Football League First Division 1894/95

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Football League First Division 1894/95
Football League logo until 1988
master Sunderland AFC
Cup winners Aston Villa
Relegated Liverpool FC
Teams 16
Games 240
Gates 917  (ø 3.82 per game)
Top scorer Johnny Campbell ( Sunderland AFC )
← Football League First Division 1893/94

The Football League First Division 1894/95 was the seventh season of the highest English football league . It began on September 1, 1894 and ended on April 24, 1895.

The AFC Sunderland won with five points ahead of the chasing Aston Villa the third English championship in club history. The Liverpool club had to return to the second-rate second division after just one year from last year's promoted Liverpool and Small Heath . This club was to replace the second division champions FC Bury after a 1-0 "test match" between the two teams in the following season .

A total of 348 players were used, with AFC Sunderland with 18 the fewest and the Bolton Wanderers with 27 the most players in league games. 139 newcomers faced 111 footballers who last came into play in the 1894/95 season. 24 players were able to play all 30 league games of their club.

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Quota Points EgS
 1. Sunderland AFC  30th  21st  5  4th 080:370 2.16 47:13 18th
 2. Everton FC  30th  18th  6th  6th 082:500 1.64 42:18 23
 3. Aston Villa (M)  30th  17th  5  8th 082:430 1.91 39:21 21st
 4th Preston North End  30th  15th  5  10 062:460 1.35 35:25 19th
 5. Blackburn Rovers  30th  11  10  9 059:490 1.20 32:28 19th
 6th Sheffield United  30th  14th  4th  12 057:550 1.04 32:28 20th
 7th Nottingham Forest  30th  13  5  12 050:560 0.89 31:29 22nd
 8th. The Wednesday  30th  12  4th  14th 050:550 0.91 28:32 20th
 9. Burnley FC  30th  11  4th  15th 044:560 0.79 26:34 26th
10. Bolton Wanderers  30th  9  7th  14th 061:620 0.98 25:35 27
11. Wolverhampton Wanderers  30th  9  7th  14th 043:630 0.68 25:35 22nd
12. Small Heath (N)  30th  9  7th  14th 050:740 0.68 25:35 21st
13. West Bromwich Albion  30th  10  4th  16 051:660 0.77 24:36 24
14th FC Stoke  30th  9  6th  15th 050:670 0.75 24:36 25th
15th Derby County  30th  7th  9  14th 045:680 0.66 23:37 26th
16. Liverpool FC (N)  30th  7th  8th  15th 051:700 0.73 22:38 23
  • English champions 1894/95: Sunderland AFC
  • Relegation to the Football League Second Division 1895/96 : Liverpool FC
    • (M) English champion 1893/94 : Aston Villa
    (N) Newcomers from the Football League Second Division 1893/94 : Small Heath, Liverpool FC
    EgS used players

    Results table

    The home teams are listed in the left column.

    AST BLA BOL BUR OF THE EVE LIV NOF PNE SHU SMH STO SUN WED WBA WOL
    Aston Villa 3-0 2: 1 5-0 4-0 2: 2 5-0 4: 1 4: 1 5-0 2: 1 6-0 1: 2 3: 1 3: 1 2: 2
    Blackburn Rovers 1: 3 2: 1 1-0 0-0 4: 3 1: 1 0-0 1: 1 3: 2 9: 1 6-0 1: 1 3: 1 3-0 5: 1
    Bolton Wanderers 4: 3 1: 3 1: 1 6-0 1: 3 1-0 4: 1 1: 2 6: 2 1: 2 2: 2 4: 1 2: 2 5-0 6: 1
    Burnley FC 3: 3 2: 1 1-0 2-0 2: 4 3: 3 0: 1 2: 1 2: 4 3: 1 1: 2 0: 3 3-0 2-0 2: 1
    Derby County 0: 2 0-0 2: 2 0: 2 2: 2 0: 1 4: 2 2: 1 4: 1 4: 1 1: 1 1: 2 1: 2 1: 1 1: 3
    Everton FC 4: 2 2: 1 3: 1 3: 2 2: 3 3-0 6: 1 4: 2 1: 1 5-0 3-0 2: 2 3: 1 4: 1 2: 1
    Liverpool FC 1: 2 2: 2 1: 2 0: 3 5: 1 2: 2 5-0 2: 5 2: 2 3: 1 2-0 2: 3 4: 2 4-0 3: 3
    Nottingham Forest 2: 1 2: 3 3: 3 2: 1 2: 1 2: 3 3-0 0: 2 3-0 2-0 3: 1 2: 1 2: 1 5: 3 0: 2
    Preston North End 0: 1 1: 1 2: 2 4-0 3: 2 1: 2 2: 2 3: 1 2: 1 0: 1 3-0 1-0 3: 1 5-0 2-0
    Sheffield United 2: 1 3-0 5-0 2: 2 1: 4 4: 2 2: 2 3: 2 0: 1 0: 2 3-0 4-0 1-0 2: 1 1-0
    Small Heath 2: 2 1: 1 2-0 1-0 3: 5 4: 4 3-0 1: 2 4: 4 4: 2 4: 2 1: 1 0-0 1: 2 4: 3
    FC Stoke 4: 1 5: 1 5-0 5: 1 4: 1 1: 3 3: 1 0: 3 2: 1 1: 3 2: 2 2: 5 0: 2 1: 1 0-0
    Sunderland AFC 4: 4 3: 2 4-0 3-0 8-0 2: 1 3: 2 2: 2 2-0 2-0 7: 1 3: 1 3: 1 3-0 2-0
    The Wednesday 1-0 4: 1 2: 1 4: 3 1: 1 3-0 5-0 0-0 3: 1 2: 3 2-0 2: 4 1: 2 3: 2 3: 1
    West Bromwich Albion 3: 2 2-0 1: 1 0: 1 2: 2 1: 4 5-0 1-0 4: 5 1-0 4: 1 3: 2 0: 2 6-0 5: 1
    Wolverhampton Wanderers 0: 4 3: 3 4: 2 1-0 2: 2 1-0 3: 1 1: 1 1: 3 0: 3 2: 1 0-0 1: 4 2-0 3: 1

