Season | 1893β94 |
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Champions | Aston Villa |
Relegated |
Middlesbrough Ironopolis Northwich Victoria |
New Clubs in League |
Liverpool, Newcastle United, Woolwich Arsenal, Middlesbrough Ironopolis, Rotherham Town |
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The 1893β 94 season was the sixth season of The Football League.
Beginning with the season 1894β95, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded). 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 1976β77 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 1894β95.
During the first five seasons of the league, re-election process concerned the clubs which finished in the bottom four of the league. [1]
Match results are drawn from The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website [2] and Rothmans [1] 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 4β2, which is the result included in these tables and in the book published by the Football League in 1937β38. Most subsequent lists of scores depend on that publication. The Times on Monday, 27th gives the score as 5β2 and local Midland newspapers also show 5β2, 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.
Season | 1893β94 |
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Champions |
Aston Villa 1st title |
Relegated |
Darwen Newton Heath |
Matches played | 240 |
Goals scored | 939 (3.91 per match) |
Top goalscorer |
Jack Southworth (27 goals) |
Biggest home win |
Aston Villa 9β0
Darwen (26 December 1893) |
Biggest away win |
Wolverhampton Wanderers 0β8
West Bromwich Albion (27 December 1893) |
Highest scoring |
Everton 8β1
Darwen (21 October 1893) West Bromwich Albion 3β6 Aston Villa (21 October 1893) Everton 8β1 The Wednesday (23 December 1893) Aston Villa 9β0 Darwen (26 December 1893) Burnley 3β6 Aston Villa (7 April 1894) |
Longest winning run | 6 matches Aston Villa Sheffield United Sunderland |
Longest unbeaten run | 7 matches Nottingham Forest Sheffield United Wolverhampton Wanderers |
Longest losing run | 11 matches Newton Heath |
Highest attendance | 27,500 Everton 7β1 Sunderland (30 September 1893) |
Lowest attendance | 400 Derby County 2β1 Darwen (18 November 1893) |
Average attendance | 7,012 |
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Relegation |
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1 | Aston Villa (C) | 30 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 84 | 42 | 2.000 | 44 | |
2 | Sunderland | 30 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 72 | 44 | 1.636 | 38 | |
3 | Derby County | 30 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 73 | 62 | 1.177 | 36 | |
4 | Blackburn Rovers | 30 | 16 | 2 | 12 | 69 | 53 | 1.302 | 34 | |
5 | Burnley | 30 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 61 | 51 | 1.196 | 34 | |
6 | Everton | 30 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 90 | 57 | 1.579 | 33 | |
7 | Nottingham Forest | 30 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 57 | 48 | 1.188 | 32 | |
8 | West Bromwich Albion | 30 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 66 | 59 | 1.119 | 32 | |
9 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 30 | 14 | 3 | 13 | 52 | 63 | 0.825 | 31 | |
10 | Sheffield United | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 47 | 61 | 0.770 | 31 | |
11 | Stoke | 30 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 65 | 79 | 0.823 | 29 | |
12 | The Wednesday | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 48 | 57 | 0.842 | 26 | |
13 | Bolton Wanderers | 30 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 38 | 52 | 0.731 | 24 | |
14 | Preston North End (O) | 30 | 10 | 3 | 17 | 44 | 56 | 0.786 | 23 | Qualification for test matches |
15 | Darwen (R) | 30 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 37 | 83 | 0.446 | 19 | |
16 | Newton Heath (R) | 30 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 36 | 72 | 0.500 | 14 |
Season | 1893β94 |
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Champions | Liverpool |
Promoted |
Liverpool Small Heath |
Matches played | 210 |
Goals scored | 861 (4.1 per match) |
Top goalscorer |
Frank Mobley (23 goals) [3] |
Biggest home win |
Notts County 9β1
Crewe Alexandra (17 February 1894) Small Heath 10β2 Ardwick (17 March 1894) |
Biggest away win |
Northwich Victoria 0β7
Small Heath (6 January 1894) |
Highest scoring |
Burton Swifts 8β5
