1894–95 Football League
The 1894–1895 season was the seventh season of The Football League.
During the first five seasons of the league the re-election process had concerned the clubs which finished in the bottom four of the league, but as of the 1894–95 season the re-election requirement was reduced to the last three clubs in Division Two.
However, as Lincoln City (fourth from last) and Walsall Town Swifts (third from last) both finished with 20 points, they were both subjected to the re-election process, and Walsall eventually resigned from the league. After this, and until the 1976–77 season, goal average (explained below) was used to determine a club's exact position and there were no more anomalies in the re-election processes.
Goal average was calculated by dividing the goals scored with goals conceded, and would more appropriately be called goal ratio. 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.
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League standings
The tables below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at the The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website[1] and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79,[2] with home and away statistics separated.
Note: Since the goal average was used for this purpose for such a long time, it is presented in the tables below even for the seasons prior to 1894–95, and since the goal difference is a more informative piece of information for a modern reader than the goal average, the goal difference is added in this presentation after the goal average.
Match results are drawn from The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website[1] and Rothmans[2] for the First Division and from Rothmans for the Second Division.
First Division
| Season | 1894–95 |
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| Champions | Sunderland (3rd English title) |
| Relegated | Liverpool |
| FA Cup winners | Aston Villa (2nd title) |
| Matches played | 240 |
| Goals scored | 917 (3.82 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | John Campbell (Sunderland), 22 |
| Biggest home win | Blackburn 9–1 Small Heath (5 Jan 1895) Sunderland 8–0 Derby County (1 Sept 1894) |
| Biggest away win | Wanderers 0–4 Aston Villa (22 Dec 1894) |
| Highest scoring | Blackburn 9–1 Small Heath (5 Jan 1895) |
| Longest winning run | 8 matches Everton (1 Sep 1894 - 20 Oct 1894) |
| Longest unbeaten run | 10 matches Sunderland (6 Oct 1894 - 27 Dec 1894) |
| Longest losing run | 7 matches Burnley (16 Mar 1895 - 20 Apr 1895) |
| Highest attendance | 35.000 Everton - Sunderland (27 Oct 1894) |
| Lowest attendance | 1.000 Small Heath - Preston North End (29 Sep 1894) Stoke -Small Heath (27 Oct 1894) Blackburn Rovers -West Bromwich Albion (22 Dec 1894) Derby County - Stoke (19 Jan 1895) Stoke - Sunderland (26 Jan 1895) |
| Average attendance | 7.431 |
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1895–96 →
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | F | A | GA | GD | Pts | ||||
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| 1 | Sunderland | 30 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 51 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 23 | 80 | 37 | 2.162 | +43 | 47 | ||||
| 2 | Everton | 30 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 47 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 35 | 32 | 82 | 50 | 1.640 | +32 | 42 | ||||
| 3 | Aston Villa | 30 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 51 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 31 | 31 | 82 | 43 | 1.907 | +39 | 39 | ||||
| 4 | Preston North End | 30 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 30 | 32 | 62 | 46 | 1.348 | +16 | 35 | ||||
| 5 | Blackburn Rovers | 30 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 40 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 34 | 59 | 49 | 1.204 | +10 | 32 | ||||
| 6 | Sheffield United | 30 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 33 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 24 | 38 | 57 | 55 | 1.036 | +2 | 32 | ||||
| 7 | Nottingham Forest | 30 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 33 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 34 | 50 | 56 | 0.893 | –6 | 31 | ||||
| 8 | The Wednesday | 30 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 36 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 36 | 50 | 55 | 0.909 | –5 | 28 | ||||
| 9 | Burnley | 30 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 32 | 44 | 56 | 0.786 | –12 | 26 | ||||
| 10 | Bolton Wanderers | 30 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 45 | 23 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 39 | 61 | 62 | 0.984 | –1 | 25 | ||||
| 11 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 30 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 38 | 43 | 63 | 0.683 | –20 | 25 | ||||
| 12 | Small Heath | 30 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 35 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 15 | 46 | 50 | 74 | 0.676 | –24 | 25 | ||||
| 13 | West Bromwich Albion | 30 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 38 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 45 | 51 | 66 | 0.773 | –15 | 24 | ||||
| 14 | Stoke | 30 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 35 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 42 | 50 | 67 | 0.746 | –17 | 24 | ||||
