| Season: | 1892–93 |
| League Result: | 3rd |
| League Topscorer: | Fred Geary (19) |
| Highest Attendance: | 27,500 vs Preston (11 February 1893) record |
| Lowest Attendance: | 8,000 vs Notts County (7 January 1893) |
| Average Attendance: | 12.964 (record average) |
| Prevseason: | 1891–92 |
| Nextseason: | 1893–94 |
| Pattern B1: | _collar_buttons_2 |
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Number of League games in which this eleven was fielded = 0
Everton were expected to be serious title contenders in the 1892–93 season but a summer of off the field turmoil played a part in a good but not great season. The club were forced to vacate their Anfield Road home and set up at a brand new venue of Goodison Park, leaving behind them their first choice left back, Duncan McLean and forward Alan Wylie. The latter probably realised that the return from injury of Fred Geary would see him left out of the front line but McLean's decision was a surprise to the club and fans and Bob Howarth found himself with six full back partners during the season. For the second year in a row the club struggled to find a first choice keeper as six different custodians filled that role as well, including Joey Murray on three occasions, despite his normal position being as a forward. The indecision in goal was more down to the selectors than poor performance as each defeat the club suffered in the first half of the campaign was met with the keeper being dropped. Eventually the selectors settled for Richard Williams whose regular clean sheets in the latter half of the season saw the club rally to finish the season in third place and reach the cup final.
Everton's midfield trio was also broken up this season as Bob Kelso lost his place to Dickie Boyle who arrived from Dumbarton. The clubs erratic start also saw Hope Robertson replaced eight games in by Jimmy Jamieson. The Scottish left half's stay at Goodison was short and after just four months he left for Sheffield Wednesday.
With Sunderland marching to the title and Everton having to settle for a distant third place, albeit after an excellent run in which saw them win nine of their last ten games it was the F A cup that captured the excitement as the club won through to the final for the first time. The selectors famously fielded a weakened side for the trip to Wolverhampton Wanderers in a league game a week before the two sides met in the cup final and won 4–2. Only four of that team appeared the following week at the cup final as Boyle and Latta were joined by Kelso, having re-established himself in defence ahead of Collins and Stewart who had taken over after Jamieson had left for Sheffield Wednesday the previous month. The major selection surprise was that Patrick Gordon was selected ahead of Fred Geary in attack. The game became farce when the fans encroached onto the woefully inadequate field at Fallowfield in Manchester and made it impossible for Latta and Milward to use their wing play to proper effect, the latter being physically tripped by a spectator on one occasion. Wolves won the game in the second half when Harry Allen's hopeful punt deceived Dick Williams who lost the ball in the sun. Everton were furious though that Allen had received the ball from a spectator who had kicked the ball of Dickie Boyle's toe as the Everton half was taking the ball away from danger and felt that the game should have been reduced to the level of a friendly with the cup being played for at a later date. The game would leave a bad taste in the mouths of every Evertonian for over a decade until they finally did win the cup in 1906.
