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1893 Events January * January 2 – Webb C. Ball introduces railroad chronometers, which become the general railroad timepiece standards in North America. * January 6 – The Washington National Cathedral is chartered by Congress; th ...
94 season was the sixth season of
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.


Final league tables

Beginning with the season 1894–95, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded). 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. Since the goal average was used for this purpose for such a long time, it is presented in the tables below even for the seasons prior to 1894–95. During the first five seasons of the league, the
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process concerned the clubs which finished in the bottom four of the league.Ian Laschke: ''Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79''. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980. Match results are drawn fro
The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
website and ''Rothmans'' for the First Division and ''Rothmans'' for the Second Division. The result of the match on 25 November 1893 between Wolves and Stoke is given in many newspapers as a win for Wolves by 4–2, which is the result included in these tables and the book published by the Football League in 1937–38. Most subsequent lists of scores depend on that publication. The Times on Monday, the 27th gives the score as 5–2 and local Midland newspapers also show 5–2, listing the five goal scorers. This curious discrepancy has never been explained. The Second Division was expanded from twelve to fifteen teams, with the election of
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, Middlesbrough Ironopolis,
Newcastle United Newcastle United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football league system, English football. Since th ...
, Rotherham Town and Woolwich Arsenal and the resignation of
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and
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. Woolwich Arsenal became the first team from the south of England to participate in the Football League.


First Division


Results


Maps


Second Division


Results


Maps


Test matches

The
Football League test matches Football League test matches were a series of post-season association football, football playoffs, play-off matches organised by the English Football League, Football League, to determine the membership of each division, between the worst finishers ...
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 at the expense of a losing First Division team. Losing Second Division teams would stay in the Second Division.


Consequences

Of the winners,
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and
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(later known as
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) were elected into the First Division, while
Preston North End Preston North End Football Club, commonly referred to as Preston, North End or PNE, is a professional association football club in Preston, Lancashire, England. They currently play in the EFL Championship, the second level of the English footbal ...
remained there. Of the losers
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and
Newton Heath Newton Heath is an area of Manchester, England, north-east of Manchester city centre and with a population of 9,883. Historically part of Lancashire, Newton was formerly a farming area, but adopted the factory system following the Industrial ...
(later known as
Manchester United F.C. Manchester United Football Club, commonly referred to as Man United (often stylised as Man Utd) or simply United, is a professional football club based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. They compete in the Premier League, t ...
) continued in the Second Division, while
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remained there.


See also

* 1893–94 in English football * 1893 in association football * 1894 in association football


References


External links

* *Ian Laschke: ''Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79''. Macdonald and Jane's, London & Sydney, 1980. {{DEFAULTSORT:Football League 1893-94 1893-94 1