1893-94 in English football

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The 1893-94 season was the 23rd season of competitive football in England.

Contents 1 Overview 2 Events 3 Honours 4 League table 4.1 First Division 4.2 Second Division 5 References

[edit] Overview

[edit] Events

The 1893-94 season saw three of the most famous teams in English Footballing history join the Second Division: Liverpool, Newcastle United and Woolwich Arsenal (later Arsenal). Other teams to join the expanded Second Division of 15 teams were Middlesbrough Ironopolis and Rotherham Town. Middlesborough Ironopolis disbanded at the end of the season, having only completed one season in the Football League.

[edit] Honours

Competition	Winner
First Division	Aston Villa
Second Division	Liverpool
FA Cup	Notts County

[edit] League table

[edit] First Division

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Aston Villa	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	Sheffield 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	30	10	3	17	44	56	0.786	23
15	Darwen[1]	30	7	5	18	37	83	0.446	19
16	Newton Heath[1]	30	6	2	22	36	72	0.500	14

[edit] Second Division

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Liverpool[2]	28	22	6	0	77	18	4.278	50
2	Birmingham City[2]	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	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	28	10	3	15	51	61	0.836	23
11	Middlesbrough Ironopolis[3]	28	8	4	16	37	72	0.514	20
12	Crewe Alexandra	28	6	7	15	42	73	0.575	19
13	Manchester City	28	8	2	18	47	71	0.662	18
14	Rotherham Town	28	6	3	19	44	91	0.484	15
15	Northwich Victoria[4]	28	3	3	22	30	98	0.306	9

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; Pts = Points

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b} Not re-elected after losing 'Test Match.' Invited to join Second Division
2. ^ ^{a b} Elected to First Division after winning 'Test Match.'
3. ^ Folded at the end of the season for financial reasons
4. ^ Resigned from the Football League to play regional football

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