1893–94 Liverpool F.C. season

Liverpool
1893–94 season
Manager	William Barclay & John McKenna
Second Division	1st (promoted)
FA Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	James Stott (14)
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	← 1892–93 1894–95 →

The 1893–94 season was the second season in Liverpool F.C.'s existence, and was their first year in The Football League, in which they competed in the Second Division. The season covers the period from 1 July 1893 to 30 June 1894. The club's first match in the Football League was against Middlesbrough Ironopolis on 2 September 1893. Liverpool won 2–0, Malcolm McVean scoring their first goal in league football.^[1] Their first season in the Football League was a success. Liverpool finished the season unbeaten in 28 matches, 22 of which they won. Their success meant they finished top of the Second Division, but as there was no automatic promotion to the First Division, they were entered into the 'Test Match system'. Victory over Newton Heath in the test match secured promotion to the First Division.

Squad statistics

One of the players, James Henderson from Scotland, was born in 1870 and played one match as a striker for Liverpool, after he was signed from a Scottish club named Annbank.^[2]

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Division 2		FA Cup		Test Match
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	MF	England ENG	Harry Bradshaw	18	11	14	8	3	2	1	1
	FW	England ENG	Gerard Dewhurst	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	Scotland SCO	Douglas Dick	11	2	11	2	0	0	0	0
	FW	Scotland SCO	John Givens	5	3	5	3	0	0	0	0
	MF	Scotland SCO	Patrick Gordon	25	7	21	6	3	0	1	1
	DF	Scotland SCO	Andrew Hannah	28	1	24	1	3	0	1	0
	FW	Scotland SCO	Davy Henderson	23	12	20	10	2	2	1	0
	MF	Scotland SCO	James Henderson	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	Wales WAL	Abel Hughes	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	Scotland SCO	Jim McBride	28	3	25	3	2	0	1	0
	MF	Scotland SCO	John McCartney	18	1	16	1	1	0	1	0
	DF	Scotland SCO	Duncan McLean	32	5	28	5	3	0	1	0
	GK	England ENG	Billy McOwen	26	0	23	0	3	0	0	0
	DF	Scotland SCO	Joe McQue	30	3	26	2	3	1	1	0
	FW	Scotland SCO	Hugh McQueen	30	10	27	10	2	0	1	0
	GK	Scotland SCO	Matt McQueen	26	1	22	1	3	0	1	0
	MF	Scotland SCO	Malcolm McVean	26	10	22	9	3	1	1	0
	MF	England ENG	Jimmy Stott	17	14	15	14	2	0	0	0
	FW	England ENG	Albert Worgan	1	2	1	2	0	0	0	0

Competitions

League Division Two

League Table

Pos	Team v t e	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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Matches

Win Draw Loss

2 September 1893 (1893 -09-02) 1	Middlesbrough Ironopolis	0–2	Liverpool	Middlesbrough
		Report	McQue File:Soccerball shade.svg McVean File:Soccerball shade.svg	Stadium: Paradise Ground Attendance: 1,500

9 September 1893 (1893 -09-09) 2	Liverpool	4–0	Lincoln City	Liverpool
	McBride File:Soccerball shade.svg 16', 18' Gordon File:Soccerball shade.svg 44' McVean File:Soccerball shade.svg 80'	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 5,000

16 September 1893 (1893 -09-16) 3	Ardwick	0–1	Liverpool	Manchester
		Report	Stott File:Soccerball shade.svg 80 '	Stadium: Hyde Road Attendance: 4,000

23 September 1893 (1893 -09-23) 4	Liverpool	3–1	Small Heath	Liverpool
	Henderson File:Soccerball shade.svg 41 ' Stott File:Soccerball shade.svgFile:Soccerball shade.svg	Report	Jenkyns File:Soccerball shade.svg	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 8,000

30 September 1893 (1893 -09-30) 5	Notts County	1–1	Liverpool	Nottingham
	Watson File:Soccerball shade.svg	Report	McQueen File:Soccerball shade.svg 70 '	Stadium: Trent Bridge Attendance: 4,000

