1908–09 Football League

The Football League
Season	1908–09
Champions	Newcastle United
Relegated	Chesterfield
← 1907–08 1909–10 →

The 1908–1909 season was the 21st season of The Football League.

Tottenham Hotspur played their first ever season in the Football League, gaining promotion to the First Division in the process. Spurs, along with Bradford Park Avenue entered the Second Division to replace Lincoln City and Stoke.

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	1908–09
Champions	Newcastle United (3rd English title)
Relegated	Leicester Fosse, Manchester City
FA Cup winners	Manchester United (1st FA Cup title)
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1185 (3.12 per match)
Top goalscorer	Bert Freeman (Everton), 38 ^[3]
Biggest home win	Nottingham Forest – Leicester Fosse 12–0 (21 Apr 1909)
Biggest away win	Newcastle – Sunderland 1–9 (5 Dec 1908)
Highest scoring	Nottingham Forest – Leicester Fosse 12–0 (21 Apr 1909)
← 1907–08 1909–10 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Newcastle United	38	14	1	4	32	20	10	4	5	33	21	65	41	1.585	+24	53
2	Everton	38	11	3	5	51	28	7	7	5	31	29	82	57	1.439	+25	46
3	Sunderland	38	14	0	5	41	23	7	2	10	37	40	78	63	1.238	+15	44
4	Blackburn Rovers	38	6	6	7	29	26	8	7	4	32	24	61	50	1.220	+11	41
5	The Wednesday	38	15	0	4	48	24	2	6	11	19	37	67	61	1.098	+6	40
6	Woolwich Arsenal	38	9	3	7	24	18	5	7	7	28	31	52	49	1.061	+3	38
7	Aston Villa	38	8	7	4	31	22	6	3	10	27	34	58	56	1.036	+2	38
8	Bristol City	38	7	7	5	24	25	6	5	8	21	33	45	58	0.776	–13	38
9	Middlesbrough	38	11	2	6	38	21	3	7	9	21	32	59	53	1.113	+6	37
10	Preston North End	38	8	7	4	29	17	5	4	10	19	27	48	44	1.091	+4	37
11	Chelsea	38	8	7	4	33	22	6	2	11	23	39	56	61	0.918	–5	37
12	Sheffield United	38	9	5	5	31	25	5	4	10	20	34	51	59	0.864	–8	37
13	Manchester United	38	10	3	6	37	33	5	4	10	21	35	58	68	0.853	–10	37
14	Nottingham Forest	38	9	2	8	39	24	5	6	8	27	33	66	57	1.158	+9	36
15	Notts County	38	9	4	6	31	23	5	4	10	20	25	51	48	1.063	+3	36
16	Liverpool	38	9	5	5	36	25	6	1	12	21	40	57	65	0.877	–8	36
17	Bury	38	9	6	4	35	27	5	2	12	28	50	63	77	0.818	–14	36
18	Bradford City	38	7	6	6	27	20	5	4	10	20	27	47	47	1.000	±0	34
19	Manchester City	38	12	3	4	50	23	3	1	15	17	46	67	69	0.971	–2	34
20	Leicester Fosse	38	6	6	7	32	41	2	3	14	22	61	54	102	0.529	–48	25