| 15 | Derby County | 30 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 45 | 45 | 68 | 0.662 | –23 | 23 | ||||
| 16 | Liverpool[3] | 30 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 38 | 28 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 42 | 51 | 70 | 0.729 | –19 | 22 |
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against;
GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
| Key | |
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| League Champions | |
| FA Cup Winners | |
| Into a test match |
Results
| Home ╲ Away | AST | BLB | BOL | BUR | DER | EVE | LIV | NOT | PNE | SHU | SMH | STK | SUN | WED | WBA | WOL |
| Aston Villa | 3–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | |
| Blackburn Rovers | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 9–1 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 5–1 | |
| Bolton Wanderers | 4–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 6–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 6–1 | |
| Burnley | 3–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | |
| Derby County | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | |
| Everton | 4–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 6–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | |
| Liverpool | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 2–5 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 3–3 | |
| Nottingham Forest | 2–1 | 2–3 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 5–3 | 0–2 | |
| Preston North End | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | |
| Sheffield United | 2–1 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | |
| Small Heath | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–5 | 4–4 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 4–4 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 4–3 | |
| Stoke City | 4–1 | 5–1 | 5–0 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–5 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | |
| Sunderland | 4–4 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 8–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 7–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | |
| The Wednesday | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 3–1 | |
| West Bromwich Albion | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 4–5 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 6–0 | 5–1 | |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 0–4 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 3–1 |
Source: [1]
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Test Matches 1895
The test matches were a kind of play-offs, in which the bottom 1st Division teams faced the top 2nd Division teams. The 1st Division teams, if coming out as winners, would retain their places in the division. If a 2nd Division team won, it would be considered for 1st Division membership through an election process. Losing 2nd Division teams would stay in the 2nd Division.
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27 April 1895
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| Derby County (1st Div. 15th) | 2–1 | Notts County (2nd Div. 2nd) |
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Filbert Street
Attendance: 8,000 |
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27 April 1895
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| Stoke (1st Div. 14th) | 3–0 | Newton Heath (2nd Div. 3rd) |
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Athletic Ground
Attendance: 10,000 |
Test Match Consequences
Of the winners, Bury were elected into 1st Division, while Derby County and Stoke remained in 1st Division.
Of the losers Liverpool were not re-elected to 1st Division and were invited to join 2nd Division, while Notts County and Newton Heath remained there.
Second Division
| Season | 1894–95 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Bury (1st title) |
| Promoted | Bury |
| Resigned | Walsall Town Swifts |
| Matches played | 240 |
| Goals scored | 1023 (4.26 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | David Skea (Leicester Fosse), 22 [4] |
| Biggest home win | Notts County –Burslem Port Vale 10–0 (26 Feb 1895) |
| Biggest away win | Burton Swifts –Leicester Fosse 0–5 (2 Mar 1895) |
| Highest scoring | Manchester City –Lincoln City 11–3 (23 Mar 1895) |
| Longest winning run | 8 matches Bury (29 Sep 1894 - 24 Nov 1894) |
| Longest unbeaten run | 13 matches Burton Wanderers (12 Jan 1895 - 16 Apr 1895) Leicester Fosse (26 Jan 1895 - 20 Apr 1895) |
| Longest losing run | 9 matches Crewe Alexandra F.C. (29 Sep 1894 - 5 Jan 1895) Walsall Town Swifts (17 Nov 1894 - 26 Jan 1895) |
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | F | A | GA | GD | Pts | ||||
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| 1 | Bury[5] | 30 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 22 | 78 | 33 | 2.364 | +45 | 48 | ||||
| 2 | Notts County | 30 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 50 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 30 | 75 | 45 | 1.667 | +30 | 39 | ||||
| 3 | Newton Heath | 30 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 52 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 26 | 26 | 78 | 44 | 1.773 | +34 | 38 | ||||
