1894–95 Football League

The Football League
Season1894–95
ChampionsSunderland
RelegatedWalsall Town Swifts
New clubs in LeagueBury,
Burton Wanderers,
Leicester Fosse

The 1894–95 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.

First Division

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First Division
Season1894–95
ChampionsSunderland
3rd title
RelegatedLiverpool
Matches played240
Goals scored917 (3.82 per match)
Top goalscorerJohn Campbell
(22 goals)
Biggest home winSunderland 8–0 Derby County
(1 September 1894)
Blackburn Rovers 9–1 Small Heath
(5 January 1895)
Biggest away winWolverhampton Wanderers 0–4 Aston Villa
(22 December 1894)
Highest scoringBlackburn Rovers 9–1 Small Heath
(5 January 1895)
Longest winning run8 matches
Everton
Longest unbeaten run10 matches
Sunderland
Longest losing run7 matches
Burnley
Highest attendance35,000
Everton 2–2 Sunderland
(27 October 1894)
Lowest attendance1,000
Small Heath 4–4 Preston North End
(29 September 1894)
Stoke 2–2 Small Heath
(27 October 1894)
Blackburn Rovers 3–0 West Bromwich Albion
(22 December 1894)
Derby County 1–1 Stoke
(19 January 1895)
Stoke 2–5 Sunderland
(26 January 1895)
Average attendance7,431

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts Relegation
1 Sunderland (C) 30 21 5 4 80 37 2.162 47
2 Everton 30 18 6 6 82 50 1.640 42
3 Aston Villa 30 17 5 8 82 43 1.907 39
4 Preston North End 30 15 5 10 62 46 1.348 35
5 Blackburn Rovers 30 11 10 9 59 49 1.204 32
6 Sheffield United 30 14 4 12 57 55 1.036 32
7 Nottingham Forest 30 13 5 12 50 56 0.893 31
8 The Wednesday 30 12 4 14 50 55 0.909 28
9 Burnley 30 11 4 15 44 56 0.786 26
10 Bolton Wanderers 30 9 7 14 61 62 0.984 25
11 Wolverhampton Wanderers 30 9 7 14 43 63 0.683 25
12 Small Heath 30 9 7 14 50 74 0.676 25
13 West Bromwich Albion 30 10 4 16 51 66 0.773 24
14 Stoke (O) 30 9 6 15 50 67 0.746 24 Qualification for test matches
15 Derby County (O) 30 7 9 14 45 68 0.662 23
16 Liverpool (R) 30 7 8 15 51 70 0.729 22
Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Results

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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 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]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

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Locations of the Football League First Division teams

Second Division

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Second Division
Season1894–95
ChampionsBury
PromotedBury
Matches played240
Goals scored1,023 (4.26 per match)
Top goalscorerDavid Skea
(22 goals)[1]
Biggest home winNotts County 10–0 Burslem Port Vale
(26 February 1895)
Biggest away winBurton Swifts 0–5 Leicester Fosse
(2 March 1895)
Highest scoringManchester City 11–3 Lincoln City
(23 March 1895)
Longest winning run8 matches
Bury
Longest unbeaten run13 matches
Burton Wanderers
Leicester Fosse
Longest losing run9 matches
Crewe Alexandra
Walsall Town Swifts

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Bury (C, O, P) 30 23 2 5 78 33 2.364 48 Qualification for test matches
2 Notts County 30 17 5 8 75 45 1.667 39
3 Newton Heath 30 15 8 7 78 44 1.773 38
4 Leicester Fosse 30 15 8 7 72 53 1.358 38
5 Grimsby Town 30 18 1 11 79 52 1.519 37
6 Darwen 30 16 4 10 74 43 1.721 36
7 Burton Wanderers 30 14 7 9 67 39 1.718 35
8 Woolwich Arsenal 30 14 6 10 75 58 1.293 34
9 Manchester City 30 14 3 13 82 72 1.139 31
10 Newcastle United 30 12 3 15 72 84 0.857 27
11 Burton Swifts 30 11 3 16 52 74 0.703 25
12 Rotherham Town 30 11 2 17 55 62 0.887 24
13 Lincoln City 30 10 0 20 52 92 0.565 20 Re-elected
14 Walsall Town Swifts 30 10 0 20 47 92 0.511 20 Resigned from league
15 Burslem Port Vale 30 7 4 19 39 77 0.506 18 Re-elected
16 Crewe Alexandra 30 3 4 23 26 103 0.252 10
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Results

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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
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

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Locations of the Football League Second Division teams

Test matches

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The Football League test matches were a set of play-offs, in which the bottom First Division teams faced the top Second Division teams. The First Division teams, if coming out as winners, would retain their places in the division. If a Second Division team won, it would be considered for First Division membership through an election process. Losing Second Division teams would stay in the Second Division.

As a result of these matches, Bury, Derby County and Stoke were placed in the First Division the following season, while Liverpool, Notts County and Newton Heath went into the Second Division.

Bury (2nd Div. Champions)1–0Liverpool (1st Div. 16th)
Attendance: 5,000
Derby County (1st Div. 15th)2–1Notts County (2nd Div. 2nd)
Attendance: 8,000
Stoke (1st Div. 14th)3–0Newton Heath (2nd Div. 3rd)
Attendance: 10,000

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-09-22.
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  • "England 1894–95". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
  • Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane's, London & Sydney, 1980.
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