Football League Second Division 1894/95

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Football League Second Division 1894/95
Football League logo until 1988
master Bury FC
Climbers Bury FC
Relegation ↑ Bury FC, Notts County , Newton Heath
Relegated Walsall Town Swifts
Teams 16
Games 240
Gates 1,023  (ø 4.26 per game)
Top scorer David Skea ( Leicester Fosse )
← Football League Second Division 1893/94
^ Football League First Division 1894/95

The Football League Second Division 1894/95 was the third season of the Football League Second Division as the second highest English football league . The first game day took place on September 1, 1894 and the last "test games", which were decisive for promotion and relegation, on April 27, 1895.

Second division champions were Bury FC , who won all home games throughout the season. In addition to Bury, the second and third placed Notts County and Newton Heath also qualified for the "test matches" against the three first division clubs Stoke , Derby County and Liverpool FC , which are listed in the table below . While Notts County and Newton Heath failed there at Derby County and FC Stoke, FC Bury secured participation in the elite league in the following season 1895/96.

The Walsall Town Swifts then no longer took part in the Second Division. In addition, Lincoln City , Burslem Port Vale and Crewe Alexandra had to worry about staying in the class, but then all received enough votes in the re-election process of the League Association to be allowed to participate again in the Second Division in the following season 1895/96. Instead of FC Bury and Walsall Town Swifts, relegated Liverpool FC and Loughborough FC as a newcomer took the vacancies in the Second Division.

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Quota Points
 1. Bury FC (N)  30th  23  2  5 078:330 2.36 48:12
 2. Notts County (P)  30th  17th  5  8th 075:450 1.67 39:21
 3. Newton Heath (A)  30th  15th  8th  7th 078:440 1.77 38:22
 4th Leicester Fosse (N)  30th  15th  8th  7th 072:530 1.36 38:22
 5. Grimsby Town  30th  18th  1  11 079:520 1.52 37:23
 6th FC Darwen (A)  30th  16  4th  10 074:430 1.72 36:24
 7th Burton Wanderers (N)  30th  14th  7th  9 067:390 1.72 35:25
 8th. Woolwich Arsenal  30th  14th  6th  10 075:580 1.29 34:26
 9. Manchester City  30th  14th  3  13 082:720 1.14 31:29
10. Newcastle United  30th  12  3  15th 072:840 0.86 27:33
11. Burton Swifts  30th  11  3  16 052:740 0.70 25:35
12. Rotherham Town  30th  11  2  17th 055:620 0.89 24:36
13. Lincoln City  30th  10  0  20th 052:920 0.57 20:40
14th Walsall Town Swifts  30th  10  0  20th 047:920 0.51 20:40
15th Burslem Port Vale  30th  7th  4th  19th 039:770 0.51 18:42
16. Crewe Alexandra  30th  3  4th  23 026: 103 0.25 10:50
  • Second division champion, participant in the test matches and promoted to the Football League First Division 1895/96
  • inferior participants of the test matches
  • Relegation from the Football League Second Division 1894/95
    • (A) Relegated from the Football League First Division 1893/94
    (P) reigning FA Cup winner
    (N) Newcomer 1893/94

    Results table

    The home teams are listed in the left column.

    1984/95 BPV BUS BUW BUY CRE DAR GRI LEI LIN MNC NEW NHE NOC RED WTS WOA
    Burslem Port Vale 2-0 1-0 1: 2 4-0 0: 3 5-0 1: 1 7: 1 1: 2 4: 4 2: 5 0: 3 1: 1 1-0 0: 1
    Burton Swifts 1-0 2: 2 0: 1 4-0 3-0 2: 1 0: 5 6: 1 2: 1 5: 3 1: 2 2: 2 2-0 1: 2 3-0
    Burton Wanderers 4-0 1: 2 1: 2 4-0 2: 2 0-0 1: 1 4: 1 8-0 9-0 1-0 1-0 4-0 7-0 2: 1
    Bury FC 4-0 2-0 4-0 4: 1 1-0 5: 1 4: 1 4: 1 4: 2 4: 1 2: 1 2: 1 2: 1 4: 1 2-0
    Crewe Alexandra 2: 2 1: 3 1: 2 1: 5 2: 2 2: 1 2: 2 1: 4 2: 3 2: 1 0: 2 0: 3 2: 1 2: 3 0-0
    FC Darwen 2-0 5-0 2-0 0: 1 5-0 4: 1 8: 2 6-0 4-0 5-0 1: 1 2: 1 4: 3 2-0 3: 1
    Grimsby Town 4: 1 7: 1 7: 2 3: 2 5-0 2: 1 4: 3 3-0 2: 1 3-0 2: 1 0: 1 4: 1 1-0 4: 2
    Leicester Fosse 2: 1 2: 2 1: 2 1-0 4-0 2: 1 1-0 2: 1 3: 1 4: 4 2: 3 5: 1 4: 2 9: 1 3: 1
    Lincoln City 6: 1 3: 2 0: 2 1: 3 5: 2 0: 2 1: 5 1: 2 0: 2 3: 1 3-0 1: 3 2-0 1-0 5: 2
    Manchester City 4: 1 4: 1 1: 1 3: 3 4: 1 2: 4 2: 5 1: 1 11: 3 4-0 2: 5 7: 1 1-0 6: 1 4: 1
    Newcastle United 1: 2 6: 3 3: 1 1-0 6-0 3: 2 1: 4 2-0 4: 2 5: 4 3-0 2: 2 5: 2 7: 2 2: 4
    Newton Heath 3-0 5: 1 1: 1 2: 2 6: 1 1: 1 2-0 2: 2 3-0 4: 1 5: 1 3: 3 3: 2 9-0 3: 3
    Notts County 10-0 5: 1 2-0 2: 1 5: 1 2: 1 3: 2 3-0 3-0 1: 3 2: 1 1: 1 4: 2 5-0 2: 2
    Rotherham Town 2: 1 4: 1 1: 3 2: 3 2-0 4: 1 3: 2 0: 1 5: 2 3: 2 1-0 2: 1 1: 2 6: 1 1: 2
    Walsall Town Swifts 2-0 4: 1 3: 1 0: 3 4-0 5: 1 4: 3 1: 3 1: 2 1: 2 2: 3 1: 2 2: 1 1: 2 4: 1
    Woolwich Arsenal 7-0 3-0 1: 1 4: 2 7-0 4-0 1: 3 3: 3 5: 2 4: 2 3: 2 3: 2 2: 1 1: 1 6: 1

    List of goalscorers

    player society Gates
    1 ScotlandScotland David Skea Leicester Fosse 22nd

    "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

    literature

    • Michael Joyce: Football League Players' Records, 1888 to 1939. SoccerData, Beeston 2002, ISBN 1-899468-63-3 .

    Web links

    References and footnotes

    1. ↑ English League Leading Goalscorers (RSSSF)
    2. ↑ Season 1894/95. In: wildstat.com. Retrieved March 30, 2018 .