World Library  
  
Flag as Inappropriate
Email this Article
 

1908–09 Football League

The Football League
Season 1908–09
Champions Newcastle United
Relegated Chesterfield
← 1907–08
1909–10 →

The 1908–1909 season was the 21st season of The Football League.

Tottenham Hotspur played their first ever season in the Football League, gaining promotion to the First Division in the process. Spurs, along with Bradford Park Avenue entered the Second Division to replace Lincoln City and Stoke.

Contents

  • Final league tables 1
  • First Division 2
    • First Division results 2.1
    • First Division maps 2.2
  • Second Division 3
    • Second Division results 3.1
    • Second Division maps 3.2
  • See also 4
  • References 5

Final league tables

The tables below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website[1] and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79,[2] with home and away statistics separated.

Beginning with the season 1894–95, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded), or more properly put, goal ratio. In case one or more teams had the same goal difference, this system favoured those teams who had scored fewer goals. The goal average system was eventually scrapped beginning with the 1976–77 season.

Since the goal average was used for this purpose for such a long time, it is presented in the tables below even for the seasons prior to 1894–95, and since the goal difference is a more informative piece of information for a modern reader than the goal average, the goal difference is added in this presentation after the goal average.

From the 1894–95 season and until the 1920–21 season the re-election process was required of the clubs which finished in the bottom three of the league.[3]

First Division

Football League, First Division
Season 1908–09
Champions Newcastle United (3rd English title)
Relegated Leicester Fosse,
Manchester City
FA Cup winners Manchester United (1st FA Cup title)
Matches played 380
Goals scored 1185 (3.12 per match)
Top goalscorer Bert Freeman (Everton), 38 [4]
Biggest home win Nottingham Forest – Leicester Fosse 12–0 (21 Apr 1909)
Biggest away win Newcastle – Sunderland 1–9 (5 Dec 1908)
Highest scoring Nottingham Forest – Leicester Fosse 12–0 (21 Apr 1909)
← 1907–08
1909–10 →
Pos Team Pld W D L F A W D L F A F A GA GD Pts
1 Newcastle United 38 14 1 4 32 20 10 4 5 33 21 65 41 1.585 +24 53
2 Everton 38 11 3 5 51 28 7 7 5 31 29 82 57 1.439 +25 46
3 Sunderland 38 14 0 5 41 23 7 2 10 37 40 78 63 1.238 +15 44
4 Blackburn Rovers 38 6 6 7 29 26 8 7 4 32 24 61 50 1.220 +11 41
5 The Wednesday 38 15 0 4 48 24 2 6 11 19 37 67 61 1.098 +6 40
6 Woolwich Arsenal 38 9 3 7 24 18 5 7 7 28 31 52 49 1.061 +3 38
7 Aston Villa 38 8 7 4 31 22 6 3 10 27 34 58 56 1.036 +2 38
8 Bristol City 38 7 7 5 24 25 6 5 8 21 33 45 58 0.776 –13 38
9 Middlesbrough 38 11 2 6 38 21 3 7 9 21 32 59 53 1.113 +6 37
10 Preston North End 38 8 7 4 29 17 5 4 10 19 27 48 44 1.091 +4 37
11 Chelsea 38 8 7 4 33 22 6 2 11 23 39 56 61 0.918 –5 37
12 Sheffield United 38 9 5 5 31 25 5 4 10 20 34 51 59 0.864 –8 37
13 Manchester United 38 10 3 6 37 33 5 4 10 21 35 58 68 0.853 –10 37
14 Nottingham Forest 38 9 2 8 39 24 5 6 8 27 33 66 57 1.158 +9 36
15 Notts County 38 9 4 6 31 23 5 4 10 20 25 51 48 1.063 +3 36
16 Liverpool 38 9 5 5 36 25 6 1 12 21 40 57 65 0.877 –8 36
17 Bury 38 9 6 4 35 27 5 2 12 28 50 63 77 0.818 –14 36
18 Bradford City 38 7 6 6 27 20 5 4 10 20 27 47 47 1.000 ±0 34
19 Manchester City 38 12 3 4 50 23 3 1 15 17 46 67 69 0.971 –2 34
20 Leicester Fosse 38 6 6 7 32 41 2 3 14 22 61 54 102 0.529 –48 25

