1911–12 Football League

24th season of the Football League April 2023 July 2013 The Football League 1911–12 Blackburn Rovers Gainsborough Trinity New Team in League Grimsby Town 1910–11 1912–13 The 1911–12 season was the 24th season of The Football League. Blackburn Rovers won the First Division title for the first time. Bury and Preston North End were relegated to the Second Division, and their places in the First Division were taken by Derby County and Chelsea. 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 1911–12 Blackburn Rovers1st English title Preston North EndBury David McLeanGeorge HolleyHarry Hampton(25 goals each)https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engtops.html English League Leading Goalscorers Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 2010-10-31 The Wednesday 8–0 Sunderland(26 December 1911) Sheffield United 0–5 Bolton Wanderers(9 September 1911) Sheffield United 7–3 Bradford City(4 March 1912) 380 1057 1910–11 1912–13 main WDL First Division World Football BLA, EVE, NEW, BOL, THW, AVL, MID, SUN, WBA, WWA, BRA, TOT, MUN, SHU, MCI, NTC, LIV, OLD, PNE, BRY 1st REL REL complete 17 7 14 76 63 20 9 9 60 43 20 3 15 54 43 15 8 15 46 50 6 9 23 32 59 20 6 12 46 42 12 10 16 49 55 13 9 16 56 58 13 11 14 45 60 16 8 14 56 45 18 8 12 64 50 14 7 17 46 63 12 10 16 46 54 13 7 18 40 57 13 10 15 63 56 14 11 13 58 51 16 9 13 69 49 14 9 15 53 53 15 9 14 43 47 15 8 15 55 59 C R R Aston Villa Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Bradford City Bury Everton Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Middlesbrough Newcastle United Notts County Oldham Athletic Preston North End Sheffield United Sunderland The Wednesday Tottenham Hotspur West Bromwich Albion 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 BLB BOL BRA BRY EVE LIV MCI MUN MID NEW NTC OLD PNE SHU SUN TOT WED WBA WOO Aston Villa 0–3 0–1 0–0 5–2 3–0 5–0 3–1 6–0 2–1 2–0 5–1 6–1 1–0 1–0 1–3 2–2 2–3 0–3 4–1 Blackburn Rovers 3–1 2–0 3–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 2–2 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 2–2 0–0 0–0 4–1 4–0 Bolton Wanderers 3–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–2 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–2 3–0 2–1 3–0 0–3 3–0 1–0 4–2 2–0 2–2 Bradford City 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–2 4–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 2–3 0–0 0–1 1–0 2–1 3–0 5–1 4–1 1–1 Bury 1–1 1–2 1–3 2–0 1–2 2–2 1–2 0–1 0–2 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 3–1 0–2 2–1 2–2 1–0 3–1 Everton 1–1 1–3 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 4–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 3–2 1–0 2–2 1–0 3–0 1–0 Liverpool 1–2 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–3 2–2 3–2 1–1 0–1 3–0 1–0 0–1 2–0 2–1 1–2 1–1 1–3 4–1 Manchester City 2–6 3–0 3–1 4–0 2–0 4–0 2–3 0–0 2–0 1–1 4–0 1–3 0–0 0–0 2–0 2–1 4–0 0–2 3–3 Manchester United 3–1 3–1 2–0 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 3–4 0–2 2–0 3–1 0–0 1–0 2–2 1–2 3–1 1–2 2–0 Middlesbrough 1–2 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 3–2 3–1 3–0 1–1 4–0 3–0 4–2 1–1 3–3 2–0 1–1 1–0 0–2 Newcastle United 6–2 4–2 5–2 0–2 3–2 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–3 0–1 3–2 1–1 1–0 2–2 3–1 2–0 0–2 0–0 1–2 Notts County 2–0 1–3 3–2 0–0 2–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 2–1 1–4 1–1 1–2 2–0 3–1 2–2 1–0 2–0 3–1 Oldham Athletic 1–2 0–1 3–1 3–0 2–0 3–0 0–1 4–1 2–2 2–0 2–4 1–2 1–0 2–3 0–0 2–1 1–0 3–1 0–0 Preston North End 4–1 2–2 1–2 2–2 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 0–0 0–3 2–1 2–1 0–1 3–0 