Final League Table -
Division One
Teams in a silver box denotes a player
representing England in 1894-95
Teams denoted with ▼ were relegated to the second division for the
following season after losing a test match |
|
Team |
P |
Home |
Away |
₧
|
|
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
|
Sunderland |
30 |
13 |
2 |
0 |
51 |
14 |
8 |
3 |
4 |
29 |
23 |
47 |
|
Everton |
30 |
12 |
2 |
1 |
47 |
18 |
6 |
4 |
5 |
35 |
32 |
42 |
|
Aston Villa |
30 |
12 |
2 |
1 |
51 |
12 |
5 |
3 |
7 |
31 |
31 |
39 |
|
Preston North End |
30 |
9 |
3 |
3 |
32 |
14 |
6 |
2 |
7 |
30 |
32 |
35 |
|
Blackburn Rovers |
30 |
9 |
5 |
1 |
40 |
15 |
2 |
5 |
8 |
19 |
34 |
32 |
|
Sheffield
United |
30 |
10 |
2 |
3 |
33 |
17 |
4 |
2 |
9 |
24 |
38 |
32 |
|
Nottingham Forest |
30 |
10 |
1 |
4 |
33 |
22 |
3 |
4 |
8 |
17 |
34 |
31 |
|
Wednesday |
30 |
10 |
2 |
3 |
36 |
19 |
2 |
2 |
11 |
14 |
36 |
28 |
|
Burnley |
30 |
8 |
2 |
5 |
28 |
24 |
3 |
2 |
10 |
16 |
32 |
26 |
|
Bolton Wanderers |
30 |
8 |
3 |
4 |
45 |
23 |
1 |
4 |
10 |
16 |
39 |
25 |
|
Wolverhampton Wanderers |
30 |
7 |
4 |
4 |
24 |
25 |
2 |
3 |
10 |
19 |
38 |
25 |
|
Small Heath |
30 |
6 |
6 |
3 |
35 |
28 |
3 |
1 |
11 |
15 |
46 |
25 |
|
West Bromwich Albion |
30 |
9 |
2 |
4 |
38 |
21 |
1 |
2 |
12 |
13 |
45 |
24 |
|
Stoke |
30 |
7 |
3 |
5 |
35 |
25 |
2 |
3 |
10 |
15 |
42 |
24 |
|
Derby
County |
30 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
23 |
23 |
3 |
4 |
8 |
22 |
45 |
23 |
|
Liverpool▼ |
30 |
6 |
4 |
5 |
38 |
28 |
1 |
4 |
10 |
13 |
42 |
22 |
|
Everton
won their first eight games:
Wednesday (h) 3-1, Small
Heath (h) 5-0,
Stoke (a) 3-1, Nottingham F. (h) 6-1 and then (a) 3-2, West Brom (h) 4-1,
Bolton (a) 3-1, Liverpool (h) 3-0, before losing
4-3 at Blackburn on 20 October 1894. Sunderland's biggest winning sequence
was of four matches, though they were unbeaten at home again and had lost
just one of their last 67 league games at Newcastle Road (3-2 to Blackburn in
December 1893). |
|
How The League Was Won 1894-95 Season |
|
Timeline |
22
consecutive Saturdays from 1 September 1894 to 26 January 1895
(ending a week later than the previous season), plus Boxing Day
(Wednesday, 26 December 1894), New Year's Day (Tuesday, 1 January
1895), Good Friday, 12 April 1895 and Easter Monday,
15 April 1895
Four additional
games were
played on the first Monday of the season (3 September),
plus one on a Thursday in September, six on Mondays in October,
November and December, one on a Thursday in October and one on a
Wednesday in December (in addition to Boxing Day). There were
three games played on Christmas Day, two on the day after Boxing Day and
one on the day after New Year's Day. All midweek days were utilised
in the new year, but mostly Mondays.
FA Cup replays were no longer played on Saturdays, so the
competition only took
precedence on five weekends from the first round on 2 February 1895 (a
week later than the previous season) to the final on 20 April 1895,
three weeks later than the previous season and five weeks after the
semi-finals
(it was held in April for the first time). The last league game was
played on Wednesday, 24 April 1895
(Aston Villa 2-2 Everton), with test matches to decide promotion and
relegation, three days later, on the following Saturday.
|
Saturday, 13 April 1895 |
Burnley 0 Sunderland
3
Turf Moor, Burnley
(8,000)
McCreadie, Gillespie (2) |
Everton's first home defeat of the season left them only
able to catch Sunderland on goal average with two games left,
with their next game, away at Sunderland, the last game of the
season for the league leaders. That would be their best chance
to bridge the goal-average gap, though, realistically, with
Everton's final game away at third-placed Aston Villa, it was
already all over. Everton's was 1.7, whilst Sunderland's was
2.1. Sunderland, of course, only needed to maintain their
unbeaten home record which stretched back 16 months. |
Everton 2
Derby County 3
Goodison
Park, Liverpool
(10,000)
Geary, Milward
~ J.Goodall, Bloomer (2) |
|
Saturday,
20 April 1895 |
Sunderland 2 Everton 1
Newcastle Road, Sunderland
(20,000)
McCreadie, Campbell
~ Chadwick |
With all eyes on the Crystal Palace where Aston Villa
were winning the FA Cup, Sunderland secured their third title in
four years, extending their lead at the top to an unassailable
six points. Everton reduced it to five in their last game. |
|
|
The Elite League 1894-95 Season
(games between the top four) |
Everton and Preston North End replaced Blackburn Rovers and Derby County from the previous season's top four,
having relinquished their top-four placings to the same two clubs in
the previous season
Games played between the top two:-
|
Saturday, 27 October 1894 |
Everton 2 Sunderland 2
Goodison Park, Liverpool
(30,000)
McInnes, Boyle
~ Millar (2) |
|
Saturday, 20 April 1895 |
Sunderland
2
Everton
1
Newcastle
Road, Sunderland
(20,000)
McCreadie, Campbell
~
Chadwick |
|
|
The Continuous League
1888-95
(first seven seasons) |
Everton reduced
Preston's lead to 13 points, but this was the
third
season
of thirty games each, following three of 22 and one of 26 games each, so comparisons with
other seasons have little
relevance. Sunderland still had the highest average points per game
from their five seasons.
Sunderland extended their lead to 15 points. |
|
Champions:
Sunderland |
|
Manager: Tom
Watson |
1894-95
Most Appearances
by England Players |
|
Name |
Played |
Goals |
|
No England internationals played for Sunderland in the
1894-95 season. |
|
1894-95
Most Goals
by England Players |
|
Name |
Played |
Goals |
|
No England players scored for Sunderland in the 1894-95 season. |
Scotsman,
John Campbell, was top scorer for the third
time, with 21 in thirty games.
Second on the list was Liverpool's
Harry Bradshaw, who scored 17, with Albert Carnelly of Nottingham Forest and Villa's Jack Devey
scoring 16.
|
|
England and the Football
League 1894-95 Season |
|
England's impact on the Football League |
Of the 33 playing positions used
during the active 1894-95 season, Football League players provided
twenty of them, and of the 13 goals scored, League players scored
ten of them (two were own goals).
Ten of the 16 first division clubs were
represented.
Three Football League games had a direct impact on
two of England's games, on 9 March and 6 April.
As a
result, on 9 March, England took Sheffield United's Rab Howell,
whilst another game was abandoned, thus negating the impact of other
players. On 6 April, Aston Villa were without Jack Reynolds and
Steve Smith, Burnley were without Jimmy Crabtree and England also
took Derby's Steve Bloomer and John Goodall. |
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