1907–08 Football League

The Football League
Season	1907–08
Champions	Manchester United
Relegated	Lincoln City Stoke ^[1]
← 1906–07 1908–09 →

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]

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^[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	1,176 (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
← 1906–07 1908–09 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Manchester United	38	15	1	3	43	19	8	5	6	38	29	81	48	1.688	+33	52
2	Aston Villa	38	9	6	4	47	24	8	3	8	30	35	77	59	1.305	+18	43
3	Manchester City	38	12	5	2	36	19	4	6	9	26	35	62	54	1.148	+8	43
4	Newcastle United	38	11	4	4	41	24	4	8	7	24	30	65	54	1.204	+11	42
5	The Wednesday	38	14	0	5	50	25	5	4	10	23	39	73	64	1.141	+9	42
6	Middlesbrough	38	12	2	5	32	16	5	5	9	22	29	54	45	1.200	+9	41
7	Bury	38	8	7	4	29	22	6	4	9	29	39	58	61	0.951	–3	39
8	Liverpool	38	11	2	6	43	24	5	4	10	25	37	68	61	1.115	+7	38
9	Nottingham Forest	38	11	6	2	42	21	2	5	12	17	41	59	62	0.952	–3	37
10	Bristol City	38	8	7	4	29	21	4	5	10	29	40	58	61	0.951	–3	36
11	Everton	38	11	4	4	34	24	4	2	13	24	40	58	64	0.906	–6	36
12	Preston North End	38	9	7	3	33	18	3	5	11	14	35	47	53	0.887	–6	36
13	Chelsea	38	8	3	8	30	35	6	5	8	23	27	53	62	0.855	–9	36
14	Woolwich Arsenal	38	9	8	2	32	18	3	4	12	19	45	51	63	0.810	–12	36
14	Blackburn Rovers	38	10	7	2	35	23	2	5	12	16	40	51	63	0.810	–12	36
16	Sunderland	38	11	2	6	53	31	5	1	13	25	44	78	75	1.040	+3	35
17	Sheffield United	38	8	6	5	27	22	4	5	10	25	36	52	58	0.897	–6	35
18	Notts County	38	9	3	7	24	19	4	5	10	15	32	39	51	0.765	–12	34
19	Bolton Wanderers	38	10	3	6	35	26	4	2	13	17	32	52	58	0.897	–6	33
20	Birmingham	38	6	6	7	22	28	3	6	10	18	32	40	60	0.667	–20	30

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	Aston Villa !AST	Birmingham !BIR	Blackburn Rovers !BLB	Bolton Wanderers !BOL	Bristol City !BRI	Bury !BRY	Chelsea !CHE	Everton !EVE	Liverpool !LIV	Manchester City !MCI	Manchester United !MUN	Middlesbrough !MID	Newcastle United !NEW	Nottingham Forest !NOT	Notts County !NTC	Preston North End !PNE	Sheffield United !SHU	Sunderland !SUN	The Wednesday !WED	Woolwich Arsenal !WOO
Aston Villa !Aston Villa		2–3	1–1	2–0	4–4	2–2	0–0	0–2	5–1	2–2	1–4	6–0	3–3	4–0	5–1	3–0	1–0	1–0	5–0	0–1
Birmingham !Birmingham	2–3		1–1	2–1	0–4	0–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	3–4	1–4	1–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	0–0	0–2	2–1	1–2
Blackburn Rovers !Blackburn Rovers	2–0	1–0		3–2	4–1	1–0	2–0	2–0	1–3	0–0	1–5	2–0	1–1	3–3	1–1	1–1	3–3	4–2	2–0	1–1
Bolton Wanderers !Bolton Wanderers	3–1	1–0	3–1		1–2	3–6	1–2	3–0	0–4	2–0	2–2	1–1	4–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	1–1	2–3	2–1	3–1
Bristol City !Bristol City	2–2	0–0	2–2	2–0		1–1	0–0	3–2	2–0	2–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	3–0	2–1	1–3	3–2	3–0	0–2	1–2
Bury !Bury	2–1	1–0	1–1	2–2	1–1		1–1	3–0	3–1	0–0	0–1	1–4	1–2	0–0	0–0	5–1	3–2	2–1	0–2	3–2
Chelsea !Chelsea	1–3	2–2	1–0	1–3	4–1	3–4		2–1	0–2	2–2	1–4	1–0	2–0	0–4	1–2	0–0	2–4	2–1	3–1	2–1
Everton !Everton	1–0	4–1	4–1	2–1	0–0	6–1	0–3		2–4	3–3	1–3	2–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	0–3	0–0	1–1
Liverpool !Liverpool	5–0	3–4	2–0	1–0	3–1	2–1	1–4	0–0		0–1	7–4	0–1	1–5	0–0	6–0	1–2	3–0	1–0	3–0	4–1
Manchester City !Manchester City	3–2	2–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	2–2	0–3	4–2	1–1		0–0	2–1	1–0	4–2	2–1	5–0	0–2	0–0	3–2	4–0
Manchester United !Manchester United	1–2	1–0	1–2	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	4–3	4–0	3–1		2–1	1–1	4–0	0–1	2–1	2–1	3–0	4–1	4–2
Middlesbrough !Middlesbrough	0–1	1–0	3–0	0–1	0–2	0–2	3–1	0–2	3–1	2–0	2–1		2–1	1–1	3–1	1–0	2–0	3–1	6–1	0–0
Newcastle United !Newcastle United	2–5	8–0	3–0	3–0	2–0	3–0	1–0	2–1	3–1	1–1	1–6	1–1		3–0	1–1	0–0	2–3	1–3	2–1	2–1
Nottingham Forest !Nottingham Forest	2–2	1–1	3–2	1–0	3–1	1–2	6–0	5–2	3–1	3–1	2–0	0–3	0–0		2–0	2–2	1–1	4–1	2–2	1–0
Notts County !Notts County	0–3	0–0	0–2	0–1	3–1	2–1	2–0	2–1	2–2	1–0	1–1	2–0	0–1	2–0		0–1	0–3	4–0	1–2	2–0
Preston North End !Preston North End	3–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–0	3–1	2–4	2–2	3–0	2–4	0–0	1–1	2–0	0–1	1–0		0–0	3–2	1–1	3–0
Sheffield United !Sheffield United	1–1	1–0	4–2	1–0	2–0	0–2	0–3	2–0	0–0	1–2	2–0	0–0	1–1	2–2	0–1	2–0		5–3	1–3	2–2
Sunderland !Sunderland	3–0	1–0	4–0	1–2	3–3	6–2	3–0	1–2	1–0	2–5	1–2	0–0	2–4	7–2	4–3	4–1	4–1		1–2	5–2
The Wednesday !The Wednesday	2–3	1–4	2–0	5–2	5–3	2–0	3–1	1–2	1–2	5–1	2–0	3–2	3–1	2–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	2–3		6–0
Woolwich Arsenal !Woolwich Arsenal	0–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–4	0–0	0–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	4–1	2–2	3–1	1–1	1–1	5–1	4–0	1–1

