Sunday, November 8, 2020

1871-1930 England


Season 1871-1872

England FA Challenge Cup 1871-72

Country England
 Scotland
Dates11 November 1871 – 16 March 1872
Teams15
ChampionsWanderers (1st title)
Runners-upRoyal Engineers
Matches played13
Goals scored26 (2 per match)

        1st Round                                              
Nov 11  Barnes              2  Civil Service       0
Nov 11  Crystal Palace      0  Hitchin             0  Both Qualified
Nov 11  Maidenhead          2  Great Marlow        0
Nov 11  Upton Park          0  Clapham Rovers      3
        Royal Engineers     W  Reigate Priory      0
        Wanderers           W  Harrow Chequers     0
Byes:   Donington School 
        Hampstead Heathens  
        Queen's Park 

        2nd Round
Dec 16  Clapham Rovers      1  Wanderers           3
Dec 16  Crystal Palace      3  Maidenhead          0
Dec 23  Barnes              1  Hampstead Heathens  1
Jan 10  Hitchin             0  Royal Engineers     5
        Queen's Park        W  Donington School    0

        Replay
Jan 06  Hampstead Heathens  1  Barnes              0

        Quarter-finals
Jan 20  Wanderers           0  Crystal Palace      0  Both Qualified
Jan 27  Royal Engineers     2  Hampstead Heathens  0
Bye:    Queen's Park

        Semi-finals
Feb 17  Crystal Palace      0  Royal Engineers     0  played at Kennington Oval
Mar 05  Wanderers           0  Queen's Park        0  played at Kennington Oval

        Replays
Mar 09  Royal Engineers     3  Crystal Palace      0  played at Kennington Oval
        Wanderers           W  Queen's Park        0

        Final
Mar 16  Wanderers           1  Royal Engineers     0  played at Kennington Oval
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Season 1872-1873

England FA Challenge Cup 1872-73

Country England
 Scotland
Teams16
Defending championsWanderers
ChampionsWanderers (2nd title)
Runners-upOxford University
Matches played13
Goals scored35 (2.69 per match)

        1st Round
Oct 19  Barnes             0  South Norwood      1
Oct 26  1st Surrey Rifles  2  Upton Park         0
Oct 26  Maidenhead         1  Marlow             0
Oct 26  Oxford University  3  Crystal Palace     2
Oct 26  Royal Engineers    3  Civil Service      0
Oct 26  Windsor Home Park  4  Reigate Priory     2
        Clapham Rovers     W  Hitchin            0
Byes:   Queen's Park
        Wanderers

        2nd Round
Nov 23  Clapham Rovers     0  Oxford University  3
Nov 23  Maidenhead         3  1st Surrey Rifles  0
Dec 07  Windsor Home Park  3  South Norwood      0
Byes:   Queen's Park
        Royal Engineers
        Wanderers

        3rd Round
Dec 09  Oxford University  1  Royal Engineers    0
Dec 21  Windsor Home Park  0  Maidenhead         1
Byes:   Queen's Park
        Wanderers

        Quarter-finals
Feb 03  Oxford University  4  Maidenhead         0
Byes:   Queen's Park
        Wanderers

        Semi-final
        Oxford University  W  Queen's Park       0
Bye:    Wanderers

        Final
Mar 29  Wanderers          2  Oxford University  0  played at Lillie Bridge
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Season 1873-1874

England FA Challenge Cup 1873-74

Country England
Dates9 October 1873 – 14 March 1874
Teams28
Defending championsWanderers
ChampionsOxford University
(1st title)
Runners-upRoyal Engineers
Matches played26
Goals scored58 (2.23 per match)

        1st Round
Oct 09  Pilgrims              1  Great Marlow          0
Oct 11  Royal Engineers       5  Brondesbury           0
Oct 11  Woodford Wells        3  Reigate Priory        2
Oct 18  Swifts                1  Crystal Palace        0
Oct 25  1st Surrey Rifles     0  Barnes                0
Oct 25  Cambridge University  1  South Norwood         0
Oct 28  Uxbridge              3  Gitanos               0
Oct 29  Oxford University     4  Upton Park            0
Oct 30  Sheffield             0  Shropshire            0
        Clapham Rovers        W  Athletic Club         0
        High Wycombe          W  Old Etonians          0
        Maidenhead            W  Civil Service         0
        Trojans               W  Farningham            0
        Wanderers             W  Southall              0

        Replays
Nov 08  Barnes                1  1st Surrey Rifles     0
Nov 17  Shropshire            0  Sheffield             0  decided by coin toss

        2nd Round
Nov 15  Clapham Rovers        1  Cambridge University  1
Nov 22  Maidenhead            1  High Wycombe          0
Nov 22  Oxford University     2  Barnes                0
Nov 22  Sheffield             1  Pilgrims              0
Nov 22  Swifts                2  Woodford Wells        1
Nov 26  Royal Engineers       2  Uxbridge              1
        Wanderers             W  Trojans               0

        Replays
Nov 29  Cambridge University  1  Clapham Rovers        1
Dec 20  Clapham Rovers        4  Cambridge University  1  played at Clapham

        Quarter-finals
Dec 06  Wanderers             1  Oxford University     1
Dec 10  Royal Engineers       7  Maidenhead            0
Jan 17  Clapham Rovers        2  Sheffield             1
Bye:    Swifts

        Replay
Jan 31  Oxford University     1  Wanderers             0

        Semi-finals
Jan 28  Royal Engineers       2  Swifts                0  played at Kennington Oval
Feb 28  Oxford University     1  Clapham Rovers        0  played at Kennington Oval

        Final
Mar 14  Oxford University     2  Royal Engineers       0  played at Kennington Oval
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Season 1874-1875

England FA Challenge Cup 1874-75

Country England
Teams29
Defending championsOxford University
ChampionsRoyal Engineers
(1st title)
Runners-upOld Etonians
Matches played31
Goals scored90 (2.9 per match)

        1st Round
Oct 10  Pilgrims              3  South Norwood         1
Oct 24  Upton Park            0  Barnes                3
Oct 31  Oxford University     6  Brondesbury           0
Oct 31  Wanderers            16  Farningham            0
Oct 31  Woodford Wells        1  High Wycombe          0
Nov 05  Old Etonians          0  Swifts                0
Nov 07  Clapham Rovers        3  Panthers              0
Nov 07  Royal Engineers       3  Great Marlow          0
Nov 14  Cambridge University  0  Crystal Palace        0
Nov 14  Hitchin               0  Maidenhead            1
Nov 14  Southall              0  Leyton                0
        Civil Service         W  Harrow Chequers       0
        Shropshire Wanderers  W  Sheffield             0
        Windsor Home Park     W  Uxbridge              0
Bye:    Reigate Priory

        Replays
Nov 14  Swifts                1  Old Etonians          1
Nov 21  Crystal Palace        1  Cambridge University  2
Nov 26  Old Etonians          3  Swifts                0  played at Old Etonians
Nov 28  Leyton                0  Southall              5

        2nd Round
Nov 14  Shropshire Wanderers  1  Civil Service         0
Nov 21  Wanderers             5  Barnes                0
Dec 05  Clapham Rovers        2  Pilgrims              0
Dec 05  Maidenhead            2  Reigate Priory        1
Dec 05  Royal Engineers       5  Cambridge University  0
Dec 05  Woodford Wells        3  Southall              0
        Oxford University     W  Windsor Home Park     0
Bye:    Old Etonians

        Quarter-finals
Jan 23  Old Etonians          1  Maidenhead            0
Jan 23  Shropshire Wanderers  1  Woodford Wells        1
Jan 30  Royal Engineers       3  Clapham Rovers        2
Jan 30  Wanderers             1  Oxford University     2

        Replay
Feb 06  Woodford Wells        0  Shropshire Wanderers  2

        Semi-finals
Feb 27  Oxford University     1  Royal Engineers       1  played at Kennington Oval
Feb 27  Old Etonians          1  Shropshire Wanderers  0  played at Kennington Oval

        Replay
Mar 05  Royal Engineers       1  Oxford University     0  played at Kennington Oval

        Final
Mar 13  Old Etonians          1  Royal Engineers       1  played at Kennington Oval

        Replay
Mar 16  Royal Engineers       2  Old Etonians          0  played at Kennington Oval
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Season 1875-1876

England FA Challenge Cup 1875-76

Country England
Teams32
Defending championsRoyal Engineers
ChampionsWanderers (3rd title)
Runners-upOld Etonians

        1st Round
Oct 23  Maidenhead             2  Ramblers               0
Oct 23  Upton Park             1  Southall               0
Oct 23  Wanderers              5  1st Surrey Rifles      0
Oct 30  Barnes                 0  Reigate Priory         1
Nov 03  Swifts                 2  Great Marlow           0
Nov 06  105th Regiment         0  Crystal Palace         0
Nov 06  Hertfordshire Rangers  4  Rochester              0
Nov 06  Oxford University      6  Forest School          0
Nov 06  Panthers               1  Woodford Wells         0
Nov 09  Old Etonians           4  Pilgrims               1
Nov 10  Royal Engineers       15  High Wycombe           0
        Cambridge University   W  Civil Service          0
        Clapham Rovers         W  Hitchin                0
        Leyton                 W  Harrow Chequers        0
        Sheffield              W  Shropshire Wanderers   0
        South Norwood          W  Clydesdale             0

        Replay
Nov 20  Crystal Palace         3  105th Regiment         0  played at Kennington Oval

        2nd Round
Dec 11  Old Etonians           8  Maidenhead             0
Dec 11  Reigate Priory         0  Cambridge University   8
Dec 11  Swifts                 5  South Norwood          0
Dec 11  Wanderers              3  Crystal Palace         0
Dec 18  Clapham Rovers        12  Leyton                 0
Dec 18  Hertfordshire Rangers  2  Oxford University      8
        Royal Engineers        W  Panthers               0
        Sheffield              W  Upton Park             0

        Quarter-finals
Jan 29  Old Etonians           1  Clapham Rovers         0
Jan 29  Royal Engineers        1  Swifts                 3
Jan 29  Wanderers              2  Sheffield              0
Jan 31  Cambridge University   0  Oxford University      4

        Semi-finals
Feb 19  Old Etonians           1  Oxford University      0  played at Kennington Oval
Feb 26  Wanderers              2  Swifts                 1  played at Kennington Oval

        Final
Mar 11  Old Etonians           1  Wanderers              1  played at Kennington Oval

        Replay
Mar 18  Wanderers              3  Old Etonians           0  played at Kennington Oval
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Season 1876-1877

England FA Challenge Cup 1876-77

Country England
 Wales
Teams37
Defending championsWanderers
ChampionsWanderers (4th title)
Runners-upOxford University

        1st Round
Oct 14  Pilgrims              4  Ramblers              1
Oct 28  Upton Park            7  Leyton                0
Nov 04  Forest School         4  Gresham               1
Nov 04  Great Marlow          2  Hertfordshire Rangers 1
Nov 04  Rochester             5  Highbury Union        0
Nov 04  Royal Engineers       2  Old Harrovians        1
Nov 04  South Norwood         4  Saxons                1
Nov 04  Swifts                2  Reading               0
Nov 08  Panthers              3  Woodgrange            0
Nov 11  105th Regiment        3  1st Surrey Rifles     0
Nov 11  Clapham Rovers        5  Reigate Priory        0
        Barnes                W  Old Etonians          0
        Cambridge University  W  High Wycombe          0
        Oxford University     W  Old Salopians         0
        Sheffield             W  Trojans               0
        Shropshire Wanderers  W  Druids                0
        Southall              W  Old Wykehamists       0
        Wanderers             W  Saffron Walden        0
Bye:    Queen's Park

        2nd Round
Nov 29  Great Marlow          1  Forest School         0
Dec 02  South Norwood         0  Sheffield             7
Dec 09  Barnes                0  Upton Park            1
Dec 09  Panthers              0  Pilgrims              1
Dec 09  Royal Engineers       3  Shropshire Wanderers  0
Dec 14  Oxford University     6  105th Regiment        1
Dec 16  Cambridge University  2  Clapham Rovers        1
Dec 16  Rochester             1  Swifts                0
Dec 16  Southall              0  Wanderers             6
Bye:    Queen's Park

        3rd Round
Jan 20  Royal Engineers       1  Sheffield             0
Jan 20  Wanderers             3  Pilgrims              0
Jan 24  Upton Park            2  Great Marlow          2
Feb 03  Cambridge University  4  Rochester             0
        Oxford University     W  Queen's Park          0

        Replay
Jan 27  Great Marlow          0  Upton Park            1

        Quarter-finals
Feb 17  Cambridge University  1  Royal Engineers       0
Feb 24  Oxford University     0  Upton Park            0
Bye:    Wanderers

        Replay
Mar 10  Upton Park            0  Oxford University     1

        Semi-finals
Mar 20  Wanderers             1  Cambridge University  0  played at Kennington Oval
Bye:    Oxford University

        Final
Mar 24  Wanderers             2  Oxford University     1  played at Kennington Oval
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Season 1877-1878

England FA Challenge Cup 1877-78

Country England
 Wales
Teams43
Defending championsWanderers
ChampionsWanderers (5th title)
Runners-upRoyal Engineers

        1st Round
Oct 27  Grantham               0  Clapham Rovers         2
Oct 27  High Wycombe           4  Woodgrange             0
Oct 27  Maidenhead            10  Reading Hornets        0
Nov 02  Cambridge University   3  Southall               1
Nov 03  Hawks                  5  Minerva                2
Nov 03  Hendon                 0  Great Marlow           2
Nov 03  Notts County           1  Sheffield              1
Nov 03  Oxford University      5  Hertfordshire Rangers  2
Nov 03  Pilgrims               0  Ramblers               0
Nov 07  Darwen                 3  Manchester             0
Nov 07  Reading                2  South Norwood          0
Nov 10  103rd Light Inf        0  Old Harrovians         2
Nov 10  1st Surrey Rifles      1  Forest School          0
Nov 10  Panthers               1  Wanderers              9
Nov 10  Remnants               4  St Stephens            0
Nov 10  Swifts                 3  Leyton                 2
Nov 10  Upton Park             3  Rochester              0
Nov 12  Shropshire Wanderers   0  Druids                 1
        Barnes                 W  St Marks               0
        Old Foresters          W  Old Wykehamists        0
        Royal Engineers        W  Highbury Union         0

        Replays
Nov 09  Ramblers               0  Pilgrims               1
Dec 01  Sheffield              3  Notts County           0

        2nd Round
Dec 08  Cambridge University   4  Maidenhead             2
Dec 08  Reading                0  Upton Park             1
Dec O8  Royal Engineers        6  Pilgrims               0
Dec 15  Barnes                 3  Great Marlow           1
Dec 15  High Wycombe           0  Wanderers              9
Dec 15  Oxford University      1  Old Foresters          0
Dec 22  1st Surrey Rifles      0  Old Harrovians         6
Dec 22  Clapham Rovers         4  Swifts                 0
Dec 22  Remnants               2  Hawks                  0
Dec 29  Darwen                 0  Sheffield              1
Bye:    Druids

        3rd Round
Jan 12  Wanderers              1  Barnes                 1
Jan 19  Upton Park             3  Remnants               0
Jan 30  Royal Engineers        8  Druids                 0
Feb 02  Old Harrovians         2  Cambridge University   2
Feb 02  Oxford University      3  Clapham Rovers         2
Bye:    Sheffield

        Replays
Jan 26  Barnes                 1  Wanderers              4
Feb 09  Cambridge University   2  Old Harrovians         2
Feb 16  Old Harrovians         2  Cambridge University   0  played at Kennington Oval

        Quarter-finals
Feb 15  Royal Engineers        3  Oxford University      3
Feb 16  Wanderers              3  Sheffield              0
Mar 09  Old Harrovians         3  Upton Park             1

        Replays
Feb 27  Oxford University      2  Royal Engineers        2
Mar 12  Royal Engineers        4  Oxford University      2  played at Royal Engineers

        Semi-finals
Mar 16  Royal Engineers        2  Old Harrovians         1  played at Kennington Oval
Bye:    Wanderers

        Final
Mar 23  Wanderers              3  Royal Engineers        1  played at Kennington Oval
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Season 1878-1879

England FA Challenge Cup 1878-79

Country England
Teams43 (entrants), 37 (participants)
Defending championsWanderers
ChampionsOld Etonians (1st title)
Runners-upClapham Rovers

        1st Round
Oct 19  Barnes                1  Maidenhead            1
Oct 28  Sheffield             1  Grantham              1
Oct 30  Upton Park            5  Saffron Waldon        0
Nov 02  Forest School         4  Rochester             2
Nov 02  Old Harrovians        8  Southall              0
Nov 02  Oxford University     7  Wednesbury Town       0
Nov 02  Romford               3  Ramblers              1
Nov 09  Brentford             1  Pilgrims              3
Nov 09  Cambridge University  2  Hertfordshire Rangers 0
Nov 09  Grey Friars           2  Great Marlow          1
Nov 09  Reading               1  Hendon                0
Nov 09  Royal Engineers       3  Old Foresters         0
Nov 09  Swifts                2  Hawks                 1
Nov 09  Wanderers             2  Old Etonians          7
Nov 16  Notts County          1  Nottingham Forest     3
        Clapham Rovers        W  Finchley              0
        Darwen                W  Birch Manchester      0
        Minerva               W  105th Regiment        0
        Panthers              W  Runnymede             0
        Remnants              W  Unity                 0
        South Norwood         W  Leyton                0
Bye:    Eagley

        Replays
Nov 09  Maidenhead            0  Barnes                4
Nov 18  Grantham              1  Sheffield             3

        2nd Round
Dec 04  Cambridge University  3  South Norwood         0
Dec 07  Clapham Rovers       10  Forest School         1
Dec 07  Eagley                0  Darwen                0
Dec 07  Grey Friars           O  Minerva               3
Dec 10  Royal Engineers       0  Oxford University     4
Dec 18  Reading               0  Old Etonians          1
Dec 21  Nottingham Forest     2  Sheffield             0
Dec 21  Old Harrovians        3  Panthers              0
Dec 21  Remnants              6  Pilgrims              2
Dec 21  Swifts                3  Romford               1
Jan 04  Barnes                3  Upton Park            2

        Replay
Dec 21  Darwen                4  Eagley                1

        3rd Round
Jan 11  Old Etonians          5  Minerva               2
Jan 28  Old Harrovians        0  Nottingham Forest     2
Jan 30  Remnants              2  Darwen                3
Feb 01  Clapham Rovers        1  Cambridge University  0
Feb 01  Oxford University     2  Barnes                1
Bye:    Swifts

        Quarter-finals
Feb 13  Old Etonians          5  Darwen                5
Feb 25  Nottingham Forest     2  Oxford University     1
Mar 08  Clapham Rovers        8  Swifts                1

        Replays
Mar 08  Darwen                2  Old Etonians          2
Mar 15  Old Etonians          6  Darwen                2

        Semi-final
Mar 22  Old Etonians          2  Nottingham Forest     1  played at Kennington Oval
Bye:    Clapham Rovers

        Final
Mar 29  Old Etonians          1  Clapham Rovers        0  played at Kennington Oval
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Season 1879-1880

England FA Challenge Cup 1879-80

Country England
Teams54
Defending championsOld Etonians
ChampionsClapham Rovers
(1st title)
Runners-upOxford University

        1st Round
Oct 25  Maidenhead             3  Calthorpe              1
Nov 01  Blackburn Rovers       5  Tyne Association       1
Nov 01  Eagley                 0  Darwen                 1
Nov 01  Gresham                3  Kildare                0
Nov 01  Mosquitoes             3  St Peters Institute    1
Nov 01  Pilgrims               5  Clarence               2
Nov 01  South Norwood          4  Brentwood              2
Nov 01  Turton                 7  Brigg                  0
Nov 06  Great Marlow           1  Oxford University      1
Nov 08  Acton                  0  Old Carthusians        4
Nov 08  Clapham Rovers         7  Romford                0
Nov 08  Finchley               0  Old Harrovians         2
Nov 08  Grey Friars            2  Hanover                1
Nov 08  Hendon                 1  Old Foresters          1
Nov 08  Hotspur                1  Argonauts              1
Nov 08  Nottingham Forest      4  Notts County           0
Nov 08  Stafford Road Works    2  Wednesbury Town        0
Nov 13  Royal Engineers        2  Cambridge University   0
Nov 15  Hertfordshire Rangers  2  Minerva                1
Nov 15  Remnants               1  Upton Park             1
Nov 15  Rochester              0  Wanderers              6
        Birmingham             W  Panthers               0
        Henley                 W  Reading                0
        Old Etonians           W  Barnes                 0
        Sheffield              W  Queen's Park           0
        West End               W  Swifts                 0
Byes:   Aston Villa
        Providence

        Replays
Nov 10  Oxford University      1  Great Marlow           0
Nov 15  Argonauts              0  Hotspur                1
Nov 15  Old Foresters          2  Hendon                 2
Nov 22  Hendon                 3  Old Foresters          1
Nov 25  Upton Park             5  Remnants               2  

        2nd Round
Nov 29  Henley                 1  Maidenhead             3
Dec 06  Blackburn Rovers       3  Darwen                 1
Dec 13  Stafford Road Works    1  Aston Villa            1
Dec 13  Turton                 0  Nottingham Forest      6
Dec 13  West End               1  Hotspur                0
Dec 15  Sheffield              3  Sheffield Providence   3
Dec 20  Clapham Rovers         4  South Norwood          0
Dec 20  Gresham                0  Grey Friars            9
Dec 20  Mosquitoes             1  Hendon                 7
Dec 23  Royal Engineers        4  Upton Park             1
Jan 10  Wanderers              1  Old Carthusians        0
Jan 19  Oxford University      6  Birmingham             0
        Pilgrims               W  Hertfordshire Rangers  0
Byes:   Old Etonians
        Old Harrovians

        Replays
Dec 29  Sheffield              3  Sheffield Providence   0  played at Sheffield
Jan 24  Aston Villa            3  Stafford Road Works    1

        3rd Round
Jan 17  Pilgrims               0  Clapham Rovers         7
Jan 24  Old Etonians           3  Wanderers              1
Jan 31  Nottingham Forest      6  Blackburn Rovers       0
Feb 04  Royal Engineers        2  Old Harrovians         0
        Oxford University      W  Aston Villa            0
Byes:   Grey Friars
        Hendon
        Maidenhead
        Sheffield
        West End

        4th Round
Feb 07  Old Etonians           5  West End               1
Feb 14  Clapham Rovers         2  Hendon                 0
Feb 14  Oxford University      1  Maidenhead             0
Feb 18  Royal Engineers        1  Grey Friars            0
Feb 19  Nottingham Forest      2  Sheffield              2  Sheffield disqualified

        Quarter-finals
Feb 21  Old Etonians           0  Clapham Rovers         1
Mar 05  Oxford University      1  Royal Engineers        1  played at Kennington Oval
Bye:    Nottingham Forest

        Replay
Mar 15  Oxford University      1  Royal Engineers        0  played at Kennington Oval

        Semi-finals
Mar 27  Oxford University      1  Nottingham Forest      0  played at Kennington Oval
Bye:    Clapham Rovers

        Final
Apr 10  Clapham Rovers         1  Oxford University      0  played at Kennington Oval
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Season 1880-1881

England FA Challenge Cup 1880-81

Country England
Teams62
Defending championsClapham Rovers
ChampionsOld Carthusians
(1st title)
Runners-upOld Etonians

        1st Round
Oct 16  Turton                 5  Briggs Britannia       0
Oct 23  Old Carthusians        7  Saffron Walden         0
Oct 30  Astley Bridge          4  Eagley                 0
Oct 30  Aston Villa            5  Wednesbury Strollers   3
Oct 30  Blackburn Rovers       6  Sheffield Providence   2
Oct 30  Great Marlow           6  Clarence               0
Oct 30  Sheffield              5  Blackburn Olympic      4
Nov 04  Notts County           4  Derbyshire             4
Nov 06  Brentwood              0  Old Etonians          10
Nov 06  Hertfordshire Rangers  6  Barnes                 0
Nov 06  Spilsby                0  Stafford Road Works    7
Nov 06  St Peters              1  Hendon                 8
Nov 06  Swifts                 1  Old Foresters          1
Nov 06  West End               1  Hanover                0
Nov 11  Calthorpe              1  Grantham               2
Nov 13  Acton                  1  Kildare                1
Nov 13  Clapham Rovers        15  Finchley               0
Nov 13  Darwen                 8  Brigg                  0
Nov 13  Grey Friars            0  Windsor Home Park      0
Nov 13  Maidenhead             1  Old Harrovians         1
Nov 13  Mosquitoes             1  Upton Park             8
Nov 13  Reading                5  Hotspur                1
Nov 13  Reading Abbey          1  St Albans              0
Nov 13  Rochester              1  Dreadnought            2
Nov 13  Romford                1  Reading Minster        1
Nov 13  Royal Engineers        0  Remnants               0
Nov 13  Weybridge              3  Henley                 0
        Nottingham Forest      W  Caius College          0
        Pilgrims               W  Old Philberdians       0
        Rangers                W  Wanderers              0
        The Wednesday          W  Queen's Park           0

        Replays
Nov 20  Kildare                0  Acton                  5
Nov 20  Old Foresters          1  Swifts                 2
Nov 20  Old Harrovians         0  Maidenhead             1
Nov 20  Remnants               0  Royal Engineers        1
Nov 20  Windsor Home Park      1  Grey Friars            3
Nov 27  Derbyshire             2  Notts County           4
        Romford                W  Reading Minster        0

        2nd Round
Dec 04  Nottingham Forest      1  Aston Villa            2
Dec 04  Old Etonians           2  Hendon                 0
Dec 09  Royal Engineers        1  Pilgrims               0
Dec 11  Grantham               1  Stafford Road Works    1
Dec 11  Great Marlow           4  West End               0
Dec 11  Grey Friars            1  Maidenhead             0
Dec 11  Old Carthusians        5  Dreadnought            1
Dec 11  Reading Abbey          2  Acton                  1
Dec 18  Astley Bridge          0  Turton                 3
Dec 18  Blackburn Rovers       0  The Wednesday          4
Dec 18  Reading                0  Swifts                 1
Dec 18  Sheffield              1  Darwen                 5
Dec 18  Weybridge              0  Upton Park             3
Byes:   Clapham Rovers
        Hertfordshire Rangers
        Notts County
        Rangers
        Romford

        Replay
Dec 16  Stafford Road Works    7  Grantham               1

        3rd Round
Jan 08  Clapham Rovers         2  Swifts                 1
Jan 08  Turton                 0  The Wednesday          2
Feb 05  Old Etonians           3  Hertfordshire Rangers  0
Feb 09  Royal Engineers        6  Rangers                0
Feb 12  Notts County           1  Aston Villa            3
Feb 12  Romford                2  Reading Abbey          0
Byes:   Darwen
        Great Marlow
        Grey Friars
        Old Carthusians
        Stafford Road Works
        Upton Park

        4th Round
Feb 05  Darwen                 5  The Wednesday          2
Feb 12  Clapham Rovers         5  Upton Park             4
Feb 19  Aston Villa            2  Stafford Road Works    3
Feb 19  Grey Friars            0  Old Etonians           4
Feb 19  Old Carthusians        2  Royal Engineers        1
Feb 19  Romford                2  Great Marlow           1

        Quarter-finals
Mar 05  Darwen                15  Romford                0
Mar 19  Old Carthusians        3  Clapham Rovers         1
Mar 19  Stafford Road Works    1  Old Etonians           2

        Semi-finals
Mar 26  Old Carthusians        4  Darwen                 1  played at Kennington Oval
Bye:    Old Etonians

        Final
Apr 09  Old Carthusians        3  Old Etonians           0  played at Kennington Oval
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Season 1881-1882

England FA Challenge Cup 1881-82

Country England
 Ireland
 Scotland
Teams73
Defending championsOld Carthusians
ChampionsOld Etonians (2nd title)
Runners-upBlackburn Rovers

        1st Round
Oct 17  Sheffield Heeley        5  Lockwood                1
Oct 22  Bolton Wanderers        5  Eagley                  5
Oct 22  Great Marlow            3  Brentwood               1
Oct 22  Henley                  0  Maidenhead              2
Oct 22  Upton Park              3  St Albans               0
Oct 22  Windsor Home Park       0  Reading Minster         1
Oct 22  Woodford Bridge         1  Reading Abbey           1
Oct 29  Astley Bridge           2  Turton                  2
Oct 29  Blackburn Rovers        9  Blackburn Park          1
Oct 29  Darwen                  3  Blackburn 0lympic       1
Oct 29  Finchley                0  Acton                   0
Oct 29  Reading                 5  Hendon                  0
Oct 29  Staveley                5  Spilsby                 1
Oct 29  West End                3  Remnants                2
Nov 05  Aston Villa             4  Nottingham Forest       1
Nov 05  Barnes                  3  Rochester               1
Nov 05  Bootle                  2  Blackburn Law           1
Nov 05  Grantham                6  Brigg                   0
Nov 05  Hotspur                 1  Highbury Union          0
Nov 05  Mosquitoes              1  Pilgrims                1
Nov 05  Old Carthusians         5  Esher Leopold           0
Nov 05  Old Etonians            2  Clapham Rovers          2
Nov 05  Old Foresters           3  Morton                  0
Nov 05  Old Harrovians          4  Olympic                 2
Nov 05  Royal Engineers         6  Kildare                 0
Nov 05  Sheffield               8  Briggs Brittania        0
Nov 05  The Wednesday           2  Sheffield Providence    0
Nov 05  Small Heath             4  Derby Town              1
Nov 05  Swifts                  4  Hertfordshire Rangers   0
Nov 05  Wednesbury Old Alliance 9  Birmingham St George's  1
Nov 05  Wednesbury Stro         3  Stafford Road           1
        Accrington              W  Queen's Park            0
        Dreadnought             W  Caius College           0
        Notts County            W  Calthorpe               0
        Romford                 W  Rangers                 0
        St Bartholomew          W  Wanderers               0
Bye:    Hanover

        Replays
Nov 05  Acton                   4  Finchley                0
Nov 12  Eagley                  0  Bolton Wanderers        1
Nov 12  Pilgrims                5  Mosquitoes              0
Nov 12  Reading Abbey           2  Woodford Bridge         1
Nov 12  Turton                  1  Astley Bridge           1
Nov 19  Astley Bridge           3  Turton                  3
Nov 19  Clapham Rovers          0  Old Etonians            1
Nov 26  Turton                  2  Astley Bridge           0

        2nd Round
Nov 19  Blackburn Rovers        6  Bolton Wanderers        2
Nov 24  Notts County            5  Wednesbury Stro         3
Nov 26  Darwen                  3  Accrington              1
Nov 26  Hanover                 1  Upton Park              3
Nov 26  Reading                 1  West End                1
Nov 26  Reading Abbey           1  Hotspur                 4
Nov 26  Sheffield               0  Sheffield Heeley        4
Nov 28  Staveley                3  Grantham                1
Nov 30  Great Marlow            2  St Bartholomew          0
Dec 03  Maidenhead              2  Acton                   1
Dec 03  Old Carthusians         7  Barnes                  1
Dec 03  Old Foresters           3  Pilgrims                1
Dec 03  Reading Minster         3  Romford                 1
Dec 03  Swifts                  7  Old Harrovians          1
Dec 03  Turton                  4  Bootle                  0
Dec 03  Wednesbury Old Alliance 6  Small Heath             0
Byes:   Aston Villa
        Dreadnought
        Old Etonians
        The Wednesday
        Royal Engineers

        Replays
Dec 10  Notts County           11  Wednesbury Stro         1
        Reading                 W  West End                0

        3rd Round
Dec 17  Darwen                  4  Turton                  2
Dec 17  Great Marlow            2  Dreadnought             1
Dec 17  Hotspur                 0  Reading Minster         0
Dec 17  Old Etonians            3  Swifts                  0
Dec 20  Old Carthusians         0  Royal Engineers         2
Dec 28  The Wednesday           2  Staveley                2
Dec 31  Aston Villa             2  Notts County            2
Byes:   Blackburn Rovers
        Maidenhead
        Old Foresters
        Reading
        Sheffield Heeley
        Upton Park
        Wednesbury Old

        Replays
Dec 26  Reading Minster         0  Hotspur                 2
Jan 07  Notts County            2  Aston Villa             2
Jan 07  Staveley                0  The Wednesday           0
Jan 09  The Wednesday           5  Staveley                1  played at Lockwood
Jan 14  Aston Villa             4  Notts County            1  played at Aston Villa

        4th Round
Jan 14  Old Etonians            6  Maidenhead              3
Jan 21  Old Foresters           2  Royal Engineers         1
Jan 21  The Wednesday           3  Sheffield Heeley        1
Jan 21  Upton Park              5  Hotspur                 0
Jan 21  Wednesbury Old Alliance 4  Aston Villa             2
Jan 30  Blackburn Rovers        5  Darwen                  1
        Great Marlow            W  Reading                 0

        Quarter-finals
Feb 07  Old Foresters           0  Great Marlow            0
Feb 07  The Wednesday           6  Upton Park              0 
Feb 11  Wednesbury Old Alliance 1  Blackburn Rovers        3 
Bye:    Old Etonians

        Replay
Feb 18  Great Marlow            1  Old Foresters           0

        Semi-finals
Mar 04  Old Etonians            5  Great Marlow            0  played at Kennington Oval
Mar 06  Blackburn Rovers        0  The Wednesday           0  played at Huddersfield

        Replay
Mar 15  Blackburn Rovers        5  The Wednesday           1  played at Manchester

        Final
Mar 25  Old Etonians            1  Blackburn Rovers        0  played at Kennington Oval
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Season 1882-1883

England FA Challenge Cup 1882-83

Country England
 Wales
 Scotland
 Ireland
Teams84
Defending championsOld Etonians
ChampionsBlackburn Olympic
(1st title)
Runners-upOld Etonians

        1st Round
Sep 02  Church                  5  Clitheroe               0
Oct 14  Darwen Ramblers         5  South Shore             2
Oct 21  Aston Villa             4  Walsall Swifts          1
Oct 21  Darwen                  4  Blackburn Park          1
Oct 21  Dreadnought             1  South Reading           2
Oct 21  Etonian Ramblers        6  Romford                 2
Oct 21  Halliwell               3  Great Lever             2
Oct 21  Liverpool Ramblers      1  Southport               1
Oct 21  Pilgrims                0  Old Carthusians         6
Oct 21  Royal Engineers         3  Woodford                1
Oct 21  Walsall Town            4  Staveley                1
Oct 23  Blackburn Rovers       11  Blackpool               1
Oct 28  Barnes                  2  Brentwood               4
Oct 28  Birmingham St George's  4  Calthorpe               1
Oct 28  Great Marlow            2  Hornchurch              0
Oct 28  Lower Darwen            5  Irwell Springs          2
Oct 28  Northwich Victoria      3  Astley Bridge           2
Nov 04  Blackburn 0lympic       6  Accrington              3
Nov 04  Bolton Wanderers        6  Bootle                  1
Nov 04  Bolton Olympic          4  Eagley                  7
Nov 04  Clapham Rovers          3  Kildare                 0
Nov 04  Druids                  1  Oswestry                1
Nov 04  Hanover                 1  Mosquitoes              0
Nov 04  Macclesfield            3  Lockwood Brothers       4
Nov 04  Maidenhead              0  Old Westminster         2
Nov 04  Notts County            6  Sheffield               1
Nov 04  Old Etonians            1  Old Foresters           1
Nov 04  Rochester               2  Hotspur                 0
Nov 04  The Wednesday          12  Spilsby                 2
Nov 04  Small Heath             3  Stafford Road Works     3
Nov 04  Chesterfield Spital     1  Wednesbury Old Alliance 7
Nov 04  Swifts                  4  Highbury Union          1
Nov 04  United Hospital         3  London Olympic          0
Nov 04  West End                1  Hendon                  3
Nov 04  Windsor Home Park       3  Acton                   0
        Grimsby                 W  Queen's Park            0
        Nottingham Forest       W  Brigg Brittania         0
        Phoenix Bessemer        W  Grantham                0
        Reading Minster         W  Remnants                0
Byes:   Aston Unity
        Chatham
        Haslingden
        Reading
        Sheffield Heeley
        Upton Park

        Replays
Nov 04  Dreadnought             1  South Reading           2
Nov 04  Southport               0  Liverpool Ramblers      4
Nov 18  Old Foresters           1  Old Etonians            3
Nov 18  Oswestry                0  Druids                  2
Nov 18  Stafford Road Works     6  Small Heath             2

        2nd Round
Nov 18  Aston Villa             4  Wednesbury Old Alliance 1
Nov 25  Darwen Ramblers         3  Haslingden              2
Nov 25  Phoenix Bessemer        9  Grimsby                 1 
Nov 29  Royal Engineers         8  Reading                 0
Nov 30  Swifts                  2  Upton Park              2
Nov 30  Windsor Home Park       3  United Hospital         1
Dec 02  Aston Unity             3  Birmingham St George's  1
Dec 02  Bolton Wanderers        3  Liverpool Ramblers      0
Dec 02  Brentwood               1  Old Etonians            2
Dec 02  Clapham Rovers          7  Hanover                 1
Dec 02  Darwen                  1  Blackburn Rovers        0
Dec 02  Eagley                  3  Halliwell               1
Dec 02  Etonian Ramblers        0  Old Carthusians         7
Dec 02  Hendon                  2  Chatham                 1
Dec 02  Nottingham Forest       7  Sheffield Heeley        2
Dec 02  The Wednesday           6  Lockwood Brothers       0 
Dec 02  Stafford Road Works     1  Walsall Town            4
Dec 09  Blackburn 0lympic       8  Lower Darwen            1
Dec 09  Druids                  5  Northwich Victoria      0
        Great Marlow            W  Reading Minster         0
Byes:   Church
        Notts County
        Old Westminster
        Rochester
        South Reading

        Replay
Dec 02  Upton Park              2  Swifts                  3

        3rd Round
Dec 16  Blackburn 0lympic       8  Darwen Ramblers         0
Dec 16  Old Carthusians         3  Old Westminster         2
Dec 16  Old Etonians            7  Rochester               0
Dec 27  Notts County            4  Phoenix Bessemer        1
Jan 06  Aston Villa             3  Aston Unity             1
Jan 06  Church                  2  Darwen                  2
Jan 06  Druids                  0  Bolton Wanderers        0
Jan 06  Hendon                 11  South Reading           1
Jan 06  Nottingham Forest       2  The Wednesday           2
Jan 06  Windsor Home Park       0  Clapham Rovers          3
Byes:   Eagley
        Great Marlow
        Royal Engineers
        Swifts
        Walsall Town

        Replays
Jan 13  The Wednesday           3  Nottingham Forest       2
Jan 20  Darwen                  0  Church                  2
Jan 22  Bolton Wanderers        1  Druids                  1
Jan 29  Druids                  1  Bolton Wanderers        0  played at Wrexham

        4th Round
Jan 24  Old Etonians            2  Swifts                  0
Jan 25  Old Carthusians         6  Royal Engineers         2
Jan 27  Aston Villa             2  Walsall Town            1
Feb 03  Church                  0  Blackburn 0lympic       2
Feb 03  Great Marlow            0  Hendon                  3
Feb 10  Eagley                  1  Druids                  2
Feb 12  The Wednesday           1  Notts County            4
Bye:    Clapham Rovers

        Quarter-finals
Feb 20  Old Carthusians         5  Clapham Rovers          3
Feb 24  Blackburn 0lympic       4  Druids                  1
Mar 03  Hendon                  2  Old Etonians            4
Mar 03  Notts County            4  Aston Villa             3

        Semi-finals
Mar 17  Blackburn 0lympic       4  Old Carthusians         0  played at Manchester
Mar 17  Old Etonians            2  Notts County            1  played at Kennington Oval

        Final
Mar 31  Blackburn 0lympic       2  Old Etonians            1  played at Kennington Oval
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Season 1883-1884

England FA Challenge Cup 1883-84

Country England
 Scotland
 Wales
 Ireland
Teams100
Defending championsBlackburn Olympic
ChampionsBlackburn Rovers
(1st title)
Runners-upQueen's Park

        1st Round
Oct 06  Crewe Alexandra          0  Queen's Park            10
Oct 13  Halliwell                2  Eagley                   5
Oct 16  Blackburn 0lympic        5  Darwen Ramblers          1
Oct 20  Blackburn Rovers         7  Southport                0
Oct 20  Great Lever              4  Astley Bridge            1
Oct 20  Hurst                    3  Turton                   1
Oct 20  Small Heath              1  Birmingham Excel         1
Oct 27  Blackburn Park           6  Clitheroe Low Moor       0
Oct 27  Darwen                   2  Church                   2
Oct 27  Wolverhampton Wanderers  4  Long Eaton               1
Nov 03  Bolton Association       5  Bradshaw                 1
Nov 03  Hanover                  1  Brentwood                6
Nov 03  Hull                     1  Grimsby Town             3
Nov 03  Old Westminsters         3  Chatham                  0
Nov 03  Padiham                  3  Lower Darwen             1
Nov 03  Rochester                2  Uxbridge                 1
Nov 03  Romford                  3  Woodford                 0
Nov 10  Accrington               4  Blackpool                0
Nov 10  Acton                    0  Upton Park               2
Nov 10  Bolton Wanderers         9  Bolton 0lympic           0
Nov 10  Calthorpe                0  Walsall Town             9
Nov 10  Clitheroe                3  South Shore              3
Nov 10  Davenham                 2  Macclesfield             0
Nov 10  Druids                   0  Northwich Victoria       1
Nov 10  Grantham                 3  Spilsby                  2
Nov 10  Hendon                   3  Old Etonians             2
Nov 10  Hornchurch               0  Great Marlow             9
Nov 10  Lockwood Brothers        4  Sheffield                1
Nov 10  Manchester               2  Stoke                    1
Nov 10  Middlesbrough            1  Staveley                 5
Nov 10  Mosquito                 3  Pilgrims                 2
Nov 10  Notts County             3  Sheffield Heeley         1
Nov 10  Old Foresters            2  Dreadnought              1
Nov 10  Oswestry                 7  Hartford                 0
Nov 10  Reading                  2  South Reading            2
Nov 10  Reading Minster          1  Old Carthusians         10
Nov 17  Rossendale               6  Irwell Springs           2  Rossendale disqualified
Nov 10  Chesterfield Spital      1  Rotherham Town           1
Nov 10  Stafford Road Works      5  Aston Unity              1
Nov l0  Upton Rangers            0  Old Wykehamists          7
Nov 10  Walsall Swifts           1  Aston Villa              5
Nov 10  Wednesbury Old Alliance  5  Mitchell                 0
Nov 10  West End                 1  Maidenhead               0
Nov 10  Windsor Home Park        5  Royal Engineers          3
Nov 10  West Bromwich Albion     0  Wednesbury Town          2
        Clapham Rovers           W  Kildare                  0
        Nottingham Forest        W  Redcar                   0
        Wrexham Olympic          W  Liverpool Ramblers       0
Byes:   Preston North End         Swifts        Derby Midland        The Wednesday    

        Replays
Nov 03  Church                   0  Darwen                   1
Nov 10  Birmingham Excel         3  Small Heath              2
Nov 17  Rotherham Town           7  Chesterfield Spital      2
Nov 17  South Reading            0  Reading                  4
Nov 24  South Shore              3  Clitheroe                2

        2nd Round
Nov 24  Blackburn Park           2  Accrington               3  Accrington disqualified
Nov 24  Northwich Victoria       5  Davenham                 1
Nov 24  Old Carthusians          2  Old Foresters            7
Nov 26  Grantham                 4  Grimsby Town             0
Dec 01  Birmingham Excel         1  Derby Midland            1
Dec 01  Bolton Wanderers         3  Bolton Association       0
Dec 01  Clapham Rovers           7  Rochester                0
Dec 01  Darwen                   1  Blackburn 0lympic        2
Dec 01  Hurst                    3  Irwell Springs           2  match declared void
Dec 01  Lockwood Brothers        3  Rotherham Town           1
Dec 01  Notts County             3  Nottingham Forest        0
Dec 01  Old Westminsters         2  Hendon                   1
Dec 01  Preston North End        4  Great Lever              1
Dec 01  Queen's Park            15  Manchester               0
Dec 01  Reading                  1  West End                 0
Dec 01  Romford                  3  Mosquito                 1
Dec 01  South Shore              0  Blackburn Rovers         7
Dec 01  Stafford Road Works      0  Aston Villa              5
Dec 01  Staveley                 3  The Wednesday            1
Dec 01  Swifts                   2  Great Marlow             0
Dec 01  Walsall Town             2  Wedneshury Town          2
Dec 01  Wednesbury Old Alliance  4  Wolverhampton Wanderers  2
Dec 01  Windsor Home Park        0  Old Wykehamists          1
Dec 01  Wrexham Olympic          3  Oswestry                 4
Byes:   Brentwood        Eagley        Padiham        Upton Park

        Replays
Dec 08  Wednesbury Town          6  Walsall Town             0
Dec 15  Derby Midland            2  Birmingham Excel         1
        Irwell Springs           W  Hurst                    0

        3rd Round
Dec 20  Grantham                 1  Notts County             4
Dec 22  Clapham Rovers           1  Swifts                   2
Dec 22  Reading                  1  Upton Park               6
Dec 24  Blackburn Rovers         3  Padiham                  0
Dec 29  Bolton Wanderers         8  Irwell Springs           1
Dec 29  Oswestry                 1  Queen's Park             7
Dec 29  Preston North End        9  Eagley                   1
Dec 29  Romford                  1  Brentwood                4
Dec 29  Staveley                 1  Lockwood Brothers        0
Dec 29  Wednesbury Old Alliance  4  Aston Villa              7
Dec 29  Wednesbury Town          1  Derby Midland            0
Bye:    Blackburn Olympic        Northwich Victoria        Old Foresters        Old Westminsters
        Old Wykehamists

        4th Round
Jan 19  Blackburn Rovers         5  Staveley                 1
Jan 19  Blackburn 0lympic        6  Old Wykehamists          0
Jan 19  Northwich Victoria       3  Brentwood                0
Jan 19  Notts County             2  Bolton Wanderers         2
Jan 19  Old Westminsters         5  Wednesbury Town          0
Jan 19  Preston North End        1  Upton Park               1  Preston disqualified
Jan 19  Queen's Park             6  Aston Villa              1
Jan 19  Swifts                   2  Old Foresters            1

        Replay
Feb 02  Bolton Wanderers         1  Notts County             2

        Quarter-finals
Feb 09  Blackburn 0lympic        9  Northwich Victoria       1
Feb 09  Notts County             1  Swifts                   1
Feb 09  Old Westminsters         0  Queen's Park             1
Feb 09  Upton Park               0  Blackburn Rovers         3

        Replay
Feb 14  Swifts                   0  Notts County             1

        Semi-finals
Mar 01  Blackburn Rovers         1  Notts County             0  played at Birmingham
Mar 01  Queen's Park             4  Blackburn 0lympic        0  played at Nottingham

        Final
Mar 29  Blackburn Rovers         2  Queen's Park             1  played at Kennington Oval
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Season 1884-1885

England FA Challenge Cup 1884-85

Country England
 Scotland
 Wales
Teams114
Defending championsBlackburn Rovers
ChampionsBlackburn Rovers
(2nd title)
Runners-upQueen's Park

        1st Round
Oct 04  Blackburn 0lympic       12  Oswaldtwistle             0
Oct 11  Accrington               3  Southport                 0  Accrington disqualified
Oct 11  Blackburn Rovers        11  Rossendale                0
Oct 11  Darwen                  11  Bradshaw                  0
Oct 11  Higher Walton            1  Darwen Old Wanderers      1
Oct 11  Lower Darwen             4  Halliwell                 1
Oct 18  Church                   3  Hurst                     2
Oct 18  Wrexham 0lympic          1  Goldenhill                0
Oct 25  Chirk                    4  Davenham                  2
Oct 25  Derby Junction           1  West Bromwich Albion      7
Nov 01  Birmingham St George's   5  Aston Unity               0
Nov 01  Darwen Ramblers          1  Fishwick                  2
Nov 01  Hull                     1  Lincoln City              5
Nov 01  Old Foresters            8  Hoddesdon                 0
Nov 01  Old Westminster          6  Bournemouth               0
Nov 01  Romford                  3  Clapton                   2
Nov 03  Aston Villa              4  Wednesbury Town           1
Nov 08  Acton                    1  Old Carthusians           7
Nov 08  Birmingham Excel         2  Small Heath               0
Nov 08  Brentwood                2  Barnes                    0
Nov 08  Clapham Rovers           3  Hendon                    3
Nov 08  Crewe                    2  Oswestry                  1
Nov 08  Derby County             0  Walsall Town              7
Nov 08  Derby Midland            1  Wednesbury Old Alliance   2  
Nov 08  Druids                   6  Liverpool Ramblers        1
Nov 08  Dulwich                  3  Pilgrims                  2
Nov 08  Great Marlow            10  Royal Engineers           1
Nov 08  Hanover                  1  Reading Minster           0
Nov 08  Leek                     4  Northwich Victoria        3
Nov 08  Lockwood Brothers        0  Sheffield                 3
Nov 08  Luton Town               1  Old Etonians              3
Nov 08  Macclesfield             9  Hartford St J             0
Nov 08  Maidenhead               0  Old Wykehamists           3
Nov 08  Newark                   7  Spilsby                   3
Nov 08  Nottingham Forest        5  Rotherham Town            0
Nov 08  Notts County             2  Notts Olympic             0
Nov 08  Reading                  2  Rochester                 0
Nov 08  Redcar                   3  Sunderland                1
Nov 08  Sheffield Heeley         1  Notts Wanderers           0
Nov 08  The Wednesday            1  Long Eaton                0
Nov 08  South Reading            4  Casuals                   1
Nov 08  Staveley                 4  Notts Rangers             1
Nov 08  Swifts                   3  Old Brightonian           0
Nov 08  Uxbridge                 1  Hotspur                   3
Nov 08  Walsall Swifts           0  Stafford Road Works       0
Nov 08  West End                 3  Upton Park                3
Nov 08  Wolverhampton Wanderers  0  Derby St Luke's           0
Nov 10  Grimsby Town             1  Grantham                  0
        Bolton Assoc             W  Astley Bridge             0
        Chatham                  W  Windsor Home Park         0
        Low Moor                 W  Blackburn Park            0
        Middlesbrough            W  Grimsby Dist              0
        Newtown                  W  Stafford Ranger           0
        Queen's Park             W  Stoke                     0
        South Shore              W  Rawtenstall               0
        Witten West End          W  Clitheroe                 0
Byes:   Chesterfield
        Henley

        Replays
Nov 08  Darwen Old Wanderers     4  Higher Walton            1
Nov 17  Stafford Road Works      1  Walsall Swifts           2
Nov 22  Derby St Luke's          4  Wolverhampton Wanderers  2  
Nov 22  Hendon                   6  Clapham Rovers           0

        2nd Round
Nov 22  Southport                3  Low Moor                 1
Nov 22  Fishwick                 0  Darwen                   2
Nov 29  Chirk                    4  Wrexham 0lympic          1
Nov 29  Darwen Old Wanderers     7  Bolton Assoc             2
Nov 29  Hanover                  2  Old Foresters            1
Dec 06  Birmingham St George's   2  Birmingham Excel         2
Dec 06  Blackburn Rovers         3  Blackburn 0lympic        2
Dec 06  Brentwood                2  Old Etonians             2
Dec 06  Chatham                  1  Hendon                   0
Dec 06  Derby St Luke's          0  Walsall Swifts           1
Dec 06  Grimsby Town             3  Redcar                   1
Dec 06  Hotspur                  1  Old Wykehamists          2
Dec 06  Macclesfield             1  Leek                     5
Dec 06  Middlesbrough            4  Newark                   1
Dec 06  Nottingham Forest        4  Sheffield Heeley         1
Dec 06  Old Carthusians          5  Great Marlow             3
Dec 06  Old Westminster          7  Henley                   0
Dec 06  Queen's Park             2  Crewe                    1
Dec 06  Romford                  3  Dulwich                  0
Dec 06  Sheffield                4  Chesterfield             1
Dec 06  South Shore              2  Church                   3
Dec 06  Staveley                 0  Notts County             2
Dec 06  Swifts                   3  South Reading            2
Dec 06  Upton Park               3  Reading                  1
Dec 06  Walsall Town             0  Aston Villa              2
Dec 06  West Bromwich Albion     4  Wednesbury Old Alliance  2
Dec 20  Newtown                  1  Druids                   1
Byes:   Lincoln        Lower Darwen        The Wednesday        Witton West End

        Replays
Dec 22  Birmingham Excel         0  Birmingham St George's   2
Dec 23  Old Etonians             6  Brentwood                1
Dec 27  Druids                   6  Newtown                  0

        3rd Round
Dec 20  Lower Darwen             4  Darwen Old Wanderers     2
Dec 22  Blackburn Rovers         5  Witten West End          1
Jan 03  Aston Villa              0  West Bromwich Albion     0
Jan 03  Church                  10  Southport                0
Jan 03  Grimsby Town             1  Lincoln                  0
Jan 03  Hanover                  0  Chatham                  2
Jan 03  Leek                     2  Queen's Park             3
Jan 03  Notts County             5  Sheffield                0
Jan 03  Old Wykehamists          2  Upton Park               1
Jan 03  The Wednesday            1  Nottingham Forest        2
Jan 03  Swifts                   1  Old Westminster          1
Jan 10  Birmingham St George's   2  Walsall Swifts           3
Jan 10  Druids                   4  Chirk                    1
Byes:   Darwen        Middlesbrough        Old Carthusians        Old Etonians
        Romford

        Replays
Jan 10  West Bromwich Albion     3  Aston Villa              0
Jan 14  Old Westminster          2  Swifts                   2
Jan 21  Swifts                   2  Old Westminster          1  played at Kennington Oval

        4th Round
Jan 17  Blackburn Rovers         8  Romford                  0
Jan 17  Church                   3  Darwen                   0
Jan 17  Queen's Park             7  Old Wykehamists          0
Jan 24  Chatham                  1  Lower Darwen             0
Jan 24  Old Carthusians          3  Grimsby Town             0
Jan 24  Old Etonians             5  Middlesbrough            2
Jan 24  Swifts                   0  Nottingham Forest        1
Jan 24  Walsall Swifts           1  Notts County             4
Jan 24  West Bromwich Albion     1  Druids                   0

        5th Round
Feb 07  Chatham                  0  Old Carthusians          3
Byes:   Blackburn Rovers
        Church
        Nottingham Forest
        Notts County
        Old Etonians
        Queen's Park
        W.B.A.

        Quarter-finals
Feb 14  Church                   0  Old Carthusians          1
Feb 21  Notts County             2  Queen's Park             2
Feb 21  Old Etonians             0  Nottingham Forest        2
Feb 21  West Bromwich Albion     0  Blackburn Rovers         2
 
        Replay
Feb 28  Queen's Park             2  Notts County             1

        Semi-finals
Mar 07  Blackburn Rovers         5  Old Carthusians          1  played at Nottingham
Mar 14  Nottingham Forest        1  Queen's Park             1  played at Derby

        Replay
Mar 28  Queen's Park             3  Nottingham Forest        0  played at Edinburgh

        Final
Apr 04  Blackburn Rovers         2  Queen's Park             0  played at Kennington Oval
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Season 1885-1886

England FA Challenge Cup 1885-86

Country England
 Scotland
 Wales
Teams130
Defending championsBlackburn Rovers
ChampionsBlackburn Rovers
(3rd title)
Runners-upWest Bromwich Albion

        1st Round
Oct 10  Southport               2  Astley Bridge           3
Oct 17  Accrington              5  Witten West End         4
Oct 17  Bolton Wanderers        6  Eagley                  0
Oct 17  Darwen Old Wanderers   11  Burnley                 0
Oct 17  Higher Walton           3  South Shore             4
Oct 17  Lincoln Lindum          4  Grimsby District        0
Oct 17  Stafford Road Works     7  Matlock                 0
Oct 17  Third Lanark            4  Blackburn Park          2
Oct 17  Walsall Town            0  Aston Villa             5
Oct 19  Sheffield Heeley        2  Eckington               1
Oct 24  Bollington              0  Oswestry                5
Oct 24  Burslem Port Vale       3  Chirk                   1
Oct 24  Clitheroe               0  Blackburn Rovers        2
Oct 24  Gainsborough Trinity    4  Grantham                1
Oct 24  Hendon                  0  Clapton                 4
Oct 24  Newtown                 3  Hartford St Job         1
Oct 24  Notts County           15  Rotherham Town          0
Oct 24  Redcar                  3  Sunderland              0
Oct 24  Rossendale              6  Low Moor                2
Oct 24  Upton Park              4  United London Scot      2
Oct 31  Barnes                  1  Lancing Old Boy         7
Oct 31  Brentwood               3  Maidenhead              0
Oct 31  Chatham                 0  Old Carthusians         2
Oct 31  Clapham Rovers         12  1st Surrey Rifles       0
Oct 31  Darwen                  2  Derby Junction          2
Oct 31  Davenham                2  Goldenhill              1
Oct 31  Derby County            3  Birmingham St George's  0
Oct 31  Derby Midland           2  Birmingham Excel        1
Oct 31  Dulwich                 1  South Reading           2
Oct 31  Great Marlow            3  Luton Town              0
Oct 31  Halliwell               2  Fishwick                1
Oct 31  Hanover                 1  Romford                 1
Oct 31  Leek                    6  Wrexham                 3
Oct 31  Lincoln City            0  Grimsby Town            2
Oct 31  Lockwood Brothers       2  Notts Rangers           2
Oct 31  Long Eaton              2  The Wednesday           0
Oct 31  Luton Wanderers         3  Chesham                 2
Oct 31  Macclesfield            4  Northwich Victoria      1
Oct 31  Mexborough              1  Staveley                1
Oct 31  Newark                  0  Sheffield               3
Oct 31  Nottingham Forest       6  Mellors                 2
Oct 31  Notts Wanderers         2  Notts Olympic           2
Oct 31  Old Brightonian         2  Acton                   1
Oct 31  Old Westminster         3  Hotspur                 1
Oct 31  Old Wykehamists         5  Uxbridge                0
Oct 31  Oswaldtwistle           3  Lower Darwen            1
Oct 31  Queen's Park            5  Partick Thistle         1
Oct 31  Rochester               6  Reading                 1
Oct 31  Royal Engineers         1  Old Foresters           5
Oct 31  Small Heath             9  Burton Wanderers        2
Oct 31  Stafford Rangers        1  Druids                  4
Oct 31  Stoke                   2  Crewe Alexandra         2
Oct 31  Swifts                  7  Casuals                 1
Oct 31  Wednesbury Old          5  Burton Swifts           1
Oct 31  Wolverhampton Wanderers 7  Derby St Luke           0
Oct 31  West Bromwich Albion    4  Aston Unity             1
Nov 16  Hurst                   3  Bradshaw                1
Nov 26  Blackburn 0lympic       1  Church                  3
        Middlesbrough           W  Horncastle              0
        Old Etonians            W  Bournemouth             0
        Old Harrovians          W  St James                0
        Padiham                 W  Hearts                  0
        Preston North End       W  Great Lever             0
        Rawtenstall             W  Rangers (Glasgow)       0
Byes:   Darlington        Walsall Swifts

        Replays
Nov 07  Crewe Alexandra         1  Stoke                   0
Nov 07  Derby Junction          0  Darwen                  4
Nov 07  Notts Olympic           4  Notts Wanderers         1
Nov 07  Notts Rangers           4  Lockwood Brothers       0
Nov 07  Romford                 3  Hanover                 0
        Staveley                W  Mexborough              0

        2nd Round
Nov 14  Brentwood               6  Lancing Old Boy         1
Nov 14  Derby County            2  Aston Villa             0
Nov 18  Preston North End      11  Astley Bridge           3
Nov 21  Blackburn Rovers        1  Oswaldtwistle           0
Nov 21  Clapton                 1  South Reading           1  Clapton disqualified
Nov 21  Darwen Old Wanderers    2  Accrington              1
Nov 21  Davenham                8  Macclesfield            1
Nov 21  Derby Midland           1  Walsall Swifts          3
Nov 21  Druids                  2  Burslem Port Vale       2
Nov 21  Gainsborough Trinity    1  Middlesbrough           2
Nov 21  Great Marlow            6  Old Etonians            1
Nov 21  Grimsby Town            8  Darlington              0
Nov 21  Long Eaton              1  Staveley                4
Nov 21  Nottingham Forest       4  Notts Olympic           1
Nov 21  Notts County            8  Sheffield               0
Nov 21  Old Carthusians         8  Upton Park              0
Nov 21  Old Harrovians          2  Old Foresters           1
Nov 21  Old Westminster         3  Old Brightonians        0
Nov 21  Old Wykehamists        10  Luton Wanderers         0
Nov 21  Oswestry                1  Crewe Alexandra         1  Oswestry disqualified
Nov 21  Rawtenstall             3  Bolton Wanderers        3  Rawtenstall disqualified
Nov 21  Redcar                  2  Lincoln Lindum          0
Nov 21  Rossendale              9  Padiham                 1
Nov 21  Sheffield Heeley        1  Notts Rangers           6
Nov 21  Small Heath             3  Darwen                  1
Nov 21  Swifts                  5  Rochester               1
Nov 21  Wolverhampton Wanderers 4  Stafford Road Works     2
Nov 21  West Bromwich Albion    3  Wednesbury Old A        2
        Church                  W  Third Lanark            0
        Halliwell               W  Hurst                   0
        Leek                    W  Newtown                 0
        South Shore             W  Queen's Park            0
Byes:   Clapham Rovers        Romford

        Replay
Nov 28  Burslem Port Vale       5  Druids                  1

        3rd Round
Dec 05  Blackburn Rovers        6  Darwen Old Wanderers    1
Dec 12  Bolton Wanderers        2  Preston North End       3  Preston North End disqualified
Dec 12  Church                  5  Rossendale              1
Dec 12  Davenham                2  Crewe Alexandra         1
Dec 12  Leek                    2  Burslem Port Vale       3
Dec 12  Notts County            3  Notts Rangers           0
Dec 12  Old Westminster         5  Romford                 1
Dec 12  Small Heath             4  Derby County            2
Dec 12  Staveley                2  Nottingham Forest       1
Dec 12  Wolverhampton Wanderers 2  Walsall Swifts          1
Dec 19  Grimsby Town            1  Middlesbrough           2
Dec 19  Halliwell               1  South Shore             6
        Old Wykehamists         W  Great Marlow            0  Old Wykehamists scratched
        South Reading           W  Clapham Rovers          0
        Swifts                  W  Old Harrovians          0
Byes:   Brentwood        Old Carthusians        Redcar        West Bromwich Albion

        4th Round
Jan 02  South Reading           0  Brentwood               3
Jan 02  West Bromwich Albion    3  Wolverhampton Wanderers 1
Byes:   Blackburn Rovers         Bolton Wanderers        Burslem Port Vale        Church
        Davenham         Middlesbrough         Notts County        Old Carthusians
        Old Westminster        Redcar        South Shore        Staveley        Swifts
        Small Heath

        5th Round
Jan 16  Church                  2  Swifts                  6
Jan 16  Davenham                1  Small Heath             2
Jan 23  Redcar                  2  Middlesbrough           1
Jan 23  South Shore             2  Notts County            1
Jan 23  West Bromwich Albion    1  Old Carthusians         0
Jan 23  Blackburn Rovers        7  Staveley                1
Jan 30  Burslem Port Vale       2  Brentwood               1  B.P.V. Scratched 
        Old Westminster         W  Bolton Wanderers        0

        Quarter-finals
Feb 13  Small Heath             2  Redcar                  0
Feb 13  South Shore             1  Swifts                  2
Feb 13  West Bromwich Albion    6  Old Westminster         0
Feb 27  Brentwood               1  Blackburn Rovers        3

        Semi-finals
Mar 06  Small Heath             0  West Bromwich Albion    4  played at Birmingham
Mar 13  Blackburn Rovers        2  Swifts                  1  played at Derby

        Final
Apr 03  Blackburn Rovers        0  West Bromwich Albion    0  played at Kennington Oval

        Replay
Apr 10  Blackburn Rovers        2  West Bromwich Albion    0  played at Derby
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Season 1886-1887

England FA Challenge Cup 1886-87

Country England
 Scotland
 Wales
 Ireland
Teams128
Defending championsBlackburn Rovers
ChampionsAston Villa (1st title)
Runners-upWest Bromwich Albion

        1st Round
Oct 09  Blackburn Park           2  Cliftonville             2
Oct 16  Bootle                   2  Great Lever              4
Oct 16  Third Lanark             5  Higher Walton            0
Oct 23  Astley Bridge            0  Burnley                  0
Oct 23  Blackburn 0lympic        1  Partick Thistle          3
Oct 23  Chirk                    8  Hartford St Job          1
Oct 23  Clapton Orient           0  Crusaders                5
Oct 23  Darwen Old Wanderers     1  Cowlairs                 4
Oct 23  Leek                     2  Druids                   1
Oct 23  Lincoln Lindum           0  Grantham                 1
Oct 23  Luton Town               1  Hotspur                  3
Oct 23  Old Carthusians          2  Reading                  1
Oct 23  Oswaldtwistle            2  Witton                   3
Oct 23  Rochester                0  Great Marlow             2
Oct 23  Swifts                  13  Luton Wanderers          0
Oct 23  Upton Park               9  1st Surrey Rifles        0
Oct 23  Watford                  0  Swindon Town             1
Oct 23  Wrexham 0lympic          1  Crewe Alexandra          4
Oct 30  Aston Villa             13  Wednesbury Old Alliance  0
Oct 30  Birmingham Excel         3  Derby Midland            3
Oct 30  Bishop Auckland          0  Middlesbrough            1
Oct 30  Bollington               2  Oswestry                 8  played at Macclesfield
Oct 30  Bolton Wanderers         5  South Shore              3
Oct 30  Burslem Port Vale        1  Davenham                 1
Oct 30  Burton Swifts            0  Crosswells Brewery       1
Oct 30  Casuals                  2  Dulwich                  4
Oct 30  Chesham                  4  Lyndhurst                2
Oct 30  Church                   1  Rawtenstall              1
Oct 30  Clapham Rovers           0  Old Brightonian          6
Oct 30  Cleethorpes              2  Mellors                  1
Oct 30  Darwen                   7  Hearts                   1
Oct 30  Derby County             4  Aston Unity              1
Oct 30  Derby St Lukes           3  Walsall Town             3
Oct 30  Fleetwood                2  Newton Heath             2  Newton Heath disqualified
Oct 30  Goldenhill               4  Macclesfield             2
Oct 30  Grimsby Town             4  Sheffield Heeley         1
Oct 30  Hendon                   1  London Caledonian        2
Oct 30  Horncastle               3  Darlington               1
Oct 30  Lockwood Brothers        1  Long Eaton               0
Oct 30  Northwich Victoria      10  Furness Vale             0
Oct 30  Nottingham Forest        3  Notts Olympics           0  
Oct 30  Notts County            13  Basford                  0  
Oct 30  Old Etonians             1  Royal Engineers          0
Oct 30  Old Harrovians           0  Old Westminster          4
Oct 30  Old Wykehamists          3  Hanover                  0
Oct 30  Queen's Park             0  Preston North End        3
Oct 30  Redcar                   4  Tyne Association         0
Oct 30  Renton                   1  Accrington               0
Oct 30  Sheffield                0  Notts Rangers            3
Oct 30  Small Heath              1  Birmingham St George's   3
Oct 30  South Bank               0  Gainsborough Trinity     4
Oct 30  South Reading            0  Maidenhead               2
Oct 30  Staveley                 7  Attercliffe              0
Oct 30  Stoke                   10  Caernarvon W             1
Oct 30  Sunderland               2  Newcastle                1
Oct 30  Wellington Stg           0  Derby Junction           1
Oct 30  Wolverhampton Wanderers  6  Matlock                  0
Oct 30  West Bromwich Albion     6  Burton Wanderers         0
        Blackburn Rovers         W  Halliwell                0
        Chatham                  W  Bournemouth              0
        Old Foresters            W  Cannon                   0
        Rangers (Glasgow)        W  Everton                  0
Byes:   Chester        Lincoln City        Rossendale        Rotherham Town

        Replays
Oct 23  Cliftonville             7  Blackburn Park           2
Oct 30  Burnley                  2  Astley Bridge            2  Burnley disqualified
Nov 13  Davenham                 0  Burslem Port Vale        3
Nov 13  Derby Midland            2  Birmingham Excel         1
Nov 13  Goldenhill               3  Macclesfield             2
Nov 13  Rawtenstall              1  Church                   7
Nov 13  Walsall Town             6  Derby St Lukes           1

        2nd Round
Nov 13  Great Lever              1  Cliftonville             3
Nov 13  Northwich Victoria       0  Chirk                    0
Nov 13  Nottingham Forest        2  Grimsby Town             2
Nov 13  Notts County             3  Notts Rangers            3
Nov 13  Old Carthusians          4  Crusaders                2
Nov 13  Preston North End        6  Witton West End          0
Nov 13  Third Lanark             2  Bolton Wanderers         3
Nov 13  Wolverhampton Wanderers 14  Crosswell                0
Nov 16  Old Brightonian          1  Old Westminster          1
Nov 20  Aston Villa              6  Derby Midland            1
Nov 20  Chatham                  1  Hotspur                  0
Nov 20  Chesham                  1  Old Etonians             7
Nov 20  Chester                  1  Goldenhill               0  Chester disqualified
Nov 20  Cleethorpes              1  Lockwood Brothers        4
Nov 20  Crewe Alexandra          6  Stoke                    4
Nov 20  Derby County             1  Birmingham St George's   2
Nov 20  Grantham                 3  Redcar                   2
Nov 20  Great Marlow             4  Upton Park               0
Nov 20  Leek                     4  Oswestry                 2
Nov 20  Maidenhead               2  Dulwich                  3
Nov 20  Middlesbrough            1  Lincoln City             1
Nov 20  Newcastle                2  Gainsborough Trinity     6
Nov 20  Old Wykehamists          0  London Caledonian        1
Nov 20  Partick Thistle          7  Fleetwood                0
Nov 20  Rangers (Glasgow)        2  Church                   1
Nov 20  Renton                   2  Blackburn Rovers         2
Nov 20  Rossendale               2  Cowlairs                10
Nov 20  Staveley                 4  Rotherham Town           0
Nov 20  Swifts                   7  Swindon Town             1
Nov 20  West Bromwich Albion     2  Derby Junction           1
        Darwen                   W  Astley Bridge            0
Byes:   Burslem Port Vale        Horncastle        Old Foresters        Walsall Town

        Replays
Nov 20  Chirk                    3  Northwich Victoria       0
Nov 20  Grimsby Town             0  Nottingham Forest        1
Nov 20  Notts Rangers            0  Notts County             5
Nov 20  Old Westminster          3  Old Brightonian          0
Nov 27  Lincoln City             2  Middlesbrough            0
Dec 04  Blackburn Rovers         0  Renton                   2

        3rd Round
Dec 04  Cliftonville             0  Partick Thistle         11
Dec 04  Rangers (Glasgow)        3  Cowlairs                 2
Dec 09  Horncastle               2  Grantham                 0
Dec 11  Aston Villa              2  Wolverhampton Wanderers  2
Dec 11  Chatham                  1  Old Foresters            4
Dec 11  Darwen                   4  Bolton Wanderers         3
Dec 11  Gainsborough Trinity     2  Lincoln City             2
Dec 11  Great Marlow             3  Dulwich                  0
Dec 11  Leek                     2  Burslem Port Vale        2
Dec 11  Lockwood Brothers        2  Nottingham Forest        1
Dec 11  Old Westminster          3  Old Etonians             0  
Dec 11  Staveley                 0  Notts County             3
Dec 11  Walsall Town             2  Birmingham St George's   7
Jan 22  Renton                   0  Preston North End        2
        Chirk                    W  Goldenhill               0
        Old Carthusians          W  London Caledonian        0
Byes:   Crewe Alexandra        Swifts        West Bromwich Albion

        Replays
Jan 15  Wolverhampton Wanderers  1  Aston Villa              1
Jan 20  Burslem Port Vale        1  Leek                     3  played at Stafford
Jan 22  Wolverhampton Wanderers  3  Aston Villa              3
Jan 24  Lincoln City             1  Gainsborough Trinity     0  played at Sheffield
Jan 29  Aston Villa              2  Wolverhampton Wanderers  0

        4th Round
Jan 15  Birmingham St George's   0  West Bromwich Albion     1
Jan 15  Old Foresters            2  Swifts                   0
Jan 29  Crewe Alexandra          0  Leek                     1
Byes:   Aston Villa       Chirk        Darwen        Great Marlow        Horncastle
        Lincoln City        Lockwood Brothers        Notts County        Old Carthusians
        Old Westminster        Partick Thistle        Preston North End   Rangers (Glasgow)

        5th Round
Jan 22  Chirk                    1  Darwen                   2
Jan 29  Lockwood Brothers        0  West Bromwich Albion     1
Jan 29  Notts County             5  Great Marlow             2
Jan 29  Old Foresters            0  Preston North End        3
Jan 29  Old Westminster          1  Partick Thistle          0
Jan 29  Rangers (Glasgow)        3  Lincoln City             0
Feb 05  Aston Villa              5  Horncastle               0
Feb 05  Leek                     0  Old Carthusians          2

        Replay
Feb 12  West Bromwich Albion     2  Lockwood Brothers        1

        Quarter-finals
Feb 12  Aston Villa              3  Darwen                   2
Feb 19  Notts County             1  West Bromwich Albion     4
Feb 19  Rangers (Glasgow)        5  Old Westminster          1
Mar 02  Old Carthusians          1  Preston North End        2

        Semi finals
Mar 05  Aston Villa              3  Rangers (Glasgow)        1  played at Crewe Alexandra
Mar 05  West Bromwich Albion     3  Preston North End        1  played at Nottingham Forest

        Final
Apr 02  Aston Villa              2  West Bromwich Albion     0  played at Kennington Oval
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Season 1887-1888

England FA Challenge Cup 1887-88

1887–88 FA Cup
Country England
 Wales
 Ireland
Teams149
Defending championsAston Villa
ChampionsWest Bromwich Albion
(1st title)
Runners-upPreston North End

        1st Round
Oct 08  Blackburn Park           2  Distillery               1  Blackburn Park Scratched
Oct 08  Old Brightonian          1  Swindon Town             0
Oct 08  Old Etonians             4  Lancing Old Boy          2
Oct 08  Oswaldtwistle            1  Witton West End          4
Oct 08  Vale Of Llangol          1  Oswestry                 3
Oct 15  Accrington              11  Rossendale               0
Oct 15  Aston Shakespeare        2  Burton Wanderers         3
Oct 15  Basford                  3  Lincoln Albion           2
Oct 15  Belper                   2  The Wednesday            3
Oct 15  Birmingham Excel         4  Warwick County           1
Oct 15  Blackburn Rovers        10  Bury                     0
Oct 15  Bolton Wanderers         1  Everton                  0
Oct 15  Bootle                   6  Workington               0
Oct 15  Burnley                  4  Darwen Old Wanderers     0
Oct 15  Burton Swifts            7  Southfield               0
Oct 15  Chatham                  5  Luton Town               1
Oct 15  Chesham                  4  Watford R                2
Oct 15  Chester                  2  Davenham                 3
Oct 15  Chirk                    4  Chester St Oswald        1
Oct 15  Cleethorpes              0  Grimsby Town             4
Oct 15  Crewe Alexandra          5  Druids                   0
Oct 15  Crusaders                9  Lyndhurst                0  played at Tooting
Oct 15  Derby Junction           3  Derby St Lukes           2
Oct 15  Ecclesfield              4  Derby Midland            1
Oct 15  Elswick                  3  Bishop Auckland          3
Oct 15  Fleetwood                4  West Manchester          1
Oct 15  Gainsborough Trinity     7  Boston                   0
Oct 15  Gateshead                0  Darlington               3
Oct 15  Grantham                 4  Lincoln Lindum           0
Oct 15  Great Marlow             4  South Reading            1
Oct 15  Hendon                   2  Old Harrovians           4
Oct 15  Higher Walton            8  Heywood                  1
Oct 15  Hitchin                  2  Old Wykehamists          5
Oct 15  Hurst                    5  Astley Bridge            3  Hurst Scratched
Oct 15  Leek                     2  Northwich Victoria       2
Oct 15  Lincoln City             4  Horncastle               1
Oct 15  Liverpool Stanley        1  Halliwell                5
Oct 15  London Caledonian        1  Old Foresters            6
Oct 15  Long Eaton               6  Park Grange              3
Oct 15  Macclesfield             1  Shrewsbury Town          3  
Oct 15  Matlock                  2  Rotherham Town           3
Oct 15  Middlesbrough            4  Whitburn                 0
Oct 15  Newcastle West           5  Redcar                   1
Oct 15  Nottingham Forest        2  Notts Swifts             1
Oct 15  Notts County             9  Lincoln Rambler          0
Oct 15  Notts Olympic            3  Mellors                  6
Oct 15  Notts Rangers           10  Jardines                 1
Oct 15  Old Carthusians          5  Hanover                  0
Oct 15  Old St Marks             7  East Sheen               2
Oct 15  Old Westminster          4  Clapton Orient           1
Oct 15  Oldbury                  0  Aston Villa              4
Oct 15  Over                     3  Wellington Stg           1
Oct 15  Owlerton                 2  Eckington                1
Oct 15  Preston North End       26  Hyde                     0
Oct 15  Rawtenstall              1  Darwen                   3
Oct 15  Reading                  0  Dulwich                  2
Oct 15  Royal Engineers          3  Rochester                0
Oct 15  Scarborough              3  Shankhouse               5
Oct 15  Sheffield                1  Lockwood Brothers        3
Oct 15  Sheffield Heeley         9  Attercliffe              0
Oct 15  Small Heath              6  Aston Unity              1
Oct 15  South Bank               3  Newcastle East           2
Oct 15  Stafford Road            2  Great Bridge United      1
Oct 15  Staveley                 1  Derby County             2
Oct 15  Stoke                    1  Burslem Port Vale        0
Oct 15  Sunderland               4  Morpeth                  2
Oct 15  Swifts                   3  Maidenhead               1
Oct 15  Walsall Swifts           1  Wolverhampton Wanderers  2
Oct 15  Walsall Town             1  Birmingham St George's   2
Oct 15  West Bromwich Albion     7  Wednesbury Old Alliance  1
        Church                   W  Cliftonville             0
        Millwall Athletic        W  Casuals                  0
        South Shore              W  Denton                   0
Byes:   Blackburn Olympic         Hotspur        Wrexham Olympic

        Replays
Oct 22  Bishop Auckland          0  Elswick                  2
Oct 22  Great Bridge United      1  Stafford Road            1  Stafford Scratched
Oct 22  Mellors                  2  Notts Olympic            1
Oct 22  Morpeth                  2  Sunderland               3
Oct 22  Northwich Victoria       4  Leek                     2
Oct 22  Oswestry                 2  Vale Of Llangol          0
Oct 22  Warwick County           0  Birmingham Excel         5
Oct 22  Watford R                3  Chesham                  1
Oct 29  Everton                  2  Bolton Wanderers         2
Nov 12  Bolton Wanderers         1  Everton                  1  played at Bolton
Nov 19  Everton                  2  Bolton Wanderers         1  played at Everton & disqualified
        Aston Shakespeare        W  Burton Wanderers         0
        Royal Engineers          W  Rochester                0

        2nd Round
Oct 29  Old Wykehamists          2  Crusaders                3
Nov 05  Accrington               3  Burnley                  2
Nov 05  Astley Bridge            0  Halliwell                4
Nov 05  Birmingham St George's   0  West Bromwich Albion     1
Nov 05  Blackburn Rovers         5  Blackburn 0lympic        1
Nov 05  Bootle                   1  South Shore              1
Nov 05  Burton Swifts            2  Great Bridge United      5
Nov 05  Chatham                  3  Royal Engineers          1
Nov 05  Chirk                   10  Shrewsbury Town          2
Nov 05  Darlington               4  Elswick                  3
Nov 05  Darwen                   2  Church                   0
Nov 05  Derby County             6  Ecclesfield              0
Nov 05  Derby Junction           3  Rotherham Town           2
Nov 05  Distillery               2  Witton West End          4
Nov 05  Dulwich                  2  Hotspur                  1
Nov 05  Fleetwood                1  Higher Walton            3
Nov 05  Grantham                 0  Notts Rangers            4
Nov 05  Great Marlow             2  Old Foresters            3
Nov 05  Lincoln City             2  Gainsborough Trinity     1
Nov 05  Long Eaton               1  The Wednesday            2
Nov 05  Middlesbrough            4  South Bank               1
Nov 05  Northwich Victoria       0  Crewe Alexandra          1
Nov 05  Nottingham Forest        2  Mellors                  0
Nov 05  Old Etonians             3  Old St Marks             2
Nov 05  Old Harrovians           0  Old Brightonian          4
Nov 05  Old Westminster          8  Millwall Athletic        1
Nov 05  Over                     0  Stoke                    2
Nov 05  Owlerton                 1  Sheffield Heeley         0
Nov 05  Small Heath              0  Aston Villa              4
Nov 05  Sunderland               3  Newcastle West           1
Nov 05  Watford R                1  Old Carthusians          3
Nov 05  Wolverhampton Wanderers  3  Aston Shakespeare        0
Nov 05  Wrexham 0lympic          1  Davenham                 2
Dec 10  Preston North End        9  Bolton Wanderers         1
        Notts County             W  Basford                  0
Byes:   Birmingham Excel         Grismby Town        Lockwood Brothers
        Oswestry        Shankhouse        Swifts

        Replay
Nov 12  South Shore              0  Bootle                   3

        3rd Round
Nov 19  Davenham                 2  Chirk                    2  
Nov 19  Derby Junction           2  Lockwood Brothers        1
Nov 24  Old Carthusians          5  Old Brightonian          0
Nov 26  Accrington               1  Blackburn Rovers         3
Nov 26  Crusaders                4  Chatham                  0
Nov 26  Darlington               0  Shankhouse               2
Nov 26  Darwen                   1  Witton West End          1
Nov 26  Derby County             6  Owlerton                 2
Nov 26  Dulwich                  1  Swifts                   3
Nov 26  Great Bridge United      2  Birmingham Excel         1
Nov 26  Grimsby Town             2  Lincoln City             0
Nov 26  Higher Walton            1  Bootle                   6
Nov 26  Middlesbrough            2  Sunderland               2
Nov 26  Nottingham Forest        2  Notts County             1  
Nov 26  Old Etonians             7  Old Westminster          2
Nov 26  Stoke                    3  Oswestry                 0
Nov 26  West Bromwich Albion     2  Wolverhampton Wanderers  0
Dec 03  Preston North End        4  Halliwell                0
Byes:   Aston Villa        Crewe Alexandra        Notts Rangers        Old Foresters
        The Wednesday

