LIVERPOOL AND VILLA PLAY AGAIN-HOW MANY LEAGUE CLUBS WITH A "V"?

The 1894–1895 season was the seventh season of The Football League and the first time Aston Villa and Liverpool played each other. Results that season were:-

08 Sep 1894 Liverpool v Aston Villa L 1-2 League

27 Oct 1894 Aston Villa v Liverpool L 5-0 League 

On the opening day of the Football League season, an extraordinary game between Sunderland and Derby County was played over three halves. The referee appointed for the match, Tom Kirkham, was running late so John Conqueror took charge. When Kirkham arrived, Sunderland were 3–0 ahead after the first half but the decision was made to start the match again at 0–0, annulling what was played so far. The decision didn't bother Sunderland in the end, as they officially ran out 8–0 winners.

On 13 October 1894 the Merseyside derby was contested for the very first time. 44,000 watch Everton beat Liverpool 3–0 in a league clash at Goodison Park.

At the end of the season, Liverpool was relegated as Villa came third and won the FA Cup. There were two divisions in the Football League and then the Southern League, a competition for both professional and amateur clubs, was founded in 1894 under the initiative of Millwall Athletic (now simply Millwall), to cater for teams in southern England, who were unable to join the Football League. The nine founder members were:

Chatham

Clapton

Ilford

Luton Town

Millwall Athletic

Reading

Royal Ordnance Factories

2nd Scots Guards (later withdrew and were replaced by Southampton St Mary's)

Swindon Town