0–3 0–1 2–3 1–1 0–1 Sheffield United 0–1 1–1 0–5 7–3 4–0 2–1 3–1 6–2 6–1 1–1 2–1 1–3 4–0 4–2 1–2 1–2 1–1 1–1 2–1 Sunderland 2–2 3–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 4–0 1–2 1–1 5–0 1–0 1–2 5–0 4–2 3–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 3–2 1–0 Tottenham Hotspur 2–1 0–2 1–0 2–3 2–1 0–1 2–0 0–2 1–1 2–1 1–2 2–2 4–0 6–2 1–1 0–0 3–1 1–0 5–0 The Wednesday 3–0 1–1 0–1 4–2 2–1 1–3 2–2 3–0 3–0 0–2 1–2 3–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 8–0 4–0 4–1 3–0 West Bromwich Albion 2–2 2–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 3–1 3–1 2–1 0–0 0–2 0–1 1–0 2–0 1–5 1–1 Woolwich Arsenal 2–2 5–1 3–0 2–0 1–0 0–1 2–2 2–0 2–1 3–1 2–0 0–3 1–1 4–1 3–1 3–0 3–1 0–2 0–2 Maps Greater London right 369 Locations of the Football League First Division London teams Greater London 51.491 0.087 right Greater London 51.603 -0.066 right Woolwich Arsenal 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 53.8 -1.75 right England 53.58 -2.295 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 53.75 -2.7 right England 54.91 -1.39 right England 53.38 -1.47 right England 53.32 -1.47 right England 51.49 -0.07 right England 52.51 -1.964 right England 51.50 0.068 right Aston Villa Blackburn Rovers Bolton Bradford City Bury Everton Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Middlesbrough Newcastle Notts County Oldham Sheffield United Preston North End Sunderland The Wednesday (Sheffield) Tottenham West Bromwich Albion Woolwich Arsenal Second Division Football LeagueSecond Division 1911–12 Derby County (1st title) Bert Freeman (Burnley), 32 Failed re-election Gainsborough Trinity Wolverhampton Wanderers – Hull City 8–0 (4 Nov 1911) Leeds City – Burnley 1–5 (9 Dec 1911)Birmingham – Derby County 0–4 (16 Sept 1911) Fulham – Leeds City 7–2 (23 Mar 1912) 380 1032 1910–11 1912–13 main WDL Second Division PR 5 y 2 DER Derby County CHL Chelsea BUR Burnley CLA Clapton Orient WOL Wolverhampton Wanderers BAR Barnsley HUL Hull City FUL Fulham GRI Grimsby Town LEI Leicester Fosse BPA Bradford (Park Avenue) BIR Birmingham BRI Bristol City BLP Blackpool NOT Nottingham Forest STP Stockport County HUD Huddersfield Town GLP Glossop LEE Leeds City GAI Gainsborough Trinity 23 8 7 74 28 24 6 8 64 34 22 8 8 77 41 21 3 14 61 44 16 10 12 57 33 15 12 11 45 42 17 8 13 54 51 16 7 15 66 58 15 9 14 48 55 15 7 16 49 66 13 9 16 44 45 14 6 18 55 59 14 6 18 41 60 13 8 17 32 52 13 7 18 46 48 11 11 16 47 54 13 6 19 50 64 8 12 18 42 56 10 8 20 50 78 5 13 20 30 64 CP P R green1 Promotion to the First Division P P red2 Re-elected REE red1 Failed re-election and demoted FAIL complete Results main FBR grey BAR BIR BLP BPA BRI BUR CHE CLA DER FUL GAI GLP GRI HUD HUL LEE LEI NOT STP WOL Barnsley 1–0 1–0 1–0 4–1 1–1 0–2 2–1 0–2 2–2 4–0 1–0 2–2 0–0 1–2 3–4 0–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 Birmingham 1–3 2–1 2–3 0–0 4–0 1–4 4–0 0–4 1–3 2–2 2–0 2–2 1–0 5–1 4–3 4–0 4–2 2–0 3–1 Blackpool 0–0 1–0 0–4 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 3–1 0–0 2–0 1–2 3–1 3–2 3–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 1–0 Bradford Park Avenue 1–0 3–0 0–0 0–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 0–2 5–0 1–1 4–1 3–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–2 Bristol City 0–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 0–3 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 3–0 3–2 0–0 4–1 0–1 2–2 2–1 0–3 Burnley 3–0 1–1 1–1 3–1 4–2 2–2 1–0 0–0 5–1 2–0 4–0 1–1 3–0 5–1 4–2 3–0 2–0 4–1 2–1 Chelsea 2–1 0–2 4–1 1–0 2–2 0–2 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 4–1 3–1 1–0 4–2 2–1 2–0 0–0 4–0 Clapton Orient 