Walsall Town Swifts (24 February 1894) |
Longest winning run | 9 matches Liverpool |
Longest unbeaten run | 28 matches Liverpool |
Longest losing run | 10 matches Northwich Victoria |
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Liverpool (C, O, P) | 28 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 77 | 18 | 4.278 | 50 | Qualification for test matches |
2 | Small Heath (O, P) | 28 | 21 | 0 | 7 | 103 | 44 | 2.341 | 42 | |
3 | Notts County | 28 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 70 | 31 | 2.258 | 39 | |
4 | Newcastle United | 28 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 66 | 39 | 1.692 | 36 | |
5 | Grimsby Town | 28 | 15 | 2 | 11 | 71 | 58 | 1.224 | 32 | |
6 | Burton Swifts | 28 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 79 | 61 | 1.295 | 31 | |
7 | Burslem Port Vale | 28 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 66 | 64 | 1.031 | 30 | |
8 | Lincoln City | 28 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 59 | 58 | 1.017 | 28 | |
9 | Woolwich Arsenal | 28 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 52 | 55 | 0.945 | 28 | |
10 | Walsall Town Swifts | 28 | 10 | 3 | 15 | 51 | 61 | 0.836 | 23 | |
11 | Middlesbrough Ironopolis [a] | 28 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 37 | 72 | 0.514 | 20 | Dissolved |
12 | Crewe Alexandra | 28 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 42 | 73 | 0.575 | 19 | Re-elected |
13 | Ardwick | 28 | 8 | 2 | 18 | 47 | 71 | 0.662 | 18 | |
14 | Rotherham Town | 28 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 44 | 91 | 0.484 | 15 | |
15 | Northwich Victoria | 28 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 30 | 98 | 0.306 | 9 | Resigned from league |
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.
Liverpool (2nd Div. Champions) | 2β0 | Newton Heath (1st Div. 16th) |
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Small Heath (2nd Div. 2nd) | 3β1 | Darwen (1st Div. 15th) |
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Preston North End (1st Div. 14th) | 4β0 | Notts County (2nd Div. 3rd) |
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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.
Season | 1893β94 |
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Champions | Aston Villa |
Relegated |
Middlesbrough Ironopolis Northwich Victoria |
New Clubs in League |
Liverpool, Newcastle United, Woolwich Arsenal, Middlesbrough Ironopolis, Rotherham Town |
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The 1893β 94 season was the sixth season of The Football League.
Beginning with the season 1894β95, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded). 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 1976β77 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 1894β95.
During the first five seasons of the league, re-election process concerned the clubs which finished in the bottom four of the league. [1]
Match results are drawn from The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website [2] and Rothmans [1] 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 4β2, which is the result included in these tables and in the book published by the Football League in 1937β38. Most subsequent lists of scores depend on that publication. The Times on Monday, 27th gives the score as 5β2 and local Midland newspapers also show 5β2, 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.
Season | 1893β94 |
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Champions |
Aston Villa 1st title |
Relegated |
Darwen Newton Heath |
Matches played | 240 |
Goals scored | 939 (3.91 per match) |
Top goalscorer |
Jack Southworth (27 goals) |
Biggest home win |
Aston Villa 9β0
Darwen (26 December 1893) |
Biggest away win |
Wolverhampton Wanderers 0β8
West Bromwich Albion (27 December 1893) |
Highest scoring |
Everton 8β1
Darwen (21 October 1893) West Bromwich Albion 3β6 Aston Villa (21 October 1893) Everton 8β1 The Wednesday (23 December 1893) Aston Villa 9β0 Darwen (26 December 1893) Burnley 3β6 Aston Villa (7 April 1894) |
Longest winning run | 6 matches Aston Villa Sheffield United Sunderland |
Longest unbeaten run | 7 matches Nottingham Forest Sheffield United Wolverhampton Wanderers |
Longest losing run | 11 matches Newton Heath |
Highest attendance | 27,500 Everton 7β1 Sunderland (30 September 1893) |
Lowest attendance | 400 Derby County 2β1 Darwen (18 November 1893) |