        Replays
Nov 26  Chirk                    6  Davenham                 1
Dec 03  Sunderland               4  Middlesbrough            2
Dec 03  Darwen                   2  Witton West End          0  played at Blackburn

        4th Round
Dec 10  Crewe Alexandra          2  Swifts                   2
Dec 17  Crusaders                0  The Wednesday            1
Dec 17  Darwen                   3  Notts Rangers            1
Dec 17  Great Bridge United      1  Bootle                   2
Dec 17  Nottingham Forest        6  Old Etonians             0
Dec 17  Old Foresters            4  Grimsby Town             2
Dec 17  Shankhouse               0  Aston Villa              9
Byes:   Blackburn Rovers        Chirk        Derby County        Derby Junction
        Middlesbrough        Old Carthusians        Preston North End        Stoke
        West Bromwich Albion

        Replays
Dec 17  Swifts                   3  Crewe Alexandra          2
Dec 31  Crewe Alexandra          2  Swifts                   1  played at Derby after protest

        5th Round
Dec 31  Chirk                    1  Derby Junction           1
Jan 07  Aston Villa              1  Preston North End        3
Jan 07  Crewe Alexandra          1  Derby County             0
Jan 07  Darwen                   0  Blackburn Rovers         3
Jan 07  Middlesbrough            4  Old Foresters            0
Jan 07  Nottingham Forest        2  The Wednesday            4
Jan 07  Old Carthusians          2  Bootle                   0
Jan 07  West Bromwich Albion     4  Stoke                    1

        Replay
Jan 07  Derby Junction           1  Chirk                    0

        Quarter-finals
Jan 28  Derby Junction           2  Blackburn Rovers         1
Jan 28  Middlesbrough            0  Crewe Alexandra          2
Jan 28  West Bromwich Albion     4  Old Carthusians          2
Jan 30  The Wednesday            1  Preston North End        3

        Semi-finals
Feb 18  Preston North End        4  Crewe Alexandra          0  played at Liverpool
Feb 18  West Bromwich Albion     3  Derby Junction           0  played at Stoke

        Final
Mar 24  West Bromwich Albion     2  Preston North End        1  played at Kennington Oval
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Season 1888-1889

Football League
Season1888–89
ChampionsPreston North End
(1st English title)
Failed re-electionNone
Matches played132
Goals scored586 (4.44 per match)
Top goalscorerJohn Goodall (Preston North End), 21[1]
Biggest home winAston Villa – Notts County 9–1 (29 Sept 1888)
Biggest away winNotts County – Preston 0–7 (3 Nov 1888)
Highest scoring10: Aston Villa – Notts County 9–1 (29 Sept 1888)
Bolton Wanderers – Notts County 7–3 (9 Mar 1889)
Blackburn Rovers – Accrington 5–5 (15 Sept 1888)
Longest winning run6 – Preston North End (8 Sep – 13 Oct 1888)
Longest unbeaten run22 – Preston North End (8 Sep 1888 – 9 Feb 1889), the entire season
Longest losing run8 – Derby County (29 Sep – 8 Dec 1888)
Acc Ast Bla Bol Bur Der Eve Not Pre Sto WBA Wol Accrington xxx 1-1 0-2 2-3 5-1 6-2 3-1 1-2 0-0 2-0 2-1 4-4 Aston Villa 4-3 xxx 6-1 6-2 4-2 4-2 2-1 9-1 0-2 5-1 2-0 2-1 Blackburn 5-5 5-1 xxx 4-4 4-2 3-0 3-0 5-2 2-2 5-2 6-2 2-2 Bolton 4-1 2-3 3-2 xxx 3-4 3-6 6-2 7-3 2-5 2-1 1-2 2-1 Burnley 2-2 4-0 1-7 4-1 xxx 1-0 2-2 1-0 2-2 2-1 2-0 0-4 Derby County 1-1 5-2 0-2 2-3 1-0 xxx 2-4 3-2 2-3 2-1 1-2 3-0 Everton 2-1 2-0 3-1 2-1 3-2 6-2 xxx 2-1 0-2 2-1 1-4 1-2 Notts County 3-3 2-4 3-3 0-4 6-1 3-5 3-1 xxx 0-7 0-3 2-1 3-0 Preston 2-0 1-1 1-0 3-1 5-2 5-0 3-0 4-1 xxx 7-0 3-0 5-2 Stoke City 2-4 1-1 2-1 2-2 4-3 1-1 0-0 3-0 0-3 xxx 0-2 0-1 W.B.A. 2-2 3-3 2-1 1-5 4-3 5-0 1-0 4-2 0-5 2-0 xxx 1-3 Wolverhampton 4-0 1-1 2-2 3-2 4-1 4-1 4-0 2-1 0-4 4-1 2-1 xxx

Final Table:
                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. PRESTON NORTH END        22  10  1  0  39   7   8  3  0  35   8   40
 2. Aston Villa              22  10  0  1  44  16   2  5  4  17  27   29
 3. Wolverhampton Wanderers  22   8  2  1  30  14   4  2  5  20  23   28
 4. Blackburn Rovers         22   7  4  0  44  22   3  2  6  22  23   26
 5. Bolton Wanderers         22   6  0  5  35  30   4  2  5  28  29   22
 6. West Bromwich Albion     22   6  2  3  25  24   4  0  7  15  22   22
 7. Accrington               22   5  3  3  26  17   1  5  5  22  31   20
 8. Everton                  22   8  0  3  24  17   1  2  8  11  29   20
 9. Burnley                  22   6  3  2  21  19   1  0 10  21  43   17
10. Derby County             22   5  1  5  22  20   2  1  8  19  41   16
11. Notts County             22   4  2  5  25  32   1  0 10  15  41   12
12. Stoke City               22   3  4  4  15  18   1  0 10  11  33   12

England FA Challenge Cup 1888-89

Country England
 Wales
 Ireland
Defending championsWest Bromwich Albion
ChampionsPreston North End
(1st title)
Runners-upWolverhampton Wanderers

        1st Round
Feb 02  Accrington               1  Blackburn Rovers         1
Feb 02  Aston Villa              3 *Witton West End          2
Feb 02 *Birmingham St George's   3 *Long Eaton               2
Feb 02 *Bootle                   0  Preston North End        3
Feb 02  Burnley                  4 *Old Westminster          3
Feb 02 *Chatham                  2 *South Shore              1
Feb 02  Derby County             1 *Derby Junction           0
Feb 02 *Grimsby Town             3 *Sunderland Albion        1
Feb 02 *Halliwell                2 *Crewe Alexandra          2
Feb 02 *Nottingham Forest        2 *Linfield                 2
Feb 02  Notts County             2 *Old Brightonian          0
Feb 02 *Notts Rangers            1 *The Wednesday            1
Feb 02 *Small Heath              2  West Bromwich Albion     3
Feb 02 *Swifts                   3 *Wrexham                  1
Feb 02 *Walsall Town Swifts      5 *Sheffield Heele          1
Feb 02  Wolverhampton Wanderers  4 *Old Carthusians          3

        Replays
Feb 09  Blackburn Rovers         5  Accrington               0
Feb 09 *Crewe Alexandra          1 *Halliwell                5
Feb 09 *The Wednesday            3 *Notts Rangers            0
       *Nottingham Forest        W *Linfield                 0

        2nd Round
Feb 16  Aston Villa              5  Derby County             3
Feb 16 *Chatham                  1 *Nottingham Forest        1
Feb 16 *Grimsby Town             0  Preston North End        2
Feb 16 *Halliwell                2 *Birmingham St George's   3
Feb 16 *The Wednesday            3  Notts County             2
Feb 16  Wolverhampton Wanderers  6 *Walsall Town Swifts      1
Feb 16  West Bromwich Albion     5  Burnley                  1
        Blackburn Rovers         W *Swifts                   0

        Replays
Feb 23 *Nottingham Forest        2 *Chatham                  2
Feb 28 *Chatham                  3 *Nottingham Forest        2  played at Kennington Oval

        Quarter-finals
Mar 02  Blackburn Rovers         8  Aston Villa              1
Mar 02 *Chatham                  1  West Bromwich Albion    10
Mar 02  Preston North End        2 *Birmingham St George's   0
Mar 02  Wolverhampton Wanderers  3 *The Wednesday            0

        Semi-finals
Mar 16  Blackburn Rovers         1  Wolverhampton Wanderers  1  played at Crewe
Mar 16  Preston North End        1  West Bromwich Albion     0  played at The Wednesday

        Replay
Mar 23  Wolverhampton Wanderers  3  Blackburn Rovers         1  played at Crewe

        Final
Mar 30  Preston North End        3  Wolverhampton Wanderers  0  played at Kennington Oval
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Season 1889-1890
Football League
Season1889–90
ChampionsPreston North End
(2nd successive English title)
RelegatedStoke
FA Cup winnersBlackburn Rovers (4th FA Cup title)
Matches played132
Goals scored611 (4.63 per match)
Top goalscorerJimmy Ross (Preston North End), 24 [1]
Biggest home winPreston North End – Stoke 10–0 (14 Sept 1889)
Biggest away winAccrington – Notts County 1–8 (12 Oct 1889)
Highest scoringPreston North End – Stoke 10–0 (14 Sept 1889)
Blackburn Rovers – Notts County 9–1 (16 Nov 1889)
Wolverhampton – Burnley 9–1 (7 Dec 1889)
Longest winning run6 – Everton and Preston North End
Longest unbeaten run7 – Preston North End (twice), Accrington and Blackburn Rovers
Longest losing run10 – Stoke
Average attendance5,466
Acc Ast Bla Bol Bur Der Eve Not Pre Sto WBA Wol Accrington xxx 4-2 2-2 3-1 2-2 6-1 5-3 1-8 2-2 2-1 0-0 6-3 Aston Villa 1-2 xxx 3-0 1-2 2-2 7-1 1-2 1-1 5-3 6-1 1-0 2-1 Blackburn 3-2 7-0 xxx 7-1 7-1 4-2 2-4 9-1 3-4 8-0 5-0 4-3 Bolton 2-4 2-0 3-2 xxx 2-2 7-1 3-4 0-4 2-6 5-0 7-0 4-1 Burnley 2-2 2-6 1-2 7-0 xxx 2-0 0-1 3-0 0-3 1-3 1-2 1-2 Derby County 2-3 5-0 4-0 3-2 4-1 xxx 2-2 2-0 2-1 2-0 3-1 3-3 Everton 2-2 7-0 3-2 3-0 2-1 3-0 xxx 5-3 1-5 8-0 5-1 1-1 Notts County 3-1 1-1 1-1 3-5 1-1 3-1 4-3 xxx 0-1 3-1 1-2 0-2 Preston 3-1 3-2 1-1 3-1 6-0 5-0 1-2 4-3 xxx 10-0 5-0 0-2 Stoke City 7-1 1-1 0-3 0-1 3-4 1-1 1-2 1-1 1-2 xxx 1-3 2-1 W.B.A. 4-1 3-0 3-2 6-3 6-1 2-3 4-1 4-2 2-2 2-1 xxx 1-4 Wolverhampton 2-1 1-1 2-4 5-1 9-1 2-1 2-1 2-0 0-1 2-2 1-1 xxx

Final Table:
                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. PRESTON NORTH END        22   8  1  2  41  12   7  2  2  30  18   33
 2. Everton                  22   8  2  1  40  15   6  1  4  25  25   31
 3. Blackburn Rovers         22   9  0  2  59  18   3  3  5  19  23   27
 4. Wolverhampton Wanderers  22   6  3  2  28  14   4  2  5  23  24   25
 5. West Bromwich Albion     22   8  1  2  37  20   3  2  6  10  30   25
 6. Accrington               22   6  4  1  33  25   3  2  6  20  31   24
 7. Derby County             22   8  2  1  32  13   1  1  9  11  42   21
 8. Aston Villa              22   6  2  3  30  15   1  3  7  13  36   19
 9. Bolton Wanderers         22   6  1  4  37  24   3  0  8  17  41   19
10. Notts County             22   4  3  4  20  19   2  2  7  23  32   17
11. Burnley                  22   3  1  7  20  21   1  4  6  16  44   13
12. Stoke City               22   2  3  6  18  20   1  1  9   9  49   10

England FA Challenge Cup 1889-90

Country England
 Wales
 Ireland
Defending championsPreston North End
ChampionsBlackburn Rovers
(4th title)
Runners-upThe Wednesday

        1st Round
Jan 18  Accrington               3  West Bromwich Albion     1
Jan 18  Blackburn Rovers         4 *Sunderland               2
Jan 18  Bolton Wanderers        10 *Belfast Distillery       2
Jan 18 *Bootle                   1 *Sunderland Albion        3
Jan 18 *Derby Midland            3 *Nottingham Forest        0
Jan 18  Everton                 11  Derby County             2
Jan 18 *Lincoln City             2 *Chester                  0
Jan 18 *Newcastle West End       1 *Grimsby Town             2
Jan 18  Notts County             4 *Birmingham St George's   4
Jan 18  Preston North End        6 *Newton Heath             1
Jan 18 *Sheffield United         2  Burnley                  1
Jan 18 *The Wednesday            6 *Swifts                   1
Jan 18 *Small Heath              3 *Clapton Orient           1
Jan 18 *South Shore              2  Aston Villa              4
Jan 18  Stoke                    3 *Old Westminster          0
Jan 18  Wolverhampton Wanderers  2 *Old Carthusians          0

        Replays
Jan 25  Accrington               3  West Bromwich Albion     0
Jan 25 *Birmingham St George's   2  Notts County             6

        2nd Round
Feb 01  Blackburn Rovers         3 *Grimsby Town             0
Feb 01  Bolton Wanderers        13 *Sheffield United         0
Feb 01 *Bootle                   2 *Derby Midland            1
Feb 01  Notts County             4  Aston Villa              1
Feb 01  Preston North End        4 *Lincoln City             0
Feb 01 *The Wednesday            2  Accrington               1
Feb 01  Stoke                    4  Everton                  2
Feb 01  Wolverhampton Wanderers  2 *Small Heath              1

        Quarter-finals
Feb 13  Preston North End        2  Bolton Wanderers         3
Feb 15 *Bootle                   0  Blackburn Rovers         7
Feb 15 *The Wednesday            5  Notts County             0
Feb 15  Wolverhampton Wanderers  4  Stoke                    0

        Replays
Feb 22 *The Wednesday            2  Notts County             3
Feb 22  Wolverhampton Wanderers  8  Stoke                    0
Mar 03  Notts County             1 *The Wednesday            2

        Semi-finals
Mar 08  Blackburn Rovers         1  Wolverhampton Wanderers  0  played at Derby
Mar 08 *The Wednesday            2  Bolton Wanderers         1  played at Aston Villa

        Final
Mar 29  Blackburn Rovers         6 *The Wednesday            1  played at Kennington Oval
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Season 1890-1891
Football League
Season1890–91
ChampionsEverton
(1st English title)
RelegatedNone
New Club in LeagueSunderland
Matches played132
Goals scored554 (4.2 per match)
Top goalscorerJack Southworth (Blackburn Rovers), 26 [1]
Biggest home winDerby County – Wolverhampton 9–0 (10 Jan 1891)
Biggest away winBlackburn – Notts County 1–7 (14 Mar 1891)
Highest scoringDerby County – Blackburn 8–5 (6 Sept 1890)
Average attendance6,413
Acc Ast Bla Bol Bur Der Eve Not Pre Sun WBA Wol Accrington xxx 1-3 0-4 2-1 1-1 4-0 1-2 3-2 1-3 4-1 1-0 1-2 Aston Villa 3-1 xxx 2-2 5-0 4-4 4-0 2-2 3-2 0-1 0-0 0-4 6-2 Blackburn 0-0 5-1 xxx 0-2 5-2 8-0 2-1 1-7 1-0 3-2 2-1 2-3 Bolton 6-0 4-0 2-0 xxx 1-0 3-1 0-5 4-2 1-0 2-5 7-1 6-0 Burnley 2-0 2-1 1-6 1-2 xxx 6-1 3-2 0-1 6-2 3-3 5-4 4-2 Derby County 1-2 5-4 8-5 1-1 2-4 xxx 2-6 3-1 1-3 3-1 3-1 9-0 Everton 3-2 5-0 3-1 2-0 7-3 7-0 xxx 4-2 0-1 1-0 2-3 5-0 Notts County 5-0 7-1 1-2 3-1 4-0 2-1 3-1 xxx 2-1 2-1 3-2 1-1 Preston 1-1 4-1 1-2 1-0 7-0 6-0 2-0 0-0 xxx 0-0 3-0 5-1 Sunderland 2-2 5-1 3-1 2-0 2-3 5-1 1-0 4-0 3-0 xxx 1-1 3-4 W.B.A. 5-1 0-3 1-0 2-4 3-1 3-4 1-4 1-1 1-3 0-4 xxx 0-1 Wolverhampton 3-0 2-1 2-0 1-0 3-1 5-1 0-1 1-1 2-0 0-3 4-0 xxx

Final Table:
                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. EVERTON                  22   9  0  2  39  12   5  1  5  24  17   29
 2. Preston North End        22   7  3  1  30   5   5  0  6  14  18   27
 3. Notts County             22   9  1  1  33  11   2  3  6  19  24   26
 4. Wolverhampton Wanderers  22   8  1  2  23   8   4  1  6  16  42   26
 5. Bolton Wanderers         22   9  0  2  36  14   3  1  7  11  20   25
 6. Blackburn Rovers         22   7  1  3  29  19   4  1  6  23  24   24
 7. * Sunderland             22   7  2  2  31  13   3  3  5  20  18   23
 8. Burnley                  22   7  1  3  33  24   2  2  7  19  39   21
 9. Aston Villa              22   5  4  2  29  18   2  0  9  16  40   18
10. Accrington               22   5  1  5  19  19   1  3  7   9  31   16
11. Derby County             22   6  1  4  38  28   1  0 10   9  53   15
12. West Bromwich Albion     22   3  1  7  17  26   2  1  8  17  31   12
FINAL TABLE THE COMBINATION 1890-1891
 1. Gorton Villa               16-22  (47-26)  10  2  4  Champions   
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 2. Macclesfield               16-21  (44-27)   9  3  4          
 3. Chester                    16-20  (42-30)   8  4  4          
 4. Burton Swifts              14-18  (55-28)   9  0  5  FbAll   
 5. Denton                     16-17  (39-32)   8  1  7          
 6. Northwich Victoria         16-17  (28-30)   5  7  4          
 7. Hyde                       14-10  (25-39)   3  4  7  left  
 8. Wrexham(-2)                16-10  (25-47)   4  4  8          
 9. Leek                       16- 3  (18-60)   1  1 14          
10. Derby St.Luke's             0- 0  ( 0- 0)   0  0  0  left  
11. Stafford County             0- 0  ( 0- 0)   0  0  0  left  
12. Witton Blackburn            0- 0  ( 0- 0)   0  0  0  left  

Total: 140-138 (323-319)  57 26 57

Champions: Gorton Villa                                           
Newly admitted: Everton Liverpool II, Stoke Swifts,            
                Buxton, Chirk AAA and Stockport County          

323(319) goals = 4.614 g/match

England FA Challenge Cup 1890-91

Country England
 Scotland
 Wales
 Ireland
Defending championsBlackburn Rovers
ChampionsBlackburn Rovers
(5th title)
Runners-upNotts County

        1st Round
Jan 17  Accrington                2  Bolton Wanderers          2
Jan 17  Aston Villa              13 *Casuals                   1
Jan 17  Burnley                   4 *Crewe Alexandra           2
Jan 17 *Chester                   1 *Lincoln City              0
Jan 17 *Clapton                   0 *Nottingham Forest        14
Jan 17 *Darwen                    3 *Kidderminster             1 void
Jan 17 *Long Eaton Rangers        1  Wolverhampton Wanderers   2
Jan 17 *Middlesbrough Ironopolis  1  Blackburn Rovers          2 void
Jan 17 *Royal Arsenal             1  Derby County              2
Jan 17 *Sheffield United          1  Notts County              9
Jan 17 *The Wednesday            12 *Halliwell                 0
Jan 17 *Stoke                     3  Preston North End         0
Jan 17  Sunderland                1  Everton                   0
Jan 17 *Sunderland Albion         2 *93rd Highlander           0
Jan 24 *Crusaders                 0 *Birmingham St George's    2
        West Bromwich Albion      W *Old Westminster           0

        Replays
Jan 24  Accrington                5  Bolton Wanderers          1  
Jan 24 *Darwen                   13 *Kidderminster             0
Jan 24 *Middlesbrough Ironopolis  0  Blackburn Rovers          3

        2nd Round
Jan 31  Accrington                2  Wolverhampton Wanderers   3
Jan 31 *Birmingham St George's    0  West Bromwich Albion      3
Jan 31  Blackburn Rovers          7 *Chester                   0
Jan 31 *Darwen                    0  Sunderland                2
Jan 31  Derby County              2 *The Wednesday             3
Jan 31  Notts County              2  Burnley                   1
Jan 31 *Stoke                     3  Aston Villa               0
Jan 31 *Sunderland Albion         1 *Nottingham Forest         1

        Replays
Feb 07 *Nottingham Forest         3 *Sunderland Albion         3
Feb 11 *Nottingham Forest         5 *Sunderland Albion         0  played at Sheffield U

        Quarter-finals
Feb 14  Blackburn Rovers          2  Wolverhampton Wanderers   0
Feb 14  Notts County              1 *Stoke                     0
Feb 14 *The Wednesday             0  West Bromwich Albion      2
Feb 14  Sunderland                4 *Nottingham Forest         0

        Semi-finals
Feb 28  Blackburn Rovers          3  West Bromwich Albion      2  played at Stoke
Feb 28  Notts County              3  Sunderland                3  played at Sheffield U

        Replay
Mar 11  Notts County              2  Sunderland                0  played at Sheffield U

        Final
Mar 21  Blackburn Rovers          3  Notts County              1  played at Kennington Oval
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Season 1891-1892

Football League
Season1891–92
ChampionsSunderland
(1st English title)
RelegatedNone
New Club in LeagueDarwen,
Stoke
FA Cup winnersWest Bromwich Albion
(2nd FA Cup title)
Matches played182
Goals scored777 (4.27 per match)
Top goalscorerJohn Campbell (Sunderland), 32 [1]
Biggest home winWest Bromwich Albion – Darwen 12–0 (4 April 1892)
Biggest away winDarwen – Sunderland 1–7 (23 April 1892)
Highest scoringAston Villa – Accrington 12–2 (12 March 1892)
Average attendance6,193
Acc Ast Bla Bol Bur Dar Der Eve Not Pre Sto Sun WBA Wol Accrington xxx 3-2 1-0 0-3 1-0 1-1 1-1 1-1 2-0 1-3 3-0 3-5 4-2 3-2 Aston Villa 12-2 xxx 5-1 1-2 6-1 7-0 6-0 3-4 5-1 3-1 2-1 5-3 5-1 3-6 Blackburn 2-2 4-3 xxx 4-0 3-3 4-0 0-2 2-2 5-4 2-4 5-3 3-1 3-2 2-0 Bolton 3-4 1-2 4-2 xxx 2-0 1-0 3-1 1-0 2-0 3-0 1-1 4-3 1-1 3-0 Burnley 2-1 4-1 3-0 1-2 xxx 9-0 2-4 1-0 1-0 2-0 4-1 1-2 3-2 1-1 Darwen 5-2 1-5 3-5 1-2 2-6 xxx 2-0 3-1 2-3 0-4 9-3 1-7 1-1 1-4 Derby County 3-1 4-2 1-1 3-2 0-1 7-0 xxx 0-3 3-0 1-2 3-3 0-1 1-1 2-1 Everton 3-0 5-1 3-1 2-5 1-1 5-3 1-2 xxx 4-0 1-1 1-0 0-4 4-3 2-1 Notts County 9-0 5-2 2-2 2-0 5-1 5-0 2-1 1-3 xxx 2-0 1-1 1-0 4-0 2-2 Preston 4-1 0-1 3-2 4-0 5-1 4-0 3-0 4-0 6-0 xxx 3-2 3-1 1-0 2-0 Stoke City 3-1 2-3 0-1 0-1 3-0 5-1 2-1 0-1 1-3 0-1 xxx 1-3 1-0 1-3 Sunderland 4-1 2-1 6-1 4-1 2-1 7-0 7-1 2-1 4-0 4-1 4-1 xxx 4-0 5-2 W.B.A. 3-1 0-3 2-2 0-2 1-0 12-0 4-2 4-0 2-2 1-2 2-2 2-5 xxx 4-3 Wolverhampton 5-0 2-0 6-1 1-2 0-0 2-2 1-3 5-1 2-1 3-0 4-1 1-3 2-1 xxx

Final Table:
                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. SUNDERLAND               26  13  0  0  55  11   8  0  5  38  25   42
 2. Preston North End        26  12  0  1  42   8   6  1  6  19  23   37
 3. Bolton Wanderers         26   9  2  2  29  14   8  0  5  22  23   36
 4. Aston Villa              26  10  0  3  63  23   5  0  8  26  33   30
 5. Everton                  26   8  2  3  32  22   4  2  7  17  27   28
 6. Wolverhampton Wanderers  26   8  2  3  34  15   3  2  8  25  31   26
 7. Burnley                  26   9  1  3  34  14   2  3  8  15  31   26
 8. Notts County             26   9  3  1  41  12   2  1 10  14  39   26
 9. Blackburn Rovers         26   8  3  2  39  26   2  3  8  19  39   26
10. Derby County             26   6  3  4  28  18   4  1  8  18  34   24
11. Accrington               26   7  3  3  24  20   1  1 11  16  58   20
12. West Bromwich Albion     26   6  3  4  37  24   0  3 10  14  34   18
13. Stoke City               26   5  0  8  19  19   0  4  9  19  42   14
14. Darwen                   26   4  1  8  31  43   0  2 11   7  69   11
FINAL TABLE THE COMBINATION 1891-1892

 1. Everton Liverpool II       22-36  (99-20)  17  2  3  Champions   
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 2. Northwich Victoria         22-31  (84-25)  15  1  6  FL2     
 3. Macclesfield               22-30  (52-38)  15  0  7          
 4. Stoke Swifts               22-27  (49-29)  13  1  8          
 5. Buxton                     22-25  (35-30)  11  3  8          
 6. Wrexham                    22-20  (45-65)   9  2 11          
 7. Chirk AAA                  22-19  (48-56)   7  5 10          
 8. Chester                    22-19  (52-61)   8  3 11          
 9. Gorton Villa               22-19  (41-51)   8  3 11          
10. Leek                       22-16  (46-62)   8  0 14          
11. Stockport County           22-16  (29-44)   7  2 13          
12. Denton                     22- 6  (25-124)  2  2 18  left  

Champions: Everton Liverpool II                                   
Newly admitted: Dresden United and Nantwich                     

605 goals = 4.583 g/match

England FA Challenge Cup 1891-92

Country England
 Scotland
 Wales
Defending championsBlackburn Rovers
ChampionsWest Bromwich Albion
(2nd title)
Runners-upAston Villa

        1st Round
Jan 16  Aston Villa               4 *Heanor                    1
Jan 16  Blackburn Rovers          4  Derby County              1
Jan 16 *Blackpool                 0 *Sheffield United          3
Jan 16 *Bootle                    0  Darwen                    2
Jan 16 *Crusaders                 1  Accrington                4
Jan 16  Everton                   2  Burnley                   4 void
Jan 16 *Luton Town                0 *Middlesbrough             3
Jan 16 *Nottingham Forest         2 *Newcastle United          1
Jan 16 *Old Westminster           2  West Bromwich Albion      3
Jan 16  Preston North End         2 *Middlesbrough Ironopolis  2
Jan 16 *The Wednesday             2  Bolton Wanderers          1 void
Jan 16 *Small Heath               5 *Royal Arsenal             1
Jan 16  Stoke                     3 *Casuals                   0 void
Jan 16  Sunderland                3  Notts County              0 void
Jan 16 *Sunderland Albion         1 *Birmingham St George's    2 void
Jan 16  Wolverhampton Wanderers   2 *Crewe Alexandra           2

        Replays
Jan 23 *Crewe Alexandra           1  Wolverhampton Wanderers   4
Jan 23  Everton                   1  Burnley                   3
Jan 23 *Middlesbrough Ironopolis  0  Preston North End         6
Jan 23 *The Wednesday             4  Bolton Wanderers          1
Jan 23  Stoke                     3 *Casuals                   0
Jan 23  Sunderland                4  Notts County              0
Jan 23 *Sunderland Albion         4 *Birmingham St George's    0

        2nd Round
Jan 30  Accrington                1  Sunderland                0
Jan 30  Aston Villa               2  Darwen                    0
Jan 30  Burnley                   1  Stoke                     3
Jan 30 *Middlesbrough             1  Preston North End         2
Jan 30 *The Wednesday             2 *Small Heath               0
Jan 30 *Sunderland Albion         0 *Nottingham Forest         1
Jan 30  Wolverhampton Wanderers   3 *Sheffield United          1
Jan 30  West Bromwich Albion      3  Blackburn Rovers          1

        Replay
Feb 06  Accrington                1  Sunderland                3

        Quarter-finals
Feb 13 *Nottingham Forest         2  Preston North End         0
Feb 13  Stoke                     2  Sunderland                2
Feb 13  Wolverhampton Wanderers   1  Aston Villa               3
Feb 13  West Bromwich Albion      2 *The Wednesday             1

        Replay
Feb 20  Sunderland                4  Stoke                     0

        Semi-finals
Feb 27  Aston Villa               4  Sunderland                1  played at Sheffield U
Feb 27 *Nottingham Forest         1  West Bromwich Albion      1  played at Wolverhampton

        Replays
Mar 05 *Nottingham Forest         1  West Bromwich Albion      1  played at Wolverhampton
Mar 09  West Bromwich Albion      6 *Nottingham Forest         2  played at Derby

        Final
Mar 19  West Bromwich Albion      3  Aston Villa               0  played at Kennington Oval
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Season 1892-93

League Division 1
Season1892–93
ChampionsSunderland
(2nd English title)
RelegatedNotts County
ResignedAccrington
FA Cup winnersWolverhampton Wanderers (1st FA Cup title)
Matches played240
Goals scored936 (3.9 per match)
Top goalscorerJohn Campbell (Sunderland), 31
Biggest home winNewton Heath – Wolverhampton Wanderers 10–1 (15 October 1892)
Biggest away winAccrington – Sunderland 0–6 (3 Sept 1892)
Highest scoringNewton Heath – Wolverhampton Wanderers 10–1 (15 October 1892)
Longest winning run8 matches
Everton (14 Jan 1893 – 8 Apr 1893)
Longest unbeaten run10 matches
Sunderland (2 Jan 1893 – 1 Apr 1893)
Longest losing run7 matches
The Wednesday (7 Jan 1893–25 Mar 1893)
Highest attendance27,500
Everton - Preston North End (11 February 1893)
Lowest attendance1,000
Notts County - West Bromwich Albion (19 November 1892)
West Bromwich Albion - Stoke (26 November 1892)
West Bromwich Albion - Burnley (7 January 1893)
Stoke - Newton Heath (7 January 1893)
Stoke - Everton ( 28 Jan 1893)
The Wednesday -Notts County (3 April 1893)
Average attendance6,920
Acc Ast Bla Bol Bur Der Eve New NmF NsC Pre ShW Sto Sun WBA Wol Accrington xxx 1-1 1-1 1-1 0-4 0-3 0-3 2-2 1-1 4-2 1-2 4-2 5-2 0-6 5-4 4-0 Aston Villa 6-4 xxx 4-1 1-1 1-3 6-1 4-1 2-0 1-0 3-1 3-1 5-1 3-2 1-6 5-2 5-0 Blackburn 3-3 2-2 xxx 3-0 2-0 2-2 2-2 4-3 0-1 1-0 0-0 0-2 3-3 2-2 2-1 3-3 Bolton 5-2 5-0 2-1 xxx 1-0 0-3 4-1 4-1 3-1 4-1 2-4 1-0 4-4 2-1 3-1 3-1 Burnley 1-3 0-2 0-0 3-0 xxx 2-1 3-0 4-1 1-1 3-0 4-2 4-0 3-2 2-3 5-0 2-0 Derby County 3-3 2-1 3-0 1-1 1-0 xxx 1-6 5-1 2-3 4-5 1-2 2-2 1-0 1-1 1-1 2-2 Everton 1-1 1-0 4-0 3-0 0-1 5-0 xxx 6-0 2-2 6-0 6-0 3-5 2-2 1-4 1-0 3-2 Newton Heath 3-3 2-0 4-4 1-0 1-1 7-1 3-4 xxx 1-3 1-3 2-1 1-5 1-0 0-5 2-4 10-1 Nottm Forest 3-0 4-5 0-1 2-0 2-2 1-0 2-1 1-1 xxx 3-1 1-2 2-0 3-4 0-5 3-4 3-1 Notts County 2-0 1-4 0-0 2-2 3-1 1-1 1-2 4-0 3-0 xxx 3-1 0-1 0-1 3-1 8-1 3-0 Preston 0-0 4-1 2-1 2-1 2-0 0-1 5-0 2-1 1-0 4-0 xxx 4-1 2-1 1-2 1-1 4-0 Sheffield Wedn 5-2 5-3 0-3 4-2 2-0 3-3 0-2 1-0 2-2 3-2 0-5 xxx 0-1 3-2 6-0 0-1 Stoke City 2-2 0-1 2-2 6-0 4-1 1-3 0-1 7-1 3-0 1-0 2-1 2-0 xxx 0-1 1-2 2-1 Sunderland 4-2 6-0 5-0 3-3 2-0 3-1 4-3 6-0 1-0 2-2 2-0 4-2 3-1 xxx 8-1 5-2 W.B.A. 4-0 3-2 1-2 1-0 7-1 3-1 3-0 0-0 2-2 4-2 0-1 3-0 1-2 1-3 xxx 2-1 Wolverhampton 5-3 2-1 4-2 1-2 1-0 2-1 2-4 2-0 2-2 3-0 2-1 2-0 1-0 2-0 1-1 xxx

Final Table:
                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. SUNDERLAND               30  13  2  0  58  17   9  2  4  42  19   48
 2. Preston North End        30  11  2  2  34  10   6  1  8  23  29   37
 3. Everton                  30   9  3  3  44  17   7  1  7  30  34   36
 4. Aston Villa              30  12  1  2  50  24   4  2  9  23  38   35
 5. Bolton Wanderers         30  12  1  2  43  21   1  5  9  13  34   32
 6. Burnley                  30  10  2  3  37  15   3  2 10  14  29   30
 7. Stoke City               30   8  2  5  33  16   4  3  8  25  32   29
 8. West Bromwich Albion     30   9  2  4  35  17   3  3  9  23  52   29
 9. Blackburn Rovers         30   5  8  2  29  24   3  5  7  18  32   29
10. Nottingham Forest        30   7  2  6  30  27   3  6  6  18  25   28
11. Wolverhampton Wanderers  30  11  2  2  32  17   1  2 12  15  51   28
12. Sheffield Wednesday      30   8  2  5  34  28   4  1 10  21  37   27
13. Derby County             30   5  6  4  30  28   4  3  8  22  36   27
14. NOTTS COUNTY             30   8  3  4  34  15   2  1 12  19  46   24
15. Accrington               30   5  5  5  29  34   1  6  8  28  47   23
16. Newton Heath             30   6  3  6  39  35   0  3 12  11  50   18

League Division 2
Season1892–93
ChampionsSmall Heath
PromotedSheffield United
Darwen
ResignedBootle
Matches played132
Goals scored591 (4.48 per match)
Top goalscorerFred Wheldon (Small Heath), 24[3]
Biggest home winSmall Heath – Walsall Town Swifts 12–0 (17 December 1892)
Biggest away winBurslem Port Vale – Sheffield United 0–10 (10 December 1892)
Highest scoringSmall Heath – Walsall Town Swifts 12–0 (17 December 1892)
Longest winning run9 matches
Small Heath (17 Dec 1892 – 1 Apr 1893)
Longest unbeaten run15 matches
Sheffield United (26 Nov 1892 – 15 Apr 1893)
Longest losing run5 matches
Bootle (24 Sep 1892 – 12 Nov 1892)
Crewe Alexandra (24 Sep 1892 – 26 Nov 1892)
Ardwick (24 Dec 1892 – 18 Feb 1893)
Walsall Town Swifts (3 Sep 1892 – 8 Oct 1892)
Home \ Away ARD BOO BPV BRS CRE DRW GRI LIN NOR SHU SMH WAL Ardwick 7–0 2–0 1–1 3–1 4–2 0–3 3–1 1–1 2–3 2–2 2–0 Bootle 5–3 1–1 3–2 2–1 5–1 3–1 4–1 2–5 2–0 1–4 7–1 Burslem Port Val1–2 0–0 1–0 4–1 2–4 0–1 1–2 4–0 0–10 0–3 3–0 Burton Swifts 2–0 2–1 3–3 7–1 0–2 5–1 4–2 2–0 0–3 2–3 3–2 Crewe Alexandra 4–1 2–1 5–0 2–4 2–2 1–0 4–1 4–2 0–4 1–3 5–6 Darwen 3–1 3–0 4–1 2–3 7–3 6–1 3–1 3–1 3–1 4–3 5–0 Grimsby Town 2–0 3–0 2–0 4–0 4–0 0–1 2–2 2–1 0–1 3–2 3–0 Lincoln City 2–1 5–1 3–4 5–1 1–1 1–1 1–3 5–1 1–0 3–4 3–1 Northwich Victor0–3 3–2 2–4 2–1 4–1 1–0 5–3 2–1 1–3 0–6 5–2 Sheffield United2–1 8–3 4–0 3–1 4–0 2–0 2–0 4–2 1–1 2–0 3–0 Small Heath 3–2 6–2 5–1 3–2 6–0 6–2 8–3 4–1 6–2 1–1 12–0 Walsall Town Swi2–4 4–4 3–0 3–2 3–3 1–2 3–1 2–1 2–3 1–1 1–3
                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. Birmingham City          22  10  1  0  57  16   7  1  3  33  19   36
 2. SHEFFIELD UNITED         22  10  1  0  35   8   6  2  3  27  11   35
 3. DARWEN                   22  10  0  1  43  15   4  2  5  17  21   30
 4. Grimsby Town             22   8  1  2  25   7   3  0  8  17  34   23
 5. Manchester City          22   6  3  2  27  14   3  0  8  18  26   21
 6. Burton United            22   7  1  3  30  18   2  1  8  17  29   20
 7. Northwich Victoria       22   7  0  4  25  26   2  2  7  17  32   20
 8. Bootle                   22   8  1  2  35  20   0  2  9  14  43   19
 9. Lincoln City             22   6  2  3  30  18   1  1  9  15  33   17
10. Crewe Alexandra          22   6  1  4  30  24   0  2  9  12  45   15
11. Port Vale                22   4  1  6  16  23   2  2  7  14  34   15
12. Walsall                  22   4  3  4  25  24   1  0 10  12  51   13
FINAL TABLE THE COMBINATION 1892-1893
 1. Everton Liverpool II       22-38 (107-13)  18  2  2  Champions   
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 2. Stoke Swifts               22-32  (48-23)  14  4  4          
 3. Chester                    22-26  (52-41)  12  2  8          
 4. Chirk AAA                  22-23  (63-43)  10  3  9  left  
 5. Buxton                     22-23  (37-33)   8  7  7          
 6. Stockport County           22-22  (38-35)   8  6  8          
 7. Dresden United             22-19  (34-43)   8  3 11          
 8. Wrexham                    22-19  (41-66)   9  1 12          
 9. Macclesfield               22-18  (45-55)   6  6 10          
10. Leek                       22-15  (31-60)   6  3 13          
11. Nantwich                   22-15  (36-81)   6  3 13          
12. Gorton Villa               22-14  (29-68)   6  2 14          

No promotion / relegation.                                      

Champions: Everton Liverpool II                                   

561 goals = 4.250 g/match

England FA Challenge Cup 1892-93

Country England
 Wales
Defending championsWest Bromwich Albion
ChampionsWolverhampton Wanderers (1st title)
Runners-upEverton

        1st Round
Jan 21  Accrington                2  Stoke                     1
Jan 21  Blackburn Rovers          4  Newton Heath              0
Jan 21 *Blackpool                 1 +Sheffield United          3
Jan 21  Bolton Wanderers          1  Wolverhampton Wanderers   1
Jan 21  Burnley                   2 +Small Heath               0
Jan 21 +Darwen                    5  Aston Villa               4
Jan 21  Everton                   4  West Bromwich Albion      1
Jan 21 +Grimsby Town              5 *Stockton                  0
Jan 21 *Loughborough Town         1 +Northwich Victoria        2
Jan 21 *Great Marlow              1 *Middlesbrough Ironopolis  3
Jan 21 *Newcastle United          2 *Middlesbrough             3
Jan 21  Nottingham Forest         4 *Casuals                   0
Jan 21  Notts County              4 *Shankhouse                0
Jan 21  Preston North End         9 *Burton Swifts             2
Jan 21  The Wednesday             3  Derby County              2  void
Jan 21  Sunderland                6 *Royal Arsenal             0

        Replay
Jan 28  Wolverhampton Wanderers   2  Bolton Wanderers          1
Jan 28  Derby County              1  The Wednesday             0  void
Feb  2  The Wednesday             4  Derby County              2

        2nd Round
Feb 04  Accrington                1  Preston North End         4
Feb 04  Blackburn Rovers          4 +Northwich Victoria        1
Feb 04 +Darwen                    2 +Grimsby Town              0
Feb 04  Everton                   4  Nottingham Forest         2
Feb 04 *Middlesbrough Ironopolis  3  Notts County              2
Feb 04 +Sheffield United          1  Sunderland                3
Feb 04  The Wednesday             1  Burnley                   0
Feb 04  Wolverhampton Wanderers   2 *Middlesbrough             1

        Quarter-finals
Feb 18  Blackburn Rovers          3  Sunderland                0
Feb 18  Everton                   3  The Wednesday             0
Feb 18  Preston North End         2 *Middlesbrough Ironopolis  2  
Feb 18  Wolverhampton Wanderers   5 +Darwen                    0

        Replay
Feb 25 *Middlesbrough Ironopolis  0  Preston North End         7 

        Semi-finals
Mar 04  Wolverhampton Wanderers   2  Blackburn Rovers          1  played at Nottingham Forest
Mar 04  Everton                   2  Preston North End         2  played at Sheffield United

        Replays
Mar 16  Everton                   0  Preston North End         0  played at Sheffield United
Mar 20  Everton                   2  Preston North End         1  played at Blackburn

        Final
Mar 25  Wolverhampton Wanderers   1  Everton                   0  played at Fallowfield
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Season 1893-94

League Division 1
Season1893–94
ChampionsAston Villa
(1st English title)
RelegatedDarwen
Newton Heath
FA Cup winnersNotts County (2nd Div.) (1st and as of 2020 last FA Cup title)
Matches played240
Goals scored939 (3.91 per match)
Top goalscorerJack Southworth (Everton), 27
Biggest home winAston Villa – Darwen 9–0 (26 Dec 1893)
Biggest away winWolverhampton Wanderers – West Bromwich Albion 0–8 (27 Dec 1893)
Highest scoringAston Villa – Darwen 9–0 (26 Dec 1893)
Everton – Darwen 8–1 (21 Oct 1893)
Everton – The Wednesday 8–1 (23 Dec 1893)
Burnley – Aston Villa 3–6 (7 Apr 1894)
West Bromwich Albion – Aston Villa 3–6 (21 Oct 1893)
Longest winning run6 matches
Aston Villa (11 Nov 1893 - 23 Dec 1893)
Sheffield United (9 Sep 1893 - 16 Oct 1893)
Sunderland (13 Jan 1894 - 24 Mar 1894)
Longest unbeaten run7 matches
Nottingham Forest (18 Nov 1893 - 13 Jan 1894)
Sheffield United (9 Sep 1893 - 28 Oct 1893)
Wolverhampton Wanderers (25 Nov 1893 - 27 Dec 1894)
Longest losing run11 matches
Newton Heath (25 Nov 1893 - 12 Mar 1894)
Highest attendance27,500
Everton - Sunderland (30 Sep 1893)
Lowest attendance400
Derby County - Darwen (18 Nov 1893)
Average attendance7,012
Ast Bla Bol Bur Dar Der Eve New NmF Pre ShU ShW Sto Sun WBA Wol Aston Villa xxx 2-1 2-3 4-0 9-0 1-1 3-1 5-1 3-1 2-0 4-0 3-0 5-1 2-1 3-2 1-1 Blackburn 2-0 xxx 0-1 3-2 4-1 0-2 4-3 4-0 6-1 1-0 4-1 5-1 5-0 4-3 3-0 3-0 Bolton 0-1 2-1 xxx 2-0 1-0 1-1 0-1 2-0 1-1 0-3 0-1 1-1 4-1 2-0 0-3 2-0 Burnley 3-6 1-0 2-1 xxx 5-1 3-1 2-1 4-1 3-1 4-1 4-1 0-1 4-0 1-0 3-0 4-2 Darwen 1-1 2-3 1-3 0-0 xxx 2-3 3-3 1-0 0-4 2-1 3-3 2-1 3-1 0-3 2-1 3-1 Derby County 0-3 5-2 6-1 3-3 2-1 xxx 7-3 2-0 3-4 2-1 2-1 3-3 5-2 1-4 2-3 4-1 Everton 4-2 2-2 3-2 4-3 8-1 1-2 xxx 2-0 4-0 2-3 2-3 8-1 6-2 7-1 7-1 3-0 Newton Heath 1-3 5-1 2-2 3-2 0-1 2-6 0-3 xxx 1-1 1-3 0-2 1-2 6-2 2-4 4-1 1-0 Nottm Forest 1-2 0-0 1-0 5-0 4-1 4-2 3-2 2-0 xxx 4-2 1-1 1-0 2-0 1-2 2-3 7-1 Preston 2-5 0-1 1-0 1-2 4-1 1-0 2-4 2-0 0-2 xxx 3-0 1-0 3-3 1-2 3-1 1-3 Sheffield Utd 3-0 3-2 4-2 1-0 2-1 1-2 0-3 3-1 0-2 1-1 xxx 1-1 3-3 1-0 0-2 3-2 Sheffield Wedn 2-2 4-2 2-1 0-1 5-0 4-0 1-1 0-1 1-0 3-0 1-2 xxx 4-1 2-2 2-4 1-4 Stoke City 3-3 3-1 5-0 4-2 3-1 3-1 3-1 3-1 2-1 2-1 5-0 4-1 xxx 2-0 3-1 0-3 Sunderland 1-1 2-3 2-1 2-2 4-0 5-0 1-0 4-1 2-0 6-3 4-1 1-1 4-0 xxx 2-1 6-0 W.B.A. 3-6 2-1 5-2 1-1 2-2 0-1 3-1 3-1 3-0 2-0 3-1 2-2 4-2 2-3 xxx 0-0 Wolverhampton 3-0 5-1 2-1 1-0 2-1 2-4 2-0 2-0 3-1 0-0 3-4 3-1 4-2 2-1 0-8 xxx

Final Table:
                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. ASTON VILLA              30  12  2  1  49  13   7  4  4  35  29   44
 2. Sunderland               30  11  3  1  46  14   6  1  8  26  30   38
 3. Derby County             30   9  2  4  47  32   7  2  6  26  30   36
 4. Blackburn Rovers         30  13  0  2  48  15   3  2 10  21  38   34
 5. Burnley                  30  13  0  2  43  17   2  4  9  18  34   34
 6. Everton                  30  11  1  3  63  23   4  2  9  27  34   33
 7. Nottingham Forest        30  10  2  3  38  16   4  2  9  19  32   32
 8. West Bromwich Albion     30   8  4  3  35  23   6  0  9  31  36   32
 9. Wolverhampton Wanderers  30  11  1  3  34  24   3  2 10  18  39   31
10. Sheffield United         30   8  3  4  26  22   5  2  8  21  39   31
11. Stoke City               30  13  1  1  45  17   0  2 13  20  62   29
12. Sheffield Wednesday      30   7  3  5  32  21   2  5  8  16  36   26
13. Bolton Wanderers         30   7  3  5  18  14   3  1 11  20  38   24
14. Preston North End        30   7  1  7  25  24   3  2 10  19  32   23
15. DARWEN                   30   6  4  5  25  28   1  1 13  12  55   19
16. NEWTON HEATH             30   5  2  8  29  33   1  0 14   7  39   14

League Division 2
Season1893–94
ChampionsLiverpool (1st title)
PromotedLiverpool
Small Heath
ResignedMiddlesbrough Ironopolis
Northwich Victoria
Matches played210
Goals scored861 (4.1 per match)
Top goalscorerFrank Mobley (Small Heath), 23 [3]
Biggest home winSmall Heath – Ardwick 10–2 (17 Mar 1894)
Notts County – Crewe Alexandra 9–1 (17 Feb 1894)
Biggest away winNorthwich Victoria – Small Heath 0–7 (6 Jan 1894)
Highest scoringBurton Swifts – Walsall Town Swifts 8–5 (24 Feb 1894)
Longest winning run9 matches
Liverpool (2 Dec 1893 - 17 Mar 1894)
Longest unbeaten run28 matches
Liverpool, i.e. the entire season
Longest losing run10 matches
Northwich Victoria F.C. (23 Dec 1893 - 10 Mar 1894)
Home \ Away	ARD	BPV	BRS	CRE	GRI	LIN	LIV	MII	NEW	NOR	NTC	ROT	SMH	WAL	WOO
Ardwick		        8–1	1–4	1–2	4–1	0–1	0–1	6–1	2–3	4–2	0–0	3–2	0–1	3–0	0–1
Burslem Port Val4–2		3–1	4–2	6–1	5–3	2–2	4–0	1–1	3–2	1–0	2–3	5–0	1–2	2–1
Burton Swifts	5–0	5–3		6–1	0–3	1–3	1–1	7–0	3–1	6–2	0–2	4–1	0–2	8–5	6–2
Crewe Alexandra	1–1	1–1	1–2		3–3	1–1	0–5	5–0	1–1	3–0	0–2	2–0	3–5	1–1	0–0
Grimsby Town	5–0	4–0	2–1	3–2		2–4	0–1	2–1	0–0	7–0	5–2	7–1	2–1	5–2	3–1
Lincoln City	6–0	2–2	1–1	6–1	1–2		1–1	2–3	2–1	4–1	0–2	1–1	2–5	0–2	3–0
Liverpool	3–0	2–1	3–1	2–0	2–0	4–0		6–0	5–1	4–0	2–1	5–1	3–1	3–0	2–0
Middlesbrough   2–0	3–1	2–1	2–0	2–6	0–0	0–2		1–1	2–1	0–0	6–1	3–0	1–1	3–6
Newcastle United2–1	2–1	4–1	2–1	4–1	5–1	0–0	7–2		3–0	3–0	4–0	0–2	2–0	6–0
Northwich Victor1–4	1–5	1–1	1–2	0–1	0–3	2–3	2–1	5–3		0–1	1–1	0–7	1–0	2–2
Notts County	5–0	6–1	6–2	9–1	3–0	1–2	1–1	3–0	3–1	6–1		4–2	3–1	2–0	3–2
Rotherham Town	1–3	0–1	2–5	1–4	4–3	2–8	1–4	4–1	2–1	5–4	0–2		2–3	3–2	1–1
Small Heath	10–2	6–0	6–1	6–1	5–2	6–0	3–4	2–1	1–4	8–0	3–0	4–3		4–0	4–1
Walsall   	5–2	0–5	3–4	5–1	5–0	5–2	1–1	1–0	1–2	3–0	2–1	3–0	1–3		1–2
Woolwich Arsenal1–0	4–1	0–2	3–2	3–1	4–0	0–5	1–0	2–2	6–0	1–2	3–0	1–4	4–0	 
                            P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. LIVERPOOL                28  14  0  0  46   6   8  6  0  31  12   50
 2. BIRMINGHAM CITY          28  12  0  2  68  19   9  0  5  35  25   42
 3. Notts County             28  12  1  1  55  14   6  2  6  15  17   39
 4. Newcastle United         28  12  1  1  44  10   3  5  6  22  29   36
 5. Grimsby Town             28  11  1  2  47  16   4  1  9  24  42   32
 6. Burton United            28   9  1  4  52  26   5  2  7  27  35   31
 7. Port Vale                28  10  2  2  43  20   3  2  9  23  44   30
 8. Lincoln City             28   5  4  5  31  22   6  2  6  28  36   28
 9. Arsenal                  28   9  1  4  33  19   3  3  8  19  36   28
10. Walsall                  28   8  1  5  36  23   2  2 10  15  38   23
11. Middlesbrough Ironopolis 28   7  4  3  27  20   1  0 13  10  52   20
12. Crewe Alexandra          28   3  7  4  22  22   3  0 11  20  51   19
13. Manchester City          28   6  1  7  32  20   2  1 11  15  51   18
14. Rotherham Town           28   5  1  8  28  42   1  2 11  16  49   15
15. Northwich Victoria       28   3  3  8  17  34   0  0 14  13  64    9
FINAL TABLE THE COMBINATION 1893-1894
 1. Everton Liverpool II       18-32  (77-19)  15  2  1  Kamp/LComb
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 2. Stoke Swifts               18-21  (57-31)  10  1  7  MidLg   
 3. Leek                       18-20  (32-27)   9  2  7          
 4. Stockport County           18-20  (33-32)   7  6  5  LLg     
 5. Dresden United             18-19  (34-28)   7  5  6          
 6. Chester                    18-18  (24-26)   6  6  6          
 7. Macclesfield               18-17  (36-35)   5  7  6          
 8. Wrexham                    18-16  (36-46)   5  6  7  left  
 9. Buxton                     18-14  (28-41)   5  4  9          
10. Nantwich                   18- 3  (12-84)   1  1 16  left  
11. Gorton Villa                0- 0  ( 0- 0)   0  0  0  left  

Champions: Everton Liverpool II                                   
Newly admitted: Northwich Victoria (FL2), Hurst Ramblers,      
                Hanley Town FC, Stalybridge Rovers,            
                Ashton North End and Glossop North End          

369 goals = 4.100 g/match

England FA Challenge Cup 1893-94

Country England
 Wales
Defending championsWolverhampton Wanderers
ChampionsNotts County (1st title)
Runners-upBolton Wanderers

        1st Round
Jan 27  Aston Villa               4  Wolverhampton Wanderers   2
Jan 27  Derby County              2  Darwen                    0
Jan 27 *Leicester Fosse           2 *South Shore               1
Jan 27 +Liverpool                 3 +Grimsby Town              0
Jan 27 +Middlesbrough Ironopolis  2 *Luton Town                1
Jan 27 +Newcastle United          2  Sheffield United          0
Jan 27  Newton Heath              4 *Middlesbrough             0
Jan 27  Nottingham Forest         1 *Heanor                    0
Jan 27 +Notts County              1  Burnley                   0
Jan 27  Preston North End        18 *Reading                   0
Jan 27 +Small Heath               3  Bolton Wanderers          4
Jan 27 *Stockport County          0 *Burton Wanderers          1
Jan 27  Stoke                     1  Everton                   0
Jan 27  Sunderland                3 *Accrington                0
Jan 27  West Bromwich Albion      2  Blackburn Rovers          3
Jan 27 +Woolwich Arsenal          1  The Wednesday             2

        2nd Round
Feb 10 *Burton Wanderers          1 +Notts County              2
Feb 10 *Leicester Fosse           0  Derby County              0
Feb 10 +Liverpool                 3  Preston North End         2
Feb 10  Nottingham Forest         2 +Middlesbrough Ironopolis  0  
Feb 10 +Newcastle United          1  Bolton Wanderers          2
Feb 10  Newton Heath              0  Blackburn Rovers          0
Feb 10  The Wednesday             1  Stoke                     0
Feb 10  Sunderland                2  Aston Villa               2

        Replays
Feb 17  Blackburn Rovers          5  Newton Heath              1
Feb 17  Derby County              3 *Leicester Fosse           0
Feb 21  Aston Villa               3  Sunderland                1

        Quarter finals
Feb 24  Bolton Wanderers          3 +Liverpool                 0
Feb 24  Derby County              1  Blackburn Rovers          4
Feb 24  Nottingham Forest         1 +Notts County              1
Feb 24  The Wednesday             3  Aston Villa               2

        Replay
Mar 03 +Notts County              4  Nottingham Forest         1

        Semi final
Mar 10 +Notts County              1  Blackburn Rovers          0  played at Sheffield United
Mar 10  Bolton Wanderers          2  The Wednesday             1  played at Fallowfield

        Final
Mar 31 +Notts County              4  Bolton Wanderers          1  played at Everton
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Season 1894-95

League Division 1
Season1894–95
ChampionsSunderland
(3rd English title)
RelegatedLiverpool
FA Cup winnersAston Villa (2nd title)
Matches played240
Goals scored917 (3.82 per match)
Top goalscorerJohn Campbell (Sunderland), 22
Biggest home winBlackburn Rovers 9–1 Small Heath (5 Jan 1895)
Sunderland 8–0 Derby County (1 Sept 1894)
Biggest away winWolverhampton Wanderers 0–4 Aston Villa (22 Dec 1894)
Highest scoringBlackburn Rovers 9–1 Small Heath (5 Jan 1895)
Longest winning run8 matches
Everton (1 Sep 1894 - 20 Oct 1894)
Longest unbeaten run10 matches
Sunderland (6 Oct 1894 - 27 Dec 1894)
Longest losing run7 matches
Burnley (16 Mar 1895 - 20 Apr 1895)
Highest attendance35,000
Everton - Sunderland (27 Oct 1894)
Lowest attendance1,000
Small Heath - Preston North End (29 Sep 1894)
Stoke -Small Heath (27 Oct 1894)
Blackburn Rovers -West Bromwich Albion (22 Dec 1894)
Derby County - Stoke (19 Jan 1895)
Stoke - Sunderland (26 Jan 1895)
Average attendance7,431
Ast Bir Bla Bol Bur Der Eve Liv NmF Pre ShU ShW Sto Sun WBA Wol Aston Villa xxx 2-1 3-0 2-1 5-0 4-0 2-2 5-0 4-1 4-1 5-0 3-1 6-0 1-2 3-1 2-2 Birmingham 2-2 xxx 1-1 2-0 1-0 3-5 4-4 3-0 1-2 4-4 4-2 0-0 4-2 1-1 1-2 4-3 Blackburn 1-3 9-1 xxx 2-1 1-0 0-0 4-3 1-1 0-0 1-1 3-2 3-1 6-0 1-1 3-0 5-1 Bolton 4-3 1-2 1-3 xxx 1-1 6-0 1-3 1-0 4-1 1-2 6-2 2-2 2-2 4-1 5-0 6-1 Burnley 3-3 3-1 2-1 1-0 xxx 2-0 2-4 3-3 0-1 2-1 2-4 3-0 1-2 0-3 2-0 2-1 Derby County 0-2 4-1 0-0 2-2 0-2 xxx 2-2 0-1 4-2 2-1 4-1 1-2 1-1 1-2 1-1 1-3 Everton 4-2 5-0 2-1 3-1 3-2 2-3 xxx 3-0 6-1 4-2 1-1 3-1 3-0 2-2 4-1 2-1 Liverpool 1-2 3-1 2-2 1-2 0-3 5-1 2-2 xxx 5-0 2-5 2-2 4-2 2-0 2-3 4-0 3-3 Nottm Forest 2-1 2-0 2-3 3-3 2-1 2-1 2-3 3-0 xxx 0-2 3-0 2-1 3-1 2-1 5-3 0-2 Preston 0-1 0-1 1-1 2-2 4-0 3-2 1-2 2-2 3-1 xxx 2-1 3-1 3-0 1-0 5-0 2-0 Sheffield Utd 2-1 0-2 3-0 5-0 2-2 1-4 4-2 2-2 3-2 0-1 xxx 1-0 3-0 4-0 2-1 1-0 Sheffield Wedn 1-0 2-0 4-1 2-1 4-3 1-1 3-0 5-0 0-0 3-1 2-3 xxx 2-4 1-2 3-2 3-1 Stoke City 4-1 2-2 5-1 5-0 5-1 4-1 1-3 3-1 0-3 2-1 1-3 0-2 xxx 2-5 1-1 0-0 Sunderland 4-4 7-1 3-2 4-0 3-0 8-0 2-1 3-2 2-2 2-0 2-0 3-1 3-1 xxx 3-0 2-0 W.B.A. 3-2 4-1 2-0 1-1 0-1 2-2 1-4 5-0 1-0 4-5 1-0 6-0 3-2 0-2 xxx 5-1 Wolverhampton 0-4 2-1 3-3 4-2 1-0 2-2 1-0 3-1 1-1 1-3 0-3 2-0 0-0 1-4 3-1 xxx

Final Table:
                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. SUNDERLAND               30  13  2  0  51  14   8  3  4  29  23   47
 2. Everton                  30  12  2  1  47  18   6  4  5  35  32   42
 3. Aston Villa              30  12  2  1  51  12   5  3  7  31  31   39
 4. Preston North End        30   9  3  3  32  14   6  2  7  30  32   35
 5. Blackburn Rovers         30   9  5  1  40  15   2  5  8  19  34   32
 6. Sheffield United         30  10  2  3  33  17   4  2  9  24  38   32
 7. Nottingham Forest        30  10  1  4  33  22   3  4  8  17  34   31
 8. Sheffield Wednesday      30  10  2  3  36  19   2  2 11  14  36   28
 9. Burnley                  30   8  2  5  28  24   3  2 10  16  32   26
10. Bolton Wanderers         30   8  3  4  45  23   1  4 10  16  39   25
11. Wolverhampton Wanderers  30   7  4  4  24  25   2  3 10  19  38   25
12. Birmingham City          30   6  6  3  35  28   3  1 11  15  46   25
13. West Bromwich Albion     30   9  2  4  38  21   1  2 12  13  45   24
14. Stoke City               30   7  3  5  35  25   2  3 10  15  42   24
15. Derby County             30   4  5  6  23  23   3  4  8  22  45   23
16. LIVERPOOL                30   6  4  5  38  28   1  4 10  13  42   22

League Division 2
Season1894–95
ChampionsBury (1st title)
PromotedBury
ResignedWalsall Town Swifts
Matches played240
Goals scored1,023 (4.26 per match)
Top goalscorerDavid Skea (Leicester Fosse), 22 [3]
Biggest home winNotts County – Burslem Port Vale 10–0 (26 Feb 1895)
Biggest away winBurton Swifts – Leicester Fosse 0–5 (2 Mar 1895)
Highest scoringManchester City – Lincoln City 11–3 (23 Mar 1895)
Longest winning run8 matches
Bury (29 Sep 1894 - 24 Nov 1894)
Longest unbeaten run13 matches
Burton Wanderers (12 Jan 1895 - 16 Apr 1895)
Leicester Fosse (26 Jan 1895 - 20 Apr 1895)
Longest losing run9 matches
Crewe Alexandra (29 Sep 1894 - 5 Jan 1895)
Walsall Town Swifts (17 Nov 1894 - 26 Jan 1895)
Home \ Away BPV BRS BRW BRY CRE DRW GRI LEI LIN MCI NEW NWH NTC ROT WAL WOO Burslem Port Vale 2–0 1–0 1–2 4–0 0–3 5–0 1–1 7–1 1–2 4–4 2–5 0–3 1–1 1–0 0–1 Burton Swifts 1–0 2–2 0–1 4–0 3–0 2–1 0–5 6–1 2–1 5–3 1–2 2–2 2–0 1–2 3–0 Burton Wanderers4–0 1–2 1–2 4–0 2–2 0–0 1–1 4–1 8–0 9–0 1–0 1–0 4–0 7–0 2–1 Bury 4–0 2–0 4–0 4–1 1–0 5–1 4–1 4–1 4–2 4–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 4–1 2–0 Crewe Alexandra 2–2 1–3 1–2 1–5 2–2 2–1 2–2 1–4 2–3 2–1 0–2 0–3 2–1 2–3 0–0 Darwen 2–0 5–0 2–0 0–1 5–0 4–1 8–2 6–0 4–0 5–0 1–1 2–1 4–3 2–0 3–1 Grimsby Town 4–1 7–1 7–2 3–2 5–0 2–1 4–3 3–0 2–1 3–0 2–1 0–1 4–1 1–0 4–2 Leicester Fosse 2–1 2–2 1–2 1–0 4–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 3–1 4–4 2–3 5–1 4–2 9–1 3–1 Lincoln City 6–1 3–2 0–2 1–3 5–2 0–2 1–5 1–2 0–2 3–1 3–0 1–3 2–0 1–0 5–2 Manchester City 4–1 4–1 1–1 3–3 4–1 2–4 2–5 1–1 11–3 4–0 2–5 7–1 1–0 6–1 4–1 Newcastle United1–2 6–3 3–1 1–0 6–0 3–2 1–4 2–0 4–2 5–4 3–0 2–2 5–2 7–2 2–4 Newton Heath 3–0 5–1 1–1 2–2 6–1 1–1 2–0 2–2 3–0 4–1 5–1 3–3 3–2 9–0 3–3 Notts County 10–0 5–1 2–0 2–1 5–1 2–1 3–2 3–0 3–0 1–3 2–1 1–1 4–2 5–0 2–2 Rotherham Town 2–1 4–1 1–3 2–3 2–0 4–1 3–2 0–1 5–2 3–2 1–0 2–1 1–2 6–1 1–2 Walsall 2–0 4–1 3–1 0–3 4–0 5–1 4–3 1–3 1–2 1–2 2–3 1–2 2–1 1–2 4–1 Woolwich Arsenal 7–0 3–0 1–1 4–2 7–0 4–0 1–3 3–3 5–2 4–2 3–2 3–2 2–1 1–1 6–1 P W D L F A W D L F A Pts
 1. BURY                     30  15  0  0  48  11   8  2  5  30  22   48
 2. Notts County             30  12  2  1  50  15   5  3  7  25  30   39
 3. Newton Heath             30   9  6  0  52  18   6  2  7  26  26   38
 4. Leicester City           30  11  2  2  45  20   4  6  5  27  33   38
 5. Grimsby Town             30  14  0  1  51  16   4  1 10  28  36   37
 6. Darwen                   30  13  1  1  53  10   3  3  9  21  33   36
 7. Burton Wanderers         30  10  3  2  49   9   4  4  7  18  30   35
 8. Arsenal                  30  11  3  1  54  20   3  3  9  21  38   34
 9. Manchester City          30   9  3  3  56  28   5  0 10  26  44   31
10. Newcastle United         30  11  1  3  51  28   1  2 12  21  56   27
11. Burton United            30   9  2  4  34  20   2  1 12  18  54   25
12. Rotherham Town           30  10  0  5  37  22   1  2 12  18  40   24
13. Lincoln City             30   8  0  7  32  27   2  0 13  20  65   20
14. Walsall                  30   8  0  7  35  25   2  0 13  12  67   20
15. Port Vale                30   6  3  6  30  23   1  1 13   9  54   18
16. Crewe Alexandra          30   3  4  8  20  34   0  0 15   6  69   10
FINAL TABLE THE COMBINATION 1894-1895
 1. Ashton North End           20-31  (62-32)  14  3  3  Kamp/LLg
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 2. Glossop North End          20-30  (49-19)  14  2  4          
 3. Chester                    20-26  (53-35)  12  2  6          
 4. Dresden United             20-25  (52-25)   9  7  4  MidLg   
 5. Stalybridge Rovers         20-21  (41-35)   8  5  7  LLg     
 6. Macclesfield               20-19  (44-38)   8  3  9          
 7. Leek                       20-18  (36-47)   7  4  9          
 8. Hurst Ramblers             20-15  (35-61)   7  1 12  left  
 9. Hanley Town FC(-2)         20-12  (37-62)   6  2 12  left  
10. Buxton                     20-11  (22-48)   4  3 13          
11. Northwich Victoria         20-10  (26-55)   4  2 14          

Champions: Ashton North End                                       
Newly admitted: Everton Liverpool II and Oldham County          

457 goals = 4.155 g/match
FINAL TABLE SOUTHERN LEAGUE (DIVISION ONE) 1894-1895

 1. Millwall Athletic          16-28  (68-19)  12  4  0  Champions    
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 2. Luton Town                 16-22  (36-22)   9  4  3          
 3. Southampton St.Mary's      16-20  (34-25)   9  2  5          
 4. Ilford                     16-15  (26-40)   6  3  7          
 5. Reading                    16-14  (33-38)   6  2  8          
 6. Chatham Town               16-13  (22-25)   4  5  7          
 7. Royal Ordnance             16-12  (20-30)   3  6  7          
 8. Clapton                    16-11  (22-38)   5  1 10          
 9. Swindon Town               16- 9  (24-48)   4  1 11          

Champions: Millwall Athletic                                      
Promotion: New Brompton                                           

285 goals = 3.958 goals/m.

England FA Challenge Cup 1894-95

Country England
 Wales
Defending championsNotts County
ChampionsAston Villa (2nd title)
Runners-upWest Bromwich Albion

        1st Round
Feb 02  Aston Villa              2  Derby County             1
Feb 02 *Barnsley                 2  Liverpool                1  void
Feb 02  Bolton Wanderers         1 +Woolwich Arsenal         0
Feb 02 +Burton Wanderers         1  Blackburn Rovers         2
Feb 02 +Bury                     4 +Leicester Fosse          1
Feb 02 +Darwen                   0  Wolverhampton Wanderers  0
Feb 02 *Luton Town               0  Preston North End        2
Feb 02 *Middlesbrough            4 *Chesterfield             0
Feb 02 +Newcastle United         2  Burnley                  1
Feb 02 +Newton Heath             2  Stoke                    3
Feb 02  Sheffield United         3 *Millwall Athletic        1
Feb 02  The Wednesday            5 +Notts County             1
Feb 02  Small Heath              1  West Bromwich Albion     2
Feb 02 *Southampton St Mary's    1  Nottingham Forest        4
Feb 02 *Southport                0  Everton                  3
Feb 02  Sunderland              11 *Fairfield                1

        Replays
Feb 06  Wolverhampton Wanderers  2 +Darwen                   0
Feb 11 *Barnsley                 0  Liverpool                4

        2nd Round
Feb 16  Aston Villa              7 +Newcastle United         1
Feb 16  Bolton Wanderers         1 +Bury                     0
Feb 16  Everton                  1  Blackburn Rovers         1
Feb 16  Liverpool                0  Nottingham Forest        2
Feb 16  Sheffield United         1  West Bromwich Albion     1
Feb 16  The Wednesday            6 *Middlesbrough            1
Feb 16  Sunderland               2  Preston North End        0
Feb 16  Wolverhampton Wanderers  2  Stoke                    0

        Replays
Feb 20  Blackburn Rovers         2  Everton                  3
Feb 20  West Bromwich Albion     2  Sheffield United         1

        Quarter-finals
Mar 02  Aston Villa              6  Nottingham Forest        2
Mar 02  The Wednesday            2  Everton                  0
Mar 02  Sunderland               2  Bolton Wanderers         1
Mar 02  West Bromwich Albion     1  Wolverhampton Wanderers  0

        Semi-finals
Mar 16  Aston Villa              2  Sunderland               1  played at Blackburn Rovers
Mar 16  West Bromwich Albion     2  The Wednesday            0  played at Derby

        Final
Apr 20  Aston Villa              1  West Bromwich Albion     0  played at Crystal Palace
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Season 1895-1896

League Division 1
Season1895–96
ChampionsAston Villa
(2nd English title)
RelegatedSmall Heath
FA Cup winnersThe Wednesday (1st FA Cup title)
Matches played240
Goals scored807 (3.36 per match)
Top goalscorerJohn Campbell (Aston Villa)
Steve Bloomer (Derby County), 22
Biggest home winDerby County – Small Heath 8–0 (30 Nov 1895)
Sheffield United – Bury 8–0 (6 Apr 1896)
Biggest away winThe Wednesday – Derby County 0–4 (28 Dec 1895)
Highest scoringAston Villa – Small Heath 7–3 (7 Sept 1895)
Longest winning run9 matches
Everton (2 Nov 1895 – 11 Jan 1896)
Longest unbeaten run14 matches
Everton (19 Oct 1895 – 18 Feb 1896)
Longest losing run6 matches
Small Heath (2 Sep 1895 – 12 Oct 1895)
Burnley (22 Nov 1895 – 21 Dec 1895)
Highest attendance30,000
Everton - Aston Villa (21 Dec 1895)
Lowest attendance560
West Bromwich Albion - Blackburn Rovers (29 Apr 1896)
Average attendance7,682
Ast Bir Bla Bol Brn Bry Der Eve NmF Pre ShU ShW Sto Sun WBA Wol Aston Villa xxx 7-3 3-1 2-0 5-1 2-0 4-1 4-3 3-1 1-0 2-2 2-1 5-2 2-1 1-0 4-1 Birmingham 1-4 xxx 2-1 1-2 1-0 1-0 1-3 0-3 1-0 5-2 2-1 1-1 1-2 0-1 2-2 3-2 Blackburn 1-1 2-1 xxx 3-2 1-0 0-2 0-2 2-3 2-0 3-0 1-0 2-1 3-1 2-4 1-0 3-1 Bolton 2-2 4-1 1-1 xxx 1-0 2-4 2-1 3-1 2-1 1-0 4-1 2-0 3-1 1-0 2-1 4-0 Burnley 3-4 1-1 6-0 1-2 xxx 3-0 2-2 1-1 0-0 1-0 5-0 2-0 2-0 0-0 3-0 3-1 Bury 5-3 4-5 2-0 0-3 3-4 xxx 1-2 1-1 1-0 1-2 1-0 6-1 0-1 1-2 3-0 3-0 Derby County 2-2 8-0 0-0 2-1 5-1 2-1 xxx 2-1 4-0 1-0 0-2 3-1 2-1 2-0 4-1 5-2 Everton 2-0 3-0 0-2 1-1 2-1 3-2 2-2 xxx 6-2 3-2 5-0 2-2 7-2 1-0 1-1 2-0 Nottm Forest 0-2 3-0 4-2 0-0 2-1 5-0 2-5 2-1 xxx 0-1 3-1 1-0 4-0 3-1 2-0 3-2 Preston 4-3 3-2 1-1 1-0 1-1 1-1 1-0 1-1 6-0 xxx 4-3 0-1 0-1 4-1 0-0 4-3 Sheffield Utd 2-1 2-0 1-1 1-0 1-1 8-0 1-1 1-2 2-1 2-1 xxx 1-1 1-0 1-2 2-0 2-1 Sheffield Wedn 1-3 3-0 3-0 1-1 1-0 1-3 0-4 3-1 3-0 1-1 1-0 xxx 2-1 3-0 5-3 3-1 Stoke City 1-2 6-1 3-0 2-0 2-1 0-2 2-1 1-2 1-0 4-0 4-0 5-0 xxx 5-0 3-1 4-1 Sunderland 2-1 2-1 2-1 1-0 3-1 0-0 2-2 3-0 1-1 4-1 1-1 2-1 4-1 xxx 7-1 2-2 W.B.A. 1-1 0-0 3-2 2-3 0-2 1-3 0-0 0-3 3-1 1-2 1-0 2-3 1-0 1-1 xxx 2-1 Wolverhampton 1-2 7-2 1-2 5-0 5-1 1-0 2-0 2-3 6-1 2-1 4-1 4-0 1-0 1-3 1-2 xxx

Final Table:
	             	      P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. ASTON VILLA              30  14  1  0  47  17   6  4  5  31  28   45
 2. Derby County             30  12  2  1  42  13   5  5  5  26  22   41
 3. Everton                  30  10  4  1  40  17   6  3  6  26  26   39
 4. Bolton Wanderers         30  12  2  1  34  14   4  3  8  15  23   37
 5. Sunderland               30  10  5  0  36  14   5  2  8  16  27   37
 6. Stoke City               30  12  0  3  43  11   3  0 12  13  36   30
 7. Sheffield Wednesday      30  10  2  3  31  18   2  3 10  13  35   29
 8. Blackburn Rovers         30  10  1  4  26  18   2  4  9  14  32   29
 9. Preston North End        30   8  5  2  31  18   3  1 11  13  30   28
10. Burnley                  30   8  5  2  33  11   2  2 11  15  33   27
11. Bury                     30   7  1  7  32  24   5  2  8  18  30   27
12. Sheffield United         30   9  4  2  28  12   1  2 12  12  38   26
13. Nottingham Forest        30  11  1  3  34  16   0  2 13   8  41   25
14. Wolverhampton Wanderers  30  10  0  5  43  18   0  1 14  18  47   21
15. BIRMINGHAM CITY          30   7  2  6  22  24   1  2 12  17  55   20
16. West Bromwich Albion     30   5  4  6  18  22   1  3 11  12  37   19

League Division 2
Season1895–96
ChampionsLiverpool (2nd title)
PromotedLiverpool
Failed re-electionCrewe Alexandra
Burslem Port Vale
Rotherham Town
Matches played240
Goals scored943 (3.93 per match)
Top goalscorerGeorge Allan (Liverpool), 26
Biggest home winLiverpool – Rotherham Town 10–1 (18 Feb 1896)
Biggest away winBurton Swifts – Liverpool 0–7 (29 Feb 1896)
Crewe Alexandra – Liverpool 0–7 (28 Mar 1896)
Highest scoringDarwen – Rotherham Town 10–2 (13 Jan 1896)
Longest winning run10 matches
Liverpool (7 Dec 1895 – 7 Mar 1896)
Longest unbeaten run10 matches
Burton Wanderers (19 Oct 1895 – 4 Jan 1896)
Liverpool (7 Dec 1895 – 7 Mar 1896)
Longest losing run6 matches
Lincoln City (21 Sep 1895 – 26 Oct 1895)
Home \ Away BPV BRS BRW CRE DRW GRI LEI LIN LIV LOU MCI NEW NWH NTC ROT WOO Burslem Port Vale 1–0 2–2 2–1 3–3 1–4 1–1 0–1 5–4 1–1 0–1 2–0 3–0 0–4 4–0 0–2 Burton Swifts 2–1 0–2 1–1 1–2 2–1 0–2 4–0 0–7 1–2 1–4 3–1 4–1 0–0 2–0 3–2 Burton Wanderers2–1 2–1 4–0 3–0 2–1 0–0 4–1 2–1 4–0 4–1 0–3 5–1 1–3 6–1 4–1 Crewe Alexandra 3–2 1–3 0–1 3–1 0–1 1–1 2–2 0–7 1–2 0–2 3–0 0–2 5–1 3–2 0–1 Darwen 8–2 3–0 3–0 6–1 3–3 4–1 5–0 0–4 1–1 2–3 4–4 3–0 2–0 10–2 1–1 Grimsby Town 6–1 3–0 2–1 2–0 5–0 7–1 4–2 1–0 2–0 5–0 2–1 4–2 3–0 4–0 1–1 Leicester Fosse 5–0 2–1 1–3 4–1 2–3 1–2 1–3 2–0 5–0 1–2 2–0 3–0 2–1 8–0 1–0 Lincoln City 4–2 1–2 1–2 6–2 1–0 2–5 2–3 0–1 4–1 1–2 4–0 2–0 2–3 5–0 1–1 Liverpool 5–1 6–1 4–1 6–1 0–0 3–1 3–1 6–1 1–0 3–1 5–1 7–1 3–0 10–1 3–0 Loughborough 3–0 2–2 1–1 4–1 4–1 0–1 1–4 3–0 2–4 2–4 1–0 3–3 1–3 3–0 2–1 Manchester City 1–0 1–1 1–1 4–0 4–1 2–1 2–0 4–0 1–1 5–1 5–2 2–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 Newcastle United4–2 5–0 4–0 6–0 7–2 1–5 1–0 5–0 1–0 3–0 4–1 2–1 5–1 6–1 3–1 Newton Heath 2–1 5–0 1–2 5–0 4–0 3–2 2–0 5–5 5–2 2–0 1–1 2–1 3–0 3–0 5–1 Notts County 7–2 5–0 1–4 6–0 4–1 5–3 1–2 2–0 2–3 2–0 3–0 0–1 0–2 0–0 3–4 Rotherham Town 0–2 1–4 1–6 4–0 3–0 1–0 2–0 2–2 0–5 4–0 2–3 1–1 2–3 1–0 3–0 Arsenal 2–1 5–0 3–0 7–0 1–3 3–1 1–1 4–0 0–2 6–0 0–1 2–1 2–1 2–0 5–0
 1. LIVERPOOL                30  14  1  0  65  11   8  1  6  41  21   46
 2. Manchester City          30  12  3  0  37   9   9  1  5  26  29   46
 3. Grimsby Town             30  14  1  0  51   9   6  1  8  31  29   42
 4. Burton Wanderers         30  12  1  2  43  15   7  3  5  26  25   42
 5. Newcastle United         30  14  0  1  57  14   2  2 11  16  36   34
 6. Manchester United        30  12  2  1  48  15   3  1 11  18  42   33
 7. Arsenal                  30  11  1  3  42  11   3  3  9  16  31   32
 8. Leicester City           30  10  0  5  40  16   4  4  7  17  28   32
 9. Darwen                   30   9  4  2  55  22   3  2 10  17  45   30
10. Notts County             30   8  1  6  41  22   4  1 10  16  32   26
11. Burton United            30   7  2  6  24  26   3  2 10  15  43   24
12. Loughborough             30   7  3  5  32  25   2  2 11   8  41   23
13. Lincoln City             30   7  1  7  36  24   2  3 10  17  51   22
14. Port Vale                30   6  4  5  25  24   1  0 14  18  54   18
15. Rotherham Town           30   7  2  6  27  26   0  1 14   7  71   17
16. Crewe Alexandra          30   5  2  8  22  28   0  1 14   8  67   13
FINAL TABLE THE COMBINATION 1895-1896
 1. Everton Liverpool II       14-24  (54-12)  11  2  1  Champions   
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 2. Macclesfield               14-24  (37-13)  11  2  1          
 3. Glossop North End          14-21  (33-13)   9  3  2  MidLg   
 4. Oldham County              14-11  (24-39)   5  1  8  LLg     
 5. Chester                    14-10  (27-29)   4  2  8          
 6. Northwich Victoria         14- 9  (14-35)   4  1  9          
 7. Leek(-2)                   14- 7  (15-35)   3  3  8  left  
 8. Buxton                     14- 4  (15-43)   1  2 11          

Champions: Everton Liverpool II                                   
Newly admitted: Crewe Alexandra (FL2), Middleton, Wrexham,     
                Rock Ferry and Barnton Rovers                   

219 goals = 3.911 g/match
FINAL TABLE SOUTHERN LEAGUE (DIVISION ONE) 1895-1896

 1. Millwall Athletic          18-33  (75-16)  16  1  1  Champions    
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 2. Luton Town                 18-27  (68-14)  13  1  4  United  
 3. Southampton St.Mary's      18-24  (44-23)  12  0  6          
 4. Reading                    18-23  (45-38)  11  1  6          
 5. Chatham Town               18-20  (43-45)   9  2  7          
 6. New Brompton               18-18  (30-37)   7  4  7          
 7. Swindon Town               18-16  (38-41)   6  4  8          
 8. Clapton                    18-10  (30-67)   4  2 12  Istmian 
 9. Royal Ordnance             18- 9  (23-44)   3  3 12          
10. Ilford                     18- 0  (10-81)   0  0 18  left  

Champions: Millwall Athletic                                      
Promotion: Wolverton LNWR and Sheppey United                       
New elected: Tottenham Hotspur, Gravesend United (Kent)     
             and Northfleet (Kent)                           

406 goals = 4.511 goals/m.

