1909–10 Football League

The 1909–1910 season was the 22nd season of the 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]

  1. ^ a b "England 1909-10". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. http://www.rsssf.com/engpaul/FLA/1909-10.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.
Football League, First Division
Season 1909–10
Champions Aston Villa (6th English title)
Relegated Bolton Wanderers,
Chelsea
FA Cup winners Newcastle United (1st FA Cup title)
Matches played 380
Goals scored 1194 (3.14 per match)
Top goalscorer Jack Parkinson (Liverpool), 30 [1]
Biggest home win Blackburn – Woolwich Arsenal 7–0 (2 Oct 1909)
Biggest away win Middlesbrough – Bury 0–5 (12 Feb 1910)
Highest scoring Liverpool – Newcastle 6–5 (4 Dec 1910)
Longest winning run ?
Longest unbeaten run ?
Longest losing run ?
Highest attendance ?
Lowest attendance ?
Average attendance ?
The Wednesday (Sheffield)
Locations of the Football League First Division 1909–1910 teams
Locations of the Football League First Division London teams 1909–10

First Division

Pos Team Pld W D L F A W D L F A F A GA GD Pts
1 Aston Villa 38 17 2 0 62 19 6 5 8 22 23 84 42 2.000 + 42 53
2 Liverpool 38 13 3 3 47 23 8 3 8 31 34 78 57 1.368 + 21 48
3 Blackburn Rovers 38 13 6 0 47 17 5 3 11 26 38 73 55 1.327 + 18 45
4 Newcastle United 38 11 3 5 33 22 8 4 7 37 34 70 56 1.250 + 14 45
5 Manchester United 38 14 2 3 41 20 5 5 9 28 41 69 61 1.131 + 8 45
6 Sheffield United 38 10 5 4 42 19 6 5 8 20 22 62 41 1.512 + 21 42
7 Bradford City 38 12 3 4 38 17 5 5 9 26 30 64 47 1.362 + 17 42
8 Sunderland 38 12 3 4 40 18 6 2 11 26 33 66 51 1.294 + 15 41
9 Notts County 38 10 5 4 41 26 5 5 9 26 33 67 59 1.136 + 8 40
10 Everton 38 8 6 5 30 28 8 2 9 21 28 51 56 0.911 – 5 40
11 The Wednesday 38 11 4 4 38 28 4 5 10 22 35 60 63 0.952 – 3 39
12 Preston North End 38 14 2 3 36 13 1 3 15 16 45 52 58 0.897 – 6 35
13 Bury 38 8 3 8 35 30 4 6 9 27 36 62 66 0.939 – 4 33
14 Nottingham Forest 38 4 7 8 19 34 7 4 8 35 38 54 72 0.750 – 18 33
15 Tottenham Hotspur 38 10 6 3 35 23 1 4 14 18 46 53 69 0.768 – 16 32
16 Bristol City 38 9 5 5 28 18 3 3 13 17 42 45 60 0.750 – 15 32
17 Middlesbrough 38 8 4 7 34 36 3 5 11 22 37 56 73 0.767 – 17 31
18 Woolwich Arsenal 38 6 5 8 17 19 5 4 10 20 48 37 67 0.552 – 30 31
19 Chelsea 38 10 4 5 32 24 1 3 15 15 46 47 70 0.671 – 23 29
20 Bolton Wanderers 38 7 2 10 31 34 2 4 13 13 37 44 71 0.620 – 27 24