7 October 1893 (1893 -10-07) 6	Liverpool	6–0	Middlesbrough Ironopolis	Liverpool
	McLean File:Soccerball shade.svg 5 ' Stott File:Soccerball shade.svg 10', 15', 70 ' Henderson File:Soccerball shade.svg 40 ' McQueen File:Soccerball shade.svg 85 '	Report		Stadium: Anfield

14 October 1893 (1893 -10-14) 7	Small Heath	3–4	Liverpool	Birmingham
	Jenkyns File:Soccerball shade.svg Red card 55' Hands File:Soccerball shade.svg Wheldon File:Soccerball shade.svg	Report	Gordon File:Soccerball shade.svg 1 ' Stott File:Soccerball shade.svg 2 ' Henderson File:Soccerball shade.svg 35 ' McQueen File:Soccerball shade.svg 88 '	Stadium: Muntz Street Attendance: 5,000

21 October 1893 (1893 -10-21) 8	Burton Swifts	1–1	Liverpool	Burton upon Trent
	Munro File:Soccerball shade.svg	Report	McVean File:Soccerball shade.svg 44 '	Stadium: Peel Croft Attendance: 3,000

28 October 1893 (1893 -10-28) 9	Woolwich Arsenal	0–5	Liverpool	London
		Report	McQueen File:Soccerball shade.svg Stott File:Soccerball shade.svg McCartney File:Soccerball shade.svg Bradshaw File:Soccerball shade.svg McLean File:Soccerball shade.svg	Stadium: Manor Ground Attendance: 10,000

4 November 1893 (1893 -11-04) 10	Liverpool	5–1	Newcastle United	Liverpool
	Stott File:Soccerball shade.svg 9 ' Dick File:Soccerball shade.svg Bradshaw File:Soccerball shade.svg Gordon File:Soccerball shade.svgFile:Soccerball shade.svg	Report	Thompson File:Soccerball shade.svg	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 5,000

11 November 1893 (1893 -11-11) 11	Walsall Town Swifts	1–1	Liverpool	Walsall
	S. Cox File:Soccerball shade.svg	Report	Bradshaw File:Soccerball shade.svg 30 '	Stadium: West Bromwich Road Attendance: 5,000

18 November 1893 (1893 -11-18) 12	Liverpool	2–1	Notts County	Liverpool
	Gordon File:Soccerball shade.svg 3 ' Henderson File:Soccerball shade.svg 38 '	Report	Bruce File:Soccerball shade.svg 30 '	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 6,000

25 November 1893 (1893 -11-25) 13	Newcastle United	0–0	Liverpool	Newcastle upon Tyne
		Report		Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 3,000

2 December 1893 (1893 -12-02) 14	Liverpool	3–0	Ardwick	Liverpool
	Stott File:Soccerball shade.svg 35 ' McQueen File:Soccerball shade.svg 75 ' Henderson File:Soccerball shade.svg 85 '	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 4,000

9 December 1893 (1893 -12-09) 15	Liverpool	3–0	Walsall Town Swifts	Liverpool
	McVean File:Soccerball shade.svg 1', 7', 80 '	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 5,000

28 December 1893 (1893 -12-28) 16	Crewe Alexandra	0–5	Liverpool	Crewe
		Report	Gordon File:Soccerball shade.svg McVean File:Soccerball shade.svg McQueen File:Soccerball shade.svg Henderson File:Soccerball shade.svg Bradshaw File:Soccerball shade.svg	Stadium: Alexandra Recreation Ground Attendance: 4,000

30 December 1893 (1893 -12-30) 17	Liverpool	2–0	Grimsby Town	Liverpool
	Bradshaw File:Soccerball shade.svg 5 ' Henderson File:Soccerball shade.svg 10 '	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 3,000

1 January 1894 (1894 -01-01) 18	Liverpool	2–0	Woolwich Arsenal	Liverpool
	McBride File:Soccerball shade.svg McVean File:Soccerball shade.svg	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 5,000 Referee: A. Scragg

