1893–94 Northwich Victoria F.C. season

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
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1894–95 →

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.

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; some limited exceptions apply. 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 England 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; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW Wales WAL Billy Meredith

Table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Liverpool (C, O, P) 28 22 6 0 77 18 4.278 50 Qualification for test matches
2 Small Heath (O, P) 28 21 0 7 103 44 2.341 42
3 Notts County 28 18 3 7 70 31 2.258 39
4 Newcastle United 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 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[a] 28 8 4 16 37 72 0.514 20 Dissolved
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 28 6 3 19 44 91 0.484 15
15 Northwich Victoria 28 3 3 22 30 98 0.306 9 Resigned from league
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ Middlesbrough Ironopolis was liquidated at the end of the season.

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.