1893–94 Football League
| Season | 1893–94 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Aston Villa |
| Relegated |
Middlesbrough Ironopolis Northwich Victoria |
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← 1892–93 1894–95 → | |
The 1893–1894 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
| 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 Villa – Darwen 9–0 (26 Dec 1893) |
| Biggest away win | Wolverhampton – West Brom 0–8 (27 Dec 1893) |
| Highest scoring |
Aston Villa – Darwen 9–0 (26 Dec 1893) Everton – Darwen 8–1 (21 Oct 1893) Everton – The Wednesday 8–1 (23 Dec 1893) Burnley – Aston Villa 3–6 (7 Apr 1894) West Brom – Aston 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 |
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← 1892–93 1894–95 → | |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | F | A | GA | GD | Pts | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aston Villa | 30 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 49 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 29 | 84 | 42 | 2.000 | +42 | 44 | ||||
| 2 | Sunderland | 30 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 46 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 26 | 30 | 72 | 44 | 1.636 | +28 | 38 | ||||
| 3 | Derby County | 30 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 47 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 30 | 73 | 62 | 1.177 | +11 | 36 | ||||
| 4 | Blackburn Rovers | 30 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 21 | 38 | 69 | 53 | 1.302 | +16 | 34 | ||||
| 5 | Burnley | 30 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 34 | 61 | 51 | 1.196 | +10 | 34 | ||||
| 6 | Everton | 30 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 63 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 27 | 34 | 90 | 57 | 1.579 | +33 | 33 | ||||
| 7 | Nottingham Forest | 30 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 38 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 32 | 57 | 48 | 1.188 | +9 | 32 | ||||
| 8 | West Bromwich Albion | 30 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 35 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 31 | 36 | 66 | 59 | 1.119 | +7 | 32 | ||||
| 9 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 30 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 34 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 39 | 52 | 63 | 0.825 | –11 | 31 | ||||
| 10 | Sheffield United | 30 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 39 | 47 | 61 | 0.770 | –14 | 31 | ||||
| 11 | Stoke | 30 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 45 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 20 | 62 | 65 | 79 | 0.823 | –14 | 29 | ||||
| 12 | The Wednesday | 30 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 36 | 48 | 57 | 0.842 | –9 | 26 | ||||
| 13 | Bolton Wanderers | 30 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 20 | 38 | 38 | 52 | 0.731 | –14 | 24 | ||||
| 14 | Preston North End | 30 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 25 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 19 | 32 | 44 | 56 | 0.786 | –12 | 23 | ||||
| 15 | Darwen[3] | 30 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 55 | 37 | 83 | 0.446 | –46 | 19 | ||||
| 16 | Newton Heath[3] | 30 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 29 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 39 | 36 | 72 | 0.500 | –36 | 14 |
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 | BOL | BUR | DRW | DER | EVE | NWH | NOT | PNE | SHU | STK | SUN | WED | WBA | WOL |
| Aston Villa | 2–1 | 2–3 | 4–0 | 9–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | |
| Blackburn Rovers | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 4–3 | 4–0 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 4–3 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | |
| Bolton Wanderers | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | |
| Burnley | 3–6 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 4–2 | |
| Darwen | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | |
| Derby County | 0–3 | 5–2 | 6–1 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 7–3 | 2–0 | 3–4 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 1–4 | 3–3 | 2–3 | 4–1 | |
| Everton | 4–2 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 4–3 | 8–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 6–2 | 7–1 | 8–1 | 7–1 | 3–0 | |
| Newton Heath | 1–3 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–6 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 6–2 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | |
| Nottingham Forest | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 7–1 | |
| Preston North End | 2–5 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | |
| Sheffield United | 3–0 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 | |
| Stoke City | 3–3 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 0–3 | |
| Sunderland | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 6–3 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 6–0 | |
| The Wednesday | 2–2 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 1–4 | |
| West Bromwich Albion | 3–6 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 3–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–8 |
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
| 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 Heath – Ardwick 10–2 (17 Mar 1894) Notts County – Crewe Alexandra 9–1 (17 Feb 1894) |
| Biggest away win | Northwich Victoria – Small Heath 0–7 (6 Jan 1894) |
| Highest scoring | Burton Swifts – Walsall 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) |
