1901–02 Football League

The 1901–1902 season was the 14th 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]

Football League, First Division
Season	1901–02
Champions	Sunderland (4th English title)
Relegated	Manchester City Small Heath
FA Cup winners	Sheffield United (2nd FA Cup title)
Matches played	306
Goals scored	840 (2.75 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jimmy Settle (Everton), 18
Biggest home win	Newcastle –Notts County 8–0 (26 Oct 1901)
Biggest away win	Blackburn –Manchester City 1–4 (12 Apr 1902) Manchester City –Birmingham 1–4 (14 Sept 1901) Sheffield United –Birmingham 1–4 (15 Feb 1902) 0–3: five different matches
Highest scoring	Newcastle –Notts County 8–0 (26 Oct 1901) Notts County –Wolverhampton 5–3 (28 Mar 1902)
Longest winning run	5 matches Nottingham Forest (18 Jan 1902 – 19 Mar 1902)
Longest unbeaten run	10 matches Sunderland (23 Nov 1901 – 15 Feb 1902)
Longest losing run	5 matches Manchester City F.C. (2 Sep 1901 – 12 Oct 1902)
Highest attendance	50.000 Aston Villa - Birmingham City (26 Dec 1901)
Lowest attendance	2.000 Blackburn Rovers -Bolton Wanderers (7 Dec 1901) Wolverhampton Wanderers - Newcastle (10 Mar 1902) Nottingham Forest - Newcastle (19 Mar 1902) Derby County - Sunderland (5 Apr 1902) The Wednesday - Everton (5 Apr 1902) Bury - Wolverhampton Wanderers (12 Apr 1902) Blackburn Rovers - Derby County (19 Apr 1902)
Average attendance	11.209
← 1900–01 1902–03 →

Small Heath (Birmingham)

Stoke

Sunderland

The Wednesday (Sheffield)

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Locations of the Football League First Division 1901–1902 teams

First Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Sunderland	34	12	3	2	32	14	7	3	7	18	21	50	35	1.429	+15	44
2	Everton	34	11	2	4	31	11	6	5	6	22	24	53	35	1.514	+18	41
3	Newcastle United	34	11	3	3	41	14	3	6	8	7	20	48	34	1.412	+14	37
4	Blackburn Rovers	34	12	2	3	36	16	3	4	10	16	32	52	48	1.083	+4	36
5	Nottingham Forest	34	11	4	2	32	13	2	5	10	11	30	43	43	1.000	±0	35
6	Derby County	34	11	5	1	26	10	2	4	11	13	31	39	41	0.951	–2	35
7	Bury	34	11	5	1	31	9	2	3	12	13	29	44	38	1.158	+6	34
8	Aston Villa	34	9	5	3	27	13	4	3	10	15	27	42	40	1.050	+2	34
9	The Wednesday	34	9	5	3	30	14	4	3	10	18	38	48	52	0.923	–4	34
10	Sheffield United	34	10	5	2	38	13	3	2	12	15	35	53	48	1.104	+5	33
11	Liverpool	34	8	3	6	28	16	2	9	6	14	22	42	38	1.105	+4	32
12	Bolton Wanderers	34	10	6	1	38	17	2	2	13	13	39	51	56	0.911	–5	32
13	Notts County	34	12	2	3	44	19	2	2	13	7	38	51	57	0.895	–6	32
14	Wolverhampton Wanderers	34	12	3	2	32	13	1	3	13	14	44	46	57	0.807	–11	32
15	Grimsby Town	34	11	3	3	33	16	2	3	12	11	44	44	60	0.733	–16	32
16	Stoke	34	10	4	3	31	12	1	5	11	14	43	45	55	0.818	–10	31
17	Small Heath	34	8	5	4	31	14	3	3	11	16	31	47	45	1.044	+2	30
18	Manchester City	34	10	3	4	28	17	1	3	13	14	41	42	58	0.724	–16	28

