# 1894–95 Football League

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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Relegation |
| 1 | Sunderland (C) | 30 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 80 | 37 | 2.162 | 47 | |
| 2 | Everton | 30 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 82 | 50 | 1.640 | 42 | |
| 3 | Aston Villa | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 82 | 43 | 1.907 | 39 | |
| 4 | Preston North End | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 62 | 46 | 1.348 | 35 | |
| 5 | Blackburn Rovers | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 59 | 49 | 1.204 | 32 | |
| 6 | Sheffield United | 30 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 57 | 55 | 1.036 | 32 | |
| 7 | Nottingham Forest | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 50 | 56 | 0.893 | 31 | |
| 8 | The Wednesday | 30 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 50 | 55 | 0.909 | 28 | |
| 9 | Burnley | 30 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 44 | 56 | 0.786 | 26 | |
| 10 | Bolton Wanderers | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 61 | 62 | 0.984 | 25 | |
| 11 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 43 | 63 | 0.683 | 25 | |
| 12 | Small Heath | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 50 | 74 | 0.676 | 25 | |
| 13 | West Bromwich Albion | 30 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 51 | 66 | 0.773 | 24 | |
| 14 | Stoke (O) | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 50 | 67 | 0.746 | 24 | Qualification for test matches |
| 15 | Derby County (O) | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 45 | 68 | 0.662 | 23 | Qualification for test matches |
| 16 | Liverpool (R) | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 51 | 70 | 0.729 | 22 | Qualification for test matches |

### Results

| Home \ Away | AST | BLB | BOL | BUR | DER | EVE | LIV | NOT | PNE | SHU | SMH | STK | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 |
| 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 | 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 | |

### Maps
## Second Division

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Bury (C, O, P) | 30 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 78 | 33 | 2.364 | 48 | Qualification for test matches |
| 2 | Notts County | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 75 | 45 | 1.667 | 39 | Qualification for test matches |
| 3 | Newton Heath | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 78 | 44 | 1.773 | 38 | Qualification for test matches |
| 4 | Leicester Fosse | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 72 | 53 | 1.358 | 38 | |
| 5 | Grimsby Town | 30 | 18 | 1 | 11 | 79 | 52 | 1.519 | 37 | |
| 6 | Darwen | 30 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 74 | 43 | 1.721 | 36 | |
| 7 | Burton Wanderers | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 67 | 39 | 1.718 | 35 | |
| 8 | Woolwich Arsenal | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 75 | 58 | 1.293 | 34 | |
| 9 | Manchester City | 30 | 14 | 3 | 13 | 82 | 72 | 1.139 | 31 | |
| 10 | Newcastle United | 30 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 72 | 84 | 0.857 | 27 | |
| 11 | Burton Swifts | 30 | 11 | 3 | 16 | 52 | 74 | 0.703 | 25 | |
| 12 | Rotherham Town | 30 | 11 | 2 | 17 | 55 | 62 | 0.887 | 24 | |
| 13 | Lincoln City | 30 | 10 | 0 | 20 | 52 | 92 | 0.565 | 20 | Re-elected |
| 14 | Walsall Town Swifts | 30 | 10 | 0 | 20 | 47 | 92 | 0.511 | 20 | Resigned from league |
| 15 | Burslem Port Vale | 30 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 39 | 77 | 0.506 | 18 | Re-elected |
| 16 | Crewe Alexandra | 30 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 26 | 103 | 0.252 | 10 | Re-elected |

### Results

| Home \ Away | BPV | BRS | BRW | BRY | CRE | DRW | GRI | LEI | LIN | MCI | NEW | NWH | NTC | ROT | WAL | WOO |
| 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 | 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 |
| 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 | 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 | |

### Maps
## 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.