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against;
GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Key
League Champions
FA Cup Winners
Relegated

First Division results

Home ╲ Away AST BLB BRA BRI BRY CHE EVE LEI LIV MCI MUN MID NEW NOT NTC PNE SHU SUN WED WOO
Aston Villa 1–1 1–3 1–1 3–0 0–0 3–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 3–1 0–3 3–0 1–2 1–1 2–4 3–0 2–0 1–1 2–1
Blackburn Rovers 3–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–0 0–0 3–0 1–0 3–2 1–3 0–0 2–4 0–3 0–2 1–1 0–1 8–1 2–2 1–3
Bradford City 1–1 0–2 0–1 4–1 3–0 1–1 4–1 0–2 0–0 1–0 0–2 1–2 1–1 2–2 2–0 3–1 0–2 0–0 4–1
Bristol City 0–0 1–4 0–1 4–2 1–0 0–2 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 3–3 2–1 1–0 2–3 1–1 2–4 1–1 2–1
Bury 1–2 1–1 2–1 1–2 2–1 2–2 2–2 2–1 1–0 2–2 2–1 1–1 3–2 3–1 0–1 1–2 4–2 4–2 1–1
Chelsea 0–2 1–1 1–1 3–1 4–1 3–3 1–0 3–0 1–2 1–1 3–0 1–2 2–1 3–2 0–0 1–1 2–0 2–2 1–2
Everton 3–1 4–4 0–1 5–2 4–0 3–2 4–2 5–0 6–3 3–2 1–1 0–1 3–3 0–1 0–1 5–1 4–0 1–0 0–3
Leicester Fosse 4–2 2–4 1–4 1–1 2–5 5–2 0–2 3–2 3–1 3–2 1–1 0–4 0–3 0–2 0–0 1–1 4–3 1–1 1–1
Liverpool 3–2 1–1 4–0 1–2 2–2 2–1 0–1 4–1 1–3 3–1 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 3–0 1–2 2–2
Manchester City 2–0 3–3 4–3 5–1 6–1 1–2 4–0 5–2 4–0 1–2 0–0 0–2 2–1 1–0 4–1 1–3 1–0 4–0 2–2
Manchester United 0–2 0–3 2–0 0–1 2–1 0–1 2–2 4–2 3–2 3–1 6–3 1–0 2–2 4–3 0–2 2–1 2–2 3–1 1–4
Middlesbrough 1–0 1–0 1–0 4–0 0–1 1–4 2–3 6–2 1–0 3–0 5–0 0–0 4–0 1–2 4–2 1–2 0–3 2–1 1–1
Newcastle United 0–2 2–0 1–0 2–1 3–1 1–3 3–0 2–0 0–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 4–0 1–9 1–0 3–1
Nottingham Forest 1–2 2–1 2–1 1–1 0–2 2–1 1–2 12–0 5–1 0–2 2–0 4–1 0–4 1–0 1–1 0–2 4–0 1–2 0–1
Notts County 1–1 2–3 1–1 0–1 3–2 3–0 0–0 2–3 1–2 5–1 0–1 3–2 0–4 3–0 1–0 3–1 0–0 1–0 2–1
Preston North End 3–2 2–0 0–0 2–1 0–2 6–0 3–3 0–1 2–0 3–0 0–3 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 4–1 0–0
Sheffield United 3–1 0–0 3–0 3–1 2–2 1–3 1–5 2–1 0–2 4–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–2 3–2 2–1 0–2 2–1 1–1
Sunderland 4–3 0–1 2–1 0–2 3–1 1–2 2–0 3–1 1–4 2–0 6–1 2–0 3–1 2–1 0–1 2–1 3–1 4–2 1–0
The Wednesday 4–2 1–2 0–2 2–0 4–3 5–1 2–0 3–1 2–3 3–1 2–0 3–2 2–0 3–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–5 6–2
Woolwich Arsenal 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 4–0 0–0 0–4 2–1 5–0 3–0 0–1 1–1 1–2 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–4 2–0
Source: [1]
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