Average attendance | 7,012 |
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Relegation |
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1 | Aston Villa (C) | 30 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 84 | 42 | 2.000 | 44 | |
2 | Sunderland | 30 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 72 | 44 | 1.636 | 38 | |
3 | Derby County | 30 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 73 | 62 | 1.177 | 36 | |
4 | Blackburn Rovers | 30 | 16 | 2 | 12 | 69 | 53 | 1.302 | 34 | |
5 | Burnley | 30 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 61 | 51 | 1.196 | 34 | |
6 | Everton | 30 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 90 | 57 | 1.579 | 33 | |
7 | Nottingham Forest | 30 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 57 | 48 | 1.188 | 32 | |
8 | West Bromwich Albion | 30 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 66 | 59 | 1.119 | 32 | |
9 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 30 | 14 | 3 | 13 | 52 | 63 | 0.825 | 31 | |
10 | Sheffield United | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 47 | 61 | 0.770 | 31 | |
11 | Stoke | 30 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 65 | 79 | 0.823 | 29 | |
12 | The Wednesday | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 48 | 57 | 0.842 | 26 | |
13 | Bolton Wanderers | 30 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 38 | 52 | 0.731 | 24 | |
14 | Preston North End (O) | 30 | 10 | 3 | 17 | 44 | 56 | 0.786 | 23 | Qualification for test matches |
15 | Darwen (R) | 30 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 37 | 83 | 0.446 | 19 | |
16 | Newton Heath (R) | 30 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 36 | 72 | 0.500 | 14 |
Season | 1893β94 |
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Champions | Liverpool |
Promoted |
Liverpool Small Heath |
Matches played | 210 |
Goals scored | 861 (4.1 per match) |
Top goalscorer |
Frank Mobley (23 goals) [3] |
Biggest home win |
Notts County 9β1
Crewe Alexandra (17 February 1894) Small Heath 10β2 Ardwick (17 March 1894) |
Biggest away win |
Northwich Victoria 0β7
Small Heath (6 January 1894) |
Highest scoring |
Burton Swifts 8β5
Walsall Town Swifts (24 February 1894) |
Longest winning run | 9 matches Liverpool |
Longest unbeaten run | 28 matches Liverpool |
Longest losing run | 10 matches Northwich Victoria |
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Liverpool (C, O, P) | 28 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 77 | 18 | 4.278 | 50 | Qualification for test matches |
2 | Small Heath (O, P) | 28 | 21 | 0 | 7 | 103 | 44 | 2.341 | 42 | |
3 | Notts County | 28 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 70 | 31 | 2.258 | 39 | |
4 | Newcastle United | 28 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 66 | 39 | 1.692 | 36 | |
5 | Grimsby Town | 28 | 15 | 2 | 11 | 71 | 58 | 1.224 | 32 | |
6 | Burton Swifts | 28 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 79 | 61 | 1.295 | 31 | |
7 | Burslem Port Vale | 28 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 66 | 64 | 1.031 | 30 | |
8 | Lincoln City | 28 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 59 | 58 | 1.017 | 28 | |
9 | Woolwich Arsenal | 28 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 52 | 55 | 0.945 | 28 | |
10 | Walsall Town Swifts | 28 | 10 | 3 | 15 | 51 | 61 | 0.836 | 23 | |
11 | Middlesbrough Ironopolis [a] | 28 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 37 | 72 | 0.514 | 20 | Dissolved |
12 | Crewe Alexandra | 28 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 42 | 73 | 0.575 | 19 | Re-elected |
13 | Ardwick | 28 | 8 | 2 | 18 | 47 | 71 | 0.662 | 18 | |
14 | Rotherham Town | 28 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 44 | 91 | 0.484 | 15 | |
15 | Northwich Victoria | 28 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 30 | 98 | 0.306 | 9 | Resigned from league |
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.
Liverpool (2nd Div. Champions) | 2β0 | Newton Heath (1st Div. 16th) |
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Small Heath (2nd Div. 2nd) | 3β1 | Darwen (1st Div. 15th) |
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Preston North End (1st Div. 14th) | 4β0 | Notts County (2nd Div. 3rd) |
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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.