1900–01 Football League

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

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.

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	5 matches Nottingham Forest (20 Oct 1900 – 1 Dec 1900)
Longest unbeaten run	12 matches Liverpool F.C. (23 Feb 1911 – 29 Apr 1911) Nottingham Forest (22 Sep 1900 – 15 Dec 1900)
Longest losing run	6 matches Preston North End (20 Oct 1900 – 1 Dec 1900)
Highest attendance	50.000 Everton - Liverpool F.C. (22 Sep 1900)
Lowest attendance	1.050 West Bromwich Albion - Sheffield United (30 Apr 1901)
Average attendance	11.151
← 1899–1900 1901–02 →

The Wednesday (Sheffield)

West Bromwich Albion

Wolverhampton Wanderers

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 ╲ Away	Aston Villa !AST	Blackburn Rovers !BLB	Bolton Wanderers !BOL	Bury !BRY	Derby County !DER	Everton !EVE	Liverpool !LIV	Manchester City !MCI	Newcastle United !NEW	Nottingham Forest !NOT	Notts County !NTC	Preston North End !PNE	Sheffield United !SHU	Stoke City !STK	Sunderland !SUN	The Wednesday !WED	West Bromwich Albion !WBA	Wolverhampton Wanderers !WOL
Aston Villa !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 ^{^} The 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	Andrew 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	5 matches Burnley (1 Dec 1900 – 29 Dec 1900) and (5 Jan 1901 – 9 Mar 1901) Grimsby Town F.C. (16 Feb 1901 – 30 Mar 1901) Middlesbrough (19 Jan 1901 – 14 Mar 1901)
Longest unbeaten run	17 matches Grimsby Town F.C. (22 Sep 1900 – 19 Jan 1901)
Longest losing run	5 matches Barnsley (29 Sep 1900 – 27 Oct 1900) and (1 Dec 1900 – 29 Dec 1900) Chesterfield (8 Sep 1900 – 13 Oct 1900) Gainsborough Trinity (22 Sep 1900 – 24 Oct 1900) Newton Heath (27 Oct 1900 – 15 Dec 1900)
← 1899–1900 1901–02 →

Newton Heath (Manchester)

Small Heath (Birmingham)

Stockport County

Walsall

Woolwich Arsenal

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 2 "England 1900-01". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 5 February 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
1 2 3 Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
↑ "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.
↑ Walsall failed re-election to the league and did not return until the 1921–22 season, when they joined the Third Division North.
↑ 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 ╲ Away	Barnsley !BAR	Blackpool !BLP	Burnley !BUR	Burslem Port Vale !BPV	Burton Swifts !BRS	Chesterfield !CHF	Gainsborough Trinity !GAI	Glossop !GLP	Grimsby Town !GRI	Leicester Fosse !LEI	Lincoln City !LIN	Middlesbrough !MID	New Brighton Tower !NBR	Newton Heath !NWH	Small Heath !SMH	Stockport County !STP	Walsall !WAL	Woolwich Arsenal !WOO
Barnsley !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !Glossop	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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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.
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.

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1900–01 in English football

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FA competitions

FA Cup (Qualifying Rounds
Final)
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Home Championship

Club seasons

First Division	Aston Villa Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Bury Derby County Everton Liverpool Manchester City Newcastle United Nottingham Forest Notts County Preston North End Sheffield United Stoke Sunderland The Wednesday West Bromwich Albion Wolverhampton Wanderers

Second Division	Barnsley Blackpool Burnley Burslem Port Vale Burton United Chesterfield Gainsborough Trinity Glossop Grimsby Town Leicester Fosse Lincoln City New Brighton Tower Newton Heath Middlesbrough Small Heath Stockport County Walsall Woolwich Arsenal

Southern League	Brentford Bristol City Bristol Rovers Gravesend United Kettering Town Luton Town Millwall New Brompton Portsmouth Queens Park Rangers Reading Southampton Swindon Town Tottenham Hotspur Watford West Ham United

1900–01 in European football

« 1899–1900 1901–02 »

Domestic leagues	Belgium Denmark England Hungary Italy Netherlands Ireland Scotland Switzerland

Domestic cups	England Netherlands Ireland Scotland Wales

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