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.

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

First Division

Season	1894–95
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
← 1893–94 1895–96 →

Pos	Team	Pld		W	D	L	F	A		W	D	L	F	A		F	A	GA	GD		Pts
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
	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 ^{^} 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.

Bury (2nd Div. Champions) v Liverpool (1st Div. 16th)

27 April 1895

Bury (2nd Div. Champions)	1–0	Liverpool (1st Div. 16th)

Ewood Park Attendance: 5,000

Derby County (1st Div. 15th) v Notts County (2nd Div. 2nd)

27 April 1895

Derby County (1st Div. 15th)	2–1	Notts County (2nd Div. 2nd)

Filbert Street Attendance: 8,000

Stoke (1st Div. 14th) v Newton Heath (2nd Div. 3rd)

27 April 1895

Stoke (1st Div. 14th)	3–0	Newton Heath (2nd Div. 3rd)

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

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)
← 1893–94 1895–96 →

Pos	Team	Pld		W	D	L	F	A		W	D	L	F	A		F	A	GA	GD		Pts
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
	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

• 1894-95 in English football
• 1894 in association football
• 1895 in association football

References

1. "England 1894–95". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
2. Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
3. Not re-elected after losing test match. Invited to join Second Division.
4. "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-09-22.
5. Elected to First Division after winning test match.
6. Resigned from Football League.

External links

• "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.