First Division 1893/94
Aston Villa won the 1893/94 First Division with 44 points, 6 points ahead of Sunderland. Darwen and Manchester United were relegated. The season's 240 matches produced 939 goals, 3.91 a game.
Aston Villa
Champions
939
Goals
3.91
Goals a game
63%
Home wins
Final table
| 1 |  Aston VillaAston Villa | 30 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 84 | 42 | +42 | 44 |
| 2 |  SunderlandSunderland | 30 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 72 | 44 | +28 | 38 |
| 3 |  Derby CountyDerby County | 30 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 73 | 62 | +11 | 36 |
| 4 |  Blackburn RoversBlackburn | 30 | 16 | 2 | 12 | 69 | 53 | +16 | 34 |
| 5 |  BurnleyBurnley | 30 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 61 | 51 | +10 | 34 |
| 6 |  EvertonEverton | 30 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 90 | 57 | +33 | 33 |
| 7 |  Nottingham ForestNott'm Forest | 30 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 57 | 48 | +9 | 32 |
| 8 |  West Bromwich AlbionWest Brom | 30 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 66 | 59 | +7 | 32 |
| 9 |  Wolverhampton WanderersWolves | 30 | 14 | 3 | 13 | 52 | 63 | -11 | 31 |
| 10 |  Sheffield UnitedSheffield Utd | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 47 | 61 | -14 | 31 |
| 11 |  Stoke CityStoke | 30 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 65 | 79 | -14 | 29 |
| 12 |  Sheffield WednesdaySheffield Wed | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 48 | 57 | -9 | 26 |
| 13 |  Bolton WanderersBolton | 30 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 38 | 52 | -14 | 24 |
| 14 |  Preston North EndPreston North End | 30 | 10 | 3 | 17 | 44 | 56 | -12 | 23 |
| 15 | DarwenDarwen | 30 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 37 | 83 | -46 | 19 |
| 16 |  Manchester UnitedMan United | 30 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 36 | 72 | -36 | 14 |
▌ Champions ▌ Relegated. Two points for a win, one for a draw; clubs level on points are split by goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded), as they were then. Sort and filter it on the all-time table →
The 1893/94 title race
The top four's points, match day by match day. Pick other clubs or measures on the race chart →
Points, Mon 23 Apr 1894
1
Aston Villa
44
2
Sunderland
38
3
Derby County
36
4
Blackburn
34
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1893/94 · Mon 23 Apr 1894
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The 1893/94 scoreline grid
Every result of the season, home goals along the bottom and away goals up the side. Each square counts the matches that finished that way; ringed squares are results the English top flight had never seen before this season. Select a square to see those matches.
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First-ever results
One result in 1893/94 had never happened in the English top flight before, counting home and away separately:
Biggest wins
Highest-scoring matches
Most common results
How 1893/94 compares
At 3.91 goals a game, 1893/94 was the 6th highest-scoring of the 93 old First Division seasons (the average is 3.07). Home sides won 63% of matches, against 52% across all seasons; 13% were draws and 24% away wins.