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 Victoria

1893–94 season
Division Two	15th
FA Cup	Second Qualifying Round
Cheshire Senior Cup	Semi Final
Home colours

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 F.C. 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

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Liverpool	28	22	6	0	77	18	4.278	50
2	Small Heath	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	28	8	4	16	37	72	0.514	20
12	Crewe Alexandra	28	6	7	15	42	73	0.575	19
13	Manchester City	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

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; Pts = Points

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.

• "Northwich Victoria - Historical Football Kits". historicalkits.co.uk. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
• "Football League 1893-1894". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 15 October 2010.