6 January 1894 (1894 -01-06) 19	Rotherham Town	1–4	Liverpool	Rotherham
	Fred Turner File:Soccerball shade.svg	Report	Henderson File:Soccerball shade.svg McQueen File:Soccerball shade.svg Stott File:Soccerball shade.svgFile:Soccerball shade.svg	Stadium: Clifton Grove Attendance: 500 Referee: C. Gilbert

13 January 1894 (1894 -01-13) 20	Liverpool	5–1	Rotherham Town	Liverpool
	Henderson File:Soccerball shade.svg 5', 51 ' Bradshaw File:Soccerball shade.svg 35', 85' McQueen File:Soccerball shade.svg 50 '	Report	Fred Turner File:Soccerball shade.svg	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 4,000 Referee: T. Helme

3 February 1894 (1894 -02-03) 21	Liverpool	4–0	Northwich Victoria	Liverpool
	McLean File:Soccerball shade.svg (pen.) Stott File:Soccerball shade.svgFile:Soccerball shade.svg Bradshaw File:Soccerball shade.svg	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 4,000

3 March 1894 (1894 -03-03) 22	Liverpool	3–1	Burton Swifts	Liverpool
	McLean File:Soccerball shade.svg 50' (pen.) Worgan File:Soccerball shade.svg 65', 70'	Report	Ekins File:Soccerball shade.svg	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 8,000

17 March 1894 (1894 -03-17) 23	Lincoln City	1–1	Liverpool	Lincoln
	Flewitt File:Soccerball shade.svg 34 '	Report	Givens File:Soccerball shade.svg 70 '	Stadium: John O'Gaunts Attendance: 4,000

24 March 1894 (1894 -03-24) 24	Liverpool	2–0	Crewe Alexandra	Liverpool
	McQueen File:Soccerball shade.svg Dick File:Soccerball shade.svg	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 3,000

28 March 1894 (1894 -03-28) 25	Northwich Victoria	2–3	Liverpool	Northwich
	Drinkwater File:Soccerball shade.svg Finnerhan File:Soccerball shade.svg	Report	McLean File:Soccerball shade.svg 70 ' McQueen File:Soccerball shade.svg Givens File:Soccerball shade.svg	Stadium: Drill Field Attendance: 3,000

31 March 1894 (1894 -03-31) 26	Grimsby Town	0–1	Liverpool	Cleethorpes
		Report	Givens File:Soccerball shade.svg 85 '	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 5,000

7 April 1894 (1894 -04-07) 27	Burslem Port Vale	2–2	Liverpool	Stoke-on-Trent
	Dean File:Soccerball shade.svg Wood File:Soccerball shade.svg	Report	McVean File:Soccerball shade.svg 75 ' McQueen File:Soccerball shade.svg 88 '	Stadium: Athletic Ground Attendance: 5,000

14 April 1894 (1894 -04-14) 28	Liverpool	2–1	Burslem Port Vale	Liverpool
	Hannah File:Soccerball shade.svg McQue File:Soccerball shade.svg	Report	Edwards File:Soccerball shade.svg	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 5,000

28 April 1894 (1894 -04-28) Test Match	Liverpool	2–0	Newton Heath	Blackburn
	Gordon File:Soccerball shade.svg 20' Bradshaw File:Soccerball shade.svg 30'	Report		Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 5,000

F.A. Cup

27 January 1894 (1894 -01-27) 1	Liverpool	3–0	Grimsby Town	Liverpool
	Bradshaw File:Soccerball shade.svg 35', 80' McQue File:Soccerball shade.svg 40'	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 8,000 Referee: S.W. Widdowson

10 February 1894 (1894 -02-10) 2	Liverpool	3–2	Preston North End	Liverpool
	Henderson File:Soccerball shade.svg 4', 80' McVean File:Soccerball shade.svg 40'	Report	Becton File:Soccerball shade.svg 42', 70'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 18,000

24 February 1894 (1894 -02-24) 3	Bolton Wanderers	3–0	Liverpool	Bolton
	Dickenson File:Soccerball shade.svg 6', 31' Cassidy File:Soccerball shade.svg 70'	Report		Stadium: Pike's Lane Attendance: 20,000

