The Football League 1893-94
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The 1893–1894 season was the sixth season of The Football League
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Note: 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.
Match results are drawn from The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website and Rothmans for the First Division and from Rothmans for the Second Division. The result of the match on November 25th, 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 1937-8. 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.
First Division
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
and Small Heath
were elected into the First Division, while Preston North End
remained there.
Of the losers Darwen
and Newton Heath
continued in the Second Division, while Notts County
remained there.
Second Division
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
The Football League
The Football League, also known as the npower Football League for sponsorship reasons, is a league competition featuring professional association football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888, it is the oldest such competition in world football...
.
Final league tables
The tables below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at the The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79, with home and away statistics separated.Note: 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.
Match results are drawn from The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website and Rothmans for the First Division and from Rothmans for the Second Division. The result of the match on November 25th, 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 1937-8. 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.
First DivisionFootball League First DivisionThe First Division was a division of The Football League between 1888 and 2004 and the highest division in English football until the creation of the Premier League in 1992. The secondary tier in English football has since become known as the Championship....
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | F | A | GA | GD | Pts | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aston Villa Aston Villa F.C. Aston Villa Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Witton, Birmingham. The club was founded in 1874 and have played at their current home ground, Villa Park, since 1897. Aston Villa were founder members of The Football League in 1888. They were also founder... |
30 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 49 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 29 | 84 | 42 | 2.000 | + 42 | 44 | ||||
| 2 | Sunderland Sunderland A.F.C. Sunderland Association Football Club is an English association football club based in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear who currently play in the Premier League... |
30 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 46 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 26 | 30 | 72 | 44 | 1.636 | + 28 | 38 | ||||
| 3 | Derby County Derby County F.C. Derby County Football Club is an English football based in Derby. the club play in the Football League Championship and is notable as being one of the twelve founder members of the Football League in 1888 and is, therefore, one of only ten clubs to have competed in every season of the English... |
30 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 47 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 30 | 73 | 62 | 1.177 | + 11 | 36 | ||||
| 4 | Blackburn Rovers Blackburn Rovers F.C. Blackburn Rovers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire. The team currently competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football.... |
30 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 21 | 38 | 69 | 53 | 1.302 | + 16 | 34 | ||||
| 5 | Burnley Burnley F.C. Burnley Football Club are a professional English Football League club based in Burnley, Lancashire. Nicknamed the Clarets, due to the dominant colour of their home shirts, they were founder members of the Football League in 1888... |
30 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 34 | 61 | 51 | 1.196 | + 10 | 34 | ||||
| 6 | Everton Everton F.C. Everton Football Club are an English professional association football club from the city of Liverpool. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of English football... |
30 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 63 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 27 | 34 | 90 | 57 | 1.579 | + 33 | 33 | ||||
| 7 | Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest F.C. Nottingham Forest Football Club is an English Association Football club based in West Bridgford, Nottingham, that plays in the Football League Championship... |
30 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 38 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 32 | 57 | 48 | 1.188 | + 9 | 32 | ||||
| 8 | West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion F.C. West Bromwich Albion Football Club, also known as West Brom, The Baggies, The Throstles, Albion or WBA, are an English Premier League association football club based in West Bromwich in the West Midlands... |
30 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 35 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 31 | 36 | 66 | 59 | 1.119 | + 7 | 32 | ||||
| 9 | Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club that represents the city of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands region. They are members of the Premier League, the highest level of English football. The club was founded in 1877 and since 1889 has played at... |
30 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 34 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 39 | 52 | 63 | 0.825 | – 11 | 31 | ||||