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
	FA Cup Winners
	Relegated

First Division results

Home ╲ Away	Aston Villa !AST	Blackburn Rovers !BLB	Bolton Wanderers !BOL	Bury !BRY	Derby County !DER	Everton !EVE	Grimsby Town !GRI	Liverpool !LIV	Manchester City !MCI	Newcastle United !NEW	Nottingham Forest !NOT	Notts County !NTC	Sheffield United !SHU	Small Heath !SMH	Stoke City !STK	Sunderland !SUN	The Wednesday !WED	Wolverhampton Wanderers !WOL
Aston Villa !Aston Villa		1–1	1–0	2–0	3–2	1–1	4–1	0–1	2–2	0–0	3–0	2–0	1–2	1–0	0–0	0–1	4–1	2–1
Blackburn Rovers !Blackburn Rovers	4–0		2–0	0–3	3–1	3–1	2–0	1–1	1–4	0–0	1–0	4–2	2–1	3–1	6–1	0–1	2–0	2–0
Bolton Wanderers !Bolton Wanderers	2–2	4–0		2–2	2–1	1–3	4–0	1–0	3–3	3–1	3–0	1–1	1–0	4–0	2–1	0–0	3–1	2–2
Bury !Bury	0–0	2–0	2–2		2–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	3–0	4–0	1–1	3–0	1–2	2–0	4–2	1–0	2–0	2–1
Derby County !Derby County	1–0	1–1	1–2	1–0		3–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	3–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–2	3–1
Everton !Everton	2–3	0–2	1–0	1–1	2–0		0–1	4–0	3–1	0–0	1–0	0–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	5–0	6–1
Grimsby Town !Grimsby Town	4–1	2–1	4–1	2–0	1–1	0–2		1–1	3–2	3–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–2	3–3	3–1	3–0
Liverpool !Liverpool	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–2	2–2	2–2		4–0	0–1	0–2	0–1	1–0	3–1	7–0	0–1	1–2	4–1
Manchester City !Manchester City	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	2–0	3–0	2–3		2–0	3–1	1–0	4–0	1–4	2–2	0–3	0–3	3–0
Newcastle United !Newcastle United	2–1	0–3	4–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	5–1	1–0	3–0		3–0	8–0	1–1	2–0	5–1	0–1	2–1	3–1
Nottingham Forest !Nottingham Forest	1–1	3–0	4–1	2–1	3–1	4–0	0–1	1–1	3–1	0–2		1–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	2–0
Notts County !Notts County	0–3	3–0	2–1	2–1	3–2	0–2	3–0	2–2	2–0	0–2	3–0		4–0	6–1	1–1	2–0	6–1	5–3
Sheffield United !Sheffield United	6–0	4–1	2–0	3–1	3–0	0–0	2–2	2–1	5–0	1–0	2–2	3–0		1–4	1–1	0–1	3–0	0–0
Small Heath !Small Heath	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–0	5–1	0–1	6–0	0–0	1–0	3–1	1–1	0–0	5–1		1–1	2–3	1–1	1–2
Stoke City !Stoke City	1–0	2–2	4–0	1–2	1–1	1–2	2–0	1–0	3–0	0–0	1–1	3–0	3–2	1–0		3–0	1–2	3–0
Sunderland !Sunderland	1–0	3–2	2–1	3–0	1–0	2–4	3–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	4–0	2–1	3–1	1–1	2–0		1–2	2–0
The Wednesday !The Wednesday	1–0	0–1	5–1	4–1	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	2–1	0–0	0–2	4–0	1–0	1–2	3–1	1–1		1–1
Wolverhampton Wanderers !Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–2	3–1	1–2	1–0	0–0	2–1	2–0	3–1	0–0	3–0	2–0	3–1	1–1	2–1	4–1	4–2	1–0

