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      LANCASHIRE LEAGUE   1893/94
      P W D L F A Pts
      1 Blackpool 22 15 3 4 73 32 33
      2 Bury 22 13 4 5 85 35 30 Promoted
      3 Southport Central 22 13 0 9 57 42 26
      4 Accrington 22 11 4 7 51 39 26
      5 Nelson 22 10 6 6 70 55 26
      6 Fleetwood Rangers 22 10 2 10 52 49 22
      7 West Manchester 22 9 3 10 43 52 21
      8 South Shore 22 10 0 12 50 68 20
      9 Fairfield 22 8 2 12 40 61 18
      10 Rossendale 22 7 3 12 57 57 17
      11 Heywood Central* 22 7 2 13 38 80 16
      12 Barrow/Bacup** 22 2 5 15 39 85 9
     
      * Heywood Central had two points deducted for fielding an ineligible player.
** Bacup took over the fixtures of Barrow who resigned from the League on 20th November 1893.
     
      Blackpool, Bury and Rossendale were amongst the seven non-league clubs included in the vote for Football League membership. With Northwich Victoria resigning from the Football League and Division 2 being one club short from the previous season, at least two new clubs were guaranteed League membership at the Football League AGM. Voting -
     
20 votes Ardwick Re-elected to the League
20 Leicester Fosse Elected to the League
17 Bury Elected to the League
17 Burton Wanderers Elected to the League
15 Rotherham Town* Not re-elected to the League
8 Blackpool Not elected to the League
8 Loughborough Not elected to the League
7 Accrington Not elected to the League
0 Rossendale Not elected to the League
* Rotherham Town subsequently maintained their Football League status when Middlesbrough Ironopolis resigned from the League after the AGM and Rotherham were invited to take their place.