| 10 | Sheffield United Sheffield United F.C. Sheffield United Football Club is a professional English football club based in the city of Sheffield, South Yorkshire.They were the first sporting team to use the name 'United' and are nicknamed 'The Blades', thanks to Sheffield's worldwide reputation for steel production... |
30 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 39 | 47 | 61 | 0.770 | – 14 | 31 | ||||
| 11 | Stoke Stoke City F.C. Stoke City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire that plays in the Premier League. Founded in 1863, it is the oldest club in the Premier League, and considered to be the second oldest professional football club in the world, after Notts... |
30 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 45 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 20 | 62 | 65 | 79 | 0.823 | – 14 | 29 | ||||
| 12 | The Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday F.C. Sheffield Wednesday Football Club are a football club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, who are currently competing in the Football League One in the 2011-12 season, in England. Sheffield Wednesday are one of the oldest professional clubs in the world and the fourth oldest in the... |
30 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 36 | 48 | 57 | 0.842 | – 9 | 26 | ||||
| 13 | Bolton Wanderers Bolton Wanderers F.C. Bolton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the area of Horwich in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester. They began their current spell in the Premier League in 2001.... |
30 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 20 | 38 | 38 | 52 | 0.731 | – 14 | 24 | ||||
| 14 | Preston North End Preston North End F.C. Preston North End Football Club is an English professional football club located in the Deepdale area of the city of Preston, Lancashire, currently playing in the third tier of English league football, League One... |
30 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 25 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 19 | 32 | 44 | 56 | 0.786 | – 12 | 23 | ||||
| 15 | Darwen Darwen F.C. A.F.C. Darwen is a football club from Darwen in Lancashire, North West England. The team, formed in 1870 as Darwen F.C., currently play in the Division One of the North West Counties League. They play their home games at the Anchor Ground.-History:... |
30 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 55 | 37 | 83 | 0.446 | – 46 | 19 | ||||
| 16 | Newton Heath Manchester United F.C. Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.The 1958... |
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 |
First Division Results
Test Matches 1894
The test match 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.Test Match Consequences
Of the winners, LiverpoolLiverpool F.C.
Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...
and Small Heath
Birmingham City F.C.
Birmingham City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, they became Small Heath in 1888, then Birmingham in 1905, finally becoming Birmingham City in 1943.They were relegated at the end of the...
were elected into the First Division, while Preston North End
Preston North End F.C.
Preston North End Football Club is an English professional football club located in the Deepdale area of the city of Preston, Lancashire, currently playing in the third tier of English league football, League One...
remained there.
Of the losers Darwen
Darwen F.C.
A.F.C. Darwen is a football club from Darwen in Lancashire, North West England. The team, formed in 1870 as Darwen F.C., currently play in the Division One of the North West Counties League. They play their home games at the Anchor Ground.-History:...
and Newton Heath
Manchester United F.C.
Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.The 1958...
continued in the Second Division, while Notts County
Notts County F.C.
Notts County Football Club are an English professional football club based in Nottingham. They are the oldest of all the clubs in the world that are now professional, having been formed in 1862. They currently play in League One of The Football League, the third tier of the English football system...
remained there.
Second DivisionFootball League Second DivisionFrom 1892 until 1992, the Football League Second Division was the second highest division overall in English football.This ended with the creation of the FA Premier League, prior to the start of the 1992–93 season, which caused an administrative split between The Football League and the teams...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | F | A | GA | GD | Pts | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liverpool Liverpool F.C. Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups... |
28 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 31 | 12 | 77 | 18 | 4.278 | + | 50 | ||||
| 2 | Small Heath Birmingham City F.C. Birmingham City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, they became Small Heath in 1888, then Birmingham in 1905, finally becoming Birmingham City in 1943.They were relegated at the end of the... |
28 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 68 | 19 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 35 | 25 | 70 | 31 | 2.341 | + | 42 | ||||
| 3 | Notts County Notts County F.C. Notts County Football Club are an English professional football club based in Nottingham. They are the oldest of all the clubs in the world that are now professional, having been formed in 1862. They currently play in League One of The Football League, the third tier of the English football system... |
28 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 55 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 70 | 31 | 2.258 | + | 39 | ||||
| 4 | Newcastle United Newcastle United F.C. Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End, and has played at its current home ground, St James' Park, since the merger... |