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	Bradford City !BRA	Bristol City !BRI	Bury !BRY	Chelsea !CHE	Everton !EVE	Leicester Fosse !LEI	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		1–1	1–3	1–1	3–0	0–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	3–1	0–3	3–0	1–2	1–1	2–4	3–0	2–0	1–1	2–1
Blackburn Rovers !Blackburn Rovers	3–1		1–1	1–1	0–1	2–0	0–0	3–0	1–0	3–2	1–3	0–0	2–4	0–3	0–2	1–1	0–1	8–1	2–2	1–3
Bradford City !Bradford City	1–1	0–2		0–1	4–1	3–0	1–1	4–1	0–2	0–0	1–0	0–2	1–2	1–1	2–2	2–0	3–1	0–2	0–0	4–1
Bristol City !Bristol City	0–0	1–4	0–1		4–2	1–0	0–2	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	3–3	2–1	1–0	2–3	1–1	2–4	1–1	2–1
Bury !Bury	1–2	1–1	2–1	1–2		2–1	2–2	2–2	2–1	1–0	2–2	2–1	1–1	3–2	3–1	0–1	1–2	4–2	4–2	1–1
Chelsea !Chelsea	0–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	4–1		3–3	1–0	3–0	1–2	1–1	3–0	1–2	2–1	3–2	0–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–2
Everton !Everton	3–1	4–4	0–1	5–2	4–0	3–2		4–2	5–0	6–3	3–2	1–1	0–1	3–3	0–1	0–1	5–1	4–0	1–0	0–3
Leicester Fosse !Leicester Fosse	4–2	2–4	1–4	1–1	2–5	5–2	0–2		3–2	3–1	3–2	1–1	0–4	0–3	0–2	0–0	1–1	4–3	1–1	1–1
Liverpool !Liverpool	3–2	1–1	4–0	1–2	2–2	2–1	0–1	4–1		1–3	3–1	1–2	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	3–0	1–2	2–2
Manchester City !Manchester City	2–0	3–3	4–3	5–1	6–1	1–2	4–0	5–2	4–0		1–2	0–0	0–2	2–1	1–0	4–1	1–3	1–0	4–0	2–2
Manchester United !Manchester United	0–2	0–3	2–0	0–1	2–1	0–1	2–2	4–2	3–2	3–1		6–3	1–0	2–2	4–3	0–2	2–1	2–2	3–1	1–4
Middlesbrough !Middlesbrough	1–0	1–0	1–0	4–0	0–1	1–4	2–3	6–2	1–0	3–0	5–0		0–0	4–0	1–2	4–2	1–2	0–3	2–1	1–1
Newcastle United !Newcastle United	0–2	2–0	1–0	2–1	3–1	1–3	3–0	2–0	0–1	2–0	2–1	1–0		1–1	1–0	2–0	4–0	1–9	1–0	3–1
Nottingham Forest !Nottingham Forest	1–2	2–1	2–1	1–1	0–2	2–1	1–2	12–0	5–1	0–2	2–0	4–1	0–4		1–0	1–1	0–2	4–0	1–2	0–1
Notts County !Notts County	1–1	2–3	1–1	0–1	3–2	3–0	0–0	2–3	1–2	5–1	0–1	3–2	0–4	3–0		1–0	3–1	0–0	1–0	2–1
Preston North End !Preston North End	3–2	2–0	0–0	2–1	0–2	6–0	3–3	0–1	2–0	3–0	0–3	1–1	0–1	1–1	0–0		1–1	1–0	4–1	0–0
Sheffield United !Sheffield United	3–1	0–0	3–0	3–1	2–2	1–3	1–5	2–1	0–2	4–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	1–2	3–2	2–1		0–2	2–1	1–1
Sunderland !Sunderland	4–3	0–1	2–1	0–2	3–1	1–2	2–0	3–1	1–4	2–0	6–1	2–0	3–1	2–1	0–1	2–1	3–1		4–2	1–0
The Wednesday !The Wednesday	4–2	1–2	0–2	2–0	4–3	5–1	2–0	3–1	2–3	3–1	2–0	3–2	2–0	3–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–5		6–2
Woolwich Arsenal !Woolwich Arsenal	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	4–0	0–0	0–4	2–1	5–0	3–0	0–1	1–1	1–2	1–2	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–4	2–0

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)