England FA Challenge Cup 1895-96

Country England
 Wales
Defending championsAston Villa
ChampionsThe Wednesday (1st title)
Runners-upWolverhampton Wanderers

        1st Round
Feb 01  Blackburn Rovers         1  West Bromwich Albion     2
Feb 01 *Blackpool                4 +Burton Swifts            1
Feb 01  Burnley                  6 +Woolwich Arsenal         1
Feb 01 +Burton Wanderers         1  Sheffield United         1
Feb 01 *Chesterfield             0 +Newcastle United         4
Feb 01 +Crewe Alexandra          0  Bolton Wanderers         4
Feb 01 +Darwen                   0 +Grimsby Town             2
Feb 01  Derby County             4  Aston Villa              2
Feb 01 +Liverpool                4 *Millwall Athletic        1
Feb 01 +Newton Heath             2 *Kettering                1
Feb 01  Nottingham Forest        0  Everton                  2
Feb 01  Small Heath              1  Bury                     4
Feb 01 *Southampton St Mary's    2  The Wednesday            3
Feb 01  Stoke                    5 *Tottenham Hotspur        0
Feb 01  Sunderland               4  Preston North End        1
Feb 01  Wolverhampton Wanderers  2 +Notts County             2

        Replays
Feb 05 +Notts County             3  Wolverhampton Wanderers  4
Feb 06  Sheffield United         1 +Burton Wanderers         0

        2nd Round
Feb 15 *Blackpool                0  Bolton Wanderers         2
Feb 15  Burnley                  1  Stoke                    1
Feb 15  Everton                  3  Sheffield United         0
Feb 15 +Grimsby Town             1  West Bromwich Albion     1
Feb 15 +Newcastle United         1  Bury                     3
Feb 15 +Newton Heath             1  Derby County             1
Feb 15  The Wednesday            2  Sunderland               1
Feb 15  Wolverhampton Wanderers  2 +Liverpool                0

        Replays
Feb 19  Derby County             5 +Newton Heath             1
Feb 20  Stoke                    7  Burnley                  1
Feb 20  West Bromwich Albion     3 +Grimsby Town             0

        Quarter-finals
Feb 29  Bolton Wanderers         2  Bury                     0
Feb 29  Derby County             1  West Bromwich Albion     0
Feb 29  The Wednesday            4  Everton                  0
Feb 29  Wolverhampton Wanderers  3  Stoke                    0

        Semi-finals
Mar 21  Bolton Wanderers         1  The Wednesday            1  played at Everton
Mar 21  Wolverhampton Wanderers  2  Derby County             1  played at Aston Villa

        Replay
Mar 28  The Wednesday            3  Bolton Wanderers         1  played at Nottingham F

        Final
Apr 18  The Wednesday            2  Wolverhampton Wanderers  1  played at Crystal Palace
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Season 1896-1897

League Division 1
Season1896–97
ChampionsAston Villa
(3rd English title)
RelegatedBurnley
FA Cup winnersAston Villa (3rd FA Cup title)
Matches played240
Goals scored751 (3.13 per match)
Top goalscorerSteve Bloomer (Derby County), 24
Biggest home winDerby County – West Brom 8–1 (25 Dec 1896)
Sheffield United – Blackburn Rovers 7–0 (9 Jan 1897)
Biggest away winBlackburn Rovers – Aston Villa 1–5 (28 Nov 1896)
Highest scoringDerby County – West Bromwich Albion 8–1 (25 Dec 1896)
Derby County – Bury 7–2 (26 Sept 1896)
Everton – West Bromwich Albion 6–3 (17 Apr 1897)
Longest winning run6 matches
Everton (19 Dec 1896 – 6 Feb 1897)
Longest unbeaten run12 matches
Aston Villa (3 Oct 1896 – 2 Jan 1897)
Longest losing run6 matches
Everton (6 Feb 1897 – 16 Apr 1897)
Highest attendance40,000
Everton - Liverpool (3 Oct 1896)
Lowest attendance1,000
Nottingham Forest - Burnley (24 Oct 1896)
Sheffield United - Blackburn Rovers (9 Jan 1897)
Average attendance7,734
Ast Bla Bol Brn Bry Der Eve Liv NmF Pre ShU ShW Sto Sun WBA Wol Aston Villa xxx 3-0 6-2 0-3 1-1 2-1 1-2 0-0 3-2 3-1 2-2 4-0 2-1 2-1 2-0 5-0 Blackburn 1-5 xxx 1-0 3-2 1-2 5-2 4-2 1-0 0-0 0-4 1-3 4-0 2-1 1-2 1-2 2-0 Bolton 1-2 0-0 xxx 2-1 2-0 1-3 2-0 1-4 0-0 3-1 0-2 2-1 4-0 1-0 2-2 1-2 Burnley 3-4 0-1 0-2 xxx 1-0 2-3 2-1 4-1 2-2 2-2 1-1 1-1 1-3 1-1 5-0 0-3 Bury 0-2 3-0 2-2 1-1 xxx 1-0 3-1 1-2 2-0 0-0 0-1 1-1 4-2 1-1 3-0 3-2 Derby County 1-3 6-0 1-0 3-2 7-2 xxx 0-1 3-2 1-1 2-2 1-3 2-1 5-1 1-0 8-1 4-3 Everton 2-3 0-3 2-3 6-0 1-2 5-2 xxx 2-1 3-1 3-4 1-2 2-1 4-2 5-2 6-3 0-0 Liverpool 3-3 4-0 0-2 1-2 3-1 2-0 0-0 xxx 3-0 0-0 0-0 2-2 1-0 3-0 0-0 3-0 Nottm Forest 2-4 2-1 2-0 4-1 3-0 1-2 3-0 2-0 xxx 0-0 2-2 2-2 4-0 2-1 0-1 1-2 Preston 0-1 3-1 2-3 5-3 2-2 0-2 4-1 1-1 3-2 xxx 1-0 2-2 3-0 5-3 0-0 4-0 Sheffield Utd 0-0 7-0 1-0 1-0 2-2 2-2 1-2 1-1 0-3 0-2 xxx 2-0 1-0 3-0 0-1 1-3 Sheffield Wedn 1-3 6-0 0-0 1-0 2-0 2-0 4-1 1-2 3-0 1-0 1-1 xxx 4-3 0-0 3-1 0-0 Stoke City 0-2 1-0 2-3 3-2 3-0 2-2 2-3 6-1 3-0 2-1 2-0 0-0 xxx 0-1 2-2 2-1 Sunderland 4-2 0-1 1-1 1-1 0-1 1-2 1-1 4-3 2-2 1-1 0-1 0-0 4-1 xxx 2-1 0-3 W.B.A. 3-1 1-0 1-0 3-0 0-0 1-4 1-4 0-1 4-0 1-1 0-1 0-2 1-2 1-0 xxx 1-0 Wolverhampton 1-2 1-1 4-0 2-0 1-1 1-0 0-1 1-2 4-1 1-1 1-1 2-0 1-2 0-1 6-1 xxx

Final Table:
                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. ASTON VILLA              30  10  3  2  36  16  11  2  2  37  22   47
 2. Sheffield United         30   6  4  5  22  16   7  6  2  20  13   36
 3. Derby County             30  10  2  3  45  22   6  2  7  25  28   36
 4. Preston North End        30   8  4  3  35  21   3  8  4  20  19   34
 5. Liverpool                30   7  6  2  25  10   5  3  7  21  28   33
 6. Sheffield Wednesday      30   9  4  2  29  11   1  7  7  13  26   31
 7. Everton                  30   8  1  6  42  29   6  2  7  20  28   31
 8. Bolton Wanderers         30   7  3  5  22  18   5  3  7  18  25   30
 9. Bury                     30   7  5  3  25  15   3  5  7  14  29   30
10. Wolverhampton Wanderers  30   6  4  5  26  14   5  2  8  19  27   28
11. Nottingham Forest        30   8  3  4  30  16   1  5  9  14  33   26
12. West Bromwich Albion     30   7  2  6  18  16   3  4  8  15  40   26
13. Stoke City               30   8  3  4  30  18   3  0 12  18  41   25
14. Blackburn Rovers         30   8  1  6  27  25   3  2 10   8  37   25
15. Sunderland               30   4  6  5  21  21   3  3  9  13  26   23
16. BURNLEY                  30   4  5  6  25  25   2  2 11  18  36   19

League Division 2
Season1896–97
ChampionsNotts County (1st title)
PromotedNotts County
Failed re-electionBurton Wanderers
Matches played240
Goals scored907 (3.78 per match)
Top goalscorerTom Boucher (Notts County), 22
John Murphy (Notts County), 22 [3]
Biggest home winDarwenWalsall 12–0 (26 Dec 1896)
Biggest away winWalsall – Small Heath 1–6 (24 Oct 1896)
Highest scoringDarwenWalsall 12–0 (26 Dec 1896)
Longest winning run6 matches
Small Heath (13 Mar 1897 – 16 Apr 1897)
Notts County (19 Dec 1896 – 27 Feb 1897)
Longest unbeaten run10 matches
Newton Heath (9 Jan 1897 – 10 Apr 1897)
Longest losing run12 matches
Lincoln City (21 Sep 1896 – 16 Jan 1897)
Home \ Away BLP BRS BRW DRW GAI GRI LEI LIN LOU MCI NEW NWH NTC SMH WAL WOO Blackpool 3–0 5–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 3–1 4–1 2–2 4–1 4–2 3–2 1–3 3–2 1–1 Burton Swifts 2–0 1–1 2–0 4–0 0–0 2–1 4–0 3–1 5–0 3–0 3–5 1–4 1–1 1–3 1–2 Burton Wanderers3–1 1–0 1–0 3–2 5–1 2–1 2–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–2 0–3 2–6 1–0 0–3 Darwen 2–3 5–1 3–0 3–2 3–1 4–1 4–1 5–1 3–1 2–1 0–2 2–1 2–0 12–0 4–1 Gainsborough Tri2–0 4–1 2–1 2–4 1–1 0–2 7–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 3–2 1–3 2–0 4–1 Grimsby Town 2–2 3–0 3–0 4–2 1–1 4–1 3–1 8–1 3–1 3–2 2–0 3–1 2–1 0–1 3–1 Leicester Fosse 2–1 3–0 2–1 4–1 0–0 4–2 4–1 4–2 3–3 5–0 1–0 2–3 0–1 4–1 6–3 Lincoln City 3–1 1–1 2–3 1–0 0–2 0–3 2–1 0–2 0–1 1–2 1–3 1–1 1–3 2–1 2–3 Loughborough 4–1 0–2 6–0 4–2 1–0 1–4 0–2 3–0 2–0 3–0 2–0 0–1 2–0 1–2 8–0 Manchester City 4–2 3–1 2–1 4–1 4–1 3–1 4–0 3–0 1–1 1–2 0–0 1–4 3–0 5–0 1–1 Newcastle United4–1 2–1 3–0 5–1 1–2 3–0 3–1 2–1 4–1 3–0 2–0 2–2 4–3 2–0 2–0 Newton Heath 2–0 1–1 3–0 3–1 2–0 4–2 2–1 3–1 6–0 2–1 4–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 Notts County 3–1 6–1 5–0 4–0 2–0 1–3 6–0 8–0 3–1 3–3 3–1 3–0 1–2 5–2 7–4 Small Heath 1–3 1–2 3–2 5–1 2–2 0–1 2–2 1–2 3–0 3–1 3–1 1–0 3–1 3–3 5–2 Walsall 2–2 5–2 2–0 4–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 5–0 5–1 3–2 0–2 2–3 1–3 1–6 5–3 Woolwich Arsenal4–2 3–0 3–0 1–0 6–1 4–2 2–1 6–2 2–0 1–2 5–1 0–2 2–3 2–3 1–1
                             P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. NOTTS COUNTY             30  12  1  2  60  18   7  3  5  32  25   42
 2. Manchester United        30  11  4  0  37  10   6  1  8  19  24   39
 3. Grimsby Town             30  12  2  1  44  15   5  2  8  22  30   38
 4. Birmingham City          30   8  3  4  36  23   8  2  5  33  24   37
 5. Newcastle United         30  13  1  1  42  13   4  0 11  14  39   35
 6. Manchester City          30  10  3  2  39  15   2  5  8  19  35   32
 7. Gainsborough Trinity     30  10  2  3  35  16   2  5  8  15  31   31
 8. Blackpool                30  11  3  1  39  16   2  2 11  20  40   31
 9. Leicester City           30  11  2  2  44  19   2  2 11  15  37   30
10. Arsenal                  30  10  1  4  42  20   3  3  9  26  50   30
11. Darwen                   30  13  0  2  54  16   1  0 14  13  45   28
12. Walsall                  30   8  2  5  37  25   3  2 10  16  44   26
13. Loughborough             30  10  0  5  37  14   2  1 12  13  50   25
14. Burton United            30   7  4  4  33  20   2  2 11  13  41   24
15. Burton Wanderers         30   8  1  6  22  22   1  1 13   9  45   20
16. Lincoln City             30   4  2  9  17  27   1  0 14  10  58   12
FINAL TABLE THE COMBINATION 1896-1897
 1. Everton Liverpool II       18-31  (61-14)  14  3  1  Champions   
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 2. Rock Ferry                 18-27  (57-18)  12  3  3          
 3. Chester                    17-23  (37-25)  10  3  4          
 4. Northwich Victoria         18-18  (31-41)   8  2  8          
 5. Buxton                     18-17  (39-34)   7  3  8          
 6. Wrexham                    18-16  (41-40)   7  2  9          
 7. Middleton(-2)              18-15  (40-32)   7  3  8  LLg     
 8. Macclesfield               18-12  (34-60)   5  2 11  left  
 9. Crewe Alexandra(-2)        17- 9  (35-49)   5  1 11          
10. Barnton Rovers(-2)         18- 4  (18-80)   2  2 14  left  

(remaining match not played anymore).                            

Champions: Everton Liverpool II                                   
Newly admitted: Chirk AAA, Druids Ruabon, Dresden United,      
                White Star Wanderers, Garston Copper Works,    
                Stoke Swifts and Tranmere Rovers (Birkenhead)   

393 goals = 4.416 g/match
FINAL TABLE SOUTHERN LEAGUE (DIVISION ONE) 1896-1897

 1. Southampton St.Mary's      20-35  (63-18)  15  5  0  Champions/namechange 
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 2. Millwall Athletic          20-31  (63-24)  13  5  2          
 3. Chatham Town               20-27  (54-29)  13  1  6          
 4. Tottenham Hotspur          20-22  (43-29)   9  4  7          
 5. Gravesend United           20-22  (35-34)   9  4  7          
 6. Swindon Town               20-19  (33-37)   8  3  9          
 7. Reading                    20-19  (31-49)   8  3  9          
 8. New Brompton               20-16  (32-42)   7  2 11          
 9. Northfleet                 20-14  (24-46)   5  4 11          
10. Sheppey United             20-11  (34-47)   5  1 14          
11. Wolverton LNWR             20- 4  (17-74)   2  0 18          
12. Royal Ordnance              0- 0  ( 0- 0)   0  0  0  folded   

(Royal Ordnance resigned after 7 matches).                 
                                                                 
Champions: Southampton St.Mary's                                  
New elected: Bristol City                                   

429 goals = 3.900 goals/m.

England FA Challenge Cup 1896-97

Country England
 Wales
Defending championsThe Wednesday
ChampionsAston Villa (3rd title)
Runners-upEverton

        1st Round
Jan 30  Aston Villa              5 +Newcastle United         0
Jan 30  Blackburn Rovers         2  Sheffield United         1
Jan 30  Derby County             6 *Barnsley                 1
Jan 30  Everton                  5 +Burton Wanderers         2
Jan 30 +Grimsby Town             0  Bolton Wanderers         0
Jan 30  Liverpool                4 +Burton Swifts            3
Jan 30 *Luton Town               0  West Bromwich Albion     1
Jan 30 *Millwall Athletic        1  Wolverhampton Wanderers  2
Jan 30 +Newton Heath             5 *Kettering                1
Jan 30  Preston North End        6 +Manchester City          0
Jan 30  The Wednesday            0  Nottingham Forest        1
Jan 30 +Small Heath              1 +Notts County             2
Jan 30 *Southampton St Mary's    1 *Heanor                   1
Jan 30 *Stockton                 0  Bury                     0
Jan 30  Stoke                    5 *Glossop North End        2
Jan 30  Sunderland               1  Burnley                  0  

        Replays
Feb 02  Bury                    12 *Stockton                 1
Feb 03 *Heanor                   0 *Southampton St Mary's    1
Feb 08  Bolton Wanderers         3 +Grimsby Town             3
Feb 11  Bolton Wanderers         3 +Grimsby Town             2  played at Sheffield U

        2nd Round
Feb 13  Aston Villa              2 +Notts County             1
Feb 13  Blackburn Rovers         2  Wolverhampton Wanderers  1
Feb 13  Derby County             4  Bolton Wanderers         1
Feb 13  Everton                  3  Bury                     0
Feb 13  Preston North End        2  Stoke                    1
Feb 13 *Southampton St Mary's    1 +Newton Heath             1
Feb 13  Sunderland               1  Nottingham Forest        3
Feb 13  West Bromwich Albion     1  Liverpool                2

        Replay
Feb 17 +Newton Heath             3 *Southampton St Mary's    1

        3rd Round
Feb 27  Derby County             2 +Newton Heath             0
Feb 27  Everton                  2  Blackburn Rovers         0
Feb 27  Liverpool                1  Nottingham Forest        1
Feb 27  Preston North End        1  Aston Villa              1

        Replays
Mar 03  Aston Villa              0  Preston North End        0
Mar 03  Nottingham Forest        0  Liverpool                1
Mar 10  Aston Villa              3  Preston North End        2  played at Sheffield U

        Semi-finals
Mar 20  Aston Villa              3  Liverpool                0  played at Sheffield U
Mar 20  Everton                  3  Derby County             2  played at Stoke

        Final
Apr 10  Aston Villa              3  Everton                  2  played at Crystal Palace
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Season 1897-1898

League Division 1
Season1897–98
ChampionsSheffield United
(1st English title)
RelegatedNone
FA Cup winnersNottingham Forest (1st FA Cup title)
Matches played240
Goals scored724 (3.02 per match)
Top goalscorerFred Wheldon (Aston Villa), 21
Biggest home winEverton – West Bromwich Albion 6–1 (27 Nov 1897)
Derby County – Nottingham Forest 5–0 (11 Apr 1898)
Wolverhampton Wanderers – The Wednesday 5–0 (16 Apr 1898)
Biggest away winLiverpool – Sheffield United 0–4 (5 Feb 1898)
Highest scoringThe Wednesday – Nottingham Forest 3–6 (1 Jan 1898)
Longest winning run7 matches
Sunderland (27 Dec 1897 – 19 Feb 1898)
Longest unbeaten run14 matches
Sheffield United (1 Sep 1897 – 11 Dec 1897)
Longest losing run5 matches
Stoke (6 Nov 1897 – 4 Dec 1897)
Highest attendance50,000
Aston Villa - Sheffield United (15 Jan 1898)
Lowest attendance1,000
West Bromwich Albion - Liverpool (13 Nov 1897)
Average attendance9,396
Ast Bla Bol Bur Der Eve Liv NmF NtC Pre ShU ShW Sto Sun WBA Wol Aston Villa xxx 5-1 3-2 3-1 4-1 3-0 3-1 2-0 4-2 4-0 1-2 5-2 1-1 4-3 4-3 1-2 Blackburn 4-3 xxx 1-3 1-1 1-1 1-1 2-1 1-1 0-1 1-0 1-1 1-1 1-1 2-1 1-3 2-3 Bolton 2-0 1-2 xxx 0-0 3-3 1-0 0-2 2-0 1-0 1-0 0-1 0-3 2-1 1-0 2-0 2-1 Bury 1-2 1-0 2-1 xxx 4-0 0-1 0-2 2-2 0-0 1-0 2-5 3-0 3-3 1-0 3-2 2-1 Derby County 3-1 3-1 1-0 2-2 xxx 5-1 3-1 5-0 1-2 3-1 1-1 1-2 4-1 2-2 3-2 3-2 Everton 2-1 1-1 2-1 4-2 3-0 xxx 3-0 2-0 1-0 1-1 1-4 1-0 1-1 2-0 6-1 3-0 Liverpool 4-0 0-1 1-1 2-2 4-2 3-1 xxx 1-2 2-0 0-0 0-4 4-0 4-0 0-2 1-1 1-0 Nottm Forest 3-1 3-1 2-0 3-1 3-4 2-2 2-3 xxx 1-1 4-1 1-1 1-0 3-1 1-1 0-1 1-1 Notts County 2-3 0-0 1-2 2-1 1-1 3-2 3-2 1-3 xxx 1-1 1-3 0-0 4-0 0-1 2-2 2-2 Preston 3-1 1-4 0-0 2-1 5-0 1-1 1-1 3-0 3-1 xxx 1-3 2-0 0-0 2-0 1-1 1-2 Sheffield Utd 1-0 5-2 4-0 1-1 2-1 0-0 1-2 1-1 0-1 2-1 xxx 1-1 4-3 1-0 2-0 2-1 Sheffield Wedn 3-0 4-1 3-0 3-0 3-1 2-1 4-2 3-6 3-1 2-1 0-1 xxx 4-0 0-1 3-0 2-0 Stoke City 0-0 2-1 2-0 3-1 2-1 2-0 2-2 1-2 2-0 1-2 2-1 2-1 xxx 0-1 0-0 0-2 Sunderland 0-0 2-1 2-0 2-1 2-1 0-0 1-0 4-0 2-0 1-0 3-1 1-0 4-0 xxx 0-2 3-2 W.B.A. 1-1 1-1 2-0 1-0 3-1 2-2 2-1 2-0 0-3 3-1 2-0 0-2 2-0 2-2 xxx 2-2 Wolverhampton 1-1 3-2 2-0 3-0 2-0 2-3 2-1 0-0 3-1 3-0 1-1 5-0 4-2 4-2 1-1 xxx

Final Table:
                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. SHEFFIELD UNITED         30   9  4  2  27  14   8  4  3  29  17   42
 2. Sunderland               30  12  2  1  27   8   4  3  8  16  22   37
 3. Wolverhampton Wanderers  30  10  4  1  36  14   4  3  8  21  27   35
 4. Everton                  30  11  3  1  33  12   2  6  7  15  27   35
 5. Sheffield Wednesday      30  12  0  3  39  15   3  3  9  12  27   33
 6. Aston Villa              30  12  1  2  47  21   2  4  9  14  30   33
 7. West Bromwich Albion     30   8  5  2  25  16   3  5  7  19  29   32
 8. Nottingham Forest        30   7  5  3  30  19   4  4  7  17  30   31
 9. Liverpool                30   7  4  4  27  16   4  2  9  21  29   28
10. Derby County             30  10  3  2  40  19   1  3 11  17  42   28
11. Bolton Wanderers         30   9  2  4  18  13   2  2 11  10  28   26
12. Preston North End        30   7  5  3  26  15   1  3 11   9  28   24
13. Notts County             30   4  6  5  23  23   4  2  9  13  23   24
14. Bury                     30   8  3  4  25  19   0  5 10  14  32   24
15. Blackburn Rovers         30   4  7  4  20  22   3  3  9  19  32   24
16. Stoke City               30   8  3  4  21  14   0  5 10  14  41   24

League Division 2
Season1897–98
ChampionsBurnley (1st title)
PromotedBurnley
Newcastle United
Failed re-electionNone
Matches played240
Goals scored860 (3.58 per match)
Top goalscorerHenry Boyd (Newton Heath), 23 [3]
Biggest home winManchester City – Burton Swifts 9–0 (16 Apr 1898)
Biggest away winLoughborough – Gainsborough Trinity 0–5 (5 Feb 1898)
Highest scoringBurnley – Loughborough 9–3 (28 Mar 1898)
Luton Town – Lincoln City 9–3 (18 Dec 1897)
Longest winning run7 matches
Manchester City (1 Sep 1897 – 16 Oct 1897)
Longest unbeaten run16 matches
Burnley (30 Oct 1897 – 19 Mar 1898)
Longest losing run11 matches
Darwen (12 Feb 1898 – 23 Apr 1898)
Loughborough (3 Jan 1898 – 8 Apr 1898)
Home \ Away BLP BUR BRS DRW GAI GRI LEI LIN LOU LUT MCI NEW NWH SMH WAL WOO Blackpool 1–1 2–1 1–0 5–0 1–1 2–1 5–0 4–0 1–0 0–2 2–3 0–1 4–1 1–1 3–3 Burnley 5–1 2–0 6–1 1–1 6–0 4–0 2–1 9–3 4–0 3–1 3–0 6–3 4–1 4–1 5–0 Burton Swifts 2–1 0–2 2–0 1–1 4–0 2–3 1–1 3–0 2–1 0–0 3–1 0–4 1–3 3–2 1–2 Darwen 3–1 0–1 1–2 2–4 1–0 1–2 3–2 2–1 0–2 2–4 1–3 2–3 1–1 1–2 1–4 Gainsborough Tri4–1 0–0 3–2 3–1 2–0 1–0 4–0 4–0 3–3 1–0 1–3 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 Grimsby Town 3–0 2–1 7–2 5–0 4–2 0–0 4–2 7–0 1–3 3–4 2–0 1–3 3–1 1–2 1–4 Leicester Fosse 4–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 3–1 1–0 3–1 4–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 3–1 2–1 Lincoln City 3–2 1–1 3–0 2–2 2–1 1–1 1–4 2–3 4–2 2–1 2–3 1–0 1–2 0–2 2–3 Loughborough 0–2 0–2 3–2 0–1 0–5 2–1 1–1 4–2 2–0 0–3 0–1 0–0 0–2 2–1 1–3 Luton Town 3–1 2–0 1–1 3–0 4–0 6–0 0–1 9–3 7–0 3–0 3–1 2–2 1–2 6–0 0–2 Manchester City 3–3 1–1 9–0 5–0 3–0 3–0 2–1 3–1 3–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 3–3 3–2 4–1 Newcastle United2–0 0–1 3–1 1–0 5–2 4–0 4–2 3–0 3–1 4–1 2–0 2–0 4–0 2–1 4–1 Newton Heath 4–0 0–0 4–0 3–2 1–0 2–1 2–0 5–0 5–1 1–2 1–1 0–1 3–1 6–0 5–1 Small Heath 2–3 2–2 2–1 5–1 4–3 0–2 2–1 4–0 1–0 4–2 0–1 1–0 2–1 6–0 2–1 Walsall 6–0 1–2 4–0 5–0 3–0 1–1 2–1 3–1 3–0 5–0 2–2 2–3 1–1 1–2 3–2 Arsenal 2–1 1–1 3–0 3–1 4–0 4–1 0–3 2–2 4–0 3–0 2–2 0–0 5–1 4–2 4–0 P W D L F A W D L F A Pts 1. BURNLEY 30 14 1 0 64 13 6 7 2 16 11 48 2. NEWCASTLE UNITED 30 14 0 1 43 10 7 3 5 21 22 45 3. Manchester City 30 10 4 1 45 15 5 5 5 21 21 39 4. Manchester United 30 11 2 2 42 10 5 4 6 22 25 38 5. Arsenal 30 10 4 1 41 14 6 1 8 28 35 37 6. Birmingham City 30 11 1 3 37 18 5 3 7 21 32 36 7. Leicester City 30 8 5 2 26 11 5 2 8 20 24 33 8. Luton Town 30 10 2 3 50 13 3 2 10 18 37 30 9. Gainsborough Trinity 30 10 4 1 30 12 2 2 11 20 42 30 10. Walsall 30 9 3 3 42 15 3 2 10 16 43 29 11. Blackpool 30 8 4 3 32 15 2 1 12 17 46 25 12. Grimsby Town 30 9 1 5 44 24 1 3 11 8 38 24 13. Burton United 30 7 3 5 25 21 1 2 12 13 48 21 14. Lincoln City 30 6 3 6 27 27 0 2 13 16 55 17 15. Darwen 30 4 1 10 21 32 2 1 12 10 44 14 16. Loughborough 30 5 2 8 15 26 1 0 14 9 61 14
FINAL TABLE THE COMBINATION 1897-1898
 1. Everton Liverpool II       24-35  (65-25)  15  5  4  Champions   
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 2. Crewe Alexandra            24-30  (53-34)  12  6  6  LLg     
 3. Chirk AAA                  24-26  (38-27)  11  4  9          
 4. Wrexham                    24-26  (45-44)  10  6  8          
 5. Stoke Swifts               24-25  (42-35)  10  5  9  left  
 6. Buxton                     24-25  (44-44)   9  7  8          
 7. Rock Ferry                 24-24  (34-30)   8  8  8  LLg     
 8. White Star Wanderers       24-23  (41-42)   8  7  9          
 9. Garston Copper Works       24-23  (37-60)   8  7  9          
10. Druids Ruabon              24-21  (43-46)   9  3 12          
11. Chester                    24-19  (39-50)   7  5 12          
12. Tranmere Rovers(-2)        24-19  (35-45)   9  3 12          
13. Northwich Victoria         24-14  (40-74)   6  2 16  left  
14. Dresden United              0- 0  ( 0- 0)   0  0  0  left  

Champions: Everton Liverpool II                                   
Newly admitted: Bangor FC, Liverpool II, Llandudno Swifts,     
                South Liverpool FC, Rhyl and Oswestry United    

556 goals = 3.564 g/match
FINAL TABLE SOUTHERN LEAGUE (DIVISION ONE) 1897-1898

 1. Southampton                22-37  (53-18)  18  1  3  Champions    
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 2. Bristol City               22-33  (67-33)  13  7  2          
 3. Tottenham Hotspur          22-28  (52-31)  12  4  6          
 4. Chatham Town               22-28  (50-34)  12  4  6          
 5. Reading                    22-23  (39-31)   8  7  7          
 6. New Brompton               22-22  (37-37)   9  4  9          
 7. Sheppey United             22-21  (40-49)  10  1 11          
 8. Gravesend United           22-20  (28-39)   7  6  9          
 9. Millwall Athletic          22-18  (48-45)   8  2 12          
10. Swindon Town               22-16  (36-48)   7  2 13          
11. Northfleet                 22-11  (29-60)   4  3 15  left  
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12. Wolverton LNWR             22- 7  (28-82)   3  1 18  Relegated    

Champions: Southampton                                            
Promotion: Royal Artillery and Warmley Bristol                     
New elected: Bedminster (western) and Brighton United        

507 goals = 3.841 goals/m.

England FA Challenge Cup 1897-98

Country England
 Wales
Defending championsAston Villa
ChampionsNottingham Forest
(1st title)
Runners-upDerby County

        1st Round
Jan 29 +Burnley                  3 +Woolwich Arsenal         1
Jan 29  Bury                     1  Stoke                    2
Jan 29  Derby County             1  Aston Villa              0
Jan 29  Everton                  1  Blackburn Rovers         0
Jan 29  Liverpool                2 *Hucknall St John         0
Jan 29 *Long Eaton Rangers       0 +Gainsborough Trinity     1
Jan 29 +Luton Town               0  Bolton Wanderers         l
Jan 29 +Manchester City          1 *Wigan Borough            0
Jan 29 +Newton Heath             1 +Walsall Town Swifts      0
Jan 29  Nottingham Forest        4 +Grimsby Town             0
Jan 29  Notts County             0  Wolverhampton Wanderers  1
Jan 29  Preston North End        1 +Newcastle United         2
Jan 29  Sheffield United         1 *Burslem Port Vale        1
Jan 29  Southampton St Mary's    2 +Leicester Fosse          1
Jan 29  Sunderland               0  The Wednesday            1
Jan 29  West Bromwich Albion     2 *New Brighton Tower       0

        Replay
Feb 02 *Burslem Port Vale        2  Sheffield United         1

        2nd Round
Feb 12  Bolton Wanderers         1 +Manchester City          0
Feb 12 +Burnley                  3 *Burslem Port Vale        0
Feb 12 +Newton Heath             0  Liverpool                0
Feb 12  Nottingham Forest        4 +Gainsborough Trinity     0
Feb 12 *Southampton St Mary's    1 +Newcastle United         0
Feb 12  Stoke                    0  Everton                  0
Feb 12  Wolverhampton Wanderers  0  Derby County             1
Feb 12  West Bromwich Albion     1  The Wednesday            0

        Replays
Feb 16  Liverpool                2 +Newton Heath             1
Feb 17  Everton                  5  Stoke                    1

        Quarter-finals
Feb 26  Bolton Wanderers         0 *Southampton St Mary's    0
Feb 26 +Burnley                  1  Everton                  3
Feb 26  Derby County             1  Liverpool                1
Feb 26  West Bromwich Albion     2  Nottingham Forest        3

        Replays
Mar 02  Liverpool                1  Derby County             5
Mar 02 *Southampton St Mary's    4  Bolton Wanderers         0

        Semi-finals
Mar 19  Derby County             3  Everton                  1  played at Wolverhampton
Mar 19  Nottingham Forest        1 *Southampton St Mary's    1  played at Sheffield United  

        Replay
Mar 24  Nottingham Forest        2 *Southampton St Mary's    0  played at Crystal Palace

        Final
Apr 14  Nottingham Forest        3  Derby County             1  played at Crystal Palace
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Season 1898-99

Sheriff of London(Dewar) Charity Shield

1898 Corinthians 0:1 Sheffield United

League Division 1
Season1898–99
ChampionsAston Villa
(4th English title)
RelegatedBolton Wanderers
The Wednesday
FA Cup winnersSheffield United (1st FA Cup title)
Matches played306
Goals scored868 (2.84 per match)
Top goalscorerSteve Bloomer (Derby County), 23
Biggest home winDerby County – The Wednesday 9–0 (21 Jan 1899)
Biggest away winLiverpool – Aston Villa 0–3 (15 Oct 1898)
Nottingham Forest – Liverpool 0–3 (26 Nov 1898)
The Wednesday – Liverpool 0–3 (31 Dec 1898)
Highest scoringDerby County – Everton 5–5 (15 Oct 1898)
Longest winning run8 matches
Aston Villa (8 Oct 1898 – 10 Dec 1898)
Longest unbeaten run17 matches
Liverpool (17 Dec 1898 – 23 Mar 1899)
Longest losing run4 matches
Everton (18 Mar 1899 – 15 Apr 1899)
Sheffield United (31 Mar 1899 – 29 Apr 1899)
The Wednesday (21 Jan 1899 – 25 Feb 1899)
Sunderland (3 Dec 1898 – 31 Dec 1898)
Wolverhampton Wanderers (12 Sep 1898 – 8 Oct 1898)
Highest attendance41,000
Aston Villa vs Liverpool F.C. (29 Apr 1899)
Lowest attendance1,000
Bury vs Newcastle (22 Oct 1898)
West Bromwich Albion vs Nottingham Forest (24 Dec 1898)
West Bromwich Albion vs Blackburn Rovers (21 Jan 1899)
Average attendance10,004
Ast Bla Bol Bnl Bry Der Eve Liv New NmF NtC Pre ShU ShW Sto Sun WBA Wol Aston Villa xxx 3-1 2-1 4-0 3-2 7-1 3-0 5-0 1-0 3-0 6-1 4-2 1-1 3-1 3-1 2-0 7-1 1-1 Blackburn 0-0 xxx 4-1 0-2 0-0 3-0 1-3 1-3 4-2 3-3 6-0 2-2 2-1 2-0 4-1 3-2 4-1 2-2 Bolton 0-0 0-2 xxx 2-0 0-1 2-1 2-4 2-1 0-0 0-2 0-1 2-2 3-0 0-0 0-2 6-1 3-3 2-1 Burnley 2-4 2-0 2-0 xxx 2-1 2-1 0-0 2-1 2-1 1-1 1-1 3-1 1-0 5-0 1-1 1-0 1-1 4-2 Bury 2-1 3-2 3-1 1-1 xxx 0-0 3-1 3-0 1-1 2-0 2-0 3-1 1-3 0-0 5-2 1-2 1-1 0-2 Derby County 1-1 0-0 1-1 2-1 1-2 xxx 5-5 1-0 3-1 2-0 4-2 1-0 1-0 9-0 1-1 4-2 4-1 6-2 Everton 1-1 2-1 1-0 4-0 0-1 1-2 xxx 1-2 3-0 1-3 1-2 2-0 1-0 2-0 2-0 0-0 1-0 2-1 Liverpool 0-3 2-0 2-0 2-0 1-0 4-0 2-0 xxx 3-2 0-1 0-0 3-1 2-1 4-0 1-0 0-0 2-2 1-0 Newcastle 1-1 1-0 4-1 4-1 2-0 2-0 2-2 3-0 xxx 0-1 1-2 2-1 1-2 2-2 3-0 0-1 3-0 2-4 Nottm Forest 1-0 0-1 1-2 0-1 1-2 3-3 0-0 0-3 2-0 xxx 0-0 2-2 2-1 1-1 2-1 1-1 3-0 3-0 Notts County 1-0 5-3 2-1 2-2 4-1 2-2 0-1 1-1 3-1 2-2 xxx 1-0 2-2 1-0 2-0 5-2 0-0 0-2 Preston 2-0 1-1 0-1 1-1 3-1 3-1 0-0 1-2 1-0 1-0 2-0 xxx 1-0 1-1 4-2 2-3 4-0 2-1 Sheffield Utd 1-3 1-1 3-1 1-1 4-1 2-1 1-1 0-2 2-2 2-2 2-2 1-1 xxx 2-1 1-1 2-0 5-0 1-0 Sheffield Wedn 4-1 1-2 1-0 1-0 3-2 3-1 1-2 0-3 1-3 2-1 1-1 2-1 1-1 xxx 1-3 0-1 1-2 3-0 Stoke City 3-0 0-1 2-3 4-1 1-1 0-0 2-1 2-1 0-0 2-1 1-1 2-1 4-1 1-0 xxx 1-0 2-1 2-4 Sunderland 4-2 0-1 0-0 0-1 3-0 1-0 2-1 1-0 2-3 1-1 1-1 1-0 1-0 2-0 2-0 xxx 2-0 3-0 W.B.A. 0-1 6-2 1-0 0-1 2-0 1-1 3-0 0-1 2-0 2-0 2-0 2-0 3-0 2-0 0-1 1-0 xxx 1-2 Wolverhampton 4-0 2-1 1-0 4-0 1-2 2-2 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-2 1-0 0-0 4-1 0-0 3-2 2-0 5-1 xxx

Final Table:
                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. ASTON VILLA              34  15  2  0  58  13   4  5  8  18  27   45
 2. Liverpool                34  12  3  2  29  10   7  2  8  20  23   43
 3. Burnley                  34  11  5  1  32  15   4  4  9  13  32   39
 4. Everton                  34  10  2  5  25  13   5  6  6  23  28   38
 5. Notts County             34   9  6  2  33  20   3  7  7  14  31   37
 6. Blackburn Rovers         34   9  5  3  41  23   5  3  9  19  29   36
 7. Sunderland               34  11  3  3  26  10   4  3 10  15  31   36
 8. Wolverhampton Wanderers  34   9  5  3  30  13   5  2 10  24  35   35
 9. Derby County             34  11  5  1  46  19   1  6 10  16  38   35
10. Bury                     34   9  5  3  31  18   5  2 10  17  31   35
11. Nottingham Forest        34   6  6  5  22  18   5  5  7  20  24   33
12. Stoke City               34  10  4  3  29  17   3  3 11  18  35   33
13. Newcastle United         34   9  3  5  33  18   2  5 10  16  30   30
14. West Bromwich Albion     34  11  1  5  28   9   1  5 11  14  48   30
15. Preston North End        34  10  4  3  29  14   0  5 12  15  33   29
16. Sheffield United         34   7  8  2  31  20   2  3 12  14  31   29
17. BOLTON WANDERERS         34   6  5  6  24  21   3  2 12  13  30   25
18. SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY      34   8  2  7  26  24   0  6 11   6  37   24

League Division 2
Season1898–99
ChampionsManchester City (1st title)
PromotedManchester City
Glossop North End
Failed re-electionBlackpool
Darwen
Matches played306
Goals scored1,103 (3.6 per match)
Top goalscorerWalter Abbott (Small Heath), 33 [3]
Biggest home winLoughborough 10–0 Darwen (1 Apr 1899)
Walsall 10–0 Darwen (4 Mar 1899)
Manchester City 10-0 Darwen (18 February 1899)
Biggest away winLincoln City 1–6 Grimsby Town (8 Apr 1899)
Luton Town 1–6 Leicester Fosse (14 Jan 1899)
Highest scoringGrimsby Town 9–2 Darwen (15 Apr 1899)
Longest winning run7 matches
Glossop North End (25 Feb 1899 – 8 Apr 1899)
New Brighton Tower (26 Nov 1898 – 7 Jan 1899)
Longest unbeaten run13 matches
Manchester City F.C. (1 Oct 1898 – 27 Dec 1898)
Longest losing run18 matches
Darwen (12 Nov 1898 – 21 Mar 1899)
Home \ Away BAR BLP BPV BRS DRW GAI GLP GRI LEI LIN LOU LUT MCI NBR NWH SMH WAL WOO Barnsley 2–1 2–1 2–0 6–0 1–0 1–1 2–2 3–4 1–0 9–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 0–2 7–2 1–1 2–1 Blackpool 3–1 0–4 3–0 6–0 4–0 1–2 3–6 2–2 3–0 2–1 2–3 2–4 1–2 0–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 Burslem Port Val2–0 6–1 4–1 3–1 2–1 1–2 2–0 0–2 2–1 3–0 4–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 3–0 Burton Swifts 5–0 3–1 2–0 4–0 2–1 1–2 1–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 3–3 1–1 5–1 2–6 0–2 1–2 Darwen 1–1 0–2 1–3 0–2 0–3 0–2 0–2 3–0 1–2 0–1 4–1 0–2 2–4 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–4 Gainsborough Tri2–0 7–0 3–2 1–2 2–2 2–4 5–1 4–0 2–2 3–0 2–3 3–1 3–1 0–2 1–1 0–0 0–1 Glossop 1–0 4–1 0–0 5–0 5–0 5–1 4–2 1–3 2–0 4–0 5–0 1–2 5–0 1–2 1–2 2–0 2–0 Grimsby Town 0–1 2–1 3–1 1–3 9–2 0–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 5–0 5–0 1–2 2–2 3–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 Leicester Fosse 3–1 4–0 1–1 1–0 4–0 1–0 4–2 2–0 3–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 4–1 1–0 0–0 2–2 2–1 Lincoln City 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–2 1–6 3–1 6–0 2–0 3–1 1–2 2–0 2–2 1–1 2–0 Loughborough 2–0 1–3 0–3 1–0 10–0 0–0 1–3 1–3 0–3 2–4 4–1 1–3 6–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 Luton Town 4–1 3–2 0–1 3–0 8–1 4–2 0–2 3–1 1–6 2–0 2–2 0–3 2–3 0–1 2–3 3–2 0–1 Manchester City 5–0 4–1 3–1 6–0 10–0 4–0 0–2 7–2 3–1 3–1 5–0 2–0 1–1 4–0 2–0 2–0 3–1 New Brighton Tow2–1 4–0 1–0 2–2 7–0 3–2 2–2 2–0 1–0 4–1 3–0 4–0 0–1 0–3 4–0 6–0 3–1 Newton Heath 0–0 3–1 2–1 2–2 9–0 6–1 3–0 3–2 2–2 1–0 6–1 5–0 3–0 1–2 2–0 1–0 2–2 Small Heath 3–1 5–0 1–2 4–1 8–0 6–1 1–1 2–1 0–3 4–1 6–0 9–0 4–1 3–2 4–1 2–1 4–1 Walsall 1–1 6–0 1–1 7–1 10–0 6–1 2–0 4–1 1–1 3–2 7–0 6–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 4–1 Arsenal 3–0 6–0 1–0 2–1 6–0 5–1 3–0 1–1 4–0 4–2 3–1 6–2 0–1 4–0 5–1 2–0 0–0
                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. MANCHESTER CITY          34  15  1  1  64  10   8  5  4  28  25   52
 2. GLOSSOP NORTH END        34  12  1  4  48  13   8  5  4  28  25   46
 3. Leicester City           34  12  5  0  35  12   6  4  7  29  30   45
 4. Manchester United        34  12  4  1  51  14   7  1  9  16  29   43
 5. New Brighton Tower       34  13  2  2  48  13   5  5  7  23  39   43
 6. Walsall                  34  12  5  0  64  11   3  7  7  15  25   42
 7. Arsenal                  34  14  2  1  55  10   4  3 10  17  31   41
 8. Birmingham City          34  14  1  2  66  17   3  6  8  19  33   41
 9. Port Vale                34  12  2  3  35  12   5  3  9  21  22   39
10. Grimsby Town             34  10  3  4  39  17   5  2 10  32  43   35
11. Barnsley                 34  11  4  2  44  18   1  3 13   8  38   31
12. Lincoln City             34  10  5  2  31  16   2  2 13  20  40   31
13. Burton United            34   7  5  5  35  25   3  3 11  16  45   28
14. Gainsborough Trinity     34   8  4  5  40  22   2  1 14  16  50   25
15. Luton Town               34   8  1  8  37  31   2  2 13  14  64   23
16. Blackpool                34   6  3  8  35  30   2  1 14  14  60   20
17. Loughborough             34   5  4  8  31  26   1  2 14   7  66   18
18. Darwen                   34   2  4 11  16  32   0  1 16   6 109    9
FINAL TABLE THE COMBINATION 1898-1899
 1. Everton Liverpool II       28-50 (112-18)  23  4  1  Champions/LComb
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 2. Liverpool II               28-45  (87-22)  21  3  4  LComb   
 3. Tranmere Rovers            28-34  (54-33)  15  4  9  left  
 4. Druids Ruabon              28-33  (64-31)  16  1 11          
 5. Wrexham                    28-33  (55-48)  15  3 10          
 6. Chester                    28-31  (60-57)  13  5 10  left  
 7. Bangor FC                  28-30  (63-78)  12  6 10          
 8. Chirk AAA                  28-27  (44-48)  12  3 13          
 9. Llandudno Swifts           28-27  (48-58)  12  3 13  left  
10. White Star Wanderers(-2)   28-26  (68-54)  11  6 11  LLg     
11. South Liverpool FC         28-22  (36-52)   9  4 15  LLg     
12. Oswestry United            28-20  (49-73)   9  2 17          
13. Buxton                     28-16  (43-102)  7  2 19  left  
14. Garston Copper Works       28-12  (31-77)   5  2 21  left  
15. Rhyl                       28-12  (35-98)   6  0 22          

Champions: Everton Liverpool II                                   
Newly admitted: Birkenhead, Newtown AFC and Aberystwyth FC      

849 goals = 4.043 g/match
FINAL TABLE SOUTHERN LEAGUE (DIVISION ONE) 1898-1899

 1. Southampton                24-35  (54-24)  15  5  4  Champions    
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 2. Bristol City               24-33  (55-33)  15  3  6          
 3. Millwall Athletic          24-30  (59-35)  12  6  6          
 4. Chatham Town               24-28  (32-23)  10  8  6          
 5. Reading                    24-26  (31-24)   9  8  7          
 6. New Brompton               24-25  (38-30)  10  5  9          
 7. Tottenham Hotspur          24-24  (40-36)  10  4 10          
 8. Bedminster                 24-24  (35-39)  10  4 10          
 9. Swindon Town               24-23  (43-49)   9  5 10          
10. Brighton United            24-20  (37-48)   9  2 13          
11. Gravesend United           24-19  (42-52)   7  5 12          
12. Sheppey United             24-13  (23-53)   5  3 16          
13. Royal Artillery            24-12  (17-60)   4  4 16  namechange      
14. Warmley Bristol             0- 0  ( 0- 0)   0  0  0  folded   

(Warmley Bristol resigned after 17 matches).               
                                                                 
Champions: Southampton                                            
Promotion: Thames Ironworks and Cowes                              
New elected: Queens Park Rangers and Bristol Rovers          

506 goals = 3.244 goals/m.

England FA Challenge Cup 1898-99

Country England
 Wales
Defending championsNottingham Forest
ChampionsSheffield United
(1st title)
Runners-upDerby County

        1st Round
Jan 28 *Bristol City             2  Sunderland               4
Jan 28  Burnley                  2  Sheffield United         2
Jan 28  Everton                  3 *Jarrow                   1
Jan 28 +Glossop North End        0  Newcastle United         1
Jan 28 *Heanor                   0  Bury                     3
Jan 28  Liverpool                2  Blackburn Rovers         0
Jan 28 *New Brampton             0 *Southampton              1
Jan 28  Nottingham Forest        2  Aston Villa              1
Jan 28  Notts County             2 *Kettering                0
Jan 28  Preston North End        7 +Grimsby Town             0
Jan 28  The Wednesday            2  Stoke                    2
Jan 28 +Small Heath              3 +Manchester City          2
Jan 28 *Tottenham Hotspur        1 +Newton Heath             1
Jan 28  Wolverhampton Wanderers  0  Bolton Wanderers         0
Jan 28 +Woolwich Arsenal         0  Derby County             6
Jan 28  West Bromwich Albion     8 *South Shore              0

        Replays
Feb 01  Bolton Wanderers         0  Wolverhampton Wanderers  1
Feb 01 +Newton Heath             3 *Tottenham Hotspur        5
Feb 02  Sheffield United         2  Burnley                  1
Feb 02  Stoke                    2  The Wednesday            0

        2nd Round
Feb 11  Derby County             2  Wolverhampton Wanderers  1
Feb 11  Everton                  0  Nottingham Forest        1
Feb 11  Liverpool                3  Newcastle United         1
Feb 11  Notts County             0 *Southampton              1
Feb 11  Preston North End        2  Sheffield United         2
Feb 11  Stoke                    2 +Small Heath              2
Feb 11 *Tottenham Hotspur        2  Sunderland               1
Feb 11  West Bromwich Albion     2  Bury                     1

        Replays
Feb 15 +Small Heath              1  Stoke                    2
Feb 16  Sheffield United         2  Preston North End        1

        Quarter-finals
Feb 25  Nottingham Forest        0  Sheffield United         1
Feb 25 *Southampton              1  Derby County             2
Feb 25  Stoke                    4 *Tottenham Hotspur        1
Feb 25  West Bromwich Albion     0  Liverpool                2

        Semi-finals
Mar 18  Derby County             3  Stoke                    1  played at Wolverhampton
Mar 18  Liverpool                2  Sheffield United         2  played at Nottingham Forest  

        Replays
Mar 23  Liverpool                4  Sheffield United         4  played at Bolton Wanderers  
Mar 27  Liverpool                1  Sheffield United         0  played at Fallowfield (Abd)
Mar 30  Sheffield United         1  Liverpool                0  played at Derby County  

        Final
Apr 13  Sheffield United         4  Derby County             1  played at Crystal Palace
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Season 1899-1900

Sheriff of London(Dewar) Charity Shield

1899 Aston Villa 0 Queen's Park 0

League Division 1
Season1899–1900
ChampionsAston Villa
(5th English title)
RelegatedBurnley
Glossop
FA Cup winnersBury (1st Football Association Challenge Cup)
Matches played306
Goals scored856 (2.8 per match)
Top goalscorerBilly Garraty (Aston Villa), 27 goals
Biggest home winAston Villa – Glossop 9–0 (4 September 1899)
Highest scoringAston Villa – Glossop 9–0 (4 Sept 1899)
Longest winning run5 matches
Sheffield United (2 Sep 1899 – 2 Oct 1899)
Longest unbeaten run22 matches
Sheffield United (2 Sep 1899 – 20 Jan 1900)
Longest losing run8 matches
Liverpool F.C. (2 Sep 1899 – 21 Oct 1899)
Highest attendance60,000
Aston Villa - Sunderland (30 Dec 1899)
Lowest attendance300
Blackburn Rovers - Nottingham Forest (5 Mar 1900)
Average attendance9,417
Ast Bla Bnl Bry Der Eve Glo Liv MaC New NmF NtC Pre ShU Sto Sun WBA Wol Aston Villa xxx 3-1 2-0 2-1 3-2 1-1 9-0 1-0 2-1 2-1 2-2 6-2 3-1 1-1 4-1 4-2 0-2 0-0 Blackburn 0-4 xxx 2-0 3-2 2-0 3-1 2-2 2-0 4-3 2-3 2-1 2-0 3-0 3-3 3-0 1-2 2-0 2-1 Burnley 1-2 1-0 xxx 1-0 1-2 3-1 3-1 2-1 2-0 1-3 2-2 3-0 0-1 1-0 2-2 3-1 2-0 0-1 Bury 2-0 2-0 1-1 xxx 1-1 4-1 2-1 2-1 1-4 2-1 2-1 0-1 2-0 2-1 0-1 2-0 1-0 3-0 Derby County 2-0 0-2 4-1 3-0 xxx 2-1 4-1 3-2 0-0 2-1 2-2 0-1 2-0 0-1 2-0 2-0 4-1 0-2 Everton 1-2 0-0 2-0 2-0 3-0 xxx 4-1 3-1 4-0 3-2 2-1 0-2 1-0 1-2 2-0 1-0 1-3 0-1 Glossop 1-0 4-2 2-0 0-0 1-3 1-1 xxx 1-2 0-2 0-0 3-0 0-0 0-2 2-2 1-2 0-2 1-1 2-3 Liverpool 3-3 3-1 0-1 2-0 0-2 1-2 5-2 xxx 5-2 2-0 1-0 3-1 1-0 2-2 0-0 0-2 2-0 1-1 Manchester City 0-2 1-1 1-0 2-2 4-0 1-2 4-1 0-1 xxx 1-0 2-0 5-1 3-1 1-2 1-0 2-1 4-0 1-1 Newcastle 3-2 4-1 2-0 2-1 2-0 2-0 1-0 1-1 0-0 xxx 3-1 6-0 0-0 0-0 2-2 2-4 4-2 0-1 Nottm Forest 1-1 3-2 4-0 2-2 4-1 4-2 5-0 1-0 2-0 1-0 xxx 0-3 3-1 4-0 1-0 1-3 6-1 0-0 Notts County 1-4 5-1 6-1 2-2 0-0 2-2 0-0 2-1 1-1 0-0 1-2 xxx 3-0 1-2 1-3 3-1 1-2 0-0 Preston 0-5 2-0 1-1 1-0 0-0 1-1 1-0 1-3 0-2 4-1 3-0 4-3 xxx 0-1 3-0 0-1 5-2 2-0 Sheffield Utd 2-1 3-0 0-0 4-0 1-1 5-0 4-0 1-2 3-0 3-1 3-0 1-1 1-0 xxx 1-0 2-2 1-1 5-2 Stoke City 0-2 2-0 3-0 2-0 1-1 1-1 1-0 3-2 1-0 2-2 0-0 1-0 3-1 1-1 xxx 1-2 1-0 1-3 Sunderland 0-1 1-0 2-1 1-0 2-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 3-1 1-2 1-0 5-0 1-0 1-1 3-0 xxx 3-1 1-2 W.B.A. 0-2 1-0 2-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 3-3 2-0 0-0 1-1 8-0 0-0 1-0 1-2 4-0 1-0 xxx 3-2 Wolverhampton 0-1 4-0 3-0 1-0 3-0 2-1 4-0 0-1 1-1 1-1 2-2 2-2 1-3 1-2 0-2 1-0 2-0 xxx

Final Table:
                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. ASTON VILLA              34  12  4  1  45  18  10  2  5  32  17   50
 2. Sheffield United         34  11  5  1  40  11   7  7  3  23  22   48
 3. Sunderland               34  12  2  3  27   9   7  1  9  23  26   41
 4. Wolverhampton Wanderers  34   8  4  5  28  16   7  5  5  20  21   39
 5. Newcastle United         34  10  5  2  34  15   3  5  9  19  28   36
 6. Derby County             34  11  2  4  32  15   3  6  8  13  28   36
 7. Manchester City          34  10  3  4  33  15   3  5  9  17  29   34
 8. Nottingham Forest        34  12  3  2  42  16   1  5 11  14  39   34
 9. Stoke City               34   9  5  3  24  15   4  3 10  13  30   34
10. Liverpool                34   9  4  4  31  19   5  1 11  18  26   33
11. Everton                  34  11  1  5  30  15   2  6  9  17  34   33
12. Bury                     34  12  2  3  29  14   1  4 12  11  30   32
13. West Bromwich Albion     34   8  6  3  27  11   3  2 12  16  40   30
14. Blackburn Rovers         34  12  2  3  38  22   1  2 14  11  39   30
15. Notts County             34   5  7  5  29  22   4  4  9  17  38   29
16. Preston North End        34   9  3  5  28  20   3  1 13  10  28   28
17. BURNLEY                  34  10  2  5  28  17   1  3 13   6  37   27
18. GLOSSOP NORTH END        34   4  6  7  19  22   0  4 13  12  52   18

League Division 2
Season1899–1900
ChampionsThe Wednesday
PromotedThe Wednesday
Bolton Wanderers
Failed re-electionLuton Town
Loughborough
Matches played306
Goals scored984 (3.22 per match)
Top goalscorerJocky Wright (The Wednesday), 24[3]
Biggest home winWoolwich Arsenal – Loughborough 12–0 (12 Mar 1900)
Biggest away winGrimsby Town – Newton Heath 0–7 (26 Dec 1899)
Highest scoringWoolwich Arsenal – Loughborough 12–0 (12 Mar 1900)
Longest winning run7 matches
Bolton Wanderers (23 Dec 1899 – 20 Jan 1900)
Longest unbeaten run14 matches
The Wednesday (2 Sep 1899 – 30 Dec 1899)
Longest losing run13 matches
Loughborough (13 Jan 1900 – 14 Apr 1900)
Home \ Away BAR BOL BPV BRS CHF GAI GRI LEI LIN LOU LUT MID NBR NWH SMH WAL WED WOO Barnsley 1–6 3–0 4–1 0–0 5–0 0–1 1–2 0–4 7–0 2–1 5–2 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–2 1–0 3–2 Bolton Wanderers2–0 5–0 5–0 3–0 3–0 1–2 2–2 4–0 7–0 3–0 3–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 Burslem Port Val3–1 0–2 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–3 0–2 2–0 3–1 1–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 3–0 1–0 0–3 1–1 Burton Swifts 4–0 2–5 2–2 2–1 1–1 1–2 2–0 0–0 3–1 3–1 5–0 2–2 0–0 0–3 2–1 0–5 2–0 Chesterfield 2–1 3–3 0–4 0–4 3–1 3–1 0–0 2–2 1–0 2–0 7–1 5–2 2–1 0–0 1–3 1–0 3–1 Gainsborough Tri1–0 1–1 4–0 4–1 3–5 2–3 3–0 3–1 4–2 2–2 5–0 1–1 0–1 1–4 2–0 0–2 1–1 Grimsby Town 8–1 0–0 1–1 6–0 0–3 3–0 6–1 5–2 3–0 3–3 2–0 1–2 0–7 2–0 4–2 1–2 1–0 Leicester Fosse 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–2 5–0 3–0 2–0 5–0 2–2 4–1 1–2 2–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 Lincoln City 1–1 1–0 1–1 3–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 3–2 2–0 3–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 3–1 1–2 5–0 Loughborough 0–0 2–3 1–2 2–1 0–4 1–2 0–0 0–2 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–2 1–2 0–0 0–0 2–3 Luton Town 3–0 0–2 1–1 5–2 0–3 4–0 0–4 0–0 0–2 4–0 1–1 1–4 0–1 1–2 4–0 0–1 1–2 Middlesbrough 3–0 0–3 1–0 8–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 3–0 0–0 5–2 2–0 1–3 1–1 1–2 1–0 New Brighton Tow6–2 3–1 2–0 5–0 2–3 5–0 2–1 2–2 3–0 3–0 5–1 1–1 1–4 2–2 0–1 2–2 0–2 Newton Heath 3–0 1–2 3–0 4–0 2–1 2–2 1–0 3–2 1–0 4–0 5–0 2–1 2–1 3–2 5–0 1–0 2–0 Small Heath 5–0 0–0 2–1 2–0 5–3 8–1 0–1 4–1 5–0 6–0 3–0 5–1 2–0 1–0 3–2 4–1 3–1 Walsall 4–2 2–2 0–1 2–0 6–3 1–0 1–1 1–2 3–1 1–0 7–3 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 The Wednesday 5–1 2–1 4–0 6–0 5–1 5–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 5–0 6–0 3–0 4–0 2–1 4–0 2–0 3–1 Arsenal 5–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 2–0 0–2 2–1 12–0 3–1 3–0 5–0 2–1 3–0 3–1 1–2 P W D L F A W D L F A Pts 1. SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY 34 17 0 0 61 7 8 4 5 23 15 54 2. BOLTON WANDERERS 34 14 2 1 47 7 8 6 3 32 18 52 3. Birmingham City 34 15 1 1 58 12 5 5 7 20 26 46 4. Manchester United 34 15 1 1 44 11 5 3 9 19 16 44 5. Leicester City 34 11 5 1 34 8 6 4 7 19 28 43 6. Grimsby Town 34 10 3 4 46 24 7 3 7 21 22 40 7. Chesterfield 34 10 4 3 35 24 6 2 9 30 36 38 8. Arsenal 34 13 1 3 47 12 3 3 11 14 31 36 9. Lincoln City 34 11 5 1 31 9 3 3 11 15 34 36 10. New Brighton Tower 34 9 4 4 44 22 4 5 8 22 36 35 11. Port Vale 34 11 2 4 26 16 3 4 10 13 33 34 12. Walsall 34 10 5 2 35 18 2 3 12 15 37 32 13. Gainsborough Trinity 34 8 4 5 37 24 1 3 13 10 51 25 14. Middlesbrough 34 8 4 5 28 15 0 4 13 11 54 24 15. Burton United 34 8 5 4 31 24 1 1 15 12 60 24 16. Barnsley 34 8 5 4 36 23 0 2 15 10 56 23 17. Luton Town 34 5 3 9 25 25 0 5 12 15 50 18 18. Loughborough 34 1 6 10 12 26 0 0 17 6 74 8
FINAL TABLE THE COMBINATION 1899-1900
 1. Chirk AAA                  16-24  (36-12)  10  4  2  Champions   
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 2. Wrexham                    16-23  (58-25)  11  1  4          
 3. Druids Ruabon              16-21  (38-28)   9  3  4  left  
 4. Bangor FC                  16-17  (37-36)   8  1  7          
 5. Birkenhead                 16-13  (27-37)   4  5  7          
 6. Newtown AFC                16-13  (34-56)   6  1  9  left  
 7. Aberystwyth FC             16-12  (23-36)   4  4  8  left  
 8. Oswestry United(-2)        16-10  (30-28)   5  2  9          
 9. Rhyl                       16- 9  (36-47)   2  5  9          

Total: 144-142 (319-305)  59 26 59

Champions: Chirk AAA                                              
Newly admitted: White Star Wanderers, Hudson's Liverpool,      
                Tranmere Rovers (Birkenhead), Warrington,      
                Buckley Victoria and Newton-le-Willows          

319(305) goals = 4.431 g/match
FINAL TABLE SOUTHERN LEAGUE (DIVISION ONE) 1899-1900

 1. Tottenham Hotspur          28-44  (67-26)  20  4  4  Champions    
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 2. Portsmouth                 28-41  (59-29)  20  1  7          
 3. Southampton                28-35  (70-33)  17  1 10          
 4. Reading                    28-32  (41-28)  15  2 11          
 5. Swindon Town               28-32  (50-42)  15  2 11          
 6. Bedminster                 28-28  (44-45)  13  2 13  left  
 7. Millwall Athletic          28-27  (36-37)  12  3 13          
 8. Queens Park Rangers        28-26  (50-58)  12  2 14          
 9. Bristol City               28-25  (44-47)   9  7 12          
10. Bristol Rovers             28-25  (46-55)  11  3 14          
11. New Brompton               28-24  (39-49)   9  6 13          
12. Gravesend United           28-24  (38-58)  10  4 14          
13. Chatham Town               28-23  (38-58)  10  3 15          
14. Thames Ironworks           28-21  (30-45)   8  5 15  namechange      
15. Sheppey United             28-13  (24-66)   3  7 18  Relegated    
16. Brighton United             0- 0  ( 0- 0)   0  0  0  folded   
17. Cowes                       0- 0  ( 0- 0)   0  0  0  folded   

(Brighton and Cowes resigned after 22 and 13 matches). 
                                                                 
Champions: Tottenham Hotspur                                      
Promotion: Watford                                                
New elected: Luton Town (Football League) and Kettering      

676 goals = 3.219 goals/m.

England FA Challenge Cup 1899-1900

Country England
 Wales
Defending championsSheffield United
ChampionsBury (1st title)
Runners-upSouthampton

        1st Round
Jan 27 *Bristol City             2 *Stalybridge              1
Jan 27  Burnley                  0  Bury                     1
Jan 27  Derby County             2  Sunderland               2
Jan 27 *Jarrow                   0 *Millwall Athletic        2
Jan 27  Manchester City          1  Aston Villa              1
Jan 27  Newcastle United         2 *Reading                  1
Jan 27  Nottingham Forest        3 +Grimsby Town             0
Jan 27  Notts County             6 *Chorley                  0
Jan 27 *Portsmouth               0  Blackburn Rovers         0
Jan 27  Preston North End        1 *Tottenham Hotspur        0
Jan 27 *Queen's Park Rangers     1  Wolverhampton Wanderers  1
Jan 27  Sheffield United         1 +Leicester Fosse          0
Jan 27 +The Wednesday            1 +Bolton Wanderers         0
Jan 27 *Southampton              3  Everton                  0
Jan 27  Stoke                    0  Liverpool                0
Jan 27 +Walsall Town Swifts      1  West Bromwich Albion     1

        Replays
Jan 31  Aston Villa              3  Manchester City          0
Jan 31  Sunderland               3  Derby County             0
Jan 31  Wolverhampton Wanderers  0 *Queen's Park Rangers     1
Feb 01  Blackburn Rovers         1 *Portsmouth               1
Feb 01  Liverpool                1  Stoke                    0
Feb 01  West Bromwich Albion     6 +Walsall Town Swifts      1
Feb 05  Blackburn Rovers         5 *Portsmouth               0  played at Aston Villa

        2nd Round
Feb 10  Aston Villa              5 *Bristol City             1
Feb 10  Nottingham Forest        3  Sunderland               0
Feb 10  Notts County             0  Bury                     0
Feb 17  Liverpool                1  West Bromwich Albion     1
Feb 17  Preston North End        1  Blackburn Rovers         0
Feb 17 *Queen's Park Rangers     0 *Millwall Athletic        2
Feb 17  Sheffield United         1 +The Wednesday            1
Feb 17 *Southampton              4  Newcastle United         1

        Replays
Feb 14  Bury                     2  Notts County             0
Feb 19 +The Wednesday            0  Sheffield United         2
Feb 21  West Bromwich Albion     2  Liverpool                1

        Quarter-finals
Feb 24 *Millwall Athletic        1  Aston Villa              1
Feb 24  Preston North End        0  Nottingham Forest        0
Feb 24  Sheffield United         2  Bury                     2
Feb 24 *Southampton              2  West Bromwich Albion     1

        Replays
Feb 28  Aston Villa              0 *Millwall Athletic        0
Feb 28  Nottingham Forest        1  Preston North End        0
Mar 01  Bury                     2  Sheffield United         0
Mar 05 *Millwall Athletic        2  Aston Villa              1  played at Reading

        Semi-final
Mar 24  Bury                     1  Nottingham Forest        1  played at Stoke
Mar 24 *Millwall Athletic        0 *Southampton              0  played at Crystal Palace

        Replays
Mar 28 *Southampton              3 *Millwall Athletic        0  played at Reading
Mar 29  Bury                     3  Nottingham Forest        2  played at Sheffield United  

        Final
Apr 21  Bury                     4 *Southampton              0  played at Crystal Palace
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Season 1900-01

Sheriff of London(Dewar) Charity Shield

1900  Corinthians               2  Aston Villa               1

League Division 1
Season1900–01
ChampionsLiverpool (1st English title)
RelegatedPreston North End
West Bromwich Albion
FA Cup winnersTottenham Hotspur (the only non-League club since the formation of the league) (1st FA Cup title)
Matches played306
Goals scored855 (2.79 per match)
Top goalscorerSteve Bloomer (Derby County), 23
Biggest home winAston Villa – Manchester City 7–1 (1 Dec 1900)
Biggest away winWest Bromwich Albion – Nottingham Forest 1–6 (20 Oct 1900)
Highest scoring9: Derby County – Wolverhampton Wanderers 4–5 (22 Sept 1900)
Sunderland – Wolverhampton Wanderers 7–2 (12 Jan 1901)
West Bromwich Albion – Bolton Wanderers 7–2 (8 Dec 1900)
Longest winning run5 matches
Nottingham Forest (20 Oct 1900 – 1 Dec 1900)
Longest unbeaten run12 matches
Liverpool (23 Feb 1911 – 29 Apr 1911)
Nottingham Forest (22 Sep 1900 – 15 Dec 1900)
Longest losing run6 matches
Preston North End (20 Oct 1900 – 1 Dec 1900)
Highest attendance50,000
Everton - Liverpool (22 Sep 1900)
Lowest attendance1,050
West Bromwich Albion - Sheffield United (30 Apr 1901)
Average attendance11,151
Ast Bla Bol Bry Der Eve Liv MaC New NmF NtC Pre ShU ShW Sto Sun WBA Wol Aston Villa xxx 3-3 3-0 1-0 2-1 1-2 0-2 7-1 2-2 2-1 1-2 4-0 0-0 2-1 2-0 2-2 0-1 0-0 Blackburn 2-2 xxx 2-0 0-2 1-0 2-1 3-1 1-0 0-0 1-3 0-2 3-1 1-0 2-2 3-2 0-1 1-1 2-0 Bolton 1-0 1-0 xxx 3-2 0-1 1-0 1-0 0-0 3-2 4-2 0-1 1-1 0-0 1-1 1-0 0-0 3-2 1-0 Bury 3-1 0-1 3-0 xxx 2-1 3-0 0-0 4-0 1-0 0-1 1-0 2-1 1-1 2-0 3-2 0-0 6-1 0-1 Derby County 3-0 4-0 4-2 5-2 xxx 0-1 2-3 2-0 1-1 0-0 2-1 0-0 4-0 3-1 4-1 1-1 4-0 4-5 Everton 2-1 0-0 2-3 3-3 2-0 xxx 1-1 5-2 0-1 4-1 0-1 4-1 3-1 1-1 3-0 1-0 1-0 5-1 Liverpool 5-1 3-0 2-1 1-0 0-0 1-2 xxx 3-1 3-0 2-0 1-0 3-2 1-2 1-1 3-1 1-2 5-0 1-0 Manchester City 4-0 1-3 1-1 1-0 2-0 1-0 3-4 xxx 2-1 1-0 2-0 3-1 2-1 2-2 2-0 1-1 1-0 3-2 Newcastle 3-0 1-0 3-0 0-0 2-1 1-0 1-1 2-1 xxx 0-0 2-0 3-5 4-0 0-0 2-1 0-2 1-1 3-1 Nottm Forest 3-1 0-1 3-0 1-1 1-0 2-1 0-0 4-2 1-2 xxx 5-0 4-1 2-0 1-0 1-1 0-0 2-3 2-1 Notts County 2-0 2-1 3-1 1-0 2-1 3-2 3-0 0-0 3-1 1-0 xxx 6-1 2-4 2-0 2-4 2-2 1-0 4-1 Preston 0-2 4-1 1-3 3-1 3-2 1-2 2-2 0-4 0-1 1-1 0-1 xxx 3-1 3-2 4-2 1-1 2-3 1-1 Sheffield Utd 2-2 2-1 0-2 0-3 2-1 2-1 0-2 1-1 2-0 0-1 4-2 2-1 xxx 1-0 0-4 2-0 1-1 1-1 Sheffield Wed 3-2 1-1 1-0 1-2 2-1 3-1 3-2 4-1 2-2 4-1 4-1 0-1 1-0 xxx 4-0 1-0 2-1 2-0 Stoke City 0-0 2-0 2-1 1-2 0-1 0-2 1-2 2-1 2-0 0-3 1-1 5-0 0-1 2-1 xxx 0-0 2-0 3-0 Sunderland 0-0 2-0 5-1 4-1 2-1 2-0 0-1 3-0 1-1 0-1 1-1 3-1 3-0 1-0 6-1 xxx 3-0 7-2 W.B.A. 0-1 1-1 7-2 1-2 1-1 1-2 0-1 3-2 0-1 1-6 1-0 0-1 0-2 1-1 2-2 1-0 xxx 1-2 Wolverhampton 0-0 2-2 1-1 1-1 0-0 1-1 2-1 1-0 1-0 1-0 3-2 2-2 3-0 1-1 0-2 2-2 0-0 xxx

Final Table:
                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. LIVERPOOL                34  12  2  3  36  13   7  5  5  23  22   45
 2. Sunderland               34  12  3  2  43  11   3 10  4  14  15   43
 3. Notts County             34  13  2  2  39  18   5  2 10  15  28   40
 4. Nottingham Forest        34  10  4  3  32  14   6  3  8  21  22   39
 5. Bury                     34  11  3  3  31  10   5  4  8  22  27   39
 6. Newcastle United         34  10  5  2  27  13   4  5  8  15  24   38
 7. Everton                  34  10  4  3  37  17   6  1 10  18  25   37
 8. Sheffield Wednesday      34  13  2  2  38  16   0  8  9  14  26   36
 9. Blackburn Rovers         34   9  4  4  24  18   3  5  9  15  29   33
10. Bolton Wanderers         34  10  5  2  21  12   3  2 12  18  43   33
11. Manchester City          34  12  3  2  32  16   1  3 13  16  42   32
12. Derby County             34  10  4  3  43  18   2  3 12  12  24   31
13. Wolverhampton Wanderers  34   6 10  1  21  15   3  3 11  18  40   31
14. Sheffield United         34   8  4  5  22  23   4  3 10  13  29   31
15. Aston Villa              34   8  5  4  32  18   2  5 10  13  33   30
16. Stoke City               34   8  3  6  23  15   3  2 12  23  42   27
17. PRESTON NORTH END        34   6  4  7  29  30   3  3 11  20  45   25
18. WEST BROMWICH ALBION     34   4  4  9  21  27   3  4 10  14  35   22

League Division 2
Season1900–01
ChampionsGrimsby Town (1st title)
Failed re-electionWalsall
Matches played306
Goals scored819 (2.68 per match)
Top goalscorerAndrew Swann (Barnsley), 18 [3]
Biggest home winSmall Heath – Blackpool 10–1 (2 Mar 1901)
Biggest away winWalsall – Burton Swifts 1–5 (24 Sept 1900)
Highest scoringMiddlesbrough – Gainsborough Trinity 9–2 (9 Mar 1901)
Longest winning run5 matches
Burnley (1 Dec 1900 – 29 Dec 1900) and (5 Jan 1901 – 9 Mar 1901)
Grimsby Town (16 Feb 1901 – 30 Mar 1901)
Middlesbrough (19 Jan 1901 – 14 Mar 1901)
Longest unbeaten run17 matches
Grimsby Town (22 Sep 1900 – 19 Jan 1901)
Longest losing run5 matches
Barnsley (29 Sep 1900 – 27 Oct 1900) and (1 Dec 1900 – 29 Dec 1900)
Chesterfield (8 Sep 1900 – 13 Oct 1900)
Gainsborough Trinity (22 Sep 1900 – 24 Oct 1900)
Newton Heath (27 Oct 1900 – 15 Dec 1900)
Home \ Away BAR BLP BUR BPV BRS CHF GAI GLP GRI LEI LIN MID NBR NWH SMH STP WAL ARS Barnsley 0–1 2–1 1–3 3–2 4–1 1–3 2–2 2–3 1–0 0–0 3–1 1–1 6–2 1–2 2–0 2–1 3–0 Blackpool 1–1 0–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 2–0 3–0 1–2 1–2 0–0 3–0 1–0 1–1 Burnley 4–0 4–0 1–0 2–1 5–1 2–1 5–1 3–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 3–1 0–0 3–0 Burslem Port Val3–2 4–0 1–0 4–0 5–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 0–2 1–3 2–0 2–2 0–1 2–2 1–0 Burton Swifts 1–1 1–2 1–0 0–2 0–4 1–0 1–3 1–2 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 3–1 0–2 3–2 2–1 1–0 Chesterfield 1–2 2–0 1–3 1–1 2–0 2–2 0–1 3–3 1–0 2–0 2–3 0–1 2–1 1–1 4–2 1–1 0–1 Gainsborough Tri4–2 1–3 3–0 2–1 2–1 2–3 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 4–1 0–1 1–2 2–0 1–0 1–0 Glossop 2–1 6–0 0–1 1–2 3–0 1–1 3–1 0–0 3–1 2–0 2–0 0–1 1–0 2–0 6–0 2–0 0–1 Grimsby Town 1–0 2–0 2–1 6–1 5–2 5–2 0–0 1–0 4–1 4–0 2–0 5–2 2–0 1–1 5–1 0–0 1–0 Leicester Fosse 2–0 3–1 1–1 0–0 5–2 1–3 1–0 1–2 4–0 0–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 5–0 1–0 Lincoln City 3–0 3–0 2–0 2–2 2–1 2–0 6–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–2 2–0 2–0 3–1 4–0 2–0 3–3 Middlesbrough 3–0 3–1 0–0 4–0 3–1 2–0 9–2 2–2 0–0 2–1 2–0 2–1 1–2 0–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 New Brighton Tow2–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 3–2 1–0 5–0 0–0 2–0 3–1 2–0 0–0 3–0 5–1 1–0 Newton Heath 1–0 4–0 0–1 4–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 3–0 1–0 2–3 4–1 4–0 1–0 0–1 3–1 1–1 1–0 Small Heath 3–1 10–1 0–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 6–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 2–0 2–1 4–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 2–1 Stockport County2–1 0–1 3–2 1–1 2–0 3–1 1–2 1–3 0–1 3–1 1–0 0–1 0–5 1–0 0–0 4–1 3–1 Walsall 3–0 1–2 2–0 2–1 1–5 2–2 3–3 2–1 0–0 2–0 3–0 0–0 3–3 1–1 2–2 1–3 1–0 Woolwich Arsenal1–2 3–1 3–1 3–0 3–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 P W D L F A W D L F A Pts 1. GRIMSBY TOWN 34 14 3 0 46 11 6 6 5 14 22 49 2. BIRMINGHAM CITY 34 14 2 1 41 8 5 8 4 16 16 48 3. Burnley 34 15 2 0 39 6 5 2 10 14 23 44 4. New Brighton Tower 34 12 5 0 34 8 5 3 9 23 30 42 5. Glossop North End 34 11 2 4 34 9 4 6 7 17 24 38 6. Middlesbrough 34 11 4 2 38 13 4 3 10 12 27 37 7. Arsenal 34 13 3 1 30 11 2 3 12 9 24 36 8. Lincoln City 34 12 3 2 39 11 1 4 12 4 28 33 9. Port Vale 34 8 6 3 28 14 3 5 9 17 33 33 10. Manchester United 34 11 3 3 31 9 3 1 13 11 29 32 11. Leicester City 34 9 5 3 30 15 2 5 10 9 22 32 12. Blackpool 34 7 6 4 20 11 5 1 11 13 47 31 13. Gainsborough Trinity 34 8 4 5 26 18 2 6 9 19 42 30 14. Chesterfield 34 6 5 6 25 22 3 5 9 21 36 28 15. Barnsley 34 9 3 5 34 23 2 2 13 13 37 27 16. Walsall 34 7 7 3 29 23 0 6 11 11 33 27 17. Stockport County 34 9 2 6 25 21 2 1 14 13 47 25 18. Burton United 34 7 3 7 16 21 1 1 15 18 45 20
FINAL TABLE THE COMBINATION 1900-1901
 1. Wrexham                    22-35  (62-20)  16  3  3  Champions   
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 2. Rhyl                       22-32  (49-33)  15  2  5          
 3. Bangor FC                  22-29  (62-45)  13  3  6          
 4. Oswestry United            22-28  (57-28)  10  8  4          
 5. Chirk AAA                  22-25  (46-40)  10  5  7          
 6. White Star Wanderers       22-22  (45-40)   8  6  8          
 7. Hudson's Liverpool         22-17  (39-42)   7  3 12  left  
 8. Tranmere Rovers            22-17  (32-37)   6  5 11          
 9. Birkenhead                 22-16  (37-52)   6  4 12          
10. Warrington                 22-16  (27-57)   7  2 13  left  
11. Buckley Victoria           22-16  (32-68)   6  4 12  left  
12. Newton-le-Willows          22-11  (38-64)   3  5 14          

Champions: Wrexham                                                
Newly admitted: Burslem Port Vale II, Nantwich, Chester,       
                Witton Albion and Wellington Town               

526 goals = 3.985 g/match
FINAL TABLE SOUTHERN LEAGUE (DIVISION ONE) 1900-1901

 1. Southampton                28-41  (58-26)  18  5  5  Champions    
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 2. Bristol City               28-39  (54-27)  17  5  6  FL2     
 3. Portsmouth                 28-38  (56-32)  17  4  7          
 4. Millwall Athletic          28-36  (55-32)  17  2  9          
 5. Tottenham Hotspur          28-36  (55-33)  16  4  8          
 6. West Ham United            28-33  (40-28)  14  5  9          
 7. Bristol Rovers             28-32  (46-35)  14  4 10          
 8. Queens Park Rangers        28-26  (43-48)  11  4 13          
 9. Reading                    28-24  (24-25)   8  8 12          
10. Luton Town                 28-24  (43-49)  11  2 15          
11. Kettering                  28-23  (33-46)   7  9 12          
12. New Brompton               28-19  (34-51)   7  5 16          
13. Gravesend United           28-19  (32-85)   6  7 15  left  
14. Watford                    28-16  (24-52)   6  4 18          
15. Swindon Town               28-14  (19-47)   3  8 17          
16. Chatham Town                0- 0  ( 0- 0)   0  0  0  left  

(Chatham Town resigned after 10 matches).                 
                                                                 
Champions: Southampton                                            
Promotion: Brentford London                                       
New elected: Northampton Town and Wellingborough             
             (both from the Midland League)                 

616 goals = 2.933 goals/m.

