1893–94 Football League

The Football League
Season 1893–94
Champions Aston Villa
Relegated Middlesbrough Ironopolis
Northwich Victoria

The 18931894 season was the sixth season of The Football League.

Final league tables

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.

Beginning with the season 1894–95, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded), or more properly put, 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.

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.

During the first five seasons of the league, that is until this season, 1893–94, re-election process concerned the clubs which finished in the bottom four of the league.[2]

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. The result of the match on 25 November 1893 between Wolves and Stoke is given in many newspapers as a win for Wolves by 4-2, which is the result included in these tables and in the book published by the Football League in 1937-38. Most subsequent lists of scores depend on that publication. The Times on Monday, 27th gives the score as 5-2 and local Midland newspapers also show 5-2, listing the five goal scorers. This curious discrepancy has never been explained.

The Second Division was expanded from twelve to fifteen teams, with the election of Liverpool, Middlesbrough Ironopolis, Newcastle United, Rotherham Town and Woolwich Arsenal and the resignation of Accrington and Bootle. Woolwich Arsenal became the first team from the south of England to participate in the Football League.

First Division

Football League
First Division
Season 1893–94
Champions Aston Villa
(1st English title)
Relegated Darwen
Newton Heath
FA Cup winners Notts County (2nd Div.) (1st and as of 2017 last FA Cup title)
Matches played 240
Goals scored 939 (3.91 per match)
Top goalscorer Jack Southworth (Everton), 27
Biggest home win Aston VillaDarwen 9–0 (26 Dec 1893)
Biggest away win WolverhamptonWest Brom 0–8 (27 Dec 1893)
Highest scoring Aston VillaDarwen 9–0 (26 Dec 1893)
EvertonDarwen 8–1 (21 Oct 1893)
EvertonThe Wednesday 8–1 (23 Dec 1893)
BurnleyAston Villa 3–6 (7 Apr 1894)
West BromAston Villa 3–6 (21 Oct 1893)
Longest winning run 6 matches
Aston Villa (11 Nov 1893 - 23 Dec 1893)
Sheffield United F.C. (9 Sep 1893 - 16 Oct 1893)
Sunderland (13 Jan 1894 - 24 Mar 1894)
Longest unbeaten run 7 matches
Nottingham Forest (18 Nov 1893 - 13 Jan 1894)
Sheffield United F.C. (9 Sep 1893 - 28 Oct 1893)
Wolverhampton (25 Nov 1893 - 27 Dec 1894)
Longest losing run 11 matches
Newton Heath (25 Nov 1893 - 12 Mar 1894)
Highest attendance 27,500
Everton - Sunderland (30 Sep 1893)
Lowest attendance 400
Derby County - Darwen (18 Nov 1893)
Average attendance 7,012
Pos Team Pld W D L F A W D L F A F A GA GD Pts
1Aston Villa3012214913744352984422.000+4244
2Sunderland3011314614618263072441.636+2838
3Derby County309244732726263073621.177+1136
4Blackburn Rovers30130248153210213869531.302+1634
5Burnley3013024317249183461511.196+1034
6Everton3011136323429273490571.579+3333
7Nottingham Forest3010233816429193257481.188+932
8West Bromwich Albion308433523609313666591.119+732
9Wolverhampton Wanderers30111334243210183952630.825–1131
10Sheffield United308342622528213947610.770–1431
11Stoke30131145170213206265790.823–1429
12The Wednesday307353221258163648570.842–926
13Bolton Wanderers3073518143111203838520.731–1424
14Preston North End3071725243210193244560.786–1223
15Darwen[3]3064525281113125537830.446–4619
16Newton Heath[3]305282933101473936720.500–3614

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
Into a test match

Results

Home ╲ Away AST BLB BOLBURDRWDEREVENWHNOTPNESHUSTKSUNWEDWBAWOL
Aston Villa 21 23 40 90 11 31 51 31 20 40 51 21 30 32 11
Blackburn Rovers 20 01 32 41 02 43 40 61 10 41 50 43 51 30 30
Bolton Wanderers 01 21 20 10 11 01 20 11 03 01 41 20 11 03 20
Burnley 36 10 21 51 31 21 41 31 41 41 40 10 01 30 42
Darwen 11 23 13 00 23 33 10 04 21 33 31 03 21 21 31
Derby County 03 52 61 33 21 73 20 34 21 21 52 14 33 23 41
Everton 42 22 32 43 81 12 20 40 23 23 62 71 81 71 30
Newton Heath 13 51 22 32 01 26 03 11 13 02 62 24 12 41 10
Nottingham Forest 12 00 10 50 41 42 32 20 42 11 20 12 10 23 71
Preston North End 25 01 10 12 41 10 24 20 02 30 33 12 10 31 13
Sheffield United 30 32 42 10 21 12 03 31 02 11 33 10 11 02 32
Stoke City 33 31 50 42 31 31 31 31 21 21 50 20 41 31 03
Sunderland 11 23 21 22 40 50 10 41 20 63 41 40 11 21 60
The Wednesday 22 42 21 01 50 40 11 01 10 30 12 41 22 24 14
West Bromwich Albion 36 21 52 11 22 01 31 31 30 20 31 42 23 22 00
Wolverhampton Wanderers 30 51 21 10 21 24 20 20 31 00 34 42 21 31 08