| Date | Opponents | Home/ Away | Result F – A | Scorers | Attendance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 1892 | Nottingham Forest | H | 2–2 | Fred Geary, Alf Milward | 14,000 | |
| 10 September 1892 | Aston Villa | A | 1–4 | Fred Geary | 12,000 | |
| 17 September 1892 | Blackburn | A | 2–2 | Alex Latta, Alan Maxwell | 9,000 | |
| 24 September 1892 | Newtown Heath | H | 6–0 | Fred Geary (2), Edgar Chadwick (2), Alan Maxwell, Alf Milward | 10,000 | |
| 1 October 1892 | Aston Villa | H | 1–0 | Alan Maxwell | 10,000 | |
| 8 October 1892 | Sunderland | H | 1–4 | Alex Latta | 18,000 | |
| 15 October 1892 | West Bromwich Albion | A | 0–3 | 8,000 | ||
| 19 October 1892 | Newtown Heath | A | 4–3 | Alex Latta (4) | 4,000 | |
| 24 October 1892 | Accrington | H | 1–1 | Alf Milward | 14,000 | |
| 29 October 1892 | Bolton Wanderers | A | 1–4 | Alex Latta | 6,000 | |
| 5 November 1892 | Derby County | A | 6–1 | Alex Latta (3), Fred Geary (3) | 5,000 | |
| 12 November 1892 | Stoke | H | 2–2 | Fred Geary, Alf Milward | 12,000 | |
| 26 November 1892 | Wednesday | H | 3–5 | Edgar Chadwick (2), Alf Milward | 12,000 | |
| 3 December 1892 | Preston North End | A | 0–5 | 5,000 | ||
| 10 December 1892 | Wolverhampton | H | 3–2 | Edgar Chadwick, Patrick Gordon, Fred Geary | 10,000 | |
| 17 December 1892 | Notts County | A | 2–1 | Alex Latta, Fred Geary | 10,000 | |
| 24 December 1892 | Burnley | H | 0–1 | 10,000 | ||
| 3 January 1893 | Sunderland | A | 3–4 | Alf Milward (2). Alex Latta | 5,000 | |
| 7 January 1893 | Notts County | H | 6–0 | Alf Milward, Alex Latta, Alan Maxwell, Fred Geary (2), Edgar Chadwick | 8,000 | |
| 12 January 1893 | Nottingham Forest | A | 1–2 | Alex Stewart | 5,000 | |
| 14 January 1893 | West Bromwich Albion | H | 1–0 | Fred Geary | 10,000 | |
| 28 January 1893 | Stoke | A | 1–0 | Alf Milward | 5,000 | |
| 11 February 1893 | Preston North End | H | 6–0 | Alan Maxwell (2), Alex Latta, Patrick Gordon, Edgar Chadwick, Alf Milward | 27,500 | |
| 13 February 1893 | Wednesday | A | 2–0 | Edgar Chadwick, Harry Brandon own goal | ||
| 25 February 1893 | Accrington | A | 3–0 | Edgar Chadwick (2), Bob Kelso (penalty) | 4,000 | |
| 18 March 1893 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | A | 4–2 | Fred Geary (2), Abe Hartley, Jack Elliott | 5,000 | |
| 1 April 1893 | Blackburn Rovers | H | 4–0 | Robert Jones, Alan Maxwell, Fred Geary, James McMillan | 14,000 | |
| 3 April 1893 | Bolton Wanderers | H | 3–0 | Alex Latta, Fred Geary | 20,000 | |
| 8 April 1893 | Burnley | A | 0–3 | 7,000 | ||
| 15 April 1893 | Derby County | H | 5–0 | Alex Latta (2), Fred Geary (2), Alf Milward | 12,000 |
| Date | Round | Opponents | Home/ Away | Result F – A | Scorers | Attendance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 January 1893 | First | West Bromwich Albion | H | 4–1 | Fred Geary (2), Alex Latta, Alan Maxwell | 23,867 | |
| 4 February 1893 | Second | Nottingham Forest | H | 4–2 | Fred Geary, Alf Milward (2), Edgar Chadwick | 25,000 | |
| 18 February 1893 | Quarter final | Wednesday | H | 3–0 | Fred Geary, Bob Kelso (penalty), Edgar Chadwick | 30,000 | |
| 14 March 1893 | Semi Final | Preston North End | Bramall Lane, Sheffield | 2–2 (after extra time) | Patrick Gordon, Edgar Chadwick | 30,000 | |
| 16 March 1893 | Semi Final replay | Preston North End | Bramall Lane, Sheffield | 0–0 | 30,000 | ||
| 20 March 1893 | Semi Final second replay | Preston North End | Ewood Park, Blackburn | 2–1 | Patrick Gordon, Alan Maxwell | 20,000 | |
| 25 March 1893 | 1893 FA Cup Final | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Fallowfield Stadium, Manchester | 0–1 | 45,067 |
| P | W | D | L | F | A | GA | Pts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sunderland | 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[1] | 30 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 53 | 61 | 0.869 | 24 | |
| 15 | Accrington[2] | 30 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 57 | 81 | 0.704 | 23 | |
| 16 | Newton Heath[3] | 30 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 50 | 85 | 0.588 | 18 |
The following positive or neutral records were set by the 1891–92 Everton team
The following negative records were also set by the team