England FA Challenge Cup 1900-1901

Country England
 Wales
Defending championsBury
ChampionsTottenham Hotspur
(1st title)
Runners-upSheffield United
Top goal scorer(s)Sandy Brown (15 goals)[1]

        1st Round
Feb 09  Aston Villa              5 *Millwall Athletic        0
Feb 09  Bolton Wanderers         1  Derby County             0
Feb 09 *Kettering                1 +Chesterfield             1
Feb 09 +Middlesbrough            3  Newcastle United         1
Feb 09 +Newton Heath             0 +Burnley                  0
Feb 09  Nottingham Forest        5 +Leicester Fosse          1
Feb 09  Notts County             2  Liverpool                0
Feb 09 *Reading                  2 *Bristol Rovers           0
Feb 09  The Wednesday            0  Bury                     1
Feb 09 *Southampton              1  Everton                  3
Feb 09  Stoke                    1 +Small Heath              1
Feb 09  Sunderland               1  Sheffield United         2
Feb 09 *Tottenham Hotspur        1  Preston North End        1
Feb 09  Wolverhampton Wanderers  5 +New Brighton Tower       1
Feb 09 +Woolwich Arsenal         2  Blackburn Rovers         0
Feb 09  West Bromwich Albion     1  Manchester City          0

        Replays
Feb 13 +Burnley                  7 +Newton Heath             1
Feb 13 +Chesterfield             1 *Kettering                2
Feb 13  Preston North End        2 *Tottenham Hotspur        4
Feb 13 +Small Heath              2  Stoke                    1

        2nd Round
Feb 23  Aston Villa              0  Nottingham Forest        0
Feb 23  Bolton Wanderers         0 *Reading                  1
Feb 23 +Middlesbrough            5 *Kettering                0
Feb 23  Notts County             2  Wolverhampton Wanderers  3
Feb 23  Sheffield United         2  Everton                  0
Feb 23 +Small Heath              1 +Burnley                  0
Feb 23 *Tottenham Hotspur        2  Bury                     1
Feb 23 +Woolwich Arsenal         0  West Bromwich Albion     1

        Replay
Feb 27  Nottingham Forest        1  Aston Villa              3

        Quarter-finals
Mar 23 +Middlesbrough            0  West Bromwich Albion     1
Mar 23 *Reading                  1 *Tottenham Hotspur        1
Mar 23 +Small Heath              0  Aston Villa              0
Mar 23  Wolverhampton Wanderers  0  Sheffield United         4

        Replays
Mar 27  Aston Villa              1 +Small Heath              0
Mar 28 *Tottenham Hotspur        3 *Reading                  0

        Semi-finals
Apr 06  Aston Villa              2  Sheffield United         2  played at Nottingham Forest
Apr 06 *Tottenham Hotspur        4  West Bromwich Albion     0  played at Aston Villa

        Replay
Apr 11  Sheffield United         3  Aston Villa              0  played at Derby

        Final
Apr 20  Sheffield United         2 *Tottenham Hotspur        2  played at Crystal Palace

        Replay
Apr 27 *Tottenham Hotspur        3-1  Sheffield United      played at Bolton
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Season 1901-02

Sheriff of London(Dewar) Charity Shield

1901  Aston Villa               1  Corinthians               0

League Division 1
Season1901–02
ChampionsSunderland (4th English title)
RelegatedManchester City
Small Heath
FA Cup winnersSheffield United (2nd FA Cup title)
Matches played306
Goals scored840 (2.75 per match)
Top goalscorerJimmy Settle (Everton), 18
Biggest home winNewcastle United – Notts County 8–0 (26 Oct 1901)
Biggest away winBlackburn Rovers – Manchester City 1–4 (12 Apr 1902)
Manchester City – Small Heath 1–4 (14 Sept 1901)
Sheffield United – Small Heath 1–4 (15 Feb 1902)
0–3: five matches
Highest scoringNewcastle United – Notts County 8–0 (26 Oct 1901)
Notts County – Wolverhampton Wanderers 5–3 (28 Mar 1902)
Longest winning run5 matches
Nottingham Forest (18 Jan 1902 – 19 Mar 1902)
Longest unbeaten run10 matches
Sunderland (23 Nov 1901 – 15 Feb 1902)
Longest losing run5 matches
Manchester City (2 Sep 1901 – 12 Oct 1902)
Highest attendance50,000
Aston Villa – Small Heath (26 Dec 1901)
Lowest attendance2,000
Blackburn Rovers – Bolton Wanderers (7 Dec 1901)
Wolverhampton Wanderers – Newcastle United (10 Mar 1902)
Nottingham Forest – Newcastle United (19 Mar 1902)
Derby County – Sunderland (5 Apr 1902)
The Wednesday – Everton (5 Apr 1902)
Bury – Wolverhampton Wanderers (12 Apr 1902)
Blackburn Rovers – Derby County (19 Apr 1902)
Average attendance11,209
Ast Bir Bla Bol Bry Der Eve Gri Liv MaC New NmF NtC ShU ShW Sto Sun Wol Aston Villa xxx 1-0 1-1 1-0 2-0 3-2 1-1 4-1 0-1 2-2 0-0 3-0 2-0 1-2 4-1 0-0 0-1 2-1 Birmingham City 0-2 xxx 2-0 2-0 1-0 5-1 0-1 6-0 0-0 1-0 3-1 1-1 0-0 5-1 1-1 1-1 2-3 1-2 Blackburn 4-0 3-1 xxx 2-0 0-3 3-1 3-1 2-0 1-1 1-4 0-0 1-0 4-2 2-1 2-0 6-1 0-1 2-0 Bolton 2-2 4-0 4-0 xxx 2-2 2-1 1-3 4-0 1-0 3-3 3-1 3-0 1-1 1-0 3-1 2-1 0-0 2-2 Bury 0-0 2-0 2-0 2-2 xxx 2-0 1-0 1-1 0-0 3-0 4-0 1-1 3-0 1-2 2-0 4-2 1-0 2-1 Derby County 1-0 0-0 1-1 1-2 1-0 xxx 3-1 2-0 1-1 2-0 1-0 1-1 2-0 3-1 2-2 1-0 1-0 3-1 Everton 2-3 1-0 0-2 1-0 1-1 2-0 xxx 0-1 4-0 3-1 0-0 1-0 0-1 2-1 5-0 1-0 2-0 6-1 Grimsby Town 4-1 1-0 2-1 4-1 2-0 1-1 0-2 xxx 1-1 3-2 3-0 1-0 1-0 0-1 3-1 1-2 3-3 3-0 Liverpool 1-0 3-1 1-0 1-1 1-0 0-2 2-2 2-2 xxx 4-0 0-1 0-2 0-1 1-0 1-2 7-0 0-1 4-1 Manchester City 1-0 1-4 1-1 1-0 2-0 0-0 2-0 3-0 2-3 xxx 2-0 3-1 1-0 4-0 0-3 2-2 0-3 3-0 Newcastle 2-1 2-0 0-3 4-1 1-1 0-1 1-1 5-1 1-0 3-0 xxx 3-0 8-0 1-1 2-1 5-1 0-1 3-1 Nottm Forest 1-1 1-1 3-0 4-1 2-1 3-1 4-0 0-1 1-1 3-1 0-2 xxx 1-0 2-1 1-1 2-0 2-1 2-0 Notts County 0-3 6-1 3-0 2-1 2-1 3-2 0-2 3-0 2-2 2-0 0-2 3-0 xxx 4-0 6-1 1-1 2-0 5-3 Sheffield Utd 6-0 1-4 4-1 2-0 3-1 3-0 0-0 2-2 2-1 5-0 1-0 2-2 3-0 xxx 3-0 1-1 0-1 0-0 Sheffield Wed 1-0 1-2 0-1 5-1 4-1 2-0 1-1 3-1 1-1 2-1 0-0 0-2 4-0 1-0 xxx 3-1 1-1 1-1 Stoke City 1-0 1-0 2-2 4-0 1-2 1-1 1-2 2-0 1-0 3-0 0-0 1-1 3-0 3-2 1-2 xxx 3-0 3-0 Sunderland 1-0 1-1 3-2 2-1 3-0 1-0 2-4 3-1 1-1 1-0 0-0 4-0 2-1 3-1 1-2 2-0 xxx 2-0 Wolverhampton 0-2 2-1 3-1 1-2 1-0 0-0 2-1 2-0 3-1 0-0 3-0 2-0 3-1 1-1 1-0 4-1 4-2 xxx

Final Table:
                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. SUNDERLAND               34  12  3  2  32  14   7  3  7  18  21   44
 2. Everton                  34  11  2  4  31  11   6  5  6  22  24   41
 3. Newcastle United         34  11  3  3  41  14   3  6  8   7  20   37
 4. Blackburn Rovers         34  12  2  3  36  16   3  4 10  16  32   36
 5. Nottingham Forest        34  11  4  2  32  13   2  5 10  11  30   35
 6. Derby County             34  11  5  1  26  10   2  4 11  13  31   35
 7. Bury                     34  11  5  1  31   9   2  3 12  13  29   34
 8. Aston Villa              34   9  5  3  27  13   4  3 10  15  27   34
 9. Sheffield Wednesday      34   9  5  3  30  14   4  3 10  18  38   34
10. Sheffield United         34  10  5  2  38  13   3  2 12  15  35   33
11. Liverpool                34   8  3  6  28  16   2  9  6  14  22   32
12. Bolton Wanderers         34  10  6  1  38  17   2  2 13  13  39   32
13. Notts County             34  12  2  3  44  19   2  2 13   7  38   32
14. Wolverhampton Wanderers  34  12  3  2  32  13   1  3 13  14  44   32
15. Grimsby Town             34  11  3  3  33  16   2  3 12  11  44   32
16. Stoke City               34  10  4  3  31  12   1  5 11  14  43   31
17. BIRMINGHAM CITY          34   8  5  4  31  14   3  3 11  16  31   30
18. MANCHESTER CITY          34  10  3  4  28  17   1  3 13  14  41   28

League Division 2
Season1901–02
ChampionsWest Bromwich Albion (1st title)
Failed re-electionnone
Matches played306
Goals scored885 (2.89 per match)
Top goalscorerChippy Simmons (West Bromwich Albion), 23 [3]
Biggest home winPreston North End – Lincoln City 8–0 (28 Dec 1901)
Biggest away winBurton United – Lincoln City 0–6 (23 Nov 1901)
Highest scoringBarnsley – Middlesbrough 2–7 (22 Feb 1902)
Longest winning run10 matches
West Bromwich Albion (7 Dec 1901 – 1 Feb 1902)
Longest unbeaten run17 matches
West Bromwich Albion (7 Dec 1901 – 29 Mar 1902)
Longest losing run6 matches
Stockport County (8 Feb 1902 – 22 Mar 1902)
Home \ Away	BAR	BLP	BRI	BRN	BPV	BRT	CHF	DON	GAI	GLP	LEI	LIN	MID	NWH	PNE	STP	WBA	WOO
Barnsley		2–0	2–2	2–2	4–0	3–2	3–2	3–0	2–0	1–4	2–3	2–2	2–7	3–2	0–4	3–1	0–2	2–0
Blackpool	2–1		0–2	2–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	3–1	3–0	1–1	4–0	3–0	0–2	2–4	1–4	1–0	2–2	1–3
Bristol City	3–1	3–0		1–0	4–0	0–2	5–2	3–0	4–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	4–0	2–0	3–0	1–2	0–3
Burnley	        2–0	2–0	0–1		4–1	0–0	0–0	7–0	6–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–2	1–0	0–3	3–0	0–0	0–0
Burslem Port Val2–1	0–1	3–0	1–1		2–1	4–2	2–2	1–1	1–0	3–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–3	1–0
Burton United	2–1	1–1	2–2	5–2	3–0		0–1	1–1	5–0	1–1	2–0	0–6	3–2	0–0	1–1	3–2	1–3	2–0
Chesterfield	1–2	3–1	1–0	3–0	4–3	3–1		0–0	2–0	1–0	3–3	0–1	0–0	3–0	2–0	8–1	0–3	1–3
Doncaster Rovers0–1	4–3	3–0	3–0	3–3	2–0	4–1		3–0	1–2	2–1	1–1	0–0	4–0	4–0	2–0	2–0	1–0
Gainsborough Tri0–0	3–0	2–0	1–1	2–3	1–4	0–0	4–1		2–1	3–3	2–2	1–4	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–2
Glossop	1–1	3–1	1–2	0–0	0–1	2–1	3–1	3–1	0–0		1–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	3–1	2–1	1–2	0–1
Leicester Fosse	2–0	1–0	0–1	2–1	0–1	4–0	3–0	1–0	2–0	1–1		3–1	0–2	3–2	1–0	1–1	0–3	2–1
Lincoln City	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	4–0	0–0	3–0	1–0	2–0		2–1	2–0	2–1	5–0	1–0	0–0
Middlesbrough	2–1	2–1	2–0	3–0	3–0	5–0	7–1	6–0	3–1	5–0	5–0	0–0		5–0	2–1	6–0	1–2	1–0
Newton Heath	1–0	0–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	3–1	2–0	6–0	3–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	1–2		0–2	3–3	1–2	0–1
Preston North En4–0	1–1	0–0	3–1	2–0	1–0	5–0	3–0	4–1	2–2	5–0	8–0	0–3	5–1		4–0	1–2	2–0
Stockport County2–3	3–1	1–1	1–2	4–2	2–0	3–0	1–2	2–1	0–0	2–0	2–1	1–3	1–0	0–2		0–2	0–0
West Bromwich Al3–1	7–2	2–2	3–0	3–1	2–1	4–0	2–2	7–0	0–1	1–0	4–1	2–0	4–0	3–1	3–0		2–1
Woolwich Arsenal2–1	0–0	2–0	4–0	3–1	0–1	3–2	1–0	5–0	4–0	2–0	2–0	0–3	2–0	0–0	3–0	2–1	
                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. WEST BROMWICH ALBION     34  14  2  1  52  13  11  3  3  30  16   55
 2. MIDDLESBROUGH            34  15  1  1  58   7   8  4  5  32  17   51
 3. Preston North End        34  12  3  2  50  11   6  3  8  21  21   42
 4. Arsenal                  34  13  2  2  35   9   5  4  8  15  17   42
 5. Lincoln City             34  11  6  0  26   4   3  7  7  19  31   41
 6. Bristol City             34  13  1  3  39  12   4  5  8  13  23   40
 7. Doncaster Rovers         34  12  3  2  39  12   1  5 11  10  46   34
 8. Glossop North End        34   7  6  4  22  15   3  6  8  14  25   32
 9. Burnley                  34   9  6  2  30   8   1  4 12  11  37   30
10. Burton United            34   8  6  3  32  23   3  2 12  14  31   30
11. Barnsley                 34   9  3  5  36  33   3  3 11  15  30   30
12. Port Vale                34   7  7  3  26  17   3  2 12  17  42   29
13. Blackpool                34   9  3  5  27  21   2  4 11  13  35   29
14. Leicester City           34  11  2  4  26  14   1  3 13  12  42   29
15. Manchester United        34  10  2  5  27  12   1  4 12  11  41   28
16. Chesterfield             34  10  3  4  35  18   1  3 13  12  50   28
17. Stockport County         34   8  3  6  25  20   0  4 13  11  52   23
18. Gainsborough Trinity     34   4  9  4  26  25   0  2 15   4  55   19
FINAL TABLE THE COMBINATION 1901-1902
 1. Wrexham                    26-41  (80-21)  17  7  2  Champions   
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 2. Burslem Port Vale II(-2)   26-33  (61-43)  14  7  5          
 3. Oswestry United            26-30  (55-33)  12  6  8          
 4. Nantwich                   26-30  (68-47)  13  4  9          
 5. Wellington Town            26-27  (39-36)  11  5 10  left  
 6. Bangor FC                  26-27  (51-74)  11  5 10          
 7. Birkenhead                 26-26  (42-40)   9  8  9          
 8. Witton Albion              26-25  (47-52)  11  3 12          
 9. Newton-le-Willows          26-24  (40-71)   9  6 11          
10. Tranmere Rovers            26-23  (45-49)   8  7 11          
11. Rhyl                       26-20  (45-53)   6  8 12          
12. White Star Wanderers       26-20  (50-63)   9  2 15  left  
13. Chirk AAA                  26-17  (48-69)   8  1 17          
14. Chester(-2)                26-17  (46-67)   6  7 13          

Total: 364-360 (717-718)  144 76 144

Champions: Wrexham                                                
Newly admitted: Middlewich and Winsford United                  

717(718) goals = 3.940 g/match
FINAL TABLE SOUTHERN LEAGUE (DIVISION ONE) 1901-1902

 1. Portsmouth                 30-47  (67-24)  20  7  3  Champions    
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 2. Tottenham Hotspur          30-42  (61-22)  18  6  6          
 3. Southampton                30-42  (71-28)  18  6  6          
 4. West Ham United            30-40  (45-28)  17  6  7          
 5. Reading                    30-39  (57-24)  16  7  7          
 6. Millwall Athletic          30-32  (46-31)  13  6 11          
 7. Luton Town                 30-32  (31-36)  11 10  9          
 8. Kettering                  30-29  (44-39)  12  5 13          
 9. Bristol Rovers             30-29  (43-39)  12  5 13          
10. New Brompton               30-27  (39-38)  10  7 13          
11. Northampton Town           30-27  (53-65)  11  5 14          
12. Queens Park Rangers        30-24  (34-55)   9  6 15          
13. Watford                    30-22  (36-58)   9  4 17          
14. Wellingborough             30-21  (34-72)   9  3 18          
15. Brentford London           30-20  (34-61)   7  6 17          
16. Swindon Town               30- 7  (17-92)   2  3 25          

No Promotion / Relegation.                                      
                                                                 
Champions: Portsmouth                                             

712 goals = 2.967 goals/m.

England FA Challenge Cup 1901-1902

Country England
Defending championsTottenham Hotspur
ChampionsSheffield United
(2nd title)
Runners-upSouthampton

        1st Round
Jan 25  Bury                     5 +West Bromwich Albion     1
Jan 25 +Glossop                  1  Nottingham Forest        3
Jan 25  Grimsby Town             1 *Portsmouth               1
Jan 25  Liverpool                2  Everton                  2
Jan 25 +Middlesbrough            1 *Bristol Rovers           1
Jan 25 *Northampton Town         0  Sheffield United         2
Jan 25  Notts County             1 *Reading                  2
Jan 25 *Oxford                   0 +Lincoln City             0
Jan 25 +Preston North End        1  Manchester City          1
Jan 25  The Wednesday            0  Sunderland               1
Jan 25  Stoke                    2  Aston Villa              2
Jan 25 *Tottenham Hotspur        1 *Southampton              1
Jan 25 *Walsall Town Swifts      1 +Burnley                  0
Jan 25  Wolverhampton Wanderers  0  Bolton Wanderers         2
Jan 25 +Woolwich Arsenal         0  Newcastle United         2
Feb 01  Blackburn Rovers         0  Derby County             2

        Replays
Jan 29  Aston Villa              1  Stoke                    2
Jan 29 *Bristol Rovers           1 +Middlesbrough            0
Jan 29 +Lincoln City             4 *Oxford                   0
Jan 29  Manchester City          0 +Preston North End        0
Jan 29 +Portsmouth               2  Grimsby Town             0
Jan 29 *Southampton              2 *Tottenham Hotspur        2
Jan 30  Everton                  0  Liverpool                2
Feb 03  Manchester City          4 +Preston North End        2   played at Preston
Feb 03 *Southampton              2 *Tottenham Hotspur        1   played at Reading

        2nd Round
Feb 08 *Bristol Rovers           0  Stoke                    1
Feb 08 +Lincoln City             1  Derby County             3
Feb 08  Manchester City          0  Nottingham Forest        2
Feb 08 *Reading                  0 *Portsmouth               1
Feb 08  Sheffield United         2  Bolton Wanderers         1
Feb 08 *Southampton              4  Liverpool                1
Feb 08 *Walsall Town Swifts      0  Bury                     5
Feb 12  Newcastle United         1  Sunderland               0

        Quarter-finals
Feb 22  Bury                     2 *Southampton              3
Feb 22  Newcastle United         1  Sheffield United         1
Feb 22  Nottingham Forest        2  Stoke                    0
Feb 22 *Portsmouth               0  Derby County             0

        Replays
Feb 27  Derby County             6 *Portsmouth               3
Feb 27  Sheffield United         2  Newcastle United         1

        Semi-finals
Mar 15  Derby County             1  Sheffield United         1  played at West Bromwich
Mar 15 *Southampton              3  Nottingham Forest        1  played at Tottenham

        Replays
Mar 20  Derby County             1  Sheffield United         1  played at Wolverhampton
Mar 27  Sheffield United         1  Derby County             0  played at Nottingham Forest

        Final
Apr 19  Sheffield United         1 *Southampton              1  played at Crystal Palace

        Replay
Apr 26  Sheffield United         2 *Southampton              1  played at Crystal Palace
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Season 1902-03

Sheriff of London(Dewar) Charity Shield

1902  Tottenham Hotspur     5 Corinthians               2

League Division 1
Season1902–03
ChampionsThe Wednesday (1st English title)
RelegatedBolton Wanderers
Grimsby Town
FA Cup winnersBury (2nd FA Cup title)
Matches played306
Goals scored885 (2.89 per match)
Top goalscorerSam Raybould (Liverpool), 31
Biggest home winLiverpool – Grimsby Town 9–2 (6 Dec 1902)
Aston Villa – Newcastle 7–0 (29 Nov 1902)
Biggest away winNottingham Forest – The Wednesday 1–4 (1 Nov 1902)
Highest scoringLiverpool – Grimsby Town 9–2 (6 Dec 1902)
Longest winning run6 matches
West Bromwich Albion (18 Oct 1902 – 22 Nov 1902)
Longest unbeaten run13 matches
Sunderland (29 Nov 1902 – 14 Mar 1903)
Longest losing run10 matches
Bolton Wanderers (18 Oct 1902 – 22 Nov 1902)
Highest attendance50,000
Aston Villa - West Bromwich Albion (1 Nov 1902)
Lowest attendance500
Derby County - Grimsby Town (22 Apr 1903)
Average attendance11,656
Ast Bla Bol Bry Der Eve Gri Liv Mid New NmF NtC ShU ShW Sto Sun WBA Wol Aston Villa xxx 5-0 4-2 2-2 0-0 2-1 2-2 1-2 5-0 7-0 3-1 2-1 4-2 1-0 2-0 0-1 0-3 3-1 Blackburn 0-2 xxx 4-2 0-3 2-4 3-2 2-0 3-1 0-1 3-1 2-2 1-2 2-0 2-1 1-1 0-2 1-0 1-0 Bolton 0-1 1-2 xxx 1-0 2-0 1-3 0-1 1-1 2-1 0-2 1-1 0-1 1-0 0-2 2-3 2-0 0-1 4-1 Bury 0-1 1-1 3-0 xxx 1-0 4-2 2-1 3-1 3-1 1-0 3-1 3-1 3-1 4-0 2-1 3-1 1-2 4-0 Derby County 2-0 1-0 5-0 2-0 xxx 0-1 2-2 2-1 3-2 0-0 0-1 4-1 1-0 1-0 2-0 5-2 1-0 3-1 Everton 0-1 0-3 3-1 3-0 2-1 xxx 4-2 3-1 3-0 0-1 1-1 2-0 1-0 1-1 0-1 0-3 3-1 2-1 Grimsby Town 0-2 4-1 1-1 2-1 4-1 0-0 xxx 3-1 2-2 1-0 0-1 1-1 1-2 0-1 2-2 2-4 4-0 1-2 Liverpool 2-1 5-2 5-1 2-0 3-1 0-0 9-2 xxx 5-0 3-0 2-1 0-2 2-4 4-2 1-1 1-1 0-2 4-1 Middlesbrough 1-2 4-0 4-3 1-1 3-1 1-0 2-0 0-2 xxx 1-0 2-0 2-1 0-2 2-1 1-1 0-1 1-1 2-0 Newcastle 2-0 1-0 2-0 1-0 2-1 3-0 1-0 1-2 0-1 xxx 0-2 6-1 0-0 3-0 5-0 1-0 1-0 2-4 Nottm Forest 2-0 2-0 1-2 3-0 2-3 2-2 2-1 1-0 1-0 3-2 xxx 0-0 2-2 1-4 1-3 5-2 3-1 2-0 Notts County 2-1 4-0 1-3 1-0 2-1 2-0 0-1 1-2 2-0 2-2 1-1 xxx 1-1 0-3 3-0 0-0 3-1 0-0 Sheffield Utd 2-4 2-1 7-1 1-0 3-2 0-2 3-0 2-0 1-3 2-1 2-0 3-0 xxx 2-3 1-3 1-0 1-2 3-0 Sheffield Wed 4-0 0-0 3-0 2-0 0-1 4-1 1-1 3-1 2-0 3-0 1-0 2-0 0-1 xxx 1-0 1-0 3-1 1-1 Stoke City 1-0 0-2 2-0 1-0 2-0 2-0 1-1 1-0 0-2 5-0 3-2 0-2 0-1 4-0 xxx 1-1 3-0 3-0 Sunderland 1-0 2-2 3-1 3-1 2-0 2-1 5-1 2-1 2-1 0-0 0-1 2-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 xxx 0-0 3-0 W.B.A. 1-2 5-3 2-1 1-3 3-0 2-1 1-0 1-2 1-0 6-1 2-0 3-2 3-3 2-3 2-1 0-3 xxx 2-2 Wolverhampton 2-1 2-0 3-1 3-2 3-0 1-1 3-0 0-2 2-0 3-0 2-1 2-0 1-3 2-1 1-0 3-3 1-2 xxx

Final Table:
                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY      34  12  3  2  31   7   7  1  9  23  29   42
 2. Aston Villa              34  11  3  3  43  18   8  0  9  18  22   41
 3. Sunderland               34  10  5  2  27  11   6  4  7  24  25   41
 4. Sheffield United         34  11  0  6  36  22   6  5  6  22  22   39
 5. Liverpool                34  11  3  3  48  21   6  1 10  20  28   38
 6. Stoke City               34  11  2  4  29  11   4  5  8  17  27   37
 7. West Bromwich Albion     34  10  2  5  37  27   6  2  9  17  26   36
 8. Bury                     34  14  1  2  41  14   2  2 13  13  29   35
 9. Derby County             34  13  2  2  34  11   3  1 13  16  36   35
10. Nottingham Forest        34  10  3  4  33  22   4  4  9  16  25   35
11. Wolverhampton Wanderers  34  12  2  3  34  17   2  3 12  14  40   33
12. Everton                  34  10  2  5  28  18   3  4 10  17  29   32
13. Middlesbrough            34  10  3  4  27  16   4  1 12  14  34   32
14. Newcastle United         34  12  1  4  31  11   2  3 12  10  40   32
15. Notts County             34   8  5  4  25  16   4  2 11  16  33   31
16. Blackburn Rovers         34   9  2  6  27  24   3  3 11  17  39   29
17. GRIMSBY TOWN             34   6  5  6  28  22   2  4 11  15  40   25
18. BOLTON WANDERERS         34   6  2  9  18  20   2  1 14  19  53   19

League Division 2
Season1902–03
ChampionsManchester City (2nd title)
Failed re-electionDoncaster Rovers
Matches played306
Goals scored940 (3.07 per match)
Top goalscorerBillie Gillespie, (Manchester City), 30 [3]
Biggest home winSmall Heath – Doncaster Rovers 12–0 (11 Apr 1903)
Biggest away winBurton United – Manchester City 0–5 (7 Mar 1903)
Highest scoringSmall Heath – Doncaster Rovers 12–0 (11 Apr 1903)
Longest winning run6 matches
Manchester City (24 Jan 1903 – 7 Mar 1903)
Longest unbeaten run10 matches
Manchester City (17 Jan 1903 – 4 Apr 1903)
Woolwich Arsenal (27 Dec 1902 – 7 Mar 1903)
Longest losing run5 matches
Barnsley (11 Oct 1902 – 24 Nov 1902)
Stockport County (6 Dec 1902 – 1 Jan 1903)
Leicester Fosse (7 Feb 1903 – 7 Mar 1903)
Home \ Away BAR BLP BRI BRN BPV BRT CHF DON GAI GLP LEI LIN MCI MUN PNE SMH STP WOO Barnsley 6–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 4–0 2–2 2–0 2–3 0–1 1–2 0–0 0–3 0–0 3–0 3–0 2–1 1–1 Blackpool 3–3 0–1 2–0 2–5 3–3 2–1 4–0 4–0 2–2 2–0 2–3 0–3 2–0 2–2 0–1 2–0 0–0 Bristol City 3–3 0–1 3–0 3–0 3–1 2–1 4–2 1–0 1–1 6–1 0–2 3–2 3–1 2–1 1–1 7–1 1–0 Burnley 1–2 1–1 0–0 3–3 4–1 1–1 1–1 3–2 2–1 1–3 1–0 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–1 3–2 0–3 Burslem Port Val2–0 1–1 2–0 3–1 4–2 2–1 3–0 3–1 1–0 2–0 5–1 1–4 1–1 0–0 2–2 3–1 1–1 Burton United 1–1 2–0 0–3 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 2–1 2–3 2–2 0–5 3–1 2–1 0–1 5–1 2–1 Chesterfield 3–0 1–1 3–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 10–0 5–0 1–0 0–1 2–0 4–2 1–1 4–1 2–2 Doncaster Rovers2–0 3–0 0–0 2–1 3–2 1–1 3–4 0–0 4–1 0–0 2–1 1–2 2–2 1–2 1–0 2–0 0–1 Gainsborough Tri1–2 0–0 2–1 3–0 1–1 3–1 3–2 3–0 1–1 5–1 4–0 0–3 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 Glossop 2–2 1–0 0–2 2–0 2–1 3–0 0–3 3–0 4–2 1–2 2–0 0–1 1–3 1–0 0–1 3–1 1–2 Leicester Fosse 1–2 2–1 2–2 2–1 2–0 0–1 0–2 0–1 4–1 3–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–3 0–2 0–2 Lincoln City 1–3 0–2 1–1 4–1 4–1 4–0 0–0 4–2 1–0 1–0 1–2 1–0 1–3 2–3 0–1 3–1 2–2 Manchester City 3–2 2–0 2–2 6–0 7–1 2–0 4–2 4–1 9–0 5–2 3–1 3–1 0–2 1–0 4–0 5–0 4–1 Manchester Unite2–1 2–2 1–2 4–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 4–0 3–1 1–1 5–1 1–2 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 3–0 Preston North En3–0 3–1 1–0 5–0 5–1 1–1 1–1 5–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 0–1 0–2 3–1 2–1 6–1 2–2 Small Heath 2–1 5–1 2–0 3–0 5–1 2–0 2–1 12–0 1–0 3–1 4–3 3–1 4–0 2–1 3–1 2–0 2–0 Stockport County4–1 4–0 0–1 3–0 0–4 0–2 2–2 1–0 1–1 2–3 2–2 3–1 0–2 2–1 1–1 1–2 0–1 Woolwich Arsenal4–0 2–1 2–1 5–1 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 6–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 0–1 3–1 6–1 3–1 P W D L F A W D L F A Pts 1. MANCHESTER CITY 34 15 1 1 64 15 10 3 4 31 14 54 2. BIRMINGHAM CITY 34 17 0 0 57 11 7 3 7 17 25 51 3. Arsenal 34 14 2 1 46 9 6 6 5 20 21 48 4. Bristol City 34 12 3 2 43 18 5 5 7 16 20 42 5. Manchester United 34 9 4 4 32 15 6 4 7 21 23 38 6. Chesterfield 34 11 4 2 43 10 3 5 9 24 30 37 7. Preston North End 34 10 5 2 39 12 3 5 9 17 28 36 8. Barnsley 34 9 4 4 32 13 4 4 9 23 38 34 9. Port Vale 34 11 5 1 36 16 2 3 12 21 46 34 10. Lincoln City 34 8 3 6 30 22 4 3 10 16 31 30 11. Glossop North End 34 9 1 7 26 20 2 6 9 17 38 29 12. Gainsborough Trinity 34 9 4 4 28 14 2 3 12 13 45 29 13. Burton United 34 9 4 4 26 20 2 3 12 13 39 29 14. Blackpool 34 7 5 5 32 24 2 5 10 12 35 28 15. Leicester City 34 5 5 7 20 23 5 3 9 21 42 28 16. Doncaster Rovers 34 8 5 4 27 17 1 2 14 8 55 25 17. Stockport County 34 6 4 7 26 24 1 2 14 13 50 20 18. Burnley 34 6 7 4 25 25 0 1 16 5 52 20
FINAL TABLE THE COMBINATION 1902-1903
 1. Wrexham                    26-43  (80-23)  19  5  2  Champions   
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 2. Nantwich                   26-34  (69-43)  15  4  7          
 3. Birkenhead                 26-34  (53-36)  15  4  7          
 4. Burslem Port Vale II       26-31  (63-35)  12  7  7  left  
 5. Oswestry United            26-30  (57-42)  14  2 10          
 6. Witton Albion              26-30  (52-49)  11  8  7          
 7. Chester                    26-26  (48-49)   9  8  9          
 8. Middlewich                 26-26  (43-62)   9  8  9          
 9. Bangor FC(-2)              26-24  (53-72)   9  8  9          
10. Winsford United(-2)        26-19  (51-54)   8  5 13          
11. Newton-le-Willows          26-19  (52-74)   8  3 15  LComb2  
12. Rhyl(-2)                   26-18  (52-64)   8  4 14          
13. Tranmere Rovers            26-13  (30-64)   4  5 17          
14. Chirk AAA                  26-11  (34-70)   4  3 19          

Champions: Wrexham                                                
Newly admitted: Broughton United                               

737 goals = 4.049 g/match
FINAL TABLE SOUTHERN LEAGUE (DIVISION 1) 1902-1903

 1. Southampton                30-48  (83-20)  20  8  2  Champions    
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 2. Reading                    30-45  (72-30)  19  7  4          
 3. Portsmouth                 30-41  (69-32)  17  7  6          
 4. Tottenham Hotspur          30-35  (47-31)  14  7  9          
 5. Bristol Rovers             30-34  (46-34)  13  8  9          
 6. New Brompton               30-33  (37-35)  11 11  8          
 7. Millwall Athletic          30-31  (52-37)  14  3 13  namechange      
 8. Northampton Town           30-30  (39-48)  12  6 12          
 9. Queens Park Rangers        30-28  (34-42)  11  6 13          
10. West Ham United            30-28  (35-49)   9 10 11          
11. Luton Town                 30-27  (43-44)  10  7 13          
12. Swindon Town               30-27  (38-46)  10  7 13          
13. Kettering                  30-27  (33-40)   8 11 11          
14. Wellingborough             30-25  (36-56)  11  3 16          
15. Watford                    30-16  (35-87)   6  4 20  Relegated    
16. Brentford London           30- 5  (16-84)   2  1 27          

Champions: Southampton                                            
Promotion: Fulham London and Brighton & Hove Albion                
New elected: Plymouth Argyle                                

715 goals = 2.979 goals/m.

England FA Challenge Cup 1902-1903

Country England
 Wales
Defending championsSheffield United
ChampionsBury (2nd title)
Runners-upDerby County

        1st Round
Feb 07  Aston Villa              4  Sunderland               1
Feb 07 +Barnsley                 2 +Lincoln City             0
Feb 07  Blackburn Rovers         0  The Wednesday            0
Feb 07  Bolton Wanderers         0 +Bristol City             5
Feb 07  Bury                     1  Wolverhampton Wanderers  0
Feb 07  Derby County             2 +Small Heath              1
Feb 07  Everton                  5 *Portsmouth               0
Feb 07 +Glossop                  2  Stoke                    3
Feb 07  Grimsby Town             2  Newcastle United         1
Feb 07 +Manchester United        2  Liverpool                1
Feb 07 *Millwall Athletic        3 *Luton Town               0
Feb 07  Nottingham Forest        0 *Reading                  0
Feb 07  Notts County             0 *Southampton              0
Feb 07 +Preston North End        3 +Manchester City          1
Feb 07 *Tottenham Hotspur        0  West Bromwich Albion     0
Feb 07 +Woolwich Arsenal         1  Sheffield United         3

        Replays
Feb 11 *Reading                  3  Nottingham Forest        6
Feb 11 *Southampton              2  Notts County             2
Feb 11  West Bromwich Albion     0 *Tottenham Hotspur        2
Feb 12  The Wednesday            0  Blackburn Rovers         1
Feb 16  Notts County             2 *Southampton              1  played at Aston Villa

        2nd Round
Feb 21  Aston Villa              4 +Barnsley                 1
Feb 21  Derby County             2  Blackburn Rovers         0
Feb 21  Everton                  3 +Manchester United        1
Feb 21  Grimsby Town             0  Notts County             2
Feb 21 *Millwall Athletic        4 +Preston North End        1
Feb 21  Nottingham Forest        0  Stoke                    0
Feb 21  Sheffield United         0  Bury                     1
Feb 21 *Tottenham Hotspur        1 +Bristol City             0

        Replay
Feb 26  Stoke                    2  Nottingham Forest        0

        Quarter-finals
Mar 07  Bury                     1  Notts County             0
Mar 07  Derby County             3  Stoke                    0
Mar 07 *Millwall Athletic        1  Everton                  0
Mar 07 *Tottenham Hotspur        2  Aston Villa              3

        Semi-finals
Mar 21  Bury                     3  Aston Villa              0  played at Everton  
Mar 21  Derby County             3 *Millwall Athletic        0  played at Aston Villa

        Final
Apr 18  Bury                     6  Derby County             0  played at Crystal Palace
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Season 1903-04

Sheriff of London(Dewar) Charity Shield

1903  Sunderland                3  Corinthians               0

League Division 1
Season1903–04
ChampionsThe Wednesday (2nd English title)
RelegatedLiverpool
West Bromwich Albion
FA Cup winnersManchester City (1st FA Cup title)
Matches played306
Goals scored939 (3.07 per match)
Top goalscorerSteve Bloomer (Derby County), 20
Biggest home winMiddlesbrough – Manchester City 6–0 (24 Oct 1903)
SunderlandBury 6–0 (23 Jan 1904)
Biggest away winNottingham Forest – Aston Villa 3–7 (19 Dec 1903)
Nottingham Forest – Everton 0–4 (27 Feb 1904)
Highest scoringNottingham Forest – Aston Villa 3–7 (19 Dec 1903)
Longest winning run8 matches
Sheffield United (5 Sep 1903 – 24 Oct 1903)
Longest unbeaten run8 matches
Sheffield United (5 Sep 1903 – 24 Oct 1903)
Manchester City (31 Oct 1903 – 19 Dec 1903; 1 Jan 1904 – 21 Mar 1904)
Longest losing run5 matches
Liverpool (5 Sep 1903 – 1 Oct 1903)
Highest attendance40,000
Aston Villa – The Wednesday (26 Dec 1903)
EvertonLiverpool (1 Apr 1904)
Lowest attendance1,500
Nottingham Forest – Stoke (25 Nov 1903)
Average attendance12,899
Ast Bir Bla Bry Der Eve Liv MaC Mid New NmF NtC ShU ShW Sto Sun WBA Wol Aston Villa xxx 1-1 2-3 0-2 3-0 3-1 2-1 0-1 2-1 3-1 3-1 4-0 6-1 2-1 3-1 2-0 3-1 2-0 Birmingham 2-2 xxx 2-1 1-0 1-0 1-1 1-2 0-3 2-2 3-0 3-3 2-0 1-3 0-0 1-0 2-1 0-1 3-0 Blackburn 0-3 1-1 xxx 2-2 2-1 0-2 2-3 2-5 1-1 4-0 3-1 3-0 3-0 0-0 2-0 1-3 2-0 1-1 Bury 2-2 1-0 3-0 xxx 2-2 0-0 2-2 1-3 1-1 0-3 2-2 3-0 0-1 1-0 2-2 3-1 2-1 0-0 Derby County 2-2 4-1 3-0 2-2 xxx 0-1 2-0 2-3 2-2 1-3 2-6 0-1 3-5 0-2 5-0 7-2 4-2 2-1 Everton 1-0 5-1 3-1 2-1 0-1 xxx 5-2 1-0 2-0 4-1 0-2 3-1 2-0 2-0 0-1 0-1 4-0 2-0 Liverpool 1-1 0-2 1-2 3-0 3-1 2-2 xxx 2-2 1-0 1-0 0-0 2-1 3-0 1-3 0-0 2-1 1-3 1-2 Manchester City 1-0 4-0 1-0 3-0 2-1 1-3 3-2 xxx 1-1 1-3 0-0 3-0 0-1 1-1 2-2 2-1 6-3 4-1 Middlesbrough 2-1 3-1 0-2 1-0 0-0 3-0 1-0 6-0 xxx 1-3 1-1 1-0 4-1 0-1 2-0 2-3 2-2 1-2 Newcastle 1-1 3-1 2-1 3-2 0-0 1-0 1-1 1-0 2-1 xxx 3-1 4-1 0-1 4-0 1-0 1-3 1-0 3-0 Nottm Forest 3-7 0-1 0-1 2-2 5-1 0-4 2-1 0-3 1-1 1-0 xxx 0-1 1-1 0-1 4-2 3-0 2-0 5-0 Notts County 0-0 2-0 4-2 0-0 2-2 0-3 4-2 0-3 3-2 3-2 1-3 xxx 2-1 1-0 1-0 2-1 2-3 0-2 Sheffield Utd 1-2 1-1 2-2 0-0 3-2 2-1 2-1 5-3 3-0 2-2 2-0 3-1 xxx 1-1 1-1 1-2 4-0 7-2 Sheffield Wed 4-2 3-2 3-1 1-1 1-0 1-0 2-1 1-0 4-1 1-1 2-1 2-0 3-0 xxx 1-0 0-0 1-0 4-0 Stoke City 2-0 1-0 6-2 4-1 1-1 2-3 5-2 1-2 0-0 2-3 2-3 0-2 3-4 3-1 xxx 3-1 5-1 5-0 Sunderland 6-1 3-1 2-0 6-0 0-3 2-0 2-1 1-1 3-1 1-1 3-1 4-1 2-1 0-1 3-0 xxx 1-1 2-1 W.B.A. 1-3 0-1 2-1 3-2 0-0 0-0 2-2 2-1 0-0 1-2 1-1 0-0 2-2 0-1 3-0 1-1 xxx 1-2 Wolverhampton 3-2 1-0 1-0 0-0 2-2 2-2 4-2 1-6 2-2 3-2 3-2 1-1 1-0 2-1 0-0 2-1 1-0 xxx

Final Table:
                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY      34  14  3  0  34  10   6  4  7  14  18   47
 2. Manchester City          34  10  4  3  35  19   9  2  6  36  26   44
 3. Everton                  34  13  0  4  36  12   6  5  6  23  20   43
 4. Newcastle United         34  12  3  2  31  13   6  3  8  27  32   42
 5. Aston Villa              34  13  1  3  41  16   4  6  7  29  32   41
 6. Sunderland               34  12  3  2  41  15   5  2 10  22  34   39
 7. Sheffield United         34   9  6  2  40  21   6  2  9  22  36   38
 8. Wolverhampton Wanderers  34  10  6  1  29  23   4  2 11  15  43   36
 9. Nottingham Forest        34   7  3  7  29  26   4  6  7  28  31   31
10. Middlesbrough            34   9  3  5  30  17   0  9  8  16  30   30
11. Birmingham City          34   8  5  4  25  19   3  3 11  14  33   30
12. Bury                     34   6  8  3  25  20   1  7  9  15  33   29
13. Notts County             34   9  3  5  27  26   3  2 12  10  35   29
14. Derby County             34   7  3  7  41  33   2  7  8  17  27   28
15. Blackburn Rovers         34   7  5  5  29  23   4  1 12  19  37   28
16. Stoke City               34   9  2  6  45  26   1  5 11   9  31   27
17. LIVERPOOL                34   7  5  5  24  20   2  3 12  25  42   26
18. WEST BROMWICH ALBION     34   4  8  5  19  19   3  2 12  17  41   24

League Division 2
Season1903–04
ChampionsPreston North End (1st title)
Failed re-electionStockport County
Matches played306
Goals scored942 (3.08 per match)
Top goalscorerPercy Smith (Preston North End), 26 [3]
Biggest home winWoolwich Arsenal – Burton United 8–0 (19 Sept 1903)
Woolwich Arsenal – Leicester Fosse 8–0 (26 Oct 1903)
Biggest away winBlackpool – Burnley 0–5 (13 Feb 1904)
Glossop – Manchester United 0–5 (19 Sept 1903)
Highest scoringWoolwich Arsenal – Burton United 8–0 (19 Sept 1903)
Woolwich Arsenal – Leicester Fosse 8–0 (26 Oct 1903)
Glossop – Burnley 6–2 (21 Nov 1903)
Burslem Port Vale – Leicester Fosse 6–2 (27 Feb 1904)
Longest winning run8 matches
Woolwich Arsenal (5 Sep 1903 – 26 Oct 1903)
Longest unbeaten run13 matches
Preston North End (5 Sep 1903 – 5 Dec 1903)
Longest losing run5 matches
Burnley (29 Feb 1904 – 26 Mar 1904)
Home \ Away BAR BLP BOL BRA BRI BRN BPV BRT CHF GAI GLP GRI LEI LIN MUN PNE STP WOO Barnsley 2–2 1–0 1–2 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 2–0 4–0 3–1 1–1 2–1 0–2 1–0 0–0 2–1 Blackpool 0–2 1–4 0–1 0–1 0–5 1–0 4–1 0–0 2–1 3–2 3–0 1–2 2–1 2–1 0–3 4–1 2–2 Bolton Wanderers5–1 3–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 5–0 3–0 4–0 5–0 0–1 4–0 3–1 1–2 0–0 0–2 0–1 2–1 Bradford City 3–1 0–2 3–3 1–0 3–0 1–1 3–0 2–6 1–3 2–1 1–0 4–0 2–1 3–3 1–1 0–0 0–3 Bristol City 2–0 5–0 2–0 1–1 6–0 2–1 4–0 3–2 2–1 5–0 4–0 4–0 3–1 1–1 3–1 6–0 0–4 Burnley 2–2 1–4 0–0 3–2 2–3 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 2–4 2–0 2–1 3–1 2–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 Burslem Port Val3–0 5–0 2–3 5–2 3–1 2–2 3–1 3–0 3–0 1–1 1–2 6–2 2–2 1–0 0–1 2–0 2–3 Burton United 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–2 2–3 1–2 0–0 4–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 5–2 2–2 0–0 7–0 3–1 Chesterfield 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 6–1 0–0 0–1 2–0 0–1 0–2 0–1 4–1 1–0 Gainsborough Tri4–2 3–1 3–1 3–0 3–1 1–2 3–0 1–2 1–0 0–1 4–2 4–0 0–0 0–1 2–0 2–2 0–2 Glossop 7–0 0–1 3–3 2–0 1–1 6–2 4–1 0–1 0–2 0–2 1–1 5–0 5–0 0–5 2–2 5–1 1–3 Grimsby Town 5–1 4–0 0–0 2–0 2–0 0–0 3–1 4–0 1–0 3–1 2–0 4–3 1–1 3–1 1–1 2–1 2–2 Leicester Fosse 2–0 5–1 2–2 1–2 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–3 0–0 2–2 4–2 1–1 2–2 0–1 1–4 3–0 0–0 Lincoln City 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–6 3–1 3–2 1–0 0–2 0–1 3–1 2–1 6–1 0–0 0–0 3–1 0–2 Manchester Unite4–0 3–1 0–0 3–1 2–2 3–1 2–0 2–0 3–1 4–2 3–1 2–0 5–2 2–0 0–2 3–1 1–0 Preston North En1–1 1–0 3–1 4–0 3–0 2–0 3–1 4–0 2–1 2–0 3–0 2–0 4–3 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 Stockport County2–2 2–1 3–2 2–0 1–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–4 3–0 1–1 2–0 4–0 0–3 1–5 0–0 Woolwich Arsenal3–0 3–0 3–0 4–1 2–0 4–0 0–0 8–0 6–0 6–0 2–1 5–1 8–0 4–0 4–0 0–0 5–2 P W D L F A W D L F A Pts 1. PRESTON NORTH END 34 13 4 0 38 10 7 6 4 24 14 50 2. ARSENAL 34 15 2 0 67 5 6 5 6 24 17 49 3. Manchester United 34 14 2 1 42 14 6 6 5 23 19 48 4. Bristol City 34 14 2 1 53 12 4 4 9 20 29 42 5. Burnley 34 12 2 3 31 20 3 7 7 19 35 39 6. Grimsby Town 34 12 5 0 39 12 2 3 12 11 37 36 7. Bolton Wanderers 34 10 3 4 38 11 2 7 8 21 30 34 8. Barnsley 34 10 5 2 25 12 1 5 11 13 45 32 9. Gainsborough Trinity 34 10 2 5 34 17 4 1 12 19 43 31 10. Bradford City 34 8 5 4 30 25 4 2 11 15 34 31 11. Chesterfield 34 8 5 4 22 12 3 3 11 15 33 30 12. Lincoln City 34 9 4 4 25 18 2 4 11 16 40 30 13. Port Vale 34 10 3 4 44 20 0 6 11 10 32 29 14. Burton United 34 8 6 3 33 16 3 1 13 12 45 29 15. Blackpool 34 8 2 7 25 27 3 3 11 15 40 27 16. Stockport County 34 7 7 3 28 23 1 4 12 12 49 27 17. Glossop North End 34 7 4 6 42 25 3 2 12 15 39 26 18. Leicester City 34 5 8 4 26 21 1 2 14 16 61 22
FINAL TABLE THE COMBINATION 1903-1904
 1. Birkenhead                 24-37  (49-22)  17  3  4  Champions   
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 2. Chester                    24-32  (64-31)  14  4  6          
 3. Nantwich                   24-31  (60-30)  14  3  7          
 4. Tranmere Rovers            24-28  (46-43)  13  2  9          
 5. Wrexham                    24-28  (53-34)  12  4  8          
 6. Bangor FC                  24-26  (60-54)  12  2 10          
 7. Oswestry United            24-24  (42-55)  11  2 11          
 8. Rhyl                       24-21  (53-52)  10  1 13          
 9. Middlewich                 24-21  (37-67)   8  5 11          
10. Broughton United           24-19  (40-52)   8  3 13          
11. Winsford United            24-18  (39-45)   6  6 12  left  
12. Witton Albion              24-14  (28-59)   3  8 13  left  
13. Chirk AAA                  24-11  (36-75)   3  5 16          

Total: 312-310 (607-619)  131 48 133

Champions: Birkenhead                                             
Newly admitted: Port Sunlight, Whitchurch and Druids Ruabon     

607(619) goals = 3.891 g/match

FINAL TABLE SOUTHERN LEAGUE (DIVISION 1) 1903-1904

 1. Southampton                34-50  (75-30)  22  6  6  Champions    
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 2. Tottenham Hotspur          34-43  (54-37)  16 11  7          
 3. Bristol Rovers             34-42  (64-42)  17  8  9          
 4. Portsmouth                 34-42  (41-38)  17  8  9          
 5. Queens Park Rangers        34-41  (53-37)  15 11  8          
 6. Reading                    34-41  (48-35)  14 13  7          
 7. Millwall London            34-40  (64-42)  16  8 10          
 8. Luton Town                 34-40  (38-33)  14 12  8          
 9. Plymouth Argyle            34-36  (44-34)  13 10 11          
10. Swindon Town               34-31  (30-42)  10 11 13          
11. Fulham London              34-30  (34-36)   9 12 13          
12. West Ham United            34-27  (39-44)  10  7 17          
13. Brentford London           34-27  (34-48)   9  9 16          
14. Wellingborough             34-27  (44-63)  11  5 18          
15. Northampton Town           34-27  (36-60)  10  7 17          
16. New Brompton               34-25  (26-43)   6 13 15          
17. Brighton & Hove Albion     34-24  (46-69)   6 12 16          
18. Kettering                  34-19  (39-76)   6  7 21  left  

Champions: Southampton                                            
Promotion: Watford                                                

809 goals = 2.644 goals/m.

England FA Challenge Cup 1903-1904

Country England
Defending championsBury
ChampionsManchester City
(1st title)
Runners-upBolton Wanderers

        1st Round
Feb 06  Blackburn Rovers         3  Liverpool                1
Feb 06 +Bristol City             1  Sheffield United         3
Feb 06  Bury                     2  Newcastle United         1
Feb 06  Everton                  1 *Tottenham Hotspur        2
Feb 06  Manchester City          3  Sunderland               2
Feb 06 *Millwall Athletic        0  Middlesbrough            2
Feb 06  Notts County             3 +Manchester United        3
Feb 06 *Plymouth Argyle          2  The Wednesday            2
Feb 06 *Portsmouth               2  Derby County             5
Feb 06 +Preston North End        1 +Grimsby Town             0
Feb 06 *Reading                  1 +Bolton Wanderers         1
Feb 06 *Southampton              3 +Burslem Port Vale        0
Feb 06 *Stockton                 1  Wolverhampton Wanderers  4
Feb 06  Stoke                    2  Aston Villa              3
Feb 06 +Woolwich Arsenal         1 *Fulham                   0
Feb 10  West Bromwich Albion     1  Nottingham Forest        1

        Replays
Feb 10 +Bolton Wanderers         3 *Reading                  2
Feb 10 +Manchester United        2  Notts County             1
Feb 10  The Wednesday            2 *Plymouth Argyle          0
Feb 13  Nottingham Forest        3  West Bromwich Albion     1

        2nd Round
Feb 20  Blackburn Rovers         3  Nottingham Forest        1
Feb 20 +Bolton Wanderers         4 *Southampton              1
Feb 20  Bury                     1  Sheffield United         2
Feb 20  Derby County             2  Wolverhampton Wanderers  2
Feb 20 +Preston North End        0  Middlesbrough            3
Feb 20  The Wednesday            6 +Manchester United        0
Feb 25 *Tottenham Hotspur        1  Aston Villa              0
Feb 20 +Woolwich Arsenal         0  Manchester City          2

        Replays
Feb 24  Wolverhampton Wanderers  2  Derby County             2
Feb 29  Derby County             1  Wolverhampton Wanderers  0  played at Aston Villa  

        Quarter-finals
Mar 05  Derby County             2  Blackburn Rovers         1
Mar 05  Manchester City          0  Middlesbrough            0
Mar 05  Sheffield United         0 +Bolton Wanderers         2
Mar 05 *Tottenham Hotspur        1  The Wednesday            1

        Replays
Mar 09  Middlesbrough            1  Manchester City          3
Mar 09  The Wednesday            2 *Tottenham Hotspur        0

        Semi-finals
Mar 19 +Bolton Wanderers         1  Derby County             0  played at Wolverhampton
Mar 19  Manchester City          3  The Wednesday            0  played at Everton  

        Final
Apr 23  Manchester City          1 +Bolton Wanderers         0  played at Crystal Palace
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Season 1904-05

Sheriff of London(Dewar) Charity Shield

1904  Corinthians              10  Bury                      3

League Division 1
Season1904–05
ChampionsNewcastle United (1st English title)
Relegatednone
FA Cup winnersAston Villa (4th FA Cup title)
Matches played306
Goals scored904 (2.95 per match)
Top goalscorerArthur Brown (Sheffield United), 22
Biggest home winBury – Sheffield United 7–1 (12 Nov 1904)
Manchester City – Derby County 6–0 (17 Dec 1904)
Biggest away winNotts County – Woolwich Arsenal 1–5 (17 Dec 1904)
Notts County – Sheffield United 1–5 (28 Jan 1905)
Highest scoringThe Wednesday – Everton 5–5 (12 Nov 1904)
Longest winning run8 matches
Manchester City (7 Jan 1905 – 11 Mar 1905)
Longest unbeaten run10 matches
Everton (14 Jan 1905 – 15 Apr 1905)
Longest losing run5 matches
Stoke (10 Dec 1904 – 7 Jan 1905)
Derby County (26 Dec 1904 – 7 Jan 1905)
Bury (28 Jan 1905 – 18 Mar 1905)
Notts County (25 Feb 1905 – 1 Apr 1905)
Highest attendance50,000
Aston Villa – Small Heath (29 Oct 1904)
Lowest attendance2,000
The Wednesday – Derby County (3 Apr 1905)
Stoke – Small Heath (29 Apr 1905)
Average attendance13,404
Ars Ast Bir Bla Bry Der Eve MaC Mid New NmF NtC Pre ShU ShW Sto Sun Wol Arsenal xxx 1-0 1-1 2-0 2-1 0-0 2-1 1-0 1-1 0-2 0-3 1-2 0-0 1-0 3-0 2-1 0-0 2-0 Aston Villa 3-1 xxx 2-1 3-0 2-0 0-2 1-0 3-2 0-0 0-1 2-0 4-2 1-2 3-0 0-2 3-0 2-2 3-0 Birmingham 2-1 0-3 xxx 2-0 5-0 2-0 1-2 3-1 2-1 2-1 1-2 1-2 2-0 2-0 2-1 0-1 1-1 4-1 Blackburn 1-1 4-0 1-4 xxx 0-2 3-1 1-0 3-1 0-2 2-0 0-0 1-0 1-1 2-4 0-1 4-0 2-1 3-0 Bury 1-1 2-3 1-1 0-2 xxx 2-0 1-2 2-4 1-0 2-4 5-1 2-0 0-1 7-1 1-4 3-1 1-0 3-1 Derby County 0-0 0-2 3-0 1-1 3-2 xxx 1-2 0-1 4-2 1-1 3-2 1-1 3-1 2-3 1-0 3-0 1-0 2-1 Everton 1-0 3-2 2-1 1-0 2-0 0-0 xxx 0-0 1-0 2-1 5-1 5-1 1-0 2-0 5-2 4-1 0-1 2-1 Manchester City 1-0 2-1 2-1 2-1 3-2 6-0 2-0 xxx 3-2 3-2 1-1 2-1 6-1 1-1 1-1 1-0 5-2 5-1 Middlesbrough 1-0 3-1 0-1 2-1 2-2 2-0 1-0 0-1 xxx 0-3 0-0 2-5 1-1 0-1 1-3 2-1 1-3 3-1 Newcastle 3-0 2-0 0-1 1-0 3-1 2-0 3-2 2-0 3-0 xxx 5-1 1-0 1-0 1-1 6-2 4-1 1-3 3-0 Nottm Forest 0-3 1-1 0-2 5-2 5-1 0-1 0-2 2-1 1-1 1-3 xxx 2-1 0-1 1-2 2-1 0-1 2-3 2-2 Notts County 1-5 1-2 0-0 2-1 0-1 0-0 1-2 1-1 0-0 0-3 1-2 xxx 1-3 1-5 2-2 0-0 2-2 3-4 Preston 3-0 2-3 2-2 0-0 0-0 2-0 1-1 0-1 2-0 1-0 0-1 3-1 xxx 4-0 1-0 2-1 3-1 2-2 Sheffield Utd 4-0 0-3 2-1 3-1 4-0 3-1 1-0 0-3 0-1 1-3 4-0 2-1 1-0 xxx 4-2 5-2 1-0 4-2 Sheffield Wed 0-3 3-2 3-1 1-2 4-0 1-1 5-5 2-1 5-0 1-3 2-0 1-0 2-0 1-3 xxx 3-0 1-1 4-0 Stoke City 2-0 1-4 1-0 4-0 2-0 1-2 2-2 1-0 3-1 1-0 0-0 0-2 1-1 2-1 2-1 xxx 1-3 2-1 Sunderland 1-1 2-3 1-4 2-1 2-1 3-0 2-3 0-0 1-1 3-1 1-0 5-0 3-2 2-1 3-0 3-1 xxx 3-0 Wolverhampton 4-1 1-1 0-1 2-0 2-0 2-0 0-3 0-3 5-3 1-3 3-2 3-1 0-0 4-2 1-0 1-3 1-0 xxx

Final Table:
                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. NEWCASTLE UNITED         34  14  1  2  41  12   9  1  7  31  21   48
 2. Everton                  34  14  2  1  36  11   7  3  7  27  25   47
 3. Manchester City          34  14  3  0  46  17   6  3  8  20  20   46
 4. Aston Villa              34  11  2  4  32  15   8  2  7  31  28   42
 5. Sunderland               34  11  3  3  37  19   5  5  7  23  25   40
 6. Sheffield United         34  13  0  4  39  20   6  2  9  25  36   40
 7. Birmingham City          34  11  1  5  32  17   6  4  7  22  21   39
 8. Preston North End        34   9  5  3  28  13   4  5  8  14  24   36
 9. Sheffield Wednesday      34  10  3  4  39  22   4  2 11  22  35   33
10. Arsenal                  34   9  5  3  19  12   3  4 10  17  28   33
11. Derby County             34   9  4  4  29  19   3  4 10   8  29   32
12. Stoke City               34  10  3  4  26  18   3  1 13  14  40   30
13. Blackburn Rovers         34   9  3  5  28  18   2  2 13  12  33   27
14. Wolverhampton Wanderers  34  10  2  5  30  23   1  2 14  17  50   26
15. Middlesbrough            34   7  3  7  21  24   2  5 10  15  32   26
16. Nottingham Forest        34   5  3  9  24  28   4  4  9  16  33   25
17. Bury                     34   8  2  7  34  26   2  2 13  13  41   24
18. Notts County             34   1  7  9  16  33   4  1 12  20  36   18

League Division 2
Season1904–05
ChampionsLiverpool (3rd title)
Failed re-electionDoncaster Rovers
Matches played306
Goals scored903 (2.95 per match)
Top goalscorerSamuel Marsh (Bolton Wanderers), 27 [3]
Biggest home winLiverpool – Burslem Port Vale 8–1 (8 Apr 1905)
Barnsley – Burton United 7–0 (28 Jan 1905)
Manchester United – Bradford City 7–0 (2 Jan 1905)
Biggest away winBurton United – West Bromwich Albion 0–6 (21 Apr 1905)
Highest scoringLiverpool – Burslem Port Vale 8–1 (8 Apr 1905)
Longest winning run14 matches
Manchester United (15 Oct 1904 – 3 Jan 1905)
Longest unbeaten run18 matches
Manchester United (24 Sep 1904 – 21 Jan 1905)
Longest losing run9 matches
Doncaster Rovers (14 Jan 1905 – 1 Apr 1905)
Home \ Away	BAR	BLP	BOL	BRA	BRI	BRN	BPV	BRT	CHF	DON	GAI	GLP	GRI	LEI	LIN	LIV	MUN	WBA
Barnsley		2–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–2	3–0	7–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	0–0	2–2	2–1	2–1	0–2	0–0	1–1
Blackpool	6–0		0–2	2–0	2–4	2–0	3–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–2	4–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–3	0–1	0–0
Bolton Wanderers2–1	3–0		2–0	3–1	4–0	3–1	7–1	4–3	2–0	5–1	4–0	4–1	0–1	4–1	2–0	2–4	2–1
Bradford City	1–2	3–1	2–1		2–3	4–1	2–1	3–1	0–1	4–1	3–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–4	1–1	3–1
Bristol City	3–0	2–0	3–4	1–0		0–0	4–2	5–0	2–1	4–1	1–1	2–0	5–0	3–0	2–0	0–1	1–1	2–1
Burnley	        3–0	0–1	0–1	2–1	2–3		5–0	1–1	2–0	4–3	1–3	3–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	0–2	2–0	1–4
Burslem Port Val0–2	2–2	1–2	1–1	3–2	3–1		4–2	0–0	2–0	3–2	0–1	2–0	1–3	0–1	1–2	2–2	3–2
Burton United	1–2	0–0	0–1	1–0	2–0	3–1	2–3		0–3	1–0	1–3	2–2	1–0	0–3	2–1	2–1	2–3	0–6
Chesterfield	2–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	0–3	1–1	2–1	6–0		4–1	3–2	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	2–0	1–0
Doncaster Rovers2–0	0–0	0–4	0–1	0–2	0–2	2–2	1–3	0–2		1–5	2–1	0–2	3–0	0–2	1–4	0–1	0–1
Gainsborough Tri4–0	1–1	0–4	3–2	4–1	3–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	2–0		0–0	2–1	2–0	2–0	1–2	0–0	4–2
Glossop	        5–0	0–0	1–2	3–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	2–0	3–1		2–0	0–0	3–2	0–2	1–2	2–1
Grimsby Town	0–0	2–0	2–2	0–2	4–0	1–0	0–3	1–0	3–1	2–1	0–0	3–0		2–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–3
Leicester Fosse	2–0	3–1	2–4	1–2	2–1	2–2	3–0	2–0	1–1	3–2	1–1	0–2	5–1		0–1	0–3	0–3	3–1
Lincoln City	2–0	1–0	0–2	1–1	1–3	2–0	3–3	3–1	0–0	3–0	4–1	3–0	0–0	5–1		0–2	3–0	0–2
Liverpool	2–1	5–0	1–1	4–1	3–1	3–0	8–1	2–0	6–1	1–0	6–1	2–2	5–0	4–0	1–1		4–0	3–2
Manchester Unite4–0	3–1	1–2	7–0	4–1	1–0	6–1	5–0	3–0	6–0	3–1	4–1	2–1	4–1	2–0	3–1		2–0
West Bromwich Al4–1	4–2	0–1	0–2	0–0	1–1	0–1	4–0	0–2	6–1	4–3	1–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	0–2	0–2	
P W D L F A W D L F A Pts
 1. LIVERPOOL                34  14  3  0  60  12  13  1  3  33  13   58
 2. BOLTON WANDERERS         34  15  0  2  53  16  12  2  3  34  16   56
 3. Manchester United        34  16  0  1  60  10   8  5  4  21  20   53
 4. Bristol City             34  12  3  2  40  12   7  1  9  26  33   42
 5. Chesterfield             34   9  6  2  26  11   5  5  7  18  24   39
 6. Gainsborough Trinity     34  11  4  2  32  15   3  4 10  29  43   36
 7. Barnsley                 34  11  4  2  29  13   3  1 13   9  43   33
 8. Bradford City            34   8  5  4  31  20   4  3 10  14  29   32
 9. Lincoln City             34   9  4  4  31  16   3  3 11  11  25   31
10. West Bromwich Albion     34   8  2  7  29  20   5  2 10  28  28   30
11. Burnley                  34  10  1  6  31  21   2  5 10  12  31   30
12. Glossop North End        34   7  5  5  23  14   3  5  9  14  32   30
13. Grimsby Town             34   9  3  5  22  14   2  5 10  11  32   30
14. Leicester City           34   8  3  6  30  25   3  4 10  10  30   29
15. Blackpool                34   8  5  4  26  15   1  5 11  10  33   28
16. Port Vale                34   7  4  6  28  25   3  3 11  19  47   27
17. Burton United            34   7  2  8  20  29   1  2 14  10  55   20
18. Doncaster Rovers         34   3  2 12  12  32   0  0 17  11  49    8
FINAL TABLE THE COMBINATION 1904-1905
 1. Wrexham                    26-43  (70-16)  21  1  4  Champions/left
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 2. Chester                    26-37  (69-35)  17  3  6          
 3. Broughton United           26-33  (43-44)  14  5  7          
 4. Nantwich                   26-29  (66-39)  11  7  8          
 5. Port Sunlight              26-27  (56-50)  11  5 10          
 6. Tranmere Rovers            26-27  (41-37)  10  7  9          
 7. Rhyl                       26-27  (40-44)  11  5 10          
 8. Whitchurch                 26-26  (60-58)  11  4 11          
 9. Middlewich                 26-22  (44-55)  10  2 14          
10. Oswestry United            26-22  (43-62)  10  2 14          
11. Birkenhead                 26-20  (35-47)   7  6 13          
12. Bangor FC                  26-19  (55-61)   8  3 15          
13. Druids Ruabon              26-19  (29-54)   7  5 14          
14. Chirk AAA                  26-13  (32-81)   4  5 17          

Champions: Wrexham                                                
Newly admitted: Glossop II and Crewe Alexandra II               

683 goals = 3.753 g/match
FINAL TABLE SOUTHERN LEAGUE (DIVISION 1) 1904-1905

 1. Bristol Rovers             34-48  (74-36)  20  8  6  Champions    
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 2. Reading                    34-43  (57-38)  18  7  9          
 3. Southampton                34-43  (54-40)  18  7  9          
 4. Plymouth Argyle            34-41  (57-39)  18  5 11          
 5. Tottenham Hotspur          34-38  (53-34)  15  8 11          
 6. Fulham London              34-38  (46-34)  14 10 10          
 7. Queens Park Rangers        34-36  (51-46)  14  8 12          
 8. Portsmouth                 34-36  (61-56)  16  4 14          
 9. New Brompton               34-33  (40-40)  11 11 12          
10. Watford                    34-33  (44-45)  15  3 16          
11. West Ham United            34-32  (48-42)  12  8 14          
12. Brighton & Hove Albion     34-32  (44-45)  13  6 15          
13. Northampton Town           34-32  (43-54)  12  8 14          
14. Brentford London           34-29  (33-38)  10  9 15          
15. Millwall London            34-29  (38-47)  11  7 16          
16. Swindon Town               34-29  (41-59)  12  5 17          
17. Luton Town                 34-27  (45-54)  12  3 19          
18. Wellingborough             34-13  (25-107)  5  3 26  left  

Champions: Bristol Rovers                                         
New elected: Norwich City                                   

854 goals = 2.791 goals/m.

England FA Challenge Cup 1904-1905

Country England
Defending championsManchester City
ChampionsAston Villa (4th title)
Runners-upNewcastle United

        1st Round
Feb 04  Aston Villa              5 +Leicester Fosse          1
Feb 04  Blackburn Rovers         1  The Wednesday            2
Feb 04 +Bolton Wanderers         1 *Bristol Rovers           1
Feb 04  Bury                     1  Notts County             0
Feb 04  Derby County             0  Preston North End        2
Feb 04 *Fulham                   0 *Reading                  0
Feb 04 +Lincoln City             1  Manchester City          2
Feb 04 +Liverpool                1  Everton                  1
Feb 04  Middlesbrough            1 *Tottenham Hotspur        1
Feb 04  Newcastle United         1 *Plymouth Argyle          1
Feb 04  Nottingham Forest        2  Sheffield United         0
Feb 04  Small Heath              0 *Portsmouth               2
Feb 04 *Southampton              3 *Millwall Athletic        1
Feb 04  Stoke                    2 +Grimsby Town             0
Feb 04  Sunderland               1  Wolverhampton Wanderers  1
Feb 04  Woolwich Arsenal         0 +Bristol City             0

        Replays
Feb 08 +Bristol City             1  Woolwich Arsenal         0
Feb 08 *Bristol Rovers           0 +Bolton Wanderers         3
Feb 08  Everton                  2 +Liverpool                1
Feb 08 *Plymouth Argyle          1  Newcastle United         1
Feb 08 *Reading                  0 *Fulham                   0
Feb 08  Wolverhampton Wanderers  1  Sunderland               0
Feb 09 *Tottenham Hotspur        1  Middlesbrough            0
Feb 13 *Fulham                   1 *Reading                  0  played at Tottenham
Feb 13  Newcastle United         2 *Plymouth Argyle          0  played at Woolwich

        2nd Round
Feb 18  Aston Villa              3  Bury                     2
Feb 18 +Bristol City             0  Preston North End        0
Feb 18 *Fulham                   1  Nottingham Forest        0
Feb 18  Manchester City          1 +Bolton Wanderers         2
Feb 18  The Wednesday            2 *Portsmouth               1
Feb 18  Stoke                    0  Everton                  4
Feb 18 *Tottenham Hotspur        1  Newcastle United         1
Feb 18  Wolverhampton Wanderers  2 *Southampton              3

        Replays
Feb 22  Newcastle United         4 *Tottenham Hotspur        0
Feb 23  Preston North End        1 +Bristol City             0

        Quarter-finals
Mar 04  Aston Villa              5 *Fulham                   0
Mar 04 +Bolton Wanderers         0  Newcastle United         2
Mar 04  Everton                  4 *Southampton              0
Mar 04  Preston North End        1  The Wednesday            1

        Replay
Mar 09  The Wednesday            3  Preston North End        0

        Semi-finals
Mar 25  Aston Villa              1  Everton                  1  played at Stoke  
Mar 25  Newcastle United         1  The Wednesday            0  played at Manchester City  

        Replay
Mar 29  Aston Villa              2  Everton                  1  played at Nottingham Forest  

        Final
Apr 15  Aston Villa              2  Newcastle United         0  played at Crystal Palace
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Season 1905-06

Sheriff of London(Dewar) Charity Shield

1905  The Wednesday             2 Corinthians               1

League Division 1
Season1905–06
ChampionsLiverpool (2nd English title)
RelegatedNottingham Forest,
Wolverhampton Wanderers
FA Cup winnersEverton (1st FA Cup title)
Matches played380
Goals scored1,242 (3.27 per match)
Top goalscorerAlbert Shepherd (Bolton Wanderers), 26
Biggest home winNewcastle United – Wolverhampton Wanderers 8–0 (11 Nov 1905)
Biggest away winMiddlesbrough – Liverpool 1–5 (11 Nov 1905)
Highest scoringSunderland – Wolverhampton Wanderers 7–2 (10 Mar 1906)
Longest winning run9 matches
Bolton Wanderers (1 Jan 1906 – 17 Mar 1906)
Longest unbeaten run10 matches
Liverpool (21 Oct 1905 – 25 Dec 1905)
Blackburn Rovers (18 Nov 1905 – 20 Jan 1906)
Longest losing run5 matches
Sunderland (9 Sep 1905 – 7 Oct 1905)
Middlesbrough (21 Oct 1905 – 18 Nov 1905)
Woolwich Arsenal (28 Oct 1905 – 25 Nov 1905)
Wolverhampton Wanderers (24 Feb 1906 – 19 Mar 1906)
Highest attendance50,000
Newcastle United – Sunderland (30 Dec 1905)
Lowest attendance1,500
Derby County – Middlesbrough (6 Jan 1906)
Average attendance13,51
Ars Ast Bir Bla Bol Bry Der Eve Liv MaC Mid New NmF NtC Pre ShU ShW Sto Sun Wol Arsenal xxx 2-1 5-0 3-2 0-0 4-0 1-0 1-2 3-1 2-0 2-2 4-3 3-1 1-1 2-2 5-1 0-2 1-2 2-0 2-1 Aston Villa 2-1 xxx 1-3 0-1 1-1 3-3 6-0 4-0 5-0 2-1 4-1 0-3 3-1 2-1 0-1 4-1 3-0 3-0 2-1 6-0 Birmingham 2-1 2-0 xxx 3-0 2-5 0-3 3-1 1-0 1-0 3-2 7-0 0-1 5-0 4-2 1-1 2-0 5-1 2-0 3-0 3-3 Blackburn 2-0 1-1 5-1 xxx 4-1 3-0 3-0 1-2 0-0 1-1 1-1 1-0 1-1 1-3 1-2 2-1 1-0 3-0 0-3 3-1 Bolton 6-1 4-1 0-1 1-0 xxx 4-0 5-0 3-2 3-2 1-3 2-1 1-1 6-0 2-0 1-2 1-2 1-0 1-2 6-2 3-2 Bury 2-0 0-1 1-0 5-0 2-1 xxx 0-2 3-2 0-0 2-4 1-1 1-4 2-1 0-0 1-1 2-5 2-2 3-0 3-1 0-1 Derby County 5-1 1-0 0-0 1-2 0-1 3-1 xxx 0-0 0-3 1-2 1-1 2-1 2-2 1-1 3-0 1-0 2-1 1-0 1-0 2-0 Everton 0-1 4-2 1-2 3-2 3-1 1-2 2-1 xxx 4-2 0-3 4-1 1-2 4-1 6-2 1-0 3-2 2-0 0-3 3-1 2-2 Liverpool 3-0 3-0 2-0 1-3 2-2 3-1 4-1 1-1 xxx 0-1 6-1 3-0 4-1 2-0 1-1 3-1 2-1 3-1 2-0 4-0 Manchester City 1-2 1-4 4-1 1-1 3-1 5-2 1-2 1-0 0-1 xxx 4-0 1-4 5-0 5-1 0-0 1-2 2-1 2-0 5-1 4-0 Middlesbrough 2-0 1-2 1-0 1-1 4-4 5-1 0-1 0-0 1-5 6-1 xxx 1-0 2-0 4-1 1-2 0-1 2-2 5-0 2-1 3-1 Newcastle 1-1 3-1 2-2 3-0 2-1 3-1 0-1 4-2 2-3 2-2 4-1 xxx 3-2 3-1 1-0 2-1 0-3 5-0 1-1 8-0 Nottm Forest 3-1 2-2 2-1 1-2 4-0 3-2 0-0 4-3 1-2 0-1 2-1 2-1 xxx 1-2 1-0 4-1 3-4 3-1 1-2 3-1 Notts County 1-0 2-1 0-0 1-1 3-3 2-2 1-0 0-0 3-0 3-0 1-1 1-0 1-1 xxx 2-2 2-3 1-3 1-1 4-1 5-2 Preston 2-2 2-0 3-0 2-1 3-0 1-0 3-1 1-1 1-2 2-0 2-1 0-0 3-1 4-1 xxx 1-1 0-1 2-0 1-1 3-2 Sheffield Utd 3-1 1-1 3-0 0-2 5-2 1-1 1-0 3-2 1-2 1-3 1-0 2-0 1-4 1-0 0-0 xxx 0-2 1-1 4-1 4-1 Sheffield Wed 4-2 2-2 4-2 0-1 1-2 1-1 1-0 3-1 3-2 1-0 3-0 1-1 1-0 3-1 1-1 1-0 xxx 2-0 3-3 5-1 Stoke City 2-1 0-1 2-2 3-0 1-2 4-2 2-2 2-2 2-1 0-0 1-1 1-0 4-0 3-0 3-0 2-1 4-0 xxx 1-0 4-0 Sunderland 2-2 2-0 3-1 3-0 3-3 0-3 2-0 2-1 1-2 2-0 2-1 3-2 0-1 1-3 2-0 2-0 2-0 1-0 xxx 7-2 Wolverhampton 0-2 4-1 0-0 2-1 2-0 2-2 7-0 2-5 0-2 2-3 0-0 0-2 2-1 6-1 2-3 1-1 0-0 1-2 5-2 xxx

Final Table:
                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. LIVERPOOL                38  14  3  2  49  15   9  2  8  30  31   51
 2. Preston North End        38  12  5  2  36  15   5  8  6  18  24   47
 3. Sheffield Wednesday      38  12  5  2  40  20   6  3 10  23  32   44
 4. Newcastle United         38  12  4  3  49  23   6  3 10  25  25   43
 5. Manchester City          38  11  2  6  46  23   8  3  8  27  31   43
 6. Bolton Wanderers         38  13  1  5  51  22   4  6  9  30  45   41
 7. Birmingham City          38  14  2  3  49  20   3  5 11  16  39   41
 8. Aston Villa              38  13  2  4  51  19   4  4 11  21  37   40
 9. Blackburn Rovers         38  10  5  4  34  18   6  3 10  20  34   40
10. Stoke City               38  12  5  2  41  15   4  2 13  13  40   39
11. Everton                  38  12  1  6  44  30   3  6 10  26  36   37
12. Arsenal                  38  12  4  3  43  21   3  3 13  19  43   37
13. Sheffield United         38  10  4  5  33  23   5  2 12  24  39   36
14. Sunderland               38  13  2  4  40  21   2  3 14  21  49   35
15. Derby County             38  10  5  4  27  16   4  2 13  12  42   35
16. Notts County             38   8  9  2  34  21   3  3 13  21  50   34
17. Bury                     38   8  5  6  30  26   3  5 11  27  48   32
18. Middlesbrough            38  10  4  5  41  23   0  7 12  15  48   31
19. NOTTINGHAM FOREST        38  11  2  6  40  27   2  3 14  18  52   31
20. WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS  38   7  5  7  38  28   1  2 16  20  71   23

League Division 2
Season1905–06
ChampionsBristol City (1st title)
Failed re-electionNone
Matches played380
Goals scored1,116 (2.94 per match)
Top goalscorerWilliam Maxwell (Bristol City), 27[3]
Biggest home winBarnsley 8–1 Chesterfield (20 Jan 1905)
Bristol City 7–0 Stockport (20 Jan 1906)
Chelsea 7–0 Burslem Port Vale (3 Mar 1906)
Biggest away winLeicester Fosse 2–5 Manchester United (29 Mar 1906)
Chesterfield 1–4 Grimsby Town (2 Sept 1905)
Lincoln City 1–4 Chelsea (14 Oct 1905)
Lincoln City 1–4 Hull (23 Dec 1905)
Highest scoringBarnsley 8–1 Chesterfield (20 Jan 1905)
Longest winning run14 matches
Bristol City (9 Sep 1905 – 2 Dec 1905)
Longest unbeaten run24 matches
Bristol City (9 Sep 1905 – 10 Feb 1906)
Longest losing run8 matches
Burton United (17 Mar 1906 – 28 Apr 1906)
Home \ Away BAR BLP BRA BRI BRN BPV BRT CHE CHF CLA GAI GLP GRI HUL LEE LEI LIN MUN STP WBA Barnsley 1–1 0–1 2–2 1–2 4–0 3–0 1–2 8–1 4–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 3–0 0–0 4–2 0–3 4–0 3–0 Blackpool 0–0 2–2 1–3 0–1 2–1 2–0 0–1 2–1 3–0 2–2 1–0 2–0 1–2 0–3 0–1 2–0 0–1 2–0 0–3 Bradford City 0–0 2–1 1–2 0–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 1–2 2–0 0–1 0–2 1–0 3–3 2–2 1–5 0–1 0–1 Bristol City 3–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 4–0 4–0 2–1 3–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 2–1 2–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 7–0 1–0 Burnley 2–1 4–1 0–0 2–2 1–3 1–0 2–0 1–1 3–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–3 4–3 0–2 2–1 1–3 0–1 0–2 Burslem Port Val1–2 1–2 2–1 0–1 2–2 4–1 3–2 4–3 2–1 1–0 3–3 2–2 1–3 2–0 2–0 3–1 1–0 0–0 0–1 Burton United 4–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–3 1–0 2–4 4–0 1–0 3–1 1–0 1–0 0–3 1–1 0–0 2–0 0–2 2–0 2–2 Chelsea 6–0 6–0 4–2 0–0 1–0 7–0 3–0 0–1 6–1 1–3 0–0 2–0 5–1 4–0 3–3 4–2 1–1 4–2 1–0 Chesterfield 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–2 3–0 2–0 1–0 0–2 1–1 0–0 3–1 1–4 1–2 0–2 3–3 1–2 1–0 3–1 0–3 Clapton Orient 0–0 0–0 4–2 0–2 3–0 1–3 0–1 0–3 3–3 1–0 2–0 1–2 0–1 0–0 0–2 3–0 0–1 1–0 0–2 Gainsborough Tri1–0 0–1 2–3 1–3 0–1 4–0 5–2 0–2 4–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 3–1 4–1 0–1 2–3 2–2 0–0 2–1 Glossop 2–2 4–1 2–3 1–5 1–1 3–2 2–0 2–4 2–0 5–0 1–0 2–0 3–1 1–2 0–0 2–2 1–2 1–0 1–3 Grimsby Town 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 5–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 4–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–2 0–1 2–0 3–2 Hull City 4–1 2–2 5–2 0–3 1–1 3–2 1–1 4–3 3–0 3–1 2–0 1–2 0–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 0–1 3–0 4–0 Leeds City 3–2 3–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 3–1 2–1 0–0 3–0 6–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 3–1 4–1 2–2 1–3 1–1 0–2 Leicester Fosse 1–0 2–0 2–4 1–2 2–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 4–0 2–1 2–0 1–2 0–1 3–1 2–5 2–0 0–0 Lincoln City 4–1 1–1 5–0 0–3 5–0 3–1 5–1 1–4 0–1 2–3 3–0 4–1 3–1 1–4 1–2 3–1 2–3 2–0 1–2 Manchester Unite5–1 2–1 0–0 5–1 1–0 3–0 6–0 0–0 4–1 4–0 2–0 5–2 5–0 5–0 0–3 3–2 2–1 3–1 0–0 Stockport County0–0 2–1 1–0 2–3 3–1 3–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 3–3 2–0 5–0 2–2 2–1 2–1 1–1 3–0 0–1 2–2 West Bromwich Al5–3 5–0 6–1 1–3 1–2 4–1 3–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 4–0 6–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 3–0 1–1 1–0 3–1
                             P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. BRISTOL CITY             38  17  1  1  43   8  13  5  1  40  20   66
 2. MANCHESTER UNITED        38  15  3  1  55  13  13  3  3  35  15   62
 3. Chelsea                  38  13  4  2  58  16   9  5  5  32  21   53
 4. West Bromwich Albion     38  13  4  2  53  16   9  4  6  26  20   52
 5. Hull City                38  10  5  4  38  21   9  1  9  29  33   44
 6. Leeds City               38  11  5  3  38  19   6  4  9  21  28   43
 7. Leicester City           38  10  3  6  30  21   5  9  5  23  27   42
 8. Grimsby Town             38  11  7  1  33  13   4  3 12  13  33   40
 9. Burnley                  38   9  4  6  26  23   6  4  9  16  30   38
10. Stockport County         38  11  6  2  36  16   2  3 14   8  40   35
11. Bradford City            38   7  4  8  21  22   6  4  9  25  38   34
12. Barnsley                 38  11  4  4  45  17   1  5 13  15  45   33
13. Lincoln City             38  10  1  8  46  29   2  5 12  23  43   30
14. Blackpool                38   8  3  8  22  21   2  6 11  15  41   29
15. Gainsborough Trinity     38  10  2  7  35  22   2  2 15   9  35   28
16. Glossop North End        38   9  4  6  36  28   1  4 14  13  43   28
17. Port Vale                38  10  4  5  34  25   2  0 17  15  57   28
18. Chesterfield             38   8  4  7  26  24   2  4 13  14  48   28
19. Burton United            38   9  4  6  26  20   1  2 16   8  47   26
20. Leyton Orient            38   6  4  9  19  22   1  3 15  16  56   21
FINAL TABLE THE COMBINATION 1905-1906
 1. Whitchurch                 28-41  (87-32)  18  5  5  Champions   
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 2. Chester                    28-36  (72-29)  16  4  8          
 3. Glossop II                 28-34  (53-37)  15  4  9  LComb2  
 4. Druids Ruabon              28-33  (52-46)  14  5  9          
 5. Tranmere Rovers(-2)        28-32  (40-36)  13  8  7          
 6. Crewe Alexandra II         28-31  (53-42)  14  3 11          
 7. Nantwich                   28-30  (47-53)  14  2 12          
 8. Port Sunlight              28-28  (43-42)  11  6 11  LComb2  
 9. Oswestry United            28-27  (72-56)  13  1 14          
10. Bangor FC                  28-24  (38-63)   9  6 13          
11. Rhyl                       28-23  (61-70)  10  3 15          
12. Chirk AAA                  28-23  (48-71)   8  7 13          
13. Broughton United(-2)       28-22  (46-61)  11  2 15  left  
14. Birkenhead                 28-21  (38-54)   9  3 16          
15. Wigan Town(-4)             28- 7  (32-90)   4  3 21          

Middlewich resigned from the league mid-season, records
transferred to Wigan Town.                  

