1900–01 Football League

The 1900–1901 season was the 13th season of The Football League.

Contents

Final league tables[1][2]

The tables below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at the 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.

Note: 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.

During the first five seasons of the league, that is until the season, 1893–94, re-election process concerned the clubs which finished in the bottom four of the league. 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.[2]

League standings

Football League, First Division
Season 1900–01
Champions Liverpool (1st English title)
Relegated Preston North End
West Bromwich Albion
FA Cup winners Tottenham Hotspur (the only non-League club since the formation of the league) (1st FA Cup title)
Matches played 306
Goals scored 855 (2.79 per match)
Top goalscorer Steve Bloomer (Derby County), 23
Biggest home win Aston Villa – Manchester City 7–1 (1 Dec 1900)
Biggest away win West Brom – Nottingham Forest 1–6 (20 Oct 1900)
Highest scoring 9: Derby County – Wolverhampton 4–5 (22 Sept 1900)
Sunderland – Wolverhampton 7–2 (12 Jan 1901)
West Brom – Bolton 7–2 (8 Dec 1900)
Longest winning run Notts County (7)
Longest unbeaten run ?
Longest losing run ?
Highest attendance ?
Lowest attendance ?
Average attendance ?
The Wednesday (Sheffield)
Locations of the Football League First Division 1900–1901 teams

First Division

Pos Team Pld W D L F A W D L F A F A GA GD Pts
1 Liverpool 34 12 2 3 36 13 7 5 5 23 22 59 35 1.686 + 24 45
2 Sunderland 34 12 3 2 43 11 3 10 4 14 15 57 26 2.192 + 31 43
3 Notts County 34 13 2 2 39 18 5 2 10 15 28 54 46 1.174 + 8 40
4 Nottingham Forest 34 10 4 3 32 14 6 3 8 21 22 53 36 1.472 + 17 39
5 Bury 34 11 3 3 31 10 5 4 8 22 27 53 37 1.432 + 16 39
6 Newcastle United 34 10 5 2 27 13 4 5 8 15 24 42 37 1.135 + 5 38
7 Everton 34 10 4 3 37 17 6 1 10 18 25 55 42 1.310 + 13 37
8 The Wednesday 34 13 2 2 38 16 0 8 9 14 26 52 42 1.238 + 10 36
9 Blackburn Rovers 34 9 4 4 24 18 3 5 9 15 29 39 47 0.830 – 8 33
10 Bolton Wanderers 34 10 5 2 21 12 3 2 12 18 43 39 55 0.709 – 16 33
11 Manchester City 34 12 3 2 32 16 1 3 13 16 42 48 58 0.828 – 10 32
12 Derby County 34 10 4 3 43 18 2 3 12 12 24 55 42 1.310 + 13 31
13 Wolverhampton Wanderers 34 6 10 1 21 15 3 3 11 18 40 39 55 0.709 – 16 31
14 Sheffield United 34 8 4 5 22 23 4 3 10 13 29 35 52 0.673 – 17 31
15 Aston Villa 34 8 5 4 32 18 2 5 10 13 33 45 51 0.882 – 6 30
16 Stoke 34 8 3 6 23 15 3 2 12 23 42 46 57 0.807 – 11 27
17 Preston North End 34 6 4 7 29 30 3 3 11 20 45 49 75 0.653 – 26 25
18 West Bromwich Albion 34 4 4 9 21 27 3 4 10 14 35 35 62 0.565 – 27 22

