The Football League 1908-09
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The 1908–1909 season was the 21st season of the The Football League
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played their first ever season in the Football League, gaining promotion to the First Division in the process. Spurs, along with Bradford Park Avenue entered the Second Division to replace Lincoln City
and Stoke
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Note: Beginning with the season 1894–95, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded), or more properly put, goal ratio. 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.
Since the goal average was used for this purpose for such a long time, it is presented in the tables below even for the seasons prior to 1894–95, and since the goal difference is a more informative piece of information for a modern reader than the goal average, the goal difference is added in this presentation after the goal average.
During the first five seasons of the league, that is until the season 1893–94, 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
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against;
GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
Second Division
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against;
GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
The Football League
The Football League, also known as the npower Football League for sponsorship reasons, is a league competition featuring professional association football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888, it is the oldest such competition in world football...
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Overview
Tottenham HotspurTottenham Hotspur F.C.
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English Premier League football club based in Tottenham, north London. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane....
played their first ever season in the Football League, gaining promotion to the First Division in the process. Spurs, along with Bradford Park Avenue entered the Second Division to replace Lincoln City
Lincoln City F.C.
Lincoln City Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Lincoln, Lincolnshire. The club are currently members of the Conference National in 2011–12 following relegation from the Football League....
and Stoke
Stoke City F.C.
Stoke City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire that plays in the Premier League. Founded in 1863, it is the oldest club in the Premier League, and considered to be the second oldest professional football club in the world, after Notts...
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Final league tables
The tables below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at the The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79, with home and away statistics separated.Note: Beginning with the season 1894–95, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded), or more properly put, goal ratio. 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.
Since the goal average was used for this purpose for such a long time, it is presented in the tables below even for the seasons prior to 1894–95, and since the goal difference is a more informative piece of information for a modern reader than the goal average, the goal difference is added in this presentation after the goal average.
During the first five seasons of the league, that is until the season 1893–94, 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 DivisionFootball League First DivisionThe First Division was a division of The Football League between 1888 and 2004 and the highest division in English football until the creation of the Premier League in 1992. The secondary tier in English football has since become known as the Championship....
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | F | A | GA | GD | Pts | ||||
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| 1 | Newcastle United Newcastle United F.C. Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End, and has played at its current home ground, St James' Park, since the merger... |
38 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 32 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 21 | 65 | 41 | 1.585 | + 24 | 53 | ||||
| 2 | Everton Everton F.C. Everton Football Club are an English professional association football club from the city of Liverpool. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of English football... |
38 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 51 | 28 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 31 | 29 | 82 | 57 | 1.439 | + 25 | 46 | ||||
| 3 | Sunderland | 38 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 41 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 37 | 40 | 78 | 63 | 1.238 | + 15 | 44 | ||||
| 4 | Blackburn Rovers Blackburn Rovers F.C. Blackburn Rovers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire. The team currently competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football.... |
38 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 29 | 26 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 32 | 24 | 61 | 50 | 1.220 | + 11 | 41 | ||||
| 5 | The Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday F.C. Sheffield Wednesday Football Club are a football club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, who are currently competing in the Football League One in the 2011-12 season, in England. Sheffield Wednesday are one of the oldest professional clubs in the world and the fourth oldest in the... |
38 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 48 | 24 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 37 | 67 | 61 | 1.098 | + 6 | 40 | ||||
| 6 | Woolwich Arsenal Arsenal F.C. Arsenal Football Club is a professional English Premier League football club based in North London. One of the most successful clubs in English football, it has won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups... |
38 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 28 | 31 | 52 | 49 | 1.061 | + 3 | 38 | ||||
| 7 | Aston Villa Aston Villa F.C. Aston Villa Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Witton, Birmingham. The club was founded in 1874 and have played at their current home ground, Villa Park, since 1897. Aston Villa were founder members of The Football League in 1888. They were also founder... |
38 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 31 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 27 | 34 | 58 | 56 | 1.036 | + 2 | 38 | ||||
| 8 | Bristol City Bristol City F.C. Bristol City Football Club is one of two football league clubs in Bristol, England . They play at Ashton Gate, located in the south-west of the City... |
38 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 25 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 33 | 45 | 58 | 0.776 | – 13 | 38 | ||||
| 9 | Middlesbrough Middlesbrough F.C. Middlesbrough Football Club , also known as Boro, are an English football club based in Middlesbrough, who play in the Football League Championship. Formed in 1876, they have played at the Riverside Stadium since August 1995, their third ground since turning professional in 1889... |
38 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 38 | 21 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 32 | 59 | 53 | 1.113 | + 6 | 37 | ||||
| 10 | Preston North End Preston North End F.C. Preston North End Football Club is an English professional football club located in the Deepdale area of the city of Preston, Lancashire, currently playing in the third tier of English league football, League One... |
38 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 29 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 27 | 48 | 44 | 1.091 | + 4 | 37 | ||||
| 11 | Chelsea Chelsea F.C. Chelsea Football Club are an English football club based in West London. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier of English football. Chelsea have been English champions four times, FA Cup winners six times and League Cup winners four... |
38 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 33 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 23 | 39 | 56 | 61 | 0.918 | – 7 | 37 | ||||
| 12 | Sheffield United Sheffield United F.C. Sheffield United Football Club is a professional English football club based in the city of Sheffield, South Yorkshire.They were the first sporting team to use the name 'United' and are nicknamed 'The Blades', thanks to Sheffield's worldwide reputation for steel production... |
38 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 31 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 34 | 51 | 59 | 0.864 | – 8 | 37 | ||||
| 13 | Manchester United Manchester United F.C. Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.The 1958... |
38 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 37 | 33 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 35 | 58 | 68 | 0.853 | – 10 | 37 | ||||
| 14 | Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest F.C. Nottingham Forest Football Club is an English Association Football club based in West Bridgford, Nottingham, that plays in the Football League Championship... |
38 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 39 | 24 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 27 | 33 | 66 | 57 | 1.158 | + 9 | 36 | ||||
| 15 | Notts County Notts County F.C. Notts County Football Club are an English professional football club based in Nottingham. They are the oldest of all the clubs in the world that are now professional, having been formed in 1862. They currently play in League One of The Football League, the third tier of the English football system... |
38 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 31 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 25 | 51 | 48 | 1.063 | + 3 | 36 | ||||
| 16 | Liverpool Liverpool F.C. Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups... |
38 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 36 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 21 | 40 | 57 | 65 | 0.877 | – 8 | 36 | ||||
| 17 | Bury Bury F.C. Bury Football Club is an association football team based in Bury, Greater Manchester. The team currently play in League One. The club's nickname is The Shakers which was bestowed upon them by club chairman JT Ingham, an industrialist and ironmonger of the late 1890s.-Formation of the club and the... |
38 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 35 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 28 | 50 | 63 | 77 | 0.818 | – 14 | 36 | ||||
| 18 | Bradford City | 38 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 27 | 47 | 47 | 1.000 | ± 0 | 34 | ||||
| 19 | Manchester City Manchester City F.C. Manchester City Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Manchester. Founded in 1880 as St. Mark's , they became Ardwick Association Football Club in 1887 and Manchester City in 1894... |
38 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 50 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 17 | 46 | 67 | 69 | 0.971 | – 2 | 34 | ||||
| 20 | Leicester Fosse Leicester City F.C. Leicester City Football Club , also known as The Foxes, is an English professional football club based at the King Power Stadium in Leicester... |
38 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 32 | 41 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 22 | 61 | 54 | 102 | 0.529 | – 48 | 25 |
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against;
GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
| Key | |
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| League Champions | |
| FA Cup Winners | |
| Relegated |
First Division Results
Second DivisionFootball League Second DivisionFrom 1892 until 1992, the Football League Second Division was the second highest division overall in English football.This ended with the creation of the FA Premier League, prior to the start of the 1992–93 season, which caused an administrative split between The Football League and the teams...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | F | A | GA | GD | Pts | ||||
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| 1 | Bolton Wanderers Bolton Wanderers F.C. Bolton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the area of Horwich in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester. They began their current spell in the Premier League in 2001.... |
38 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 37 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 22 | 20 | 59 | 28 | 2.107 | + 31 | 52 | ||||
| 2 | Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English Premier League football club based in Tottenham, north London. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane.... |
38 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 42 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 20 | 67 | 32 | 2.094 | + 35 | 51 | ||||
| 3 | West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion F.C. West Bromwich Albion Football Club, also known as West Brom, The Baggies, The Throstles, Albion or WBA, are an English Premier League association football club based in West Bromwich in the West Midlands... |
38 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 35 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 56 | 27 | 2.074 | + 29 | 51 | ||||
| 4 | Hull City Hull City A.F.C. Hull City Association Football Club is an English association football club based in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, founded in 1904. The club participates in the Football League Championship, the second tier of English football... |
38 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 44 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 24 | 63 | 39 | 1.615 | + 24 | 44 | ||||
| 5 | Derby County Derby County F.C. Derby County Football Club is an English football based in Derby. the club play in the Football League Championship and is notable as being one of the twelve founder members of the Football League in 1888 and is, therefore, one of only ten clubs to have competed in every season of the English... |
