1911–12 Football League

The Football League
Season	1911–12
Champions	Blackburn Rovers
Relegated	Gainsborough Trinity
← 1910–11 1912–13 →

The 1911–1912 season was the 24th season of The Football League.

Blackburn Rovers won the First Division title for the first time.

Bury and Preston North End were relegated to the Second Division, and their places in the First Division were taken by Derby County and Chelsea.

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.^[2]

First Division

Football League, First Division
Season	1911–12
Champions	Blackburn Rovers (1st English title)
Relegated	Bury, Preston North End
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1057 (2.78 per match)
Top goalscorer	Harry Hampton (Aston Villa), George Holley (Sunderland), David McLean (The Wednesday), 25 ^[3]
Biggest home win	The Wednesday – Sunderland 8–0 (26 Dec 1911)
Biggest away win	Sheffield United – Bolton 0–5 (9 Sept 1911)
Highest scoring	Sheffield United – Bradford City 7–3 (4 Mar 1912)
← 1910–11 1912–13 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Blackburn Rovers	38	13	6	0	35	10	7	3	9	25	33	60	43	1.395	+17	49
2	Everton	38	13	5	1	29	12	7	1	11	17	30	46	42	1.095	+4	46
3	Newcastle United	38	10	4	5	37	25	8	4	7	27	25	64	50	1.280	+14	44
4	Bolton Wanderers	38	14	2	3	35	15	6	1	12	19	28	54	43	1.256	+11	43
5	The Wednesday	38	11	3	5	44	17	5	6	8	25	32	69	49	1.408	+20	41
6	Aston Villa	38	12	2	5	48	22	5	5	9	28	41	76	63	1.206	+13	41
7	Middlesbrough	38	11	6	2	35	17	5	2	12	21	28	56	45	1.244	+11	40
8	Sunderland	38	10	6	3	37	14	4	5	10	21	37	58	51	1.137	+7	39
9	West Bromwich Albion	38	10	6	3	23	15	5	3	11	20	32	43	47	0.915	–4	39
10	Woolwich Arsenal	38	12	3	4	38	19	3	5	11	17	40	55	59	0.932	–4	38
11	Bradford City	38	12	3	4	31	15	3	5	11	15	35	46	50	0.920	–4	38
12	Tottenham Hotspur	38	10	4	5	35	20	4	5	10	18	33	53	53	1.000	±0	37
13	Manchester United	38	9	5	5	29	19	4	6	9	16	41	45	60	0.750	–15	37
14	Sheffield United	38	10	4	5	47	29	3	6	10	16	27	63	56	1.125	+7	36
15	Manchester City	38	10	5	4	39	20	3	4	12	17	38	56	58	0.966	–2	35
16	Notts County	38	9	4	6	26	20	5	3	11	20	43	46	63	0.730	–17	35
17	Liverpool	38	8	4	7	27	23	4	6	9	22	32	49	55	0.891	–6	34
18	Oldham Athletic	38	10	3	6	32	19	2	7	10	14	35	46	54	0.852	–8	34
19	Preston North End	38	8	4	7	26	25	5	3	11	14	32	40	57	0.702	–17	33
20	Bury	38	6	5	8	23	25	0	4	15	9	34	32	59	0.542	–27	21

