The 1894 United Counties League was a competition contested by West Midlands, East Midlands and Sheffield football 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
PosClubPWDLFAPts1West Bromwich Albion6402201582Stoke6402121283Small Heath6213141454Wolverhampton Wanderers611410153
Results
Group B Table PosClubPWDLFAPts1Derby County8521227122Nottingham Forest84311510113 Sheffield Wednesday8233151574Sheffield United71334855Notts County71156223
Results
Final
Charlie Perry is credited in some reports as scoring for West Bromwich Albion in the first match.
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