1900–01 Football League

The 19001901 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 VillaManchester City 7–1 (1 Dec 1900)
Biggest away win West BromNottingham Forest 1–6 (20 Oct 1900)
Highest scoring 9: Derby CountyWolverhampton 4–5 (22 Sept 1900)
SunderlandWolverhampton 7–2 (12 Jan 1901)
West BromBolton 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

First Division

Pos Team Pld W D L F A W D L F A F A GA GD Pts
1Liverpool3412233613755232259351.686+2445
2Sunderland34123243113104141557262.192+3143
3Notts County34132239185210152854461.174+840
4Nottingham Forest3410433214638212253361.472+1739
5Bury3411333110548222753371.432+1639
6Newcastle United3410522713458152442371.135+538
7Everton34104337176110182555421.310+1337
8The Wednesday3413223816089142652421.238+1036
9Blackburn Rovers349442418359152939470.830–833
10Bolton Wanderers34105221123212184339550.709–1633
11Manchester City34123232161313164248580.828–1032
12Derby County34104343182312122455421.310+1331
13Wolverhampton Wanderers34610121153311184039550.709–1631
14Sheffield United3484522234310132935520.673–1731
15Aston Villa3485432182510133345510.882–630
16Stoke3483623153212234246570.807–1127
17Preston North End3464729303311204549750.653–2625
18West Bromwich Albion3444921273410143535620.565–2722

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 AST BLB BOLBRYDEREVELIVMCINEWNOTNTCPNESHUSTKSUNWEDWBAWOL
Aston Villa 33 30 10 21 12 02 71 22 21 12 40 00 20 22 21 01 00
Blackburn Rovers 22 20 02 10 21 31 10 00 13 02 31 10 32 01 22 11 20
Bolton Wanderers 10 10 32 01 10 10 00 32 42 01 11 00 10 00 11 32 10
Bury 31 01 30 21 30 00 40 10 01 10 21 11 32 00 20 61 01
Derby County 30 40 42 52 01 23 20 11 00 21 00 40 41 11 31 40 45
Everton 21 00 23 33 20 11 52 01 41 01 41 31 30 10 11 10 51
Liverpool 51 30 21 10 00 12 31 30 20 10 32 12 31 12 11 50 10
Manchester City 40 13 11 10 20 10 34 21 10 20 31 21 20 11 22 10 32
Newcastle United 30 10 30 00 21 10 11 21 00 20 35 30 21 02 00 11 31
Nottingham Forest 31 01 30 11 10 21 00 42 12 50 41 20 11 00 10 23 21
Notts County 20 21 31 10 21 32 30 00 31 10 61 24 24 22 20 10 41
Preston North End 02 41 13 31 32 12 22 04 01 11 01 31 42 11 32 23 11
Sheffield United 22 21 02 03 21 21 02 11 20 01 42 21 04 20 10 11 11
Stoke City 00 20 21 12 01 02 12 21 20 03 11 50 01 00 21 20 30
Sunderland 00 20 51 41 21 20 01 30 11 01 11 31 30 61 10 30 72
The Wednesday 32 11 10 12 21 31 32 41 22 41 41 01 10 40 10 21 20
West Bromwich Albion 01 11 72 12 11 12 01 32 01 16 10 01 02 22 10 11 12
Wolverhampton Wanderers 00 22 11 11 00 11 21 10 10 10 32 22 30 02 22 11 00

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 HeathBlackpool 10–1 (2 Mar 1901)
Biggest away win WalsallBurton Swifts 1–5 (24 Sept 1900)
Highest scoring MiddlesbroughGainsborough 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)
Pos Team Pld W D L F A W D L F A F A GA GD Pts
1Grimsby Town3414304611665142260331.818+2749
2Small Heath341421418584161657242.375+3348
3Burnley3415203965210142353291.828+2444
4New Brighton Tower341250348539233057381.500+1942
5Glossop341124349467172451331.545+1838
6Middlesbrough34114238134310122750401.250+1037
7Woolwich Arsenal3413313011231292439351.114+436
8Lincoln City3412323911141242843391.103+433
9Burslem Port Vale348632814359173345470.957–233
10Newton Heath3411333193113112942381.105+432
11Leicester Fosse349533015251092239371.054+232
12Blackpool3476420115111134733580.569–2531
13Gainsborough Trinity348452618269194245600.750–1530
14Chesterfield346562522359213646580.793–1228
15Barnsley3493534232213133747600.783–1327
16Walsall[4]3477329230611113340560.714–1627
17Stockport County3492625212114134738680.559–3025
18Burton Swifts[5]3473716211115184534660.515–3220
  1. 1 2 "England 1900-01". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 5 February 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
  2. 1 2 3 Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
  3. "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.
  4. Walsall failed re-election to the league and did not return until the 1921–22 season, when they joined the Third Division North.
  5. 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 BAR BLP BURBPVBRSCHFGAIGLPGRILEILINMIDNBRNWHSMHSTPWALWOO
Barnsley 01 21 13 32 41 13 22 23 10 00 31 11 62 12 20 21 30
Blackpool 11 01 21 20 11 11 00 01 10 20 30 12 12 00 30 10 11
Burnley 40 40 10 21 51 21 51 30 00 10 20 21 10 10 31 00 30
Burslem Port Vale 32 40 10 40 51 11 00 00 00 20 02 13 20 22 01 22 10
Burton Swifts 11 12 10 02 04 10 13 12 01 00 00 10 31 02 32 21 10
Chesterfield 12 20 13 11 20 22 01 33 10 20 23 01 21 11 42 11 01
Gainsborough Trinity 42 13 30 21 21 23 11 01 00 11 11 41 01 12 20 10 10
Glossop 21 60 01 12 30 11 31 00 31 20 20 01 10 20 60 20 01
Grimsby Town 10 20 21 61 52 52 00 10 41 40 20 52 20 11 51 00 10
Leicester Fosse 20 31 11 00 52 13 10 12 40 02 10 11 10 11 22 50 10
Lincoln City 30 30 20 22 21 20 60 11 01 10 12 20 20 31 40 20 33
Middlesbrough 30 31 00 40 31 20 92 22 00 21 20 21 12 01 20 21 11
New Brighton Tower 20 00 21 11 31 11 32 10 50 00 20 31 20 00 30 51 10
Newton Heath 10 40 01 40 11 10 00 30 10 23 41 40 10 01 31 11 10
Small Heath 31 101 01 21 20 00 60 10 21 00 20 21 40 10 20 21 21
Stockport County 21 01 32 11 20 31 12 13 01 31 10 01 05 10 00 41 31
Walsall 30 12 20 21 15 22 33 21 00 20 30 00 33 11 22 13 10
Woolwich Arsenal 12 31 31 30 31 10 21 20 11 21 00 10 21 21 10 20 11

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.

See also

References

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