Football League Second Division  1894/95

Pos Club Pld W D L F A GA Pts Notes
1st   Bury 30 23 2 5 78 33 2.364 48 ▲Champions
2nd   Notts County 30 17 5 8 75 45 1.667 39 Remained
3rd   Newton Heath 30 15 8 7 78 44 1.773 38 Remained
4th   Leicester Fosse 30 15 8 7 72 53 1.358 38 -
5th   Grimsby Town 30 18 1 11 79 52 1.519 37 -
6th   Darwen 30 16 4 10 74 43 1.721 36 -
7th   Burton Wanderers 30 14 7 9 67 39 1.718 35 -
8th   Woolwich Arsenal 30 14 6 10 75 58 1.293 34 -
9th   Manchester City 30 14 3 13 82 72 1.139 31 -
10th   Newcastle United 30 12 3 15 72 84 0.857 27 -
11th   Burton Swifts 30 11 3 16 52 74 0.703 25 -
12th   Rotherham Town 30 11 2 17 55 62 0.887 24 -
13th   Lincoln City 30 10 0 20 52 92 0.565 20 Re Elected
14th   Walsall Town Swifts 30 10 0 20 47 92 0.511 20 ▼Not Re Elected
15th   Burslem Port Vale 30 7 4 19 39 77 0.506 18 Re Elected
16th   Crewe Alexandra 30 3 4 23 26 103 0.252 10 Re Elected

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Football League Test Match Series

Promotion and relegation was decided in a series of Test Matches between the bottom three clubs in the First Division and the top three clubs in the Second Division. The third from bottom club in the First Division played the third club in the Second Division, the second from bottom in the First Division played the second club in the Second Division and the bottom club in the First Division played the top club in Second Division in one-off matches at neutral venues with the winners playing in the First Division the following season and the losers in the Second Division.

Date Home Score Away
27/04/1895 Bury 1-0 Liverpool
Played at Ewood Park, Blackburn
27/04/1895 Derby County 2-1 Notts County
Played at Filbert Street, Leicester
27/04/1895 Stoke 3-0 Newton Heath
Played at Cobridge Grounds, Burslem

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Election for League Membership

The four bottom clubs were required to seek re-election to the League. They were joined in the vote for League membership by 3 non-league clubs.
Votes Club End Result
22 Burslem Port Vale Re Elected to the League
22 Lincoln City Re Elected to the League
18 Crewe Alexandra Re Elected to the League
18 Loughborough Elected to the League
? Blackpool Not Elected to the League
? Fairfield Athletic Not Elected to the League
? Walsall Town Swifts ▼Not Re Elected to the League

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End of Season Notes

 ♦▼Liverpool were Relegated from the Football League First Division

 ▲Bury were Promoted to the Football League First Division

 Lincoln City were Re Elected to the Football League

 Burslem Port Vale were Re Elected to the Football League

 Crewe Alexandra were Re-Elected to the Football League

 ▼Walsall Town Swifts were Not Re-Elected to the Football League

 ▲Loughborough were Elected to the Football League