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
Relegated

First Division Results

Home \ Away1 AST BLB BOL BRY DER EVE LIV MNC NEW NOT NTC PRE SHE STO SUN WED WBA WOL
Aston Villa 3–3 3–0 1–0 2–1 1–2 0–2 7–1 2–2 2–1 1–2 4–0 0–0 2–0 2–2 2–1 0–1 0–0
Blackburn Rovers 2–2 2–0 0–2 1–0 2–1 3–1 1–0 0–0 1–3 0–2 3–1 1–0 3–2 0–1 2–2 1–1 2–0
Bolton Wanderers 1–0 1–0 3–2 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 3–2 4–2 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 3–2 1–0
Bury 3–1 0–1 3–0 2–1 3–0 0–0 4–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 3–2 0–0 2–0 6–1 0–1
Derby County 3–0 4–0 4–2 5–2 0–1 2–3 2–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 0–0 4–0 4–1 1–1 3–1 4–0 4–5
Everton 2–1 0–0 2–3 3–3 2–0 1–1 5–2 0–1 4–1 0–1 4–1 3–1 3–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 5–1
Liverpool 5–1 3–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–2 3–1 3–0 2–0 1–0 3–2 1–2 3–1 1–2 1–1 5–0 1–0
Manchester City 4–0 1–3 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 3–4 2–1 1–0 2–0 3–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 2–2 1–0 3–2
Newcastle United 3–0 1–0 3–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 2–0 3–5 3–0 2–1 0–2 0–0 1–1 3–1
Nottingham Forest 3–1 0–1 3–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 4–2 1–2 5–0 4–1 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–3 2–1
Notts County 2–0 2–1 3–1 1–0 2–1 3–2 3–0 0–0 3–1 1–0 6–1 2–4 2–4 2–2 2–0 1–0 4–1
Preston North End 0–2 4–1 1–3 3–1 3–2 1–2 2–2 0–4 0–1 1–1 0–1 3–1 4–2 1–1 3–2 2–3 1–1
Sheffield United 2–2 2–1 0–2 0–3 2–1 2–1 0–2 1–1 2–0 0–1 4–2 2–1 0–4 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–1
Stoke City 0–0 2–0 2–1 1–2 0–1 0–2 1–2 2–1 2–0 0–3 1–1 5–0 0–1 0–0 2–1 2–0 3–0
Sunderland 0–0 2–0 5–1 4–1 2–1 2–0 0–1 3–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 3–1 3–0 6–1 1–0 3–0 7–2
The Wednesday 3–2 1–1 1–0 1–2 2–1 3–1 3–2 4–1 2–2 4–1 4–1 0–1 1–0 4–0 1–0 2–1 2–0
West Bromwich Albion 0–1 1–1 7–2 1–2 1–1 1–2 0–1 3–2 0–1 1–6 1–0 0–1 0–2 2–2 1–0 1–1 1–2
Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–0 2–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 3–2 2–2 3–0 0–2 2–2 1–1 0–0

Source: [1]
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second Division

Football League, Second Division
Season 1900–01
Champions Grimsby Town (1st title)
Failed re-election Walsall
Matches played 306
Goals scored 819 (2.68 per match)
Top goalscorer A. Swann (Barnsley), 18 [3]
Biggest home win Small Heath – Blackpool 10–1 (2 Mar 1901)
Biggest away win Walsall – Burton Swifts 1–5 (24 Sept 1900)
Highest scoring Middlesbrough – Gainsborough Trinity 9–2 (9 Mar 1901)
Longest winning run ?
Longest unbeaten run ?
Longest losing run ?
Highest attendance ?
Lowest attendance ?
Average attendance ?
Newton Heath (Manchester)
Small Heath (Birmingham)
Locations of the Football League Second Division 1900–1901 teams
Pos Team Pld W D L F A W D L F A F A GA GD Pts
1 Grimsby Town 34 14 3 0 46 11 6 6 5 14 22 60 33 1.818 + 27 49
2 Small Heath 34 14 2 1 41 8 5 8 4 16 16 57 24 2.375 + 33 48
3 Burnley 34 15 2 0 39 6 5 2 10 14 23 53 29 1.828 + 24 44
4 New Brighton Tower 34 12 5 0 34 8 5 3 9 23 30 57 38 1.500 + 19 42
5 Glossop 34 11 2 4 34 9 4 6 7 17 24 51 33 1.545 + 18 38
6 Middlesbrough 34 11 4 2 38 13 4 3 10 12 27 50 40 1.250 + 10 37
7 Woolwich Arsenal 34 13 3 1 30 11 2 3 12 9 24 39 35 1.114 + 4 36
8 Lincoln City 34 12 3 2 39 11 1 4 12 4 28 43 39 1.103 + 4 33
9 Burslem Port Vale 34 8 6 3 28 14 3 5 9 17 33 45 47 0.957 – 2 33
10 Newton Heath 34 11 3 3 31 9 3 1 13 11 29 42 38 1.105 + 4 32
11 Leicester Fosse 34 9 5 3 30 15 2 5 10 9 22 39 37 1.054 + 2 32
12 Blackpool 34 7 6 4 20 11 5 1 11 13 47 33 58 0.569 – 25 31
13 Gainsborough Trinity 34 8 4 5 26 18 2 6 9 19 42 45 60 0.750 – 15 30
14 Chesterfield 34 6 5 6 25 22 3 5 9 21 36 46 58 0.793 – 12 28
15 Barnsley 34 9 3 5 34 23 2 2 13 13 37 47 60 0.783 – 13 27
16 Walsall[4] 34 7 7 3 29 23 0 6 11 11 33 40 56 0.714 – 16 27
17 Stockport County 34 9 2 6 25 21 2 1 14 13 47 38 68 0.559 – 30 25
18 Burton Swifts[5] 34 7 3 7 16 21 1 1 15 18 45 34 66 0.515 – 32 20
  1. ^ a b "England 1900-01". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. http://www.rsssf.com/engpaul/FLA/1900-01.html. Retrieved 2010-02-24. 
  2. ^ a b c Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
  3. ^ "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. http://www.rsssf.com/tablese/engtops.html#1947-1. Retrieved 2010-10-31. 
  4. ^ Walsall failed re-election to the league and did not return until the 1921–22 season, when they joined the Third Division North.
  5. ^ Burton Swifts merged in 1901 with Burton Wanderers to form Burton United, which continued in the league the following season.

