1893–94 United Counties League


The 1894 United Counties League was a competition between West Midland, East Midland and Sheffield Clubs.It was won by Derby County.

Format

The competition was organised as two separate leagues with the winner of each league playing each other in a final to determine the overall winner.
Group A contained four teams, Small Heath, Stoke, West Bromwich Albion and Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Group B contained five teams, Derby County, Nottingham Forest, Notts County, Sheffield United and Sheffield Wednesday.

1894 Competition

Group A

Table

PosClubPWDLFAPts
1West Bromwich Albion640220158
2Stoke640212128
3Small Heath621314145
4Wolverhampton Wanderers611410153

Results


Home \ AwaySMHSTKWBAWOL
Small Heath3–04–53–3
Stoke2–15–23–0
West Bromwich Albion3–15–0
Wolverhampton Wanderers1–21–2

Source:
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group B

Table

Results


Home \ AwayDERNOTNTCSHUWED
Derby County0–02–0
Nottingham Forest0–31–03–15–1
Notts County3–40–0
Sheffield United0–20–02–0
Sheffield Wednesday2–21–1

Source:
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final

Charlie Perry is credited in some reports as scoring for West Bromwich Albion in the first match.