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	Bradford City !BRA	Bury !BRY	Everton !EVE	Liverpool !LIV	Manchester City !MCI	Manchester United !MUN	Middlesbrough !MID	Newcastle United !NEW	Notts County !NTC	Oldham Athletic !OLD	Preston North End !PNE	Sheffield United !SHU	Sunderland !SUN	Tottenham Hotspur !TOT	The Wednesday !WED	West Bromwich Albion !WBA	Woolwich Arsenal !WOO
Aston Villa !Aston Villa		0–3	0–1	0–0	5–2	3–0	5–0	3–1	6–0	2–1	2–0	5–1	6–1	1–0	1–0	1–3	2–2	2–3	0–3	4–1
Blackburn Rovers !Blackburn Rovers	3–1		2–0	3–1	2–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	2–2	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	3–0	1–0	2–2	0–0	0–0	4–1	4–0
Bolton Wanderers !Bolton Wanderers	3–0	2–0		2–0	1–0	1–2	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	0–2	3–0	2–1	3–0	0–3	3–0	1–0	4–2	2–0	2–2
Bradford City !Bradford City	2–1	1–0	1–0		1–0	1–0	0–2	4–1	0–1	2–1	1–1	2–3	0–0	0–1	1–0	2–1	3–0	5–1	4–1	1–1
Bury !Bury	1–1	1–2	1–3	2–0		1–2	2–2	1–2	0–1	0–2	2–1	0–1	1–1	0–0	3–1	0–2	2–1	2–2	1–0	3–1
Everton !Everton	1–1	1–3	1–0	1–0	1–1		2–1	1–0	4–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	3–2	1–0	2–2	1–0	3–0	1–0
Liverpool !Liverpool	1–2	1–2	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–3		2–2	3–2	1–1	0–1	3–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	2–1	1–2	1–1	1–3	4–1
Manchester City !Manchester City	2–6	3–0	3–1	4–0	2–0	4–0	2–3		0–0	2–0	1–1	4–0	1–3	0–0	0–0	2–0	2–1	4–0	0–2	3–3
Manchester United !Manchester United	3–1	3–1	2–0	0–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	0–0		3–4	0–2	2–0	3–1	0–0	1–0	2–2	1–2	3–1	1–2	2–0
Middlesbrough !Middlesbrough	1–2	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	3–2	3–1	3–0		1–1	4–0	3–0	4–2	1–1	3–3	2–0	1–1	1–0	0–2
Newcastle United !Newcastle United	6–2	4–2	5–2	0–2	3–2	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–3	0–1		3–2	1–1	1–0	2–2	3–1	2–0	0–2	0–0	1–2
Notts County !Notts County	2–0	1–3	3–2	0–0	2–0	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–1	2–1	1–4		1–1	1–2	2–0	3–1	2–2	1–0	2–0	3–1
Oldham Athletic !Oldham Athletic	1–2	0–1	3–1	3–0	2–0	3–0	0–1	4–1	2–2	2–0	2–4	1–2		1–0	2–3	0–0	2–1	1–0	3–1	0–0
Preston North End !Preston North End	4–1	2–2	1–2	2–2	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	0–0	0–3	2–1	2–1	0–1		3–0	0–3	0–1	2–3	1–1	0–1
Sheffield United !Sheffield United	0–1	1–1	0–5	7–3	4–0	2–1	3–1	6–2	6–1	1–1	2–1	1–3	4–0	4–2		1–2	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–1
Sunderland !Sunderland	2–2	3–0	0–1	1–1	1–0	4–0	1–2	1–1	5–0	1–0	1–2	5–0	4–2	3–0	0–0		1–1	0–0	3–2	1–0
Tottenham Hotspur !Tottenham Hotspur	2–1	0–2	1–0	2–3	2–1	0–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–1	1–2	2–2	4–0	6–2	1–1	0–0		3–1	1–0	5–0
The Wednesday !The Wednesday	3–0	1–1	0–1	4–2	2–1	1–3	2–2	3–0	3–0	0–2	1–2	3–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	8–0	4–0		4–1	3–0
West Bromwich Albion !West Bromwich Albion	2–2	2–0	0–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	3–1	3–1	2–1	0–0	0–2	0–1	1–0	2–0	1–5		1–1
Woolwich Arsenal !Woolwich Arsenal	2–2	5–1	3–0	2–0	1–0	0–1	2–2	2–0	2–1	3–1	2–0	0–3	1–1	4–1	3–1	3–0	3–1	0–2	0–2

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

The Wednesday (Sheffield)

