1911–12 in English football

none July 2020 July 2020 England 1911–12 1910–11 1912–13 yes The 1911–12 season was the 41st season of competitive football in England. Overview Blackburn Rovers won the First Division title for the first time.July 2020 Preston North End and Bury were relegated, to be replaced by Second Division Champions Derby County and runners up, Chelsea.July 2020 Barnsley won the FA Cup in a replayed final against West Bromwich Albion; Manchester Utd won the Charity Shield with a spectacular 8–4 victory over Swindon Town.July 2020 Events Grimsby Town returned to the Second Division after a season away. Lincoln City were the team to make way for them.July 2020 In March, Justice A.T. Lawrence established the legality of the football league's retain-and-transfer system with his judgement in the Kingaby case.Matthew Taylor, ‘Sutcliffe, Charles Edward (1864–1939)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 Former Aston Villa player Herbert Kingaby had brought legal proceedings against his old club for preventing him from playing. Erroneous strategy by Kingaby's counsel resulted in the suit being dismissed.David McArdle, LLB PhD, The Football League's player registration scheme and the Kingaby case https://web.archive.org/web/20100301021524/http://webjcli.ncl.ac.uk/2000/issue2/mcardle2.html 2010-03-01 , accessed 16 December 2012 Honours CompetitionWinnerFirst DivisionBlackburn Rovers (1)Second DivisionDerby CountyFA CupBarnsley (1)Charity ShieldManchester UnitedHome ChampionshipENG & SCO Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition League tables thumb|Aston Villa's "Happy" Harry Hampton, League top scorer|right First Division 1911–12 Football League#First Division First Division y Second Division 1911–12 Football League#Second Division Second Division y References 1911