Other Matches

Lancashire Senior Cup

20 January 1894 (1894 -01-20) 1	Blackburn Rovers	4–3	Liverpool	Blackburn
	File:Soccerball shade.svg File:Soccerball shade.svg File:Soccerball shade.svg File:Soccerball shade.svg	Report	Henderson File:Soccerball shade.svg McQueen File:Soccerball shade.svg Bradshaw File:Soccerball shade.svg	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 8,000

Liverpool Senior Cup

20 March 1894 (1894 -03-20) QF	Liverpool	4–1	Bootle Athletic	Liverpool
	Bradshaw File:Soccerball shade.svg Henderson File:Soccerball shade.svg Dick File:Soccerball shade.svg McVean File:Soccerball shade.svg	Report	File:Soccerball shade.svg	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 500

() SF	Liverpool	?–?	White Star Wanderers
		Report

30 April 1894 (1894 -04-30) F	Liverpool	0–3	Everton
		Report	File:Soccerball shade.svg File:Soccerball shade.svg File:Soccerball shade.svg

Palatine League

10 March 1894 (1894 -03-10)	Liverpool	2–0	Preston North End	Liverpool
	Givens File:Soccerball shade.svg McVean File:Soccerball shade.svg	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 14,000

12 March 1894 (1894 -03-12)	Burnley	4–2	Liverpool	Burnley
	File:Soccerball shade.svg File:Soccerball shade.svg File:Soccerball shade.svg File:Soccerball shade.svg	Report	Bradshaw File:Soccerball shade.svg McQueen File:Soccerball shade.svg	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 2,000

23 March 1894 (1894 -03-23)	Liverpool	1–1	Darwen	Liverpool
	McQueen File:Soccerball shade.svg	Report	File:Soccerball shade.svg	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 10,000
Note: Unknown if the Liverpool scorer was Hugh McQueen or Matt McQueen.

11 April 1894 (1894 -04-11)	Liverpool	0–2	Burnley	Liverpool
		Report	File:Soccerball shade.svg File:Soccerball shade.svg	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: Unknown

12 April 1894 (1894 -04-12)	Blackburn Rovers	5–0	Liverpool	Blackburn
	Haydock File:Soccerball shade.svgFile:Soccerball shade.svgFile:Soccerball shade.svgFile:Soccerball shade.svg File:Soccerball shade.svg	Report		Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 10,000

16 April 1894 (1894 -04-16)	Preston North End	3–0	Liverpool	Preston
	File:Soccerball shade.svg File:Soccerball shade.svg File:Soccerball shade.svg	Report		Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 2,000

21 April 1894 (1894 -04-21)	Darwen	8–1	Liverpool	Darwen
	File:Soccerball shade.svg File:Soccerball shade.svg File:Soccerball shade.svg File:Soccerball shade.svg File:Soccerball shade.svg File:Soccerball shade.svg File:Soccerball shade.svg File:Soccerball shade.svg	Report	Worgan File:Soccerball shade.svg	Stadium: Barley Bank Attendance: 2,000

24 April 1894 (1894 -04-24)	Liverpool	1–3	Blackburn Rovers	Liverpool
	File:Soccerball shade.svg	Report	File:Soccerball shade.svg File:Soccerball shade.svg File:Soccerball shade.svg	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: Unknown

Testimonials

8 January 1894 (1894 -01-08) William McGregor	Liverpool	2–0	Burnley	Liverpool
	Gordon File:Soccerball shade.svg Henderson File:Soccerball shade.svg	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 300

26 March 1894 (1894-03-26) Andrew Hannah	Liverpool	8–0	Accrington Stanley	Liverpool
	Bradshaw File:Soccerball shade.svgFile:Soccerball shade.svg Givens File:Soccerball shade.svgFile:Soccerball shade.svgFile:Soccerball shade.svg McQueen File:Soccerball shade.svgFile:Soccerball shade.svg McVean File:Soccerball shade.svg	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 5,000

2 April 1894 (1894 -04-02) Billy Stewart	Newton Heath	2–0	Liverpool	Clayton
	File:Soccerball shade.svg File:Soccerball shade.svg	Report		Stadium: Bank Street Attendance: 2,000