Champions: Whitchurch                                             
Newly admitted: Wrexham II and Wrexham Victoria                 

782 goals = 3.724 g/match
FINAL TABLE SOUTHERN LEAGUE (DIVISION 1) 1905-1906

 1. Fulham London              34-50  (44-15)  19 12  3  Champions    
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 2. Southampton                34-45  (58-39)  19  7  8          
 3. Portsmouth                 34-43  (61-35)  17  9  8          
 4. Luton Town                 34-41  (64-40)  17  7 10          
 5. Tottenham Hotspur          34-39  (46-29)  16  7 11          
 6. Plymouth Argyle            34-39  (52-33)  16  7 11          
 7. Norwich City               34-36  (46-38)  13 10 11          
 8. Bristol Rovers             34-35  (56-56)  15  5 14          
 9. Brentford London           34-35  (43-52)  14  7 13          
10. Reading                    34-33  (53-46)  12  9 13          
11. West Ham United            34-33  (42-39)  14  5 15          
12. Millwall London            34-33  (38-41)  11 11 12          
13. Queens Park Rangers        34-31  (58-44)  12  7 15          
14. Watford                    34-26  (38-57)   8 10 16          
15. Swindon Town               34-25  (31-52)   8  9 17          
16. Brighton & Hove Albion     34-25  (30-55)   9  7 18          
17. New Brompton               34-22  (20-62)   7  8 19          
18. Northampton Town           34-21  (32-79)   8  5 21          

Champions: Fulham London                                          
Promotion: Leyton and Crystal Palace London                        

812 goals = 2.654 goals/m.

England FA Challenge Cup 1905-1906

Country England
Defending championsAston Villa
ChampionsEverton (1st title)
Runners-upNewcastle United

        1st Round
Jan 13  Aston Villa             11 *Kings Lynn               0
Jan 13  Birmingham               1  Preston North End        0
Jan 13 *Bishop Auckland          0  Wolverhampton Wanderers  3
Jan 13 +Blackpool                1 *Crystal Palace           1
Jan 13 +Bradford City            3 *Barrow                   2
Jan 13 *Brentford                2 +Bristol City             1
Jan 13 *Brighton & Hove Albion   3 *Swindon Town             0
Jan 13 +Burslem Port Vale        0 +Gainsborough Trinity     3
Jan 13  Bury                     1  Nottingham Forest        1
Jan 13 +Clapton Orient           0 +Chesterfield             0
Jan 13 *Crewe Alexandra          1 +Barnsley                 1
Jan 13  Derby County             4 *Kettering                0
Jan 13  Everton                  3 +West Bromwich Albion     1
Jan 13 *Fulham                   1 *Queen's Park Rangers     0
Jan 13 +Hull City                0 *Reading                  1
Jan 13 +Lincoln City             4 +Stockport County         2
Jan 13  Liverpool                2 +Leicester Fosse          1
Jan 13 +Manchester United        7 *Staplehill               2
Jan 13  Middlesbrough            3 *Bolton Wanderers         0
Jan 13 *Millwall Athletic        1 +Burton United            0
Jan 13 *New Brompton             2 *Northampton Town         1
Jan 13 *New Crusaders            3 *Plymouth Argyle          6
Jan 13  Newcastle United         6 +Grimsby Town             0
Jan 13 *Norwich City             1 *Tunbridge Wells          1
Jan 13  Sheffield United         4  Manchester City          1
Jan 13  The Wednesday            1 *Bristol Rovers           0
Jan 13 *Southampton              5 *Portsmouth               1
Jan 13  Stoke                    1  Blackburn Rovers         0
Jan 13  Sunderland               1  Notts County             0
Jan 13 *Tottenham Hotspur        2 +Burnley                  0
Jan 13  Woolwich Arsenal         1 *West Ham United          1
Jan 13 *Worcester                0 *Watford                  6

        Replays
Jan 17 +Chesterfield             3 +Clapton Orient           0
Jan 17 *Crystal Palace           1 +Blackpool                1
Jan 17  Nottingham Forest        6  Bury                     2
Jan 17 *Tunbridge Wells          0 *Norwich City             5
Jan 18 +Barnsley                 4 *Crewe Alexandra          0
Jan 18 *West Ham United          2  Woolwich Arsenal         3
Jan 22 +Blackpool                1 *Crystal Palace           0  played at Aston Villa

        2nd Round
Feb 03  Aston Villa              0 *Plymouth Argyle          0
Feb 03 +Blackpool                2  Sheffield United         1
Feb 03 +Bradford City            5  Wolverhampton Wanderers  0
Feb 03 *Brentford                3 +Lincoln City             0
Feb 03 *Brighton & Hove Albion   1  Middlesbrough            1
Feb 03  Derby County             0  Newcastle United         0
Feb 03  Everton                  3 +Chesterfield             0
Feb 03 *Fulham                   1  Nottingham Forest        3
Feb 03  Liverpool                1 +Barnsley                 0
Feb 03 +Manchester United        3 *Norwich City             0
Feb 03 *New Brompton             0 *Southampton              0
Feb 03  The Wednesday            1 *Millwall Athletic        1
Feb 03  Stoke                    0  Birmingham               1
Feb 03  Sunderland               1 +Gainsborough Trinity     1
Feb 03 *Tottenham Hotspur        3 *Reading                  2
Feb 03  Woolwich Arsenal         3 *Watford                  0

        Replays
Feb 07 +Gainsborough Trinity     0  Sunderland               3
Feb 07  Middlesbrough            1 *Brighton & Hove Albion   1
Feb 07  Newcastle United         2  Derby County             1
Feb 07 *Plymouth Argyle          1  Aston Villa              5
Feb 07 *Southampton              1 *New Brompton             0
Feb 08 *Millwall Athletic        0  The Wednesday            3
Feb 12  Middlesbrough            3 *Brighton & Hove Albion   1  played at Sheffield United

        3rd Round
Feb 24  Everton                  1 +Bradford City            0
Feb 24  Liverpool                2 *Brentford                0
Feb 24 +Manchester United        5  Aston Villa              1
Feb 24  Newcastle United         5 +Blackpool                0
Feb 24  The Wednesday            4  Nottingham Forest        1
Feb 24 *Southampton              6  Middlesbrough            1
Feb 24 *Tottenham Hotspur        1  Birmingham               1
Feb 24  Woolwich Arsenal         5  Sunderland               0

        Replay
Feb 28  Birmingham               2 *Tottenham Hotspur        0

        Quarter-finals
Mar 10  Birmingham               2  Newcastle United         2
Mar 10  Everton                  4  The Wednesday            3
Mar 10  Liverpool                3 *Southampton              0
Mar 10 +Manchester United        2  Woolwich Arsenal         3

        Replay
Mar 14  Newcastle United         3  Birmingham               0

        Semi-finals
Mar 31  Everton                  2  Liverpool                0  played at Aston Villa
Mar 31  Newcastle United         2  Woolwich Arsenal         0  played at Stoke

        Final
Apr 21  Everton                  1  Newcastle United         0  played at Crystal Palace
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Season 1906-07

Sheriff of London(Dewar) Charity Shield

1906  Liverpool                 5  Corinthians               1

League Division 1
Season1906–07
ChampionsNewcastle United (2nd English title)
RelegatedDerby County,
Stoke
FA Cup winnersThe Wednesday (2nd FA Cup title)
Matches played380
Goals scored1,148 (3.02 per match)
Top goalscorerAlex Young (Everton), 30 [3]
Biggest home winEverton – Manchester City 9–1 (3 Sept 1906)
Biggest away winManchester City – Woolwich Arsenal 1–4 (1 Sept 1906)
Sheffield United – Manchester City 1–4 (23 Mar 1907)
Highest scoringEverton – Manchester City 9–1 (3 Sept 1906)
SunderlandLiverpool 5–5 (19 Jan 1907)
Longest winning run6 matches
Everton (29 Sep 1906 – 3 Nov 1906)
Longest unbeaten run13 matches
Bristol City (8 Dec 1906 – 9 Mar 1907)
Longest losing run5 matches
Liverpool (15 Sep 1906 – 13 Oct 1906)
Derby County (17 Nov 1906 – 15 Dec 1906)
Bury (8 Dec 1906 – 26 Dec 1906)
Sheffield Wednesday (19 Jan 1907 – 2 Mar 1907)
Preston North End (2 Feb 1907 – 23 Feb 1907)
Highest attendance60,000
Birmingham – Aston Villa (19 Jan 1907)
Lowest attendance1,000
Manchester United – Sunderland (25 Mar 1907)
Average attendance16,294
Ars Ast Bir Bla Bol BrC Bry Der Eve Liv MaC MaU Mid New NtC Pre ShU ShW Sto Sun Arsenal xxx 3-1 2-1 2-0 2-2 1-2 3-1 3-2 3-1 2-1 4-1 4-0 2-0 2-0 1-0 1-0 0-1 1-0 2-1 0-1 Aston Villa 2-2 xxx 4-1 4-2 0-2 3-2 3-1 2-0 2-1 4-0 4-1 2-0 2-3 0-0 0-0 3-0 5-1 8-1 1-0 2-2 Birmingham 5-1 3-2 xxx 2-0 4-2 2-2 3-1 2-1 1-0 2-1 4-0 1-1 0-0 2-4 2-0 3-0 0-0 1-1 2-1 2-0 Blackburn 2-3 2-1 1-0 xxx 2-3 0-1 4-1 5-1 2-1 1-1 4-0 2-4 4-1 4-0 0-2 1-1 1-1 0-2 3-1 2-1 Bolton 3-0 1-2 2-3 5-2 xxx 1-2 1-0 1-0 1-3 3-0 1-1 0-1 1-0 4-2 0-0 3-0 6-1 0-0 1-1 1-0 Bristol C 1-3 2-4 0-0 3-0 1-2 xxx 2-0 3-0 2-1 3-1 2-0 1-2 3-0 2-1 1-0 1-0 3-3 2-0 4-0 1-1 Bury 4-1 0-3 1-0 0-0 2-3 1-1 xxx 1-0 1-2 1-3 3-1 1-2 1-1 3-2 3-0 2-0 2-1 0-0 2-0 2-3 Derby County 0-0 0-1 1-1 2-3 0-1 1-3 2-1 xxx 5-2 0-1 2-2 2-2 1-0 0-0 3-0 3-0 3-0 1-0 2-1 1-1 Everton 2-1 1-2 3-0 2-0 1-0 2-0 1-0 2-0 xxx 0-0 9-1 3-0 5-1 3-0 2-2 1-0 4-2 2-0 3-0 4-1 Liverpool 4-0 5-2 2-0 0-2 0-2 2-4 2-2 2-0 1-2 xxx 5-4 0-1 2-4 4-1 5-1 6-1 2-2 1-2 1-0 1-2 Manchester City 1-4 4-2 1-0 0-0 1-1 0-1 2-2 2-2 3-1 1-0 xxx 3-0 3-1 1-1 2-1 1-1 0-2 0-1 2-2 2-3 Manchester Utd 1-0 1-0 2-1 1-1 1-2 0-0 2-4 1-1 3-0 0-0 1-1 xxx 3-1 1-3 0-0 3-0 2-0 5-0 4-1 2-0 Middlesbrough 5-3 1-0 1-0 0-1 0-0 1-0 3-1 4-1 2-2 0-1 2-3 2-0 xxx 0-3 2-0 2-1 0-1 1-3 5-0 2-1 Newcastle 1-0 3-2 2-0 3-1 4-0 3-0 3-2 2-0 1-0 2-0 2-0 5-0 4-0 xxx 4-3 2-1 0-0 5-1 1-0 4-2 Notts County 4-1 1-1 2-2 1-2 0-0 2-3 1-2 4-0 0-1 2-0 0-0 3-0 2-2 1-0 xxx 0-0 4-0 2-2 2-2 0-0 Preston 0-3 2-0 2-0 1-0 3-1 3-1 3-2 1-0 1-1 3-1 1-3 2-0 4-2 2-2 0-0 xxx 2-1 1-0 2-2 2-0 Sheffield Utd 4-2 0-0 2-0 3-0 2-1 1-1 3-0 2-0 4-1 1-0 1-4 0-2 1-1 0-0 2-1 3-1 xxx 2-1 2-0 3-2 Sheffield Wed 1-1 2-1 0-1 3-1 2-0 3-0 1-2 1-1 1-1 2-3 3-1 5-2 0-2 2-2 1-3 2-1 2-2 xxx 0-1 2-1 Stoke City 2-0 0-2 3-0 1-1 3-0 0-3 3-1 2-1 2-0 1-1 3-0 1-2 0-2 1-2 1-1 0-2 1-1 1-1 xxx 2-2 Sunderland 2-3 2-1 4-1 1-0 1-2 3-3 3-5 0-2 1-0 5-5 1-1 4-1 4-2 2-0 3-1 1-0 1-2 1-1 3-1 xxx

Final Table:
                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. NEWCASTLE UNITED         38  18  1  0  51  12   4  6  9  23  34   51
 2. Bristol City             38  12  3  4  37  18   8  5  6  29  29   48
 3. Everton                  38  16  2  1  50  10   4  3 12  20  36   45
 4. Sheffield United         38  13  4  2  36  17   4  7  8  21  38   45
 5. Aston Villa              38  13  4  2  51  19   6  2 11  27  33   44
 6. Bolton Wanderers         38  10  4  5  35  18   8  4  7  24  29   44
 7. Arsenal                  38  15  1  3  38  15   5  3 11  28  44   44
 8. Manchester United        38  10  6  3  33  15   7  2 10  20  41   42
 9. Birmingham City          38  13  5  1  41  17   2  3 14  11  35   38
10. Sunderland               38  10  4  5  42  31   4  5 10  23  35   37
11. Middlesbrough            38  11  2  6  33  21   4  4 11  23  42   36
12. Blackburn Rovers         38  10  3  6  40  25   4  4 11  16  34   35
13. Sheffield Wednesday      38   8  5  6  33  26   4  6  9  16  34   35
14. Preston North End        38  13  4  2  35  19   1  3 15   9  38   35
15. Liverpool                38   9  2  8  45  32   4  5 10  19  33   33
16. Bury                     38   9  4  6  30  23   4  2 13  28  45   32
17. Manchester City          38   7  7  5  29  25   3  5 11  24  52   32
18. Notts County             38   6  9  4  31  18   2  6 11  15  32   31
19. DERBY COUNTY             38   8  6  5  29  19   1  3 15  12  40   27
20. STOKE CITY               38   7  6  6  27  22   1  4 14  14  42   26

League Division 2
Season1906–07
ChampionsNottingham Forest (1st title)
Failed re-electionBurton United
Matches played380
Goals scored1,155 (3.04 per match)
Top goalscorerFred Shinton (West Bromwich Albion), 28 [3]
Biggest home winChelseaGlossop 9–2 (1 Sept 1906)
Biggest away winLincoln City – Chelsea 0–5 (16 Feb 1907)
Highest scoringChelseaGlossop 9–2 (1 Sept 1906)
Longest winning run7 matches
Nottingham Forest (20 Oct 1906 – 1 Dec 1906)
Longest unbeaten run17 matches
Nottingham Forest (19 Jan 1907 – 24 Apr 1907)
Longest losing run5 matches
Barnsley (8 Sep 1906 – 6 Oct 1906)
Lincoln City (10 Nov 1906 – 8 Dec 1906) (1 Apr 1907 – 24 Apr 1907)
Leeds City (27 Oct 1906 – 24 Nov 1906)
Home \ Away BAR BLP BRA BRN BPV BRT CHE CHF CLA GAI GLP GRI HUL LEE LEI LIN NOT STP WBA WOL Barnsley 3–2 3–1 5–0 3–2 6–1 3–1 2–1 3–2 6–0 3–0 1–1 4–2 3–0 2–2 6–2 0–1 3–1 0–1 0–1 Blackpool 2–3 1–0 2–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–3 1–0 4–1 4–3 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–2 0–1 2–1 1–2 Bradford City 2–0 3–0 3–1 3–2 2–3 6–3 1–0 5–2 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–2 3–1 3–0 1–2 1–0 4–0 2–3 Burnley 2–2 2–1 0–1 6–0 4–0 1–1 0–0 3–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 4–2 1–2 5–0 5–1 2–1 3–0 0–1 3–0 Burslem Port Val2–2 3–0 2–3 4–4 0–0 2–0 2–2 3–2 1–0 4–1 3–2 2–1 1–2 1–2 4–2 4–2 5–0 2–1 0–0 Burton United 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 2–0 2–1 3–1 2–1 0–0 1–2 2–3 1–2 0–2 0–1 3–4 0–2 0–1 2–0 4–1 Chelsea 2–1 3–0 5–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 7–1 2–1 4–1 9–2 2–0 3–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 0–2 2–0 2–0 4–0 Chesterfield 3–2 0–1 3–4 0–1 4–2 2–0 0–0 2–1 7–0 1–3 1–3 3–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–2 2–2 3–2 Clapton Orient 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–2 3–1 3–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 4–0 Gainsborough Tri1–1 2–0 4–1 0–2 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 3–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 2–1 2–3 3–1 2–4 1–0 Glossop 2–1 0–0 1–2 1–0 4–0 2–2 0–1 3–1 3–0 3–1 1–0 2–4 2–0 2–2 2–1 0–2 2–3 0–0 2–1 Grimsby Town 1–0 0–0 0–2 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 3–1 1–2 2–0 2–1 1–3 4–0 0–1 4–0 3–1 3–1 2–1 2–1 Hull City 2–0 3–0 0–3 1–1 4–1 3–0 0–1 2–0 2–0 2–4 5–0 4–2 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–2 3–0 0–1 5–1 Leeds City 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–0 3–1 0–1 1–0 3–2 4–0 1–4 4–3 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–4 6–1 3–2 2–0 Leicester Fosse 2–1 5–1 1–0 2–0 4–1 3–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 3–1 2–2 2–0 3–0 2–2 3–0 1–2 1–0 3–0 2–0 Lincoln City 1–0 0–1 0–2 1–2 4–0 2–0 0–5 1–0 3–0 4–0 2–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 2–2 1–2 3–1 2–1 0–4 Nottingham Fores0–0 3–0 3–0 2–0 2–2 2–0 3–1 3–1 4–0 3–1 2–0 0–3 2–1 3–0 2–1 3–1 2–1 3–1 1–0 Stockport County0–0 0–0 2–1 2–1 3–0 2–0 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–2 5–0 3–0 1–1 2–2 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 West Bromwich Al3–1 3–0 3–0 3–2 3–0 5–1 1–2 5–2 5–0 5–0 5–1 6–1 3–0 5–0 0–1 2–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 Wolverhampton Wa5–1 1–1 1–1 3–0 6–2 3–0 1–2 2–1 6–1 1–0 4–0 5–0 1–1 3–2 1–0 3–0 2–0 1–1 0–3
                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. NOTTINGHAM FOREST        38  16  2  1  43  13  12  2  5  31  23   60
 2. CHELSEA                  38  18  0  1  55  10   8  5  6  25  24   57
 3. Leicester City           38  15  3  1  44  12   5  5  9  18  27   48
 4. West Bromwich Albion     38  15  2  2  62  15   6  3 10  21  30   47
 5. Bradford City            38  14  2  3  46  21   7  3  9  24  32   47
 6. Wolverhampton Wanderers  38  13  4  2  49  16   4  3 12  17  37   41
 7. Burnley                  38  12  4  3  45  13   5  2 12  17  34   40
 8. Barnsley                 38  14  2  3  56  21   1  6 12  17  34   38
 9. Hull City                38  11  2  6  41  20   4  5 10  24  37   37
10. Leeds City               38  10  5  4  38  26   3  5 11  17  37   36
11. Grimsby Town             38  13  2  4  34  16   3  1 15  23  46   35
12. Stockport County         38   8  8  3  26  12   4  3 12  16  40   35
13. Blackpool                38   9  4  6  25  19   2  7 10   8  32   33
14. Gainsborough Trinity     38  12  3  4  33  20   2  2 15  12  52   33
15. Glossop North End        38  10  4  5  32  21   3  2 14  21  58   32
16. Port Vale                38  11  5  3  45  26   1  2 16  15  57   31
17. Leyton Orient            38   9  7  3  25  13   2  1 16  20  54   30
18. Chesterfield             38  10  3  6  36  26   1  4 14  14  40   29
19. Lincoln City             38  10  2  7  29  24   2  2 15  17  49   28
20. Burton United            38   7  3  9  24  23   1  4 14  10  45   23
FINAL TABLE THE COMBINATION 1906-1907
 1. Whitchurch                 26-45  (84-30)  20  5  1  Champions   
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 2. Chester                    26-41  (75-27)  19  3  4          
 3. Wigan Town                 26-30  (44-45)  12  6  8  LComb2  
 4. Nantwich                   26-27  (49-46)  12  3 11          
 5. Wrexham II                 26-26  (50-45)  11  4 11          
 6. Birkenhead(-2)             26-26  (64-63)  12  4 10          
 7. Crewe Alexandra II         26-25  (66-61)  10  5 11          
 8. Tranmere Rovers            26-25  (35-39)  10  5 11          
 9. Oswestry United            26-24  (49-41)   9  6 11          
10. Bangor FC                  26-21  (36-51)   8  5 13          
11. Chirk AAA                  26-20  (39-61)   8  4 14          
12. Rhyl                       26-18  (38-64)   8  2 16          
13. Druids Ruabon              26-18  (29-70)   6  6 14          
14. Wrexham Victoria           26-16  (29-44)   8  0 18  left  

Champions: Whitchurch                                             
Newly admitted: Connah's Quay FC and Welshpool                  

687 goals = 3.775 g/match
FINAL TABLE SOUTHERN LEAGUE (DIVISION 1) 1906-1907

 1. Fulham London              38-53  (58-32)  20 13  5  Champions/FL2
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 2. Portsmouth                 38-51  (64-36)  22  7  9          
 3. Brighton & Hove Albion     38-45  (53-43)  18  9 11          
 4. Luton Town                 38-45  (52-52)  18  9 11          
 5. West Ham United            38-44  (60-41)  15 14  9          
 6. Tottenham Hotspur          38-43  (63-45)  17  9 12          
 7. Millwall London            38-42  (71-50)  18  6 14          
 8. Norwich City               38-42  (57-48)  15 12 11          
 9. Watford                    38-42  (46-43)  13 16  9          
10. Brentford London           38-42  (57-56)  17  8 13          
11. Southampton                38-35  (49-56)  13  9 16          
12. Reading                    38-34  (57-47)  14  6 18          
13. Leyton                     38-34  (38-60)  11 12 15          
14. Bristol Rovers             38-33  (55-54)  12  9 17          
15. Plymouth Argyle            38-33  (43-50)  10 13 15          
16. New Brompton               38-33  (47-59)  12  9 17          
17. Swindon Town               38-33  (43-54)  11 11 16          
18. Queens Park Rangers        38-32  (47-55)  11 10 17          
19. Crystal Palace London      38-25  (46-66)   8  9 21          
20. Northampton Town           38-19  (29-88)   5  9 24          

Champions: Fulham London                                          
New elected: Bradford Park Avenue                           

1035 goals = 2.724 goals/m.

FA Challenge Cup 1906-1907

Country England
Defending championsEverton
ChampionsThe Wednesday
(2nd title)
Runners-upEverton

        1st Round
Jan 12  Blackburn Rovers         2  Manchester City          2
Jan 12  Bolton Wanderers         3 *Brighton & Hove Albion   1
Jan 12 +Bradford City            2 *Reading                  0
Jan 12 *Brentford                2 +Glossop North End        1
Jan 12  Bristol City             4 +Leeds City               1
Jan 12 *Bristol Rovers           0 *Queen's Park Rangers     0
Jan 12 +Burnley                  1  Aston Villa              3
Jan 12 +Burslem Port Vale        7 *Irthlingborough          1
Jan 12 +Burton United            0 *New Brompton             0
Jan 12 *Crewe Alexandra          1 *Accrington Stanley       1
Jan 12  Derby County             1 +Chesterfield             1
Jan 12  Everton                  1  Sheffield United         0
Jan 12 *Fulham                   0 +Stockport County         0
Jan 12 +Gainsborough Trinity     0 *Luton Town               0
Jan 12 +Grimsby Town             1  Woolwich Arsenal         1
Jan 12 +Lincoln City             2 +Chelsea                  2
Jan I2  Liverpool                2  Birmingham               1
Jan 12  Middlesbrough            4 *Northampton Town         2
Jan 12 *Millwall Athletic        2 *Plymouth Argyle          0
Jan 12  Newcastle United         0 *Crystal Palace           1
Jan 12 *Norwich City             3 *Hastings                 1
Jan 12 +Nottingham Forest        1 +Barnsley                 1
Jan 12  Notts County             1  Preston North End        0
Jan 12 *Oldham Athletic          5 *Kidderminster            0
Jan 12 *Oxford City              0  Bury                     3
Jan 12 *Portsmouth               2  Manchester United        2
Jan 12  The Wednesday            3 +Wolverhampton Wanderers  2
Jan 12 *Southampton              2 *Watford                  1
Jan 12  Sunderland               4 +Leicester Fosse          1
Jan 12 *Tottenham Hotspur        0 +Hull City                0
Jan 12 *West Ham United          2 +Blackpool                1
Jan 12 +West Bromwich Albion     1  Stoke                    1

        Replays
Jan 14 *Queen's Park Rangers     0 *Bristol Rovers           1
Jan 16 *Accrington Stanley       1 *Crewe Alexandra          0
Jan 16 +Chelsea                  0 +Lincoln City             1
Jan 16 *Fulham                   2 +Stockport County         1  played at Fulham
Jan 16 *Luton Town               2 +Gainsborough Trinity     1
Jan 16  Manchester City          0  Blackburn Rovers         1
Jan 16  Manchester United        1 *Portsmouth               2
Jan 16  Woolwich Arsenal         3 +Grimsby Town             0
Jan 17 +Barnsley                 2 +Nottingham Forest        1
Jan 17  Stoke                    2 +West Bromwich Albion     2
Jan 17 +Hull City                0 *Tottenham Hotspur        0  abandoned in extra time
Jan 21 +Chesterfield             0  Derby County             4
Jan 21 *Tottenham Hotspur        1 +Hull City                0
Jan 21 *New Brompton             2 +Burton United            0  played at Fulham
Jan 21 +West Bromwich Albion     2  Stoke                    1  played at Aston Villa

        2nd Round
Feb 02 +Barnsley                 1 *Portsmouth               0
Feb 02  Blackburn Rovers         1 *Tottenham Hotspur        1
Feb 02  Bolton Wanderers         2  Aston Villa              0
Feb 02 +Bradford City            1 *Accrington Stanley       0
Feb 02 *Brentford                1  Middlesbrough            0
Feb 02 *Bristol Rovers           3 *Millwall Athletic        0
Feb 02 +Burslem Port Vale        2  Notts County             2
Feb 02  Bury                     1  New Brompton             0
Feb 02  Derby County             1 +Lincoln City             0
Feb 02 *Fulham                   0 *Crystal Palace           0
Feb 02 *Luton Town               0  Sunderland               0
Feb 02 *Oldham Athletic          0  Liverpool                1
Feb 02 *Southampton              1  The Wednesday            1
Feb 02 +West Bromwich Albion     1 *Norwich City             0
Feb 02 *West Ham United          1  Everton                  2
Feb 02  Woolwich Arsenal         2  Bristol City             1

        Replays
Feb 06 *Crystal Palace           1 *Fulham                   0
Feb 06  Notts County             5 +Burslem Port Vale        0
Feb 06  Sunderland               1 *Luton Town               0
Feb 07  The Wednesday            3 *Southampton              1
Feb 07 *Tottenham Hotspur        1  Blackburn Rovers         1
Feb 11 *Tottenham Hotspur        2  Blackburn Rovers         1  played at Aston Villa

        3rd Round
Feb 23 +Barnsley                 1  Bury                     0
Feb 23 *Crystal Palace           1 *Brentford                1
Feb 23  Everton                  0  Bolton Wanderers         0
Feb 23  Liverpool                1 +Bradford City            0
Feb 23  Notts County             4 *Tottenham Hotspur        0
Feb 23  The Wednesday            0  Sunderland               0
Feb 23 +West Bromwich Albion     2  Derby County             0
Feb 23  Woolwich Arsenal         1 *Bristol Rovers           0

        Replays
Feb 27  Bolton Wanderers         0  Everton                  3
Feb 27 *Brentford                0 *Crystal Palace           1
Feb 27  Sunderland               0  The Wednesday            1

        Quarter-finals
Mar 09 +Barnsley                 1  Woolwich Arsenal         2
Mar 09 *Crystal Palace           1  Everton                  1
Mar 09  The Wednesday            1  Liverpool                0
Mar 09 +West Bromwich Albion     3  Notts County             1

        Replay
Mar 13  Everton                  4 *Crystal Palace           0

        Semi-finals
Mar 23  Everton                  2 +West Bromwich Albion     1  played at Bolton Wanderers
Mar 23  The Wednesday            3  Woolwich Arsenal         1  played at Birmingham

        Final
Apr 20  The Wednesday            2  Everton                  1  played at Crystal Palace
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Season 1907-08

Sheriff of London(Dewar) Charity Shield

1907  Newcastle United          5 Corinthians               2

League Division 1
Season1907–08
ChampionsManchester United (1st English title)
RelegatedBirmingham,
Bolton Wanderers
FA Cup winnersWolverhampton Wanderers (2nd Div.) (2nd FA Cup title)
Matches played380
Goals scored1,176 (3.09 per match)
Top goalscorerEnoch West (Nottingham Forest), 27
Biggest home winNewcastle United – Birmingham 8–0
Biggest away winBlackburn Rovers – Manchester United 1–5
Liverpool – Newcastle United 1–5
0–4: four matches
Highest scoringLiverpool – Manchester United 7–4
Ars Ast Bir Bla Bol BrC Bry Che Eve Liv MaC MaU Mid New NmF NtC Pre ShU ShW Sun Arsenal xxx 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 1-1 4-0 Aston Villa 0-1 xxx 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 5-0 1-0 Birmingham 1-2 2-3 xxx 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 2-1 0-2 Blackburn 1-1 2-0 1-0 xxx 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 2-0 4-2 Bolton 3-1 3-1 1-0 3-1 xxx 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 2-1 2-3 Bristol C 1-2 2-2 0-0 2-2 2-0 xxx 1-1 0-0 3-2 2-0 2-1 1-1 0-1 1-1 3-0 2-1 1-3 3-2 0-2 3-0 Bury 3-2 2-1 1-0 1-1 2-2 1-1 xxx 1-1 3-0 3-1 0-0 0-1 1-4 1-2 0-0 0-0 5-1 3-2 0-2 2-1 Chelsea 2-1 1-3 2-2 1-0 1-3 4-1 3-4 xxx 2-1 0-2 2-2 1-4 1-0 2-0 0-4 1-2 0-0 2-4 3-1 2-1 Everton 1-1 1-0 4-1 4-1 2-1 0-0 6-1 0-3 xxx 2-4 3-3 1-3 2-1 2-0 1-0 1-0 2-1 2-1 0-0 0-3 Liverpool 4-1 5-0 3-4 2-0 1-0 3-1 2-1 1-4 0-0 xxx 0-1 7-4 0-1 1-5 0-0 6-0 1-2 3-0 3-0 1-0 Manchester City 4-0 3-2 2-1 2-0 1-0 0-0 2-2 0-3 4-2 1-1 xxx 0-0 2-1 1-0 4-2 2-1 5-0 0-2 3-2 0-0 Manchester Utd 4-2 1-2 1-0 1-2 2-1 2-1 2-1 1-0 4-3 4-0 3-1 xxx 2-1 1-1 4-0 0-1 2-1 2-1 4-1 3-0 Middlesbrough 0-0 0-1 1-0 3-0 0-1 0-2 0-2 3-1 0-2 3-1 2-0 2-1 xxx 2-1 1-1 3-1 1-0 2-0 6-1 3-1 Newcastle 2-1 2-5 8-0 3-0 3-0 2-0 3-0 1-0 2-1 3-1 1-1 1-6 1-1 xxx 3-0 1-1 0-0 2-3 2-1 1-3 Nottm Forest 1-0 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 xxx 2-0 2-2 1-1 2-2 4-1 Notts County 2-0 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 xxx 0-1 0-3 1-2 4-0 Preston 3-0 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 xxx 0-0 1-1 3-2 Sheffield Utd 2-2 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 xxx 1-3 5-3 Sheffield Wed 6-0 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 xxx 2-3 Sunderland 5-2 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 xxx

Final Table:
                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. MANCHESTER UNITED        38  15  1  3  43  19   8  5  6  38  29   52
 2. Aston Villa              38   9  6  4  47  24   8  3  8  30  35   43
 3. Manchester City          38  12  5  2  36  19   4  6  9  26  35   43
 4. Newcastle United         38  11  4  4  41  24   4  8  7  24  30   42
 5. Sheffield Wednesday      38  14  0  5  50  25   5  4 10  23  39   42
 6. Middlesbrough            38  12  2  5  32  16   5  5  9  22  29   41
 7. Bury                     38   8  7  4  29  22   6  4  9  29  39   39
 8. Liverpool                38  11  2  6  43  24   5  4 10  25  37   38
 9. Nottingham Forest        38  11  6  2  42  21   2  5 12  17  41   37
10. Bristol City             38   8  7  4  29  21   4  5 10  29  40   36
11. Everton                  38  11  4  4  34  24   4  2 13  24  40   36
12. Preston North End        38   9  7  3  33  18   3  5 11  14  35   36
13. Chelsea                  38   8  3  8  30  35   6  5  8  23  27   36
14= Arsenal                  38   9  8  2  32  18   3  4 12  19  45   36
14= Blackburn Rovers         38  10  7  2  35  23   2  5 12  16  40   36
16. Sunderland               38  11  2  6  53  31   5  1 13  25  44   35
17. Sheffield United         38   8  6  5  27  22   4  5 10  25  36   35
18. Notts County             38   9  3  7  24  19   4  5 10  15  32   34
19. BOLTON WANDERERS         38  10  3  6  35  26   4  2 13  17  32   33
20. BIRMINGHAM CITY          38   6  6  7  22  28   3  6 10  18  32   30

League Division 2
Season1907–08
ChampionsBradford City (1st title)
Failed re-electionLincoln City
Matches played380
Goals scored1,187 (3.12 per match)
Top goalscorerJohn Smith (Hull City), 27
Home \ Away 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 Tri0–1 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 County2–0 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 Al1–1 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 Wa0–1 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 P W D L F A W D L F A Pts 1. BRADFORD CITY 38 15 2 2 58 16 9 4 6 32 26 54 2. LEICESTER CITY 38 14 2 3 41 20 7 8 4 31 27 52 3. Oldham Athletic 38 15 4 0 53 14 7 2 10 23 28 50 4. Fulham 38 12 2 5 50 14 10 3 6 32 35 49 5. West Bromwich Albion 38 13 3 3 38 13 6 6 7 23 26 47 6. Derby County 38 15 1 3 50 13 6 3 10 27 32 46 7. Burnley 38 14 3 2 44 14 6 3 10 23 36 46 8. Hull City 38 15 1 3 50 23 6 3 10 23 39 46 9. Wolverhampton Wanderers 38 11 4 4 34 11 4 3 12 16 34 37 10. Stoke City 38 11 5 3 43 13 5 0 14 14 39 37 11. Gainsborough Trinity 38 9 4 6 31 28 5 3 11 16 43 35 12. Leeds City 38 9 6 4 33 18 3 2 14 20 47 32 13. Stockport County 38 9 4 6 35 26 3 4 12 13 41 32 14. Leyton Orient 38 10 5 4 28 13 1 5 13 12 52 32 15. Blackpool 38 11 3 5 33 19 0 6 13 18 39 31 16. Barnsley 38 8 3 8 41 31 4 3 12 13 37 30 17. Glossop North End 38 9 5 5 36 26 2 3 14 18 48 30 18. Grimsby Town 38 8 5 6 27 24 3 3 13 16 47 30 19. Chesterfield 38 6 6 7 33 38 0 5 14 13 54 23 20. Lincoln City 38 7 2 10 27 28 2 1 16 19 55 21
FINAL TABLE THE COMBINATION 1907-1908
 1. Tranmere Rovers            26-44  (83-21)  20  4  2  Champions   
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 2. Chester                    26-44  (87-29)  21  2  3          
 3. Oswestry United            26-36  (62-38)  16  4  6          
 4. Crewe Alexandra II         26-31  (69-50)  14  3  9          
 5. Whitchurch                 26-30  (66-42)  13  4  9          
 6. Nantwich                   26-29  (65-57)  12  5  9          
 7. Connah's Quay FC           26-29  (55-57)  13  3 10          
 8. Druids Ruabon              26-23  (53-58)   9  5 12          
 9. Bangor FC                  26-19  (38-68)   8  3 15          
10. Chirk AAA                  26-18  (41-63)   9  0 17          
11. Rhyl                       26-16  (49-80)   7  2 17          
12. Wrexham II                 26-16  (42-74)   6  4 16          
13. Birkenhead                 26-15  (33-61)   5  5 16          
14. Welshpool                  26-14  (34-79)   5  4 17          

Champions: Tranmere Rovers (Birkenhead)                           
Newly admitted: Saltney and Middlewich                          

777 goals = 4.269 g/match
FINAL TABLE SOUTHERN LEAGUE (DIVISION 1) 1907-1908

 1. Queens Park Rangers        38-51  (82-57)  21  9  8  Champions    
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 2. Plymouth Argyle            38-49  (50-31)  19 11  8          
 3. Millwall London            38-46  (49-32)  19  8 11          
 4. Crystal Palace London      38-44  (54-51)  17 10 11          
 5. Swindon Town               38-42  (55-40)  16 10 12          
 6. Bristol Rovers             38-42  (59-56)  16 10 12          
 7. Tottenham Hotspur          38-41  (59-48)  17  7 14  FL2     
 8. Northampton Town           38-41  (50-41)  15 11 12          
 9. Portsmouth                 38-40  (64-52)  17  6 15          
10. West Ham United            38-40  (47-48)  15 10 13          
11. Southampton                38-38  (51-60)  16  6 16          
12. Reading                    38-36  (55-50)  15  6 17          
13. Bradford Park Avenue       38-36  (53-54)  12 12 14  FL2     
14. Watford                    38-34  (47-59)  12 10 16          
15. Norwich City               38-33  (46-49)  12  9 17          
16. Brentford London           38-33  (49-53)  14  5 19          
17. Brighton & Hove Albion     38-32  (46-59)  12  8 18          
18. Luton Town                 38-30  (33-56)  12  6 20          
19. Leyton                     38-27  (52-74)   8 11 19          
20. New Brompton               38-25  (44-75)   9  7 22          

Champions: Queens Park Rangers                                    
Promotion: Southend United                                        
New elected: Exeter City and Coventry City                   

1045 goals = 2.750 goals/m.

England FA Challenge Cup 1907-1908

Country England
Defending championsThe Wednesday
ChampionsWolverhampton Wanderers (2nd title)
Runners-upNewcastle United

        1st Round
Jan 11  Aston Villa              3 +Stockport County         0
Jan 11  Bolton Wanderers         5 *Woking                   0
Jan 11 +Bradford City            1 +Wolverhampton Wanderers  1
Jan 11 *Brighton & Hove Albion   1  Preston North End        1
Jan 11  Bristol City             0 +Grimsby Town             0
Jan 11 +Burnley                  1 *Southampton              2
Jan 11  Bury                     2 *Millwall Athletic        1
Jan 11 *Carlisle United          2 *Brentford                2
Jan 11  Chelsea                  9 *Worksop                  1
Jan 11 +Chesterfield             4 *Stockton                 0
Jan 11 *Coventry City            2 *Crystal Palace           4
Jan 11  Everton                  1 *Tottenham Hotspur        0
Jan 11 +Gainsborough Trinity     1 *Watford                  0
Jan 11 +Glossop North End        0  Manchester City          0
Jan 11 *Hastings                 0 *Portsmouth               1
Jan 11 +Leicester Fosse          2  Blackburn Rovers         0
Jan 11  Liverpool                4 +Derby County             2
Jan 11 *Luton Town               3 +Fulham                   8
Jan 11  Manchester United        3 +Blackpool                1
Jan 11 *New Brampton             3  Sunderland               1
Jan 11  Newcastle United         2  Nottingham Forest        0
Jan 11 *Northampton Town         0 *Bristol Rovers           1
Jan 11 *Norwich City             2  The Wednesday            0
Jan 11  Notts County             2  Middlesbrough            0
Jan 11 +Oldham Athletic          2 +Leeds City               1
Jan 11 *Plymouth Argyle          1 +Barnsley                 0
Jan 11 *Queen's Park Rangers     1 *Reading                  0
Jan 11 +Stoke                    5 +Lincoln City             0
Jan 11 *Swindon Town             0  Sheffield United         0
Jan 11 +West Bromwich Albion     1  Birmingham               1
Jan 11 *West Ham United          1 *Rotherham County         0
Jan 11  Woolwich Arsenal         0 +Hull City                0

        Replays
Jan 15  Birmingham City          1 +West Bromwich Albion     2
Jan 15 *Brentford                1 *Carlisle                 3
Jan 15 +Grimsby Town             2  Bristol City             1
Jan 15  Manchester City          6 +Glossop North End        0
Jan 15 +Wolverhampton Wanderers  1 +Bradford City            0
Jan 16 +Hull City                4  Woolwich Arsenal         1
Jan 16  Preston North End        1 *Brighton & Hove Albion   1
Jan 16  Sheffield United         2 *Swindon Town             3
Jan 20 *Brighton & Hove Albion   1  Preston North End        0  played at Chelsea

        2nd Round
Feb 01  Aston Villa              3 +Hull City                0
Feb 01 *Bristol Rovers           2 +Chesterfield             0
Feb 01 +Fulham                   2 *Norwich City             1
Feb 01 +Grimsby Town             6 *Carlisle United          2
Feb 01  Liverpool                1 *Brighton & Hove Albion   1
Feb 01  Manchester City          1 *New Brampton             1
Feb 01  Manchester United        1  Chelsea                  0
Feb 01  Newcastle United         2 *West Ham United          0
Feb 01  Notts County             1  Bolton Wanderers         1
Feb 01 +Oldham Athletic          0  Everton                  0
Feb 01 *Plymouth Argyle          2 *Crystal Palace           3
Feb 01 *Portsmouth               1 +Leicester Fosse          0
Feb 01 *Southampton              1 +West Bromwich Albion     0
Feb 01 +Stoke                    1 +Gainsborough Trinity     1
Feb 01 *Swindon Town             2 *Queen's Park Rangers     1
Feb 01 +Wolverhampton Wanderers  2  Bury                     0

        Replays
Feb 05  Bolton Wanderers         2  Notts County             1
Feb 05 *Brighton & Hove Albion   0  Liverpool                3
Feb 05  Everton                  6 +Oldham Athletic          1
Feb 05 +Gainsborough Trinity     2 +Stoke                    2
Feb 05 *New Brampton             1  Manchester City          2
Feb 10 +Stoke                    3 +Gainsborough Trinity     1  played at Nottingham Forest

        3rd Round
Feb 22  Aston Villa              0  Manchester United        2
Feb 22  Bolton Wanderers         3  Everton                  3
Feb 22 +Grimsby Town             1 *Crystal Palace           0
Feb 22  Manchester City          1 +Fulham                   1
Feb 22  Newcastle United         3  Liverpool                1
Feb 22 *Portsmouth               0 +Stoke                    1
Feb 22 *Southampton              2 *Bristol Rovers           0
Feb 22 +Wolverhampton Wanderers  2 *Swindon Town             0

        Replays
Feb 26  Everton                  3  Bolton Wanderers         1
Feb 26 +Fulham                   3  Manchester City          1

        Quarter-finals
Mar 07  Everton                  0 *Southampton              0
Mar 07 +Fulham                   2  Manchester United        1
Mar 07  Newcastle United         5 +Grimsby Town             1
Mar 07 +Stoke                    0 +Wolverhampton Wanderers  1

        Replay
Mar 11 *Southampton              3  Everton                  2

        Semi-finals
Mar 28  Newcastle United         6 +Fulham                   0  played at Liverpool
Mar 28 +Wolverhampton Wanderers  2 *Southampton              0  played at Chelsea

        Final
Apr 25 +Wolverhampton Wanderers  3  Newcastle United         1  played at Crystal Palace
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Season 1908-09

FA Charity Shield

1908  Manchester United       1:4 Queen's Park Rangers    1:0

League Division 1
Season1908–09
ChampionsNewcastle United (3rd English title)
RelegatedLeicester Fosse,
Manchester City
FA Cup winnersManchester United (1st FA Cup title)
Matches played380
Goals scored1,185 (3.12 per match)
Top goalscorerBert Freeman (Everton), 38 [3]
Biggest home winNottingham Forest – Leicester Fosse 12–0 (21 Apr 1909)
Biggest away winNewcastle United – Sunderland 1–9 (5 Dec 1908)
Highest scoringNottingham Forest – Leicester Fosse 12–0 (21 Apr 1909)
Ars Ast Bla Bra Bri Bry Che Eve Lei Liv MaC MaU Mid New NmF NtC Pre ShU ShW Sun Arsenal xxx 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 2-0 0-4 Aston Villa 2-1 xxx 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 1-1 2-0 Blackburn 1-3 3-1 xxx 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 2-2 8-1 Bradford City 4-1 1-1 0-2 xxx 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 0-0 0-2 Bristol City 2-1 0-0 1-4 0-1 xxx 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 1-1 2-4 Bury 1-1 1-2 1-1 2-1 1-2 xxx 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 Chelsea 1-2 0-2 1-1 1-1 3-1 4-1 xxx 3-3 1-0 3-0 1-2 1-1 3-0 1-2 2-1 3-2 0-0 1-1 2-2 2-0 Everton 0-3 3-1 4-4 0-1 5-2 4-0 3-2 xxx 4-2 5-0 6-3 3-2 1-1 0-1 3-3 0-1 0-1 5-1 1-0 4-0 Leicester 1-1 4-2 2-4 1-4 1-1 2-5 5-2 0-2 xxx 3-2 3-1 3-2 1-1 0-4 0-3 0-2 0-0 1-1 1-1 4-3 Liverpool 2-2 3-2 1-1 4-0 1-2 2-2 2-1 0-1 4-1 xxx 1-3 3-1 1-2 2-1 1-1 1-1 2-1 2-1 1-2 3-0 Manchester City 2-2 2-0 3-3 4-3 5-1 6-1 1-2 4-0 5-2 4-0 xxx 1-2 0-0 0-2 2-1 1-0 4-1 1-3 4-0 1-0 Manchester Utd 1-4 0-2 0-3 2-0 0-1 2-1 0-1 2-2 4-2 3-2 3-1 xxx 6-3 1-0 2-2 4-3 0-2 2-1 3-1 2-2 Middlesbrough 1-1 1-0 1-0 1-0 4-0 0-1 1-4 2-3 6-2 1-0 3-0 5-0 xxx 0-0 4-0 1-2 4-2 1-2 2-1 0-3 Newcastle 3-1 0-2 2-0 1-0 2-1 3-1 1-3 3-0 2-0 0-1 2-0 2-1 1-0 xxx 1-1 1-0 2-0 4-0 1-0 1-9 Nottm Forest 0-1 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 xxx 1-0 1-1 0-2 1-2 4-0 Notts County 2-1 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 xxx 1-0 3-1 1-0 0-0 Preston 0-0 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 xxx 1-1 4-1 1-0 Sheffield Utd 1-1 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 xxx 2-1 0-2 Sheffield Wed 6-2 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 xxx 2-5 Sunderland 1-0 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 xxx

Final Table:
                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. NEWCASTLE UNITED         38  14  1  4  32  20  10  4  5  33  21   53
 2. Everton                  38  11  3  5  51  28   7  7  5  31  29   46
 3. Sunderland               38  14  0  5  41  23   7  2 10  37  40   44
 4. Blackburn Rovers         38   6  6  7  29  26   8  7  4  32  24   41
 5. Sheffield Wednesday      38  15  0  4  48  24   2  6 11  19  37   40
 6. Arsenal                  38   9  3  7  24  18   5  7  7  28  31   38
 7. Aston Villa              38   8  7  4  31  22   6  3 10  27  34   38
 8. Bristol City             38   7  7  5  24  25   6  5  8  21  33   38
 9. Middlesbrough            38  11  2  6  38  21   3  7  9  21  32   37
10. Preston North End        38   8  7  4  29  17   5  4 10  19  27   37
11. Chelsea                  38   8  7  4  33  22   6  2 11  23  39   37
12. Sheffield United         38   9  5  5  31  25   5  4 10  20  34   37
13. Manchester United        38  10  3  6  37  33   5  4 10  21  35   37
14. Nottingham Forest        38   9  2  8  39  24   5  6  8  27  33   36
15. Notts County             38   9  4  6  31  23   5  4 10  20  25   36
16. Liverpool                38   9  5  5  36  25   6  1 12  21  40   36
17. Bury                     38   9  6  4  35  27   5  2 12  28  50   36
18. Bradford City            38   7  6  6  27  20   5  4 10  20  27   34
19. MANCHESTER CITY          38  12  3  4  50  23   3  1 15  17  46   34
20. LEICESTER CITY           38   6  6  7  32  41   2  3 14  22  61   25

League Division 2
Season1908–09
ChampionsBolton Wanderers (1st title)
Failed re-electionChesterfield
Matches played380
Goals scored1,026 (2.7 per match)
Top goalscorerAlf Bentley (Derby County), 24 [3]
Biggest home winWest Bromwich Albion – Grimsby Town 7–0 (2 Jan 1909)
Biggest away winChesterfield – Hull City 0–4 (24 Oct 1909)
Highest scoringBurnley – Wolverhampton Wanderers 3–5 (7 Nov 1909)
Home \ Away 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 Wanderers3–0 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 Av3–2 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 Tri4–1 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 County2–1 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 Hotspu4–0 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 Al1–1 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 Wa2–0 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 P W D L F A W D L F A Pts 1. BOLTON WANDERERS 38 14 3 2 37 8 10 1 8 22 20 52 2. TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 38 12 5 2 42 12 8 6 5 25 20 51 3. West Bromwich Albion 38 13 5 1 35 9 6 8 5 21 18 51 4. Hull City 38 14 2 3 44 15 5 4 10 19 24 44 5. Derby County 38 13 5 1 38 11 3 6 10 17 30 43 6. Oldham Athletic 38 14 4 1 39 9 3 2 14 16 34 40 7. Wolverhampton Wanderers 38 10 6 3 32 12 4 5 10 24 36 39 8. Glossop North End 38 11 5 3 35 17 4 3 12 22 36 38 9. Gainsborough Trinity 38 12 3 4 30 20 3 5 11 19 50 38 10. Fulham 38 8 4 7 39 26 5 7 7 19 22 37 11. Birmingham City 38 10 6 3 35 21 4 3 12 23 40 37 12. Leeds City 38 12 3 4 35 19 2 4 13 8 34 35 13. Grimsby Town 38 9 5 5 23 14 5 2 12 18 40 35 14. Burnley 38 8 4 7 33 28 5 3 11 18 30 33 15. Leyton Orient 38 7 7 5 25 19 5 2 12 12 30 33 16. Bradford Park Avenue 38 9 2 8 30 25 4 4 11 21 34 32 17. Barnsley 38 11 3 5 36 19 0 7 12 12 38 32 18. Stockport County 38 11 2 6 25 19 3 1 15 14 52 31 19. Chesterfield 38 10 3 6 30 28 1 5 13 7 39 30 20. Blackpool 38 9 6 4 30 22 0 5 14 16 46 29
FINAL TABLE THE COMBINATION 1908-1909
 1. Chester                    30-49  (91-34)  21  7  2  Champions   
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 2. Saltney                    30-41  (93-42)  16  9  5          
 3. Tranmere Rovers            30-35  (86-48)  15  5 10          
 4. Welshpool                  30-34  (63-53)  13  8  9  left  
 5. Crewe Alexandra II         30-33  (95-56)  13  7 10          
 6. Connah's Quay FC           30-33  (60-63)  13  7 10          
 7. Bangor FC                  30-32  (71-81)  13  6 11          
 8. Nantwich                   30-31  (59-61)  12  7 11          
 9. Oswestry United            30-30  (74-55)  13  4 13          
10. Whitchurch                 30-30  (53-64)  11  8 11          
11. Wrexham II                 30-26  (48-59)  10  6 14          
12. Chirk AAA                  30-26  (48-62)   9  8 13          
13. Middlewich                 30-24  (67-84)   8  8 14          
14. Druids Ruabon              30-24  (51-74)  10  4 16          
15. Birkenhead                 30-16  (48-95)   7  2 21          
16. Rhyl                       30-16  (37-113)  6  4 20          

Champions: Chester                                                
Newly admitted: Denbigh                                        

1044 goals = 4.350 g/match
FINAL TABLE SOUTHERN LEAGUE (DIVISION 1) 1908-1909

 1. Northampton Town           40-55  (90-45)  25  5 10  Champions    
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 2. Swindon Town               40-49  (96-55)  22  5 13          
 3. Southampton                40-48  (67-58)  19 10 11          
 4. Portsmouth                 40-46  (68-60)  18 10 12          
 5. Bristol Rovers             40-43  (60-63)  17  9 14          
 6. Exeter City                40-42  (56-65)  18  6 16          
 7. New Brompton               40-41  (48-59)  17  7 16          
 8. Reading                    40-40  (60-57)  11 18 11          
 9. Luton Town                 40-40  (59-60)  17  6 17          
10. Plymouth Argyle            40-40  (46-47)  15 10 15          
11. Millwall London            40-38  (59-61)  16  6 18          
12. Southend United            40-38  (52-54)  14 10 16          
13. Leyton                     40-38  (52-55)  15  8 17          
14. Watford                    40-37  (51-64)  14  9 17          
15. Queens Park Rangers        40-36  (52-50)  12 12 16          
16. Crystal Palace London      40-36  (62-62)  12 12 16          
17. West Ham United            40-36  (56-60)  16  4 20          
18. Brighton & Hove Albion     40-35  (60-61)  14  7 19          
19. Norwich City               40-35  (59-75)  12 11 17          
20. Coventry City              40-34  (64-91)  15  4 21          
21. Brentford London           40-33  (59-74)  13  7 20          

Champions: Northampton Town                                       
Promotion: Croydon Common                                         

1276 goals = 3.038 goals/m.

England FA Challenge Cup 1908-1909

Country England
 Wales
Defending championsWolverhampton Wanderers
ChampionsManchester United
(1st title)
Runners-upBristol City

        1st Round
Jan 16 +Birmingham               2 *Portsmouth               5
Jan 16 +Blackpool                2 *Hastings                 0
Jan 16 *Brentford                2 +Gainsborough Trinity     0
Jan 16  Bristol City             1 *Southampton              1
Jan 16 *Bristol Rovers           1 +Burnley                  4
Jan 16  Bury                     8 *Kettering                0
Jan l6 +Chesterfield             0 +Glossop North End        2
Jan 16 *Croydon                  1  Woolwich Arsenal         1
Jan 16  Everton                  3 +Barnsley                 1
Jan 16 +Fulham                   4 *Carlisle United          1
Jan 16 +Hull City                1  Chelsea                  1
Jan 16  Liverpool                5 *Lincoln City             1
Jan 16 *Luton Town               1 *Millwall Athletic        2
Jan 16  Manchester City          3 +Tottenham Hotspur        4
Jan 16  Manchester United        1 *Brighton & Hove Albion   0
Jan 16  Newcastle United         5 +Clapton 0rient           0
Jan 16 *Northampton Town         1 +Derby County             1
Jan 16 *Norwich City             0 *Reading                  0
Jan 16  Nottingham Forest        2  Aston Villa              0
Jan 16  Notts County             0  Blackburn Rovers         1
Jan 16 +Oldham Athletic          1 +Leeds City               1
Jan 16 *Plymouth Argyle          1 *Swindon Town             0
Jan 16  Preston North End        1  Middlesbrough            0
Jan 16 *Queen's Park Rangers     0 *West Ham United          0
Jan 16  Sheffield United         2  Sunderland               3
Jan 16  The Wednesday            5 *Stoke                    0
Jan 16 *Watford                  1  Leicester Fosse          1
Jan 16 +Wolverhampton Wanderers  2 *Crystal Palace           2
Jan 16 *Wrexham                  1 *Exeter City              1
Jan 16 +West Bromwich Albion     3 +Bolton Wanderers         1
Jan 19  Bradford City            2 *Workington               0
Jan 20 +Grimsby Town             0 +Stockport County         2

        Replays
Jan 20  Chelsea                  1 +Hull City                0
Jan 20 +Derby County             4 *Northampton Town         2
Jan 20 *Exeter City              2 *Wrexham                  1
Jan 20 +Leeds City               2 +Oldham Athletic          0
Jan 20  Leicester Fosse          3 *Watford                  1
Jan 20 *Reading                  1 *Norwich City             1
Jan 20 *Southampton              0  Bristol City             2
Jan 20 *West Ham United          1 *Queen's Park Rangers     0
Jan 20  Woolwich Arsenal         2 *Croydon                  0
Jan 21 *Crystal Palace           4 +Wolverhampton Wanderers  2
Jan 25 *Norwich City             3 *Reading                  2  played at Aston Villa

        2nd Round
Feb 06  Blackburn Rovers         2  Chelsea                  1
Feb 06  Bristol City             2  Bury                     2
Feb 06 *Crystal Palace           0 +Burnley                  0
Feb 06 +Leeds City               1 *West Ham United          1
Feb 06  Leicester Fosse          0 +Derby County             2
Feb 06  Liverpool                2 *Norwich City             3
Feb 06  Manchester United        1  Everton                  0
Feb 06  Newcastle United         2 +Blackpool                1
Feb 06  Nottingham Forest        1 *Brentford                0
Feb 06 *Plymouth Argyle          2 *Exeter City              0
Feb 06 *Portsmouth               2  The Wednesday            2
Feb 06  Preston North End        1  Sunderland               2
Feb 06 +Stockport County         1 +Glossop North End        1
Feb 06 +Tottenham Hotspur        1 +Fulham                   0
Feb 06 +West Bromwich Albion     1  Bradford City            2
Feb 06  Woolwich Arsenal         1 *Millwall Athletic        1

        Replays
Feb 09 +Glossop North End        1 +Stockport County         0
Feb 10 +Burnley                  9 *Crystal Palace           0
Feb 10  Bury                     0  Bristol City             1
Feb 10 *Millwall Athletic        1  Woolwich Arsenal         0
Feb 11  The Wednesday            3 *Portsmouth               0
Feb 11 *West Ham United          2 +Leeds City               1

        3rd Round
Feb 20  Bradford City            0  Sunderland               1
Feb 20  Bristol City             2 *Norwich City             0
Feb 20 +Derby County             1 *Plymouth Argyle          0
Feb 20  Manchester United        6  Blackburn Rovers         1
Feb 20  Nottingham Forest        3 *Millwall Athletic        1
Feb 20  The Wednesday            0 +Glossop North End        1
Feb 20 +Tottenham Hotspur        0 +Burnley                  0
Feb 20 *West Ham United          0  Newcastle United         0

        Replays
Feb 24 +Burnley                  3 +Tottenham Hotspur        1
Feb 24  Newcastle United         2 *West Ham United          1

        Quarter-finals
Mar 10 +Burnley                  2  Manchester United        3
Mar 13 +Derby County             3  Nottingham Forest        0
Mar 06 +Glossop North End        0  Bristol City             0
Mar 06  Newcastle United         2  Sunderland               2

        Replays
Mar 10  Bristol City             1 +Glossop North End        0
Mar 10  Sunderland               0  Newcastle United         3

        Semi-finals
Mar 27  Bristol City             1 +Derby County             1  played at Chelsea
Mar 27  Manchester United        1  Newcastle United         0  played at Sheffield United

        Replay
Mar 31  Bristol City             2 +Derby County             1  played at Birmingham City

        Final
Apr 24  Manchester United        1  Bristol City             0  played at Crystal Palace
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Season 1909-10

FA Charity Shield

1909  Newcastle United 2 Northampton Town          0

League Division 1
Season1909–10
ChampionsAston Villa (6th English title)
RelegatedBolton Wanderers,
Chelsea
FA Cup winnersNewcastle United (1st FA Cup title)
Matches played380
Goals scored1,194 (3.14 per match)
Top goalscorerJack Parkinson (Liverpool), 30 [3]
Biggest home winBlackburn Rovers – Woolwich Arsenal 7–0 (2 Oct 1909)
Biggest away winMiddlesbroughBury 0–5 (12 Feb 1910)
Highest scoringLiverpool – Newcastle United 6–5 (4 Dec 1910)
Ars Ast Bla Bol Bra Bri Bry Che Eve Liv MaU Mid New NmF NtC Pre ShU ShW Sun Tot Arsenal xxx 1-0 0-1 2-0 0-1 2-2 0-0 3-2 1-0 1-1 0-0 3-0 0-3 0-1 1-2 1-3 0-0 0-1 1-2 1-0 Aston Villa 5-1 xxx 4-3 3-1 3-1 1-0 4-1 4-1 3-1 3-1 7-1 4-2 4-0 0-0 1-1 3-0 2-1 5-0 3-2 3-2 Blackburn 7-0 3-2 xxx 4-2 2-0 5-2 5-1 1-0 2-1 1-1 3-2 1-1 2-0 2-2 2-0 2-2 3-1 0-0 0-0 2-0 Bolton Wand 3-0 1-2 1-2 xxx 1-1 4-2 1-3 5-2 0-1 1-2 2-3 1-1 0-4 2-1 3-4 3-1 1-0 0-1 2-1 0-2 Bradford City 0-1 1-2 2-0 1-0 xxx 3-1 0-0 4-1 2-0 1-2 0-2 4-1 3-3 1-1 2-1 2-0 2-0 2-0 3-1 5-1 Bristol City 0-1 0-0 2-2 1-0 2-0 xxx 1-1 1-0 3-1 0-1 2-1 4-1 0-3 4-0 3-1 2-0 0-2 1-1 2-3 0-0 Bury 1-2 0-2 2-1 1-2 3-4 1-2 xxx 4-2 2-2 1-2 1-1 2-1 1-2 4-1 1-1 3-1 2-0 3-2 0-1 3-1 Chelsea 0-1 0-0 3-1 3-2 0-3 4-1 2-0 xxx 0-1 2-1 1-1 2-1 2-1 0-1 2-2 2-0 2-2 4-1 1-4 2-1 Everton 1-0 0-0 0-2 3-1 1-1 1-0 3-0 2-2 xxx 2-3 3-3 1-1 1-4 0-4 2-0 2-1 1-2 1-1 2-1 4-2 Liverpool 5-1 2-0 3-1 3-0 1-0 0-1 2-2 5-1 0-1 xxx 3-2 0-0 6-5 7-3 2-1 2-0 0-0 3-1 1-4 2-0 Manchester Utd 1-0 2-0 2-0 5-0 1-0 2-1 2-0 2-0 3-2 3-4 xxx 4-1 1-1 2-6 2-1 1-1 1-0 0-3 2-0 5-0 Middlesbrough 5-2 3-2 1-3 1-2 3-7 0-0 0-5 0-1 1-1 2-2 1-2 xxx 1-1 2-1 2-0 1-0 0-2 4-0 3-2 4-3 Newcastle 1-1 1-0 4-1 1-0 1-0 3-1 2-2 1-0 1-2 1-3 3-4 2-0 xxx 1-2 1-3 5-2 0-0 3-1 1-0 1-0 Nottm Forest 1-1 1-4 0-4 2-0 1-1 0-0 3-3 0-0 1-0 1-4 2-0 0-1 0-1 xxx 2-1 0-0 2-3 0-6 1-3 2-2 Notts County 5-1 2-3 2-2 0-0 3-2 0-2 3-1 2-1 2-3 3-1 3-2 2-1 2-2 4-1 xxx 3-1 1-2 0-0 1-1 3-0 Preston 3-4 1-0 3-2 1-0 2-2 3-0 2-1 2-0 0-1 2-0 1-0 1-0 4-0 0-1 4-0 xxx 1-1 1-0 1-0 4-1 Sheffield Utd 2-0 0-1 3-0 2-2 1-2 4-0 2-0 0-0 3-0 4-2 0-1 2-0 4-0 1-4 2-2 5-1 xxx 3-3 3-0 1-1 Sheffield Wed 1-1 3-2 2-1 0-0 2-1 2-0 1-4 4-1 1-3 3-0 4-1 1-5 3-1 4-3 0-0 4-1 1-3 xxx 1-0 1-1 Sunderland 6-2 1-1 0-0 3-0 3-0 4-0 2-3 4-0 0-1 2-1 3-0 2-2 0-2 2-1 0-3 2-1 1-0 2-0 xxx 3-1 Tottenham 1-1 1-1 4-0 1-1 0-0 3-2 1-0 2-1 3-0 1-0 2-2 1-3 0-4 2-2 1-3 2-1 2-1 3-0 5-1 xxx

Final Table:
                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. ASTON VILLA              38  17  2  0  62  19   6  5  8  22  23   53
 2. Liverpool                38  13  3  3  47  23   8  3  8  31  34   48
 3. Blackburn Rovers         38  13  6  0  47  17   5  3 11  26  38   45
 4. Newcastle United         38  11  3  5  33  22   8  4  7  37  34   45
 5. Manchester United        38  14  2  3  41  20   5  5  9  28  41   45
 6. Sheffield United         38  10  5  4  42  19   6  5  8  20  22   42
 7. Bradford City            38  12  3  4  38  17   5  5  9  26  30   42
 8. Sunderland               38  12  3  4  40  18   6  2 11  26  33   41
 9. Notts County             38  10  5  4  41  26   5  5  9  26  33   40
10. Everton                  38   8  6  5  30  28   8  2  9  21  28   40
11. Sheffield Wednesday      38  11  4  4  38  28   4  5 10  22  35   39
12. Preston North End        38  14  2  3  36  13   1  3 15  16  45   35
13. Bury                     38   8  3  8  35  30   4  6  9  27  36   33
14. Nottingham Forest        38   4  7  8  19  34   7  4  8  35  38   33
15. Tottenham Hotspur        38  10  6  3  35  23   1  4 14  18  46   32
16. Bristol City             38   9  5  5  28  18   3  3 13  17  42   32
17. Middlesbrough            38   8  4  7  34  36   3  5 11  22  37   31
18. Arsenal                  38   6  5  8  17  19   5  4 10  20  48   31
19. CHELSEA                  38  10  4  5  32  24   1  3 15  15  46   29
20. BOLTON WANDERERS         38   7  2 10  31  34   2  4 13  13  37   24

League Division 2
Season1909–10
ChampionsManchester City (3rd title)
Failed re-electionGrimsby Town
Matches played380
Goals scored1,166 (3.07 per match)
Top goalscorerJohn Smith (Hull City), 32 [3][4]
Biggest home winLeicester Fosse – Gainsborough Trinity 9–1 (27 Dec 1909)
Biggest away winLeeds City – Barnsley 0–7 (23 Oct 1909)
Highest scoringLeicester Fosse – Gainsborough Trinity 9–1 (27 Dec 1909)
Home \ Away BAR BIR BLP BPA BUR CLA DER FUL GAI GLP GRI HUL LEE LEI LIN MCI OLD STP WBA WOL Barnsley 5–1 1–0 4–0 0–0 2–1 5–1 2–1 4–1 3–0 2–1 1–2 1–1 3–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 7–1 Birmingham 2–1 1–2 0–1 2–1 1–2 1–3 1–1 5–0 2–2 2–4 0–2 1–2 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 3–0 0–1 1–0 Blackpool 0–0 2–0 0–0 2–3 2–2 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–0 1–2 3–1 0–1 3–0 0–0 1–3 2–0 2–1 2–0 Bradford Park 2–0 5–0 2–1 3–1 3–1 1–2 3–0 2–0 3–3 6–1 0–1 4–2 1–3 4–0 2–0 1–6 2–4 1–0 2–3 Burnley 2–0 2–0 5–1 1–0 2–0 1–2 2–0 2–1 0–1 3–1 0–1 3–0 5–2 3–0 3–3 1–2 2–2 2–3 4–2 Clapton Orient 4–0 3–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 0–2 0–0 2–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 3–0 1–2 3–2 1–2 2–0 1–3 1–0 Derby County 2–1 3–1 2–1 1–2 5–2 1–0 3–1 2–2 2–1 6–0 4–0 1–0 0–1 2–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 5–0 Fulham 3–0 0–0 0–1 3–1 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–0 3–2 3–1 5–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–2 0–0 Gainsborough 0–0 1–0 3–1 3–1 2–0 0–1 2–4 2–0 1–3 1–1 0–1 2–0 0–1 0–0 1–3 0–2 1–0 3–1 0–2 Glossop 3–0 4–1 2–3 3–1 2–0 3–1 1–1 0–1 4–0 3–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 0–3 6–2 1–0 3–2 2–0 Grimsby Town 7–0 0–2 0–1 0–1 5–3 2–0 1–1 0–2 2–1 4–0 2–3 3–1 0–0 1–2 0–1 0–0 0–1 3–0 1–0 Hull City 1–0 7–0 1–2 2–1 3–2 3–0 0–0 3–2 5–1 4–2 5–1 3–1 2–1 0–0 1–2 4–0 1–1 5–1 2–2 Leeds City 0–7 2–1 3–2 2–3 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–2 0–0 1–2 3–1 1–1 1–1 5–0 1–3 3–5 0–2 0–1 1–0 Leicester Fosse 1–1 3–1 3–2 3–0 1–1 4–0 6–0 2–3 9–1 3–1 3–1 3–1 6–2 4–1 1–3 3–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 Lincoln City 2–1 3–2 2–2 1–1 0–0 4–0 2–3 2–2 4–0 1–2 0–0 1–3 0–0 3–1 0–2 0–2 1–0 0–3 1–0 Manchester City 0–0 3–0 1–2 3–1 4–0 2–1 2–1 3–1 3–1 3–3 2–0 3–0 3–0 2–0 6–2 0–2 2–1 3–2 6–0 Oldham Athletic 5–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 5–0 4–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 4–1 3–0 2–1 2–1 6–1 1–0 3–0 1–2 3–0 Stockport County5–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 3–0 1–1 0–2 3–0 5–0 2–1 1–5 0–0 6–2 1–1 1–2 2–0 0–2 1–1 West Bromwich Al4–3 3–1 0–3 1–0 1–2 3–0 0–0 3–2 5–0 0–0 4–3 0–2 3–1 1–2 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–1 Wolverhampton Wa1–0 4–2 2–1 0–2 3–1 3–1 2–3 1–1 0–0 3–1 8–1 2–2 5–0 4–1 4–2 3–2 1–0 2–1 3–1
                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. MANCHESTER CITY          38  15  2  2  51  17   8  6  5  30  23   54
 2. OLDHAM ATHLETIC          38  15  2  2  47   9   8  5  6  32  30   53
 3. Hull City                38  13  4  2  52  19  10  3  6  28  27   53
 4. Derby County             38  15  2  2  46  15   7  7  5  26  32   53
 5. Leicester City           38  15  2  2  60  20   5  2 12  19  38   44
 6. Glossop North End        38  14  1  4  42  18   4  6  9  22  39   43
 7. Fulham                   38   9  7  3  28  13   5  6  8  23  30   41
 8. Wolverhampton Wanderers  38  14  3  2  51  22   3  3 13  13  41   40
 9. Barnsley                 38  15  3  1  48  15   1  4 14  14  44   39
10. Bradford Park Avenue     38  12  1  6  47  28   5  3 11  17  31   38
11. West Bromwich Albion     38   8  5  6  30  23   8  0 11  28  33   37
12. Blackpool                38   7  7  5  24  18   7  1 11  26  34   36
13. Stockport County         38   9  6  4  37  20   4  2 13  13  27   34
14. Burnley                  38  12  2  5  43  21   2  4 13  19  40   34
15. Lincoln City             38   7  6  6  27  24   3  5 11  15  45   31
16. Leyton Orient            38  10  4  5  26  15   2  2 15  11  45   30
17. Leeds City               38   8  4  7  30  33   2  3 14  16  47   27
18. Gainsborough Trinity     38   8  3  8  22  21   2  3 14  11  54   26
19. Grimsby Town             38   8  3  8  31  19   1  3 15  19  58   24
20. Birmingham City          38   7  4  8  28  26   1  3 15  14  52   23
FINAL TABLE THE COMBINATION 1909-1910
 1. Crewe Alexandra II         30-51 (105-33)  24  3  3  Champions/left
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 2. Saltney                    30-48  (81-32)  22  4  4          
 3. Chester                    30-42  (85-47)  20  2  8  LComb2  
 4. Tranmere Rovers            30-38  (92-50)  18  2 10  LComb2  
 5. Bangor FC                  30-35  (79-66)  16  3 11          
 6. Whitchurch                 30-35  (61-53)  16  3 11          
 7. Wrexham II                 30-35  (64-58)  15  5 10          
 8. Nantwich                   30-32  (57-56)  14  4 12  left  
 9. Connah's Quay FC           30-29  (65-67)  14  1 15          
10. Middlewich                 30-27  (58-61)  12  3 15  left  
11. Oswestry United            30-25  (44-62)   9  7 14          
12. Rhyl                       30-20  (54-83)   7  6 17          
13. Chirk AAA                  30-19  (57-91)   8  3 19  left  
14. Druids Ruabon              30-17  (44-83)   7  3 20  left  
15. Denbigh                    30-16  (52-93)   6  4 20          
16. Brymbo Victoria            30-11  (42-105)  5  1 24          

Birkenhead resigned from the league mid-season, results
transferred to Brymbo Victoria.

Champions: Crewe Alexandra II                                     
Newly admitted: Chester II and Flint                            

1040 goals = 4.333 g/match
FINAL TABLE SOUTHERN LEAGUE (DIVISION 1) 1909-1910

 1. Brighton & Hove Albion     42-59  (69-28)  23 13  6  Champions    
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 2. Swindon Town               42-54  (92-46)  22 10 10          
 3. Queens Park Rangers        42-51  (56-47)  19 13 10          
 4. Northampton Town           42-48  (90-44)  22  4 16          
 5. Southampton                42-48  (64-55)  16 16 10          
 6. Portsmouth                 42-47  (70-63)  20  7 15          
 7. Crystal Palace London      42-46  (69-50)  20  6 16          
 8. Coventry City              42-46  (71-60)  19  8 15          
 9. West Ham United            42-45  (69-56)  15 15 12          
10. Leyton                     42-43  (60-46)  16 11 15          
11. Plymouth Argyle            42-43  (61-54)  16 11 15          
12. New Brompton               42-43  (76-74)  19  5 18          
13. Bristol Rovers             42-42  (37-48)  16 10 16          
14. Brentford London           42-41  (50-58)  16  9 17          
15. Luton Town                 42-41  (72-92)  15 11 16          
16. Millwall London            42-37  (45-59)  15  7 20          
17. Norwich City               42-35  (59-78)  13  9 20          
18. Exeter City                42-34  (60-69)  14  6 22          
19. Watford                    42-33  (51-76)  10 13 19          
20. Southend United            42-33  (51-90)  12  9 21          
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21. Croydon Common             42-31  (52-96)  13  5 24  Relegated    
22. Reading                    42-24  (38-73)   7 10 25  Relegated    

Champions: Brighton & Hove Albion                                 

1362 goals = 2.948 goals/m.