38 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 38 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 30 | 55 | 41 | 1.341 | + 14 | 43 | ||||
| 6 | Oldham Athletic Oldham Athletic A.F.C. Oldham Athletic Association Football Club is an English association football club based at Boundary Park, on Sheepfoot Lane in Oldham, Greater Manchester. The club currently competes in the Football League One, the third tier of the English league... |
38 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 39 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 34 | 55 | 43 | 1.279 | + 12 | 40 | ||||
| 7 | Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club that represents the city of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands region. They are members of the Premier League, the highest level of English football. The club was founded in 1877 and since 1889 has played at... |
38 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 24 | 36 | 56 | 48 | 1.167 | + 8 | 39 | ||||
| 8 | Glossop Glossop North End A.F.C. Glossop North End A.F.C. are an English football club based in Glossop, Derbyshire. Former members of the Football League, they are currently in the North West Counties League and are members of the Derbyshire County Football Association. They play their home matches at Surrey Street, which has a... |
38 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 35 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 22 | 36 | 57 | 53 | 1.075 | + 4 | 38 | ||||
| 9 | Gainsborough Trinity Gainsborough Trinity F.C. Gainsborough Trinity Football Club are an English football club based in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire.Between 1896 and 1912 they were members of the Football League. They are currently in the Conference North, and play their home matches at The Northolme, which has a capacity of 4,304... |
38 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 50 | 49 | 70 | 0.700 | – 21 | 38 | ||||
| 10 | Fulham Fulham F.C. Fulham Football Club is a professional English Premier League club based in southwest London Fulham, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. Founded in 1879, they play in the Premier League, their 11th current season... |
38 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 39 | 26 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 22 | 58 | 48 | 1.208 | + 10 | 37 | ||||
| 11 | Birmingham Birmingham City F.C. Birmingham City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, they became Small Heath in 1888, then Birmingham in 1905, finally becoming Birmingham City in 1943.They were relegated at the end of the... |
38 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 35 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 23 | 40 | 58 | 61 | 0.951 | – 3 | 37 | ||||
| 12 | Leeds City | 38 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 34 | 43 | 53 | 0.811 | – 10 | 35 | ||||
| 13 | Grimsby Town Grimsby Town F.C. Grimsby Town Football Club is an English football club based in the seaside town of Cleethorpes, in North East Lincolnshire, England, who compete in the Conference National. They were formed in 1878 as Grimsby Pelham and later became Grimsby Town... |
38 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 18 | 40 | 41 | 54 | 0.759 | – 13 | 35 | ||||
| 14 | Burnley Burnley F.C. Burnley Football Club are a professional English Football League club based in Burnley, Lancashire. Nicknamed the Clarets, due to the dominant colour of their home shirts, they were founder members of the Football League in 1888... |
38 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 33 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 30 | 51 | 58 | 0.879 | – 7 | 33 | ||||
| 15 | Clapton Orient Leyton Orient F.C. Leyton Orient F.C. are an English professional football club in East London. They currently play in Football League One and are known to their fans as the O's.Leyton Orient have spent one season in the top flight of English football, in 1962–63... |
38 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 25 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 30 | 37 | 49 | 0.755 | – 12 | 33 | ||||
| 16 | Bradford Park Avenue | 38 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 30 | 25 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 21 | 34 | 51 | 59 | 0.864 | – 8 | 32 | ||||
| 17 | Barnsley Barnsley F.C. Barnsley Football Club are a professional English football club based in the town of Barnsley, South Yorkshire. Nicknamed the Tykes, they were founded in 1887 under the name Barnsley St. Peter's... |
38 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 38 | 48 | 57 | 0.842 | – 9 | 32 | ||||
| 18 | Stockport County Stockport County F.C. Stockport County Football Club is an English football club based in Stockport, Greater Manchester. The club formed in 1883 as Heaton Norris Rovers, shortly afterwards merging with Heaton Norris F.C., and adopted the current name on 24 May 1890 on the creation of the County Borough of Stockport... |
38 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 14 | 52 | 39 | 71 | 0.549 | – 32 | 31 | ||||
| 19 | Chesterfield Chesterfield F.C. Chesterfield Football Club is an English football club based in Chesterfield, Derbyshire. The club currently plays in Football League One, the third tier of English football. Despite being the fourth oldest Football League club in England, they have spent most of their existence in the lower... |
38 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 28 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 7 | 39 | 37 | 67 | 0.552 | – 30 | 30 | ||||
| 20 | Blackpool Blackpool F.C. Blackpool Football Club are an English football club founded in 1887 from the Lancashire seaside town of Blackpool. They are competing in the 2011–12 season of the The Championship, the second tier of professional football in England, having been relegated from the Premier League at the end of the... |
38 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 30 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 46 | 46 | 68 | 0.676 | – 22 | 29 |
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against;
GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
| Key | |
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| Division Champions | |
| Promoted | |
| New club in the league (see also Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English Premier League football club based in Tottenham, north London. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane.... ) |
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| Re-elected | |
| Failed re-election |
Second Division Results
See also
- 1908-09 in English football1908-09 in English footballThe 1908–09 season was the 38th season of competitive football in England.-Overview:Tottenham Hotspur played their first ever season in the Football League, gaining promotion to the First Division in the process...
- 1908 in association football
- 1909 in association football