1907–08 Football League (original) (raw)

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20th season of the Football League

Football league season

The Football League

Season 1907–08
Champions Manchester United
Relegated Lincoln City
Resigned Stoke
New clubs in league FulhamOldham Athletic
← 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.

Final league tables

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Beginning in the 1894–95 season, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded). 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.

During the first six seasons of the league, (up to the 1893–94 season), 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.

Football league season

First Division

Season 1907–08
Champions Manchester United1st English title
Relegated Bolton WanderersBirmingham
Matches played 380
Goals scored 1,176 (3.09 per match)
Top goalscorer Enoch West(27 goals)
Biggest home win Newcastle United 8–0 Birmingham(23 November 1907)
Biggest away win Newcastle United 1–6 Manchester United(12 October 1907)
Highest scoring Liverpool 7–4 Manchester United(25 March 1908)
← 1906–07 1908–09 →
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts Relegation
1 Manchester United (C) 38 23 6 9 81 48 1.688 52
2 Aston Villa 38 17 9 12 77 59 1.305 43
3 Manchester City 38 16 11 11 62 54 1.148 43
4 Newcastle United 38 15 12 11 65 54 1.204 42
5 The Wednesday 38 19 4 15 73 64 1.141 42
6 Middlesbrough 38 17 7 14 54 45 1.200 41
7 Bury 38 14 11 13 58 61 0.951 39
8 Liverpool 38 16 6 16 68 61 1.115 38
9 Nottingham Forest 38 13 11 14 59 62 0.952 37
10 Bristol City 38 12 12 14 58 61 0.951 36
11 Everton 38 15 6 17 58 64 0.906 36
12 Preston North End 38 12 12 14 47 53 0.887 36
13 Chelsea 38 14 8 16 53 62 0.855 36
14 Blackburn Rovers 38 12 12 14 51 63 0.810 36
15 Woolwich Arsenal 38 12 12 14 51 63 0.810 36
16 Sunderland 38 16 3 19 78 75 1.040 35
17 Sheffield United 38 12 11 15 52 58 0.897 35
18 Notts County 38 13 8 17 39 51 0.765 34
19 Bolton Wanderers (R) 38 14 5 19 52 58 0.897 33 Relegation to the Second Division
20 Birmingham (R) 38 9 12 17 40 60 0.667 30

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [1]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Locations of the Football League First Division teams

Football league season

Football LeagueSecond 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 HW HD HL HGF HGA AW AD AL AGF AGA GAv Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Bradford City 38 15 2 2 58 16 9 4 6 32 26 2.143 54 Division champions
2 Leicester Fosse 38 14 2 3 41 20 7 8 4 31 27 1.532 52 Promoted
3 Oldham Athletic[a] 38 15 4 0 53 14 7 2 10 23 28 1.810 50
4 Fulham[a] 38 12 2 5 50 14 10 3 6 32 35 1.673 49
5 West Bromwich Albion 38 13 3 3 38 13 6 6 7 23 26 1.564 47
6 Derby County 38 15 1 3 50 13 6 3 10 27 32 1.711 46
7 Burnley 38 14 3 2 44 14 6 3 10 23 36 1.340 46
8 Hull City 38 15 1 3 50 23 6 3 10 23 39 1.177 46
9 Wolverhampton Wanderers 38 11 4 4 34 11 4 3 12 16 34 1.111 37 FA Cup Winners
10 Stoke[b] 38 11 5 3 43 13 5 0 14 14 39 1.096 37 Resigned
11 Gainsborough Trinity 38 9 4 6 31 28 5 3 11 16 43 0.662 35
12 Leeds City 38 9 6 4 33 18 3 2 14 20 47 0.815 32
13 Stockport County 38 9 4 6 35 26 3 4 12 13 41 0.716 32
14 Clapton Orient 38 10 5 4 28 13 1 5 13 12 52 0.615 32
15 Blackpool 38 11 3 5 33 19 0 6 13 18 39 0.879 31
16 Barnsley 38 8 3 8 41 31 4 3 12 13 37 0.794 30
17 Glossop 38 9 5 5 36 26 2 3 14 18 48 0.730 30
18 Grimsby Town 38 8 5 6 27 24 3 3 13 16 47 0.606 30 Re-elected
19 Chesterfield Town 38 6 6 7 33 38 0 5 14 13 54 0.500 23
20 Lincoln City 38 7 2 10 27 28 2 1 16 19 55 0.554 21 Failed re-election
  1. ^ a b New club in the league
  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.

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: www.soccerbase.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Locations of the Football League Second Division teams