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 4–0 1–2 1–4 3–0 4–0 3–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 4–0 2–1 4–1 0–2 4–2 1–0 Derby County 0–0 0–1 5–1 1–0 3–0 2–0 2–0 5–1 6–1 4–0 5–0 2–1 4–2 2–3 5–2 5–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 Fulham 2–2 2–1 3–0 2–0 2–1 3–4 0–1 0–2 0–0 7–1 0–2 1–3 3–1 0–1 7–2 4–1 2–0 3–1 1–1 Gainsborough Trinity 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–3 1–0 0–2 0–2 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–3 5–0 0–3 2–1 0–1 1–2 0–0 1–0 Glossop 0–2 2–0 1–1 0–0 3–0 1–3 1–2 3–3 3–1 1–1 1–1 5–2 2–3 1–1 2–1 6–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 Grimsby Town 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 3–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 0–3 1–0 3–3 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–2 4–0 1–4 2–2 0–0 Huddersfield Town 2–1 3–2 4–0 3–1 1–2 1–1 1–3 0–0 0–0 2–0 2–2 3–1 2–0 0–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 2–0 1–1 Hull City 0–0 4–0 3–0 5–1 3–0 4–1 1–0 0–2 0–0 2–3 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 4–1 2–1 0–2 3–0 Leeds City 3–2 0–0 1–0 1–2 3–1 1–5 0–0 0–2 0–1 0–2 0–0 2–1 1–2 2–0 0–0 2–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 Leicester Fosse 0–0 5–2 4–0 3–0 2–0 3–2 2–0 2–0 0–1 2–5 2–0 1–0 0–2 0–2 3–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 Nottingham Forest 0–2 0–1 2–1 2–1 2–0 0–1 2–3 3–0 1–3 1–1 2–0 0–1 1–0 3–0 0–0 2–1 4–1 1–2 0–0 Stockport County 1–1 2–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 4–0 2–1 0–3 3–0 3–0 3–1 1–1 3–3 2–3 2–2 1–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers 5–0 1–0 3–0 1–1 3–1 2–0 3–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–2 1–2 8–0 5–0 1–0 1–0 4–0 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 51.482 -0.191 right Greater London 51.475 -0.222 right Greater London 51.570 -0.058 right Chelsea Clapton Orient Fulham England none 369 Locations of the Football League Second Division teams England 53.55 -1.48 right England 52.48 -1.89 right England 53.81 -3.05 right England 53.76 -1.78 right England 51.45 -2.58 right England 53.79 -2.25 right England 51.50 -0.19 right England 51.55 -0.047 right England 52.92 -1.476 right England 51.46 -0.23 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 53.78 -1.57 right England 52.62 -1.14 right England 53.01 -1.137 right England 53.41 -2.16 right England 52.59 -2.13 right England 53.64 -1.78 right Barnsley Birmingham Blackpool Bradford Park Avenue Bristol City Burnley Chelsea Derby County Fulham Grimsby Town Clapton Orient Gainsborough Trinity Glossop Huddersfield Hull Leeds C Leicester Fosse Nottingham Forest Stockport County Wolverhampton Wanderers Attendances Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/eng/aveeng1912.htm Historical attendances European-football-statistics.co.uk 1 July 2026 Division One No. Club Average 1 Tottenham Hotspur FC 25,030 2 Newcastle United FC 24,995 3 Manchester City FC 23,655 4 Liverpool FC 20,710 5 Aston Villa FC 20,480 6 Bolton Wanderers FC 19,135 7 Manchester United 19,040 8 Everton FC 18,870 9 Blackburn Rovers FC 17,765 10 Bradford City AFC 17,715 11 West Bromwich Albion FC 17,425 12 The Wednesday 14,410 13 Sheffield United FC 14,215 14 Middlesbrough FC 14,050 15 Sunderland AFC 12,555 16 Oldham Athletic FC 11,800 17 Woolwich Arsenal 11,630 18 Notts County FC 10,985 19 Preston North End FC 9,225 20 Bury FC 9,000 See also 1911–12 in English football 1911 in association football 1912 in association football References Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane's, London & Sydney, 1980. 1911–12 League