28 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 29 | 66 | 39 | 1.692 | + | 36 | ||||
| 5 | Grimsby Town Grimsby Town F.C. Grimsby Town Football Club is an English football club based in the seaside town of Cleethorpes, in North East Lincolnshire, England, who compete in the Conference National. They were formed in 1878 as Grimsby Pelham and later became Grimsby Town... |
28 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 47 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 24 | 42 | 71 | 58 | 1.224 | + | 32 | ||||
| 6 | Burton Swifts Burton Swifts F.C. Burton Swifts were an English football club from Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire. The club ceased to exist in 1901 when they merged with Burton Wanderers to form Burton United.-History:... |
28 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 52 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 27 | 35 | 79 | 61 | 1.295 | + | 31 | ||||
| 7 | Burslem Port Vale Port Vale F.C. Port Vale Football Club is an English football club currently playing in Football League Two. They are based in Burslem, Staffordshire — one of six towns that make up the city of Stoke-on-Trent. The club's traditional rivals in the city are Stoke City, and games between the two clubs are known as... |
28 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 43 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 23 | 44 | 66 | 64 | 1.031 | + | 30 | ||||
| 8 | Lincoln City Lincoln City F.C. Lincoln City Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Lincoln, Lincolnshire. The club are currently members of the Conference National in 2011–12 following relegation from the Football League.... |
28 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 28 | 36 | 59 | 58 | 1.017 | + | 28 | ||||
| 9 | Woolwich Arsenal Arsenal F.C. Arsenal Football Club is a professional English Premier League football club based in North London. One of the most successful clubs in English football, it has won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups... |
28 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 33 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 36 | 52 | 55 | 0.945 | + | 28 | ||||
| 10 | Walsall Town Swifts Walsall F.C. Walsall Football Club are an English association football club based in Walsall, West Midlands. They currently play in League One. The club was founded in 1888 as Walsall Town Swifts, an amalgamation of Walsall Town F.C. and Walsall Swifts F.C. The club was one of the founder members of the Second... |
28 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 36 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 38 | 51 | 61 | 0.836 | + | 23 | ||||
| 11 | Middlesbrough Ironopolis Middlesbrough Ironopolis F.C. Middlesbrough Ironopolis Football Club were an English association football club which briefly played in the Football League in the 1890s. Their entire history was played out during the Victorian era in Middlesbrough.... |
28 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 52 | 37 | 72 | 0.514 | + | 20 | ||||
| 12 | Crewe Alexandra Crewe Alexandra F.C. Crewe Alexandra Football Club is an English professional football club based in Crewe, Cheshire. Nicknamed The Railwaymen due to the town's links with the rail industry, they currently play in Football League Two, the fourth tier of English football, and are based at the Alexandra Stadium.The club... |
28 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 20 | 51 | 42 | 73 | 0.575 | + | 19 | ||||
| 13 | Manchester City Manchester City F.C. Manchester City Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Manchester. Founded in 1880 as St. Mark's , they became Ardwick Association Football Club in 1887 and Manchester City in 1894... |
28 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 32 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 15 | 51 | 47 | 71 | 0.662 | + | 18 | ||||
| 14 | Rotherham Town Rotherham Town F.C. Rotherham Town Football Club was the name of two English football clubs from Rotherham, Yorkshire. The first briefly played in the Football League, while the second became part of another Football League club, Rotherham United, who are still members of the League today... |
28 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 28 | 42 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 49 | 44 | 91 | 0.484 | + | 15 | ||||
| 15 | Northwich Victoria Northwich Victoria F.C. Northwich Victoria Football Club are an English football club who play at the Victoria Stadium in Wincham, Northwich, Cheshire in the Northern Premier League Premier Division, the seventh tier of the English football league system.Northwich are an old club, founded in 1874 and named in honour of... |
28 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 13 | 64 | 30 | 98 | 0.306 | + | 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 Notts County F.C. Notts County Football Club are an English professional football club based in Nottingham. They are the oldest of all the clubs in the world that are now professional, having been formed in 1862. They currently play in League One of The Football League, the third tier of the English football system... |
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| New club in the league (see also Liverpool Liverpool F.C. Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups... , Middlesbrough Ironopolis Middlesbrough Ironopolis F.C. Middlesbrough Ironopolis Football Club were an English association football club which briefly played in the Football League in the 1890s. Their entire history was played out during the Victorian era in Middlesbrough.... ) |
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| Re-elected | |
| Failed re-election or resigned |
Second Division Results
See also
- 1893–94 in English football
- 1893 in association football
- 1894 in association football
External links
- Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.