1914–15 Football League

27th season of the Football League November 2016 November 2016 The Football League 1914–15 Everton Glossop 1913–14 1919–20 The 1914–15 season was the 27th season of The Football League. It was the final season before football was suspended at the outbreak of World War I. Final league tables 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. First Division First Division 1914–15 Everton2nd English title Tottenham Hotspur Bobby Parker(35 goals)https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engtops.html English League Leading Goalscorers RSSSF 2010-10-31 The Wednesday 7–0 Bolton Wanderers(1 March 1915) Tottenham Hotspur 0–6 Sunderland(19 December 1914)Aston Villa 1–7 Bolton Wanderers(26 December 1914) Middlesbrough 7–5 Tottenham Hotspur(13 February 1915) 380 1201 1913–14 1919–20 main WDL First Division World Football EVE, OLD, BLA, BUR, MCI, SHU, THW, SUN, BPA, WBA, BRA, MID, LIV, AVL, NEW, NTC, BOL, MUN, CHE, TOT 1st REL complete 13 11 14 62 72 18 7 13 83 61 11 8 19 68 84 13 14 11 55 49 17 7 14 69 65 18 7 13 61 47 8 13 17 51 65 19 8 11 76 47 14 9 15 65 75 15 13 10 49 39 9 12 17 46 62 13 12 13 62 74 11 10 17 46 48 9 13 16 41 57 17 11 10 70 56 15 13 10 49 41 18 5 15 81 72 15 13 10 61 54 8 12 18 57 90 15 10 13 49 43 C R Aston Villa Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Bradford City Bradford (Park Avenue) Burnley Chelsea Everton Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Middlesbrough Newcastle United Notts County Oldham Athletic Sheffield United Sunderland The Wednesday Tottenham Hotspur West Bromwich Albion 5 2 y 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored R yellow red1 Relegation to the Second Division Results main FBR grey AST BLB BOL BRA BPA BUR CHE EVE LIV MCI MUN MID NEW NTC OLD SHU SUN TOT WED WBA Aston Villa 2–1 1–7 0–0 1–2 3–3 2–1 1–5 6–2 4–1 3–3 5–0 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–3 3–1 0–0 2–1 Blackburn Rovers 1–2 2–2 2–1 2–2 6–0 3–2 2–1 4–2 0–1 3–3 4–0 2–3 5–1 4–1 1–2 3–1 4–1 1–1 2–1 Bolton Wanderers 2–2 3–2 3–5 3–2 3–1 3–1 0–0 0–1 2–3 3–0 4–0 0–0 1–2 2–0 0–1 1–1 4–2 0–3 1–1 Bradford City 3–0 3–0 4–2 3–2 0–0 2–2 0–1 3–2 0–0 4–2 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–0 1–1 3–1 2–2 1–0 5–0 Bradford Park Avenue 2–2 1–2 1–2 3–0 2–2 3–0 1–2 1–0 3–1 5–0 2–0 1–0 3–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 5–1 1–1 1–4 Burnley 2–1 3–2 5–0 0–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 3–0 1–2 3–0 4–0 2–0 0–0 2–3 1–2 2–1 3–1 2–3 0–2 Chelsea 3–1 1–3 2–1 2–0 0–1 1–4 2–0 3–1 0–0 1–3 2–2 0–3 4–1 2–2 1–1 3–0 1–1 0–0 4–1 Everton 0–0 1–3 5–3 1–1 4–1 0–2 2–2 1–3 4–1 4–2 2–3 3–0 4–0 3–4 0–0 7–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 Liverpool 3–6 3–0 4–3 2–1 2–1 3–0 3–3 0–5 3–2 1–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 1–2 2–1 2–1 7–2 2–1 3–1 Manchester City 1–0 1–3 2–1 4–1 2–3 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 2–1 4–0 4–0 Manchester United 1–0 2–0 4–1 1–0 1–2 0–2 2–2 1–2 2–0 0–0 2–2 1–0 2–2 1–3 1–2 3–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 Middlesbrough 1–1 1–4 0–0 3–0 1–3 1–1 3–0 5–1 3–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 4–1 2–2 2–3 7–5 3–1 2–0 Newcastle United 3–0 2–1 1–2 1–0 1–1 1–2 2–0 0–1 0–0 2–1 2–0 1–2 1–1 1–2 4–3 2–5 4–0 0–0 1–2 Notts County 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–2 0–0 2–0 0–0 3–1 0–2 4–2 5–1 1–0 2–1 3–1 2–1 1–2 1–2 1–1 Oldham Athletic 3–3 3–2 5–3 1–0 6–2 1–2 0–0 1–1 0–2 0–0 1–0 5–1 1–0 2–0 3–0 4–5 4–1 5–2 1–1 Sheffield United 3–0 1–2 3–1 1–1 3–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 3–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–0 Sunderland 4–0 5–1 4–3 1–1 3–3 2–1 2–1 0–3 2–2 0–2 1–0 4–1 2–4 3–1 1–2 3–2 5–0 3–1 1–2 Tottenham Hotspur 0–2 0–4 4–2 0–0 3–0 1–3 1–1 1–3 1–1 2–2 2–0 3–3 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–6 6–1 2–0 The Wednesday 5–2 1–1 7–0 3–3 6–0 0–0 3–2 1–4 2–1 2–1 1–0 3–1 2–1 0–0 2–2 1–1 1–2 3–2 0–0 West Bromwich Albion 2–0 0–0 3–0 3–0 1–0 3–0 2–0 1–2 