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1894–95 Football League

7th season of the Football League

Field	Value
competition	The Football League
season	1894–95
winners	Sunderland
relegated	Walsall Town Swifts
continentalcup1	New clubs in League
continentalcup1 qualifiers	Bury,
Burton Wanderers,
Leicester Fosse
prevseason	1893–94
nextseason	1895–96

Burton Wanderers, Leicester Fosse 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.

First Division

3rd title (22 goals) (1 September 1894) Blackburn Rovers 9–1 Small Heath (5 January 1895) (22 December 1894) (5 January 1895) Everton Sunderland Burnley Everton 2–2 Sunderland (27 October 1894) Small Heath 4–4 Preston North End (29 September 1894) Stoke 2–2 Small Heath (27 October 1894) Blackburn Rovers 3–0 West Bromwich Albion (22 December 1894) Derby County 1–1 Stoke (19 January 1895) Stoke 2–5 Sunderland (26 January 1895)

Results

Maps

Aston Villa Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Burnley Derby County Everton Liverpool Nottingham Forest Preston North End Sheffield United The Wednesday (Sheffield) Small Heath (Birmingham) Stoke Sunderland West Bromwich Albion Wolverhampton Wanderers

Second Division

(22 goals) (26 February 1895) (2 March 1895) (23 March 1895) Bury Burton Wanderers Leicester Fosse Crewe Alexandra Walsall Town Swifts

Results

Maps

Burslem Port Vale Bury Burton Swifts Burton Wanderers Crewe Alexandra Darwen Grimsby Town Leicester Fosse Lincoln City Manchester City Newcastle United Newton Heath Notts County Rotherham Town Walsall Town Swifts Woolwich Arsenal

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.

Attendances

Source:

No.	Club	Average	Change
1	Everton	17,420	28,8%
2	Liverpool	12,015	130,4%
3	The Wednesday	9,625	12,6%
4	Aston Villa	8,680	-18,6%
5	Sunderland	8,250	19,7%
6	Blackburn Rovers	7,910	23,2%
7	Sheffield United	7,510	-14,0%
8	Bolton Wanderers	7,375	37,9%
9	Preston North End	6,310	8,8%
10	Small Heath	6,275	105,1%
11	Burnley	6,235	-1,0%
12	West Bromwich Albion	5,955	18,3%
13	Nottingham Forest	5,665	-16,4%
14	Wolverhampton Wanderers	5,300	-15,3%
15	Derby County	4,390	-22,2%
16	Stoke	3,875	-23,6%

References

"English League Leading Goalscorers".
https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/eng/aveeng1895.htm

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