| 4 | Leicester Fosse | 30 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 45 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 33 | 72 | 53 | 1.358 | +19 | 38 | ||||
| 5 | Grimsby Town | 30 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 51 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 28 | 36 | 79 | 52 | 1.519 | +27 | 37 | ||||
| 6 | Darwen | 30 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 53 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 21 | 33 | 74 | 43 | 1.721 | +31 | 36 | ||||
| 7 | Burton Wanderers | 30 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 49 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 30 | 67 | 39 | 1.718 | +28 | 35 | ||||
| 8 | Woolwich Arsenal | 30 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 54 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 21 | 38 | 75 | 58 | 1.293 | +17 | 34 | ||||
| 9 | Manchester City | 30 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 56 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 26 | 44 | 82 | 72 | 1.139 | +30 | 31 | ||||
| 10 | Newcastle United | 30 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 51 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 21 | 56 | 72 | 84 | 0.857 | –12 | 27 | ||||
| 11 | Burton Swifts | 30 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 34 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 18 | 54 | 52 | 74 | 0.703 | –22 | 25 | ||||
| 12 | Rotherham Town | 30 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 37 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 18 | 40 | 55 | 62 | 0.887 | –7 | 24 | ||||
| 13 | Lincoln City | 30 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 32 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 20 | 65 | 52 | 92 | 0.565 | –40 | 20 | ||||
| 14 | Walsall Town Swifts[6] | 30 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 35 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 12 | 67 | 47 | 92 | 0.511 | –45 | 20 | ||||
| 15 | Burslem Port Vale | 30 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 54 | 39 | 77 | 0.506 | –48 | 18 | ||||
| 16 | Crewe Alexandra | 30 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 69 | 26 | 103 | 0.252 | –77 | 10 |
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against;
GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
| Key | |
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| Division Champions, into a test match | |
| Into a test match | |
| New club in the league (see also Bury) | |
| Re-elected | |
| Failed re-election or resigned |
Second Division results
| Home ╲ Away | BPV | BRS | BRW | BRY | CRE | DRW | GRI | LEI | LIN | MCI | NEW | NWH | NTC | ROT | WAL | WOO |
| Burslem Port Vale | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 0–3 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 7–1 | 1–2 | 4–4 | 2–5 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | |
| Burton Swifts | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–5 | 6–1 | 2–1 | 5–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | |
| Burton Wanderers | 4–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 8–0 | 9–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 7–0 | 2–1 | |
| Bury | 4–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | |
| Crewe Alexandra | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–5 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | |
| Darwen | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 4–1 | 8–2 | 6–0 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 2–0 | 3–1 | |
| Grimsby Town | 4–1 | 7–1 | 7–2 | 3–2 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | |
| Leicester Fosse | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–4 | 2–3 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 9–1 | 3–1 | |
| Lincoln City | 6–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 5–2 | 0–2 | 1–5 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 5–2 | |
| Manchester City | 4–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 2–4 | 2–5 | 1–1 | 11–3 | 4–0 | 2–5 | 7–1 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 4–1 | |
| Newcastle United | 1–2 | 6–3 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 3–2 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 5–4 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 5–2 | 7–2 | 2–4 | |
| Newton Heath | 3–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 6–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 3–3 | 3–2 | 9–0 | 3–3 | |
| Notts County | 10–0 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 5–0 | 2–2 | |
| Rotherham Town | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 5–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 6–1 | 1–2 | |
| Walsall | 2–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 4–0 | 5–1 | 4–3 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | |
| Woolwich Arsenal | 7–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 7–0 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 3–3 | 5–2 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 6–1 |
Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
- ↑ Not re-elected after losing test match. Invited to join Second Division.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Elected to First Division after winning test match.
- ↑ Resigned from Football League.
External links
- Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
