1893–94 Northwich Victoria F.C. season

The 1893–94 season was Northwich Victoria's second, and final season in the Football League. They competed in the 15 team Football League Second Division, which they had been a founding member of the previous season. The league was then the second tier of English football, where they finished 15th. Northwich were eliminated from the 1893–94 FA Cup in the fourth qualifying round, after being beaten 1–0 at home by Crewe Alexandra.

Northwich Victoria
1893–94 season
Division Two15th
FA CupSecond qualifying round
Cheshire Senior CupSemi-final
Biggest win5–3 vs Newcastle United,
Second Division
Biggest defeat0–8 vs Small Heath,
Second Division

Season synopsis

The season began for Northwich on 2 September 1893, away to Grimsby Town, where they were convincingly defeated 7–0.

On 3 February 1894, Northwich met Liverpool for the first time since beating them in the FA Cup the previous season, meeting this time in the League. Liverpool won the game convincingly 4-0 in front of 3,000 spectators at Anfield, with goals from Thomas Bradshaw, Duncan McClean and two goals from James Stott.[1]

Northwich's return fixture against Liverpool was played on 28 March at the Drill Field, again in front of around 3,000 spectators. Failing to make amends for the earlier season defeat, Northwich were beaten 3-2.[2]

First-team squad

This is the squad who faced Liverpool F.C. on 3 February 1894.[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK   Hornby
— DF   Postles
— DF   Scanlon
— DF   Clarke
— DF   Guest
— DF   Barlow
— FW   Drinkwater
— FW  ENG Pat Finnerhan
— FW   Eyres
— FW   Gallimore
— FW   Hatton

Below are other players who played for Northwich during this season.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW  WAL Billy Meredith

Table
Football League
First Division
Season1893–94
ChampionsAston Villa
(1st English title)
RelegatedDarwen
Newton Heath
FA Cup winnersNotts County (2nd Div.) (1st and as of 2020 last FA Cup title)
Matches played240
Goals scored939 (3.91 per match)
Top goalscorerJack Southworth (Everton), 27
Biggest home winAston Villa – Darwen 9–0 (26 Dec 1893)
Biggest away winWolverhampton Wanderers – West Bromwich Albion 0–8 (27 Dec 1893)
Highest scoringAston Villa – Darwen 9–0 (26 Dec 1893)
Everton – Darwen 8–1 (21 Oct 1893)
Everton – The Wednesday 8–1 (23 Dec 1893)
Burnley – Aston Villa 3–6 (7 Apr 1894)
West Bromwich Albion – Aston Villa 3–6 (21 Oct 1893)
Longest winning run6 matches
Aston Villa (11 Nov 1893 - 23 Dec 1893)
Sheffield United (9 Sep 1893 - 16 Oct 1893)
Sunderland (13 Jan 1894 - 24 Mar 1894)
Longest unbeaten run7 matches
Nottingham Forest (18 Nov 1893 - 13 Jan 1894)
Sheffield United (9 Sep 1893 - 28 Oct 1893)
Wolverhampton Wanderers (25 Nov 1893 - 27 Dec 1894)
Longest losing run11 matches
Newton Heath (25 Nov 1893 - 12 Mar 1894)
Highest attendance27,500
Everton - Sunderland (30 Sep 1893)
Lowest attendance400
Derby County - Darwen (18 Nov 1893)
Average attendance7,012
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts Qualification
1 Liverpool[lower-alpha 1] 28 22 6 0 77 18 4.278 50[lower-alpha 2] Division Champions, into a test match
2 Small Heath 28 21 0 7 103 44 2.341 42[lower-alpha 2] Into a test match
3 Notts County 28 18 3 7 70 31 2.258 39[lower-alpha 3]
4 Newcastle United[lower-alpha 1] 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 Burslem 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[lower-alpha 1] 28 12 4 12 52 55 0.945 28
10 Walsall Town Swifts 28 10 3 15 51 61 0.836 23
11 Middlesbrough Ironopolis[lower-alpha 1] 28 8 4 16 37 72 0.514 20 Folded[lower-alpha 4]
12 Crewe Alexandra 28 6 7 15 42 73 0.575 19 Re-elected
13 Ardwick 28 8 2 18 47 71 0.662 18
14 Rotherham Town[lower-alpha 1] 28 6 3 19 44 91 0.484 15
15 Northwich Victoria 28 3 3 22 30 98 0.306 9 Resigned[lower-alpha 5]
Source:
Notes:
  1. New club in the league
  2. Elected to First Division after winning test match.
  3. FA Cup Winners
  4. Middlesbrough Ironopolis folded at the end of the season for financial reasons.
  5. Northwich Victoria resigned from the Football League to play regional football.
Football League
Second Division
Season1893–94
ChampionsLiverpool (1st title)
PromotedLiverpool
Small Heath
ResignedMiddlesbrough Ironopolis
Northwich Victoria
Matches played210
Goals scored861 (4.1 per match)
Top goalscorerFrank Mobley (Small Heath), 23 [4]
Biggest home winSmall Heath – Ardwick 10–2 (17 Mar 1894)
Notts County – Crewe Alexandra 9–1 (17 Feb 1894)
Biggest away winNorthwich Victoria – Small Heath 0–7 (6 Jan 1894)
Highest scoringBurton Swifts – Walsall Town Swifts 8–5 (24 Feb 1894)
Longest winning run9 matches
Liverpool (2 Dec 1893 - 17 Mar 1894)
Longest unbeaten run28 matches
Liverpool, i.e. the entire season
Longest losing run10 matches
Northwich Victoria F.C. (23 Dec 1893 - 10 Mar 1894)

References
  1. "Season Archive- Liverpool 4 - 0 Northwich Victoria". LFChistory.net. Retrieved 18 October 2010.
  2. "Season Archive- Northwich Victoria 2 - 3 Liverpool". LFChistory.net. Retrieved 18 October 2010.
  3. "Liverpool 4 -0 Northwich - Liverpool Echo". LFChistory.net. Retrieved 18 October 2010.
  4. "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 22 September 2010.
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