Woolwich Arsenal

Locations of the Football League First Division 1908–1909 teams

Woolwich Arsenal

Chelsea

Locations of the Football League First Division London teams 1908–09

Second Division

Football League, Second Division
Season	1908–09
Champions	Bolton Wanderers (1st title)
Failed re-election	Chesterfield
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1026 (2.7 per match)
Top goalscorer	Alf Bentley (Derby County), 24 ^[3]
Biggest home win	West Brom – Grimsby Town 7–0 (2 Jan 1909)
Biggest away win	Chesterfield – Hull 0–4 (24 Oct 1909)
Highest scoring	Burnley – Wolverhampton 3–5 (7 Nov 1909)
← 1907–08 1909–10 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Bolton Wanderers	38	14	3	2	37	8	10	1	8	22	20	59	28	2.107	+31	52
2	Tottenham Hotspur	38	12	5	2	42	12	8	6	5	25	20	67	32	2.094	+35	51
3	West Bromwich Albion	38	13	5	1	35	9	6	8	5	21	18	56	27	2.074	+29	51
4	Hull City	38	14	2	3	44	15	5	4	10	19	24	63	39	1.615	+24	44
5	Derby County	38	13	5	1	38	11	3	6	10	17	30	55	41	1.341	+14	43
6	Oldham Athletic	38	14	4	1	39	9	3	2	14	16	34	55	43	1.279	+12	40
7	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	10	6	3	32	12	4	5	10	24	36	56	48	1.167	+8	39
8	Glossop	38	11	5	3	35	17	4	3	12	22	36	57	53	1.075	+4	38
9	Gainsborough Trinity	38	12	3	4	30	20	3	5	11	19	50	49	70	0.700	–21	38
10	Fulham	38	8	4	7	39	26	5	7	7	19	22	58	48	1.208	+10	37
11	Birmingham	38	10	6	3	35	21	4	3	12	23	40	58	61	0.951	–3	37
12	Leeds City	38	12	3	4	35	19	2	4	13	8	34	43	53	0.811	–10	35
13	Grimsby Town	38	9	5	5	23	14	5	2	12	18	40	41	54	0.759	–13	35
14	Burnley	38	8	4	7	33	28	5	3	11	18	30	51	58	0.879	–7	33
15	Clapton Orient	38	7	7	5	25	19	5	2	12	12	30	37	49	0.755	–12	33
16	Bradford Park Avenue	38	9	2	8	30	25	4	4	11	21	34	51	59	0.864	–8	32
17	Barnsley	38	11	3	5	36	19	0	7	12	12	38	48	57	0.842	–9	32
18	Stockport County	38	11	2	6	25	19	3	1	15	14	52	39	71	0.549	–32	31
19	Chesterfield^[4]	38	10	3	6	30	28	1	5	13	7	39	37	67	0.552	–30	30
20	Blackpool	38	9	6	4	30	22	0	5	14	16	46	46	68	0.676	–22	29

↑ "England 1908-09". 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.
↑ Chesterfield failed re-election, and Lincoln City were re-admitted to the Football League in their place, after a season away.

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 (see also Tottenham Hotspur)
	Re-elected
	Failed re-election