FA Challenge Cup 1909-1910

Country England
Defending championsManchester United
ChampionsNewcastle United
(1st title)
Runners-upBarnsley

        1st Round
Jan 15 +Birmingham               1 +Leicester Fosse          4
Jan 15  Blackburn Rovers         7 *Accrington Stanley       1
Jan 15 +Blackpool                1 +Barnsley                 1
Jan 15 +Bradford Park Avenue     8 *Bishop Auckland          0
Jan 15  Bradford City            4  Notts County             2
Jan 15 *Brighton & Hove Albion   0 *Southampton              1
Jan 15  Bristol City             2  Liverpool                0
Jan 15 +Burnley                  2  Manchester United        0
Jan 15  Bury                     2 +Glossop North End        1
Jan 15 *Crystal Palace           1 *Swindon Town             3
Jan 15  Chelsea                  2 +Hull City                1
Jan 15 *Chesterfield             0 +Fulham                   0
Jan 15 +Derby County             5 *Millwall Athletic        0
Jan 15 +Gainsborough Trinity     1 *Southend United          1
Jan 15 +Grimsby Town             0 *Bristol Rovers           2
Jan 15 *Layton                   0 *New Brompton             0
Jan 15  Middlesbrough            1  Everton                  1
Jan 15 *Northampton Town         0  The Wednesday            0
Jan 15 *Norwich City             0  Queen's Park Rangers     0
Jan 15  Nottingham Forest        3  Sheffield United         2
Jan 15 +Oldham Athletic          1  Aston Villa              2
Jan 15 *Plymouth Argyle          1  Tottenham Hotspur        1
Jan 15 *Portsmouth               3 *Shrewsbury Town          0
Jan 15  Preston North End        1 *Coventry City            2
Jan 15 +Wolverhampton Wanderers  5 *Reading                  0 
Jan 15 +Stockport County         4  Bolton Wanderers         1
Jan 15 *Stoke                    1  Newcastle United         1
Jan 15  Sunderland               1 +Leeds City               0
Jan 15 +West Bromwich Albion     2 +Clapton Orient           0
Jan 15 *West Ham United          1 *Carlisle United          1
Jan 15  Woolwich Arsenal         3 *Watford                  0
Jan 15 *Workington               1 +Manchester City          2

        Replays
Jan 19  Everton                  5  Middlesbrough            3
Jan 19 +Fulham                   2 *Chesterfield             1
Jan 19 *New Brompton             2 *Leyton                   2
Jan 19  Newcastle United         2 *Stoke                    1
Jan 19 *Queen's Park Rangers     3 *Norwich City             0
Jan 19 *Southend United          1 +Gainsborough Trinity     0
Jan 19  Tottenham Hotspur        7 *Plymouth Argyle          1
Jan 20 +Barnsley                 6 +Blackpool                0
Jan 20 *West Ham United          5 *Carlisle United          0 
Jan 20  The Wednesday            0 *Northampton Town         1
Jan 24 *Leyton                   1 *New Brompton             0  played at Tottenham Hotspur

        2nd Round
Feb 05  Aston Villa              6 +Derby County             1
Feb 05 +Barnsley                 4 *Bristol Rovers           0
Feb 05  Bradford City            1  Blackburn Rovers         2
Feb 05  Bristol City             1 +West Bromwich Albion     1
Feb 05  Chelsea                  0  Tottenham Hotspur        1
Feb 05  Everton                  5  Woolwich Arsenal         0
Feb 05 +Leicester Fosse          3  Bury                     2
Feb 05  Newcastle United         4 +Fulham                   0
Feb 05 *Northampton Town         0  Nottingham Forest        0
Feb 05 *Portsmouth               0 *Coventry City            1
Feb 05 *Southampton              0 +Manchester City          5
Feb 05 *Southend United          0 *Queen's Park Rangers     0
Feb 05 +Stockport County         0 *Layton                   2
Feb 05  Sunderland               3 +Bradford Park Avenue     1
Feb 05 *Swindon Town             2 +Burnley                  0
Feb 05 +Wolverhampton Wanderers  1 *West Ham United          5

        Replays
Feb 09  Nottingham Forest        1 *Northampton Town         0
Feb 09 *Queen's Park Rangers     3 *Southend United          2
Feb 09 +West Bromwich Albion     4  Bristol City             2

        3rd Round
Feb 19  Aston Villa              1 +Manchester City          2
Feb 19 +Barnsley                 1 +West Bromwich Albion     0
Feb 19 *Coventry City            3  Nottingham Forest        1
Feb 19  Everton                  2  Sunderland               0
Feb 19 +Leicester Fosse          1 *Leyton                   0
Feb 19  Newcastle United         3  Blackburn Rovers         1
Feb 19 *Queen's Park Rangers     1 *West Ham United          1
Feb 19 *Swindon Town             3  Tottenham Hotspur        2

        Replay
Feb 24 *West Ham United          0 *Queen's Park Rangers     1

        Quarter-finals
Mar 05 +Barnsley                 1 *Queen's Park Rangers     0
Mar 05 *Coventry City            0  Everton                  2  
Mar 05  Newcastle United         3 +Leicester Fosse          0
Mar 05 *Swindon Town             2 +Manchester City          0

        Semi-finals
Mar 26 +Barnsley                 0  Everton                  0  played at Leeds City
Mar 26  Newcastle United         2 *Swindon Town             0  played at Tottenham Hotspur

        Replay
Mar 31 +Barnsley                 3  Everton                  0  played at Manchester United

        Final
Apr 23 +Barnsley                 1  Newcastle United         1  played at Crystal Palace

        Replay
Apr 28  Newcastle United    2-0       Barnsley                   played at Everton
1911   Bradford City        0:1  Newcastle United     0:0
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Season 1910-11

FA Charity Shield

1910  Brighton & Hove Albion 1 Aston Villa 0
League Division 1
Season1910–11
ChampionsManchester United (2nd English title)
RelegatedBristol City,
Nottingham Forest
FA Cup winnersBradford City (1st and as of 2019 the only FA Cup title)
Matches played380
Goals scored1,028 (2.71 per match)
Top goalscorerAlbert Shepherd (Newcastle United), 25 [3]
Biggest home winBlackburn Rovers – The Wednesday 6–1 (26 Nov 1910)
Everton – Blackburn Rovers 6–1 (19 Nov 1910)
Newcastle United – Bradford City 6–1 (3 Dec 1910)
Newcastle United – Liverpool 6–1 (22 Oct)
Biggest away winEverton – Newcastle United 1–5 (2 Jan 1911)
Highest scoringTottenham Hotspur – Middlesbrough 6–2 (13 Feb 1911)
Ars Ast Bla Bra Bri Bry Eve Liv MaC MaU Mid New NmF NtC Old Pre ShU ShW Sun Tot Arsenal xxx 1-1 4-1 0-0 3-0 3-2 1-0 0-0 0-1 1-2 0-2 1-2 3-2 2-1 0-0 2-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 2-0 Aston Villa 3-0 xxx 2-2 4-1 2-0 4-1 2-1 1-1 2-1 4-2 5-0 3-2 3-1 3-1 1-1 0-2 3-0 2-1 2-1 4-0 Blackburn 1-0 0-0 xxx 3-0 2-0 6-2 0-1 1-2 2-0 1-0 5-1 3-1 4-1 1-1 1-0 0-1 1-2 6-1 0-1 3-0 Bradford City 3-0 1-2 1-0 xxx 3-1 2-2 3-1 1-3 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 2-1 0-1 1-2 1-0 0-1 5-2 3-0 3-0 Bristol City 0-1 1-2 1-0 0-2 xxx 2-0 0-1 1-1 2-1 0-1 3-2 1-0 5-1 1-0 3-2 0-0 0-2 2-2 1-1 0-2 Bury 1-1 1-0 2-2 0-1 2-1 xxx 0-0 3-0 5-2 0-3 4-2 1-1 1-0 0-0 2-2 1-0 1-1 1-1 0-0 2-1 Everton 2-0 0-1 6-1 0-0 4-3 2-1 xxx 0-1 1-0 0-1 2-0 1-5 2-1 5-0 1-0 2-0 1-0 1-1 2-2 2-0 Liverpool 1-1 3-1 2-2 1-2 4-0 2-0 0-2 xxx 1-1 3-2 3-0 3-0 2-3 2-1 1-0 3-0 2-0 3-0 1-2 1-2 Manchester City 1-1 1-1 0-0 1-3 1-2 5-1 2-1 1-2 xxx 1-1 2-1 2-0 1-0 0-1 2-0 0-2 0-4 1-2 3-3 2-1 Manchester Utd 5-0 2-0 3-2 1-0 3-1 3-2 2-2 2-0 2-1 xxx 1-2 2-0 4-2 0-0 0-0 5-0 1-1 3-2 5-1 3-2 Middlesbrough 1-1 0-1 2-3 3-2 3-0 2-1 1-0 2-2 0-0 2-2 xxx 0-2 2-2 4-1 1-2 2-0 3-1 0-1 1-0 2-0 Newcastle 0-1 1-0 2-2 6-1 0-1 5-1 1-0 6-1 3-3 0-1 0-0 xxx 4-1 2-0 3-0 1-1 1-1 0-2 1-1 1-1 Nottm Forest 2-3 3-1 5-2 0-2 3-3 1-2 1-1 2-0 0-0 2-1 1-1 0-1 xxx 0-2 4-1 1-3 1-2 0-1 1-3 1-2 Notts County 0-2 1-2 2-0 1-1 2-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 0-1 1-0 1-0 2-2 1-1 xxx 1-0 3-3 0-3 2-0 1-1 1-0 Oldham Athletic 3-0 1-1 2-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 2-0 3-1 1-1 1-3 1-1 0-2 2-0 2-1 xxx 2-1 3-0 1-0 2-1 2-0 Preston 4-1 0-1 0-0 2-0 4-0 2-0 0-2 2-1 1-1 0-2 1-1 2-1 0-2 2-0 1-1 xxx 1-1 1-3 0-2 2-0 Sheffield Utd 3-2 2-1 1-1 0-1 0-4 3-0 0-1 2-0 2-2 2-0 2-1 0-0 0-1 0-2 1-2 5-0 xxx 0-1 1-2 3-0 Sheffield Wed 0-0 1-0 1-0 0-1 2-1 1-0 0-2 1-0 4-1 0-0 1-1 0-2 5-2 1-3 2-0 0-0 2-0 xxx 1-1 2-1 Sunderland 2-2 3-2 2-2 1-1 3-1 4-1 4-0 4-0 4-0 1-2 3-1 2-1 2-2 1-1 2-1 1-1 0-2 1-2 xxx 4-0 Tottenham 3-1 1-2 2-2 2-0 3-2 5-0 0-1 1-0 1-1 2-2 6-2 1-2 1-4 3-0 2-0 1-1 2-1 3-1 1-1 xxx

Final Table:
                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. MANCHESTER UNITED        38  14  4  1  47  18   8  4  7  25  22   52
 2. Aston Villa              38  15  3  1  50  18   7  4  8  19  23   51
 3. Sunderland               38  10  6  3  44  22   5  9  5  23  26   45
 4. Everton                  38  12  3  4  34  17   7  4  8  16  19   45
 5. Bradford City            38  13  1  5  33  16   7  4  8  18  26   45
 6. Sheffield Wednesday      38  10  5  4  24  15   7  3  9  23  33   42
 7. Oldham Athletic          38  13  4  2  30  12   3  5 11  14  29   41
 8. Newcastle United         38   8  7  4  37  18   7  3  9  24  25   40
 9. Sheffield United         38   8  3  8  27  21   7  5  7  22  22   38
10. Arsenal                  38   9  6  4  24  14   4  6  9  17  35   38
11. Notts County             38   9  6  4  21  16   5  4 10  16  29   38
12. Blackburn Rovers         38  12  2  5  40  14   1  9  9  22  40   37
13. Liverpool                38  11  3  5  38  19   4  4 11  15  34   37
14. Preston North End        38   8  5  6  25  19   4  6  9  15  30   35
15. Tottenham Hotspur        38  10  5  4  40  23   3  1 15  12  40   32
16. Middlesbrough            38   9  5  5  31  21   2  5 12  18  42   32
17. Manchester City          38   7  5  7  26  26   2  8  9  17  32   31
18. Bury                     38   8  9  2  27  18   1  2 16  16  53   29
19. BRISTOL CITY             38   8  4  7  23  21   3  1 15  20  45   27
20. NOTTINGHAM FOREST        38   5  4 10  28  31   4  3 12  27  44   25

League Division 2
Season1910–11
ChampionsWest Bromwich Albion (2nd title)
Failed re-electionLincoln City
Matches played380
Goals scored1,050 (2.76 per match)
Top goalscorerBob Whittingham (Chelsea), 31 [3]
Biggest home winBarnsley – Bradford Park Avenue 7–0 (25 Mar 1911)
Chelsea – Lincoln City 7–0 (29 Oct 1910)
Biggest away winLincoln City – Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–5 (22 Oct 1910)
Highest scoringBolton Wanderers – Leicester Fosse 6–2 (31 Dec 1910)
Fulham – Stockport County 6–2 (4 Mar 1911)
Burnley – Stockport County 5–3 (18 Mar 1911)
Home \ Away BAR BIR BLP BOL BPA BUR CHE CLA DER FUL GAI GLP HUD HUL LEE LEI LIN STP WBA WOL Barnsley 2–3 1–2 0–0 7–0 0–1 3–2 1–2 0–2 4–2 2–2 4–0 1–2 0–1 4–0 1–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 2–2 Birmingham 1–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–2 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–1 1–3 1–1 1–3 Blackpool 1–0 3–1 1–1 4–1 1–0 0–2 1–1 0–1 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–2 2–0 5–1 2–1 0–0 2–0 Bolton Wanderers4–0 5–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 3–0 4–0 3–1 2–1 3–0 6–2 3–1 2–2 3–1 4–1 Bradford Park Av2–3 2–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 3–0 2–1 1–0 5–0 6–0 0–1 2–0 0–2 3–1 6–0 3–2 3–3 1–0 Burnley 0–0 2–2 1–1 1–3 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 0–0 4–1 2–1 3–1 5–3 2–0 1–1 Chelsea 3–1 2–2 0–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 1–0 3–2 2–0 3–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 4–1 2–0 7–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 Clapton Orient 3–0 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 0–2 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 4–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 3–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 3–1 Derby County 5–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 4–2 3–0 1–4 3–1 2–2 4–0 2–1 1–1 2–3 2–2 3–0 5–0 4–1 1–3 2–0 Fulham 0–2 3–0 2–1 2–0 4–0 3–0 1–0 1–1 3–1 1–0 2–2 2–1 0–1 2–1 3–1 0–0 6–2 0–1 0–1 Gainsborough Tri1–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–2 1–2 3–1 3–1 0–0 0–1 3–0 3–1 1–1 1–2 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–3 Glossop 1–1 2–1 3–1 1–2 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–3 2–2 2–1 3–1 5–2 0–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 3–0 0–2 5–1 Huddersfield Tow2–0 7–1 2–2 1–1 0–0 0–1 3–1 2–0 0–3 1–2 2–1 1–0 2–0 3–2 1–2 1–1 4–1 0–2 3–1 Hull City 5–1 4–1 1–1 1–1 2–2 3–0 1–1 1–2 2–0 0–0 3–2 1–0 2–2 1–1 2–2 2–1 4–1 1–1 2–2 Leeds City 0–0 1–1 1–2 1–0 2–0 0–0 3–3 1–0 3–2 3–1 4–0 0–2 5–2 1–0 2–3 0–1 4–0 3–1 1–0 Leicester Fosse 1–1 2–0 2–0 5–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–2 3–2 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–2 2–1 2–0 5–1 2–3 2–3 Lincoln City 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–3 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 1–0 0–0 2–2 2–2 1–4 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–2 1–5 Stockport County2–2 3–1 1–3 0–1 1–0 4–2 2–2 0–3 3–2 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–4 1–0 3–2 0–1 1–0 West Bromwich Al3–3 1–0 0–1 2–0 3–0 2–1 1–3 3–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 3–1 1–0 0–2 2–0 5–1 3–0 4–2 2–1 Wolverhampton Wa1–0 3–1 0–3 3–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–2 5–1 1–1 2–0 0–3 0–0 3–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 2–3
                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. WEST BROMWICH ALBION     38  14  2  3  40  18   8  7  4  27  23   53
 2. BOLTON WANDERERS         38  17  2  0  53  12   4  7  8  16  28   51
 3. Chelsea                  38  17  2  0  48   7   3  7  9  23  28   49
 4. Leyton Orient            38  14  4  1  28   7   5  3 11  16  28   45
 5. Hull City                38   8 10  1  38  21   6  6  7  17  18   44
 6. Derby County             38  11  5  3  48  24   6  3 10  25  28   42
 7. Blackpool                38  10  5  4  29  15   6  5  8  20  23   42
 8. Burnley                  38   9  9  1  31  18   4  6  9  14  27   41
 9. Wolverhampton Wanderers  38  10  5  4  26  16   5  3 11  25  36   38
10. Fulham                   38  12  3  4  35  15   3  4 12  17  33   37
11. Leeds City               38  11  4  4  35  18   4  3 12  23  38   37
12. Bradford Park Avenue     38  12  4  3  44  18   2  5 12   9  37   37
13. Huddersfield Town        38  10  4  5  35  21   3  4 12  22  37   34
14. Glossop North End        38  11  4  4  36  21   2  4 13  12  41   34
15. Leicester City           38  12  3  4  37  19   2  2 15  15  43   33
16. Birmingham City          38  10  4  5  23  18   2  4 13  19  46   32
17. Stockport County         38  10  4  5  27  26   1  4 14  20  53   30
18. Gainsborough Trinity     38   9  5  5  26  16   0  6 13  11  39   29
19. Barnsley                 38   5  7  7  36  26   2  7 10  16  36   28
20. Lincoln City             38   5  7  7  16  23   2  3 14  12  49   24
FINAL TABLE THE COMBINATION 1910-1911
 1. Whitchurch                 20-27  (56-25)  12  3  5  Kamp/left
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 2. Bangor FC                  20-27  (72-38)  12  3  5  left  
 3. Oswestry United            20-25  (44-27)  11  3  6  left  
 4. Brymbo Victoria            20-24  (55-34)  11  2  7  left  
 5. Wrexham II                 20-24  (53-40)  11  2  7  left  
 6. Chester II                 20-21  (57-44)   9  3  8  left  
 7. Saltney                    20-18  (50-43)   8  2 10  left  
 8. Connah's Quay FC           20-17  (35-35)   7  3 10  left  
 9. Rhyl                       20-17  (33-65)   8  1 11  left  
10. Flint                      20-14  (32-76)   6  2 12  left  
11. Denbigh                    20- 6  (24-84)   2  2 16  left  

(The Combination folded).                                        

Champions: Whitchurch                                             

511 goals = 4.645 g/match
FINAL TABLE SOUTHERN LEAGUE (DIVISION 1) '10-'11

 1. Swindon Town               38-53  (80-31)  24  5  9  Champions    
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 2. Northampton Town           38-48  (54-27)  18 12  8          
 3. Brighton & Hove Albion     38-48  (58-36)  20  8 10          
 4. Crystal Palace London      38-47  (55-48)  17 13  8          
 5. West Ham United            38-45  (63-46)  17 11 10          
 6. Queens Park Rangers        38-40  (52-41)  13 14 11          
 7. Leyton                     38-40  (57-52)  16  8 14          
 8. Plymouth Argyle            38-39  (54-55)  15  9 14          
 9. Luton Town                 38-38  (67-63)  15  8 15          
10. Norwich City               38-38  (46-48)  15  8 15          
11. Coventry City              38-38  (65-68)  16  6 16          
12. Brentford London           38-37  (41-42)  14  9 15          
13. Exeter City                38-37  (51-53)  14  9 15          
14. Watford                    38-35  (49-65)  13  9 16          
15. Millwall London            38-31  (42-54)  11  9 18          
16. Bristol Rovers             38-30  (42-55)  10 10 18          
17. Southampton                38-30  (42-67)  11  8 19          
18. New Brompton               38-30  (34-65)  11  8 19          
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19. Southend United            38-29  (47-64)  10  9 19  Relegated    
20. Portsmouth                 38-27  (34-53)   8 11 19  Relegated    

Champions: Swindon Town                                           
Promotion: Stoke and Reading                                       

1033 goals = 2.718 goals/m.

FA Challenge Cup 1910-1911

Country England
Defending championsNewcastle United
ChampionsBradford City (1st title)
Runners-upNewcastle United

        1st Round
Jan 14 +Birmingham               1  Oldham Athletic          1
Jan 14  Blackburn Rovers         5 *Southend United          1
Jan 14 +Bolton Wanderers         0 *Chesterfield             2
Jan 14 +Bradford Park Avenue     5 *Queen's Park Rangers     3
Jan 14 *Brentford                0  Preston North End        1
Jan 14  Bristol City             0 *Crewe Alexandra          3
Jan 14 *Bristol Rovers           0 +Hull City                0
Jan 14 +Burnley                  2 *Exeter City              0
Jan 14 +Chelsea                  0 *Leyton                   0
Jan 14 *Crystal Palace           0  Everton                  4
Jan 14 +Derby County             2 *Plymouth Argyle          1
Jan 14 *Grimsby Town             3 *Croydon                  0  void
Jan 14 +Leeds City               1 *Brighton & Hove Albion   3
Jan 14 +Leicester Fosse          3 *Southampton              1
Jan 14  Liverpool                3 +Gainsborough Trinity     2
Jan 14  Manchester United        2 +Blackpool                1
Jan 14  Middlesbrough            1 +Glossop North End        0
Jan 14 *New Brompton             0  Bradford City            1
Jan 14  Newcastle United         6  Bury                     1
Jan 14 *Northampton Town         5 *Luton Town               1
Jan 14 *Norwich City             3  Sunderland               1
Jan 14 *Portsmouth               1  Aston Villa              4
Jan 14  Sheffield United         0 *Darlington               1
Jan 14  The Wednesday            1 *Coventry City            2
Jan 14 *Stoke                    1  Manchester City          2
Jan 14 *Swindon Town             3  Notts County             1
Jan 14  Tottenham Hotspur        2 *Millwall Athletic        1
Jan 14 *Watford                  0 +Barnsley                 2
Jan 14 *West Ham United          2  Nottingham Forest        1
Jan 14 +Wolverhampton Wanderers  2 *Accrington Stanley       0
Jan 14 +West Bromwich Albion     4 +Fulham                   1
Jan 16 +Clapton Orient           1  Woolwich Arsenal         2

        Replays
Jan 17  Oldham Athletic          2 +Birmingham               0
Jan 19 +Hull City                1 *Bristol Rovers           0
Jan 19 *Leyton                   0 +Chelsea                  2
Jan 26 *Grimsby Town             8 *Croydon                  1

        2nd Round
Feb 04  Blackburn Rovers         0  Tottenham Hotspur        0
Feb 04  Bradford City            2 *Norwich City             1
Feb 04 *Brighton & Hove Albion   0 *Coventry City            0
Feb 04 +Burnley                  2 +Barnsley                 0
Feb 04 +Chelsea                  4 *Chesterfield             1
Feb 04 *Crewe Alexandra          1 *Grimsby Town             5
Feb 04 *Darlington               2 +Bradford Park Avenue     1
Feb 04 +Derby County             2 +West Bromwich Albion     0
Feb 04  Everton                  2  Liverpool                1
Feb 04 +Hull City                1  Oldham Athletic          0
Feb 04  Manchester United        2  Aston Villa              1
Feb 04  Middlesbrough            0 +Leicester Fosse          0
Feb 04  Newcastle United         1 *Northampton Town         1
Feb 04 *Swindon Town             1  Woolwich Arsenal         0
Feb 04 *West Ham United          3  Preston North End        0
Feb 04 +Wolverhampton Wanderers  1  Manchester City          0

        Replays
Feb 08 *Northampton Town         0  Newcastle United         1
Feb 09 *Coventry City            2 *Brighton & Hove Albion   0
Feb 09 +Leicester Fosse          1  Middlesbrough            2
Feb 09  Tottenham Hotspur        0  Blackburn Rovers         2

        3rd Round
Feb 25  Bradford City            1 *Grimsby Town             0
Feb 25 +Burnley                  5 *Coventry City            0
Feb 25 *Darlington               0 *Swindon Town             3
Feb 25 +Derby County             5  Everton                  0
Feb 25  Middlesbrough            0  Blackburn Rovers         3
Feb 25  Newcastle United         3 +Hull City                2
Feb 25 *West Ham United          2  Manchester United        1
Feb 25 +Wolverhampton Wanderers  0 +Chelsea                  2  

        Quarter-finals
Mar 11  Bradford City            1 +Burnley                  0
Mar 11 +Chelsea                  3 *Swindon Town             1
Mar 11  Newcastle United         4 +Derby County             0
Mar 11 *West Ham United          2  Blackburn Rovers         3

        Semi-finals
Mar 25  Bradford City            3  Blackburn Rovers         0  played at Sheffield United
Mar 25  Newcastle United         3 +Chelsea                  0  played at Birmingham City

        Final
Apr 22  Bradford City            0  Newcastle United         0  played at Crystal Palace

        Replay
Apr 26  Bradford City          1-0  Newcastle United           played at Manchester United
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Season 1911-12

FA Charity Shield

1911  Manchester United  8 Swindon Town   4

League Division 1
Season1911–12
ChampionsBlackburn Rovers (1st English title)
RelegatedBury,
Preston North End
Matches played380
Goals scored1,057 (2.78 per match)
Top goalscorerHarry Hampton (Aston Villa),
George Holley (Sunderland),
David McLean (The Wednesday), 25 [3]
Biggest home winThe Wednesday – Sunderland 8–0 (26 Dec 1911)
Biggest away winSheffield United – Bolton Wanderers 0–5 (9 Sept 1911)
Highest scoringSheffield United – Bradford City 7–3 (4 Mar 1912)
Ars Ast Bla Bol Bra Bry Eve Liv MaC MaU Mid New NtC Old Pre ShU ShW Sun Tot WBA Arsenal xxx 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 0-2 3-0 3-1 0-2 Aston Villa 4-1 xxx 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 2-3 1-3 2-2 0-3 Blackburn 4-0 3-1 xxx 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 0-0 2-2 0-0 4-1 Bolton 2-2 3-0 2-0 xxx 2-0 1-0 1-2 2-1 2-1 1-1 1-0 0-2 3-0 2-1 3-0 0-3 4-2 3-0 1-0 2-0 Bradford City 1-1 2-1 1-0 1-0 xxx 1-0 1-0 0-2 4-1 0-1 2-1 1-1 2-3 0-0 0-1 1-0 5-1 2-1 3-0 4-1 Bury 3-1 1-1 1-2 1-3 2-0 xxx 1-2 2-2 1-2 0-1 0-2 2-1 0-1 1-1 0-0 3-1 2-2 0-2 2-1 1-0 Everton 1-0 1-1 1-3 1-0 1-0 1-1 xxx 2-1 1-0 4-0 1-0 2-0 1-1 1-1 1-0 3-2 1-0 1-0 2-2 3-0 Liverpool 4-1 1-2 1-2 1-0 1-0 1-1 1-3 xxx 2-2 3-2 1-1 0-1 3-0 1-0 0-1 2-0 1-1 2-1 1-2 1-3 Manchester City 3-3 2-6 3-0 3-1 4-0 2-0 4-0 2-3 xxx 0-0 2-0 1-1 4-0 1-3 0-0 0-0 4-0 2-0 2-1 0-2 Manchester Utd 2-0 3-1 3-1 2-0 0-1 0-0 2-1 1-1 0-0 xxx 3-4 0-2 2-0 3-1 0-0 1-0 3-1 2-2 1-2 1-2 Middlesbrough 0-2 1-2 2-1 1-0 1-0 1-1 0-0 3-2 3-1 3-0 xxx 1-1 4-0 3-0 4-2 1-1 1-1 3-3 2-0 1-0 Newcastle 1-2 6-2 4-2 5-2 0-2 3-2 2-0 1-1 1-0 2-3 0-1 xxx 3-2 1-1 1-0 2-2 0-2 3-1 2-0 0-0 Notts County 3-1 2-0 1-3 3-2 0-0 2-0 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-1 2-1 1-4 xxx 1-1 1-2 2-0 1-0 3-1 2-2 2-0 Oldham Athletic 0-0 1-2 0-1 3-1 3-0 2-0 3-0 0-1 4-1 2-2 2-0 2-4 1-2 xxx 1-0 2-3 1-0 0-0 2-1 3-1 Preston 0-1 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 xxx 3-0 2-3 0-3 0-1 1-1 Sheffield Utd 2-1 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 xxx 1-1 1-2 1-2 1-1 Sheffield Wed 3-0 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 xxx 8-0 4-0 4-1 Sunderland 1-0 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 0-0 xxx 1-1 3-2 Tottenham 5-0 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 3-1 0-0 xxx 1-0 West Bromwich 1-1 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 1-5 1-0 2-0 xxx

Final Table:
                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. BLACKBURN ROVERS         38  13  6  0  35  10   7  3  9  25  33   49
 2. Everton                  38  13  5  1  29  12   7  1 11  17  30   46
 3. Newcastle United         38  10  4  5  37  25   8  4  7  27  25   44
 4. Bolton Wanderers         38  14  2  3  35  15   6  1 12  19  28   43
 5. Sheffield Wednesday      38  11  3  5  44  17   5  6  8  25  32   41
 6. Aston Villa              38  12  2  5  48  22   5  5  9  28  41   41
 7. Middlesbrough            38  11  6  2  35  17   5  2 12  21  28   40
 8. Sunderland               38  10  6  3  37  14   4  5 10  21  37   39
 9. West Bromwich Albion     38  10  6  3  23  15   5  3 11  20  32   39
10. Arsenal                  38  12  3  4  38  19   3  5 11  17  40   38
11. Bradford City            38  12  3  4  31  15   3  5 11  15  35   38
12. Tottenham Hotspur        38  10  4  5  35  20   4  5 10  18  33   37
13. Manchester United        38   9  5  5  29  19   4  6  9  16  41   37
14. Sheffield United         38  10  4  5  47  29   3  6 10  16  27   36
15. Manchester City          38  10  5  4  39  20   3  4 12  17  38   35
16. Notts County             38   9  4  6  26  20   5  3 11  20  43   35
17. Liverpool                38   8  4  7  27  23   4  6  9  22  32   34
18. Oldham Athletic          38  10  3  6  32  19   2  7 10  14  35   34
19. PRESTON NORTH END        38   8  4  7  26  25   5  3 11  14  32   33
20. BURY                     38   6  5  8  23  25   0  4 15   9  34   21

League Division 2
Season1911–12
ChampionsDerby County (1st title)
Failed re-electionGainsborough Trinity
Matches played380
Goals scored1,032 (2.72 per match)
Top goalscorerBert Freeman (Burnley), 32 [3]
Biggest home winWolverhampton Wanderers – Hull City 8–0 (4 Nov 1911)
Biggest away winLeeds City – Burnley 1–5 (9 Dec 1911)
Birmingham – Derby County 0–4 (16 Sept 1911)
Highest scoringFulham – Leeds City 7–2 (23 Mar 1912)
Home \ Away	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 Av1–0	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 Tri1–2	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 Tow2–1	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 Fores0–2	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 County1–1	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 Wa5–0	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	                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts

 1. DERBY COUNTY             38  15  2  2  55  13   8  6  5  19  15   54
 2. CHELSEA                  38  15  2  2  36  13   9  4  6  28  21   54
 3. Burnley                  38  14  5  0  50  14   8  3  8  27  27   52
 4. Leyton Orient            38  16  0  3  44  14   5  3 11  17  30   45
 5. Wolverhampton Wanderers  38  12  3  4  41  10   4  7  8  16  23   42
 6. Barnsley                 38  10  5  4  28  19   5  7  7  17  23   42
 7. Hull City                38  12  3  4  36  13   5  5  9  18  38   42
 8. Fulham                   38  10  3  6  42  24   6  4  9  24  34   39
 9. Grimsby Town             38   9  6  4  24  18   6  3 10  24  37   39
10. Leicester City           38  11  4  4  34  18   4  3 12  15  48   37
11. Bradford Park Avenue     38  10  5  4  30  16   3  4 12  14  29   35
12. Birmingham City          38  11  3  5  44  29   3  3 13  11  30   34
13. Bristol City             38  11  4  4  27  17   3  2 14  14  43   34
14. Blackpool                38  12  4  3  24  12   1  4 14   8  40   34
15. Nottingham Forest        38   9  3  7  26  18   4  4 11  20  30   33
16. Stockport County         38   8  5  6  31  22   3  6 10  16  32   33
17. Huddersfield Town        38   8  5  6  30  22   5  1 13  20  42   32
18. Glossop North End        38   6  8  5  33  23   2  4 13   9  33   28
19. Leeds City               38   7  6  6  21  22   3  2 14  29  56   28
20. Gainsborough Trinity     38   4  6  9  17  22   1  7 11  13  42   23
FINAL TABLE SOUTHERN LEAGUE (DIVISION 1) '11-'12

 1. Queens Park Rangers        38-53  (59-35)  21 11  6  Champions    
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 2. Plymouth Argyle            38-52  (63-31)  23  6  9          
 3. Northampton Town           38-51  (82-41)  22  7  9          
 4. Swindon Town               38-48  (82-50)  21  6 11          
 5. Brighton & Hove Albion     38-47  (73-35)  19  9 10          
 6. Coventry City              38-42  (66-54)  17  8 13          
 7. Crystal Palace London      38-40  (70-46)  15 10 13          
 8. Millwall London            38-40  (60-57)  15 10 13          
 9. Watford                    38-36  (56-68)  13 10 15          
10. Stoke                      38-36  (51-63)  13 10 15          
11. Reading                    38-36  (43-59)  11 14 13          
12. Norwich City               38-34  (40-60)  10 14 14          
13. West Ham United            38-33  (64-69)  13  7 18          
14. Brentford London           38-33  (60-65)  12  9 17          
15. Exeter City                38-33  (48-62)  11 11 16          
16. Southampton                38-31  (46-63)  10 11 17          
17. Bristol Rovers             38-31  (41-62)   9 13 16          
18. New Brompton               38-31  (35-72)  11  9 18  namechange      
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19. Luton Town                 38-28  (49-61)   9 10 19  Relegated    
20. Leyton                     38-25  (27-62)   7 11 20  S.Essex 

Champions: Queens Park Rangers                                    
Promotion: Portsmouth and Merthyr Town                             

1115 goals = 2.934 goals/m.

FA Challenge Cup 1911-1912

Country England
Defending championsBradford City
ChampionsBarnsley (1st title)
Runners-upWest Bromwich Albion

        1st Round
Jan 13  Aston Villa              6 *Walsall                  0
Jan 13 +Birmingham               0 +Barnsley                 0
Jan 13  Blackburn Rovers         4 *Norwich City             1
Jan 13  Bolton Wanderers         1  Woolwich Arsenal         0
Jan 13 *Brentford                0 *Crystal Palace           0
Jan 13 *Bristol Rovers           1 *Portsmouth               2
Jan 13  Bury                     2 *Millwall Athletic        1
Jan 13 +Chelsea                  1  Sheffield United         0
Jan 13 +Clapton Orient           1  Everton                  2
Jan 13 *Crewe Alexandra          1 +Blackpool                1
Jan 13 *Croydon                  2 +Leicester Fosse          2
Jan 13 *Darlington               2 *Brighton & Hove Albion   1
Jan 13 +Derby County             3  Newcastle United         0
Jan 13 +Fulham                   2 +Burnley                  1
Jan 13 +Leeds City               1 +Glossop North End        0
Jan 13 *Lincoln City             2 +Stockport County         0
Jan 13  Liverpool                1 *Leyton                   0
Jan 13 *Luton Town               2  Notts County             4
Jan 13  Manchester United        3 +Huddersfield Town        1
Jan 13  Middlesbrough            0  The Wednesday            0
Jan 13 *Northampton Town         1 +Bristol City             0
Jan 13 +Nottingham Forest        0 +Bradford Park Avenue     1
Jan 13  Oldham Athletic          1 +Hull City                1
Jan 13  Preston North End        0  Manchester City          1
Jan 13 *Queen's Park Rangers     0  Bradford City            0
Jan 13 *Southampton              0 *Coventry City            2
Jan 13 *Southport                0 *Reading                  2
Jan 13  Sunderland               3 *Plymouth Argyle          1
Jan 13 *Swindon Town             5 *Sutton                   0
Jan 13  West Bromwich Albion     3  Tottenham Hotspur        0
Jan 13 *Watford                  0 +Wolverhampton Wanderers  0
Jan 13 *West Ham United          2 +Gainsborough Trinity     1

        Replays
Jan 16 +Hull City                0  Oldham Athletic          1
Jan 17 *Crystal Palace           4 *Brentford                0
Jan 18  Bradford City            4 *Queen's Park Rangers     0
Jan 22 +Barnsley                 3 +Birmingham City          0
Jan 22 +Blackpool                2 *Crewe Alexandra          2
Jan 22 +Leicester Fosse          6 *Croydon                  1
Jan 24 +Wolverhampton Wanderers 10 *Watford                  0
Jan 25 +Blackpool                2 *Crewe Alexandra          1  played at Manchester City
Jan 25  The Wednesday            1  Middlesbrough            2

        2nd Round
Feb 03  Aston Villa              1 *Reading                  1
Feb 03 +Barnsley                 1 +Leicester Fosse          0
Feb 03  Bolton Wanderers         1 +Blackpool                0
Feb 03 +Bradford Park Avenue     2 *Portsmouth               0
Feb 03  Bradford City            2 +Chelsea                  0
Feb 03 *Coventry City            1  Manchester United        5
Feb 03 *Crystal Palace           0  Sunderland               0
Feb 03 *Darlington               1 *Northampton Town         1
Feb 03 +Derby County             1  Blackburn Rovers         2
Feb 03  Everton                  1  Bury                     1
Feb 03 +Fulham                   3  Liverpool                0
Feb 03 +Leeds City               0  West Bromwich Albion     1
Feb 03  Manchester City          0  Oldham Athletic          1
Feb 03  Middlesbrough            1 *West Ham United          1
Feb 03 *Swindon Town             2  Notts County             0
Feb 03 +Wolverhampton Wanderers  2 *Lincoln City             1

        Replays
Feb 07 *Reading                  1  Aston Villa              0
Feb 07  Sunderland               1 *Crystal Palace           0
Feb 08  Bury                     0  Everton                  6
Feb O8 *Northampton Town         2 *Darlington               0
Feb 08 *West Ham United          2  Middlesbrough            1

        3rd Round
Feb 24  Blackburn Rovers         3 +Wolverhampton Wanderers  2
Feb 24  Bolton Wanderers         1 +Barnsley                 2
Feb 24 +Bradford Park Avenue     0  Bradford City            1
Feb 24 +Fulham                   2 *Northampton Town         1
Fob 24  Oldham Athletic          0  Everton                  2
Feb 24 *Reading                  1  Manchester United        1
Feb 24  Sunderland               1  West Bromwich Albion     2
Feb 24 *West Ham United          1 *Swindon Town             1

        Replays
Feb 28 *Swindon Town             4 *West Ham United          0
Feb 29  Manchester United        3 *Reading                  0

        Quarter-finals
Mar 09 +Barnsley                 0  Bradford City            0
Mar 09  Manchester United        1  Blackburn Rovers         1
Mar 09 *Swindon Town             2  Everton                  1
Mar 09  West Bromwich Albion     3 +Fulham                   0

        Replays
Mar 13  Bradford City            0 +Barnsley                 0
Mar 14  Blackburn Rovers         4  Manchester United        2
Mar 18 +Barnsley                 0  Bradford City            0  played at Leeds City
Mar 21 +Barnsley                 3  Bradford City            2  played at Sheffield United

        Semi-finals
Mar 30 +Barnsley                 0 *Swindon Town             0  played at Chelsea
Mar 30  Blackburn Rovers         0  West Bromwich Albion     0  played at Liverpool

        Replays
Apr 03 +Barnsley                 1 *Swindon Town             0  played at Notts County
Apr 03  West Bromwich Albion     1  Blackburn Rovers         0  played at The Wednesday

        Final
Apr 20 +Barnsley                 0  West Bromwich Albion     0  played at Crystal Palace

        Replay
Apr 24 +Barnsley               1-0  West Bromwich Albion       played at Sheffield United
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Season 1912-13

FA Charity Shield

1912  Blackburn Rovers  2 Queen's Park Rangers 1

League Division 1
Season1912–13
ChampionsSunderland (5th English title)
RelegatedWoolwich Arsenal,
Notts County
FA Cup winnersAston Villa (5th FA Cup title)
Matches played380
Goals scored1,153 (3.03 per match)
Top goalscorerDavid McLean (The Wednesday), 30 [3]
Biggest home winAston Villa – The Wednesday 10–0 (5 Oct 1912)
Biggest away winBradford City – Sunderland 0–5 (2 Nov 1912)
Highest scoringAston Villa – The Wednesday 10–0 (5 Oct 1912)
Ars Ast Bla Bol Bra Che Der Eve Liv MaC MaU Mid New NtC Old ShU ShW Sun Tot WBA Arsenal xxx 0-3 0-1 1-2 1-1 0-1 1-2 0-0 1-1 0-4 0-0 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-3 2-5 1-3 0-3 1-0 Aston Villa 4-1 xxx 1-1 1-1 3-1 1-0 5-1 1-1 1-3 2-0 4-2 5-1 3-1 1-0 7-1 4-2 10-0 1-1 1-0 2-4 Blackburn 1-1 2-2 xxx 6-0 5-0 1-1 0-1 1-2 5-1 2-2 0-0 5-2 2-0 2-1 7-1 3-1 0-1 4-0 6-1 2-4 Bolton 5-1 2-3 1-1 xxx 2-0 1-0 1-1 0-0 1-1 2-2 2-1 3-2 1-2 0-0 3-0 4-2 3-0 1-3 2-0 2-1 Bradford City 3-1 1-1 0-2 4-1 xxx 2-2 2-3 4-1 2-0 2-1 1-0 1-2 2-0 1-0 0-0 3-1 0-0 1-5 3-1 1-1 Chelsea 1-1 1-2 1-6 2-3 0-3 xxx 3-1 1-3 1-2 2-1 1-4 2-3 1-0 5-2 1-1 4-2 0-4 2-0 1-0 0-2 Derby County 4-1 0-1 1-1 3-3 4-0 3-1 xxx 1-4 4-2 2-0 2-1 0-2 2-1 1-0 1-2 5-1 1-4 0-3 5-0 1-2 Everton 3-0 0-1 2-1 2-3 2-1 1-0 2-2 xxx 0-2 0-0 4-1 1-0 0-6 4-0 2-3 0-1 3-1 0-4 1-2 1-3 Liverpool 3-0 2-0 4-1 5-0 2-1 1-2 2-1 0-2 xxx 1-2 0-2 4-2 2-1 0-0 2-0 2-2 2-1 2-5 4-1 2-1 Manchester City 0-1 1-0 3-1 2-0 1-3 2-0 1-1 1-0 4-1 xxx 0-2 3-0 0-1 4-0 2-0 3-0 2-2 1-0 2-2 2-1 Manchester Utd 2-0 4-0 1-1 2-1 2-0 4-2 4-0 2-0 3-1 0-1 xxx 2-3 3-0 2-1 0-0 4-0 2-0 1-3 2-0 1-1 Middlesbrough 2-0 1-1 0-0 4-0 1-1 0-3 4-1 0-0 3-4 0-0 3-2 xxx 0-0 1-1 2-2 4-1 0-2 0-2 1-1 3-1 Newcastle 3-1 2-3 0-1 2-1 1-1 3-2 2-4 2-0 0-0 0-1 1-3 3-1 xxx 0-0 4-1 1-2 1-0 1-1 3-0 1-1 Notts County 2-1 1-1 3-1 1-0 1-1 0-0 0-1 0-1 3-0 0-1 1-2 1-3 0-1 xxx 2-1 0-1 1-2 2-1 0-1 1-1 Oldham Athletic 0-0 2-2 0-0 2-3 0-0 3-2 2-2 2-0 3-1 2-1 0-0 1-0 1-0 4-0 xxx 2-0 2-0 3-0 4-1 0-0 Sheffield Utd 1-3 3-2 0-0 0-2 3-2 3-3 4-1 4-1 4-1 1-1 2-1 1-0 1-1 2-0 1-1 xxx 0-2 1-3 4-0 1-0 Sheffield Wed 2-0 1-1 2-1 2-2 6-0 3-2 3-3 1-2 1-0 1-0 3-3 3-1 1-2 3-1 5-0 1-0 xxx 1-2 2-1 3-2 Sunderland 4-1 3-1 2-4 2-1 1-0 4-0 0-2 3-1 7-0 1-0 3-1 4-0 2-0 4-0 1-1 1-0 0-2 xxx 2-2 3-1 Tottenham 1-1 3-3 0-1 0-1 2-1 1-0 1-2 0-2 1-0 4-0 1-1 5-3 1-0 0-3 1-0 1-0 2-4 1-2 xxx 3-1 West Bromwich 2-1 2-2 1-1 2-2 1-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 3-1 0-2 1-2 2-0 1-0 2-0 2-3 3-1 1-1 3-1 4-1 xxx

Final Table:
                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. SUNDERLAND               38  14  2  3  47  17  11  2  6  39  26   54
 2. Aston Villa              38  13  4  2  57  21   6  8  5  29  31   50
 3. Sheffield Wednesday      38  12  4  3  44  23   9  3  7  31  32   49
 4. Manchester United        38  13  3  3  41  14   6  5  8  28  29   46
 5. Blackburn Rovers         38  10  5  4  54  21   6  8  5  25  22   45
 6. Manchester City          38  12  3  4  34  15   6  5  8  19  22   44
 7. Derby County             38  10  2  7  40  29   7  6  6  29  37   42
 8. Bolton Wanderers         38  10  6  3  36  20   6  4  9  26  43   42
 9. Oldham Athletic          38  11  7  1  33  12   3  7  9  17  43   42
10. West Bromwich Albion     38   8  7  4  30  20   5  5  9  27  30   38
11. Everton                  38   8  2  9  28  31   7  5  7  20  23   37
12. Liverpool                38  12  2  5  40  24   4  3 12  21  47   37
13. Bradford City            38  10  5  4  33  22   2  6 11  17  38   35
14. Newcastle United         38   8  5  6  30  23   5  3 11  17  24   34
15. Sheffield United         38  10  5  4  36  24   4  1 14  20  46   34
16. Middlesbrough            38   6  9  4  29  22   5  1 13  26  47   32
17. Tottenham Hotspur        38   9  3  7  28  25   3  3 13  17  47   30
18. Chelsea                  38   7  2 10  29  40   4  4 11  22  33   28
19. NOTTS COUNTY             38   6  4  9  19  20   1  5 13   9  36   23
20. ARSENAL                  38   1  8 10  11  31   2  4 13  15  43   18

League Division 2
Season1912–13
ChampionsPreston North End (2nd title)
Failed re-election(none)
Matches played380
Goals scored1,123 (2.96 per match)
Top goalscorerBert Freeman (Burnley), 31 [3]
Biggest home winFulham – Stockport County 7–0 (8 Mar 1913)
Biggest away winBristol City – Bury 1–5 (26 Apr 1913)
Highest scoringBristol City – Stockport County 7–2 (18 Jan 1913)
Home \ Away	BAR	BIR	BLP	BPA	BRI	BUR	BRY	CLA	FUL	GLP	GRI	HUD	HUL	LEE	LEI	LIN	NOT	PNE	STP	WOL
Barnsley		1–0	5–3	4–0	7–1	1–4	4–3	0–0	2–1	2–1	3–0	2–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	4–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	3–2
Birmingham	3–1		3–2	1–1	3–0	3–0	1–2	1–1	2–1	0–0	2–1	3–2	3–1	2–2	5–1	4–1	2–0	0–1	1–1	0–0
Blackpool	0–1	2–0		0–2	1–1	0–2	2–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–2	0–3	2–1	1–1	2–1	0–1	1–1	1–2
Bradford Park Av0–0	0–0	4–2		4–1	2–3	3–1	3–0	2–3	5–0	3–0	2–1	2–0	0–1	2–2	3–0	3–1	0–0	4–2	5–1
Bristol City	3–0	0–3	0–0	0–0		3–3	1–5	1–0	2–1	3–3	2–2	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–2	1–1	7–2	3–1
Burnley 	0–1	3–0	4–0	5–1	2–2		3–1	5–0	5–0	2–1	3–2	4–0	0–0	2–2	5–1	3–1	3–5	2–2	3–2	4–2
Bury    	2–0	3–0	1–1	2–0	0–1	1–1		0–0	1–0	4–1	4–2	0–2	3–0	1–1	2–2	0–3	2–0	0–0	2–0	1–0
Clapton Orient	2–2	0–2	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–2		2–1	1–0	1–3	1–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–2	2–2	1–2	4–1	0–0
Fulham  	1–1	3–2	4–2	3–1	0–0	4–2	3–1	1–1		2–0	0–1	2–0	2–0	4–0	1–1	3–1	0–0	3–1	7–0	4–2
Glossop       	1–0	0–2	2–0	4–3	3–1	1–3	1–1	3–0	2–0		2–0	1–0	0–3	2–1	3–0	0–1	4–3	2–3	2–2	1–3
Grimsby Town	1–1	2–2	1–1	3–0	3–0	2–0	4–0	1–2	2–1	0–0		0–0	2–0	3–2	2–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	4–1	2–1
Huddersfield Tow2–0	0–0	3–0	2–0	5–0	1–0	4–0	0–0	5–1	6–0	0–2		5–2	1–0	3–0	5–1	1–1	1–1	3–3	2–1
Hull City	0–1	1–2	4–1	5–0	3–1	0–0	2–0	2–1	0–1	2–0	5–0	1–3		6–2	2–1	2–0	2–1	2–2	3–2	0–1
Leeds City	2–0	4–0	0–2	2–0	1–1	4–1	4–2	3–1	2–3	4–0	1–2	0–3	1–0		5–1	2–2	1–0	5–1	2–1	2–2
Leicester Fosse	1–0	1–2	5–1	3–0	3–1	2–3	3–0	1–0	1–0	1–4	1–0	0–0	3–2	1–1		1–0	3–1	0–3	4–1	0–1
Lincoln City	2–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–3	0–1	1–1	3–0	0–0	3–0	3–1	1–1	3–3	3–0		2–1	0–0	3–2	2–1
Nottingham Fores2–0	3–1	1–1	1–2	4–1	2–1	1–1	0–0	2–4	3–2	1–2	0–1	5–0	1–2	4–2	1–2		0–2	2–1	2–0
Preston North En4–0	1–0	2–1	4–2	5–1	1–1	2–0	0–1	1–0	2–0	2–0	2–1	1–0	3–2	1–0	0–0	1–1		1–1	1–1
Stockport County0–3	0–1	2–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–2	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	3–3	6–0	1–2	2–4	2–1	1–1		5–1
Wolverhampton Wa3–0	2–2	4–0	0–0	1–1	0–2	3–1	1–1	2–1	3–1	3–0	2–0	0–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	2–3	2–0	1–0
                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. PRESTON NORTH END        38  13  5  1  34  12   6 10  3  22  21   53
 2. BURNLEY                  38  13  4  2  58  23   8  4  7  30  30   50
 3. Birmingham City          38  11  6  2  39  18   7  4  8  20  26   46
 4. Barnsley                 38  15  3  1  46  18   4  4 11  11  29   45
 5. Huddersfield Town        38  13  5  1  49  12   4  4 11  17  28   43
 6. Leeds City               38  12  3  4  45  22   3  7  9  25  42   40
 7. Grimsby Town             38  10  8  1  32  11   5  2 12  19  39   40
 8. Lincoln City             38  10  6  3  31  16   5  4 10  19  36   40
 9. Fulham                   38  13  5  1  47  16   4  0 15  18  39   39
10. Wolverhampton Wanderers  38  10  6  3  34  16   4  4 11  22  38   38
11. Bury                     38  10  6  3  29  14   5  2 12  24  43   38
12. Hull City                38  12  2  5  42  19   3  4 12  18  37   36
13. Bradford Park Avenue     38  12  4  3  47  18   2  4 13  13  42   36
14. Leyton Orient            38   8  6  5  25  20   2  8  9   9  27   34
15. Leicester City           38  12  2  5  34  20   1  5 13  16  45   33
16. Bristol City             38   7  9  3  32  25   2  6 11  14  47   33
17. Nottingham Forest        38   9  3  7  35  25   3  5 11  23  34   32
18. Glossop North End        38  11  2  6  34  26   1  6 12  15  42   32
19. Stockport County         38   8  4  7  32  23   0  6 13  24  55   26
20. Blackpool                38   8  4  7  22  22   1  4 14  17  47   26
FINAL TABLE SOUTHERN LEAGUE (DIVISION 1) '12-'13

 1. Plymouth Argyle            38-50  (77-36)  22  6 10  Champions    
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 2. Swindon Town               38-48  (66-41)  20  8 10          
 3. West Ham United            38-48  (66-46)  18 12  8          
 4. Queens Park Rangers        38-46  (46-36)  18 10 10          
 5. Crystal Palace London      38-45  (55-36)  17 11 10          
 6. Millwall London            38-45  (62-43)  19  7 12          
 7. Exeter City                38-44  (48-44)  18  8 12          
 8. Reading                    38-42  (59-55)  17  8 13          
 9. Brighton & Hove Albion     38-38  (48-47)  13 12 13          
10. Northampton Town           38-36  (61-48)  12 12 14          
11. Portsmouth                 38-36  (41-49)  14  8 16          
12. Merthyr Town               38-36  (43-60)  12 12 14          
13. Coventry City              38-34  (53-59)  13  8 17          
14. Watford                    38-34  (43-50)  12 10 16          
15. Gillingham                 38-34  (36-53)  12 10 16          
16. Bristol Rovers             38-33  (55-64)  12  9 17          
17. Southampton                38-31  (40-72)  10 11 17          
18. Norwich City               38-29  (39-50)  10  9 19          
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19. Brentford London           38-27  (42-55)  11  5 22  Relegated    
20. Stoke                      38-24  (39-75)  10  4 24  Relegated    

Champions: Plymouth Argyle                                        
Promotion: Cardiff City and Southend United                        

1019 goals = 2.682 goals/m.

England FA Challenge Cup 1912-1913

Country England
Defending championsBarnsley
ChampionsAston Villa (5th title)
Runners-upSunderland

        1st Round
Jan 11 *Bristol Rovers           2  Notts County             0
Jan 11  Chelsea                  5 *Southend United          2
Jan 11 *Croydon                  0  Woolwich Arsenal         0
Jan 11 *Crystal Palace           2 +Glossop North End        0
Jan 11 +Fulham                   0 +Hull City                2
Jan 11 *Gillingham               0 +Barnsley                 0
Jan 11  Manchester City          4 +Birmingham               0
Jan 11  Manchester United        1 *Coventry City            1
Jan 11 *Millwall Athletic        0  Middlesbrough            0
Jan 11  Oldham Athletic          2  Bolton Wanderers         0
Jan 11 *Plymouth Argyle          2 +Preston North End        0
Jan 11 *Queen's Park Rangers     4 *Halifax Town             2
Jan 11 *Rochdale                 0 *Swindon Town             2
Jan 11 *Southampton              1 +Bury                     1
Jan 11  Sunderland               6 *Clapton Orient           0
Jan 11  Tottenham Hotspur        1 +Blackpool                1
Jan 13  West Bromwich Albion     1 *West Ham United          1
Jan 15  Derby County             1  Aston Villa              3
Jan 15  Everton                  5 +Stockport County         1
Jan 15 +Bradford Park Avenue     1 *Barrow                   1
Jan 15 +Huddersfield Town        3  Sheffield United         1
Jan 15 +Leeds City               2 +Burnley                  3
Jan 15  Liverpool                3 +Bristol City             0
Jan 15 *Portsmouth               1 *Brighton & Hove Albion   2
Jan 16 +Leicester Fosse          1 *Norwich City             4
Jan 16  Newcastle United         1  Bradford City            0
Jan 16  The Wednesday            5 +Grimsby Town             1
Jan 16 *Stoke                    2 *Reading                  2
Jan 18 *Chesterfield             1 +Nottingham Forest        4
Jan 18  Blackburn Rovers         7 *Northampton Town         2
Jan 18 *South Shields            0 *Gainsborough Trinity     1
Jan 18 +Wolverhampton Wanderers  3 *London Caledonian        1

        Replays
Jan 15 +Bury                     2 *Southampton              1
Jan 15  Middlesbrough            4 *Millwall Athletic        1
Jan 15  Woolwich Arsenal         2 *Croydon                  1
Jan 16 +Barnsley                 3 *Gillingham               1
Jan 16  Tottenham Hotspur        6 +Blackpool                1 
Jan 16 *Coventry City            1  Manchester United        2
Jan 16 *West Ham United          2  West Bromwich Albion     2
Jan 22 +Bradford Park Avenue     1 *Barrow                   0 
Jan 22 *Reading                  3 *Stoke                    0
Jan 22  West Bromwich Albion     0 *West Ham United          3  played at Chelsea

        2nd Round
Feb 01  Aston Villa              5 *West Ham United          0
Feb 01 +Barnsley                 2  Blackburn Rovers         3
Feb 01 +Bradford Park Avenue     3 +Wolverhampton Wanderers  0
Feb 01 *Brighton & Hove Albion   0  Everton                  0
Feb 01 *Bristol Rovers           1 *Norwich City             1
Feb 01 +Burnley                  4 *Gainsborough Trinity     1
Feb 01  Chelsea                  1  The Wednesday            1
Feb 01 *Crystal Palace           2 +Bury                     0
Feb 01 +Huddersfield Town        1 *Swindon Town             2
Feb 01 +Hull City                0  Newcastle United         0
Feb 01  Middlesbrough            3 *Queen's Park Rangers     2
Feb 01  Oldham Athletic          5 +Nottingham Forest        1
Feb 01 *Plymouth Argyle          0  Manchester United        2
Feb 01 *Reading                  1  Tottenham Hotspur        0
Feb 01  Woolwich Arsenal         1  Liverpool                4
Feb 05  Sunderland               2  Manchester City          0

        Replays
Feb 05  Everton                  1 *Brighton & Hove Albion   0
Feb 05  Newcastle United         3 +Hull City                0
Feb 05  The Wednesday            6  Chelsea                  0
Feb 06 *Norwich City             2 *Bristol Rovers           2
Feb 10 *Bristol Rovers           1 *Norwich City             0  played at Chelsea

        3rd Round
Feb 22  Aston Villa              5 *Crystal Palace           0
Feb 22 +Bradford Park Avenue     2  The Wednesday            1
Feb 22 *Bristol Rovers           0  Everton                  4
Feb 22 +Burnley                  3  Middlesbrough            1
Feb 22  Liverpool                1  Newcastle United         1
Feb 22  Oldham Athletic          0  Manchester United        0
Feb 22 *Reading                  1  Blackburn Rovers         2
Feb 22  Sunderland               4 *Swindon Town             2

        Replays
Feb 26  Manchester United        1  Oldham Athletic          2
Feb 26  Newcastle United         1  Liverpool                0

        Quarter-finals
Mar 08  Blackburn Rovers         0 +Burnley                  1
Mar 08 +Bradford Park Avenue     0  Aston Villa              5
Mar 08  Everton                  0  Oldham Athletic          1
Mar 08  Sunderland               0  Newcastle United         0

        Replays
Mar 12  Newcastle United         2  Sunderland               2
Mar 17  Newcastle United         0  Sunderland               3  played at Newcastle United

        Semi-finals
Mar 29  Aston Villa              1  Oldham Athletic          0  played at Blackburn Rovers
Mar 29 +Burnley                  0  Sunderland               0  played at Sheffield United

        Replay
Apr 02  Sunderland               3 +Burnley                  2  played at Birmingham City

        Final
Apr 19  Aston Villa              1  Sunderland               0  played at Crystal Palace
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Season 1913-14

FA Charity Shield

1913  Professionals 7 Amateurs 2

League Division 1
Season1913–14
ChampionsBlackburn Rovers (2nd English title)
RelegatedDerby County,
Preston North End
FA Cup winnersBurnley (1st FA Cup title)
Matches played380
Goals scored1,103 (2.9 per match)
Top goalscorerGeorge Elliot (Middlesbrough), 32 [3]
Biggest home winBlackburn Rovers – Everton 6–0 (8 Nov 1913)
Blackburn Rovers – Middlesbrough 6–0 (20 Sept 1913)
Middlesbrough –Tottenham Hotspur 6–0 (13 Apr 1914)
Biggest away winEvertonSunderland 1–5 (15 Nov 1913)
Preston North End – Blackburn Rovers 1–5 (26 Dec 1913)
Highest scoringBlackburn Rovers – Liverpool 6–2 (6 Sept 1913)
Bolton Wanderers – Oldham Athletic 6–2 (6 Sept 1913)
Derby County – Sheffield United 3–5 (6 Sept 1913)
The Wednesday – Burnley 2–6 (3 Jan 1914)
Ast Bla Bol Bra Bur Che Der Eve Liv MaC MaU Mid New Old PNE ShU ShW Sun Tot WBA Aston Villa xxx 1-3 1-0 0-1 1-0 1-2 3-2 3-1 2-1 1-1 3-1 1-3 1-3 0-0 3-0 3-0 2-0 5-0 3-3 2-0 Blackburn 0-0 xxx 3-2 0-0 0-0 3-1 3-1 6-0 6-2 2-1 0-1 6-0 3-0 2-1 5-0 3-2 3-2 3-1 1-1 2-0 Bolton 3-0 1-0 xxx 3-0 0-0 1-1 3-1 0-0 2-1 3-0 6-1 1-1 3-1 6-2 0-3 3-1 0-1 2-1 3-0 1-0 Bradford City 0-0 0-2 5-1 xxx 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 1-0 3-2 1-1 2-3 2-0 0-1 0-0 2-1 3-1 0-2 2-1 1-0 Burnley 4-0 1-2 2-2 2-2 xxx 6-1 5-1 2-0 5-2 2-0 1-2 1-2 1-0 2-0 3-4 0-0 3-0 0-1 3-1 0-0 Chelsea 0-3 2-0 2-1 2-1 0-0 xxx 2-1 2-0 3-0 1-0 0-2 3-2 0-1 2-1 2-0 2-0 2-1 1-1 1-3 1-1 Derby County 0-2 2-3 3-3 3-1 3-1 0-1 xxx 1-0 1-1 2-4 4-2 2-2 2-0 1-2 0-1 3-5 1-1 1-1 4-0 1-2 Everton 1-4 0-0 1-1 1-1 1-1 0-0 5-0 xxx 1-2 1-0 5-0 2-0 2-0 0-2 2-0 5-0 1-1 1-5 1-1 2-0 Liverpool 0-1 3-3 2-1 0-1 1-1 3-0 1-0 1-2 xxx 4-2 1-2 2-1 0-0 0-3 3-1 2-1 1-2 1-3 2-1 0-0 Manchester City 3-1 1-2 0-1 1-0 4-1 2-1 1-2 1-1 1-0 xxx 0-2 1-1 0-1 2-1 1-1 2-1 1-2 3-1 2-1 2-3 Manchester Utd 0-6 0-0 0-1 1-1 0-1 0-1 3-3 0-1 3-0 0-1 xxx 0-1 2-2 4-1 3-0 2-1 2-1 3-1 3-1 1-0 Middlesbrough 5-2 3-0 2-3 1-1 2-1 2-0 3-2 2-0 4-0 2-0 3-1 xxx 3-0 0-0 4-1 2-3 5-2 3-4 6-0 3-0 Newcastle 2-2 0-0 4-3 0-0 3-1 1-0 1-1 0-1 1-2 0-1 0-1 1-0 xxx 0-0 2-0 2-1 3-1 2-1 2-0 3-3 Oldham Athletic 0-1 1-1 2-0 3-1 1-1 3-2 0-0 2-0 2-2 1-3 2-2 3-0 3-0 xxx 1-0 1-2 2-0 2-1 3-0 2-0 Preston NE 3-2 1-5 1-1 2-1 2-1 3-3 2-0 1-0 0-1 2-2 4-2 4-1 4-1 0-1 xxx 2-4 5-0 2-2 1-2 0-2 Sheffield Utd 3-0 1-1 2-0 1-1 5-0 3-2 2-2 4-1 0-1 1-3 2-0 3-1 2-0 2-1 2-0 xxx 0-1 1-0 1-4 1-1 Sheffield Wed 2-3 3-1 1-1 1-3 2-6 3-0 1-3 2-2 4-1 2-2 1-3 2-0 0-0 1-2 2-1 2-1 xxx 2-1 2-0 1-4 Sunderland 2-0 2-1 3-2 0-1 1-1 2-0 1-0 5-2 1-2 0-0 2-0 4-2 1-2 2-0 3-1 1-2 0-1 xxx 2-0 0-0 Tottenham 0-2 3-3 3-0 0-0 2-0 1-2 1-1 4-1 0-0 3-1 2-1 0-1 0-0 3-1 1-0 2-1 1-1 1-4 xxx 3-0 West Bromwich 1-0 2-0 1-1 2-1 4-1 3-1 2-1 1-1 0-1 0-0 2-1 2-1 1-1 2-2 1-0 2-1 1-1 2-1 1-1 xxx

Final Table:
                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. BLACKBURN ROVERS         38  14  4  1  51  15   6  7  6  27  27   51
 2. Aston Villa              38  11  3  5  36  21   8  3  8  29  29   44
 3. Middlesbrough            38  14  2  3  55  20   5  3 11  22  40   43
 4. Oldham Athletic          38  11  5  3  34  16   6  4  9  21  29   43
 5. West Bromwich Albion     38  11  7  1  30  16   4  6  9  16  26   43
 6. Bolton Wanderers         38  13  4  2  41  14   3  6 10  24  38   42
 7. Sunderland               38  11  3  5  32  17   6  3 10  31  35   40
 8. Chelsea                  38  12  3  4  28  18   4  4 11  18  37   39
 9. Bradford City            38   8  6  5  23  17   4  8  7  17  23   38
10. Sheffield United         38  11  4  4  36  19   5  1 13  27  41   37
11. Newcastle United         38   9  6  4  27  18   4  5 10  12  30   37
12. Burnley                  38  10  4  5  43  20   2  8  9  18  33   36
13. Manchester City          38   9  3  7  28  23   5  5  9  23  30   36
14. Manchester United        38   8  4  7  27  23   7  2 10  25  39   36
15. Everton                  38   8  7  4  32  18   4  4 11  14  37   35
16. Liverpool                38   8  4  7  27  25   6  3 10  19  37   35
17. Tottenham Hotspur        38   9  6  4  30  19   3  4 12  20  43   34
18. Sheffield Wednesday      38   8  4  7  34  34   5  4 10  19  36   34
19. PRESTON NORTH END        38   9  4  6  39  31   3  2 14  13  38   30
20. DERBY COUNTY             38   6  5  8  34  32   2  6 11  21  39   27

League Division 2
Season1913–14
ChampionsNotts County (2nd title)
Failed re-election(none)
Matches played380
Goals scored1,011 (2.66 per match)
Top goalscorerSammy Stevens (Hull City), 28
Jack Peart (Notts County), 28 [3]
Biggest home winLeeds City – Nottingham Forest 8–0 (29 Nov 1913)
Biggest away winFulham – Bradford Park Avenue 1–6 (21 Feb 1914)
Highest scoringHull City – Wolverhampton Wanderers 7–1 (6 Dec 1914)
Home \ Away	BAR	BIR	BLP	BPA	BRI	BRY	CLA	FUL	GLP	GRI	HUD	HUL	LEE	LEI	LIN	NOT	NTC	STP	WOL	WOO
Barnsley		1–1	2–1	1–2	3–0	2–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	3–1	2–1	0–2	1–4	3–0	1–0	5–0	0–1	1–0	2–1	1–0
Birmingham	0–0		0–0	1–2	2–2	1–0	2–0	0–1	6–0	1–2	1–4	1–1	0–2	1–0	2–0	2–0	2–1	3–2	4–1	2–0
Blackpool	3–1	2–2		2–1	0–1	0–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	2–2	2–2	1–0	2–1	2–1	0–0	2–2	2–0	1–1
Bradford Park Av1–1	5–1	4–1		4–3	3–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	3–0	2–1	2–0	3–1	3–2	3–0	4–0	0–3	0–2	1–0	2–3
Bristol City	1–1	1–2	1–0	2–0		2–0	3–0	0–1	4–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	4–1	1–0	1–1	5–0	0–0	1–1
Bury     	4–0	3–1	1–0	0–0	3–1		0–0	1–0	1–0	3–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	3–3	1–0	1–4	1–1
Clapton Orient	1–0	2–2	2–0	1–0	5–2	1–0		1–0	5–1	0–0	0–0	3–0	3–1	1–0	5–1	3–1	1–0	1–1	2–2	1–0
Fulham        	1–2	1–0	0–0	1–6	3–1	1–1	2–0		2–1	2–2	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–2	4–0	2–0	1–2	2–0	1–0	6–1
Glossop     	5–1	4–1	1–2	2–1	1–1	2–1	0–3	0–1		3–0	2–3	2–1	1–1	0–2	4–0	3–0	0–1	1–1	1–2	0–2
Grimsby Town	1–1	0–2	2–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	0–3	3–0		2–1	1–3	0–1	3–0	1–3	3–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	1–1
Huddersfield Tow3–1	7–0	1–0	0–1	1–2	1–1	1–0	3–1	2–1	1–2		0–3	1–1	1–2	2–1	1–1	2–1	0–2	0–0	1–2
Hull City	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–3	0–1	0–1	2–0	1–1	3–0	2–1	4–1		1–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	3–0	7–1	1–2
Leeds City	3–0	3–2	2–1	5–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	2–1	3–0	4–1	5–1	1–2		2–1	1–0	8–0	2–4	5–1	5–0	0–0
Leicester Fosse	0–2	0–0	0–1	2–3	3–0	0–0	1–0	3–0	1–3	2–0	0–1	0–4	5–1		2–0	5–1	0–2	2–5	2–3	1–2
Lincoln City	2–2	1–1	1–2	0–3	2–1	1–0	0–0	0–1	1–5	1–3	3–0	0–0	1–0	3–0		1–0	0–0	0–3	1–0	5–2
Nottingham Fores0–2	3–1	3–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	4–1	1–1	1–2	2–1	1–3	2–1		1–0	2–2	1–3	0–0
Notts County	3–1	5–1	2–0	2–3	4–0	2–0	3–0	4–0	2–2	4–0	3–0	4–1	4–0	4–1	2–1	2–2		2–1	2–0	1–0
Stockport County1–1	2–0	0–0	3–1	5–1	3–0	0–1	1–3	1–1	2–2	0–0	2–1	2–1	3–0	2–3	2–1	1–2		0–0	2–0
Wolverhampton Wa0–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–2	3–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	4–1	2–2	1–0	1–3	2–1	1–0	4–1	4–1	3–1		1–2
Woolwich Arsenal1–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	0–1	2–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	2–1	3–0	3–2	3–0	4–0	3–1
                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. NOTTS COUNTY             38  16  2  1  55  13   7  5  7  22  23   53
 2. BRADFORD PARK AVENUE     38  15  1  3  44  20   8  2  9  27  27   49
 3. Arsenal                  38  14  3  2  34  10   6  6  7  20  28   49
 4. Leeds City               38  15  2  2  54  16   5  5  9  22  30   47
 5. Barnsley                 38  14  1  4  33  15   5  6  8  18  30   45
 6. Leyton Orient            38  14  5  0  38  11   2  6 11   9  24   43
 7. Hull City                38   9  5  5  29  13   7  4  8  24  24   41
 8. Bristol City             38  12  5  2  32  10   4  4 11  20  40   41
 9. Wolverhampton Wanderers  38  14  1  4  33  16   4  4 11  18  36   41
10. Bury                     38  12  6  1  30  14   3  4 12   9  26   40
11. Fulham                   38  10  3  6  31  20   6  3 10  15  23   38
12. Stockport County         38   9  6  4  32  18   4  4 11  23  39   36
13. Huddersfield Town        38   8  4  7  28  22   5  4 10  19  31   34
14. Birmingham City          38  10  4  5  31  18   2  6 11  17  42   34
15. Grimsby Town             38  10  4  5  24  15   3  4 12  18  43   34
16. Blackpool                38   6 10  3  24  19   3  4 12   9  25   32
17. Glossop North End        38   8  3  8  32  24   3  3 13  19  43   28
18. Leicester City           38   7  2 10  29  28   4  2 13  16  33   26
19. Lincoln City             38   8  5  6  23  23   2  1 16  13  43   26
20. Nottingham Forest        38   7  7  5  27  23   0  2 17  10  53   23
FINAL TABLE SOUTHERN LEAGUE (DIVISION 1) '13-'14

 1. Swindon Town               38-50  (81-41)  21  8  9  Champions    
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 2. Crystal Palace London      38-50  (60-32)  17 16  5          
 3. Northampton Town           38-47  (50-37)  14 19  5          
 4. Reading                    38-44  (43-36)  17 10 11          
 5. Plymouth Argyle            38-43  (46-42)  15 13 10          
 6. West Ham United            38-42  (61-60)  15 12 11          
 7. Brighton & Hove Albion     38-42  (43-45)  15 12 11          
 8. Queens Park Rangers        38-41  (45-43)  16  9 13          
 9. Portsmouth                 38-40  (57-48)  14 12 12          
10. Cardiff City               38-38  (46-42)  13 12 13          
11. Southampton                38-37  (55-54)  15  7 16          
12. Exeter City                38-36  (39-38)  10 16 12          
13. Gillingham                 38-35  (48-49)  13  9 16          
14. Norwich City               38-35  (49-51)   9 17 12          
15. Millwall London            38-34  (51-56)  11 12 15          
16. Southend United            38-32  (41-66)  10 12 16          
17. Bristol Rovers             38-31  (46-67)  10 11 17          
18. Watford                    38-29  (50-56)  10  9 19          
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19. Merthyr Town               38-28  (38-61)   9 10 19  Relegated    
20. Coventry City              38-26  (43-68)   6 14 18  Relegated    

Champions: Swindon Town                                           
Promotion: Luton Town and Croydon Common                           

992 goals = 2.611 goals/m.

England FA Challenge Cup 1913-1914

Country England
 Wales
Defending championsAston Villa
ChampionsBurnley (1st title)
Runners-upLiverpool

        1st Round
Jan 10  Aston Villa              4 *Stoke                    0
Jan 10 +Birmingham               2 *Southend United          1
Jan 10  Blackburn Rovers         3  Middlesbrough            0
Jan 10  Bolton Wanderers         3 *Port Vale                0
Jan 10 +Bradford Park Avenue     5 *Reading                  1
Jan 10  Bradford City            2 +The Arsenal              0
Jan 10  Burnley                  3 *South Shields            1
Jan 10 *Crystal Palace           2 *Norwich City             1
Jan 10 +Clapton Orient           2 +Nottingham Forest        2
Jan 10  Derby County             1 *Northampton Town         0
Jan 10 +Leeds City               4 *Gainsborough Trintiy     2
Jan 10 *Gillingham               1 +Blackpool                0
Jan 10 +Glossop North End        2  Everton                  1
Jan 10 +Huddersfield Town        3 *London Caledonian        0
Jan 10 +Hull City                0 +Bury                     0
Jan 10 +Leicester Fosse          5  Tottenham Hotspur        5
Jan 10  Liverpool                1 +Barnsley                 1
Jan 10  Manchester City          2 +Fulham                   0
Jan 10 *Millwall Athletic        0  Chelsea                  0
Jan 10  Newcastle United         0  Sheffield United         5  
Jan 10  Oldham Athletic          1 *Brighton & Hove Albion   1
Jan 10 *Plymouth Argyle          4 +Lincoln City             1
Jan 10 *Portsmouth               0 *Exeter City              4
Jan 10  Preston North End        5 *Bristol Rovers           2
Jan 10 *Queen's Park Rangers     2 +Bristol City             2
Jan 10  The Wednesday            3 +Notts County             2
Jan 10  Sunderland               9 *Chatham                  0
Jan 10 *Swansea Town             2 *Merthyr Town             0
Jan 10 *Swindon Town             1  Manchester United        0
Jan 10  West Bromwich Albion     2 +Grimsby Town             0
Jan 10 *West Ham United          8 *Chesterfield             1
Jan 10 +Wolverhampton Wanderers  3 *Southampton              0

        Replays
Jan 14 *Brighton & Hove Albion   1  Oldham Athletic          0
Jan 14 +Bristol City             0 *Queen's Park Rangers     2
Jan 14 +Bury                     2 +Hull City                1
Jan 14  Chelsea                  0 *Millwall Athletic        1
Jan 14 +Nottingham Forest        0 +Clapton Orient           1
Jan 15 +Barnsley                 0  Liverpool                1
Jan 15  Tottenham Hotspur        2 +Leicester Fosse          0

        2nd Round
Jan 31 +Birmingham               1 +Huddersfield Town        0
Jan 31  Blackburn Rovers         2 +Bury                     0
Jan 31  Bolton Wanderers         4 *Swindon Town             2
Jan 31 *Brighton & Hove Albion   3 +Clapton Orient           1
Jan 31  Burnley                  3  Derby County             2
Jan 31 *Exeter City              1  Aston Villa              2
Jan 31 +Glossop North End        0  Preston North End        1
Jan 31 +Leeds City               0  West Bromwich Albion     2
Jan 31  Liverpool                2 *Gillingham               0
Jan 31  Manchester City          2  Tottenham Hotspur        1
Jan 31 *Millwall Athletic        1  Bradford City            0
Jan 31  Sheffield United         3 +Bradford Park Avenue     1
Jan 31  Sunderland               2 *Plymouth Argyle          1
Jan 31 *Swansea Town             1 *Queen's Park Rangers     2
Jan 31 *West Ham United          2 *Crystal Palace           0
Jan 31 +Wolverhampton Wanderers  1  The Wednesday            1  Tynecastle Replay
Feb 04  The Wednesday            1 +Wolverhampton Wanderers  0

        3rd Round
Feb 21  Aston Villa              2  West Bromwich Albion     1
Feb 21 +Birmingham               1 *Queen's Park Rangers     2
Feb 21  Blackburn Rovers         1  Manchester City          2
Feb 21  Burnley                  3  Bolton Wanderers         0
Feb 21 *Millwall Athletic        0  Sheffield United         4
Feb 21  The Wednesday            3 *Brighton & Hove Albion   0
Feb 21  Sunderland               2  Preston North End        0
Feb 21 *West Ham United          1  Liverpool                1

        Replay
Feb 25  Liverpool                5 *West Ham United          1

        Quarter-finals
Mar 07  Liverpool                2 *Queen's Park Rangers     1
Mar 07  Manchester City          0  Sheffield United         0
Mar 07  The Wednesday            0  Aston Villa              1
Mar 07  Sunderland               0  Burnley                  0

        Replays
Mar 11  Burnley                  2  Sunderland               1
Mar 12  Sheffield United         0  Manchester City          0
Mar 16  Sheffield United         1  Manchester City          0  played at Aston Villa

        Semi-finals
Mar 28  Liverpool                2  Aston Villa              0  played at Tottenham
Mar 28  Burnley                  0  Sheffield United         0  played at Manchester United

        Replay
Apr 01  Burnley                  1  Sheffield United         0  played at Everton

        Final
Apr 25  Burnley                  1  Liverpool                0  played at Crystal Palace
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Season 1914-15

League Division 1
Season1914–15
ChampionsEverton (2nd English title)
RelegatedTottenham Hotspur
FA Cup winnersSheffield United (3rd FA Cup title)
Matches played380
Goals scored1,201 (3.16 per match)
Top goalscorerBobby Parker (Everton), 35 [3]
Biggest home winThe Wednesday – Bolton Wanderers 7–0 (1 Mar 1915)
Biggest away winAston Villa – Bolton Wanderers 1–7 (26 Dec 1914)
Tottenham Hotspur – Sunderland 0–6 (19 Dec 1914)
Highest scoringMiddlesbrough –Tottenham Hotspur 7–5 (13 Feb 1915)
Ast Bla Bol BrP BrC Bur Che Eve Liv MaC MaU Mid New NCo Old ShU ShW Sun Tot WBA Aston Villa xxx 2-1 1-7 1-2 0-0 3-3 2-1 1-5 6-2 4-1 3-3 5-0 2-1 2-1 0-0 1-0 0-0 1-3 3-1 2-1 Blackburn 1-2 xxx 2-2 2-2 2-1 6-0 3-2 2-1 4-2 0-1 3-3 4-0 2-3 5-1 4-1 1-2 1-1 3-1 4-1 2-1 Bolton 2-2 3-2 xxx 3-2 3-5 3-1 3-1 0-0 0-1 2-3 3-0 4-0 0-0 1-2 2-0 0-1 0-3 1-1 4-2 1-1 Bradford PA 2-2 1-2 1-2 xxx 3-0 2-2 3-0 1-2 1-0 3-1 5-0 2-0 1-0 3-1 1-1 2-0 1-1 2-1 5-1 1-4 Bradford City 3-0 3-0 4-2 3-2 xxx 0-0 2-2 0-1 3-2 0-0 4-2 1-1 1-1 3-1 1-0 1-1 1-0 3-1 2-2 5-0 Burnley 2-1 3-2 5-0 2-0 0-1 xxx 2-0 1-0 3-0 1-2 3-0 4-0 2-0 0-0 2-3 1-2 2-3 2-1 3-1 0-2 Chelsea 3-1 1-3 2-1 0-1 2-0 1-4 xxx 2-0 3-1 0-0 1-3 2-2 0-3 4-1 2-2 1-1 0-0 3-0 1-1 4-1 Everton 0-0 1-3 5-3 4-1 1-1 0-2 2-2 xxx 1-3 4-1 4-2 2-3 3-0 4-0 3-4 0-0 0-1 7-1 1-1 2-1 Liverpool 3-6 3-0 4-3 2-1 2-1 3-0 3-3 0-5 xxx 3-2 1-1 1-1 2-2 1-1 1-2 2-1 2-1 2-1 7-2 3-1 Manchester City 1-0 1-3 2-1 2-3 4-1 1-0 2-1 0-1 1-1 xxx 1-1 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 4-0 2-0 2-1 4-0 Manchester Utd 1-0 2-0 4-1 1-2 1-0 0-2 2-2 1-2 2-0 0-0 xxx 2-2 1-0 2-2 1-3 1-2 2-0 3-0 1-1 0-0 Middlesbrough 1-1 1-4 0-0 1-3 3-0 1-1 3-0 5-1 3-0 1-0 1-1 xxx 1-1 1-0 4-1 2-2 3-1 2-3 7-5 2-0 Newcastle 3-0 2-1 1-2 1-1 1-0 1-2 2-0 0-1 0-0 2-1 2-0 1-2 xxx 1-1 1-2 4-3 0-0 2-5 4-0 1-2 Notts County 1-1 1-1 0-0 1-2 0-0 0-0 2-0 0-0 3-1 0-2 4-2 5-1 1-0 xxx 2-1 3-1 1-2 2-1 1-2 1-1 Oldham Athletic 3-3 3-2 5-3 6-2 1-0 1-2 0-0 1-1 0-2 0-0 1-0 5-1 1-0 2-0 xxx 3-0 5-2 4-5 4-1 1-1 Sheffield Utd 3-0 1-2 3-1 3-2 1-1 1-0 1-1 1-0 2-1 0-0 3-1 0-1 1-0 1-0 3-0 xxx 0-1 1-1 1-1 2-0 Sheffield Wed 5-2 1-1 7-0 6-0 3-3 0-0 3-2 1-4 2-1 2-1 1-0 3-1 2-1 0-0 2-2 1-1 xxx 1-2 3-2 0-0 Sunderland 4-0 5-1 4-3 3-3 1-1 2-1 2-1 0-3 2-2 0-2 1-0 4-1 2-4 3-1 1-2 3-2 3-1 xxx 5-0 1-2 Tottenham 0-2 0-4 4-2 3-0 0-0 1-3 1-1 1-3 1-1 2-2 2-0 3-3 0-0 2-0 1-0 1-1 6-1 0-6 xxx 2-0 West Bromwich 2-0 0-0 3-0 1-0 3-0 3-0 2-0 1-2 4-0 0-1 0-0 1-0 2-0 4-1 0-0 1-1 0-0 1-2 3-2 xxx

Final Table:
                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. EVERTON                  38   8  5  6  44  29  11  3  5  32  18   46
 2. Oldham Athletic          38  11  5  3  46  25   6  6  7  24  31   45
 3. Blackburn Rovers         38  11  4  4  51  27   7  3  9  32  34   43
 4. Burnley                  38  12  1  6  38  18   6  6  7  23  29   43
 5. Manchester City          38   9  7  3  29  15   6  6  7  20  24   43
 6. Sheffield United         38  11  5  3  28  13   4  8  7  21  28   43
 7. Sheffield Wednesday      38  10  7  2  43  23   5  6  8  18  31   43
 8. Sunderland               38  11  3  5  46  30   7  2 10  35  42   41
 9. Bradford Park Avenue     38  11  4  4  40  20   6  3 10  29  45   41
10. West Bromwich Albion     38  11  5  3  31   9   4  5 10  18  34   40
11. Bradford City            38  11  7  1  40  18   2  7 10  15  31   40
12. Middlesbrough            38  10  6  3  42  24   3  6 10  20  50   38
13. Liverpool                38  11  5  3  45  34   3  4 12  20  41   37
14. Aston Villa              38  10  5  4  39  32   3  6 10  23  40   37
15. Newcastle United         38   8  4  7  29  23   3  6 10  17  25   32
16. Notts County             38   8  7  4  28  18   1  6 12  13  39   31
17. Bolton Wanderers         38   8  5  6  35  27   3  3 13  33  57   30
18. Manchester United        38   8  6  5  27  19   1  6 12  19  43   30
19. Chelsea                  38   8  6  5  32  25   0  7 12  19  40   29
20. TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR        38   7  7  5  30  29   1  5 13  27  61   28

League Division 2
Season1914–15
ChampionsDerby County (2nd title)
Failed re-electionGlossop
Matches played380
Goals scored1,135 (2.99 per match)
Top goalscorerJoe Lane (Blackpool), 28 [3]
Biggest home winBirmingham – Glossop 11–1 (6 Jan 1915)
Biggest away winLeicester Fosse – Derby County 0–6 (28 Dec 1914)
Highest scoringBirmingham – Glossop 11–1 (6 Jan 1915)
Home \ Away	ARS	BAR	BIR	BLP	BRI	BRY	CLA	DER	FUL	GLP	GRI	HUD	HUL	LEE	LEI	LIN	NOT	PNE	STP	WOL
Arsenal		1–0	1–0	2–0	3–0	3–1	2–1	1–2	3–0	3–0	6–0	0–3	2–1	2–0	6–0	1–1	7–0	1–2	3–1	5–1
Barnsley	1–0		2–1	1–2	2–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–2	2–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	3–1	3–0	2–1	2–0	2–1
Birmingham	3–0	2–0		3–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–2	1–0	11–1	3–0	1–0	2–2	6–3	2–0	2–0	3–0	1–1	0–1	1–2
Blackpool	0–2	1–1	3–1		2–0	3–4	5–1	2–1	2–2	3–0	5–0	3–2	1–2	1–0	1–2	0–0	3–0	0–2	4–2	1–0
Bristol City	1–1	3–1	2–3	2–1		1–0	3–0	2–3	0–0	3–1	7–0	0–1	5–2	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–2	4–0	0–2	0–1
Bury    	3–1	1–2	1–3	2–2	2–1		3–0	2–0	1–0	5–0	2–2	3–1	0–1	0–0	3–1	1–1	4–2	0–0	2–1	4–1
Clapton Orient	1–0	4–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–2		0–1	2–1	5–2	2–1	3–1	0–3	2–0	2–0	3–1	0–0	1–1	3–0	1–1
Derby County	4–0	7–0	1–0	5–0	1–0	2–1	0–3		1–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	4–1	1–2	1–0	3–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	3–1
Fulham   	0–1	2–0	2–3	0–1	1–2	6–3	4–0	2–0		2–0	2–1	2–3	4–1	1–0	1–0	3–1	2–1	0–2	1–0	0–1
Glossop	        0–4	0–1	3–3	1–3	2–1	3–0	3–1	1–1	1–0		0–0	2–2	0–5	0–3	2–3	1–2	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–2
Grimsby Town	1–0	2–3	1–0	2–0	2–3	1–0	2–1	1–2	1–1	1–0		0–0	1–1	2–5	1–0	5–1	4–0	2–2	6–1	1–4
Huddersfield Tow3–0	1–0	0–0	5–0	5–3	0–1	1–1	0–0	2–2	0–1	3–1		1–0	1–0	3–1	0–1	4–0	3–1	2–1	2–0
Hull City	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–3	1–1	3–1	0–1	1–0	2–0	2–0	4–1	0–4		2–6	2–1	6–1	3–1	0–1	1–0	5–1
Leeds City	2–2	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	0–1	3–5	0–1	3–0	5–0	1–0	2–3		7–2	3–1	4–0	0–0	1–3	2–3
Leicester Fosse	1–4	0–1	1–0	2–2	1–3	1–3	1–1	0–6	0–2	3–2	2–0	1–2	1–1	5–1		2–2	3–1	2–3	5–4	0–3
Lincoln City	1–0	3–0	0–1	0–1	3–1	2–3	1–0	0–0	3–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	0–3	0–1	2–3		2–1	3–1	2–2	2–2
Nottingham Fores1–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	0–1	1–1	0–1	2–2	2–2	1–0	4–2	3–2	1–0	3–1	1–3	3–2		1–1	1–1	3–1
Preston North En3–0	5–2	2–0	1–0	4–1	2–0	2–2	1–3	2–1	1–0	3–0	1–1	2–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	2–2		2–0	5–3
Stockport County1–1	1–2	3–1	0–2	2–2	1–0	2–0	3–2	0–2	2–1	1–1	2–1	3–0	3–1	3–0	1–0	1–0	2–1		2–2
Wolverhampton Wa1–0	4–1	0–0	2–0	2–2	1–1	0–0	0–1	2–0	4–0	0–1	4–1	1–2	5–1	7–0	3–1	5–1	2–0	4–1
                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. DERBY COUNTY             38  14  3  2  40  11   9  4  6  31  22   53
 2. PRESTON NORTH END        38  14  4  1  41  16   6  6  7  20  26   50
 3. Barnsley                 38  16  2  1  31  10   6  1 12  20  41   47
 4. Wolverhampton Wanderers  38  12  4  3  47  13   7  3  9  30  39   45
 5. ARSENAL                  38  15  1  3  52  13   4  4 11  17  28   43
 6. Birmingham City          38  13  3  3  44  13   4  6  9  18  26   43
 7. Hull City                38  12  2  5  36  23   7  3  9  29  31   43
 8. Huddersfield Town        38  12  4  3  36  13   5  4 10  25  29   42
 9. Leyton Orient            38  12  5  2  36  17   4  4 11  14  31   41
10. Blackpool                38  11  3  5  40  22   6  2 11  18  35   39
11. Bury                     38  11  5  3  39  19   4  3 12  22  37   38
12. Fulham                   38  12  0  7  35  20   3  7  9  18  27   37
13. Bristol City             38  11  2  6  38  19   4  5 10  24  37   37
14. Stockport County         38  12  4  3  33  19   3  3 13  21  41   37
15. Leeds City               38   9  3  7  40  25   5  1 13  25  39   32
16. Lincoln City             38   9  4  6  29  23   2  5 12  17  42   31
17. Grimsby Town             38  10  4  5  36  24   1  5 13  12  52   31
18. Nottingham Forest        38   9  7  3  32  24   1  2 16  11  53   29
19. Leicester City           38   6  4  9  31  41   4  0 15  16  47   24
20. Glossop North End        38   5  5  9  21  33   1  1 17  10  54   18
FINAL TABLE SOUTHERN LEAGUE (DIVISION 1) '14-'15

 1. Watford                    38-52  (68-46)  22  8  8  Champions    
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 2. Reading                    38-49  (68-43)  21  7 10          
 3. Cardiff City               38-48  (72-38)  22  4 12          
 4. West Ham United            38-45  (58-47)  18  9 11          
 5. Northampton Town           38-43  (56-51)  16 11 11          
 6. Southampton                38-43  (78-74)  19  5 14          
 7. Portsmouth                 38-42  (54-42)  16 10 12          
 8. Millwall London            38-42  (50-51)  16 10 12          
 9. Swindon Town               38-41  (77-59)  15 11 12          
10. Brighton & Hove Albion     38-39  (46-47)  16  7 15          
11. Exeter City                38-38  (50-41)  15  8 15          
12. Queens Park Rangers        38-38  (55-56)  13 12 13          
13. Norwich City               38-36  (53-56)  11 14 13          
14. Luton Town                 38-34  (61-73)  13  8 17          
15. Crystal Palace London      38-34  (47-61)  13  8 17          
16. Bristol Rovers             38-31  (53-75)  14  3 21          
17. Plymouth Argyle            38-30  (51-61)   8 14 16          
18. Southend United            38-28  (44-64)  10  8 20          
19. Croydon Common             38-27  (47-63)   9  9 20          
20. Gillingham                 38-20  (43-83)   6  8 24          

No play between 1915-16 and 1918-19 because of 1st World War.                             
                                                                 
Champions: Watford                                                

1131 goals = 2.976 goals/m.