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	1901–02
Champions	West Bromwich Albion (1st title)
Failed re-election	none
Matches played	306
Goals scored	885 (2.89 per match)
Top goalscorer	Chippy Simmons (West Brom), 23 ^[3]
Biggest home win	Preston North End –Lincoln City 8–0 (28 Dec 1901)
Biggest away win	Burton United –Lincoln City 0–6 (23 Nov 1901)
Highest scoring	Barnsley –Middlesbrough 2–7 (22 Feb 1902)
Longest winning run	10 matches West Bromwich Albion (7 Dec 1901 – 1 Feb 1902)
Longest unbeaten run	17 matches West Bromwich Albion (7 Dec 1901 – 29 Mar 1902)
Longest losing run	6 matches Stockport County (8 Feb 1902 – 22 Mar 1902)
← 1900–01 1902–03 →

Newton Heath (Manchester)

Locations of the Football League Second Division 1901–1902 teams

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	West Bromwich Albion	34	14	2	1	52	13	11	3	3	30	16	82	29	2.828	+53	55
2	Middlesbrough	34	15	1	1	58	7	8	4	5	32	17	90	24	3.750	+66	51
3	Preston North End	34	12	3	2	50	11	6	3	8	21	21	71	32	2.219	+39	42
4	Woolwich Arsenal	34	13	2	2	35	9	5	4	8	15	17	50	26	1.923	+24	42
5	Lincoln City	34	11	6	0	26	4	3	7	7	19	31	45	35	1.286	+10	41
6	Bristol City	34	13	1	3	39	12	4	5	8	13	23	52	35	1.486	+17	40
7	Doncaster Rovers	34	12	3	2	39	12	1	5	11	10	46	49	58	0.845	–9	34
8	Glossop	34	7	6	4	22	15	3	6	8	14	25	36	40	0.900	–4	32
9	Burnley	34	9	6	2	30	8	1	4	12	11	37	41	45	0.911	–4	30
10	Burton United	34	8	6	3	32	23	3	2	12	14	31	46	54	0.852	–8	30
11	Barnsley	34	9	3	5	36	33	3	3	11	15	30	51	63	0.810	–12	30
12	Burslem Port Vale	34	7	7	3	26	17	3	2	12	17	42	43	59	0.729	–16	29
13	Blackpool	34	9	3	5	27	21	2	4	11	13	35	40	56	0.714	–16	29
14	Leicester Fosse	34	11	2	4	26	14	1	3	13	12	42	38	56	0.679	–18	29
15	Newton Heath	34	10	2	5	27	12	1	4	12	11	41	38	53	0.717	–15	28
16	Chesterfield	34	10	3	4	35	18	1	3	13	12	50	47	68	0.691	–21	28
17	Stockport County	34	8	3	6	25	20	0	4	13	11	52	36	72	0.500	–36	23
18	Gainsborough Trinity	34	4	9	4	26	25	0	2	15	4	55	30	80	0.375	–50	19

1 2 "England 1901-02". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 5 February 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
1 2 3 Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
↑ "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.

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
	Promoted
	New club in the league
	Re-elected
	Failed re-election (none)