Second Division results

Home ╲ Away	Barnsley !BAR	Birmingham City !BIR	Blackpool !BLP	Bolton Wanderers !BOL	Bradford Park Avenue !BPA	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	Oldham Athletic !OLD	Stockport County !STP	Tottenham Hotspur !TOT	West Bromwich Albion !WBA	Wolverhampton Wanderers !WOL
Barnsley !Barnsley		3–1	4–0	0–1	3–1	1–2	4–0	3–0	1–0	1–2	2–2	1–3	3–1	2–1	2–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–1
Birmingham City !Birmingham City	2–1		2–2	2–0	3–1	2–0	3–0	1–0	1–1	1–3	2–2	1–2	3–1	1–2	1–0	2–0	4–2	3–3	0–0	1–1
Blackpool !Blackpool	1–1	2–0		1–2	2–1	0–0	2–2	1–3	2–2	2–0	3–0	2–1	2–2	2–3	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	0–2	3–1
Bolton Wanderers !Bolton Wanderers	3–0	2–1	3–1		0–1	2–1	4–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	4–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	3–0	4–1	0–1	1–1	1–1
Bradford Park Avenue !Bradford Park Avenue	3–2	1–2	4–3	1–2		2–3	1–0	0–1	2–0	1–1	4–1	1–0	0–2	1–0	2–0	3–4	0–1	0–2	0–0	4–1
Burnley !Burnley	3–2	1–1	1–1	1–2	3–3		0–1	0–1	2–0	1–3	5–2	3–2	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	5–1	1–2	0–2	3–5
Chesterfield !Chesterfield	1–0	4–2	3–1	0–2	2–1	1–0		2–0	2–4	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–2	0–4	2–0	1–1	1–2	1–3	2–2	1–1
Clapton Orient !Clapton Orient	1–1	3–2	1–1	0–2	2–0	0–1	1–1		2–0	1–1	2–2	0–2	2–1	1–2	0–0	2–0	5–0	0–0	1–0	1–3
Derby County !Derby County	0–0	1–2	1–1	1–0	3–1	1–0	1–1	1–0		2–1	5–0	4–0	2–1	0–0	5–1	1–0	5–0	1–1	2–1	2–1
Fulham !Fulham	2–2	1–1	3–0	1–2	3–1	3–0	0–0	1–2	1–2		4–0	2–3	5–2	0–3	0–1	3–2	5–1	2–3	2–0	1–1
Gainsborough Trinity !Gainsborough Trinity	4–1	1–3	1–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	3–0	2–0	0–0	1–1		3–1	0–3	2–0	1–1	1–4	3–2	0–2	2–0	1–0
Glossop !Glossop	3–0	3–1	3–0	0–2	1–1	1–2	2–0	4–0	3–1	0–0	2–2		1–0	2–1	0–0	2–1	3–0	1–1	1–3	3–2
Grimsby Town !Grimsby Town	0–0	0–3	2–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	2–2	1–2	2–0		0–0	0–1	2–0	3–0	1–2	1–1	3–0
Hull City !Hull City	4–0	4–1	2–0	2–0	2–3	3–2	1–0	3–2	4–0	2–0	5–1	0–0	0–1		4–1	1–0	4–1	1–0	2–2	0–1
Leeds City !Leeds City	2–0	2–0	1–0	1–2	0–3	1–1	3–0	0–0	2–5	2–0	0–2	3–1	4–1	2–0		3–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	5–2
Oldham Athletic !Oldham Athletic	0–0	2–0	3–1	1–1	2–0	4–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	4–0	2–2	6–0		0–1	1–0	2–0	2–1
Stockport County !Stockport County	2–1	3–2	1–0	1–0	0–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–2	0–1	4–2	0–1	3–1	1–0	1–3		1–3	0–0	1–0
Tottenham Hotspur !Tottenham Hotspur	4–0	4–0	4–1	2–1	3–0	4–2	4–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	3–3	2–0	0–0	3–0	3–0	0–0		1–3	3–0
West Bromwich Albion !West Bromwich Albion	1–1	1–1	5–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	2–2	1–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	7–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	3–0		0–2
Wolverhampton Wanderers !Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–0	2–0	2–2	1–2	1–1	2–1	3–0	5–1	1–1	0–1	4–0	0–0	0–0	3–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	0–1

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.

Second Division maps

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Locations of the Football League Second Division 1908–1909 teams

Clapton Orient

Fulham

Tottenham

Locations of the Football League Second Division London teams 1908–09

References

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

The Football League seasons

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1908–09 in English football

« 1907–08

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FA competitions

FA Cup (Qualifying Rounds
Final)
Charity Shield

Football and Southern Leagues

Lower leagues

Related to national team

Home Championship

Club seasons

First Division	Aston Villa Blackburn Rovers Bradford City Bristol City Bury Chelsea Everton Leicester Fosse Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Middlesbrough Newcastle United Nottingham Forest Notts County Preston North End Sheffield United Sunderland The Wednesday Woolwich Arsenal

Second Division	Barnsley Birmingham Blackpool Bolton Wanderers Bradford Park Avenue Burnley Chesterfield Derby County Fulham Gainsborough Trinity Glossop Grimsby Town Hull City Leeds City Clapton Orient Oldham Athletic Stockport County Tottenham Hotspur West Bromwich Albion Wolverhampton Wanderers

Southern League	Brentford Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol Rovers Coventry City Crystal Palace Exeter City Leyton Luton Town Millwall New Brompton Northampton Town Norwich City Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Queens Park Rangers Reading Southend United Southampton Swindon Town Watford West Ham United

Other	Stoke

1908–09 in European football

« 1907–08 1909–10 »

Domestic leagues	Belgium Denmark England Germany Greece Hungary Italy '08 '09 Netherlands Ireland Scotland Switzerland

Domestic cups	England Netherlands Ireland Norway '08 '09 Scotland Spain '08 '09 Sweden '08 '09 Wales

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