First Division maps

Locations of the Football League First Division 1908–1909 teams
Locations of the Football League First Division London teams 1908–09

Second Division

Football League, Second Division
Season 1908–09
Champions Bolton Wanderers (1st title)
Failed re-election Chesterfield
Matches played 380
Goals scored 1026 (2.7 per match)
Top goalscorer Alf Bentley (Derby County), 24 [4]
Biggest home win West Brom – Grimsby Town 7–0 (2 Jan 1909)
Biggest away win Chesterfield – Hull 0–4 (24 Oct 1909)
Highest scoring Burnley – Wolverhampton 3–5 (7 Nov 1909)
← 1907–08
1909–10 →
Pos Team Pld W D L F A W D L F A F A GA GD Pts
1 Bolton Wanderers 38 14 3 2 37 8 10 1 8 22 20 59 28 2.107 +31 52
2 Tottenham Hotspur 38 12 5 2 42 12 8 6 5 25 20 67 32 2.094 +35 51
3 West Bromwich Albion 38 13 5 1 35 9 6 8 5 21 18 56 27 2.074 +29 51
4 Hull City 38 14 2 3 44 15 5 4 10 19 24 63 39 1.615 +24 44
5 Derby County 38 13 5 1 38 11 3 6 10 17 30 55 41 1.341 +14 43
6 Oldham Athletic 38 14 4 1 39 9 3 2 14 16 34 55 43 1.279 +12 40
7 Wolverhampton Wanderers 38 10 6 3 32 12 4 5 10 24 36 56 48 1.167 +8 39
8 Glossop 38 11 5 3 35 17 4 3 12 22 36 57 53 1.075 +4 38
9 Gainsborough Trinity 38 12 3 4 30 20 3 5 11 19 50 49 70 0.700 –21 38
10 Fulham 38 8 4 7 39 26 5 7 7 19 22 58 48 1.208 +10 37
11 Birmingham 38 10 6 3 35 21 4 3 12 23 40 58 61 0.951 –3 37
12 Leeds City 38 12 3 4 35 19 2 4 13 8 34 43 53 0.811 –10 35
13 Grimsby Town 38 9 5 5 23 14 5 2 12 18 40 41 54 0.759 –13 35
14 Burnley 38 8 4 7 33 28 5 3 11 18 30 51 58 0.879 –7 33
15 Clapton Orient 38 7 7 5 25 19 5 2 12 12 30 37 49 0.755 –12 33
16 Bradford Park Avenue 38 9 2 8 30 25 4 4 11 21 34 51 59 0.864 –8 32
17 Barnsley 38 11 3 5 36 19 0 7 12 12 38 48 57 0.842 –9 32
18 Stockport County 38 11 2 6 25 19 3 1 15 14 52 39 71 0.549 –32 31
19 Chesterfield[5] 38 10 3 6 30 28 1 5 13 7 39 37 67 0.552 –30 30
20 Blackpool 38 9 6 4 30 22 0 5 14 16 46 46 68 0.676 –22 29
  1. ^
  2. ^ Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
  3. ^
  4. ^ a b
  5. ^ Chesterfield failed re-election, and Lincoln City were re-admitted to the Football League in their place, after a season away.

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against;
GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Key
Division Champions
Promoted
New club in the league (see also Tottenham Hotspur)
Re-elected
Failed re-election