England FA Challenge Cup 1914-1915

Country England
 Wales
Defending championsBurnley
ChampionsSheffield United
(3rd title)
Runners-upChelsea

        1st Round
Jan 09 +The Arsenal              3 *Merthyr Town             0  
Jan 09  Aston Villa              2 *Exeter City              0
Jan 09 +Birmingham               2 *Crystal Palace           2
Jan 09 +Blackpool                1  Sheffield United         2
Jan 09  Bolton Wanderers         2  Notts County             1
Jan 09  Bradford Park Avenue     1 *Portsmouth               0
Jan 09 *Brighton & Hove Albion   2 *Lincoln City             1
Jan 09 +Bristol City             2 *Cardiff City             0
Jan 09  Burnley                  3 +Huddersfield Town        1
Jan 09 +Bury                     1 *Plymouth Argyle          1
Jan 09  Chelsea                  1 *Swindon Town             1
Jan 09 *Croydon                  0  Oldham Athletic          3
Jan 09 *Darlington               0  Bradford City            1
Jan 09 +Derby County             1 +Leeds City               2
Jan 09  Everton                  3 +Barnsley                 0
Jan 09 +Grimsby Town             0 *Northampton Town         3
Jan 09 +Hull City                1  West Bromwich Albion     0
Jan 09  Liverpool                3 +Stockport County         0
Jan 09  Middlesbrough            9 *Goole                    3
Jan 09 *Millwall Athletic        2 +Clapton Orient           1
Jan 09 +Nottingham Forest        1 *Norwich City             4
Jan 09 +Preston North End        0  Manchester City          0
Jan 09 *Queen's Park Rangers     2 +Glossop North End        1
Jan 09 *Reading                  0 +Wolverhampton Wanderers  1
Jan 09 *Rochdale                 2 *Gillingham               0
Jan 09  The Wednesday            1  Manchester United        0
Jan 09 *South Shields            1 +Fulham                   2
Jan 09 *Southampton              3 *Luton Town               0
Jan 09 *Swansea Town             1  Blackburn Rovers         0
Jan 09  Tottenham Hotspur        2  Sunderland               1
Jan 09 *West Ham United          2  Newcastle United         2
Jan 16 *Bristol Rovers           0 *Southend United          0

        Replays
Jan 16 +Birmingham               3 *Crystal Palace           0 
Jan 16  Manchester City          3 +Preston North End        0
Jan 16  Newcastle United         3 *West Ham United          2
Jan 16 *Plymouth Argyle          1 +Bury                     2
Jan 16  Chelsea                  5 *Swindon Town             2  
Jan 23 *Southend United          3 *Bristol Rovers           0

        2nd Round
Jan 30  Bolton Wanderers         0 *Millwall Athletic        0
Jan 30  Bradford City            1  Middlesbrough            0
Jan 30 *Brighton & Hove Albion   0 +Birmingham               0
Jan 30  Burnley                  6 *Southend United          0
Jan 30 +Bury                     0  Bradford Park Avenue     1
Jan 30  Chelsea                  1 +The Arsenal              0
Jan 30  Everton                  4 +Bristol City             0
Jan 30 +Fulham                   2 *Southampton              3
Jan 30 +Hull City                2 *Northampton Town         1
Jan 30  Manchester City          1  Aston Villa              0
Jan 30  Newcastle United         1 *Swansea Town             1
Jan 30 *Norwich City             3  Tottenham Hotspur        2
Jan 30  Oldham Athletic          3 *Rochdale                 0
Jan 30 *Queen's Park Rangers     1 +Leeds City               0
Jan 30  Sheffield United         1  Liverpool                0
Jan 30  The Wednesday            2 +Wolverhampton Wanderers  0

        Replays
Feb 06 +Birmingham               3 *Brighton & Hove Albion   0
Feb 06 *Millwall Athletic        2  Bolton Wanderers         2
Feb 06 *Swansea Town             0  Newcastle United         2
Feb 13  Bolton Wanderers         4 *Millwall Athletic        1   played at Bolton

        3rd Round
Feb 20 +Birmingham               2  Oldham Athletic          3
Feb 20  Bolton Wanderers         2  Burnley                  1
Feb 20  Bradford City            1 *Norwich City             1
Feb 20  Manchester City          0  Chelsea                  1
Feb 20 *Queen's Park Rangers     1  Everton                  2
Feb 20  Sheffield United         1  Bradford Park Avenue     0
Feb 20  The Wednesday            1  Newcastle United         2
Feb 20 *Southampton              2 +Hull City                2

        Replays
Feb 27 +Hull City                4 *Southampton              0
Feb 27 *Norwich City             0  Bradford City            0
Mar 03  Bradford City            2 *Norwich City             0  played at Lincoln

        Quarter-finals
Mar 06  Bolton Wanderers         4 +Hull City                2
Mar 06  Bradford City            0  Everton                  2
Mar 06  Chelsea                  1  Newcastle United         1
Mar 06  Oldham Athletic          0  Sheffield United         0

        Replays
Mar 13  Newcastle United         0  Chelsea                  1
Mar 13  Sheffield United         3  Oldham Athletic          0

        Semi-finals
Mar 27  Sheffield United         2  Bolton Wanderers         1  played at Blackburn
Mar 27  Chelsea                  2  Everton                  0  played at Aston Villa

        Final
Apr 24  Sheffield United         3  Chelsea                  0  played at Manchester United
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Season 1919-20

League Division 1
Season1919–20
ChampionsWest Bromwich Albion (1st English title)
RelegatedNotts County,
The Wednesday
Matches played462
Goals scored1,332 (2.88 per match)
Top goalscorerFred Morris (West Bromwich Albion), 37 [6]
Biggest home winWest Bromwich Albion – Notts County 8–0 (25 Oct 1919)
Biggest away winBurnley – Bradford Park Avenue 2–6 (22 Nov 1919)
Preston North End – Bradford City 1–5 (1 Sep 1919)
Bradford Park Avenue – West Bromwich Albion 0–4 (3 Apr 1920)
Derby County – West Bromwich Albion 0–4 (20 Dec 1919)
Highest scoringManchester City – Blackburn Rovers 8–2 (8 Nov 1919)
                Ars Ast Bla Bol BrP BrC Bur Che Der Eve Liv MaC MaU Mid New NCo Old PNE ShU ShW Sun WBA
Arsenal         xxx 0-1 0-1 2-2 3-0 1-2 2-0 1-1 1-0 1-1 1-0 2-2 0-3 2-1 0-1 3-1 3-2 0-0 3-0 3-1 3-2 1-0
Aston Villa     2-1 xxx 1-2 3-6 1-0 3-1 2-2 5-2 2-2 2-2 0-1 0-1 2-0 5-3 4-0 3-1 3-0 2-4 4-0 3-1 0-3 2-4
Blackburn       2-2 5-1 xxx 2-2 3-3 4-1 2-3 3-1 2-0 3-2 0-2 1-4 5-0 0-2 2-0 1-1 0-1 4-0 4-0 1-0 3-0 1-5
Bolton          2-2 2-1 2-1 xxx 1-2 1-1 1-1 1-2 3-0 0-2 0-3 6-2 3-5 2-1 0-3 1-0 1-0 4-1 1-0 2-0 1-0 1-2
Bradford PA     0-0 6-1 5-2 2-0 xxx 0-0 0-1 1-0 1-1 0-2 1-2 2-1 1-4 1-1 0-1 0-1 2-0 3-3 1-0 3-0 2-2 0-4
Bradford City   1-1 3-1 3-1 0-1 0-0 xxx 2-1 3-1 3-1 3-3 1-3 1-0 2-1 0-1 1-0 3-4 1-1 2-2 1-2 1-1 2-0 3-0
Burnley         2-1 0-0 3-1 2-1 2-6 1-1 xxx 2-3 2-0 5-0 1-2 2-0 2-1 5-3 1-0 2-1 2-1 1-1 2-2 2-0 2-1 2-2
Chelsea         3-1 2-1 2-1 2-3 4-0 1-0 0-1 xxx 0-0 0-1 1-0 1-0 1-0 3-1 0-0 2-0 1-0 4-0 1-0 1-1 2-0 2-0
Derby County    2-1 1-0 0-0 1-2 0-0 3-0 0-2 5-0 xxx 2-1 3-0 0-0 1-1 1-2 1-0 3-1 1-1 2-0 5-1 2-1 3-1 0-4
Everton         2-3 1-1 3-0 3-3 2-0 4-1 2-2 2-3 4-0 xxx 0-0 2-0 0-0 5-2 4-0 1-2 0-2 0-1 3-0 1-1 1-3 2-5
Liverpool       2-3 2-1 3-0 2-0 3-3 2-1 0-1 0-1 3-0 3-1 xxx 1-0 0-0 1-0 1-1 3-0 2-2 1-2 2-0 1-0 3-2 0-0
Manchester City 4-1 2-2 8-2 1-4 4-1 1-0 3-1 1-0 3-1 1-1 2-1 xxx 3-3 1-0 0-0 4-1 3-1 1-0 3-3 4-2 1-0 2-3
Manchester Utd  0-1 1-2 1-1 1-1 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-2 0-2 1-0 0-0 1-0 xxx 1-1 2-1 0-0 1-1 5-1 3-0 0-0 2-0 1-2
Middlesbrough   1-0 1-4 2-2 1-3 1-2 4-0 4-0 0-0 2-0 1-1 3-2 0-2 1-1 xxx 0-1 5-2 1-0 4-1 1-0 3-0 0-2 0-0
Newcastle       3-1 2-0 0-0 0-1 4-0 0-1 0-0 3-0 0-0 3-0 3-0 3-0 2-1 0-0 xxx 2-1 0-1 1-0 2-1 1-1 2-3 0-2
Notts County    2-2 2-1 5-0 2-2 0-2 5-2 2-0 0-1 2-2 1-1 1-0 4-1 0-2 1-1 0-0 xxx 2-1 1-2 2-2 3-1 2-2 2-0
Oldham Athletic 3-0 0-3 0-0 2-0 2-2 0-1 1-0 1-0 3-0 4-1 1-1 1-3 0-3 1-2 1-0 0-0 xxx 4-1 4-0 1-0 2-1 2-1
Preston NE      1-1 3-0 0-0 1-1 0-3 1-5 0-1 3-1 1-1 1-1 2-1 1-1 2-3 3-1 2-3 2-0 2-1 xxx 2-0 3-0 5-2 0-1
Sheffield Utd   2-0 1-2 2-0 3-2 2-2 0-0 1-3 3-1 0-0 1-1 3-2 3-1 2-2 5-1 2-1 3-0 1-0 2-1 xxx 3-0 3-1 1-0
Sheffield Wed   1-2 0-1 0-0 0-2 0-1 1-0 3-1 0-2 2-0 1-0 2-2 0-0 1-3 0-1 0-1 0-0 1-0 0-1 2-1 xxx 0-2 0-3
Sunderland      1-1 2-1 2-0 2-0 2-0 2-0 3-0 3-2 2-1 2-3 0-1 2-1 3-0 1-1 2-0 3-1 3-0 1-0 3-2 2-1 xxx 4-1
West Bromwich   1-0 1-2 5-2 4-1 3-1 4-1 4-1 4-0 3-0 4-3 1-1 2-0 2-1 4-1 3-0 8-0 3-1 4-1 0-2 1-3 4-0 xxx

Final Table:
                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. WEST BROMWICH ALBION     42  17  1  3  65  21  11  3  7  39  26   60
 2. Burnley                  42  13  5  3  43  27   8  4  9  22  32   51
 3. Chelsea                  42  15  3  3  33  10   7  2 12  23  41   49
 4. Liverpool                42  12  5  4  35  18   7  5  9  24  26   48
 5. Sunderland               42  17  2  2  45  16   5  2 14  27  43   48
 6. Bolton Wanderers         42  11  3  7  35  29   8  6  7  37  36   47
 7. Manchester City          42  14  5  2  52  27   4  4 13  19  35   45
 8. Newcastle United         42  11  5  5  31  13   6  4 11  13  26   43
 9. Aston Villa              42  11  3  7  49  36   7  3 11  26  37   42
10. Arsenal                  42  11  5  5  32  21   4  7 10  24  37   42
11. Bradford Park Avenue     42   8  6  7  31  26   7  6  8  29  37   42
12. Manchester United        42   6  8  7  20  17   7  6  8  34  33   40
13. Middlesbrough            42  10  5  6  35  23   5  5 11  26  42   40
14. Sheffield United         42  14  5  2  43  20   2  3 16  16  49   40
15. Bradford City            42  10  6  5  36  25   4  5 12  18  38   39
16. Everton                  42   8  6  7  42  29   4  8  9  27  39   38
17. Oldham Athletic          42  12  4  5  33  19   3  4 14  16  33   38
18. Derby County             42  12  5  4  36  18   1  7 13  11  39   38
19. Preston North End        42   9  6  6  35  27   5  4 12  22  46   38
20. Blackburn Rovers         42  11  4  6  48  30   2  7 12  16  47   37
21. NOTTS COUNTY             42   9  8  4  39  25   3  4 14  17  49   36
22. SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY      42   6  4 11  14  23   1  5 15  14  41   23

League Division 2
Season1919–20
ChampionsTottenham Hotspur (1st title)
RelegatedGrimsby Town
Failed re-electionLincoln City
Matches played462
Goals scored1,285 (2.78 per match)
Top goalscorerSammy Taylor (Huddersfield Town), 35 [6]
Biggest home winBirmingham – Nottingham Forest 8–0 (10 Mar 1920)
Biggest away winBarnsley – Birmingham 0–5 (14 Feb 1920)
Leicester City – Bury 0–5 (10 Apr 1920)
Highest scoringHull City – Wolverhampton Wanderers 10–3 (27 Dec 1919)
Home \ Away	BAR	BIR	BLP	BRI	BRY	CLA	COV	FUL	GRI	HUD	HUL	LEE	LEI	LIN	NOT	PTV	ROT	SSH	STP	STK	TOT	WHU	WOL
Barnsley		0–5	1–1	0–0	1–3	2–1	1–0	4–1	0–1	3–3	2–3		0–1	5–3	2–2	1–0	4–0	0–1	0–0	1–2	3–0	7–0	4–1
Birmingham	0–0		4–2	1–0	0–2	2–1	4–1	2–0	4–0	4–2	4–1		0–1	7–0	8–0	3–0	2–2	4–0	1–1	2–1	0–1	0–1	2–0
Blackpool	0–2	3–0		0–0	1–0	3–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–3	2–1	4–2	3–0	6–0	3–2		5–1	0–3	1–0	3–1	0–1	0–0	1–1
Bristol City	3–1	1–1	0–0		1–0	1–1	1–0	0–3	3–1	2–1	2–2		0–0	6–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	3–1	1–0	1–2	1–2	0–0	1–1
Bury    	2–0	1–0	1–2	0–1		3–0	2–2	2–2	1–1	2–0	2–0		1–0	3–0	1–1	2–1	4–1	2–1	0–2	1–0	2–1	1–0	2–0
Clapton Orient	2–0	2–1	3–0	1–0	2–1		2–2	0–1	3–0	0–1	2–2		3–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–2	4–0	2–1	2–1	0–4	1–0	0–0
Coventry City	1–0	1–3	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–0		0–1	2–0	0–2	0–1	0–4	1–2	2–0	4–2		1–1	1–1	1–1	3–2	0–5	0–0	1–0
Fulham  	1–1	1–2	1–2	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–0		2–1	2–2	1–0		5–0	3–0	1–0	4–0	3–0	1–0	4–1	0–0	1–4	1–2	1–1
Grimsby Town	1–1	0–3	1–1	2–2	1–2	2–0	0–1	0–2		1–0	2–1		1–2	2–2	1–0	2–0	0–1	3–1	0–3	2–0	2–0	0–1	0–1
Huddersfield Tow4–1	0–0	1–3	1–0	5–0	2–1	5–0	3–0	3–0		2–0		0–0	4–2	2–1	4–1	7–1	2–2	5–0	3–0	1–1	2–0	2–0
Hull City	3–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	4–2	3–1	0–1	2–0	4–1	1–4		1–1	5–1	5–2	2–0		1–0	3–0	4–1	3–0	1–3	1–1	10–3
Leeds City	1–0				3–0				1–2												1–1
Leicester City	0–0	1–0	2–3	2–1	0–5	1–1	1–0	3–2	2–0	0–4	3–2			4–0	0–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	0–2	3–1	2–4	0–0	1–2
Lincoln City	0–4	2–2	0–3	0–0	2–1	2–1	4–1	0–1	2–0	1–3	2–0		0–3		1–4	0–0	0–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–4	4–0
Nottingham Fores0–1	1–2	2–0	1–2	1–0	2–1	2–1	0–3	2–0	1–2	0–2		0–0	2–1		0–1	4–1	0–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–1	1–0
Port Vale	0–2	1–3		3–1	2–2	4–2		3–4	2–1	0–0			1–2	1–0	4–1		4–2	1–0	2–0	0–3	0–1	1–0	
Rotherham County1–0	0–3	1–2	2–2	1–2	3–1	4–3	1–1	3–1	1–3	1–2		1–0	3–0	2–0	2–2		1–0	1–0	1–3	1–1	0–1	2–0
South Shields	0–0	1–0	6–0	0–2	0–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	1–2	7–1		2–0	2–2	5–2	2–0	6–2		3–2	2–2	0–3	3–0	0–0
Stockport County1–0	2–1	0–0	2–3	1–1	3–1	1–1	2–1	1–2	1–2	3–1		0–2	3–0	0–0	0–4	4–1	1–0		3–1	1–2	1–0	4–1
Stoke   	2–0	0–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	6–1	1–0	3–0	0–1	3–1		3–0	1–3	0–2	0–0	3–0	0–0	2–1		1–3	2–1	3–0
Tottenham Hotspu4–0	0–0	2–2	2–0	2–1	2–1	4–1	4–0	3–1	2–0	4–0		4–0	6–1	5–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0		2–0	4–2
West Ham United	0–2	1–2	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	2–1		1–0	1–1	5–1	3–1	2–1	1–0	3–0	1–1	2–1		4–0
Wolverhampton Wa2–4	0–2	0–3	3–1	0–1	1–2	2–0	2–1	6–1	2–3	4–2	2–4	1–1	4–0	4–0		0–1	0–0	2–2	4–0	1–3	1–1	

                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR        42  19  2  0  60  11  13  4  4  42  21   70
 2. HUDDERSFIELD TOWN        42  16  4  1  58  13  12  4  5  39  25   64
 3. Birmingham City          42  14  3  4  54  16  10  5  6  31  18   56
 4. Blackpool                42  13  4  4  40  18   8  6  7  25  29   52
 5. Bury                     42  14  4  3  35  15   6  4 11  25  29   48
 6. Fulham                   42  11  6  4  36  18   8  3 10  25  32   47
 7. West Ham United          42  14  3  4  34  14   5  6 10  13  26   47
 8. Bristol City             42   9  9  3  30  18   4  8  9  16  25   43
 9. Gateshead                42  13  5  3  47  18   2  7 12  11  30   42
10. Stoke City               42  13  3  5  37  15   5  3 13  23  39   42
11. Hull City                42  13  4  4  53  23   5  2 14  25  49   42
12. Barnsley                 42   9  5  7  41  28   6  5 10  20  27   40
13. * Port Vale              42  11  3  7  35  27   5  5 11  24  35   40
14. Leicester City           42   8  6  7  26  29   7  4 10  15  32   40
15. Leyton Orient            42  14  3  4  34  17   2  3 16  17  42   38
16. Stockport County         42  11  4  6  34  24   3  5 13  18  37   37
17. Rotherham United         42  10  4  7  32  27   3  4 14  19  56   34
18. Nottingham Forest        42   9  4  8  23  22   2  5 14  20  51   31
19. Wolverhampton Wanderers  42   8  4  9  41  32   2  6 13  14  48   30
20. Coventry City            42   7  7  7  20  26   2  4 15  15  47   29
21. LINCOLN CITY             42   8  6  7  27  30   1  3 17  17  71   27
22. GRIMSBY TOWN             42   8  4  9  23  24   2  1 18  11  51   25
FINAL TABLE SOUTHERN LEAGUE (DIVISION 1) '19-'20

 1. Portsmouth                 42-58  (73-27)  23 12  7  Champions/FL3
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 2. Watford                    42-58  (69-42)  26  6 10  FL3     
 3. Crystal Palace London      42-56  (69-43)  22 12  8  FL3     
 4. Cardiff City               42-53  (70-43)  18 17  7  FL2     
 5. Plymouth Argyle            42-50  (56-29)  20 10 12  FL3     
 6. Queens Park Rangers        42-46  (62-50)  18 10 14  FL3     
 7. Reading                    42-45  (51-43)  16 13 13  FL3     
 8. Southampton                42-44  (72-63)  18  8 16  FL3     
 9. Swansea Town               42-43  (53-45)  16 11 15  FL3     
10. Exeter City                42-43  (57-52)  17  9 16  FL3     
11. Southend United            42-43  (46-48)  13 17 12  FL3     
12. Norwich City               42-41  (64-57)  15 11 16  FL3     
13. Swindon Town               42-41  (65-67)  17  7 18  FL3     
14. Millwall London            42-40  (52-55)  14 12 16  FL3/namechange  
15. Brentford London           42-40  (53-59)  15 10 17  FL3     
16. Brighton & Hove Albion     42-36  (60-72)  14  8 20  FL3     
17. Bristol Rovers             42-35  (62-78)  11 13 18  FL3     
18. Newport County             42-33  (45-70)  13  7 22  FL3     
19. Northampton Town           42-33  (64-103) 12  9 21  FL3     
20. Luton Town                 42-30  (51-76)  10 10 22  FL3     
21. Merthyr Town               42-29  (47-79)   9 11 22  FL3     
22. Gillingham                 42-27  (34-74)  10  7 25  FL3     

The Southern League Division One almost completely becomes 
the (new) Division 3 of the Football League.     
                                                                 
The Southern League continues in 1920-21 with two regional 
groups (welsh and english).                                      

Champions: Portsmouth                                             
Promotion: Mid Rhondda, Ton Pentre, Llanelly, Porth Athletic,     
           Pontypridd, Barry, Ebbw Vale, Mardy, Abertillery,      
           and Aberaman Athletic                                   
New elected: Brighton & Hove Albion II, Portsmouth II,      
             Boscombe, Charlton Athletic, Watford II,       
             Reading II, Southampton II, Luton Town II,     
             Thornycrofts, Chatham Town, Gillingham II,     
             Millwall Athletic II, Aberdare Athletic        
             and Norwich City II                             

1275 goals = 2.760 goals/m.

England FA Challenge Cup 1919-1920

Country England
 Wales
Defending championsSheffield United (1915)
ChampionsAston Villa (6th title)
Runners-upHuddersfield Town

        1st Round
Jan 10  The Arsenal              4 *Rochdale                 2
Jan 10  Aston Villa              2 *Queen's Park Rangers     1
Jan 10 +Birmingham               2  Everton                  0
Jan 10  Blackburn Rovers         2 +Wolverhampton Wanderers  2
Jan 10 +Blackpool                0  Derby County             0
Jan 10  Bolton Wanderers         0  Chelsea                  1
Jan 10  Bradford Park Avenue     3 +Nottingham Forest        0
Jan 10  Bradford City            2 *Portsmouth               2
Jan 10 *Bristol Rovers           1 +Tottenham Hotspur        4
Jan 10 +Bury                     2 +Stoke                    0
Jan 10 *Cardiff City             2  Oldham Athletic          0
Jan 10 *Castleford               2 *Hednesford               0
Jan 10 +Fulham                   1 *Swindon Town             2
Jan 10 +Grimsby Town             1 +Bristol City             2
Jan 10 +Huddersfield Town        5 *Brentford                1
Jan 10 *Luton Town               2 +Coventry City            2
Jan 10  Manchester City          4 +Clapton Orient           1
Jan 10  Newcastle United         2 *Crystal Palace           0
Jan 10 *Newport County           0 +Leicester City           0
Jan 10  Notts County             2 *Millwall Athletic        0
Jan 10 *Plymouth Argyle          2 *Reading                  0
Jan 10 +Port Vale                0  Manchester United        1
Jan 10  Preston North End        3 +Stockport County         1
Jan 10  Sheffield United         3 *Southend United          0
Jan 10 +South Shields            1  Liverpool                1
Jan 10 *Southampton              0 +West Ham United          0
Jan 10 *Thornycroft              0  Burnley                  0  played at Portsmouth
Jan 10  West Bromwich Albion     0 +Barnsley                 1
Jan 14 *Darlington               0  The Wednesday            0
Jan 14  Middlesbrough            4 +Lincoln City             1
Jan 14  Sunderland               6 +Hull City                2
Jan 17 *West Stanley             3 *Gillingham               1

        Replays
Jan 13  Burnley                  5 *Thornycroft              0
Jan 14  Derby County             1 +Blackpool                4
Jan 14  Liverpool                2 +South Shields            0
Jan 15 +Coventry City            0 *Luton Town               1
Jan 15 +Leicester City           2 *Newport County           0
Jan 15 +West Ham United          3 *Southampton              1
Jan 15 +Wolverhampton Wanderers  1  Blackburn Rovers         0
Jan 17 *Portsmouth               0  Bradford City            2
Jan 19  The Wednesday            0 *Darlington               2

        2nd Round
Jan 31 +Birmingham               4 *Darlington               0
Jan 31  Bradford Park Avenue     3 *Castleford               2
Jan 31  Bradford City            2  Sheffield United         1
Jan 31 +Bristol City             1  The Arsenal              0
Jan 31  Burnley                  1  Sunderland               1
Jan 31  Chelsea                  4 *Swindon Town             0
Jan 31 +Leicester City           3  Manchester City          0
Jan 31 *Luton Town               0  Liverpool                2
Jan 31  Manchester United        1  Aston Villa              2
Jan 31  Newcastle United         0 +Huddersfield Town        1
Jan 31  Notts County             1  Middlesbrough            0
Jan 31 *Plymouth Argyle          4 +Barnsley                 1
Jan 31  Preston North End        2 +Blackpool                1
Jan 31 +Tottenham Hotspur        4 *West Stanley             0
Jan 31 +West Ham United          6 +Bury                     0
Jan 31 +Wolverhampton Wanderers  1 *Cardiff City             2

        Replay
Feb 04  Sunderland               2  Burnley                  0

        3rd Round
Feb 21  Aston Villa              1  Sunderland               0
Feb 21 +Bristol City             2 *Cardiff City             1
Feb 21  Chelsea                  3 +Leicester City           0
Feb 21 +Huddersfield Town        3 *Plymouth Argyle          1
Feb 21  Liverpool                2 +Birmingham               0
Feb 21  Notts County             3  Bradford Park Avenue     4
Feb 21  Preston North End        0  Bradford City            3
Feb 21 +Tottenham Hotspur        3 +West Ham United          0

        Quarter-finals
Mar 06 +Bristol City             2  Bradford City            0
Mar O6  Chelsea                  4  Bradford Park Avenue     1
Mar 06 +Huddersfield Town        2  Liverpool                1
Mar 06 +Tottenham Hotspur        0  Aston Villa              1

        Semi-finals
Mar 27  Aston Villa              3  Chelsea                  1  played at Sheffield United
Mar 27 +Huddersfield Town        2 +Bristol City             1  played at Chelsea

        Final
Apr 24  Aston Villa              1 +Huddersfield Town        0  played at Chelsea
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Season 1920-21

FA Charity Shield

1920  West Bromwichn Albion      2  Tottenham Hotspur         0

League Division 1
Season1920–21
ChampionsBurnley (1st English title)
RelegatedDerby County,
Bradford Park Avenue
FA Cup winnersTottenham Hotspur (2nd FA Cup title)
Matches played462
Goals scored1,276 (2.76 per match)
Top goalscorerJoe Smith (Bolton Wanderers), 38 [3]
Biggest home winBurnley 7–1 Aston Villa
(5 February 1921)
Burnley 7–1 Oldham Athletic
(27 November 1920)
Burnley 6–0 Sheffield United
(25 December 1920)
Liverpool 6–0 Preston North End
(25 September 1920)
Biggest away winArsenal 2–6 Sheffield United
(26 March 1921)
Aston Villa 1–5 Sunderland
(12 February 1921)
Chelsea 0–4 Tottenham Hotspur
(16 October 1920)
Huddersfield Town 0–4 Arsenal
(20 November 1920)
Highest scoringNewcastle United 6–3 Manchester United
(1 January 1921)
Ars Ast Bla Bol BPA BrC Bur Che Der Eve Hud Liv MaC MaU Mid New Old PNE ShU Sun Tot WBA Arsenal xxx 0-1 2-0 0-0 2-1 1-2 1-1 1-1 2-0 1-1 2-0 0-0 2-1 2-0 2-2 1-1 2-2 2-1 2-6 1-2 3-2 2-1 Aston Villa 5-0 xxx 3-0 2-0 4-1 1-2 0-0 3-0 1-0 1-3 0-0 0-2 3-1 3-4 0-1 0-0 3-0 1-0 4-0 1-5 4-2 0-0 Blackburn 2-2 0-1 xxx 2-2 1-0 2-3 1-3 0-0 2-0 0-0 1-2 1-1 0-2 2-0 3-2 3-3 5-1 2-2 1-1 2-0 1-1 5-1 Bolton 1-1 5-0 2-1 xxx 2-0 1-1 1-1 3-1 1-0 4-2 3-1 1-0 3-0 1-1 6-2 3-1 1-1 3-0 2-2 6-2 1-0 3-0 Bradford PA 0-1 4-0 1-1 2-1 xxx 1-2 1-3 0-2 2-1 3-3 1-1 1-3 1-2 2-4 3-0 0-2 2-1 1-3 2-0 1-1 1-1 0-3 Bradford C 3-1 3-0 3-4 2-2 2-1 xxx 2-0 1-1 2-2 2-2 0-2 0-0 1-2 1-1 0-1 1-1 1-3 6-2 4-0 2-2 1-0 1-1 Burnley 1-0 7-1 4-1 3-1 1-0 1-4 xxx 4-0 2-1 1-1 3-0 1-0 2-1 1-0 2-1 3-1 7-1 2-0 6-0 2-2 2-0 1-1 Chelsea 1-2 5-1 1-2 1-0 4-1 3-1 1-1 xxx 1-1 0-1 1-1 1-1 2-1 1-2 1-1 2-0 1-1 1-1 2-1 3-1 0-4 3-0 Derby Co 1-1 2-3 0-1 0-0 1-0 1-1 0-0 0-0 xxx 2-4 2-1 0-0 3-0 1-1 0-1 0-1 3-3 1-1 1-1 0-1 2-2 1-1 Everton 2-4 1-1 2-1 2-3 1-1 2-2 1-1 5-1 3-1 xxx 0-0 0-3 3-0 2-0 2-1 3-1 5-2 0-1 3-0 1-1 0-0 2-2 Huddersfield 0-4 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 1-0 2-0 2-0 0-1 xxx 1-2 0-1 5-2 0-1 1-3 3-1 1-0 1-0 0-0 2-0 5-1 Liverpool 3-0 4-1 2-0 2-3 0-1 2-1 0-0 2-1 1-1 1-0 4-1 xxx 4-2 2-0 0-0 0-1 5-2 6-0 2-2 0-0 1-1 0-0 Manchester City 3-1 3-1 0-0 3-1 1-0 1-0 3-0 1-0 0-0 2-0 3-2 3-2 xxx 3-0 2-1 3-1 3-1 5-1 2-1 3-1 2-0 4-0 Manchester Utd 1-1 1-3 0-1 2-3 5-1 1-1 0-3 3-1 3-0 1-2 2-0 1-1 1-1 xxx 0-1 2-0 4-1 1-0 2-1 3-0 0-1 1-4 Middlesbrough 2-1 1-4 1-1 4-1 2-1 2-1 0-0 0-0 1-0 3-1 2-0 0-1 3-1 2-4 xxx 0-0 1-2 0-0 2-2 2-0 1-0 0-1 Newcastle 1-0 2-1 1-2 1-0 2-1 4-0 1-2 1-0 0-1 2-0 1-0 2-0 1-1 6-3 2-0 xxx 1-2 4-2 3-0 6-1 1-1 1-1 Oldham A 1-1 1-1 1-0 0-0 1-0 2-0 2-2 1-2 2-1 0-1 1-2 0-0 2-0 2-2 3-3 0-0 xxx 0-2 0-0 2-1 2-5 0-3 Preston NE 0-1 6-1 4-2 1-2 3-3 1-1 0-3 0-1 2-1 1-0 0-1 2-3 0-1 0-0 2-0 3-2 4-0 xxx 2-0 1-1 4-1 2-1 Sheffield Utd 1-1 0-0 1-1 2-2 2-0 4-1 1-1 0-1 0-1 2-0 1-1 0-1 1-1 0-0 1-1 0-3 3-0 1-0 xxx 1-1 1-1 0-2 Sunderland 5-1 0-1 2-0 0-0 5-1 0-0 1-0 1-0 3-0 0-2 2-1 2-1 1-0 2-3 1-2 0-2 1-1 2-2 3-1 xxx 0-1 3-0 Tottenham 2-1 1-2 1-2 5-2 2-0 2-0 1-2 5-0 2-0 2-0 1-0 1-0 2-0 4-1 2-2 2-0 5-1 1-2 4-1 0-0 xxx 1-0 West Bromwich 3-4 2-1 1-1 2-1 0-1 2-0 2-0 1-1 3-0 1-2 3-0 1-1 2-2 0-2 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-3 1-1 4-1 3-1 xxx

Final Table:
                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. BURNLEY                  42  17  3  1  56  16   6 10  5  23  20   59
 2. Manchester City          42  19  2  0  50  13   5  4 12  20  37   54
 3. Bolton Wanderers         42  15  6  0  53  17   4  8  9  24  36   52
 4. Liverpool                42  11  7  3  41  17   7  8  6  22  18   51
 5. Newcastle United         42  14  3  4  43  18   6  7  8  23  27   50
 6. Tottenham Hotspur        42  15  2  4  46  16   4  7 10  24  32   47
 7. Everton                  42   9  8  4  40  26   8  5  8  26  29   47
 8. Middlesbrough            42  10  6  5  29  21   7  6  8  24  32   46
 9. Arsenal                  42   9  8  4  31  25   6  6  9  28  38   44
10. Aston Villa              42  11  4  6  39  21   7  3 11  24  49   43
11. Blackburn Rovers         42   7  9  5  36  27   6  6  9  21  32   41
12. Sunderland               42  11  4  6  34  19   3  9  9  23  41   41
13. Manchester United        42   9  4  8  34  26   6  6  9  30  42   40
14. West Bromwich Albion     42   8  7  6  31  23   5  7  9  23  35   40
15. Bradford City            42   7  9  5  38  28   5  6 10  23  35   39
16. Preston North End        42  10  4  7  38  25   5  5 11  23  40   39
17. Huddersfield Town        42  11  4  6  26  16   4  5 12  16  33   39
18. Chelsea                  42   9  7  5  35  24   4  6 11  13  34   39
19. Oldham Athletic          42   6  9  6  23  26   3  6 12  26  60   33
20. Sheffield United         42   5 11  5  22  19   1  7 13  20  49   30
21. DERBY COUNTY             42   3 12  6  21  23   2  4 15  11  35   26
22. BRADFORD PARK AVENUE     42   6  5 10  29  35   2  3 16  14  41   24

League Division 2
Season1920–21
ChampionsBirmingham (2nd title)
RelegatedStockport County
Matches played462
Goals scored1,061 (2.3 per match)
Top goalscorerSydney (Syd) Puddefoot (West Ham United), 29 [3]
Biggest home winWest Ham United – Coventry City 7–0 (1 Jan 1921)
Biggest away winRotherham County – Bury 0–5 (11 Dec 1921)
Highest scoringRotherham County – South Shields 5–4 (2 Oct 1920)
Home \ Away	BAR	BIR	BLP	BRI	BRY	CAR	CLA	COV	FUL	HUL	LEE	LEI	NOT	NTC	PTV	ROT	SSH	STP	STK	WED	WHU	WOL
Barnsley		1–1	0–1	1–1	5–0	0–2	1–0	2–2	3–1	0–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	2–2	3–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	3–2
Birmingham	1–3		3–0	0–0	4–0	1–1	0–0	3–2	1–0	5–1	1–0	5–0	3–0	2–1	4–0	3–2	1–1	5–0	3–0	4–0	2–1	4–1
Blackpool	1–0	3–0		1–2	0–1	2–4	2–2	4–0	1–0	1–2	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–2	1–0	0–1	3–2	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–0	3–0
Bristol City	1–0	0–1	1–1		1–0	0–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	3–0	2–4	4–2	5–1	5–0	0–1	1–0	2–0
Bury    	0–0	0–1	2–2	2–0		3–1	0–1	2–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	4–0	2–2	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	3–0	1–1	1–0	3–1
Cardiff City	3–2	2–1	0–0	1–0	2–1		0–0	0–1	3–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	3–0	1–1	1–2	1–0	1–0	3–0	0–1	1–0	0–0	2–0
Clapton Orient	3–2	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	2–0		0–0	3–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	3–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	5–0	3–2	1–0	0–1	0–1
Coventry City	3–1	0–4	0–2	2–1	1–0	2–4	1–1		0–2	3–2	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–3	0–1	4–0
Fulham   	1–0	5–0	1–2	3–0	0–0	0–3	1–0	2–0		3–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	3–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	3–1	1–3	2–0	0–0	2–0
Hull City	3–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	3–0	1–1	0–0		0–1	1–1	0–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–1
Leeds United	0–0	1–0	2–0	0–1	1–0	1–2	2–1	4–0	0–0	1–1		3–1	1–1	3–0	3–1	1–0	1–2	0–2	0–0	2–0	1–2	3–0
Leicester City	2–0	3–0	0–1	0–0	4–0	2–0	2–1	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–1		2–0	0–3	0–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	3–1	2–1	1–0	0–0
Nottingham Fores0–0	1–1	3–1	0–1	4–2	1–2	1–1	0–2	5–1	2–0	1–0	1–2		1–0	1–4	6–1	1–2	1–1	2–2	4–2	1–0	1–1
Notts County	1–0	0–0	1–2	2–2	2–1	1–2	3–1	1–1	2–1	4–1	1–2	1–1	2–0		0–1	1–0	2–0	3–0	3–0	3–0	1–1	2–1
Port Vale	1–1	0–2	0–1	0–2	3–0	0–0	4–0	0–0	0–0	4–0	2–0	0–0	0–1	1–2		1–1	0–2	6–1	2–1	1–0	1–2	2–3
Rotherham County1–0	1–1	0–2	0–0	0–5	2–0	0–0	2–3	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–1		5–4	1–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–0
South Shields	3–2	3–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	0–1	3–0	4–1	3–0	0–0	3–0	4–3	0–1	1–0	6–1	1–0		3–1	1–1	2–3	0–0	1–2
Stockport County3–2	0–3	2–2	0–2	1–2	2–5	6–0	3–0	1–1	2–2	3–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–1	0–0		2–0	0–1	2–0	1–2
Stoke    	3–2	1–2	1–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–1	4–1	1–2	1–3	4–0	1–1	4–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	0–0	1–0		0–1	1–0	1–0
The Wednesday	0–0	1–2	0–1	2–2	2–0	0–1	1–1	3–0	3–0	3–0	2–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–3		0–1	6–0
West Ham United	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–0	7–0	2–0	1–1	3–0	0–1	3–0	0–2	1–1	1–0	2–1	5–0	1–0	4–0		1–0
Wolverhampton Wa1–1	0–3	3–1	0–0	2–1	1–3	0–2	1–0	1–0	1–3	3–0	3–0	2–1	1–0	2–2	3–0	3–0	2–0	3–3	1–2	1–2
                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. BIRMINGHAM CITY          42  16  4  1  55  13   8  6  7  24  25   58
 2. CARDIFF CITY             42  13  5  3  27   9  11  5  5  32  23   58
 3. Bristol City             42  14  3  4  35  12   5 10  6  14  17   51
 4. Blackpool                42  12  3  6  32  19   8  7  6  22  23   50
 5. West Ham United          42  13  5  3  38  11   6  5 10  13  19   48
 6. Notts County             42  12  5  4  36  17   6  6  9  19  23   47
 7. Leyton Orient            42  13  6  2  31   9   3  7 11  12  33   45
 8. South Shields            42  13  4  4  41  16   4  6 11  20  30   44
 9. Fulham                   42  14  4  3  33  12   2  6 13  10  35   42
10. Sheffield Wednesday      42   9  7  5  31  14   6  4 11  17  34   41
11. Bury                     42  10  8  3  29  13   5  2 14  16  36   40
12. Leicester City           42  10  8  3  26  11   2  8 11  13  35   40
13. Hull City                42   7 10  4  24  18   3 10  8  19  35   40
14. Leeds United             42  11  5  5  30  14   3  5 13  10  31   38
15. Wolverhampton Wanderers  42  11  4  6  34  24   5  2 14  15  42   38
16. Barnsley                 42   9 10  2  31  17   1  6 14  17  33   36
17. Port Vale                42   7  6  8  28  19   4  8  9  15  30   36
18. Nottingham Forest        42   9  6  6  37  26   3  6 12  11  29   36
19. Rotherham United         42   8  9  4  23  21   4  3 14  14  32   36
20. Stoke City               42   9  5  7  26  16   3  6 12  20  40   35
21. Coventry City            42   8  6  7  24  25   4  5 12  15  45   35
22. STOCKPORT COUNTY         42   8  6  7  30  24   1  6 14  12  51   30

League Division 3
Season1920–21
ChampionsCrystal Palace (1st title)
Failed re-electionNone
Matches played462
Goals scored1,133 (2.45 per match)
Top goalscorerJohn Conner (Crystal Palace), 28
Ernie Simms (Luton Town), 28
George Whitworth (Northampton Town), 28 [3]
Home \ Away	BRE	B&HA	BRR	CRY	EXE	GIL	GRI	LUT	MER	MIL	NPC	NOR	NWC	PLY	POR	QPR	REA	SOU	STD	SWA	SWI	WAT
Brentford		2–0	0–0	0–4	0–0	3–3	5–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–2	1–1	3–1	0–0	1–2	0–2	3–2	1–1	2–2	1–2	0–1	1–0
Brighton & Hove 4–0		2–0	0–2	1–1	1–0	1–3	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	3–2	2–0	1–0	3–0	2–1	2–2	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–3	0–3
Bristol Rovers	2–1	3–1		2–1	5–0	2–0	2–0	5–0	1–1	1–2	3–2	4–2	2–2	2–0	2–2	3–0	3–2	1–2	2–1	1–2	3–1	2–0
Crystal Palace	4–2	3–2	3–0		2–1	4–1	2–0	2–1	3–0	3–2	2–0	5–1	1–0	0–0	3–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	2–3	0–1	1–0	2–2
Exeter City	3–0	1–0	1–0	1–1		2–1	1–1	1–0	3–3	4–0	0–1	4–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–2	1–0	1–2
Gillingham	1–3	1–0	1–0	0–1	2–1		2–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–4	2–5	0–0	0–1	1–1	1–2	1–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–1
Grimsby Town	2–0	2–2	3–1	1–0	2–0	2–0		0–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–3	2–1	2–0	3–0	1–0	0–2	3–0	3–0
Luton Town	2–0	3–2	1–2	2–2	3–0	5–0	3–1		1–0	0–0	2–2	3–1	4–0	1–1	2–2	2–1	6–0	1–1	4–0	3–0	2–0	1–0
Merthyr Town	3–1	4–1	2–2	2–1	7–1	6–1	3–1	4–1		0–1	1–2	1–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	3–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	0–3	2–2	2–0
Millwall	0–0	0–1	2–0	0–1	2–0	4–0	0–1	0–0	0–0		1–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	0–1	4–2	0–2	5–0	1–0
Newport County	3–1	0–4	0–2	0–1	2–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	0–3	3–1		1–1	2–0	0–0	1–0	1–3	0–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	0–2
Northampton Town6–2	1–0	1–2	2–2	3–3	2–0	4–1	1–0	2–2	0–2	0–2		1–0	1–1	1–0	0–3	1–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	1–2	0–1
Norwich City	0–0	3–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	2–1	0–0	3–0	0–0	2–0	3–0	3–3		0–0	2–2	2–0	2–0	0–1	3–1	1–1	3–2	1–1
Plymouth Argyle	1–0	5–0	2–1	0–1	0–0	3–1	0–0	1–0	2–1	0–2	5–1	0–2	1–1		2–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–2
Portsmouth	0–2	3–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	2–2	2–1	3–0	0–0	0–0	0–2	2–0	2–1	1–1		0–0	2–2	0–1	3–0	3–0	1–1	1–0
Queens Park Rang1–0	4–0	2–1	3–0	2–1	0–1	2–0	4–1	4–2	0–0	2–0	1–2	2–0	4–0	0–0		2–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–2
Reading       	2–1	0–1	2–1	1–0	0–1	1–2	4–1	0–1	2–0	0–1	4–0	4–0	0–1	1–1	1–0	0–0		0–4	1–1	1–3	2–3	0–0
Southampton	3–0	1–0	4–0	1–1	3–0	3–0	0–1	1–1	5–0	1–1	0–0	3–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	2–2	1–2		3–0	3–0	4–0	4–1
Southend United	4–1	2–0	1–0	0–2	0–0	1–0	3–1	1–1	0–1	1–2	2–1	1–2	3–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–0		1–2	1–3	4–1
Swansea Town	1–1	0–0	2–2	0–0	2–1	2–0	3–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–2	2–2	5–2	3–0	0–0	1–3	2–1	1–1	2–0		1–1	2–1
Swindon Town	1–0	2–0	2–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	0–0	9–1	3–0	4–1	5–0	2–1	4–2	1–1	5–2	0–1	2–0	3–2	3–0	0–0		2–0
Watford 	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	0–0	3–1	4–2	1–0	1–0	1–0	5–1	7–1	2–0	1–1	3–2	0–2	1–2	0–0	3–0	3–0	0–1
                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. CRYSTAL PALACE           42  15  4  2  45  17   9  7  5  25  17   59
 2. Southampton              42  14  5  2  46  10   5 11  5  18  18   54
 3. Queen's Park Rangers     42  14  4  3  38  11   8  5  8  23  21   53
 4. Swindon Town             42  14  5  2  51  17   7  5  9  22  32   52
 5. Swansea City             42   9 10  2  32  19   9  5  7  24  26   51
 6. Watford                  42  14  4  3  40  15   6  4 11  19  29   48
 7. Millwall                 42  11  5  5  25   8   7  6  8  17  22   47
 8. Merthyr Town             42  13  5  3  46  20   2 10  9  14  29   45
 9. Luton Town               42  14  6  1  51  15   2  6 13  10  41   44
10. Bristol Rovers           42  15  3  3  51  22   3  4 14  17  35   43
11. Plymouth Argyle          42  10  7  4  25  13   1 14  6  10  21   43
12. Portsmouth               42  10  8  3  28  14   2  7 12  18  34   39
13. Grimsby Town             42  12  5  4  32  16   3  4 14  17  43   39
14. Northampton              42  11  4  6  32  23   4  4 13  27  52   38
15. Newport County           42   8  5  8  20  23   6  4 11  23  41   37
16. Norwich City             42   9 10  2  31  14   1  6 14  13  39   36
17. Southend United          42  13  2  6  32  20   1  6 14  12  41   36
18. Brighton & Hove Albion   42  11  6  4  28  20   3  2 16  14  41   36
19. Exeter City              42   9  7  5  27  15   1  8 12  12  39   35
20. Reading                  42   8  4  9  26  22   4  3 14  16  37   31
21. Brentford                42   7  9  5  27  23   2  3 16  15  44   30
22. Gillingham               42   6  9  6  19  24   2  3 16  15  50   28

FINAL TABLE SOUTHERN LEAGUE (ENGLISH SECTION) '20-'21

 1. Brighton & Hove Albion II  24-35  (65-29)  16  3  5  Champions    
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 2. Portsmouth II              24-33  (44-20)  13  7  4          
 3. Millwall Athletic II       24-28  (46-24)  12  4  8          
 4. Southampton II             24-27  (53-35)  10  7  7          
 5. Boscombe                   24-26  (25-40)  10  6  8          
 6. Reading II                 24-25  (41-34)  11  3 10          
 7. Luton Town II              24-24  (38-35)   8  8  8          
 8. Charlton Athletic          24-24  (41-41)   8  8  8  FL3s    
 9. Watford II                 24-22  (43-45)   9  4 11          
10. Norwich City II            24-21  (31-39)   7  7 10          
11. Gillingham II              24-17  (32-47)   6  5 13          
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12. Chatham Town               24-16  (24-47)   5  6 13  left  
13. Thornycrofts               24-14  (29-76)   4  6 14  left  

Champions (English): Brighton & Hove Albion II                    
New elected: Plymouth Argyle II, Bristol Rovers II,         
             Guildford United, Charlton Athletic II,        
             Bristol City II, Exeter City II, Southend      
             United II, Bath City and Swindon Town II        

512 goals = 3.282 goals/m.


FINAL TABLE SOUTHERN LEAGUE (WELSH SECTION) '20-'21

 1. Barry                      20-30  (35-12)  13  4  3  Champions    
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 2. Aberdare Athletic          20-27  (29-23)  12  3  5  FL3s    
 3. Ebbw Vale                  20-25  (34-23)  10  5  5          
 4. Pontypridd                 20-23  (34-23)  10  3  7          
 5. Mid Rhondda                20-23  (26-18)  10  3  7  left  
 6. Abertillery                20-21  (35-24)   8  5  7          
 7. Ton Pentre                 20-19  (32-34)   7  5  8          
 8. Aberaman Athletic          20-17  (30-33)   5  7  8          
 9. Llanelly                   20-16  (28-46)   7  2 11  left  
10. Mardy                      20-10  (18-39)   2  6 12          
11. Porth Athletic             20- 9  (28-54)   3  3 14          

Champions (Welsh): Barry                                          
New elected: Swansea Town II                                

329 goals = 2.991 goals/m.

England FA Challenge Cup 1920-1921

Country England
 Wales
Defending championsAston Villa
ChampionsTottenham Hotspur
(2nd title)
Runners-upWolverhampton Wanderers

        1st Round
Jan 08  Aston Villa              2 +Bristol City             0
Jan 08  Blackburn Rovers         1 +Fulham                   1
Jan 08  Bradford Park Avenue     1 +Clapton Orient           0
Jan 08  Bradford City            3 +Barnsley                 1
Jan 08 ^Brentford                1  Huddersfield Town        2
Jan 08 ^Brighton & Hove Albion   4  Oldham Athletic          1
Jan 08 ^Crystal Palace           2  Manchester City          0
Jan 08 *Darlington               2 +Blackpool                2
Jan 08  Derby County             2  Middlesbrough            0
Jan 08  Everton                  1 +Stockport County         0
Jan 08 ^Grimsby Town             1 ^Norwich City             0
Jan 08 +Hull City                3 *Bath City                0
Jan 08 +Leicester City           3  Burnley                  7
Jan 08  Liverpool                1  Manchester United        1
Jan 08 ^Luton Town               2 +Birmingham               1
Jan 08 ^Millwall Athletic        0 *Lincoln City             3
Jan 08  Newcastle United         1 +Nottingham Forest        1
Jan 08 ^Northampton Town         0 ^Southampton              0
Jan 08 +Notts County             3  West Bromwich Albion     0
Jan 08 ^Plymouth Argyle          2 *Rochdale                 0
Jan 08  Preston North End        2  Bolton Wanderers         0
Jan 08 ^Queen's Park Rangers     2  The Arsenal              0
Jan 08 ^Reading                  0  Chelsea                  0
Jan 08 +The Wednesday            1 +West Ham United          0
Jan 08 +South Shields            3 ^Portsmouth               0
Jan 08 ^Southend United          5 *Eccles                   1
Jan 08  Sunderland               0 +Cardiff City             1
Jan 08 *Swansea Town             3 +Bury                     0
Jan 08 ^Swindon Town             1  Sheffield United         0
Jan 08  Tottenham Hotspur        6 ^Bristol Rovers           2
Jan 08 ^Watford                  3 ^Exeter City              0
Jan 08 +Wolverhampton Wanderers  3 +Stoke                    2

        Replays
Jan 12 +Blackpool                2 *Darlington               1
Jan 12  Chelsea                  2 ^Reading                  2
Jan 12  Manchester United        1  Liverpool                2
Jan 12  Newcastle United         2 +Nottingham Forest        0  played at Newcastle
Jan 12 ^Southampton              4 ^Northampton Town         1
Jan 13 +Fulham                   1  Blackburn Rovers         0
Jan 17  Chelsea                  3 ^Reading                  1  played at Chelsea

        2nd Round
Jan 29  Bradford Park Avenue     0  Huddersfield Town        1
Jan 29 ^Brighton & Hove Albion   0 +Cardiff City             0
Jan 29  Burnley                  4 ^Queen's Park Rangers     2
Jan 29 ^Crystal Palace           0 +Hull City                2
Jan 29  Derby County             1 +Wolverhampton Wanderers  1
Jan 29  Everton                  1 +The Wednesday            1
Jan 29 ^Grimsby Town             1 ^Southampton              3
Jan 29 *Lincoln City             0 +Fulham                   0
Jan 29  Newcastle United         1  Liverpool                0
Jan 29 +Notts County             0  Aston Villa              0
Jan 29  Preston North End        4 ^Watford                  1
Jan 29 +South Shields            0 ^Luton Town               4
Jan 29 ^Southend United          1 +Blackpool                0
Jan 29 *Swansea Town             1 ^Plymouth Argyle          2
Jan 29 ^Swindon Town             0  Chelsea                  2
Jan 29  Tottenham Hotspur        4  Bradford City            0

        Replays
Feb 02  Aston Villa              1 +Notts County             0
Feb 02 +Cardiff City             1 ^Brighton & Hove Albion   0
Feb 03 +The Wednesday            0  Everton                  1
Feb 03 +Wolverhampton Wanderers  1  Derby County             0
Feb 07 +Fulham                   1  Lincoln                  0

        3rd Round
Feb 19  Aston Villa              2  Huddersfield Town        0
Feb 19  Everton                  3  Newcastle United         0
Feb 19 +Fulham                   0 +Wolverhampton Wanderers  1
Feb 19 +Hull City                3  Burnley                  0
Feb 19 ^Luton Town               2  Preston North End        3
Feb 19 ^Plymouth Argyle          0  Chelsea                  0
Feb 19 ^Southampton              0 +Cardiff City             1
Feb 19 ^Southend United          1  Tottenham Hotspur        4

        Replays
Feb 24  Chelsea                  0 ^Plymouth Argyle          0
Feb 28  Chelsea                  2 ^Plymouth Argyle          1  played at Bristol City

        Quarter-finals
Mar 05 +Cardiff City             1  Chelsea                  0
Mar 05  Everton                  0 +Wolverhampton Wanderers  1
Mar 05 +Hull City                0  Preston North End        0
Mar 05  Tottenham Hotspur        1  Aston Villa              0

        Replay
Mar 10  Preston North End        1 +Hull City                0

        Semi-final
Mar 19 +Cardiff City             0 +Wolverhampton Wanderers  0  played at Liverpool
Mar 19  Tottenham Hotspur        2  Preston North End        1  played at The Wednesday

        Replay
Mar 23 +Wolverhampton Wanderers  3 +Cardiff City             1  played at Manchester United

        Final
Apr 23  Tottenham Hotspur      1-0 +Wolverhampton Wanderers    played at Chelsea
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Season 1921-22

FA Charity Shield 1921 Tottenham Hotspur 2 Burnley 0

League Division 1
Season1921–22
ChampionsLiverpool (3rd English title)
RelegatedBradford City
Manchester United
Matches played462
Top goalscorerAndy Wilson (Middlesbrough), 31 [3]
Biggest home winAston Villa – Bradford City 7–1 (12 Nov 1921)
Huddersfield Town – Preston North End 6–0 (22 Apr 1922)
Biggest away winBirmingham – Newcastle United 0–4 (21 Jan 1922)
Highest scoringCardiff City – Bradford City 6–3 (21 Jan 1922)
Ars Ast Bir Bla Bol BrC Bur Car Che Eve Hud Liv MaC MaU Mid New Old PNE ShU Sun Tot WBA Arsenal xxx 2-0 5-2 1-1 1-1 1-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 1-0 1-3 1-0 0-1 3-1 2-2 2-1 0-1 1-0 1-2 1-2 1-0 2-2 Aston Villa 2-0 xxx 1-1 1-1 2-1 7-1 2-0 2-1 1-4 2-1 2-0 1-1 4-0 3-1 6-2 1-0 2-0 2-0 5-3 2-0 2-1 0-1 Birmingham 0-1 1-0 xxx 1-0 1-1 1-0 2-3 0-1 5-1 1-1 0-2 0-2 3-1 0-1 4-3 0-4 3-0 0-2 2-1 1-0 0-3 0-2 Blackburn 0-1 1-2 1-1 xxx 1-2 3-1 3-2 1-3 1-1 2-2 2-0 0-0 3-1 3-0 2-2 0-2 3-2 3-0 2-3 1-2 1-1 2-3 Bolton 1-0 1-0 1-2 1-1 xxx 3-3 0-1 1-2 0-2 1-0 3-1 1-3 5-0 1-0 4-2 3-2 5-1 2-2 3-1 1-1 1-0 2-0 Bradford City 0-2 3-2 1-2 1-1 4-3 xxx 0-4 1-0 0-1 3-1 4-0 0-0 1-2 2-1 0-2 2-3 3-0 1-0 1-1 0-0 0-4 1-1 Burnley 1-0 2-1 3-1 1-2 2-0 4-0 xxx 1-1 5-0 2-0 1-0 1-1 5-2 4-2 3-1 2-0 0-1 3-3 2-1 2-0 1-0 4-2 Cardiff City 4-3 0-4 3-1 1-3 1-2 6-3 4-2 xxx 2-0 2-1 0-0 2-0 0-2 3-1 3-1 1-0 0-1 3-0 1-1 2-0 0-1 2-0 Chelsea 0-2 1-0 1-2 1-0 0-3 1-0 4-1 1-0 xxx 1-0 1-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-1 1-1 1-0 0-0 0-2 1-0 1-2 1-1 Everton 1-1 3-2 2-1 2-0 1-0 2-0 2-0 0-1 2-3 xxx 6-2 1-1 2-2 5-0 4-1 2-3 2-2 0-0 1-1 3-0 0-0 1-2 Huddersfield 2-0 1-0 1-0 3-0 3-0 1-2 1-0 0-1 2-0 1-2 xxx 0-1 2-0 1-1 2-1 1-2 1-0 6-0 1-1 1-2 1-1 2-0 Liverpool 4-0 2-0 1-0 2-0 0-2 2-1 2-1 5-1 1-1 1-1 2-0 xxx 3-2 2-1 4-0 1-0 2-0 4-0 1-1 2-1 1-1 1-2 Manchester City 2-0 2-1 1-0 1-1 2-3 3-2 2-0 1-1 0-0 2-1 2-1 1-1 xxx 4-1 2-2 1-0 2-1 2-0 2-2 3-0 3-3 6-1 Manchester Utd 1-0 1-0 1-1 0-1 0-1 1-1 0-1 1-1 0-0 2-1 1-1 0-0 3-1 xxx 3-5 0-1 0-3 1-1 3-2 3-1 2-1 2-3 Middlesbrough 4-2 5-0 1-1 0-1 4-2 1-2 4-1 0-0 0-1 3-1 5-1 3-1 4-1 2-0 xxx 1-1 1-1 1-0 1-1 3-0 0-0 3-2 Newcastle 3-1 1-2 0-1 2-0 2-1 1-2 2-1 0-0 1-0 3-0 1-2 1-1 5-1 3-0 0-0 xxx 1-1 3-1 2-1 2-2 0-2 3-0 Oldham Athletic 2-1 3-1 0-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 2-1 0-3 0-0 1-1 4-0 0-1 1-1 0-1 0-0 xxx 2-0 0-2 3-0 1-0 1-0 Preston NE 3-2 1-0 2-2 2-1 3-1 2-1 2-1 1-1 2-0 1-0 1-1 1-1 1-0 3-2 1-1 2-0 0-0 xxx 3-0 1-1 1-2 0-3 Sheffield Utd 4-1 2-3 1-2 0-1 1-0 1-0 0-1 0-2 1-2 1-0 1-1 0-1 1-0 3-0 6-1 1-1 1-0 3-0 xxx 4-1 1-0 0-0 Sunderland 1-0 1-4 2-1 3-1 6-2 0-0 3-2 4-1 1-2 1-2 2-2 3-0 2-3 2-1 1-1 0-0 5-1 1-0 1-0 xxx 2-0 5-0 Tottenham 2-0 3-1 2-1 2-1 1-2 1-0 1-1 4-1 0-0 2-0 1-0 0-1 3-1 2-2 2-4 4-0 3-1 5-0 2-1 1-0 xxx 2-0 West Bromwich 0-3 0-1 1-0 0-2 0-1 1-1 2-0 2-2 2-2 1-1 3-2 1-4 2-0 0-0 0-0 1-2 0-1 2-0 3-0 2-1 3-0 xxx

Final Table:
                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. LIVERPOOL                42  15  4  2  43  15   7  9  5  20  21   57
 2. Tottenham Hotspur        42  15  3  3  43  17   6  6  9  22  22   51
 3. Burnley                  42  16  3  2  49  18   6  2 13  23  36   49
 4. Cardiff City             42  13  2  6  40  26   6  8  7  21  27   48
 5. Aston Villa              42  16  3  2  50  19   6  0 15  24  36   47
 6. Bolton Wanderers         42  12  4  5  40  24   8  3 10  28  35   47
 7. Newcastle United         42  11  5  5  36  19   7  5  9  23  26   46
 8. Middlesbrough            42  12  6  3  46  19   4  8  9  33  50   46
 9. Chelsea                  42   9  6  6  17  16   8  6  7  23  27   46
10. Manchester City          42  13  7  1  44  21   5  2 14  21  49   45
11. Sheffield United         42  11  3  7  32  17   4  7 10  27  37   40
12. Sunderland               42  13  4  4  46  23   3  4 14  14  39   40
13. West Bromwich Albion     42   8  6  7  26  23   7  4 10  25  40   40
14. Huddersfield Town        42  12  3  6  33  14   3  6 12  20  40   39
15. Blackburn Rovers         42   7  6  8  35  31   6  6  9  19  26   38
16. Preston North End        42  12  7  2  33  20   1  5 15   9  45   38
17. Arsenal                  42  10  6  5  27  19   5  1 15  20  37   37
18. Birmingham City          42   9  2 10  25  29   6  5 10  23  31   37
19. Oldham Athletic          42   8  7  6  21  15   5  4 12  17  35   37
20. Everton                  42  10  7  4  42  22   2  5 14  15  33   36
21. BRADFORD CITY            42   8  5  8  28  30   3  5 13  20  42   32
22. MANCHESTER UNITED        42   7  7  7  25  26   1  5 15  16  47   28

League Division 2
Season1921–22
ChampionsNottingham Forest (2nd title)
RelegatedBradford Park Avenue
Bristol City
Matches played462
Goals scored1,061 (2.3 per match)
Top goalscorerJimmy Broad (Stoke), 25 [3]
Biggest home winHull City – Stoke 7–1 (12 Nov 1921)
Fulham – Hull City 6–0 (17 Sept 1921)
Biggest away winThe Wednesday – Nottingham Forest 0–4 (4 Feb 1922)
Highest scoringHull City – Stoke 7–1 (12 Nov 1921)
Home \ Away	BAR	BLP	BPA	BRI	Bury	CLA	COV	CRY	DER	FUL	HUL	LEE	LEI	NOT	NTC	PTV	ROT	SSH	STK	WED	WHU	WOL
Barnsley		3–2	2–0	1–1	3–0	4–0	0–1	3–1	2–1	2–1	4–1	2–2	0–0	2–0	3–0	3–2	0–1	2–1	2–2	2–0	1–1	2–1
Blackpool	1–0		1–1	2–0	0–1	2–0	2–1	1–3	4–2	0–2	0–1	1–3	2–0	2–1	1–2	0–1	3–1	4–0	3–2	0–2	3–1	1–3
Bradford Park Av2–3	0–0		2–1	1–1	3–1	1–2	0–0	5–1	1–2	1–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	4–2	1–0	2–4	2–1	2–0	0–0
Bristol City	3–0	0–1	1–0		2–0	2–1	0–2	1–2	1–2	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	2–2	2–1	1–2	0–1	2–0	3–1	0–1	2–0
Bury    	1–2	3–0	2–2	5–0		0–0	3–2	1–2	2–0	1–0	4–0	2–1	0–1	1–2	1–0	5–2	0–0	1–0	0–1	1–2	0–1	2–1
Clapton Orient	2–1	3–0	1–0	0–1	3–1		4–0	0–0	3–2	4–2	0–2	4–2	0–0	1–2	2–1	2–0	1–2	0–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–0
Coventry City	0–1	0–1	2–2	1–1	1–2	1–2		1–1	1–2	2–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	0–1	4–2	4–1	4–0	0–1	0–1	2–2	2–0	3–1
Crystal Palace	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	4–1	1–0	1–1		3–1	2–0	0–2	1–2	1–0	4–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–2	0–2	2–2	1–2	1–1
Derby County	1–0	1–0	1–3	5–1	1–0	3–0	1–0	2–0		1–1	0–0	2–0	0–1	1–2	1–1	3–2	4–0	0–2	2–4	0–1	3–1	2–3
Fulham          0–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	0–1	2–0	5–0	1–1	2–2		6–0	0–1	0–0	2–0	4–0	1–0	4–0	3–0	2–1	3–1	2–0	1–0
Hull City	1–3	2–0	3–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	2–1		1–0	5–2	0–1	2–0	2–0	0–1	1–1	7–1	0–0	0–0	2–0
Leeds United	4–0	0–0	3–0	3–0	2–0	2–0	5–2	0–0	2–1	2–0	0–2		3–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	0–2	0–0	1–2	1–1	0–0	0–0
Leicester City	1–0	1–0	2–1	4–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–2	0–1	0–0		2–2	3–0	3–0	1–0	1–0	3–4	1–1	2–1	0–1
Nottingham Fores1–1	0–0	4–1	1–0	1–2	2–0	1–0	2–1	3–0	0–0	3–2	1–0	0–0		0–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	3–1	2–0	2–0	0–0
Notts County	1–4	2–1	3–0	0–2	1–1	0–0	1–1	3–2	1–2	3–0	2–0	4–1	0–0	1–1		1–2	2–0	2–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	4–0
Port Vale	2–3	1–0	1–0	3–1	5–2	3–0	1–2	3–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–2	0–0		1–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	2–1	0–2
Rotherham County0–0	0–1	2–0	0–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	0–1	3–0	0–1		1–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–0
South Shields	5–2	2–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	3–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	2–0		1–1	0–0	1–0	0–2
Stoke        	1–0	1–1	0–1	3–0	1–0	0–0	2–2	5–1	1–1	3–0	0–0	3–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	2–1		1–1	2–0	3–0
The Wednesday	2–3	5–1	2–1	1–0	4–1	0–0	3–2	1–0	1–1	1–4	0–0	2–1	1–0	0–4	0–0	2–0	1–0	0–3	0–1		2–1	3–1
West Ham United	4–0	0–2	1–0	3–0	3–2	1–2	3–0	2–0	3–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	3–0	1–2	1–1	3–0	2–0		2–0
Wolverhampton Wa2–0	4–0	5–0	2–2	1–1	0–2	1–0	0–1	0–3	0–0	0–2	0–0	1–1	2–0	1–2	2–0	3–1	3–2	1–1	0–0	0–1
                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. NOTTINGHAM FOREST        42  13  7  1  29   9   9  5  7  22  21   56
 2. STOKE CITY               42   9 11  1  31  11   9  5  7  29  33   52
 3. Barnsley                 42  14  5  2  43  18   8  3 10  24  34   52
 4. West Ham United          42  15  3  3  39  13   5  5 11  13  26   48
 5. Hull City                42  13  5  3  36  13   6  5 10  15  28   48
 6. South Shields            42  11  7  3  25  13   6  5 10  18  25   46
 7. Fulham                   42  14  5  2  41   8   4  4 13  16  30   45
 8. Leeds United             42  10  8  3  31  12   6  5 10  17  26   45
 9. Leicester City           42  11  6  4  30  16   3 11  7   9  18   45
10. Sheffield Wednesday      42  12  4  5  31  24   3 10  8  16  26   44
11. Bury                     42  11  3  7  35  19   4  7 10  19  36   40
12. Derby County             42  11  3  7  34  22   4  6 11  26  42   39
13. Notts County             42  10  7  4  34  18   2  8 11  13  33   39
14. Crystal Palace           42   9  6  6  28  20   4  7 10  17  31   39
15. Leyton Orient            42  12  4  5  33  18   3  5 13  10  32   39
16. Rotherham United         42   8  9  4  17   7   6  2 13  15  36   39
17. Wolverhampton Wanderers  42   8  7  6  28  19   5  4 12  16  30   37
18. Port Vale                42  10  5  6  28  19   4  3 14  15  38   36
19. Blackpool                42  11  1  9  33  27   4  4 13  11  30   35
20. Coventry City            42   8  5  8  31  21   4  5 12  20  39   34
21. BRADFORD PARK AVENUE     42  10  5  6  32  22   2  4 15  14  40   33
22. BRISTOL CITY             42  10  3  8  25  18   2  6 13  12  40   33

League Division 3 (North)
Season1921–22
ChampionsStockport County (1st title)
Failed re-electionNone
Matches played380
Goals scored1,150 (3.03 per match)
Top goalscorerJimmy Carmichael (Grimsby Town), 37 [3]
Home \ Away	ACC	ASH	BRW	CHF	CRE	DAR	DUR	GRI	HAL	HAR	LIN	NEL	ROC	SOU	STL	STP	TRA	WAL	WIG	WRE
Accrington Stanley	3–0	3–0	3–1	2–0	1–0	5–1	1–0	1–2	4–1	2–0	4–1	4–0	1–2	4–1	1–3	3–0	3–3	4–0	1–0
Ashington	2–1		0–2	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	3–1	4–1	4–2	4–0	7–3	2–2	2–3	2–0	1–0	2–3	3–1	2–2
Barrow       	3–1	2–0		1–0	1–2	0–2	0–1	2–2	1–1	0–1	2–0	0–2	1–0	2–1	2–1	0–2	2–0	3–0	2–0	5–2
Chesterfield	0–1	0–1	2–0		1–1	0–3	2–1	4–1	2–0	2–1	3–0	1–2	2–1	2–1	4–0	0–1	3–0	1–0	1–1	3–0
Crewe Alexandra	2–1	1–2	2–1	1–3		7–3	3–2	1–2	2–1	2–0	0–2	2–1	2–0	1–0	5–1	0–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	3–0
Darlington	3–0	5–0	3–0	7–0	0–1		2–2	2–0	2–0	0–0	4–2	0–1	2–1	3–0	3–0	1–0	4–0	5–0	3–0	3–0
Durham City	3–1	1–0	2–0	3–1	4–2	3–7		1–2	3–1	0–1	2–0	2–0	0–2	2–0	3–1	0–2	3–0	2–0	6–0	3–0
Grimsby Town	2–1	6–1	4–0	2–2	3–0	3–1	5–2		4–1	2–0	3–1	3–1	3–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	5–1	3–1	1–1	2–0
Halifax Town	2–1	2–0	3–2	1–2	5–5	5–1	3–2	2–0		3–0	1–2	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–3	1–0	0–2	1–3	1–2	0–0
Hartlepools United	2–1	2–1	3–1	7–0	1–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	4–0		1–1	6–1	5–3	1–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–1
Lincoln City	1–1	4–1	1–0	2–1	2–3	0–2	3–0	0–2	3–1	1–1		0–2	1–2	3–1	2–1	0–1	4–1	1–0	3–0	1–0
Nelson       	0–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–2	1–1	3–5	3–0	0–0	0–4	0–0		4–1	3–2	1–0	2–2	0–0	1–0	1–2	4–0
Rochdale	6–3	2–1	0–1	0–1	2–0	0–2	1–0	0–2	3–3	0–1	0–2	2–2		0–1	2–1	0–1	2–1	7–0	4–2	3–0
Southport	1–1	0–0	1–0	3–0	2–0	3–1	1–1	7–1	3–0	3–0	0–0	0–1	2–1		5–1	2–1	1–1	3–0	1–1	1–2
Stalybridge Celt3–1	2–0	3–0	6–0	2–2	1–0	4–3	3–0	2–1	1–3	2–0	2–0	1–0	0–0		0–4	4–0	2–0	0–0	4–1
Stockport County2–1	3–2	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	4–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	2–2	3–0	3–0	2–1	4–0		0–0	3–1	3–0	0–0
Tranmere Rovers	2–4	2–3	2–2	2–0	4–1	0–1	3–3	2–2	2–2	1–2	4–0	4–0	7–0	0–1	4–1	0–2		0–1	2–0	0–0
Walsall        	6–1	6–2	3–1	2–1	1–0	0–1	2–0	2–1	4–1	3–1	3–0	2–0	4–0	4–1	2–2	0–2	2–0		4–1	2–2
Wigan Borough	0–1	1–1	1–2	1–2	2–0	3–3	2–0	1–1	4–3	1–0	3–1	1–4	3–2	3–2	0–2	0–1	0–0	4–2		2–1
Wrexham     	2–1	2–0	0–0	6–1	1–0	1–1	3–1	0–1	5–1	0–2	3–1	4–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–0	1–3	4–0	3–2
                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. STOCKPORT COUNTY         38  13  5  1  36  10  11  3  5  24  11   56
 2. Darlington               38  15  2  2  52   7   7  4  8  29  30   50
 3. Grimsby Town             38  15  4  0  54  15   6  4  9  18  32   50
 4. Hartlepool United        38  10  6  3  33  11   7  2 10  19  28   42
 5. Accrington Stanley       38  15  1  3  50  15   4  2 13  23  42   41
 6. Crewe Alexandra          38  13  1  5  39  21   5  4 10  21  35   41
 7. Stalybridge Celtic       38  14  3  2  42  15   4  2 13  20  48   41
 8. Walsall                  38  15  2  2  52  17   3  1 15  14  48   39
 9. Southport                38  11  6  2  39  12   3  4 12  16  32   38
10. Ashington                38  13  2  4  42  22   4  2 13  17  44   38
11. Durham City              38  14  0  5  43  20   3  3 13  25  47   37
12. Wrexham                  38  12  4  3  40  17   2  5 12  11  39   37
13. Chesterfield             38  12  2  5  33  15   4  1 14  15  52   35
14. Lincoln City             38  11  2  6  32  20   3  4 12  16  39   34
15. Barrow                   38  11  2  6  29  18   3  3 13  13  36   33
16. Nelson                   38   7  6  6  27  23   6  1 12  21  43   33
17. Wigan Borough            38   9  4  6  32  28   2  5 12  14  44   31
18. Tranmere Rovers          38   7  5  7  41  25   2  6 11  10  36   29
19. Halifax Town             38   9  4  6  37  28   1  5 13  19  48   29
20. Rochdale                 38   9  2  8  34  24   2  2 15  18  53   26

League Division 3 (South)
Season1921–22
ChampionsSouthampton (1st title)
Failed re-electionNone
Matches played462
Goals scored1,118 (2.42 per match)
Top goalscorerFrank Richardson (Plymouth Argyle), 31 [3]
Home \ Away	ADE	BRE	B&HA	BRR	CHA	EXE	GIL	LUT	MER	MIL	NPC	NOR	NWC	PLY	POR	QPR	REA	SOU	STD	SWA	SWI	WAT
Aberdare Athletic		2–0	2–0	2–0	3–3	0–2	6–1	2–0	0–0	0–0	3–0	4–2	1–2	0–0	0–0	4–2	0–1	0–1	1–1	2–1	3–2	3–0
Brentford	2–1		4–0	4–2	0–2	5–2	0–1	0–2	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	3–1	2–2	5–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	3–0	3–0	1–1
Brighton & Hove 1–2	2–1		3–1	2–0	3–1	0–1	1–1	1–3	0–1	3–0	7–0	0–2	1–1	3–0	2–1	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	2–1	1–1
Bristol Rovers	5–1	0–0	1–2		4–2	1–3	0–3	2–0	2–0	0–0	3–4	2–0	4–2	1–3	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–1
Charlton Athleti2–1	1–1	1–0	2–0		1–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–2	2–1	0–0	1–2	1–1	0–1	1–2	4–0	1–0	4–5	1–0
Exeter City	0–1	1–0	0–3	2–2	1–0		1–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	2–2	2–0	2–0	0–2	1–4	0–1	1–3	0–0	4–1	1–1	1–4	1–3
Gillingham	3–1	0–0	1–0	3–2	2–0	3–0		0–1	5–0	0–1	0–2	3–2	5–2	1–2	1–2	1–2	2–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	2–2	1–1
Luton Town	1–2	3–0	2–0	1–2	2–0	4–0	7–0		3–0	1–0	4–0	3–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	3–1	0–1	0–0	3–0	3–0	2–1	1–1
Merthyr Town	0–1	2–0	2–1	0–2	1–0	0–0	2–0	2–0		3–1	2–1	2–1	3–0	0–1	2–1	2–0	2–0	0–1	2–2	1–0	4–1	1–2
Millwall	0–0	1–1	2–0	4–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	4–0		1–1	0–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	0–0	3–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Newport County	1–0	2–1	0–1	0–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	0–2	1–0		2–2	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	2–1	2–3	4–0	0–0
Northampton Town2–0	2–0	2–0	2–2	1–0	2–3	3–1	2–0	2–0	0–3	2–0		3–0	1–3	0–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	0–2	0–1	2–1	1–0
Norwich City	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	2–0	0–0	2–0	0–1	2–0	3–1	2–2	2–0		1–1	2–1	0–0	4–1	2–2	1–1	3–2	1–2	1–1
Plymouth Argyle	3–0	4–1	3–1	1–0	3–0	0–0	3–0	2–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	1–1		0–0	4–0	2–0	1–0	4–0	3–1	1–0	3–0
Portsmouth	2–2	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	4–1	1–1	2–1	2–2	4–3	1–1	0–1	3–1		1–0	1–0	0–2	6–0	3–0	1–3	2–0
Queens Park Rangers	1–0	1–1	3–0	1–2	3–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	6–1	2–1	4–0	2–0	2–0	1–1		1–1	2–2	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–1
Reading 	0–1	0–3	0–0	4–0	1–2	0–0	2–1	2–1	5–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	0–1	1–1	0–1		0–1	4–0	2–0	1–1	2–1
Southampton	1–0	0–0	3–0	1–0	6–0	2–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	4–2	5–0	8–0	2–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–0		5–0	1–1	3–1	2–0
Southend United	3–2	1–1	1–2	3–0	1–1	0–1	2–0	0–1	2–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–2	1–2	2–0	0–0		1–0	1–2	1–4
Swansea Town	1–2	1–0	2–1	8–1	0–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	3–2	3–0	2–2	2–2	1–1	3–0	2–2	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–1		1–3	3–0
Swindon Town	2–2	2–1	1–0	0–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	3–0	1–1	3–2	4–2	6–1	1–2	0–0	2–0	4–0	2–3	6–1	1–0		0–3
Watford   	3–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–2	0–0	1–0	4–1	4–1	0–1	1–0	2–2	4–2	0–1	0–3	2–2	2–2	1–1	4–1	0–0	2–2	
                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. SOUTHAMPTON              42  14  7  0  50   8   9  8  4  18  13   61
 2. Plymouth Argyle          42  17  4  0  43   4   8  7  6  20  20   61
 3. Portsmouth               42  13  5  3  38  18   5 12  4  24  21   53
 4. Luton Town               42  16  2  3  47   9   6  6  9  17  26   52
 5. Queen's Park Rangers     42  13  7  1  36  12   5  6 10  17  32   49
 6. Swindon Town             42  10  7  4  40  21   6  6  9  32  39   45
 7. Watford                  42   9  9  3  34  21   4  9  8  20  27   44
 8. Aberdare Athletic        42  11  6  4  38  18   6  4 11  19  33   44
 9. Brentford                42  15  2  4  41  17   1  9 11  11  26   43
10. Swansea City             42  11  8  2  40  19   2  7 12  10  28   41
11. Merthyr Town             42  14  2  5  33  15   3  4 14  12  41   40
12. Millwall                 42   6 13  2  22  10   4  5 12  16  32   38
13. Reading                  42  10  5  6  28  15   4  5 12  12  32   38
14. Bristol Rovers           42   8  8  5  32  24   6  2 13  20  43   38
15. Norwich City             42   8 10  3  29  17   4  3 14  21  45   37
16. Charlton Athletic        42  10  6  5  28  19   3  5 13  15  37   37
17. Northampton              42  13  3  5  30  17   0  8 13  17  54   37
18. Gillingham               42  11  4  6  36  20   3  4 14  11  40   36
19. Brighton & Hove Albion   42   9  6  6  33  19   4  3 14  12  32   35
20. Newport County           42   8  7  6  22  18   3  5 13  22  43   34
21. Exeter City              42   7  5  9  22  29   4  7 10  16  30   34
22. Southend United          42   7  5  9  23  23   1  6 14  11  51   27
FINAL TABLE SOUTHERN LEAGUE (ENGLISH SECTION) '21-'22

 1. Plymouth Argyle II         36-49  (91-38)  22  5  9  Champions    
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 2. Portsmouth II              36-44  (63-41)  17 10  9          
 3. Bristol City II            36-44  (73-50)  18  8 10          
 4. Southampton II             36-43  (70-47)  19  5 12          
 5. Gillingham II              36-43  (65-47)  17  9 10  left  
 6. Charlton Athletic II       36-42  (69-54)  18  6 12  left  
 7. Boscombe                   36-39  (38-55)  17  5 14          
 8. Luton Town II              36-38  (50-54)  17  4 15          
 9. Watford II                 36-37  (65-53)  15  7 14          
10. Brighton & Hove Albion II  36-37  (60-52)  12 13 11          
11. Bath City                  36-37  (55-53)  16  5 15          
12. Swindon Town II            36-35  (59-46)  14  7 15          
13. Bristol Rovers II          36-33  (50-82)  13  7 16          
14. Millwall Athletic II       36-30  (49-53)  13  4 19          
15. Reading II                 36-29  (46-59)  11  7 18          
16. Exeter City II             36-29  (42-63)  10  9 17          
17. Guildford United           36-28  (44-56)  11  6 19          
18. Norwich City II            36-26  (47-86)  10  6 20          
19. Southend United II         36-21  (47-94)   9  3 24          

Champions (English): Plymouth Argyle II                           
New elected: Torquay United, Yeovil & Petters               
             and Coventry City II                            

1083 goals = 3.167 goals/m.

