1907–08 Football League

20th season of the Football League April 2023 July 2013 The Football League 1907–08 Manchester United 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 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 1907–08 Manchester United1st English title Bolton WanderersBirmingham Enoch West(27 goals) Newcastle United 8–0 Birmingham(23 November 1907) Newcastle United 1–6 Manchester United(12 October 1907) Liverpool 7–4 Manchester United(25 March 1908) 380 1176 1906–07 1908–09 main WDL First Division World Football MUN, AVL, MCI, NEW, THW, MID, BRY, LIV, NFO, BRC, EVE, PNE, CHE, BLA, WWA, SUN, SHU, NTC, BOL, BIR 1st REL REL complete 17 9 12 77 59 9 12 17 40 60 12 12 14 51 63 14 5 19 52 58 12 12 14 58 61 14 11 13 58 61 14 8 16 53 62 15 6 17 58 64 16 6 16 68 61 16 11 11 62 54 23 6 9 81 48 17 7 14 54 45 15 12 11 65 54 13 11 14 59 62 13 8 17 39 51 12 12 14 47 53 12 11 15 52 58 16 3 19 78 75 19 4 15 73 64 12 12 14 51 63 C R R Aston Villa Birmingham Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Bristol City Bury Chelsea Everton Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Middlesbrough Newcastle United Nottingham Forest Notts County Preston North End Sheffield United Sunderland The Wednesday Woolwich Arsenal 5 2 y 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored R yellow red1 Relegation to the Second Division Results main FBR grey AST BIR BLB BOL BRI BRY CHE EVE LIV MCI MUN MID NEW NOT NTC PNE SHU SUN WED WOO Aston Villa 2–3 1–1 2–0 4–4 2–2 0–0 0–2 5–1 2–2 1–4 6–0 3–3 4–0 5–1 3–0 1–0 1–0 5–0 0–1 Birmingham 2–3 1–1 2–1 0–4 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 3–4 1–4 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 0–2 2–1 1–2 Blackburn Rovers 2–0 1–0 3–2 4–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–3 0–0 1–5 2–0 1–1 3–3 1–1 1–1 3–3 4–2 2–0 1–1 Bolton Wanderers 3–1 1–0 3–1 1–2 3–6 1–2 3–0 0–4 2–0 2–2 1–1 4–0 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–1 2–3 2–1 3–1 Bristol City 2–2 0–0 2–2 2–0 1–1 0–0 3–2 2–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 3–0 2–1 1–3 3–2 3–0 0–2 1–2 Bury 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 3–0 3–1 0–0 0–1 1–4 1–2 0–0 0–0 5–1 3–2 2–1 0–2 3–2 Chelsea 1–3 2–2 1–0 1–3 4–1 3–4 2–1 0–2 2–2 1–4 1–0 2–0 0–4 1–2 0–0 2–4 2–1 3–1 2–1 Everton 1–0 4–1 4–1 2–1 0–0 6–1 0–3 2–4 3–3 1–3 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 0–3 0–0 1–1 Liverpool 5–0 3–4 2–0 1–0 3–1 2–1 1–4 0–0 0–1 7–4 0–1 1–5 0–0 6–0 1–2 3–0 1–0 3–0 4–1 Manchester City 3–2 2–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 2–2 0–3 4–2 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 4–2 2–1 5–0 0–2 0–0 3–2 4–0 Manchester United 1–2 1–0 1–2 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 4–3 4–0 3–1 2–1 1–1 4–0 0–1 2–1 2–1 3–0 4–1 4–2 Middlesbrough 0–1 1–0 3–0 0–1 0–2 0–2 3–1 0–2 3–1 2–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 3–1 1–0 2–0 3–1 6–1 0–0 Newcastle United 2–5 8–0 3–0 3–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 2–1 3–1 1–1 1–6 1–1 3–0 1–1 0–0 2–3 1–3 2–1 2–1 Nottingham Forest 2–2 1–1 3–2 1–0 3–1 1–2 6–0 5–2 3–1 3–1 2–0 0–3 0–0 2–0 2–2 1–1 4–1 2–2 1–0 Notts County 0–3 0–0 0–2 0–1 3–1 2–1 2–0 2–1 2–2 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 2–0 0–1 0–3 4–0 1–2 2–0 Preston North End 3–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 3–0 3–1 2–4 2–2 3–0 2–4 0–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 3–2 1–1 3–0 Sheffield United 1–1 1–0 4–2 1–0 2–0 0–2 0–3 2–0 0–0 1–2 2–0 0–0 1–1 2–2 0–1 2–0 5–3 1–3 2–2 Sunderland 3–0 1–0 4–0 1–2 3–3 6–2 3–0 1–2 1–0 2–5 1–2 0–0 2–4 7–2 4–3 4–1 4–1 1–2 5–2 The Wednesday 2–3 1–4 2–0 5–2 5–3 2–0 3–1 1–2 