Second Division results

Home ╲ Away BAR BIR BLP BOL BPA BUR CHF CLA DER FUL GAI GLP GRI HUL LEE OLD STP TOT WBA WOL
Barnsley 3–1 4–0 0–1 3–1 1–2 4–0 3–0 1–0 1–2 2–2 1–3 3–1 2–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 0–2 1–1
Birmingham City 2–1 2–2 2–0 3–1 2–0 3–0 1–0 1–1 1–3 2–2 1–2 3–1 1–2 1–0 2–0 4–2 3–3 0–0 1–1
Blackpool 1–1 2–0 1–2 2–1 0–0 2–2 1–3 2–2 2–0 3–0 2–1 2–2 2–3 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–2 3–1
Bolton Wanderers 3–0 2–1 3–1 0–1 2–1 4–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 4–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 3–0 4–1 0–1 1–1 1–1
Bradford Park Avenue 3–2 1–2 4–3 1–2 2–3 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–1 4–1 1–0 0–2 1–0 2–0 3–4 0–1 0–2 0–0 4–1
Burnley 3–2 1–1 1–1 1–2 3–3 0–1 0–1 2–0 1–3 5–2 3–2 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 5–1 1–2 0–2 3–5
Chesterfield 1–0 4–2 3–1 0–2 2–1 1–0 2–0 2–4 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 0–4 2–0 1–1 1–2 1–3 2–2 1–1
Clapton Orient 1–1 3–2 1–1 0–2 2–0 0–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–2 0–2 2–1 1–2 0–0 2–0 5–0 0–0 1–0 1–3
Derby County 0–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 3–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 5–0 4–0 2–1 0–0 5–1 1–0 5–0 1–1 2–1 2–1
Fulham 2–2 1–1 3–0 1–2 3–1 3–0 0–0 1–2 1–2 4–0 2–3 5–2 0–3 0–1 3–2 5–1 2–3 2–0 1–1
Gainsborough Trinity 4–1 1–3 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 3–0 2–0 0–0 1–1 3–1 0–3 2–0 1–1 1–4 3–2 0–2 2–0 1–0
Glossop 3–0 3–1 3–0 0–2 1–1 1–2 2–0 4–0 3–1 0–0 2–2 1–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 3–0 1–1 1–3 3–2
Grimsby Town 0–0 0–3 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–2 1–2 2–0 0–0 0–1 2–0 3–0 1–2 1–1 3–0
Hull City 4–0 4–1 2–0 2–0 2–3 3–2 1–0 3–2 4–0 2–0 5–1 0–0 0–1 4–1 1–0 4–1 1–0 2–2 0–1
Leeds City 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–2 0–3 1–1 3–0 0–0 2–5 2–0 0–2 3–1 4–1 2–0 3–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 5–2
Oldham Athletic 0–0 2–0 3–1 1–1 2–0 4–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 4–0 2–2 6–0 0–1 1–0 2–0 2–1
Stockport County 2–1 3–2 1–0 1–0 0–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–2 0–1 4–2 0–1 3–1 1–0 1–3 1–3 0–0 1–0
Tottenham Hotspur 4–0 4–0 4–1 2–1 3–0 4–2 4–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 3–3 2–0 0–0 3–0 3–0 0–0 1–3 3–0
West Bromwich Albion 1–1 1–1 5–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 2–2 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 7–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 3–0 0–2
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–0 2–0 2–2 1–2 1–1 2–1 3–0 5–1 1–1 0–1 4–0 0–0 0–0 3–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–1
Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second Division maps

Locations of the Football League Second Division 1908–1909 teams
Locations of the Football League Second Division London teams 1908–09

See also

References

  • Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
The Football League seasons
FA competitions
Football and Southern Leagues
Lower leagues
Related to national team
Club seasons
First Division
Second Division
Southern League
Other
1908–09 in European football
«
»
Domestic leagues
Domestic cups
This article was sourced from Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. World Heritage Encyclopedia content is assembled from numerous content providers, Open Access Publishing, and in compliance with The Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act (FASTR), Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., Public Library of Science, The Encyclopedia of Life, Open Book Publishers (OBP), PubMed, U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health (NIH), U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, and USA.gov, which sources content from all federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial government publication portals (.gov, .mil, .edu). Funding for USA.gov and content contributors is made possible from the U.S. Congress, E-Government Act of 2002.
 
Crowd sourced content that is contributed to World Heritage Encyclopedia is peer reviewed and edited by our editorial staff to ensure quality scholarly research articles.
 
By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. World Heritage Encyclopedia™ is a registered trademark of the World Public Library Association, a non-profit organization.
 


Copyright © World Library Foundation. All rights reserved. eBooks from Project Gutenberg are sponsored by the World Library Foundation,
a 501c(4) Member's Support Non-Profit Organization, and is NOT affiliated with any governmental agency or department.