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 | |
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
Mach Reports |
Additional Information
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