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

Maps

The Wednesday (Sheffield)

Woolwich Arsenal

Locations of the Football League First Division teams

Second Division

Football League
Second Division
Season	1907–08
Champions	Bradford City (1st title)
Failed re-election	Lincoln City
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,187 (3.12 per match)
Top goalscorer	John Smith (Hull City), 27
← 1906–07 1908–09 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Bradford City	38	15	2	2	58	16	9	4	6	32	26	90	42	2.143	+48	54
2	Leicester Fosse	38	14	2	3	41	20	7	8	4	31	27	72	47	1.532	+25	52
3	Oldham Athletic	38	15	4	0	53	14	7	2	10	23	28	76	42	1.810	+34	50
4	Fulham	38	12	2	5	50	14	10	3	6	32	35	82	49	1.673	+33	49
5	West Bromwich Albion	38	13	3	3	38	13	6	6	7	23	26	61	39	1.564	+22	47
6	Derby County	38	15	1	3	50	13	6	3	10	27	32	77	45	1.711	+32	46
7	Burnley	38	14	3	2	44	14	6	3	10	23	36	67	50	1.340	+17	46
8	Hull City	38	15	1	3	50	23	6	3	10	23	39	73	62	1.177	+9	46
9	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	11	4	4	34	11	4	3	12	16	34	50	45	1.111	+5	37
10	Stoke^[1]	38	11	5	3	43	13	5	0	14	14	39	57	52	1.096	+5	37
11	Gainsborough Trinity	38	9	4	6	31	28	5	3	11	16	43	47	71	0.662	–24	35
12	Leeds City	38	9	6	4	33	18	3	2	14	20	47	53	65	0.815	–12	32
13	Stockport County	38	9	4	6	35	26	3	4	12	13	41	48	67	0.716	–19	32
14	Clapton Orient	38	10	5	4	28	13	1	5	13	12	52	40	65	0.615	–15	32
15	Blackpool	38	11	3	5	33	19	0	6	13	18	39	51	58	0.879	–7	31
16	Barnsley	38	8	3	8	41	31	4	3	12	13	37	54	68	0.794	–14	30
17	Glossop	38	9	5	5	36	26	2	3	14	18	48	54	74	0.730	–20	30
18	Grimsby Town	38	8	5	6	27	24	3	3	13	16	47	43	71	0.606	–28	30
19	Chesterfield	38	6	6	7	33	38	0	5	14	13	54	46	92	0.500	–46	23
20	Lincoln City	38	7	2	10	27	28	2	1	16	19	55	46	83	0.554	–37	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
	Division champions
	Promoted
	FA Cup Winners
	New club in the league
	Re-elected
	Failed re-election