Source:
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Second Division

Football League
Second Division
Season 1893–94
Champions Liverpool (1st title)
Promoted Liverpool
Small Heath
Resigned Middlesbrough Ironopolis
Northwich Victoria
Matches played 210
Goals scored 861 (4.1 per match)
Top goalscorer Frank Mobley (Small Heath), 23 [4]
Biggest home win Small HeathArdwick 10–2 (17 Mar 1894)
Notts CountyCrewe Alexandra 9–1 (17 Feb 1894)
Biggest away win Northwich VictoriaSmall Heath 0–7 (6 Jan 1894)
Highest scoring Burton SwiftsWalsall Town Swifts 8–5 (24 Feb 1894)
Longest winning run 9 matches
Liverpool (2 Dec 1893 - 17 Mar 1894)
Longest unbeaten run 28 matches
Liverpool, i.e. the entire season
Longest losing run 10 matches
Northwich Victoria F.C. (23 Dec 1893 - 10 Mar 1894)
Pos Team Pld W D L F A W D L F A F A GA GD Pts
1Liverpool[5]281400466860311277184.278+5950
2Small Heath[5]2812026819905352570312.341+3942
3Notts County2812115514626151770312.258+3939
4Newcastle United2812114410356222966391.692+2736
5Grimsby Town2811124716419244271581.224+1332
6Burton Swifts289145226527273579611.295+1831
7Burslem Port Vale2810224320329234466641.031+230
8Lincoln City285453122626283659581.017+128
9Woolwich Arsenal289143319338193652550.945-328
10Walsall Town Swifts2881536232210153851610.836-1023
11Middlesbrough Ironopolis[6]2874327201013105237720.514-3520
12Crewe Alexandra2837422223011205142730.575-3119
13Ardwick2861732202111155147710.662-2418
14Rotherham Town2851828421211164944910.484-4715
15Northwich Victoria[7]2833817340014136430980.306-689

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
FA Cup Winners, see Notts County
New club in the league (see also Liverpool, Middlesbrough Ironopolis, Rotherham Town)
Re-elected
Failed re-election or resigned

Results

Home ╲ Away ARD BPV BRSCREGRILINLIVMIINEWNORNTCROTSMHWALWOO
Ardwick 81 14 12 41 01 01 61 23 42 00 32 01 30 01
Burslem Port Vale 42 31 42 61 53 22 40 11 32 10 23 50 12 21
Burton Swifts 50 53 61 03 13 11 70 31 62 02 41 02 85 62
Crewe Alexandra 11 11 12 33 11 05 50 11 30 02 20 35 11 00
Grimsby Town 50 40 21 32 24 01 21 00 70 52 71 21 52 31
Lincoln City 60 22 11 61 12 11 23 21 41 02 11 25 02 30
Liverpool 30 21 31 20 20 40 60 51 40 21 51 31 30 20
Middlesbrough Ironopolis 20 31 21 20 26 00 02 11 21 00 61 30 11 36
Newcastle United 21 21 41 21 41 51 00 72 30 30 40 02 20 60
Northwich Victoria 14 15 11 12 01 03 23 21 53 01 11 07 10 22
Notts County 50 61 62 91 30 12 11 30 31 61 42 31 20 32
Rotherham Town 13 01 25 14 43 28 14 41 21 54 02 23 32 11
Small Heath 102 60 61 61 52 60 34 21 14 80 30 43 40 41
Walsall 52 05 34 51 50 52 11 10 12 30 21 30 13 12
Woolwich Arsenal 10 41 02 32 31 40 05 10 22 60 12 30 14 40

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.

Maps

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 at the expense of a losing First Division team. Losing Second Division teams would stay in the Second Division.

28 April 1894
Liverpool (2nd Div. Champions) 2–0 Newton Heath (1st Div. 16th)
Ewood Park
Attendance: 5,000

28 April 1894
Small Heath (2nd Div. 2nd) 3–1 Darwen (1st Div. 15th)
Victoria Ground
Attendance: 3,000

28 April 1894
Preston North End (1st Div. 14th) 4–0 Notts County (2nd Div. 3rd)
Olive Grove
Attendance: 8,000

Consequences

Of the winners, Liverpool and Small Heath (later known as Birmingham City F.C.) were elected into the First Division, while Preston North End remained there.

Of the losers Darwen and Newton Heath (later known as Manchester United F.C.) continued in the Second Division, while Notts County remained there.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "England 1893–94". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
  2. 1 2 3 Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
  3. 1 2 Not re-elected after losing test match. Invited to join Second Division
  4. "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-09-22.
  5. 1 2 Elected to First Division after winning test match.
  6. Middlesbrough Ironopolis folded at the end of the season for financial reasons.
  7. Northwich Victoria resigned from the Football League to play regional football.
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