Tottenham

West Bromwich Albion

Woolwich Arsenal

Locations of the Football League First Division 1911–1912 teams

Woolwich Arsenal

Tottenham

Locations of the Football League First Division London teams 1911–12

Second Division

Football League, Second Division
Season	1911–12
Champions	Derby County (1st title)
Failed re-election	Gainsborough Trinity
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1032 (2.72 per match)
Top goalscorer	Bert Freeman (Burnley), 32 ^[3]
Biggest home win	Wolverhampton – Hull 8–0 (4 Nov 1911)
Biggest away win	Leeds City – Burnley 1–5 (9 Dec 1911) Birmingham – Derby County 0–4 (16 Sept 1911)
Highest scoring	Fulham – Leeds City 7–2 (23 Mar 1912)
← 1910–11 1912–13 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Derby County	38	15	2	2	55	13	8	6	5	19	15	74	28	2.643	+46	54
2	Chelsea	38	15	2	2	36	13	9	4	6	28	21	64	34	1.882	+30	54
3	Burnley	38	14	5	0	50	14	8	3	8	27	27	77	41	1.878	+36	52
4	Clapton Orient	38	16	0	3	44	14	5	3	11	17	30	61	44	1.386	+17	45
5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	12	3	4	41	10	4	7	8	16	23	57	33	1.727	+24	42
6	Barnsley	38	10	5	4	28	19	5	7	7	17	23	45	42	1.071	+3	42
7	Hull City	38	12	3	4	36	13	5	5	9	18	38	54	51	1.059	+3	42
8	Fulham	38	10	3	6	42	24	6	4	9	24	34	66	58	1.138	+8	39
9	Grimsby Town	38	9	6	4	24	18	6	3	10	24	37	48	55	0.873	–7	39
10	Leicester Fosse	38	11	4	4	34	18	4	3	12	15	48	49	66	0.742	–17	37
11	Bradford Park Avenue	38	10	5	4	30	16	3	4	12	14	29	44	45	0.978	–1	35
12	Birmingham	38	11	3	5	44	29	3	3	13	11	30	55	59	0.932	–4	34
13	Bristol City	38	11	4	4	27	17	3	2	14	14	43	41	60	0.683	–19	34
14	Blackpool	38	12	4	3	24	12	1	4	14	8	40	32	52	0.615	–20	34
15	Nottingham Forest	38	9	3	7	26	18	4	4	11	20	30	46	48	0.958	–2	33
16	Stockport County	38	8	5	6	31	22	3	6	10	16	32	47	54	0.870	–7	33
17	Huddersfield Town	38	8	5	6	30	22	5	1	13	20	42	50	64	0.781	–14	32
18	Glossop	38	6	8	5	33	23	2	4	13	9	33	42	56	0.750	–14	28
19	Leeds City	38	7	6	6	21	22	3	2	14	29	56	50	78	0.641	–28	28
20	Gainsborough Trinity^[4]	38	4	6	9	17	22	1	7	11	13	42	30	64	0.469	–34	23

↑ "England 1911-12". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 5 February 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
1 2 Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
1 2 "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.
↑ Gainsborough Trinity failed to be re-elected to the Football League. This was their final ever season of league football. Lincoln City
returned to the league at their expense.

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
	FA Cup Winners
	New club in the league
	Re-elected
	Failed re-election