23 April 1894 (1894 -04-23) Billy Betts	The Wednesday	4–0	Liverpool	Sheffield
	File:Soccerball shade.svg File:Soccerball shade.svg File:Soccerball shade.svg File:Soccerball shade.svg	Report		Stadium: Olive Grove Attendance: 3,000

Friendlies

6 September 1893 (1893 -09-06)	Liverpool	1–0	Newton Heath	Liverpool
	McQueen File:Soccerball shade.svg	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 2,000

20 September 1893 (1893 -09-20)	Newton Heath	0–3	Liverpool	Clayton
		Report	Gordon File:Soccerball shade.svg McQueen File:Soccerball shade.svg McVean File:Soccerball shade.svg	Stadium: Bank Street Attendance: 1,000

3 October 1893 (1893 -10-03)	Darwen	1–3	Liverpool	Darwen
	File:Soccerball shade.svg	Report	McCartney File:Soccerball shade.svg McQueen File:Soccerball shade.svgFile:Soccerball shade.svg	Stadium: Barley Bank Attendance: 1,000

16 October 1893 (1893 -10-16)	Preston North End	3–0	Liverpool	Preston
	File:Soccerball shade.svg File:Soccerball shade.svg File:Soccerball shade.svg	Report		Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 1,000

16 December 1893 (1893 -12-16)	Nottingham Forest	0–3	Liverpool	Nottingham
		Report	Gordon File:Soccerball shade.svg Bradshaw File:Soccerball shade.svg McVean File:Soccerball shade.svg	Stadium: Town Ground Attendance: 5,000

23 December 1893 (1893 -12-23)	Ardwick	2–6	Liverpool	Manchester
	File:Soccerball shade.svg File:Soccerball shade.svg	Report	McBride File:Soccerball shade.svg McVean File:Soccerball shade.svgFile:Soccerball shade.svgFile:Soccerball shade.svg Stott File:Soccerball shade.svgFile:Soccerball shade.svg	Stadium: Hyde Road Attendance: 3,000

25 December 1893 (1893 -12-25)	Accrington Stanley	1–0	Liverpool	Accrington
	File:Soccerball shade.svg	Report		Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 1,200
Note: Abandoned after 25 minutes due to bad weather.

26 December 1893 (1893 -12-26)	Liverpool	2–0	Corinthians	Liverpool
	Henderson File:Soccerball shade.svg 10', 70'	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 5,000

1 March 1894 (1894 -03-01)	Liverpool	3–0	Newton Heath	Liverpool
	Bradshaw File:Soccerball shade.svg Dick File:Soccerball shade.svg Worgan File:Soccerball shade.svg	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 2,000

4 April 1894 (1894 -04-04)	Liverpool	4–2	Darwen	Liverpool
	Stott File:Soccerball shade.svg 8' Gordon File:Soccerball shade.svg Worgan File:Soccerball shade.svgFile:Soccerball shade.svg	Report	File:Soccerball shade.svg File:Soccerball shade.svg	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: Unknown

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References

↑ "Middlesbrough Ironopolis 0 - 2 Liverpool". LFC History. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
↑ "James Henderson". LFC History. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
↑ https://www.11v11.com/teams/liverpool/tab/matches/season/1894/ ^{[bare URL]}
↑ "Appearances for the 1893-1894 season - LFChistory - Stats galore for Liverpool FC!".
↑ https://www.enfa.co.uk/ ^{[bare URL]}

External links

[1] "Middlesbrough Ironopolis 0 - 2 Liverpool". LFC History. Retrieved 13 December 2012.

[2] "James Henderson". LFC History. Retrieved 30 January 2012.

[3] ttps://www.11v11.com/teams/liverpool/tab/matches/season/1894/ ^{[bare URL]}

[4] "Appearances for the 1893-1894 season - LFChistory - Stats galore for Liverpool FC!".

[5] ttps://www.enfa.co.uk/ ^{[bare URL]}

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1893–94 Liverpool F.C. season

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