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← 1892–93 1894–95 → | |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | F | A | GA | GD | Pts | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liverpool[5] | 28 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 31 | 12 | 77 | 18 | 4.278 | +59 | 50 | ||||
| 2 | Small Heath[5] | 28 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 68 | 19 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 35 | 25 | 70 | 31 | 2.341 | +39 | 42 | ||||
| 3 | Notts County | 28 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 55 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 70 | 31 | 2.258 | +39 | 39 | ||||
| 4 | Newcastle United | 28 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 29 | 66 | 39 | 1.692 | +27 | 36 | ||||
| 5 | Grimsby Town | 28 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 47 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 24 | 42 | 71 | 58 | 1.224 | +13 | 32 | ||||
| 6 | Burton Swifts | 28 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 52 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 27 | 35 | 79 | 61 | 1.295 | +18 | 31 | ||||
| 7 | Burslem Port Vale | 28 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 43 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 23 | 44 | 66 | 64 | 1.031 | +2 | 30 | ||||
| 8 | Lincoln City | 28 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 28 | 36 | 59 | 58 | 1.017 | +1 | 28 | ||||
| 9 | Woolwich Arsenal | 28 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 33 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 36 | 52 | 55 | 0.945 | -3 | 28 | ||||
| 10 | Walsall Town Swifts | 28 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 36 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 38 | 51 | 61 | 0.836 | -10 | 23 | ||||
| 11 | Middlesbrough Ironopolis[6] | 28 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 52 | 37 | 72 | 0.514 | -35 | 20 | ||||
| 12 | Crewe Alexandra | 28 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 20 | 51 | 42 | 73 | 0.575 | -31 | 19 | ||||
| 13 | Ardwick | 28 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 32 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 15 | 51 | 47 | 71 | 0.662 | -24 | 18 | ||||
| 14 | Rotherham Town | 28 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 28 | 42 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 49 | 44 | 91 | 0.484 | -47 | 15 | ||||
| 15 | Northwich Victoria[7] | 28 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 13 | 64 | 30 | 98 | 0.306 | -68 | 9 |
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 | BRS | CRE | GRI | LIN | LIV | MII | NEW | NOR | NTC | ROT | SMH | WAL | WOO |
| Ardwick | 8–1 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 6–1 | 2–3 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | |
| Burslem Port Vale | 4–2 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 6–1 | 5–3 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | |
| Burton Swifts | 5–0 | 5–3 | 6–1 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 7–0 | 3–1 | 6–2 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 8–5 | 6–2 | |
| Crewe Alexandra | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 0–5 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–5 | 1–1 | 0–0 | |
| Grimsby Town | 5–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 7–0 | 5–2 | 7–1 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 3–1 | |
| Lincoln City | 6–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 6–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–5 | 0–2 | 3–0 | |
| Liverpool | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 6–0 | 5–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | |
| Middlesbrough Ironopolis | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–6 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 6–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–6 | |
| Newcastle United | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 7–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 6–0 | |
| Northwich Victoria | 1–4 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 5–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–7 | 1–0 | 2–2 | |
| Notts County | 5–0 | 6–1 | 6–2 | 9–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 6–1 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | |
| Rotherham Town | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–5 | 1–4 | 4–3 | 2–8 | 1–4 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 5–4 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 1–1 | |
| Small Heath | 10–2 | 6–0 | 6–1 | 6–1 | 5–2 | 6–0 | 3–4 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 8–0 | 3–0 | 4–3 | 4–0 | 4–1 | |
| Walsall | 5–2 | 0–5 | 3–4 | 5–1 | 5–0 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | |
| Woolwich Arsenal | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 0–5 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 6–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–4 | 4–0 |
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 2 "England 1893–94". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
- 1 2 3 Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
- 1 2 Not re-elected after losing test match. Invited to join Second Division
- ↑ "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-09-22.
- 1 2 Elected to First Division after winning test match.
- ↑ Middlesbrough Ironopolis folded at the end of the season for financial reasons.
- ↑ Northwich Victoria resigned from the Football League to play regional football.
External links
- "England 1893–94". 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.