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| Season | 1894–95 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Sunderland |
| Relegated | Walsall Town Swifts |
| New clubs in League | Bury, Burton Wanderers, Leicester Fosse |
← 1893–94 1895–96 → | |
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
| Season | 1894–95 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Sunderland 3rd title |
| Relegated | Liverpool |
| Matches played | 240 |
| Goals scored | 917 (3.82 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | John Campbell (22 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Sunderland 8–0 Derby County (1 September 1894) Blackburn Rovers 9–1 Small Heath (5 January 1895) |
| Biggest away win | Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–4 Aston Villa (22 December 1894) |
| Highest scoring | Blackburn Rovers 9–1 Small Heath (5 January 1895) |
| Longest winning run | 8 matches Everton |
| Longest unbeaten run | 10 matches Sunderland |
| Longest losing run | 7 matches Burnley |
| Highest attendance | 35,000 Everton 2–2 Sunderland (27 October 1894) |
| Lowest attendance | 1,000 Small Heath 4–4 Preston North End (29 September 1894) Stoke 2–2 Small Heath (27 October 1894) Blackburn Rovers 3–0 West Bromwich Albion (22 December 1894) Derby County 1–1 Stoke (19 January 1895) Stoke 2–5 Sunderland (26 January 1895) |
| Average attendance | 7,431 |
← 1893–94 1895–96 → | |
| 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 | |
| 16 | Liverpool (R) | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 51 | 70 | 0.729 | 22 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated