1908–09 Football League

21st season of the Football League April 2023 July 2013 The Football League 1908–09 Newcastle United Chesterfield New Clubs in League Bradford Park AvenueTottenham Hotspur 1907–08 1909–10 The 1908–09 season was the 21st season of The Football League. Tottenham Hotspur played their first ever season in the Football League. Spurs, along with Bradford Park Avenue entered the Second Division to replace Lincoln City and Stoke. 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 1908–09 Newcastle United3rd English title Manchester CityLeicester Fosse Bert Freeman(38 goals)https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engtops.html English League Leading Goalscorers Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 2010-10-31 Nottingham Forest 12–0 Leicester Fosse(21 April 1909) Newcastle United 1–9 Sunderland(5 December 1908) Nottingham Forest 12–0 Leicester Fosse(21 April 1909) 380 1185 1907–08 1909–10 main WDL First Division World Football NEW, EVE, SUN, BLA, THW, WWA, AVL, BRC, MID, PNE, CHE, SHU, MUN, NFO, NTC, LIV, BRY, BRA, MCI, LEI 1st REL REL complete 14 10 14 58 56 14 13 11 61 50 12 10 16 47 47 13 12 13 45 58 14 8 16 63 77 14 9 15 56 61 18 10 10 82 57 8 9 21 54 102 15 6 17 57 65 15 4 19 67 69 15 7 16 58 68 14 9 15 59 53 24 5 9 65 41 14 8 16 66 57 14 8 16 51 48 13 11 14 48 44 14 9 15 51 59 21 2 15 78 63 17 6 15 67 61 14 10 14 52 49 C R R 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 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 BRA BRI BRY CHE EVE LEI LIV MCI MUN MID NEW NOT NTC PNE SHU SUN WED WOO 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Maps England none 369 Locations of the Football League First Division teams England 52.54 -1.89 right England 53.75 -2.48 right England 53.8 -1.75 right England 51.45 -2.58 right England 53.58 -2.295 right England 51.476 -0.21 right England 53.50 -2.97 right England 52.62 -1.14 right England 53.53 -2.99 right England 53.47 -2.20 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 Blackburn Rovers Bradford City Bristol City Bury Chelsea Everton Leicester Fosse Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Middlesbrough Newcastle Nottingham Forest Notts County Sheffield United Preston North End Sunderland The Wednesday (Sheffield) Woolwich Arsenal Second Division Football LeagueSecond Division 1908–09 Bolton Wanderers (1st title) Alf Bentley (Derby County), 24 Failed re-election Chesterfield West Bromwich Albion – Grimsby Town 7–0 (2 January 1909) Chesterfield – Hull City 0–4 (24 October 1909) Burnley – Wolverhampton Wanderers 3–5 (7 November 1909) 380 1026 1907–08 1909–10 main WDL Second Division PR 5 y 2 BOL Bolton Wanderers TOT Tottenham Hotspur WBA West Bromwich Albion HUL Hull City DER Derby County OLD Oldham Athletic WOL Wolverhampton Wanderers GLP Glossop GAI Gainsborough Trinity FUL Fulham BIR Birmingham LEE Leeds City GRI Grimsby Town BUR Burnley CLA Clapton Orient BPA Bradford (Park Avenue) BAR Barnsley STP Stockport County CHF Chesterfield Town BLP Blackpool 24 4 10 59 28 20 11 7 67 32 19 13 6 56 27 19 6 13 63 39 16 11 11 55 41 17 6 15 55 43 14 11 13 56 48 15 8 15 57 53 15 8 15 49 70 13 11 14 58 48 14 9 15 58 61 14 7 17 43 53 14 7 17 41 54 13 7 18 51 58 12 9 17 37 49 13 6 19 51 59 11 10 17 48 57 14 3 21 39 71 11 8 19 37 67 9 11 18 46 68 CP P R green1 Promotion to the First Division P P red2 Re-elected REE red1 Failed re-election and demoted FAIL complete https://www.fchd.info/lghist/fl1909.htm 1908–09 Football League F.C.H.D. 16 October 2024 Results main FBR grey BAR BIR BLP BOL BPA BUR CHF CLA DER FUL GAI GLP GRI HUL LEE OLD STP TOT WBA WOL 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 51.475 -0.222 right Greater London 51.570 -0.058 right Greater London 51.603 -0.066 right Clapton Orient Fulham Tottenham 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 53.59 -2.56 right England 53.76 -1.78 right England 53.79 -2.25 right England 53.24 -1.43 right England 51.55 -0.06 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 53.78 -1.57 right England 53.54 -2.12 right England 53.41 -2.16 right England 51.60 -0.06 right England 52.509 -1.964 right England 52.59 -2.13 right Barnsley Birmingham Blackpool Bolton Bradford Park Avenue Burnley Chesterfield Derby County Fulham Clapton Orient Gainsborough Trinity Glossop Grimsby Town Hull Leeds C Oldham Stockport County Tottenham West Bromwich Albion Wolverhampton Wanderers Attendances Source:Historical attendances https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/eng/aveeng1909.htm First Division { class"wikitable sortable" !#!!Football club!!Home games!!Average attendance - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Newcastle United 19 29,300 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Chelsea FC 19 29,120 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Everton FC 19 23,025 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Bradford City 19 21,875 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Manchester City 19 19,665 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Aston Villa 19 18,945 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Manchester United 19 18,150 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Liverpool FC 19 17,660 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Sunderland AFC 19 15,235 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Blackburn Rovers 19 14,745 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Middlesbrough FC 19 14,050 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Woolwich Arsenal 19 13,025 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count The Wednesday 19 12,840 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Leicester Fosse 19 12,790 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Sheffield United 19 12,625 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Bristol City 19 12,015 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Nottingham Forest 19 11,090 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Bury FC 19 10,975 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Notts County 19 10,805 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Preston North End 19 9,210 - } Second Division { class"wikitable sortable" !#!!Football club!!Home games!!Average attendance - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Tottenham Hotspur 19 20,255 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Fulham FC 19 16,340 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count West Bromwich Albion 19 15,525 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Bolton Wanderers 19 12,850 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Oldham Athletic 19 12,295 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Bradford Park Avenue 19 11,350 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Leeds City 19 11,055 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Birmingham City 19 10,825 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Clapton Orient 19 10,500 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Wolverhampton Wanderers 19 8,620 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Hull City 19 8,200 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Burnley FC 19 6,815 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Derby County 19 6,615 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Stockport County 19 5,925 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Barnsley FC 19 5,650 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Gainsborough Trinity 19 5,380 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Grimsby Town 19 5,235 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Chesterfield Town 19 4,975 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Blackpool FC 19 4,970 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Glossop 19 3,430 - } See also 1908–09 in English football 1908 in association football 1909 in association football References Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane's, London & Sydney, 1980. 1908–09 League