    List of goalscorers

    player society Gates Games
    1 ScotlandScotland Johnny Campbell Sunderland AFC 21st 30th
    2 EnglandEngland Harry Bradshaw Liverpool FC 17th 30th
    3 EnglandEngland John Devey Aston Villa 16 25th
    = EnglandEngland Albert Carnelly Nottingham Forest = 29
    5 ScotlandScotland Jack Bell Everton FC 15th 27
    = ScotlandScotland Tom Hutchinson West Bromwich Albion = 30th
    7th ScotlandScotland James Gillespie Sunderland AFC 14th 26th
    = EnglandEngland Charlie Henderson Bolton Wanderers = 28
    9 ScotlandScotland Billy Dickson FC Stoke 13 26th
    = EnglandEngland Steve Smith Aston Villa = 26th

    The Sunderland AFC championship team

    The following list lists all players who played in a league game for Sunderland AFC during the 1894/95 season. It must be noted that in English football a minimum number of games is usually required in order to receive the official championship medal. Since there was uncertainty about the specific regulation before the introduction of the Premier League, all players who presumably did not receive a championship medal due to their low contribution were marked with an asterisk (*). The number of missions and the goals scored are given in brackets.

    1. Sunderland AFC
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    John Auld * (4/0) | Johnny Campbell (30/21) | Ned Doig (30/0) | Billy Dunlop (18/1) | James Gillespie (26/14) | George Goodchild * (1/0) | Donald Gow * (7/0) | David Hannah * (1/0) | Jimmy Hannah (28/11) | John Harvey * (6/0) | Tommy Hyslop (12/7) | Harry Johnston (29/1) | Andrew McCreadie (27/7) | Robert McNeill (22/0) | Peter Meechan (19/1) | Jimmy Millar (29/12) | John Scott (16/0) | Hughie Wilson (25/4).

    "Test matches"

    Before the automatic promotion and relegation rule between the first-class First Division and the second-rate Second Division, which first came into effect at the end of the 1898/99 season, potential promoters from the Second Division had to prove themselves in play-off- like “test games”. Participation in the game was also dependent on an election procedure of the league association, which had to decide whether a club might participate. Also in the 1894/95 season there were test matches between the last three first division clubs Stoke FC, Derby County and Liverpool FC as well as the best second division clubs Bury, Notts County and Newton Heath, from which Bury FC, Derby County and Stoke FC as the sporting winners emerged and then each secured the majority of the votes of the league association.

    date Result
    April 27, 1895 Derby County 2: 1 Notts County
    Liverpool FC 0: 1 Bury FC
    FC Stoke 3-0 Newton Heath

    Change of players during the season

    player from club Games to club Games
    Frank Becton Preston North End 22nd Liverpool FC 05
    Frank Forman Derby County 08th Nottingham Forest 04th
    Patrick Gordon Liverpool FC 05 Blackburn Rovers 12
    Davy Hannah Sunderland AFC 01 Liverpool FC 17th
    Jack Hillman Burnley FC 19th Everton FC 29
    Tommy Hyslop Sunderland FC 12 FC Stoke 06th
    Peter Turnbull Burnley FC 13 Bolton Wanderers 04th
    Albert Woolley Aston Villa 02 Derby County 06th

    literature

    References and footnotes

    1. ^ Cross table of the English Football League First Division 1894/1895 (Fussballdaten.de)