4–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 4–1 0–0 1–1 1–2 3–2 0–0 Maps Greater London right 369 Locations of the Football League First Division London teams Greater London 51.482 -0.191 right Greater London 51.603 -0.066 right Chelsea Tottenham England none 369 Locations of the Football League First Division teams England 52.54 -1.89 right England 53.75 -2.48 right England 53.59 -2.56 right England 53.82 -1.73 right England 53.76 -1.78 right England 53.79 -2.25 right England 51.50 -0.19 right England 53.48 -2.97 right England 53.53 -2.99 right England 53.47 -2.18 right England 53.47 -2.30 right England 54.57 -1.23 right England 54.98 -1.62 right England 52.94 -1.137 right England 53.54 -2.12 right England 54.91 -1.39 right England 53.38 -1.47 right England 53.32 -1.47 right England 51.60 -0.07 right England 52.51 -1.964 right Aston Villa Blackburn Rovers Bolton Bradford City Bradford Park Avenue Burnley Chelsea Everton Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Middlesbrough Newcastle Notts County Oldham Sheffield United Sunderland The Wednesday (Sheffield) Tottenham West Bromwich Albion Second Division Football LeagueSecond Division 1914–15 Derby County (2nd title) Joe Lane (Blackpool), 28 Failed re-election Glossop Birmingham – Glossop 11–1 (6 Jan 1915) Leicester Fosse – Derby County 0–6 (28 Dec 1914) Birmingham – Glossop 11–1 (6 Jan 1915) 380 1135 1913–14 1919–20 main WDL Second Division PR y 5 2 The official Football League records originally showed Birmingham in 5th place and Arsenal in 6th place. In 1975 it was discovered that an error in the calculation of Goal Average had been made and the table was corrected. BIR DER Derby County PNE Preston North End BAR Barnsley WOL Wolverhampton Wanderers ARS Arsenal BIR Birmingham HUL Hull City HUD Huddersfield Town CLA Clapton Orient BLP Blackpool BRY Bury FUL Fulham BRI Bristol City STP Stockport County LEE Leeds City LIN Lincoln City GRI Grimsby Town NOT Nottingham Forest LEI Leicester Fosse GLP Glossop 23 7 8 71 33 20 10 8 61 42 22 3 13 51 51 19 7 12 77 52 19 5 14 69 41 17 9 12 62 39 19 5 14 65 54 17 8 13 61 42 16 9 13 50 48 17 5 16 58 57 15 8 15 61 56 15 7 16 53 47 15 7 16 62 56 15 7 16 54 60 14 4 20 65 64 11 9 18 46 65 11 9 18 48 76 10 9 19 43 77 10 4 24 47 88 6 6 26 31 87 CP P P R green1 Promotion to the First Division P P P red2 Re-elected REE red1 Failed re-election and demoted FAIL complete Results main FBR grey ARS BAR BIR BLP BRI BRY CLA DER FUL GLP GRI HUD HUL LEE LEI LIN NOT PNE STP WOL Arsenal 1–0 1–0 2–0 3–0 3–1 2–1 1–2 3–0 3–0 6–0 0–3 2–1 2–0 6–0 1–1 7–0 1–2 3–1 5–1 Barnsley 1–0 2–1 1–2 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–2 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 3–1 3–0 2–1 2–0 2–1 Birmingham 3–0 2–0 3–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–2 1–0 11–1 3–0 1–0 2–2 6–3 2–0 2–0 3–0 1–1 0–1 1–2 Blackpool 0–2 1–1 3–1 2–0 3–4 5–1 2–1 2–2 3–0 5–0 3–2 1–2 1–0 1–2 0–0 3–0 0–2 4–2 1–0 Bristol City 1–1 3–1 2–3 2–1 1–0 3–0 2–3 0–0 3–1 7–0 0–1 5–2 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–2 4–0 0–2 0–1 Bury 3–1 1–2 1–3 2–2 2–1 3–0 2–0 1–0 5–0 2–2 3–1 0–1 0–0 3–1 1–1 4–2 0–0 2–1 4–1 Clapton Orient 1–0 4–2 1–1 2–0 2–0 2–2 0–1 2–1 5–2 2–1 3–1 0–3 2–0 2–0 3–1 0–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 Derby County 4–0 7–0 1–0 5–0 1–0 2–1 0–3 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 4–1 1–2 1–0 3–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 3–1 Fulham 0–1 2–0 2–3 0–1 1–2 6–3 4–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 2–3 4–1 1–0 1–0 3–1 2–1 0–2 1–0 0–1 Glossop 0–4 0–1 3–3 1–3 2–1 3–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–2 0–5 0–3 2–3 1–2 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–2 Grimsby Town 1–0 2–3 1–0 2–0 2–3 1–0 2–1 1–2 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–5 1–0 5–1 4–0 2–2 6–1 1–4 Huddersfield Town 3–0 1–0 0–0 5–0 5–3 0–1 1–1 0–0 2–2 0–1 3–1 1–0 1–0 3–1 0–1 4–0 3–1 2–1 2–0 Hull City 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–3 1–1 3–1 