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Liverpool Football Club season archive

1893–94

Liverpool completed the 1893–94 Division 2 campaign in 1st, taking 50 points from 28 matches. The record comprised 22 wins, 6 draws and 0 defeats, with 77 goals scored and 18 conceded for a goal difference of +59.

CompetitionDivision 2
League finish1st
ManagersJohn McKenna and William Edward Barclay
Leading scorerJames Stott (14 goals)

League record

28Played
22Won
6Drawn
0Lost
77Goals for
18Goals against
50Points
1stPosition

What the league record shows

Liverpool won 78.6% of their league matches and avoided defeat in 28 of 28. The side averaged 2.75 goals scored and 0.64 conceded per match; the resulting +59 goal difference gives more context to the 1st finish than position alone.

Compared with 1892–93, the recorded league position was unchanged, while goal difference moved from +47 to +59.

Place in Liverpool’s wider history

This campaign belongs to Liverpool’s foundation period, when the new club was establishing itself at Anfield and moving from regional competition into the Football League.

Cup and scoring picture

The recorded cup programme did not produce a final appearance; the competition-by-competition outcomes are listed alongside this analysis. James Stott led the season scoring record with 14 goals in all competitions.

How this reading was produced: rates, comparisons and competition summaries are calculated from the verified season record shown on this page. They are descriptive analysis rather than claims about matches or events not contained in the dataset.