1907–08 Football League

The Football League
Season 1907–08
Champions Manchester United
Relegated Lincoln City
Stoke [1]

The 1907–08 Football League season was the 20th season of The Football League.

This season saw the only occasion in history of the Football League where two teams have finished with exactly identical records (12 wins, 12 draws, 14 losses, 51 goals scored, 63 goals conceded), resulting in a tied 14th place between Woolwich Arsenal and Blackburn Rovers.[2]

The tables below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website[3] and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79,[4] 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.[4]

First Division

Football League First Division
Season 1907–08
Champions Manchester United (1st English title)
Relegated Birmingham,
Bolton Wanderers
FA Cup winners Wolverhampton Wanderers (2nd Div.) (2nd FA Cup title)
Matches played 380
Goals scored 1176 (3.09 per match)
Top goalscorer Enoch West (Nottingham Forest), 27
Biggest home win Newcastle – Birmingham 8–0
Biggest away win Blackburn – Manchester United 1–5
Liverpool –Newcastle 1–5
0–4: four different matches
Highest scoring Liverpool – Manchester United 7–4

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAve Pts
1Manchester United 38236981481.68852
2Aston Villa 381791277591.30543
3Manchester City 3816111162541.14843
4Newcastle United 3815121165541.20442
5The Wednesday 381941573641.14142
6Middlesbrough 381771454451.20041
7Bury 3814111358610.95139
8Liverpool 381661668611.11538
9Nottingham Forest 3813111459620.95237
10Bristol City 3812121458610.95136
11Everton 381561758640.90636
12Preston North End 3812121447530.88736
13Chelsea 381481653620.85536
14Woolwich Arsenal 3812121451630.81036
14Blackburn Rovers 3812121451630.81036
16Sunderland 381631978751.04035
17Sheffield United 3812111552580.89735
18Notts County 381381739510.76534
19Bolton Wanderers 381451952580.89733
20Birmingham 389121740600.66730

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

Results

Home ╲ Away AST BIR BLBBOLBRIBRYCHEEVELIVMCIMUNMIDNEWNOTNTCPNESHUSUNWEDWOO
Aston Villa 23 11 20 44 22 00 02 51 22 14 60 33 40 51 30 10 10 50 01
Birmingham City 23 11 21 04 01 11 21 11 21 34 14 11 10 00 20 00 02 21 12
Blackburn Rovers 20 10 32 41 10 20 20 13 00 15 20 11 33 11 11 33 42 20 11
Bolton Wanderers 31 10 31 12 36 12 30 04 20 22 11 40 10 01 20 11 23 21 31
Bristol City 22 00 22 20 11 00 32 20 21 11 01 11 30 21 13 32 30 02 12
Bury 21 10 11 22 11 11 30 31 00 01 14 12 00 00 51 32 21 02 32
Chelsea 13 22 10 13 41 34 21 02 22 14 10 20 04 12 00 24 21 31 21
Everton 10 41 41 21 00 61 03 24 33 13 21 20 10 10 21 21 03 00 11
Liverpool 50 34 20 10 31 21 14 00 01 74 01 15 00 60 12 30 10 30 41
Manchester City 32 21 20 10 00 22 03 42 11 00 21 10 42 21 50 02 00 32 40
Manchester United 12 10 12 21 21 21 10 43 40 31 21 11 40 01 21 21 30 41 42
Middlesbrough 01 10 30 01 02 02 31 02 31 20 21 21 11 31 10 20 31 61 00
Newcastle United 25 80 30 30 20 30 10 21 31 11 16 11 30 11 00 23 13 21 21
Nottingham Forest 22 11 32 10 31 12 60 52 31 31 20 03 00 20 22 11 41 22 10
Notts County 03 00 02 01 31 21 20 21 22 10 11 20 01 20 01 03 40 12 20
Preston North End 30 11 11 20 30 31 24 22 30 24 00 11 20 01 10 00 32 11 30
Sheffield United 11 10 42 10 20 02 03 20 00 12 20 00 11 22 01 20 53 13 22
Sunderland 30 10 40 12 33 62 30 12 10 25 12 00 24 72 43 41 41 12 52
The Wednesday 23 14 20 52 53 20 31 12 12 51 20 32 31 21 20 10 20 23 60
Woolwich Arsenal 01 11 20 11 04 00 00 21 21 21 10 41 22 31 11 11 51 40 11