Results

Home ╲ Away	Barnsley !BAR	Blackpool !BLP	Bradford City !BRA	Burnley !BUR	Chesterfield !CHF	Clapton Orient !CLA	Derby County !DER	Fulham !FUL	Gainsborough Trinity !GAI	Glossop !GLP	Grimsby Town !GRI	Hull City !HUL	Leeds City !LEE	Leicester Fosse !LEI	Lincoln City !LIN	Oldham Athletic !OLD	Stockport County !STP	Stoke City !STK	West Bromwich Albion !WBA	Wolverhampton Wanderers !WOL
Barnsley !Barnsley		0–0	1–2	2–3	5–2	2–2	2–4	6–0	1–2	4–1	2–1	4–2	1–3	1–3	2–1	2–1	0–0	0–1	1–3	5–0
Blackpool !Blackpool	1–1		2–1	1–0	2–0	5–0	1–0	2–1	0–1	4–0	3–0	1–1	2–3	2–2	4–3	1–0	1–3	1–0	0–1	0–2
Bradford City !Bradford City	2–0	3–0		2–0	8–1	1–0	3–1	1–3	7–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	5–0	1–5	2–0	1–0	5–0	6–0	0–0	6–2
Burnley !Burnley	4–1	2–1	2–1		1–1	3–0	2–2	0–1	2–0	1–0	5–1	5–0	1–0	4–1	1–2	2–1	4–0	3–1	1–1	1–0
Chesterfield !Chesterfield	1–3	3–2	1–1	2–4		1–1	0–2	1–1	2–2	3–7	0–0	1–2	4–3	2–2	2–1	1–2	4–1	2–4	1–0	2–0
Clapton Orient !Clapton Orient	2–0	1–1	0–3	0–1	5–1		1–0	0–1	2–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	0–1	2–0	2–0	4–1	3–0	2–2	1–1
Derby County !Derby County	3–0	2–1	2–3	1–0	0–0	4–0		0–1	5–2	2–0	4–0	4–1	6–1	1–2	4–0	1–0	3–0	3–0	2–0	3–2
Fulham !Fulham	2–0	3–0	0–2	2–1	5–0	4–0	0–0		6–0	6–1	0–1	0–1	2–0	5–1	6–1	1–2	0–1	5–1	1–1	2–1
Gainsborough Trinity !Gainsborough Trinity	0–1	2–1	1–5	2–0	2–1	0–0	1–4	3–3		1–0	3–2	1–2	2–1	1–1	5–1	1–1	3–2	2–0	1–2	0–1
Glossop !Glossop	3–1	2–2	2–2	3–1	3–2	2–1	2–3	1–2	1–0		1–2	5–1	0–2	2–3	3–1	0–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–1
Grimsby Town !Grimsby Town	4–1	2–2	0–1	0–1	4–3	0–0	1–0	0–4	1–4	4–0		1–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–1	1–0	2–2	0–1
Hull City !Hull City	2–0	3–2	0–2	3–1	2–0	5–0	4–0	1–2	0–1	3–2	4–2		4–1	3–2	5–3	3–2	0–0	2–1	4–2	2–0
Leeds City !Leeds City	1–1	1–1	0–1	2–2	0–0	5–2	5–1	0–1	0–0	2–1	4–1	3–2		0–0	2–1	1–2	3–0	0–1	1–0	3–1
Leicester Fosse !Leicester Fosse	4–0	2–1	2–1	3–1	3–1	0–2	1–3	2–3	3–0	3–1	1–1	3–2	2–2		1–0	4–1	2–1	1–0	3–0	1–0
Lincoln City !Lincoln City	0–2	2–0	2–4	1–3	4–0	2–2	1–0	2–4	2–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	5–0	0–3		0–2	1–1	1–2	0–2	3–1
Oldham Athletic !Oldham Athletic	1–0	3–2	4–0	1–1	4–0	4–1	3–1	3–3	4–1	0–0	2–0	3–0	4–2	1–1	4–0		5–0	3–1	2–1	2–0
Stockport County !Stockport County	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–0	6–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	3–2	3–0	2–3	2–1	2–1	1–1	2–3		1–2	1–2	1–3
Stoke City !Stoke City	4–0	3–1	3–0	0–0	1–1	3–0	0–3	6–1	5–0	4–0	5–0	1–1	2–1	0–1	3–0	1–3	1–0		1–1	0–0
West Bromwich Albion !West Bromwich Albion	1–1	3–0	3–2	5–0	4–0	3–0	1–0	3–1	0–1	1–1	1–2	1–0	1–0	1–1	5–2	1–2	2–0	1–0		1–0
Wolverhampton Wanderers !Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–1	1–0	0–0	5–1	0–0	2–0	2–2	2–0	1–0	5–0	5–1	1–2	2–0	0–0	3–0	2–1	0–1	2–0	1–2

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.

Maps

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Locations of the Football League Second Division teams

References

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.
↑ 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.
↑ "England 1907-08". 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.

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

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1907–08 Football League

Final league tables

First Division

Results

Maps

Second Division

Results

Maps

See also

References