0–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 4–1 0–4 2–6 2–1 6–1 3–1 0–1 1–0 5–1 Leeds City 2–2 0–2 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 0–1 3–5 0–1 3–0 5–0 1–0 2–3 7–2 3–1 4–0 0–0 1–3 2–3 Leicester Fosse 1–4 0–1 1–0 2–2 1–3 1–3 1–1 0–6 0–2 3–2 2–0 1–2 1–1 5–1 2–2 3–1 2–3 5–4 0–3 Lincoln City 1–0 3–0 0–1 0–1 3–1 2–3 1–0 0–0 3–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 0–3 0–1 2–3 2–1 3–1 2–2 2–2 Nottingham Forest 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 2–2 2–2 1–0 4–2 3–2 1–0 3–1 1–3 3–2 1–1 1–1 3–1 Preston North End 3–0 5–2 2–0 1–0 4–1 2–0 2–2 1–3 2–1 1–0 3–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 2–2 2–0 5–3 Stockport County 1–1 1–2 3–1 0–2 2–2 1–0 2–0 3–2 0–2 2–1 1–1 2–1 3–0 3–1 3–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–0 4–1 0–0 2–0 2–2 1–1 0–0 0–1 2–0 4–0 0–1 4–1 1–2 5–1 7–0 3–1 5–1 2–0 4–1 Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980. Maps Greater London right 369 Locations of the Football League Second Division London teams Greater London 51.558 -0.103 right Greater London 51.475 -0.222 right Greater London 51.570 -0.058 right Arsenal Clapton Orient Fulham England none 369 Locations of the Football League Second Division teams England 51.57 -0.13 right England 53.55 -1.48 right England 52.48 -1.89 right England 53.81 -3.05 right England 51.45 -2.58 right England 53.58 -2.295 right England 52.92 -1.476 right England 51.55 -0.047 right England 51.46 -0.23 right England 53.44 -1.95 right England 53.56 -0.068 right England 53.64 -1.78 right England 53.74 -0.33 right England 53.78 -1.57 right England 52.62 -1.14 right England 53.23 -0.54 right England 53.01 -1.137 right England 53.75 -2.7 right England 53.41 -2.16 right England 52.59 -2.13 right Arsenal Barnsley Birmingham Blackpool Bristol City Bury Derby County Fulham Grimsby Town Clapton Orient Glossop Huddersfield Hull Leeds C Leicester Fosse Lincoln City Nottingham Forest Preston North End Stockport County Wolverhampton Wanderers Attendances First Division { class"wikitable sortable" !#!!Football club!!Home games!!Average attendancehttps://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/eng/aveeng1915.htm Historical attendances European-football-statistics.co.uk 1 July 2026 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Manchester City 19 20,205 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Chelsea FC 19 18,540 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Everton FC 19 18,530 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Liverpool FC 19 16,805 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count The Wednesday 19 16,120 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Sheffield United 19 14,735 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Newcastle United 19 14,545 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Aston Villa 19 13,680 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Bolton Wanderers 19 13,580 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Bradford City 19 13,365 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Tottenham Hotspur 19 13,270 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Bradford FC 19 13,195 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Blackburn Rovers 19 12,740 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Manchester United 19 11,950 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Burnley FC 19 11,415 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count West Bromwich Albion 19 10,945 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Sunderland AFC 19 10,230 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Notts County 19 9,970 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Middlesbrough FC 19 9,060 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Oldham Athletic 19 9,045 - } See also 1914-15 in English football 1914 in association football 1915 in association football References External links Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane's, London & Sydney, 1980. 1914-15 League