Source:
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

Second Division

Football League, Second Division
Season 1907–08
Champions Bradford City (1st title)
Failed re-election Lincoln City
Matches played 380
Goals scored 1187 (3.12 per match)
Top goalscorer John Smith (Hull City), 27

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAve Pts
1Bradford City 38246890422.14354
2Leicester Fosse 382110772471.53252
3Oldham Athletic 382261076421.81050
4Fulham 382251182491.67349
5West Bromwich Albion 381991061391.56447
6Derby County 382141377451.71146
7Burnley 382061267501.34046
8Hull City 382141373621.17746
9Wolverhampton Wanderers 381571650451.11137
10Stoke[1] 381651757521.09637
11Gainsborough Trinity 381471747710.66235
12Leeds City 381281853650.81532
13Stockport County 381281848670.71632
14Clapton Orient 3811101740650.61532
15Blackpool 381191851580.87931
16Barnsley 381262054680.79430
17Glossop 381181954740.73030
18Grimsby Town 381181943710.60630
19Chesterfield 386112146920.50023
20Lincoln City 38932646830.55421

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

Results

Home ╲ Away BAR BLP BRABURCHFCLADERFULGAIGLPGRIHULLEELEILINOLDSTPSTKWBAWOL
Barnsley 00 12 23 52 22 24 60 12 41 21 42 13 13 21 21 00 01 13 50
Blackpool 11 21 10 20 50 10 21 01 40 30 11 23 22 43 10 13 10 01 02
Bradford City 20 30 20 81 10 31 13 71 21 11 21 50 15 20 10 50 60 00 62
Burnley 41 21 21 11 30 22 01 20 10 51 50 10 41 12 21 40 31 11 10
Chesterfield 13 32 11 24 11 02 11 22 37 00 12 43 22 21 12 41 24 10 20
Clapton Orient 20 11 03 01 51 10 01 20 00 21 10 00 01 20 20 41 30 22 11
Derby County 30 21 23 10 00 40 01 52 20 40 41 61 12 40 10 30 30 20 32
Fulham 20 30 02 21 50 40 00 60 61 01 01 20 51 61 12 01 51 11 21
Gainsborough Trinity 01 21 15 20 21 00 14 33 10 32 12 21 11 51 11 32 20 12 01
Glossop 31 22 22 31 32 21 23 12 10 12 51 02 23 31 00 11 20 21 11
Grimsby Town 41 22 01 01 43 00 10 04 14 40 11 20 11 02 20 21 10 22 01
Hull City 20 32 02 31 20 50 40 12 01 32 42 41 32 53 32 00 21 42 20
Leeds City 11 11 01 22 00 52 51 01 00 21 41 32 00 21 12 30 01 10 31
Leicester Fosse 40 21 21 31 31 02 13 23 30 31 11 32 22 10 41 21 10 30 10
Lincoln City 02 20 24 13 40 22 10 24 20 01 10 01 50 03 02 11 12 02 31
Oldham Athletic 10 32 40 11 40 41 31 33 41 00 20 30 42 11 40 50 31 21 20
Stockport County 20 11 11 13 10 61 21 20 11 32 30 23 21 21 11 23 12 12 13
Stoke City 40 31 30 00 11 30 03 61 50 40 50 11 21 01 30 13 10 11 00
West Bromwich Albion 11 30 32 50 40 30 10 31 01 11 12 10 10 11 52 12 20 10 10
Wolverhampton Wanderers 01 10 00 51 00 20 22 20 10 50 51 12 20 00 30 21 01 20 12

Source: www.soccerbase.com
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

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Stoke resigned from the Football League due to financial difficulties.
    Bradford Park Avenue and Tottenham Hotspur took the available places in the league the following season.
  2. Brown, Andrew S.; Brown, Richard J. C. (2008). "The Mechanisms in Place for Separating Teams with Identical Records in English football Leagues and International football Competitions" (PDF). International Journal of Sports Science and Engineering (England: World Academic Union (World Academic Press)) 2 (1): 23–28. ISSN 1750-9823. Retrieved 2012-06-11.
  3. "England 1907-08". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 5 February 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
  4. 1 2 Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
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