1894–95 Football League

Football League
Second Division
Season	1894–95
Champions	Bury (1st title)
Promoted	Bury
Resigned	Walsall Town Swifts
Matches played	240
Goals scored	1,023 (4.26 per match)
Top goalscorer	David Skea (Leicester Fosse), 22
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 (29 Sep 1894 - 5 Jan 1895); Walsall Town Swifts (17 Nov 1894 - 26 Jan 1895)
	← 1893–94 1895–96 →

Football League
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 Rovers 9–1 Small Heath (5 Jan 1895); Sunderland 8–0 Derby County (1 Sept 1894)
Biggest away win	Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–4 Aston Villa (22 Dec 1894)
Highest scoring	Blackburn Rovers 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 →

The Football League
Season	1894–95
Champions	Sunderland
Relegated	Walsall Town Swifts
New clubs in League	Bury,; Burton Wanderers,; Leicester Fosse
	← 1893–94 1895–96 →

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.

League standings[]

The tables below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at 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.

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[]

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Qualification
1	Sunderland	30	13	2	0	51	14	8	3	4	29	23	2.162	47	League Champions
2	Everton	30	12	2	1	47	18	6	4	5	35	32	1.640	42
3	Aston Villa	30	12	2	1	51	12	5	3	7	31	31	1.907	39	FA Cup Winners
4	Preston North End	30	9	3	3	32	14	6	2	7	30	32	1.348	35
5	Blackburn Rovers	30	9	5	1	40	15	2	5	8	19	34	1.204	32
6	Sheffield United	30	10	2	3	33	17	4	2	9	24	38	1.036	32
7	Nottingham Forest	30	10	1	4	33	22	3	4	8	17	34	0.893	31
8	The Wednesday	30	10	2	3	36	19	2	2	11	14	36	0.909	28
9	Burnley	30	8	2	5	28	24	3	2	10	16	32	0.786	26
10	Bolton Wanderers	30	8	3	4	45	23	1	4	10	16	39	0.984	25
11	Wolverhampton Wanderers	30	7	4	4	24	25	2	3	10	19	38	0.683	25
12	Small Heath	30	6	6	3	35	28	3	1	11	15	46	0.676	25
13	West Bromwich Albion	30	9	2	4	38	21	1	2	12	13	45	0.773	24
14	Stoke	30	7	3	5	35	25	2	3	10	15	42	0.746	24	Into a test match
15	Derby County	30	4	5	6	23	23	3	4	8	22	45	0.662	23
16	Liverpool	30	6	4	5	38	28	1	4	10	13	42	0.729	22^[a]

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ Not re-elected after losing test match. Invited to join Second Division.

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		2–1	6–0	1–2	3–1	3–1
Blackburn Rovers	1–3			1–0	0–0	4–3	1–1	0–0		3–2	9–1	6–0	1–1	3–1	3–0	5–1
Bolton Wanderers	4–3				6–0	1–3	1–0	4–1		6–2	1–2	2–2	4–1	2–2	5–0	6–1
Burnley	3–3	2–1			2–0	2–4	3–3	0–1		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				3–2	1–2	2–2	3–1		2–1	0–1	3–0	1–0	3–1	5–0	2–0
Sheffield United		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
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
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			0–2	6–0		5–1
Wolverhampton Wanderers		3–3	4–2	1–0	2–2	1–0	3–1	1–1	1–3	0–3			1–4	2–0	3–1

Source: [1]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps[]

Bolton Wanderers

The Wednesday (Sheffield)

Small Heath (Birmingham)

Stoke

Sunderland

West Bromwich Albion

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Locations of the Football League First Division teams

Second Division[]

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Qualification
1	Bury^[a]	30	15	0	0	48	11	8	2	5	30	22	2.364	48^[b]	Division Champions, into a test match
2	Notts County	30	12	2	1	50	15	5	3	7	25	30	1.667	39	Into a test match
3	Newton Heath	30	9	6	0	52	18	6	2	7	26	26	1.773	38	Into a test match
4	Leicester Fosse^[a]	30	11	2	2	45	20	4	6	5	27	33	1.358	38
5	Grimsby Town	30	14	0	1	51	16	4	1	10	28	36	1.519	37
6	Darwen	30	13	1	1	53	10	3	3	9	21	33	1.721	36
7	Burton Wanderers^[a]	30	10	3	2	49	9	4	4	7	18	30	1.718	35
8	Woolwich Arsenal	30	11	3	1	54	20	3	3	9	21	38	1.293	34
9	Manchester City	30	9	3	3	56	28	5	0	10	26	44	1.139	31
10	Newcastle United	30	11	1	3	51	28	1	2	12	21	56	0.857	27
11	Burton Swifts	30	9	2	4	34	20	2	1	12	18	54	0.703	25
12	Rotherham Town	30	10	0	5	37	22	1	2	12	18	40	0.887	24
13	Lincoln City	30	8	0	7	32	27	2	0	13	20	65	0.565	20	Re-elected
14	Walsall Town Swifts	30	8	0	7	35	25	2	0	13	12	67	0.511	20	Resigned from Football League
15	Burslem Port Vale	30	6	3	6	30	23	1	1	13	9	54	0.506	18	Re-elected
16	Crewe Alexandra	30	3	4	8	20	34	0	0	15	6	69	0.252	10	Re-elected

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c New club in the league
^ Elected to First Division after winning test match.

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		0–3	5–0	1–1	7–1	1–2	4–4	2–5	0–3	1–1		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		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		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		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	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		0–1	5–2	3–2	1–0	2–1	1–2		6–1	1–2
Walsall		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[]

Crewe Alexandra

Leicester Fosse

Newcastle United

Locations of the Football League Second Division teams

Test matches[]

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.

27 April 1895

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

Ewood Park

Attendance: 5,000

27 April 1895

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

Filbert Street

Attendance: 8,000

27 April 1895

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

Athletic Ground

Attendance: 10,000

References[]

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

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.

[table_hth_LIV0.94811832669569-3] Not re-elected after losing test match. Invited to join Second Division.

[table_note_BRY0.029911326258402-5] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c New club in the league

[table_hth_BRY0.029911326258402-6] Elected to First Division after winning test match.

[rsssf-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "England 1894–95". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2010-02-24.

[Rothmans-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.

[4] "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-09-22.

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Contents

League standings[]

First Division[]

Results[]

Maps[]

Second Division[]

Results[]

Maps[]

Test matches[]

See also[]

References[]

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