Second Division results

Home ╲ Away	Barnsley !BAR	Blackpool !BLP	Bristol City !BRI	Burnley !BUR	Burslem Port Vale !BPV	Burton United !BUR	Chesterfield !CHF	Doncaster Rovers !DON	Gainsborough Trinity !GAI	Glossop !GLP	Leicester Fosse !LEI	Lincoln City !LIN	Middlesbrough !MID	Newton Heath !NWH	Preston North End !PNE	Stockport County !STP	West Bromwich Albion !WBA	Woolwich Arsenal !WOO
Barnsley !Barnsley		2–0	2–2	2–2	4–0	3–2	3–2	3–0	2–0	1–4	2–3	2–2	2–7	3–2	0–4	3–1	0–2	2–0
Blackpool !Blackpool	2–1		0–2	2–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	3–1	3–0	1–1	4–0	3–0	0–2	2–4	1–4	1–0	2–2	1–3
Bristol City !Bristol City	3–1	3–0		1–0	4–0	0–2	5–2	3–0	4–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	4–0	2–0	3–0	1–2	0–3
Burnley !Burnley	2–0	2–0	0–1		4–1	0–0	0–0	7–0	6–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–2	1–0	0–3	3–0	0–0	0–0
Burslem Port Vale !Burslem Port Vale	2–1	0–1	3–0	1–1		2–1	4–2	2–2	1–1	1–0	3–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–3	1–0
Burton United !Burton United	2–1	1–1	2–2	5–2	3–0		0–1	1–1	5–0	1–1	2–0	0–6	3–2	0–0	1–1	3–2	1–3	2–0
Chesterfield !Chesterfield	1–2	3–1	1–0	3–0	4–3	3–1		0–0	2–0	1–0	3–3	0–1	0–0	3–0	2–0	8–1	0–3	1–3
Doncaster Rovers !Doncaster Rovers	0–1	4–3	3–0	3–0	3–3	2–0	4–1		3–0	1–2	2–1	1–1	0–0	4–0	4–0	2–0	2–0	1–0
Gainsborough Trinity !Gainsborough Trinity	0–0	3–0	2–0	1–1	2–3	1–4	0–0	4–1		2–1	3–3	2–2	1–4	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–2
Glossop !Glossop	1–1	3–1	1–2	0–0	0–1	2–1	3–1	3–1	0–0		1–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	3–1	2–1	1–2	0–1
Leicester Fosse !Leicester Fosse	2–0	1–0	0–1	2–1	0–1	4–0	3–0	1–0	2–0	1–1		3–1	0–2	3–2	1–0	1–1	0–3	2–1
Lincoln City !Lincoln City	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	4–0	0–0	3–0	1–0	2–0		2–1	2–0	2–1	5–0	1–0	0–0
Middlesbrough !Middlesbrough	2–1	2–1	2–0	3–0	3–0	5–0	7–1	6–0	3–1	5–0	5–0	0–0		5–0	2–1	6–0	1–2	1–0
Newton Heath !Newton Heath	1–0	0–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	3–1	2–0	6–0	3–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	1–2		0–2	3–3	1–2	0–1
Preston North End !Preston North End	4–0	1–1	0–0	3–1	2–0	1–0	5–0	3–0	4–1	2–2	5–0	8–0	0–3	5–1		4–0	1–2	2–0
Stockport County !Stockport County	2–3	3–1	1–1	1–2	4–2	2–0	3–0	1–2	2–1	0–0	2–0	2–1	1–3	1–0	0–2		0–2	0–0
West Bromwich Albion !West Bromwich Albion	3–1	7–2	2–2	3–0	3–1	2–1	4–0	2–2	7–0	0–1	1–0	4–1	2–0	4–0	3–1	3–0		2–1
Woolwich Arsenal !Woolwich Arsenal	2–1	0–0	2–0	4–0	3–1	0–1	3–2	1–0	5–0	4–0	2–0	2–0	0–3	2–0	0–0	3–0	2–1

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.

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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Club seasons

First Division	Aston Villa Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Bury Derby County Everton Grimsby Town Liverpool Manchester City Newcastle United Nottingham Forest Notts County Sheffield United Small Heath Stoke Sunderland The Wednesday Wolverhampton Wanderers

Second Division	Barnsley Blackpool Bristol City Burnley Burslem Port Vale Burton United Chesterfield Doncaster Rovers Gainsborough Trinity Glossop Leicester Fosse Lincoln City Newton Heath Middlesbrough Preston North End Stockport County West Bromwich Albion Woolwich Arsenal

Southern League	Brentford Bristol Rovers Kettering Town Luton Town Millwall New Brompton Northampton Town Portsmouth Queens Park Rangers Reading Southampton Swindon Town Tottenham Hotspur Watford Wellingborough West Ham United

1901–02 in European football

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Domestic cups	England Netherlands Ireland Norway '02 Spain '02 Scotland Wales

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