Second Division results

Home ╲ Away	Barnsley !BAR	Birmingham City !BIR	Blackpool !BLP	Bradford Park Avenue !BPA	Bristol City !BRI	Burnley !BUR	Chelsea !CHE	Clapton Orient !CLA	Derby County !DER	Fulham !FUL	Gainsborough Trinity !GAI	Glossop !GLP	Grimsby Town !GRI	Huddersfield Town !HUD	Hull City !HUL	Leeds City !LEE	Leicester Fosse !LEI	Nottingham Forest !NOT	Stockport County !STP	Wolverhampton Wanderers !WOL
Barnsley !Barnsley		1–0	1–0	1–0	4–1	1–1	0–2	2–1	0–2	2–2	4–0	1–0	2–2	0–0	1–2	3–4	0–0	1–0	2–1	2–1
Birmingham City !Birmingham City	1–3		2–1	2–3	0–0	4–0	1–4	4–0	0–4	1–3	2–2	2–0	2–2	1–0	5–1	4–3	4–0	4–2	2–0	3–1
Blackpool !Blackpool	0–0	1–0		0–4	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	3–1	0–0	2–0	1–2	3–1	3–2	3–0	1–1	2–0	0–1	1–0
Bradford Park Avenue !Bradford Park Avenue	1–0	3–0	0–0		0–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	0–1	0–2	5–0	1–1	4–1	3–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	0–2
Bristol City !Bristol City	0–1	2–1	2–0	1–0		0–3	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	2–0	3–0	3–2	0–0	4–1	0–1	2–2	2–1	0–3
Burnley !Burnley	3–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	4–2		2–2	1–0	0–0	5–1	2–0	4–0	1–1	3–0	5–1	4–2	3–0	2–0	4–1	2–1
Chelsea !Chelsea	2–1	0–2	4–1	1–0	2–2	0–2		3–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	4–1	3–1	1–0	4–2	2–1	2–0	0–0	4–0
Clapton Orient !Clapton Orient	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	4–0	1–2	1–4		3–0	4–0	3–0	2–1	1–0	2–1	4–0	2–1	4–1	0–2	4–2	1–0
Derby County !Derby County	0–0	0–1	5–1	1–0	3–0	2–0	2–0	5–1		6–1	4–0	5–0	2–1	4–2	2–3	5–2	5–0	1–0	2–0	1–1
Fulham !Fulham	2–2	2–1	3–0	2–0	2–1	3–4	0–1	0–2	0–0		7–1	0–2	1–3	3–1	0–1	7–2	4–1	2–0	3–1	1–1
Gainsborough Trinity !Gainsborough Trinity	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–3	1–0	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–1		1–1	2–3	5–0	0–3	2–1	0–1	1–2	0–0	1–0
Glossop !Glossop	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–0	3–0	1–3	1–2	3–3	3–1	1–1	1–1		5–2	2–3	1–1	2–1	6–0	0–0	1–1	0–1
Grimsby Town !Grimsby Town	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	3–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	0–3	1–0	3–3	0–0		1–2	1–0	1–2	4–0	1–4	2–2	0–0
Huddersfield Town !Huddersfield Town	2–1	3–2	4–0	3–1	1–2	1–1	1–3	0–0	0–0	2–0	2–2	3–1	2–0		0–2	1–2	1–2	1–2	2–0	1–1
Hull City !Hull City	0–0	4–0	3–0	5–1	3–0	4–1	1–0	0–2	0–0	2–3	1–1	2–0	1–0	0–1		1–0	4–1	2–1	0–2	3–0
Leeds City !Leeds City	3–2	0–0	1–0	1–2	3–1	1–5	0–0	0–2	0–1	0–2	0–0	2–1	1–2	2–0	0–0		2–1	3–1	1–1	1–1
Leicester Fosse !Leicester Fosse	0–0	5–2	4–0	3–0	2–0	3–2	2–0	2–0	0–1	2–5	2–0	1–0	0–2	0–2	3–0	2–1		1–1	1–1	1–1
Nottingham Forest !Nottingham Forest	0–2	0–1	2–1	2–1	2–0	0–1	2–3	3–0	1–3	1–1	2–0	0–1	1–0	3–0	0–0	2–1	4–1		1–2	0–0
Stockport County !Stockport County	1–1	2–0	1–2	1–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–1	4–0	2–1	0–3	3–0	3–0	3–1	1–1	3–3	2–3	2–2		1–2
Wolverhampton Wanderers !Wolverhampton Wanderers	5–0	1–0	3–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	3–1	0–1	0–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–2	1–2	8–0	5–0	1–0	1–0	4–0

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

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Locations of the Football League Second Division 1911–1912 teams

Chelsea

Clapton Orient

Fulham

Locations of the Football League Second Division London teams 1911–12

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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First Division	Aston Villa Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Bradford City Bury Everton Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Middlesbrough Newcastle United Notts County Oldham Athletic Preston North End Sheffield United Sunderland Tottenham Hotspur The Wednesday West Bromwich Albion Woolwich Arsenal

Second Division	Barnsley Birmingham Blackpool Bradford Park Avenue Bristol City Burnley Chelsea Clapton Orient Derby County Fulham Gainsborough Trinity Glossop Grimsby Town Huddersfield Town Hull City Leeds City Leicester Fosse Nottingham Forest Stockport County Wolverhampton Wanderers

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