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 \ Away1 AST BLB BOL BRA BRI BRY CHE EVE LIV MNU MID NEW NOT NTC PRE SHE SUN TOT WED WOO
Aston Villa 4–3 3–1 3–1 1–0 4–1 4–1 3–1 3–1 7–1 4–2 4–0 0–0 1–1 3–0 2–1 3–2 3–2 5–0 5–1
Blackburn Rovers 3–2 4–2 2–0 5–2 5–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 3–2 1–1 2–0 2–2 2–0 2–2 3–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 7–0
Bolton Wanderers 1–2 1–2 1–1 4–2 1–3 5–2 0–1 1–2 2–3 1–1 0–4 2–1 3–4 3–1 1–0 2–1 0–2 0–2 3–0
Bradford City 1–2 2–0 1–0 3–1 0–0 4–1 2–0 1–2 0–2 4–1 3–3 1–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 3–1 5–1 2–0 0–1
Bristol City 0–0 2–2 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 3–1 0–1 2–1 4–1 0–3 4–0 3–1 2–0 0–2 2–3 0–0 1–1 0–1
Bury 0–2 2–1 1–2 3–4 1–2 4–2 2–2 1–2 1–1 2–1 1–2 4–1 1–1 3–1 2–0 0–1 3–1 3–2 1–2
Chelsea 0–0 3–1 3–2 0–3 4–1 2–0 0–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 0–1 2–2 2–0 2–2 1–4 2–1 4–1 0–1
Everton 0–0 0–2 3–1 1–1 1–0 3–0 2–2 2–3 3–3 1–1 1–4 0–4 2–0 2–1 1–2 2–1 4–2 1–1 1–0
Liverpool 2–0 3–1 3–0 1–0 0–1 2–2 5–1 0–1 3–2 0–0 6–5 7–3 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–4 2–0 3–1 5–1
Manchester United 2–0 2–0 5–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 2–0 3–2 3–4 4–1 1–1 2–6 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 5–0 0–3 1–0
Middlesbrough 3–2 1–3 1–2 3–7 0–0 0–5 0–1 1–1 2–2 1–2 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 0–2 3–2 4–3 4–0 5–2
Newcastle United 1–0 4–1 1–0 1–0 3–1 2–2 1–0 1–2 1–3 3–4 2–0 1–2 1–3 5–2 0–0 1–0 1–0 3–1 1–1
Nottingham Forest 1–4 0–4 2–0 1–1 0–0 3–3 0–0 1–0 1–4 2–0 0–1 0–1 2–1 0–0 2–3 1–3 2–2 0–6 1–1
Notts County 2–3 2–2 0–0 3–2 0–2 3–1 2–1 2–3 3–1 3–2 2–1 2–2 4–1 3–1 1–2 1–1 3–0 0–0 5–1
Preston North End 1–0 3–2 1–0 2–2 3–0 2–1 2–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 4–0 0–1 4–0 1–1 1–0 4–1 1–0 3–4
Sheffield United 0–1 3–0 2–2 1–2 4–0 2–0 0–0 3–0 4–2 0–1 2–0 4–0 1–4 2–2 5–1 3–0 1–1 3–3 2–0
Sunderland 1–1 0–0 3–0 3–0 4–0 2–3 4–0 0–1 2–1 3–0 2–2 0–2 2–1 0–3 2–1 1–0 3–1 2–0 6–2
Tottenham Hotspur 1–1 4–0 1–1 0–0 3–2 1–0 2–1 3–0 1–0 2–2 1–3 0–4 2–2 1–3 2–1 2–1 5–1 3–0 1–1
The Wednesday 3–2 2–1 0–0 2–1 2–0 1–4 4–1 1–3 3–0 4–1 1–5 3–1 4–3 0–0 4–1 1–3 1–0 1–1 1–1
Woolwich Arsenal 1–0 0–1 2–0 0–1 2–2 0–0 3–2 1–0 1–1 0–0 3–0 0–3 0–1 1–2 1–3 0–0 1–2 1–0 0–1

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 1909–10
Champions Manchester City (3rd title)
Failed re-election Grimsby Town
Matches played 380
Goals scored 1166 (3.07 per match)
Top goalscorer John Smith (Hull), 32 [1] [2]
Biggest home win Leicester Fosse – Gainsborough Trinity 9–1 (27 Dec 1909)
Biggest away win Leeds City – Barnsley 0–7 (23 Oct 1909)
Highest scoring Leicester Fosse – Gainsborough Trinity 9–1 (27 Dec 1909)
Longest winning run ?
Longest unbeaten run ?
Longest losing run ?
Highest attendance ?
Lowest attendance ?
Average attendance ?
Locations of the Football League Second Division 1909–1910 teams
Locations of the Football League Second Division London teams 1909–10
Pos Team Pld W D L F A W D L F A F A GA GD Pts
1 Manchester City 38 15 2 2 51 17 8 6 5 30 23 81 40 2.025 + 41 54
2 Oldham Athletic 38 15 2 2 47 9 8 5 6 32 30 79 39 2.026 + 40 53
3 Hull City 38 13 4 2 52 19 10 3 6 28 27 80 46 1.739 + 34 53
4 Derby County 38 15 2 2 46 15 7 7 5 26 32 72 47 1.532 + 25 53
5 Leicester Fosse 38 15 2 2 60 20 5 2 12 19 38 79 58 1.362 + 21 44
6 Glossop 38 14 1 4 42 18 4 6 9 22 39 64 57 1.123 + 7 43
7 Fulham 38 9 7 3 28 13 5 6 8 23 30 51 43 1.186 + 8 41
8 Wolverhampton Wanderers 38 14 3 2 51 22 3 3 13 13 41 64 63 1.016 + 1 40
9 Barnsley 38 15 3 1 48 15 1 4 14 14 44 62 59 1.051 + 3 39
10 Bradford Park Avenue 38 12 1 6 47 28 5 3 11 17 31 64 59 1.085 + 5 38
11 West Bromwich Albion 38 8 5 6 30 23 8 0 11 28 33 58 56 1.036 + 2 37
12 Blackpool 38 7 7 5 24 18 7 1 11 26 34 50 52 0.962 – 2 36
13 Stockport County 38 9 6 4 37 20 4 2 13 13 27 50 47 1.064 + 3 34
14 Burnley 38 12 2 5 43 21 2 4 13 19 40 62 61 1.016 + 1 34
15 Lincoln City 38 7 6 6 27 24 3 5 11 15 45 42 69 0.609 – 27 31
16 Clapton Orient 38 10 4 5 26 15 2 2 15 11 45 37 60 0.617 – 23 30
17 Leeds City 38 8 4 7 30 33 2 3 14 16 47 46 80 0.575 – 34 27
18 Gainsborough Trinity 38 8 3 8 22 21 2 3 14 11 54 33 75 0.440 – 42 26
19 Grimsby Town[3] 38 8 3 8 31 19 1 3 15 19 58 50 77 0.649 – 27 24
20 Birmingham 38 7 4 8 28 26 1 3 15 14 52 42 78 0.538 – 36 23
  1. ^ a b "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. http://www.rsssf.com/tablese/engtops.html#1947-1. Retrieved 2010-10-31. 
  2. ^ "Hull City A.F.C., Season by season top scorers for the club". Hull City Online. http://www.hullcity-mad.co.uk/feat/edy6/top_scorers_280916/index.shtml. Retrieved 2010-11-3. 
  3. ^ Grimsby Town failed re-election, and Huddersfield Town entered the Football League in their place the following season, for the
    first time.

