1894-95 Season Summary

Highlights

Leicester Fosse became the first Leicestershire club to be elected to the Second Division of the Football League after finishing runner-up in the Midland League. Leicester’s first-ever Football League game was a 4–3 defeat at Grimsby Town on 1 September 1894. They registered their first League win the following week, against Rotherham Town at Filbert Street.

The Fosse beat Notts Olympic  13–0 in an FA Cup qualifying game – still a club record score!

It took a marathon three matches before Football League Leicester Fosse overcame Midland League Loughborough in the Final Qualifying Round of the English Cup. In R1 they were well beaten by Bury at Gigg Lane.

The Fosse also proved too strong for the Luffs in the semi-final stage of the Kettering & District Charity Cup.

Loughborough won the Midland League and were elected to the Football league.

Benefit matches were played in aid of the Audley mining disaster fund.

National Cup Competitions

Competition

Winner

Runner-Up

Middlesbrough

Old Carthusians

Leicester YMCA (3QR)

Aston Villa

West Bromwich Albion

Coalville Town (2QR)

Leicester Fosse (R1)

Loughborough (4QR)

Regional & National Leagues

Competition

Winner

Runner-Up

Bury

Notts County

Leicester Fosse 4th out of 16

Loughborough

Stoke Swifts

Nottingham Forest

Sheffield Wednesday

Loughborough 5th out of 6

Leicestershire Cups

Competition

Winner

Runner-Up

Swadlincote Town

Gresley Rovers

Hinckley Town

Earl Shilton Excelsior

Coalville Town Swifts

Kegworth St Andrew’s

Fosse Rovers

Loughborough Athletic

Overseal

Castle Donington

Leicestershire Leagues

Competition

Winner

Runner-Up

Hazel-street Board School

King Richard’s Road School

Leicester Fosse Reserves

Finedon Revellers

Not Known

Not Known

Other Cup Competitions

Competition

Winner

Runner-Up

Burton Wanderers

Leicester Fosse

Leicester Fosse (RU)

West Bromwich Albion

Aston Villa

Loughborough (SF)

Gresley Rovers

Newhall

Coalville Town (R1)

Moira Rovers (R1)

Woodville (R1)

Ashby Albion (SF)

Burton Wanderers

Leicester Fosse

Loughborough (R1)

Leicester Fosse (RU)

Stockingford

Foleshll Great Hearh

Hinckley North End (R1)

Leicester Fosse

Finedon

Hinckley Town (R1)

Leicester Fosse (W)

Leicester YMCA (SF)

Friendly Matches

Additional Information