The 1894–95 season was the 24th season of competitive
football in England.
League competitions
Football League
Following the collapse of
Middlesbrough Ironopolis
Middlesbrough Ironopolis Football Club was a football club based in Middlesbrough, England.
Although it was only in existence for five years, the club won three Northern League
titles, two cup competitions and once reached the FA Cup quarter-f ...
and the resignation of
Northwich Victoria
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, three new teams were admitted to the Second Division, bringing it to 16 teams. These new teams were
Bury,
Leicester Fosse and
Burton Wanderers
Burton Wanderers Football Club was a football club based in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England. The club were members of the Football League for three seasons in the mid 1890s. In 1901 they merged with Burton Swifts to form Burton Unite ...
.
Southern League
The
Southern League, a competition for both professional and amateur clubs, was founded in 1894 under the initiative of
Millwall Athletic (now simply Millwall), to cater for teams in southern England, who were unable to join
the Football League. The nine founder members were:
*
Chatham
*
Clapton
*
Ilford
*
Luton Town
*
Millwall Athletic
*
Reading
*
Royal Ordnance Factories
*
2nd Scots Guards (later withdrew and were replaced by
Southampton St Mary's)
*
Swindon Town
Events
* 1 September 1894 – On the opening day of the Football League season, an extraordinary game between
Sunderland
Sunderland () is a port city in Tyne and Wear, England. It is the City of Sunderland's administrative centre and in the Historic counties of England, historic county of County of Durham, Durham. The city is from Newcastle-upon-Tyne and is on t ...
and
Derby County was played
over three halves. The referee appointed for the match,
Tom Kirkham, was running late so John Conqueror took charge. When Kirkham arrived, Sunderland were 3–0 ahead after the first half but the decision was made to start the match again at 0–0, annulling what was played so far. The decision did not bother Sunderland in the end, as they officially ran out 8–0 winners.
* 13 October 1894 – The
Merseyside derby is contested for the first time. 44,000 watch
Everton beat
Liverpool 3–0 in a league clash at
Goodison Park.
Honours
Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition
League tables
First Division
Second Division
References
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