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
Failed re-election

Second Division Results

Home \ Away1 BAR BIR BLP BPA BUR CLA DER FUL GAI GLP GRI HUL LEE LEI LIN MNC OLD STP WBA WOL
Barnsley 5–1 1–0 4–0 0–0 2–1 5–1 2–1 4–1 3–0 2–1 1–2 1–1 3–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 7–1
Birmingham City 2–1 1–2 0–1 2–1 1–2 1–3 1–1 5–0 2–2 2–4 0–2 1–2 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 3–0 0–1 1–0
Blackpool 0–0 2–0 0–0 2–3 2–2 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–0 1–2 3–1 0–1 3–0 0–0 1–3 2–0 2–1 2–0
Bradford Park Avenue 2–0 5–0 2–1 3–1 3–1 1–2 3–0 2–0 3–3 6–1 0–1 4–2 1–3 4–0 2–0 1–6 2–4 1–0 2–3
Burnley 2–0 2–0 5–1 1–0 2–0 1–2 2–0 2–1 0–1 3–1 0–1 3–0 5–2 3–0 3–3 1–2 2–2 2–3 4–2
Clapton Orient 4–0 3–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 0–2 0–0 2–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 3–0 1–2 3–2 1–2 2–0 1–3 1–0
Derby County 2–1 3–1 2–1 1–2 5–2 1–0 3–1 2–2 2–1 6–0 4–0 1–0 0–1 2–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 5–0
Fulham 3–0 0–0 0–1 3–1 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–0 3–2 3–1 5–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–2 0–0
Gainsborough Trinity 0–0 1–0 3–1 3–1 2–0 0–1 2–4 2–0 1–3 1–1 0–1 2–0 0–1 0–0 1–3 0–2 1–0 3–1 0–2
Glossop North End 3–0 4–1 2–3 3–1 2–0 3–1 1–1 0–1 4–0 3–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 0–3 6–2 1–0 3–2 2–0
Grimsby Town 7–0 0–2 0–1 0–1 5–3 2–0 1–1 0–2 2–1 4–0 2–3 3–1 0–0 1–2 0–1 0–0 0–1 3–0 1–0
Hull City 1–0 7–0 1–2 2–1 3–2 3–0 0–0 3–2 5–1 4–2 5–1 3–1 2–1 0–0 1–2 4–0 1–1 5–1 2–2
Leeds City 0–7 2–1 3–2 2–3 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–2 0–0 1–2 3–1 1–1 1–1 5–0 1–3 3–5 0–2 0–1 1–0
Leicester Fosse 1–1 3–1 3–2 3–0 1–1 4–0 6–0 2–3 9–1 3–1 3–1 3–1 6–2 4–1 1–3 3–0 1–0 2–1 2–1
Lincoln City 2–1 3–2 2–2 1–1 0–0 4–0 2–3 2–2 4–0 1–2 0–0 1–3 0–0 3–1 0–2 0–2 1–0 0–3 1–0
Manchester City 0–0 3–0 1–2 3–1 4–0 2–1 2–1 3–1 3–1 3–3 2–0 3–0 3–0 2–0 6–2 0–2 2–1 3–2 6–0
Oldham Athletic 5–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 5–0 4–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 4–1 3–0 2–1 2–1 6–1 1–0 3–0 1–2 3–0
Stockport County 5–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 3–0 1–1 0–2 3–0 5–0 2–1 1–5 0–0 6–2 1–1 1–2 2–0 0–2 1–1
West Bromwich Albion 4–3 3–1 0–3 1–0 1–2 3–0 0–0 3–2 5–0 0–0 4–3 0–2 3–1 1–2 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–1
Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–0 4–2 2–1 0–2 3–1 3–1 2–3 1–1 0–0 3–1 8–1 2–2 5–0 4–1 4–2 3–2 1–0 2–1 3–1

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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