO	John Scott	9	1	9	1	0	0
	FW	SCO	James Gillespie	27	9	24	8	3	1
	FW	SCO	Tommy Hyslop	6	3	6	3	0	0
	FW	EIR	David Hannah	17	6	17	6	0	0

References

All the Lads: A Complete Who's Who of Sunderland A.F.C., Dykes, Gareth & Lamming, Douglas, Polar Print Group Ltd, 1999
Sunderland AFC: The Official History 1879-2000, Days, Paul, Business Education Publishers Ltd, 1999
The StatCat, www.thestatcat.co.uk, last accessed: 2018-11-02

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