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
Re-elected (see also Stockport County)
Failed re-election or disbanded

Second Division Results

Home \ Away1 BAR BLP BUR BPV BRS CHS GAI GLP GRI LEI LIN MID NBR NWH SMH STP WAL WOO
Barnsley 0–1 2–1 1–3 3–2 4–1 1–3 2–2 2–3 1–0 0–0 3–1 1–1 6–2 1–2 2–0 2–1 3–0
Blackpool 1–1 0–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 2–0 3–0 1–2 1–2 0–0 3–0 1–0 1–1
Burnley 4–0 4–0 1–0 2–1 5–1 2–1 5–1 3–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 3–1 0–0 3–0
Burslem Port Vale 3–2 4–0 1–0 4–0 5–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 0–2 1–3 2–0 2–2 0–1 2–2 1–0
Burton Swifts 1–1 1–2 1–0 0–2 0–4 1–0 1–3 1–2 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 3–1 0–2 3–2 2–1 1–0
Chesterfield 1–2 2–0 1–3 1–1 2–0 2–2 0–1 3–3 1–0 2–0 2–3 0–1 2–1 1–1 4–2 1–1 0–1
Gainsborough Trinity 4–2 1–3 3–0 2–1 2–1 2–3 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 4–1 0–1 1–2 2–0 1–0 1–0
Glossop North End 2–1 6–0 0–1 1–2 3–0 1–1 3–1 0–0 3–1 2–0 2–0 0–1 1–0 2–0 6–0 2–0 0–1
Grimsby Town 1–0 2–0 2–1 6–1 5–2 5–2 0–0 1–0 4–1 4–0 2–0 5–2 2–0 1–1 5–1 0–0 1–0
Leicester Fosse 2–0 3–1 1–1 0–0 5–2 1–3 1–0 1–2 4–0 0–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 5–0 1–0
Lincoln City 3–0 3–0 2–0 2–2 2–1 2–0 6–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–2 2–0 2–0 3–1 4–0 2–0 3–3
Middlesbrough 3–0 3–1 0–0 4–0 3–1 2–0 9–2 2–2 0–0 2–1 2–0 2–1 1–2 0–1 2–0 2–1 1–1
New Brighton Tower 2–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 3–2 1–0 5–0 0–0 2–0 3–1 2–0 0–0 3–0 5–1 1–0
Newton Heath 1–0 4–0 0–1 4–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 3–0 1–0 2–3 4–1 4–0 1–0 0–1 3–1 1–1 1–0
Small Heath 3–1 10–1 0–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 6–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 2–0 2–1 4–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 2–1
Stockport County 2–1 0–1 3–2 1–1 2–0 3–1 1–2 1–3 0–1 3–1 1–0 0–1 0–5 1–0 0–0 4–1 3–1
Walsall 3–0 1–2 2–0 2–1 1–5 2–2 3–3 2–1 0–0 2–0 3–0 0–0 3–3 1–1 2–2 1–3 1–0
Woolwich Arsenal 1–2 3–1 3–1 3–0 3–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–1

Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

See also

References

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