1–2 5–1 2–0 3–2 3–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 2–3 6–0 Woolwich Arsenal 0–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–4 0–0 0–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 4–1 2–2 3–1 1–1 1–1 5–1 4–0 1–1 Maps England none 369 Locations of the Football League First Division teams England 52.54 -1.89 right England 52.48 -1.89 right England 53.75 -2.48 right England 53.59 -2.56 right England 51.45 -2.58 right England 53.58 -2.295 right England 51.476 -0.21 right England 53.48 -2.97 right England 53.53 -2.99 right England 53.47 -2.22 right England 53.47 -2.30 right England 54.57 -1.23 right England 54.98 -1.62 right England 53.01 -1.137 right England 52.942 -1.137 right England 53.75 -2.7 right England 54.914 -1.388 right England 53.38 -1.47 right England 53.32 -1.47 right England 51.50 0.068 right Aston Villa Birmingham Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Bristol City Bury Chelsea Everton Liverpool Newcastle Nottingham Forest Manchester City Manchester United Middlesbrough Notts County Preston North End Sunderland Sheffield United The Wednesday (Sheffield) Woolwich Arsenal Second Division Football LeagueSecond Division 1907–08 Bradford City (1st title) John Smith (Hull City), 27 Failed re-election Lincoln City 380 1187 1906–07 1908–09 main WDL Second Division PR 5 y 2 BRA Bradford City LEI Leicester Fosse OLD Oldham Athletic FUL Fulham WBA West Bromwich Albion DER Derby County BUR Burnley HUL Hull City WOL Wolverhampton Wanderers STK Stoke GAI Gainsborough Trinity LEE Leeds City STP Stockport County CLA Clapton Orient BLP Blackpool BAR Barnsley GLP Glossop GRI Grimsby Town CHF Chesterfield Town LIN Lincoln City 24 6 8 90 42 21 10 7 72 47 22 6 10 76 42 22 5 11 82 49 19 9 10 61 39 21 4 13 77 45 20 6 12 67 50 21 4 13 73 62 15 7 16 50 45 16 5 17 57 52 14 7 17 47 71 12 8 18 53 65 12 8 18 48 67 11 10 17 40 65 11 9 18 51 58 12 6 20 54 68 11 8 19 54 74 11 8 19 43 71 6 11 21 46 92 9 3 26 46 83 CP P R R green1 Promotion to the First Division P P red1 Resigned from the league RESIGN red1 Failed re-election and demoted FAIL red2 Re-elected REE REE complete Results main FBR grey BAR BLP BRA BUR CHF CLA DER FUL GAI GLP GRI HUL LEE LEI LIN OLD STP STK WBA WOL Barnsley 0–0 1–2 2–3 5–2 2–2 2–4 6–0 1–2 4–1 2–1 4–2 1–3 1–3 2–1 2–1 0–0 0–1 1–3 5–0 Blackpool 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 5–0 1–0 2–1 0–1 4–0 3–0 1–1 2–3 2–2 4–3 1–0 1–3 1–0 0–1 0–2 Bradford City 2–0 3–0 2–0 8–1 1–0 3–1 1–3 7–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 5–0 1–5 2–0 1–0 5–0 6–0 0–0 6–2 Burnley 4–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 3–0 2–2 0–1 2–0 1–0 5–1 5–0 1–0 4–1 1–2 2–1 4–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 Chesterfield 1–3 3–2 1–1 2–4 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–2 3–7 0–0 1–2 4–3 2–2 2–1 1–2 4–1 2–4 1–0 2–0 Clapton Orient 2–0 1–1 0–3 0–1 5–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 0–1 2–0 2–0 4–1 3–0 2–2 1–1 Derby County 3–0 2–1 2–3 1–0 0–0 4–0 0–1 5–2 2–0 4–0 4–1 6–1 1–2 4–0 1–0 3–0 3–0 2–0 3–2 Fulham 2–0 3–0 0–2 2–1 5–0 4–0 0–0 6–0 6–1 0–1 0–1 2–0 5–1 6–1 1–2 0–1 5–1 1–1 2–1 Gainsborough Trinity 0–1 2–1 1–5 2–0 2–1 0–0 1–4 3–3 1–0 3–2 1–2 2–1 1–1 5–1 1–1 3–2 2–0 1–2 0–1 Glossop 3–1 2–2 2–2 3–1 3–2 2–1 2–3 1–2 1–0 1–2 5–1 0–2 2–3 3–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 Grimsby Town 4–1 2–2 0–1 0–1 4–3 0–0 1–0 0–4 1–4 4–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–2 2–0 2–1 1–0 2–2 0–1 Hull City 2–0 3–2 0–2 3–1 2–0 5–0 4–0 1–2 0–1 3–2 4–2 4–1 3–2 5–3 3–2 0–0 2–1 4–2 2–0 Leeds City 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–2 0–0 5–2 5–1 0–1 0–0 2–1 4–1 3–2 0–0 2–1 1–2 3–0 0–1 1–0 3–1 Leicester Fosse 4–0 2–1 2–1 3–1 3–1 0–2 1–3 2–3 3–0 3–1 1–1 3–2 2–2 1–0 4–1 2–1 1–0 3–0 1–0 Lincoln City 0–2 2–0 2–4 1–3 4–0 2–2 1–0 2–4 2–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 5–0 0–3 0–2 1–1 1–2 0–2 3–1 Oldham Athletic 1–0 3–2 4–0 1–1 4–0 4–1 3–1 3–3 4–1 0–0 2–0 3–0 4–2 1–1 4–0 5–0 3–1 2–1 2–0 Stockport County 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–3 1–0 6–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 3–2 3–0 2–3 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–3 1–2 1–2 1–3 Stoke 4–0 3–1 3–0 0–0 1–1 3–0 0–3 6–1 5–0 4–0 5–0 1–1 2–1 0–1 3–0 1–3 1–0 1–1 0–0 West Bromwich Albion 1–1 3–0 3–2 5–0 4–0 3–0 1–0 3–1 0–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–1 5–2 1–2 2–0 1–0 1–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–1 1–0 0–0 5–1 0–0 2–0 2–2 2–0 1–0 5–0 5–1 1–2 2–0 0–0 3–0 2–1 0–1 2–0 1–2 www.soccerbase.com Maps England none 369 Locations of the Football League Second Division teams England 53.55 -1.48 right England 53.81 -3.05 right England 53.8 -1.75 right England 53.79 -2.25 right England 53.24 -1.43 right England 51.55 -0.047 right England 52.92 -1.476 right England 51.48 -0.21 right England 53.40 -0.77 right England 53.44 -1.95 right England 53.56 -0.068 right England 53.74 -0.33 right England 53.80 -1.55 right England 52.62 -1.14 right England 53.23 -0.54 right England 53.54 -2.12 right England 53.41 -2.16 right England 53.00 -2.18 right England 52.509 -1.964 right England 52.59 -2.13 right Fulham Oldham Bradford City Barnsley Blackpool Burnley Chesterfield Clapton Orient Derby County Gainsborough Trinity Glossop Grimsby Town Hull Leeds City Leicester Fosse Lincoln City Stockport County Stoke West Bromwich Albion Wolverhampton Wanderers Attendances { class"wikitable sortable" !#!!Football club!!Home games!!Average attendanceHistorical attendances https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/eng/aveeng1908.htm - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Chelsea FC 19 31,965 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Newcastle United 19 27,875 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Manchester City 19 23,255 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Manchester United 19 22,315 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Aston Villa 19 19,520 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Everton FC 19 17,630 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Sunderland AFC 19 17,470 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Liverpool FC 19 16,905 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Middlesbrough FC 19 16,605 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Birmingham City 19 15,265 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Bolton Wanderers 19 14,515 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Woolwich Arsenal 19 13,765 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count The Wednesday 19 13,500 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Blackburn Rovers 19 13,270 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Bristol City 19 13,245 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Sheffield United 19 12,890 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Nottingham Forest 19 12,840 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Bury FC 19 11,880 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Preston North End 19 10,870 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Notts County 19 10,605 - } See also 1907–08 in English football References Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane's, London & Sydney, 1980. 1907–08 League