FINAL TABLE SOUTHERN LEAGUE (WELSH SECTION) '21-'22

 1. Ebbw Vale                  16-25  (33-11)  11  3  2  Champions    
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 2. Ton Pentre                 16-22  (35-14)   9  4  3          
 3. Aberaman Athletic          16-19  (25-19)   7  5  4          
 4. Porth Athletic             16-18  (31-20)   6  6  4          
 5. Pontypridd                 16-18  (28-19)   7  4  5          
 6. Swansea Town II            16-18  (24-17)   7  4  5          
 7. Barry                      16- 9  (14-35)   3  3 10          
 8. Abertillery                16- 8  (21-45)   3  2 11          
 9. Mardy                      16- 7  (14-43)   2  3 11          

Total: 144-144 (225-223)  55 34 55

Champions (Welsh): Ebbw Vale                                      
New elected: Bridgend Town and Caerphilly                    

225(223) goals = 3.125 goals/m.

England FA Challenge Cup 1921-1922

1921–22 FA Cup
Country England
 Wales
Defending championsTottenham Hotspur
ChampionsHuddersfield Town
(1st title)
Runners-upPreston North End

        1st Round
Jan 07  The Arsenal              0 ^Queen's Park Rangers     0
Jan 07  Aston Villa              6 +Derby County             1
Jan 07 +Barnsley                 1 ^Norwich City             1
Jan 07  Blackburn Rovers         1 -Southport                1
Jan 07 +Blackpool                1 ^Watford                  2
Jan 07  Bolton Wanderers         1 +Bury                     0
Jan 07 +Bradford Park Avenue     1 +The Wednesday            0
Jan 07 ^Brentford                0  Tottenham Hotspur        2
Jan 07 ^Brighton & Hove Albion   1  Sheffield United         0
Jan 07 +Bristol City             0 +Nottingham Forest        0
Jan 07  Burnley                  2  Huddersfield Town        2
Jan 07  Chelsea                  2  West Bromwich Albion     4
Jan 07  Everton                  0 +Crystal Palace           6
Jan 07 ^Gillingham               1  Oldham Athletic          3
Jan 07 -Grimsby Town             1 +Notts County             1
Jan 07 +Hull City                5  Middlesbrough            0
Jan 07 +Leicester City           2 +Clapton Orient           0
Jan 07  Manchester City          3 -Darlington               1
Jan 07  Manchester United        1  Cardiff City             4
Jan 07 ^Millwall Athletic        4 -Ashington                2
Jan 07  Newcastle United         6 ^Newport County           0
Jan 07 ^Northampton Town         3 ^Reading                  0
Jan 07 ^Plymouth Argyle          1 +Fulham                   1
Jan 07 +Port Vale                2 +Stoke                    4
Jan 07 ^Portsmouth               1 ^Luton Town               1
Jan 07  Preston North End        3 +Wolverhampton Wanderers  0
Jan 07 ^Southampton              3 +South Shields            1
Jan 07  Sunderland               1  Liverpool                1
Jan 07 ^Swansea Town             0 +West Ham United          0
Jan 07 ^Swindon Town             2 +Leeds United             1
Jan 07 -Walsall                  3  Bradford City            3
Jan 07 *Worksop                  1 ^Southend United          2

        Replays
Jan 11  Bradford City            4 -Walsall                  0
Jan 11 +Fulham                   1 ^Plymouth Argyle          0
Jan 11  Huddersfield Town        3  Burnley                  2
Jan 11  Liverpool                5  Sunderland               0
Jan 11 ^Luton Town               2 ^Portsmouth               1
Jan 11 +Nottingham Forest        3 +Bristol City             1
Jan 11 ^Queen's Park Rangers     1  The Arsenal              2
Jan 11 +West Ham United          1 ^Swansea Town             1
Jan 12 ^Norwich City             1 +Barnsley                 2
Jan 12 +Notts County             3 -Grimsby Town             0
Jan 12 -Southport                0  Blackburn Rovers         2
Jan 16 ^Swansea Town             1 +West Ham United          0  played at Bristol City

        2nd Round
Jan 28  Aston Villa              1 ^Luton Town               0
Jan 28 +Barnsley                 3  Oldham Athletic          1
Jan 28  Bolton Wanderers         1  Manchester City          3
Jan 28 +Bradford Park Avenue     2  The Arsenal              3
Jan 28  Bradford City            1 +Notts County             1
Jan 28 ^Brighton & Hove Albion   0  Huddersfield Town        0
Jan 28 +Crystal Palace           0 ^Millwall Athletic        0
Jan 28 +Leicester City           2 +Fulham                   0
Jan 28  Liverpool                0  West Bromwich Albion     1
Jan 28 ^Northampton Town         2 +Stoke                    2
Jan 28 +Nottingham Forest        3 +Hull City                0
Jan 28  Preston North End        3  Newcastle United         1
Jan 28 ^Southampton              1  Cardiff City             1
Jan 28 ^Southend United          0 ^Swansea Town             1
Jan 28 ^Swindon Town             0  Blackburn Rovers         1
Jan 28  Tottenham Hotspur        1 ^Watford                  0

        Replays
Feb 01  Cardiff City             2 ^Southampton              0
Feb 01  Huddersfield Town        2 ^Brighton & Hove Albion   0
Feb 01 ^Millwall Athletic        2 +Crystal Palace           0
Feb 01 +Notts County             0  Bradford City            0
Feb 02 +Stoke                    3 ^Northampton Town         0
Feb 06  Bradford City            0 +Notts County             1  played at Sheffield U

        3rd Round
Feb 18  The Arsenal              3 +Leicester City           0
Feb 18 +Barnsley                 1  Preston North End        1
Feb 18  Blackburn Rovers         1  Huddersfield Town        1
Feb 18  Cardiff City             4 +Nottingham Forest        1
Feb 18 ^Millwall Athletic        4 ^Swansea Town             0
Feb 18 +Stoke                    0  Aston Villa              0
Feb 18  Tottenham Hotspur        2  Manchester City          1
Feb 18  West Bromwich Albion     1 +Notts County             1

        Replays
Feb 22  Aston Villa              4 +Stoke                    0
Feb 22  Huddersfield Town        5  Blackburn Rovers         0
Feb 22 +Notts County             2  West Bromwich Albion     0
Feb 23  Preston North End        3 +Barnsley                 0

        Quarter-finals
Mar 04  The Arsenal              1  Preston North End        1
Mar 04  Cardiff City             1  Tottenham Hotspur        1
Mar 04  Huddersfield Town        3 ^Millwall Athletic        0
Mar 04 +Notts County             2  Aston Villa              2

        Replays
Mar 08  Aston Villa              3 +Notts County             4
Mar 08  Preston North End        2  The Arsenal              1
Mar 09  Tottenham Hotspur        2  Cardiff City             1

        Semi-finals
Mar 25  Huddersfield Town        3 +Notts County             1  played at Burnley
Mar 25  Preston North End        2  Tottenham Hotspur        1  played at Sheffield W

        Final
Apr 29  Huddersfield Town     1-0  Preston North End         played at Chelsea
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Season 1922-23

FA Charity Shield 1922 Huddersfield Town 1 Liverpool 0

League Division 1
Season1922–23
ChampionsLiverpool (4th English title)
RelegatedStoke
Oldham Athletic
FA Cup winnersBolton Wanderers (1st FA Cup title)
Matches played462
Goals scored1,215 (2.63 per match)
Top goalscorerCharlie Buchan (Sunderland), 30 [3]
Biggest home winBurnley – Nottingham Forest 8–2 (4 Nov 1922)
Sheffield United – Birmingham 7–1 (17 Feb 1923)
Aston Villa – Stoke 6–0 (17 Feb 1923)
Biggest away winBlackburn Rovers – Arsenal 0–5 (1 Jan 1923)
Highest scoringBurnley – Nottingham Forest 8–2 (4 Nov 1922)
Ars Ast Bir Bla Bol Bur Car Che Eve Hud Liv MaC Mid New NoF Old PNE ShU Sto Sun Tot WBA Arsenal xxx 2-0 1-0 1-1 5-0 1-1 2-1 3-1 1-2 1-1 1-0 1-0 3-0 1-2 2-0 2-0 1-1 2-0 3-0 2-3 0-2 3-1 Aston Villa 1-1 xxx 3-0 2-0 2-0 3-1 1-3 1-0 3-0 2-1 0-1 2-0 2-2 1-1 4-0 3-0 1-0 0-1 6-0 1-0 2-0 2-0 Birmingham 3-2 1-0 xxx 1-1 2-0 1-0 0-0 0-1 1-1 0-0 0-1 0-1 2-0 0-2 2-0 2-3 1-0 4-2 2-0 1-2 2-1 0-2 Blackburn 0-5 4-2 1-1 xxx 1-0 2-1 3-1 0-0 5-1 0-0 1-0 0-0 2-0 1-1 2-0 1-0 1-1 1-0 1-5 0-0 1-0 5-1 Bolton 4-1 3-0 3-0 3-0 xxx 2-1 0-0 1-1 0-2 1-0 1-1 2-1 1-1 1-0 4-2 3-1 1-1 1-1 1-1 1-1 0-2 3-0 Burnley 4-1 1-1 0-2 3-1 2-1 xxx 1-5 1-0 0-1 0-2 2-0 2-0 3-0 0-0 8-2 1-1 2-0 1-4 3-2 2-0 0-1 3-0 Cardiff City 4-1 3-0 1-1 5-0 1-0 2-2 xxx 6-1 0-2 0-1 3-0 3-1 2-0 5-0 3-1 2-0 1-0 1-0 2-1 2-4 2-3 3-0 Chelsea 0-0 1-1 1-1 1-1 3-0 0-1 1-1 xxx 3-1 2-2 0-0 1-1 1-1 3-0 2-2 4-0 0-1 0-0 3-2 1-3 0-0 2-2 Everton 1-0 2-1 2-1 2-0 1-1 1-0 3-1 3-1 xxx 0-3 0-1 0-0 5-3 3-2 4-2 0-0 1-0 5-1 4-0 1-1 3-1 0-1 Huddersfield 4-0 3-5 4-0 0-2 0-2 2-0 1-0 3-0 1-0 xxx 0-0 0-0 0-2 2-0 2-1 3-0 2-0 2-1 1-0 0-1 1-0 4-1 Liverpool 5-2 3-0 0-0 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-1 1-0 5-1 1-1 xxx 2-0 2-0 0-2 2-1 2-1 5-2 2-1 1-0 5-1 0-0 2-0 Manchester City 0-0 1-1 0-1 2-1 2-0 1-0 5-1 3-0 2-1 3-1 1-0 xxx 2-1 0-0 1-1 3-2 2-1 3-3 2-1 1-0 3-0 1-1 Middlesbrough 2-0 2-2 2-1 1-2 1-2 4-1 0-1 2-1 2-4 2-2 0-2 5-0 xxx 1-1 4-0 2-1 1-1 3-2 3-1 2-0 2-0 0-1 Newcastle 1-1 0-0 0-0 5-1 1-0 0-2 3-1 0-0 2-0 1-0 0-1 3-1 1-1 xxx 1-0 1-0 3-1 3-0 1-0 2-1 1-1 2-0 Nottm Forest 2-1 3-1 1-1 1-0 1-1 1-0 3-2 0-4 2-1 0-1 1-3 2-0 2-1 0-1 xxx 1-0 3-0 1-0 0-1 1-0 0-1 0-4 Oldham Athletic 0-0 0-2 2-0 1-0 3-1 1-1 3-1 2-0 1-0 0-3 0-2 0-3 0-0 0-0 2-0 xxx 2-1 0-2 4-1 0-0 0-3 0-0 Preston NE 1-2 3-2 2-3 1-0 3-1 3-1 3-0 2-0 2-2 1-0 1-3 0-2 1-2 1-0 2-2 5-1 xxx 2-3 4-2 2-0 2-0 0-0 Sheffield Utd 2-1 1-1 7-1 1-1 2-2 2-1 0-0 0-2 0-1 0-2 4-1 2-0 4-1 2-0 0-0 2-2 2-2 xxx 2-0 3-1 2-0 3-1 Stoke City 1-0 1-1 0-0 1-1 2-0 0-1 3-1 1-2 4-1 2-2 0-0 1-1 0-0 1-0 0-1 2-2 4-2 4-0 xxx 1-2 0-0 0-2 Sunderland 3-3 2-0 5-3 4-3 5-1 3-1 2-1 1-1 3-1 1-1 1-0 2-0 2-1 2-0 0-0 2-0 2-2 3-5 2-0 xxx 2-0 3-2 Tottenham 1-2 1-2 2-0 2-0 0-1 1-3 1-1 3-1 2-0 0-0 2-4 3-1 2-0 0-1 2-1 3-0 1-1 2-1 3-1 0-1 xxx 3-1 West Bromwich 7-0 3-0 1-0 3-0 1-1 2-1 3-0 0-0 0-0 0-2 0-0 2-0 1-0 2-1 0-0 1-0 2-2 4-0 0-1 1-1 5-1 xxx

Final Table:
                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. LIVERPOOL                42  17  3  1  50  13   9  5  7  20  18   60
 2. Sunderland               42  15  5  1  50  25   7  5  9  22  29   54
 3. Huddersfield Town        42  14  2  5  35  15   7  9  5  25  17   53
 4. Newcastle United         42  13  6  2  31  11   5  6 10  14  26   48
 5. Everton                  42  14  4  3  41  20   6  3 12  22  39   47
 6. Aston Villa              42  15  3  3  42  11   3  7 11  22  40   46
 7. West Bromwich Albion     42  12  7  2  38  10   5  4 12  20  39   45
 8. Manchester City          42  14  6  1  38  16   3  5 13  12  33   45
 9. Cardiff City             42  15  2  4  51  18   3  5 13  22  41   43
10. Sheffield United         42  11  7  3  41  20   5  3 13  27  44   42
11. Arsenal                  42  13  4  4  38  16   3  6 12  23  46   42
12. Tottenham Hotspur        42  11  3  7  34  22   6  4 11  16  28   41
13. Bolton Wanderers         42  11  8  2  36  17   3  4 14  14  41   40
14. Blackburn Rovers         42  12  7  2  32  19   2  5 14  15  43   40
15. Burnley                  42  12  3  6  39  24   4  3 14  19  35   38
16. Preston North End        42  12  3  6  41  26   1  8 12  19  38   37
17. Birmingham City          42  10  4  7  25  19   3  7 11  16  38   37
18. Middlesbrough            42  11  4  6  41  25   2  6 13  16  38   36
19. Chelsea                  42   5 13  3  29  20   4  5 12  16  33   36
20. Nottingham Forest        42  12  2  7  25  23   1  6 14  16  47   34
21. STOKE CITY               42   7  9  5  28  19   3  1 17  19  48   30
22. OLDHAM ATHLETIC          42   9  6  6  21  20   1  4 16  14  45   30

League Division 2
Season1922–23
ChampionsNotts County (3rd title)
RelegatedRotherham County
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Matches played462
Goals scored1,055 (2.28 per match)
Top goalscorerHarry Bedford (Blackpool), 32 [3]
Biggest home winLeicester City – Wolverhampton Wanderers 7–0 (10 Mar 1923)
Biggest away winLeicester City – West Ham United 0–6 (15 Feb 1923)
Highest scoringStockport County – Leicester City 4–5 (26 Apr 1923)
Home \ Away	BAR	BLP	BRA	Bury	CLA	COV	CRY	DER	FUL	HUL	LEE	LEI	MUN	NTC	PTV	ROT	SOU	SSH	STP	WED	WHU	WOL
Barnsley		2–2	3–1	2–1	2–1	6–2	1–2	5–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	2–2	1–0	0–1	2–2	3–0	5–0	1–1	2–4	2–0	1–0
Blackpool	0–1		3–0	5–1	0–0	0–1	4–0	3–2	3–0	0–0	1–0	1–2	1–0	1–1	0–2	1–0	1–2	3–0	0–0	3–0	4–1	3–1
Bradford City	2–0	0–2		4–0	1–2	4–0	1–1	0–0	2–1	2–1	0–2	2–2	1–1	1–2	2–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	0–1	1–1
Bury    	2–1	3–0	1–0		5–1	1–1	2–1	4–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	2–2	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	4–0	2–5	3–0
Clapton Orient	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–2		0–0	3–1	0–0	0–2	2–0	3–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	5–1	1–0	0–0	0–2	2–2	0–2	4–1
Coventry City	3–0	1–2	2–1	3–0	2–1		2–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–2	1–1	2–0	1–2	1–2	2–1	2–0	0–2	1–0	1–1	1–3	7–1
Crystal Palace	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–0		2–2	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	2–3	0–1	2–0	4–0	1–0	1–1	3–0	2–0	1–5	5–0
Derby County	0–1	1–0	0–2	1–0	0–0	4–0	6–0		2–0	0–2	0–1	2–0	1–1	0–0	1–2	1–0	0–2	1–0	1–2	1–1	2–1	1–1
Fulham  	0–1	1–1	0–0	3–0	0–0	4–0	2–1	3–1		0–0	3–0	2–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	0–1	3–0	1–0	0–2	2–0
Hull City	2–1	0–0	0–0	2–2	2–1	1–1	1–1	4–2	1–0		3–1	1–3	2–1	0–2	3–0	2–3	1–3	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–0
Leeds United	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	4–1	1–0	1–1	2–2		0–0	0–1	3–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	0–0	3–1	1–0
Leicester City	2–2	1–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–1	3–0	0–1	1–1	0–1	2–1		0–1	2–1	3–0	3–0	2–1	3–0	2–0	3–1	0–6	7–0
Manchester Unite1–0	2–1	1–1	0–1	0–0	2–1	2–1	0–0	1–1	3–2	0–0	0–2		1–1	1–2	3–0	1–2	3–0	1–0	1–0	1–2	1–0
Notts County	1–0	2–0	0–0	1–0	3–1	2–0	0–4	1–2	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–6		1–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	4–1
Port Vale	1–1	2–0	1–2	2–0	3–1	0–1	2–0	2–3	0–1	1–0	1–2	0–0	1–0	0–0		0–0	0–0	3–0	0–2	2–2	1–3	1–0
Rotherham County1–1	1–0	0–2	0–0	0–0	2–0	4–1	3–0	1–3	0–1	3–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	3–1		0–0	2–1	2–1	1–2	2–2	3–2
Southampton	2–2	1–1	2–0	0–3	2–0	3–0	0–2	0–4	2–0	2–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	3–1	4–2		0–2	1–0	1–1	2–0	3–0
South Shields	2–0	1–0	0–0	0–2	3–0	0–0	2–0	3–1	2–0	0–0	0–2	2–1	0–3	1–0	3–1	2–0	0–0		3–0	1–1	0–0	1–1
Stockport County3–1	2–2	1–0	1–0	0–2	5–1	2–2	2–1	0–2	1–1	2–1	4–5	1–0	0–0	0–2	1–0	3–0	1–1		0–1	2–1	1–1
The Wednesday	2–3	2–3	2–2	2–0	4–1	3–0	3–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	3–1	2–1	1–0	0–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	4–1		0–2	1–0
West Ham United	0–0	2–0	1–2	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	3–0	0–0	2–2	0–2	0–1	0–0	4–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	2–1		1–0
Wolverhampton Wa3–3	3–4	4–1	1–1	1–3	1–2	1–0	0–1	0–0	3–0	0–1	1–2	0–1	1–0	3–0	3–2	0–0	1–0	3–1	2–0	1–4	

                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. NOTTS COUNTY             42  16  1  4  29  15   7  6  8  17  19   53
 2. WEST HAM UNITED          42   9  8  4  21  11  11  3  7  42  27   51
 3. Leicester City           42  14  2  5  42  19   7  7  7  23  25   51
 4. Manchester United        42  10  6  5  25  17   7  8  6  26  19   48
 5. Blackpool                42  12  4  5  37  14   6  7  8  23  29   47
 6. Bury                     42  14  5  2  41  16   4  6 11  14  30   47
 7. Leeds United             42  11  8  2  26  10   7  3 11  17  26   47
 8. Sheffield Wednesday      42  14  3  4  36  16   3  9  9  18  31   46
 9. Barnsley                 42  12  4  5  42  21   5  7  9  20  30   45
10. Fulham                   42  10  7  4  29  12   6  5 10  14  20   44
11. Southampton              42  10  5  6  28  21   4  9  8  12  19   42
12. Hull City                42   9  8  4  29  22   5  6 10  14  23   42
13. South Shields            42  11  7  3  26  12   4  3 14   9  32   40
14. Derby County             42   9  5  7  25  16   5  6 10  21  34   39
15. Bradford City            42   8  7  6  27  18   4  6 11  14  27   37
16. Crystal Palace           42  10  7  4  33  16   3  4 14  21  46   37
17. Port Vale                42   8  6  7  23  18   6  3 12  16  33   37
18. Coventry City            42  12  2  7  35  21   3  5 13  11  42   37
19. Leyton Orient            42   9  6  6  26  17   3  6 12  14  33   36
20. Stockport County         42  10  6  5  32  24   4  2 15  11  34   36
21. ROTHERHAM UNITED         42  10  7  4  30  19   3  2 16  14  44   35
22. WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS  42   9  4  8  32  26   0  5 16  10  51   27

League Division 3 (North)
Season1922–23
ChampionsNelson (1st title)
Failed re-electionNone
Matches played380
Goals scored1,019 (2.68 per match)
Top goalscorerGeorge Beel (Chesterfield), 23;
Jimmy Carmichael (Grimsby Town), 23 [3]
Home \ Away	ACC	ASH	BRW	BPA	CHF	CRE	DAR	DUR	GRI	HAL	HAR	LIN	NEL	ROC	SOU	STL	TRA	WAL	WIG	WRE
Accrington Stanley	4–1	3–4	4–3	0–4	0–0	2–1	3–1	4–0	4–1	2–1	1–0	0–1	2–1	3–1	1–0	4–1	2–1	0–0	1–0
Ashington	2–5		2–6	2–1	2–0	2–4	3–1	0–0	2–1	3–2	4–2	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–3	3–1	3–0	2–1	1–1
Barrow    	5–2	3–0		1–2	3–1	2–0	0–1	2–1	2–0	0–1	0–0	1–3	1–0	4–1	2–0	0–1	2–1	0–0	2–3	1–0
Bradford Park Av5–1	3–0	3–0		1–0	3–0	2–1	4–1	2–1	2–2	1–1	4–1	6–2	3–0	5–1	1–0	3–0	2–2	1–1	0–1
Chesterfield	3–1	2–2	2–1	2–2		2–1	0–0	3–1	3–2	3–0	1–1	3–3	1–2	4–0	3–0	1–0	5–0	6–0	3–1	2–1
Crewe Alexandra	1–1	3–1	1–0	0–1	2–0		3–0	4–0	3–0	2–1	2–1	3–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	4–1	2–0	0–0	0–1	0–0
Darlington	4–0	1–1	3–2	2–0	4–1	5–0		1–0	1–3	0–1	4–0	0–0	2–3	1–1	2–1	1–0	4–0	2–0	2–0	4–1
Durham City	4–1	1–1	4–1	0–0	1–1	2–0	0–0		0–3	2–2	3–2	7–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–2	2–2	2–0
Grimsby Town	7–1	7–4	2–0	0–1	3–1	2–3	0–1	1–0		0–1	1–0	1–0	0–2	1–1	2–1	3–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	4–0
Halifax Town	0–0	0–0	3–0	3–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	1–3	1–0		3–0	3–1	2–2	1–0	0–1	2–1	3–1	1–2	0–1	1–1
Hartlepools Unit0–0	3–1	2–0	0–1	5–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	3–2		2–0	5–1	0–2	1–1	4–0	0–1	2–2	0–0	1–1
Lincoln City	0–0	2–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	3–1	1–2	0–0	2–1		1–0	0–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–2	2–1	2–0
Nelson   	2–1	1–3	2–1	1–0	4–0	0–0	3–0	4–0	1–1	2–0	4–1	2–1		1–2	2–0	1–0	1–0	3–0	1–0	2–0
Rochdale	1–1	2–0	3–1	0–3	0–2	1–1	2–2	2–0	0–1	0–1	4–0	1–1	0–3		3–2	2–0	0–0	0–2	3–2	5–0
Southport	1–2	1–0	2–0	0–0	0–2	2–0	2–1	1–0	3–1	1–3	1–0	3–0	0–1	0–1		0–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	1–0
Stalybridge Celtic	1–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	1–2	0–1	4–2	1–0	3–2	4–3	1–1	0–1	2–0	0–0	1–0		4–1	2–0	0–2	3–2
Tranmere Rovers	4–1	1–0	3–0	0–0	2–3	1–2	2–2	5–1	3–2	2–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–1		2–3	4–2	4–0
Walsall       	0–2	2–1	3–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	2–2	2–0	1–0	2–1	2–2	2–0	5–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	2–1		3–1	1–0
Wigan Borough	2–0	6–1	2–1	3–2	1–0	1–1	3–0	0–2	1–0	0–1	2–0	9–1	3–1	6–0	1–0	3–0	0–0	1–0		1–1
Wrexham       	2–0	0–0	0–0	3–0	3–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	2–0	0–2	2–1	3–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	

                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. NELSON                   38  15  2  2  37  10   9  1  9  24  31   51
 2. Bradford Park Avenue     38  14  4  1  51  15   5  5  9  16  23   47
 3. Walsall                  38  13  4  2  32  14   6  4  9  19  30   46
 4. Chesterfield             38  13  5  1  49  18   6  2 11  19  34   45
 5. Wigan Borough            38  14  3  2  45  11   4  5 10  19  28   44
 6. Crewe Alexandra          38  13  3  3  32   9   4  6  9  16  29   43
 7. Halifax Town             38  11  4  4  29  14   6  3 10  24  32   41
 8. Accrington Stanley       38  14  2  3  40  21   3  5 11  19  44   41
 9. Darlington               38  13  3  3  43  14   2  7 10  16  32   40
10. Wrexham                  38  13  5  1  29  12   1  5 13   9  36   38
11. STALYBRIDGE CELTIC       38  13  2  4  32  18   2  4 13  10  29   36
12. Rochdale                 38   8  5  6  29  22   5  5  9  13  31   36
13. Lincoln City             38   9  7  3  21  11   4  3 12  18  44   36
14. Grimsby Town             38  10  3  6  35  18   4  2 13  20  34   33
15. Hartlepool United        38  10  6  3  34  14   0  6 13  14  40   32
16. Tranmere Rovers          38  11  4  4  41  21   1  4 14   8  38   32
17. Southport                38  11  3  5  21  12   1  4 14  11  34   31
18. Barrow                   38  11  2  6  31  17   2  2 15  19  43   30
19. Ashington                38  10  3  6  34  33   1  5 13  17  44   30
20. Durham City              38   7  9  3  31  19   2  1 16  12  40   28

League Division 3 (South)
Season1922–23
ChampionsBristol City (1st title)
Failed re-electionNone
Matches played462
Goals scored1,141 (2.47 per match)
Top goalscorerFred Pagnam (Watford), 30 [3][5]
Home \ Away	ADE	BRE	B&HA	BRI	BRR	CHA	EXE	GIL	LUT	MER	MIL	NPC	NOR	NWC	PLY	POR	QPR	REA	STD	SWA	SWI	WAT
Aberdare Athletic	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	3–1	3–1	2–0	2–1	0–0	0–1	6–2	0–2	0–3	2–2	0–2	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	3–3	3–1
Brentford	0–1		1–2	4–0	0–1	0–3	0–1	2–0	3–2	3–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	1–4	2–0	1–0	1–3	1–1	0–0	0–1	3–0	2–1
Brighton & Hove 3–1	2–1		2–1	2–1	1–0	3–0	3–0	0–1	0–0	2–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	7–1	2–0	3–1	0–1	1–3	1–1	3–0
Bristol City	0–0	1–1	3–1		0–1	3–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	3–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	4–0	2–0	2–1	3–2	2–1	5–0	1–0	3–1	3–1
Bristol Rovers	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–2		1–1	3–3	1–0	1–1	3–0	0–0	3–1	0–0	3–2	0–1	0–1	1–3	1–1	2–0	0–0	2–0	1–2
Charlton Athleti1–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–0		0–0	3–1	2–1	0–1	0–2	6–0	2–0	3–0	1–0	0–2	1–1	1–0	5–1	3–1	3–1	0–0
Exeter City	1–0	0–2	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0		0–1	1–2	2–1	2–1	4–0	1–2	2–0	0–0	2–3	1–2	4–0	2–1	1–0	2–1	1–2
Gillingham	4–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	0–1	2–2	2–1		1–0	2–0	3–0	3–0	0–3	5–0	1–0	4–2	0–1	2–1	1–0	2–2	0–0	1–4
Luton Town	4–1	4–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–2	6–0	2–0		2–1	2–2	1–0	2–1	4–0	2–1	0–2	1–0	1–2	2–0	6–1	3–2	0–1
Merthyr Town	0–2	1–0	2–0	0–1	1–1	3–0	3–1	1–0	0–1		1–1	1–0	3–0	0–1	0–1	3–0	0–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	2–3
Millwall	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	3–0	3–1	0–0	1–0		0–0	2–0	3–0	0–0	1–3	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	5–1
Newport County	0–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	4–1	4–0	6–2	2–1	0–3	1–1	0–0		1–1	1–3	1–0	0–0	1–0	3–0	0–2	1–2	2–2	0–1
Northampton Town3–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	3–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	2–1		1–1	1–0	3–0	4–2	5–0	5–2	1–3	1–2	1–1
Norwich City	1–4	0–2	1–0	2–2	0–0	2–3	6–0	1–1	1–2	1–1	3–2	1–1	1–0		1–0	0–2	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–4	0–0	2–0
Plymouth Argyle	2–0	3–0	2–2	5–1	3–0	2–0	5–1	2–0	4–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1		2–0	2–0	3–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–0
Portsmouth	1–0	3–0	1–2	1–2	0–0	3–0	3–4	6–1	1–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–0	2–1	1–2		1–1	1–0	0–0	0–3	4–1	1–0
Queens Park Rang4–1	1–1	0–0	1–2	3–1	1–2	2–0	2–1	4–0	1–1	2–3	1–1	3–2	2–0	2–3	0–1		1–0	1–0	2–1	0–2	1–2
Reading  	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	2–1	1–3	1–1	3–0	1–0	1–2	2–0	0–0	4–1	0–1	0–0	0–0		1–1	4–4	1–0	1–0
Southend United	4–0	1–2	0–0	0–3	0–0	0–0	5–0	1–1	1–3	1–1	4–0	3–1	1–2	3–1	2–1	0–0	2–0	3–1		0–1	2–0	2–1
Swansea Town	5–1	0–0	0–0	4–1	0–1	3–2	5–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	5–1	4–0	3–1	1–1	2–1	3–0	2–2	1–0		5–0	0–0
Swindon Town	5–4	3–0	3–0	0–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	0–1	1–1	4–0	0–0	2–2	2–0	1–2	2–1	3–0	1–0	3–1	3–0	2–1		1–1
Watford        	6–0	2–0	1–2	1–1	0–1	2–2	4–0	5–2	2–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	2–3	0–3	1–0	1–1	2–1	0–3	

                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. BRISTOL CITY             42  16  4  1  43  13   8  7  6  23  27   59
 2. Plymouth Argyle          42  18  3  0  47   6   5  4 12  14  23   53
 3. Swansea City             42  13  6  2  46  14   9  3  9  32  31   53
 4. Brighton & Hove Albion   42  15  3  3  39  13   5  8  8  13  21   51
 5. Luton Town               42  14  4  3  47  18   7  3 11  21  31   49
 6. Millwall                 42   9 10  2  27  13   5  8  8  18  27   46
 7. Portsmouth               42  10  5  6  34  20   9  3  9  24  32   46
 8. Northampton              42  13  6  2  40  17   4  5 12  14  27   45
 9. Swindon Town             42  14  4  3  41  17   3  7 11  21  39   45
10. Watford                  42  10  6  5  35  23   7  4 10  22  31   44
11. Queen's Park Rangers     42  10  4  7  34  24   6  6  9  20  25   42
12. Charlton Athletic        42  11  6  4  33  14   3  8 10  22  37   42
13. Bristol Rovers           42   7  9  5  25  19   6  7  8  10  17   42
14. Brentford                42   9  4  8  27  23   4  8  9  14  28   38
15. Southend United          42  10  6  5  35  18   2  7 12  14  36   37
16. Gillingham               42  13  4  4  38  18   2  3 16  13  41   37
17. Merthyr Town             42  10  4  7  27  17   1 10 10  12  31   36
18. Norwich City             42   8  7  6  29  26   5  3 13  22  45   36
19. Reading                  42   9  8  4  24  15   1  6 14  12  40   34
20. Exeter City              42  10  4  7  27  18   3  3 15  20  66   33
21. Aberdare Athletic        42   6  8  7  25  23   3  3 15  17  47   29
22. Newport County           42   8  6  7  28  21   0  5 16  12  49   27
FINAL TABLE SOUTHERN LEAGUE (ENGLISH SECTION) '22-'23

 1. Bristol City II            38-53  (84-39)  24  5  9  Champions/west
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 2. Boscombe                   38-51  (67-34)  22  7  9  FL3s/namechange 
 3. Portsmouth II              38-49  (93-51)  23  3 12          
 4. Bristol Rovers II          38-48  (59-41)  20  8 10  west    
 5. Plymouth Argyle II         38-47  (74-41)  20  7 11  west    
 6. Torquay United             38-44  (63-38)  18  8 12  west    
 7. Brighton & Hove Albion II  38-43  (95-60)  20  3 15          
 8. Luton Town II              38-43  (67-56)  16 11 11          
 9. Southend United II         38-42  (69-68)  18  6 14  left  
10. Southampton II             38-41  (65-54)  18  5 15          
11. Millwall Athletic II       38-40  (61-55)  15 10 13          
12. Coventry City II           38-38  (56-61)  15  8 15          
13. Guildford United           38-37  (65-59)  15  7 16          
14. Swindon Town II            38-32  (54-73)  13  6 19  west    
15. Bath City                  38-28  (44-71)  10  8 20  west    
16. Watford II                 38-28  (34-79)  11  6 21          
17. Yeovil & Petters           38-26  (56-104) 10  6 22  west    
18. Norwich City II            38-25  (42-68)   9  7 22          
19. Exeter City II             38-25  (43-81)  10  5 23  west    
20. Reading II                 38-20  (37-95)   7  6 25          

The english section will be called eastern section in 22-23.                

Champions (English): Bristol City II                              
New: Peterborough & Fletton, Folkestone, Bournemouth II,       
     Leicester City II, Northampton Town II and Kettering       

1228 goals = 3.232 goals/m.


FINAL TABLE SOUTHERN LEAGUE (WELSH SECTION) '22-'23

 1. Ebbw Vale                  12-17  (22-15)   6  5  1  Champions    
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 2. Aberaman Athletic          12-16  (30-19)   7  2  3          
 3. Swansea Town II            12-14  (25-14)   6  2  4          
 4. Pontypridd                 12-14  (18-18)   6  2  4          
 5. Barry                      12-11  (15-11)   4  3  5          
 6. Bridgend Town              12-10  (15-21)   4  2  6          
 7. Porth Athletic             12- 2  ( 8-35)   0  2 10  left  
 8. Abertillery                 0- 0  ( 0- 0)   0  0  0  left  
 9. Caerphilly                  0- 0  ( 0- 0)   0  0  0  left  
10. Mardy                       0- 0  ( 0- 0)   0  0  0  left  
11. Ton Pentre                  0- 0  ( 0- 0)   0  0  0  left  

In january 1923, Abertillery, Caerphilly, Mardy and Ton Pentre 
resigned because of financial problems. All their results were
declared void.                       
                                                                 
The welsh section will be called western section in 22-23.                  

Champions (Welsh): Ebbw Vale                                      
>From English: Bristol City II, Bristol Rovers II, Bath City,      
              Exeter City II, Torquay United, Swindon Town II,    
              Plymouth Argyle II and Yeovil & Petters              
New elected: Cardiff City II, Weymouth, Newport County II   
             and Llanelly                                    

133 goals = 3.167 goals/m.

England FA Challenge Cup 1922-1923

Country England
 Wales
Defending championsHuddersfield Town
ChampionsBolton Wanderers
(1st title)
Runners-upWest Ham United

        1st Round
Jan 13 ^Aberdare Athletic        1  Preston North End        3
Jan 13  Aston Villa              0  Blackburn Rovers         1
Jan 13 *Blyth                    0  Stoke                    3
Jan 13 +Bradford City            1 +Manchester United        1  
Jan 13 ^Brighton & Hove Albion   1 *Corinthians              1
Jan 13 ^Bristol City             5 -Wrexham                  1
Jan 13 +Bury                     2 ^Luton Town               1
Jan 13  Cardiff City             1 ^Watford                  1
Jan 13  Chelsea                  1 +Rotherham County         0
Jan 13 +Clapton Orient           0 ^Millwall Athletic        2
Jan 13 +Derby County             2 +Blackpool                0
Jan 13  Everton                  1 -Bradford Park Avenue     1
Jan 13  Huddersfield Town        2  Birmingham               1
Jan 13 +Hull City                2 +West Ham United          3
Jan 13 +Leicester City           4 +Fulham                   0
Jan 13  Liverpool                0  The Arsenal              0
Jan 13  Manchester City          1 ^Charlton Athletic        2  
Jan 13 ^Merthyr Town             0 +Wolverhampton Wanderers  1
Jan 13  Newcastle United         0 +Southampton              0
Jan 13 ^Norwich City             0  Bolton Wanderers         2
Jan 13  Nottingham Forest        0  Sheffield United         0
Jan 13  Oldham Athletic          0  Middlesbrough            1
Jan 13 ^Plymouth Argyle          0 +Notts County             0
Jan 13 ^Portsmouth               0 +Leeds United             0
Jan 13 ^Queen's Park Rangers     1 +Crystal Palace           0
Jan 13 +The Wednesday            3 *New Brighton             0
Jan 13 +South Shields            3 -Halifax Town             1
Jan 13  Sunderland               3  Burnley                  1
Jan 13 ^Swindon Town             0 +Barnsley                 0
Jan 13  Tottenham Hotspur        0 *Worksop                  0
Jan 13 -Wigan Borough            4 *Bath City                1
Jan 13  West Bromwich Albion     0 -Stalybridge Celtic       0

        Replays
Jan 15  Worksop                  0  Tottenham Hotspur        9   played at Tottenham Hotspur
Jan 17  The Arsenal              1  Liverpool                4
Jan 17 -Bradford Park Avenue     1  Everton                  0
Jan 17 *Corinthians              1 ^Brighton & Hove Albion   1   played at Crystal Palace
Jan 17 +Leeds United             3 ^Portsmouth               1
Jan 17 +Manchester United        2 +Bradford City            0
Jan 17 +Notts County             0 ^Plymouth Argyle          1
Jan 17 +Southampton              3  Newcastle United         1
Jan 17 -Stalybridge Celtic       0  West Bromwich Albion     2
Jan 17 ^Watford                  2  Cardiff City             2
Jan 18 +Barnsley                 2 ^Swindon Town Town        0
Jan 18  Sheffield United         0  Nottingham Forest        0
Jan 22 ^Brighton & Hove Albion   1 *Corinthians              0  played at Chelsea
Jan 22  Cardiff City             2 ^Watford                  1  played at Aston Villa
Jan 22  Nottingham Forest        1  Sheffield United         1  played at Notts County
Jan 25  Sheffield United         1  Nottingham Forest        0  played at The Wednesday

        2nd Round
Feb 03  Bolton Wanderers         3 +Leeds United             1
Feb 03 ^Brighton & Hove Albion   1 +West Ham United          1
Feb 03 ^Bristol City             0 +Derby County             3
Feb 03 +Bury                     3  Stoke                    1
Feb 03 ^Charlton Athletic        2  Preston North End        0
Feb 03  Chelsea                  0 +Southampton              0
Feb 03 +Leicester City           0  Cardiff City             1
Feb 03  Middlesbrough            1  Sheffield United         1
Feb 03 ^Millwall Athletic        0  Huddersfield Town        0
Feb 03 ^Plymouth Argyle          4 -Bradford Park Avenue     1
Feb 03 +The Wednesday            2 +Barnsley                 1
Feb 03 +South Shields            0  Blackburn Rovers         0
Feb 03  Tottenham Hotspur        4 +Manchester United        0
Feb 03  West Bromwich Albion     2  Sunderland               1
Feb 03 -Wigan Borough            2 ^Queen's Park Rangers     4
Feb 03 +Wolverhampton Wanderers  0  Liverpool                2

        Replays
Feb 07  Huddersfield Town        3 ^Millwall Athletic        0
Feb 07 +Southampton              1  Chelsea                  0
Feb 07 +West Ham United          1 ^Brighton & Hove Albion   0
Feb 08  Blackburn Rovers         0 +South Shields            1
Feb 08  Sheffield United         3  Middlesbrough            0

        3rd Round
Feb 24 +Bury                     0 +Southampton              0
Feb 24  Cardiff City             2  Tottenham Hotspur        3
Feb 24 ^Charlton Athletic        1  West Bromwich Albion     0
Feb 24 +Derby County             1 +The Wednesday            0
Feb 24  Huddersfield Town        1  Bolton Wanderers         1
Feb 24  Liverpool                1  Sheffield United         2
Feb 24 ^Queen's Park Rangers     3 +South Shields            0
Feb 24 +West Ham United          2 ^Plymouth Argyle          0

        Replays
Feb 28  Bolton Wanderers         1  Huddersfield Town        0
Feb 28 +Southampton              1 +Bury                     0

        Quarter-finals
Mar 10 ^Charlton Athletic        0  Bolton Wanderers         1
Mar 10 ^Queen's Park Rangers     0  Sheffield United         1
Mar 10 +Southampton              1 +West Ham United          1
Mar 10  Tottenham Hotspur        0 +Derby County             1

        Replays
Mar 14 +West Ham United          1 +Southampton              1
Mar 19 +West Ham United          1 +Southampton              0  played at Aston Villa

        Semi-finals
Mar 24  Bolton Wanderers         1  Sheffield United         0  played at Manchester United
Mar 24 +West Ham United          5 +Derby County             2  played at Chelsea

        Final
Apr 28  Bolton Wanderers      2-0 +West Ham United           played at Wembley
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Season 1923-24

FA Charity Shield 1923 Professionals 2 Amateurs 0

League Division 1
Season1923–24
ChampionsHuddersfield Town (1st English title)
RelegatedChelsea
Middlesbrough
FA Cup winnersNewcastle United (2nd FA Cup title)
Matches played462
Goals scored1,143 (2.47 per match)
Top goalscorerWilf Chadwick (Everton), 28 [3]
Biggest home winBolton Wanderers – Notts County 7–1 (15 Dec 1923)
Biggest away winChelsea – Notts County 0–6 (9 Feb 1924)
Highest scoringBolton Wanderers – Notts County 7–1 (15 Dec 1923)
LiverpoolBirmingham 6–2 (29 Apr 1924)
Sheffield United – Tottenham Hotspur 6–2 (8 Mar 1924)
Ars Ast Bir Bla Bol Bur Car Che Eve Hud Liv MaC Mid New NoF NoC PNE ShU Sun Tot WBA WHU Arsenal xxx 0-1 0-0 2-2 0-0 2-0 1-2 1-0 0-1 1-3 3-1 1-2 2-1 1-4 1-0 0-0 1-2 1-3 2-0 1-1 1-0 4-1 Aston Villa 2-1 xxx 0-0 1-0 1-0 1-1 2-1 0-0 1-1 3-1 0-0 2-0 0-0 6-1 2-0 0-0 5-1 2-2 0-1 0-0 4-0 1-1 Birmingham 0-2 3-0 xxx 1-1 0-3 2-1 0-0 1-0 0-1 0-1 2-1 3-0 2-1 4-1 0-2 0-0 2-0 0-1 0-2 3-2 0-0 2-0 Blackburn R 2-0 3-1 4-1 xxx 3-1 1-1 2-1 3-0 2-0 1-0 0-0 0-1 2-0 2-1 1-1 4-1 2-0 1-1 3-2 0-1 4-0 0-0 Bolton 1-2 1-0 1-1 3-0 xxx 0-0 2-2 4-0 2-0 3-1 4-1 0-0 2-0 0-1 4-0 7-1 0-0 4-2 1-0 3-1 2-0 1-1 Burnley 4-1 1-2 1-2 1-2 1-0 xxx 1-2 2-0 2-2 1-1 2-0 3-2 0-0 3-2 2-4 1-1 1-0 2-0 0-3 2-2 4-0 5-1 Cardiff C 4-0 0-2 2-0 2-0 3-2 2-0 xxx 1-1 0-0 0-0 2-0 1-1 1-0 1-0 4-1 0-2 1-1 3-1 2-1 2-1 3-0 1-0 Chelsea 0-0 0-0 1-1 2-0 0-0 3-2 1-2 xxx 1-1 0-1 2-1 3-1 2-0 1-0 1-1 0-6 1-2 1-1 4-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 Everton 3-1 2-0 2-0 0-0 2-2 3-3 0-0 2-0 xxx 1-1 1-0 6-1 1-0 2-2 2-1 3-0 1-1 2-0 2-3 4-2 2-0 2-1 Huddersfield 6-1 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 2-0 0-1 2-0 xxx 3-1 1-1 1-0 1-1 3-0 0-0 4-0 1-0 3-2 2-1 0-0 1-1 Liverpool 0-0 0-1 6-2 0-0 3-1 1-0 0-2 3-1 1-2 1-1 xxx 0-0 3-1 0-1 4-2 1-0 3-1 2-3 4-2 1-0 0-0 2-0 Manchester City 1-0 1-2 1-0 3-1 1-1 2-2 1-1 1-0 2-1 1-1 0-1 xxx 3-2 1-1 1-3 1-0 2-2 2-1 4-1 1-0 3-3 2-1 Middlesbrough 0-0 0-2 0-1 2-0 1-2 3-0 0-1 2-0 1-1 2-0 1-1 1-1 xxx 1-0 5-2 2-3 1-2 0-1 1-3 0-1 0-1 0-1 Newcastle Utd 1-0 4-1 2-1 2-1 1-0 2-0 1-1 2-1 3-1 0-1 2-1 4-1 3-2 xxx 4-0 1-2 3-1 2-2 0-2 2-2 1-1 0-0 Nottm Forest 2-1 0-0 1-1 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-1 2-0 1-0 1-1 0-1 1-2 3-1 0-0 xxx 1-0 1-1 1-2 1-2 0-0 1-1 2-1 Notts County 1-2 0-1 1-1 3-0 1-1 2-1 1-0 0-0 1-1 1-0 1-2 2-0 1-0 1-0 2-1 xxx 0-0 0-2 1-2 0-0 1-0 1-1 Preston NE 0-2 2-2 1-0 0-1 0-2 5-0 3-1 1-1 0-1 1-3 0-1 4-1 4-0 1-2 3-1 2-1 xxx 1-1 1-2 2-2 1-2 2-1 Sheffield Utd 3-1 2-1 0-2 4-0 0-0 2-1 1-1 1-0 4-0 0-1 1-1 3-0 0-1 2-1 0-0 3-1 4-0 xxx 1-1 6-2 2-0 0-2 Sunderland 1-1 2-0 1-1 5-1 2-2 0-1 0-3 2-0 3-0 2-1 0-0 5-2 3-2 3-2 1-0 1-1 2-1 2-2 xxx 1-0 2-0 0-0 Tottenham 3-0 2-3 1-1 2-1 0-0 1-0 1-1 0-1 2-5 1-0 1-1 4-1 2-1 2-0 3-0 1-3 2-0 1-2 1-1 xxx 0-0 0-1 West Bromwich 4-0 1-0 0-0 3-3 0-5 0-3 2-4 2-2 5-0 2-4 2-0 2-1 1-1 0-0 3-2 5-0 1-2 3-1 3-1 4-1 xxx 0-0 West Ham Utd 1-0 1-0 4-1 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 2-0 2-1 2-3 1-0 1-2 1-1 1-0 3-2 1-1 3-1 2-2 0-1 0-0 1-0 xxx

Final Table:
                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. HUDDERSFIELD TOWN        42  15  5  1  35   9   8  6  7  25  24   57
 2. Cardiff City             42  14  5  2  35  13   8  8  5  26  21   57
 3. Sunderland               42  12  7  2  38  20  10  2  9  33  34   53
 4. Bolton Wanderers         42  13  6  2  45  13   5  8  8  23  21   50
 5. Sheffield United         42  12  5  4  39  16   7  7  7  30  33   50
 6. Aston Villa              42  10 10  1  33  11   8  3 10  19  26   49
 7. Everton                  42  13  7  1  43  18   5  6 10  19  35   49
 8. Blackburn Rovers         42  14  5  2  40  13   3  6 12  14  37   45
 9. Newcastle United         42  13  5  3  40  21   4  5 12  20  33   44
10. Notts County             42   9  7  5  21  15   5  7  9  23  34   42
11. Manchester City          42  11  7  3  34  24   4  5 12  20  47   42
12. Liverpool                42  11  5  5  35  20   4  6 11  14  28   41
13. West Ham United          42  10  6  5  26  17   3  9  9  14  26   41
14. Birmingham City          42  10  4  7  25  19   3  9  9  16  30   39
15. Tottenham Hotspur        42   9  6  6  30  22   3  8 10  20  34   38
16. West Bromwich Albion     42  10  6  5  43  30   2  8 11   8  32   38
17. Burnley                  42  10  5  6  39  27   2  7 12  16  33   36
18. Preston North End        42   8  4  9  34  27   4  6 11  18  40   34
19. Arsenal                  42   8  5  8  25  24   4  4 13  15  39   33
20. Nottingham Forest        42   7  9  5  19  15   3  3 15  23  49   32
21. CHELSEA                  42   7  9  5  23  21   2  5 14   8  32   32
22. MIDDLESBROUGH            42   6  4 11  23  23   1  4 16  14  37   22

League Division 2
Second Division
Season1923–24
ChampionsLeeds United (1st title)
RelegatedBristol City
Nelson
Matches played462
Goals scored1,125 (2.44 per match)
Top goalscorerHarry Bedford (Blackpool), 34 [3]
Biggest home winBlackpool – Port Vale 6–1 (22 Mar 1923)
Biggest away winBristol City – Derby County 0–8 (29 Sept 1923)
Highest scoringBristol City – Derby County 0–8 (29 Sept 1923)
Home \ Away	BAR	BLP	BRA	BRI	BRY	CLA	COV	CRY	DER	FUL	HUL	LEE	LEI	MUN	NEL	OLD	PTV	SOU	SSH	STP	STK	WED
Barnsley		3–1	2–1	3–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	5–2	1–3	2–1	0–0	1–3	3–1	1–0	0–0	4–1	3–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Blackpool	0–2		2–1	2–0	3–1	3–0	5–0	2–0	4–0	3–0	0–0	1–1	3–1	1–0	1–1	2–2	6–1	2–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–0
Bradford City	3–2	0–2		1–1	2–2	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–2	1–0	2–1	0–0	2–2	0–0	0–2	2–1	2–0	2–1	0–1	0–1	2–1	4–1
Bristol City	1–1	1–1	0–1		4–1	0–2	2–2	0–0	0–8	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–2	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	3–0	1–1	2–3
Bury        	1–1	2–0	3–0	6–0		0–0	5–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	3–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–2	0–0	1–0	0–1	2–1	1–0	5–0
Clapton Orient	2–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–0		4–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	5–1	1–2	1–1	0–0	3–0	1–1	0–2	0–0
Coventry City	2–3	3–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–1		0–0	0–1	3–0	0–2	2–1	2–4	1–1	4–0	5–2	1–3	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–2	5–1
Crystal Palace	3–1	3–1	3–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	3–1		0–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	4–3	1–1	1–1	2–3	1–2	0–0	1–0	1–1	5–1	3–0
Derby County	2–1	2–0	0–0	2–3	0–2	1–0	1–0	5–0		3–3	4–1	2–0	4–0	3–0	6–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	6–1	4–1	1–1	1–1
Fulham  	3–0	2–3	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–0	1–1	1–0	3–2		1–1	0–2	1–0	3–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	3–2	2–3	1–0	3–0	4–1
Hull City	1–2	2–1	2–0	5–0	0–1	2–2	3–2	2–2	0–1	4–2		1–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–2	0–0	1–0	1–2	2–0	1–1
Leeds United	3–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–2	1–0	3–1	3–0	1–1	3–0	5–2		1–2	0–0	1–0	5–0	3–0	3–0	2–1	4–0	0–0	1–0
Leicester City	2–0	1–2	0–1	5–1	3–0	1–2	2–0	1–0	3–0	2–1	1–1	2–0		2–2	3–1	1–1	2–0	0–1	4–1	1–1	5–0	2–1
Manchester Unite1–2	0–0	3–0	2–1	0–1	2–2	1–2	5–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	3–1	3–0		0–1	2–0	5–0	1–0	1–1	3–0	2–2	2–0
Nelson    	4–3	2–3	1–1	2–1	0–5	1–1	3–0	4–2	2–1	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	0–2		2–1	1–3	0–0	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–1
Oldham Athletic	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	0–0	2–2	0–0	3–2	1–0		2–0	1–3	1–0	3–1	0–0	2–0
Port Vale	4–1	2–6	2–2	0–2	2–1	1–0	1–1	3–4	2–0	3–1	2–2	0–1	2–1	0–1	0–0	3–0		1–0	1–1	0–1	2–4	2–0
Southampton	6–0	3–2	2–0	1–0	3–0	5–0	1–3	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	0–1	1–0	0–0	3–0	3–1	1–1		0–0	0–0	0–1	3–0
South Shields	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	4–2	2–0	3–2	1–0	0–1	2–0	1–2	1–0	3–0	2–0	3–3	1–2		3–1	1–0	1–1
Stockport County1–1	2–1	1–2	0–0	3–2	2–0	0–0	2–2	0–0	2–1	5–1	1–1	3–1	3–2	1–0	0–1	0–0	2–3	3–2		0–1	1–0
Stoke   	2–0	2–2	2–0	3–0	0–0	0–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	3–0	4–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	0–0		1–1
The Wednesday	1–0	2–2	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	6–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	2–1	2–0	5–0	1–2	2–1	1–1	5–0	3–0	3–0	

                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. LEEDS UNITED             42  14  5  2  41  10   7  7  7  20  25   54
 2. BURY                     42  15  5  1  42   7   6  4 11  21  28   51
 3. Derby County             42  15  4  2  52  15   6  5 10  23  27   51
 4. Blackpool                42  13  7  1  43  12   5  6 10  29  35   49
 5. Southampton              42  13  5  3  36   9   4  9  8  16  22   48
 6. Stoke City               42   9 11  1  27  10   5  7  9  17  32   46
 7. Oldham Athletic          42  10 10  1  24  12   4  7 10  21  40   45
 8. Sheffield Wednesday      42  15  5  1  42   9   1  7 13  12  42   44
 9. South Shields            42  13  5  3  34  16   4  5 12  15  34   44
10. Leyton Orient            42  11  7  3  27  10   3  8 10  13  26   43
11. Barnsley                 42  12  7  2  34  16   4  4 13  23  45   43
12. Leicester City           42  13  4  4  43  16   4  4 13  21  38   42
13. Stockport County         42  10  7  4  32  21   3  9  9  12  31   42
14. Manchester United        42  10  7  4  37  15   3  7 11  15  29   40
15. Crystal Palace           42  11  7  3  37  19   2  6 13  16  46   39
16. Port Vale                42   9  5  7  33  29   4  7 10  17  37   38
17. Hull City                42   8  7  6  32  23   2 10  9  14  28   37
18. Bradford City            42   8  7  6  24  21   3  8 10  11  27   37
19. Coventry City            42   9  6  6  34  23   2  7 12  18  45   35
20. Fulham                   42   9  8  4  30  20   1  6 14  15  36   34
21. Nelson                   42   8  8  5  32  31   2  5 14   8  43   33
22. Bristol City             42   5  8  8  19  26   2  7 12  13  39   29

League Division 3 (North)
Season1923–24
ChampionsWolverhampton Wanderers (1st title)
Failed re-electionNone
Matches played462
Goals scored1,150 (2.49 per match)
Top goalscorerDavid Brown (Darlington), 27 [3]
Home \ Away	ACC	ASH	BRW	BPA	CHF	CRE	DAR	DON	DUR	GRI	HAL	HAR	LIN	NWB	ROC	ROT	SOU	TRA	WAL	WIG	WOL	WRE
Accrington Stanley	0–1	3–1	2–2	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	5–4	2–0	1–2	2–0	3–1	0–0	0–1	3–2	2–0	3–1	0–3	2–2	1–0	1–0
Ashington	1–1		2–0	1–0	1–1	3–0	2–1	3–1	2–1	1–0	4–0	0–0	2–1	5–0	1–0	1–2	2–0	3–3	3–1	3–0	1–7	0–2
Barrow  	0–0	2–2		1–1	2–0	1–2	1–0	0–0	1–2	3–1	1–0	1–2	2–1	2–1	1–2	1–2	1–3	1–1	0–1	2–1	2–2	0–0
Bradford Park Av1–1	3–1	3–0		2–1	1–1	1–0	4–2	3–0	2–1	1–0	4–0	3–1	1–1	4–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	5–0	4–0	0–1	2–0
Chesterfield	3–0	2–0	2–1	2–3		2–1	5–1	2–1	1–1	4–2	1–1	5–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	3–1	4–0	5–0	7–0	1–0	0–0	1–0
Crewe Alexandra	1–2	1–3	2–0	1–1	0–1		2–1	0–2	0–2	0–0	2–2	2–1	1–2	2–0	0–2	1–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–0	1–1
Darlington	2–1	3–2	5–1	3–1	2–1	1–1		1–1	3–2	1–0	0–0	5–0	1–0	3–1	2–2	1–0	3–1	4–1	4–2	3–1	1–1	3–0
Doncaster Rovers1–2	2–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	4–1	1–0		2–1	2–1	7–0	3–1	3–2	2–0	0–0	0–1	3–0	4–0	3–0	0–0	0–2	1–0
Durham City	3–0	4–0	1–2	2–0	1–1	3–1	3–2	2–1		0–1	2–2	3–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	3–2	0–1	1–1	1–0	2–2	2–3	4–3
Grimsby Town	2–0	4–0	5–0	2–0	0–0	2–0	3–0	1–1	1–0		1–1	0–1	2–2	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	0–0
Halifax Town	3–0	3–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	2–0	1–4	0–1	2–1	1–3		1–0	1–0	2–1	0–1	0–2	1–0	0–0	3–0	1–2	2–2	0–0
Hartlepools Unit3–0	0–1	1–0	0–0	2–3	2–2	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–3		1–1	0–1	1–2	2–5	1–0	2–1	0–1	0–0	0–1	4–0
Lincoln City	0–2	2–0	4–1	2–3	0–1	0–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–3	1–1	1–1		1–0	0–2	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–0	4–2
New Brighton	1–2	1–1	5–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–0	2–0	0–0	3–1		1–1	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–0	5–0	0–1	0–0
Rochdale	4–1	1–0	3–1	3–0	3–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	2–0	4–2	3–0	1–0	1–0	6–2		1–0	2–2	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–0
Rotherham County2–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–2	1–0	2–0	3–0	5–1	2–1	3–2	5–0	2–0	3–1	0–0		1–1	5–1	0–2	4–0	1–1	2–1
Southport	1–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–2	1–0	3–0	3–0	2–2	3–2	3–0	0–1	0–0		1–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–0
Tranmere Rovers	2–0	2–4	3–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–4	3–0	1–0	2–1	3–0	2–0	1–3	1–2	2–1	0–1	1–1		3–1	1–0	0–0	1–1
Walsall 	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–3	0–1	1–0	2–1	5–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	0–0	3–0	0–1	1–1	0–1	0–4		3–0	2–1	1–2
Wigan Borough	2–0	1–1	4–0	0–1	3–1	3–0	2–2	1–0	0–1	4–0	0–1	4–1	0–0	1–0	3–0	3–1	1–1	1–2	2–1		1–1	3–1
Wolverhampton Wanderers	5–1	1–0	3–0	2–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	4–1	4–0	2–1	3–0	5–1	0–0	3–0	2–1	3–0	0–0	3–3		3–0
Wrexham	1–0	4–0	2–0	2–2	0–0	1–0	0–1	2–2	0–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	3–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	2–2
                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS  42  18  3  0  51  10   6 12  3  25  17   63
 2. Rochdale                 42  17  4  0  40   8   8  8  5  20  18   62
 3. Chesterfield             42  16  4  1  54  15   6  6  9  16  24   54
 4. Rotherham United         42  16  3  2  46  13   7  3 11  24  30   52
 5. Bradford Park Avenue     42  17  3  1  50  12   4  7 10  19  31   52
 6. Darlington               42  16  5  0  51  19   4  3 14  19  34   48
 7. Southport                42  13  7  1  30  10   3  7 11  14  32   46
 8. Ashington                42  14  4  3  41  21   4  4 13  18  40   44
 9. Doncaster Rovers         42  13  4  4  41  17   2  8 11  18  36   42
10. Wigan Borough            42  12  5  4  39  15   2  9 10  16  38   42
11. Grimsby Town             42  11  9  1  30   7   3  4 14  19  40   41
12. Tranmere Rovers          42  11  5  5  32  21   2 10  9  19  39   41
13. Accrington Stanley       42  12  5  4  35  21   4  3 14  13  40   40
14. Halifax Town             42  11  4  6  26  17   4  6 11  16  42   40
15. Durham City              42  12  5  4  40  23   3  4 14  19  37   39
16. Wrexham                  42   8 11  2  24  12   2  7 12  13  32   38
17. Walsall                  42  10  5  6  31  20   4  3 14  13  39   36
18. New Brighton             42   9  9  3  28  10   2  4 15  12  43   35
19. Lincoln City             42   8  8  5  29  22   2  4 15  19  37   32
20. Crewe Alexandra          42   6  7  8  20  24   1  6 14  12  34   27
21. Hartlepool United        42   5  7  9  22  24   2  4 15  11  46   25
22. Barrow                   42   7  7  7  25  24   1  2 18  10  56   25

League Division 3 (South)
Season1923–24
ChampionsPortsmouth (1st title)
Failed re-electionNone
Matches played462
Goals scored1,177 (2.55 per match)
Top goalscorerWillie Haines (Portsmouth), 28 [3]
Home \ Away	ADE	B&BA	BRE	B&HA	BRR	CHA	EXE	GIL	LUT	MER	MIL	NPC	NOR	NWC	PLY	POR	QPR	REA	STD	SWA	SWI	WAT
Aberdare Athletic	1–0	1–2	3–1	2–0	4–1	0–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	0–0	1–2	0–0	1–1	1–0	5–2	4–2	2–2	4–0
Bournemouth & Bo0–1		2–4	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–3	3–3	2–0	0–1	2–1	1–2	0–0	0–0	3–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–1
Brentford	1–1	2–0		1–2	1–2	0–0	1–0	3–2	2–1	0–0	1–3	0–0	1–0	3–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	4–1	3–1	2–2	2–2	4–1
Brighton & Hove 5–0	5–0	2–0		2–1	3–0	1–0	2–2	4–0	0–0	2–2	4–0	2–0	3–0	4–1	0–4	3–0	4–0	2–0	4–1	1–1	3–0
Bristol Rovers	2–0	3–4	2–0	2–0		2–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	0–0	4–1	0–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	0–1	2–1	0–0	3–1	2–0	0–1	4–2
Charlton Athleti3–1	1–2	3–1	0–2	1–3		1–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–1	3–0	0–0	4–1	1–3	3–1	1–1
Exeter City	1–1	0–2	1–0	0–1	3–1	0–0		2–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	5–0	2–1	1–2	0–4	0–0	3–0	3–2	2–0	1–0	3–1	1–0
Gillingham	3–1	1–0	6–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–1		0–0	2–1	0–2	2–1	1–1	3–1	1–0	0–2	0–0	1–0	3–2	0–1	1–0	0–0
Luton Town	1–0	6–2	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–1		1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	0–2	4–1	2–0	2–0	4–4	1–2	3–2	0–0
Merthyr Town	0–0	4–2	2–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	3–0	0–2	0–0		1–0	3–3	0–0	2–3	1–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	3–2	0–0	2–0	2–1
Millwall	2–0	4–2	4–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	3–1	5–0	0–1	6–0		2–1	4–3	2–1	1–0	2–0	3–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	2–0
Newport County	0–0	2–0	3–2	0–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	2–1	1–0	4–4	2–1		1–1	1–0	1–2	2–1	2–1	2–0	5–0	4–1	3–0	1–0
Northampton Town1–2	3–1	2–3	3–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	3–0	2–1	0–0		1–0	1–0	0–4	3–0	3–1	8–0	2–0	1–1	1–2
Norwich City	5–0	1–1	2–3	1–0	3–1	2–2	4–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–4		0–1	3–1	5–0	2–2	3–1	2–0	2–0	0–0
Plymouth Argyle	2–0	4–0	4–1	3–0	2–2	1–1	4–0	3–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	3–2	0–0	2–0		1–2	2–0	2–1	7–1	2–0	1–3	1–0
Portsmouth	4–0	3–0	3–0	1–3	1–1	0–0	4–0	3–0	3–0	1–0	0–1	5–0	1–3	4–0	2–1		7–0	1–1	3–0	3–0	4–1	4–0
Queens Park Rang3–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–2	0–0	2–0	1–1	0–2	3–0	1–1	0–3	3–2	2–1	3–2	0–2		1–4	0–0	2–2	2–2	2–1
Reading 	0–1	1–2	1–0	0–1	3–2	3–1	1–0	4–0	0–1	3–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	3–0	1–2	1–4	4–0		1–0	3–4	1–0	1–1
Southend United	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–0	1–0	2–2	0–0	3–2	1–1	3–1	0–0	2–0	5–1	3–1	0–2	0–1	4–2	2–1		0–0	0–2	3–0
Swansea Town	1–0	1–0	4–0	1–0	3–1	1–0	1–0	3–1	1–0	5–1	1–2	2–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	5–1	2–1		1–1	1–0
Swindon Town	3–1	3–1	2–1	4–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	4–1	3–2	3–0	1–0	3–0	2–0	4–2	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	3–0	1–0		0–0
Watford	2–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	4–0	1–0	4–1	1–1	0–0	4–0	1–1	8–2	0–2	0–0	0–1	2–3	0–2	2–1	4–1	2–2	0–0
                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. PORTSMOUTH               42  15  3  3  57  11   9  8  4  30  19   59
 2. Plymouth Argyle          42  13  6  2  46  15  10  3  8  24  19   55
 3. Millwall                 42  17  3  1  45  11   5  7  9  19  27   54
 4. Swansea City             42  18  2  1  39  10   4  6 11  21  38   52
 5. Brighton & Hove Albion   42  16  4  1  56  12   5  5 11  12  25   51
 6. Swindon Town             42  14  5  2  38  11   3  8 10  20  33   47
 7. Luton Town               42  11  7  3  35  19   5  7  9  15  25   46
 8. Northampton              42  14  3  4  40  15   3  8 10  24  32   45
 9. Bristol Rovers           42  11  7  3  34  15   4  6 11  18  31   43
10. Newport County           42  15  4  2  39  15   2  5 14  17  49   43
11. Norwich City             42  13  5  3  45  18   3  3 15  15  41   40
12. Aberdare Athletic        42   9  9  3  35  18   3  5 13  10  40   38
13. Merthyr Town             42  11  8  2  33  19   0  8 13  12  46   38
14. Charlton Athletic        42   8  7  6  26  20   3  8 10  12  25   37
15. Gillingham               42  11  6  4  27  15   1  7 13  16  43   37
16. Exeter City              42  14  3  4  33  17   1  4 16   4  35   37
17. Brentford                42   9  8  4  33  21   5  0 16  21  50   36
18. Reading                  42  12  2  7  35  20   1  7 13  16  37   35
19. Southend United          42  11  7  3  35  19   1  3 17  18  65   34
20. Watford                  42   8  8  5  35  18   1  7 13  10  36   33
21. Bournemouth              42   6  8  7  19  19   5  3 13  21  46   33
22. Queens Park Rangers      42   9  6  6  28  26   2  3 16   9  51   31
FINAL TABLE SOUTHERN LEAGUE (EASTERN DIVISION) '23-'24

 1. Peterborough & Fletton     30-42  (54-31)  20  2  8  Champions    
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 2. Leicester City II          30-41  (72-30)  19  3  8          
 3. Southampton II             30-41  (60-36)  18  5  7          
 4. Millwall Athletic II       30-39  (56-38)  18  3  9          
 5. Portsmouth II              30-34  (66-37)  16  2 12          
 6. Brighton & Hove Albion II  30-33  (55-42)  13  7 10          
 7. Norwich City II            30-32  (46-34)  13  6 11          
 8. Folkestone                 30-29  (61-51)  12  5 13          
 9. Coventry City II           30-28  (39-34)  10  8 12          
10. Watford II                 30-28  (36-48)  11  6 13          
11. Reading II                 30-28  (32-43)  11  6 13          
12. Northampton Town II        30-28  (32-47)   9 10 11          
13. Luton Town II              30-27  (40-49)  10  7 13          
14. Guildford United           30-19  (38-72)   7  5 18          
15. Kettering                  30-18  (30-67)   5  8 17  namechange      
16. Bournemouth II             30-13  (40-98)   4  5 21          

Champions (Eastern): Peterborough & Fletton                       
New elected: Nuneaton Town                                  

757 goals = 3.154 goals/m.


FINAL TABLE SOUTHERN LEAGUE (WESTERN DIVISION) '23-'24

 1. Yeovil & Petters           34-53  (71-30)  25  3  6  Champions    
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 2. Plymouth Argyle II         34-47  (74-37)  21  5  8          
 3. Pontypridd                 34-46  (81-44)  19  8  7          
 4. Torquay United             34-45  (59-25)  19  7  8          
 5. Bristol City II            34-43  (63-39)  17  9  8          
 6. Swansea Town II            34-43  (62-38)  19  5 10          
 7. Bristol Rovers II          34-40  (69-43)  17  6 11          
 8. Cardiff City II            34-34  (55-31)  15  4 15          
 9. Exeter City II             34-33  (48-47)  11 11 12          
10. Weymouth                   34-33  (48-60)  15  3 16          
11. Llanelly                   34-33  (47-62)  14  5 15          
12. Swindon Town II            34-28  (36-60)  11  6 17          
13. Bridgend Town              34-27  (57-72)  11  5 18          
14. Newport County II          34-27  (57-78)  10  7 17          
15. Ebbw Vale                  34-24  (38-62)   8  8 18          
16. Bath City                  34-21  (32-71)   6  9 19          
17. Barry                      34-19  (36-74)   6  7 21          
18. Aberaman Athletic          34-16  (41-87)   6  4 24          

Total: 612-612 (974-960)  250 112 250

Champions (Western): Yeovil & Petters                             
New elected: Mid Rhondda United and Taunton United           

974(960) goals = 3.183 goals/m.

England FA Challenge Cup 1923-1924

Country England
 Wales
Defending championsBolton Wanderers
ChampionsNewcastle United
(2nd title)
Runners-upAston Villa

        1st Round
Jan 12 -Accrington Stanley       0 ^Charlton Athletic        0
Jan 12  The Arsenal              4 ^Luton Town               1
Jan 12 -Ashington                1  Aston Villa              5
Jan 12 +Barnsley                 0 ^Brighton & Hove Albion   0
Jan 12 +Blackpool                1  Sheffield United         0
Jan 12  Burnley                  3 +South Shields            2
Jan 12 +Crystal Palace           2  Tottenham Hotspur        0
Jan 12  Cardiff City             0 ^Gillingham               0
Jan 12  Chelsea                  1 +Southampton              1
Jan 12 *Corinthians              1  Blackburn Rovers         0  played at Crystal Palace
Jan 12 +Derby County             2 +Bury                     1
Jan 12  Everton                  3  Preston North End        1
Jan 12 ^Exeter City              1 -Grimsby Town             0
Jan 12 +Fulham                   2 *Llanelly                 0
Jan 12  Huddersfield Town        1  Birmingham               0
Jan 12 +Hull City                2  Bolton Wanderers         2
Jan 12 +Leeds United             1 +Stoke                    0
Jan 12  Liverpool                2 +Bradford City            1
Jan 12  Manchester City          2  Nottingham Forest        0
Jan 12 +Manchester United        1 ^Plymouth Argyle          0
Jan 12  Middlesbrough            0 ^Watford                  1
Jan 12 ^Millwall Athletic        0  West Bromwich Albion     1
Jan 12 ^Northampton Town         1 -Halifax Town             1
Jan 12 ^Norwich City             0 +Bristol City             1
Jan 12 +Oldham Athletic          2  Sunderland               1
Jan 12 ^Portsmouth               2  Newcastle United         4
Jan 12 ^Queen's Park Ranger      1  Notts County             2
Jan 12 +The Wednesday            4 +Leicester City           1
Jan 12 ^Swansea Town             1 +Clapton Orient           1
Jan 12 ^Swindon Town             4 -Bradford Park Avenue     0
Jan 12  West Ham United          5 ^Aberdare Athletic        0
Jan 12 -Wolverhampton Wanderers  3 -Darlington               1

        Replays
Jan 16  Bolton Wanderers         4 +Hull City                0
Jan 16 ^Brighton & Hove Albion   1 +Barnsley                 0
Jan 16 ^Gillingham               0  Cardiff City             2
Jan 16 +Southampton              2  Chelsea                  0
Jan 17 ^Charlton Athletic        1 -Accrington Stanley       0
Jan 17 +Clapton Orient           1 ^Swansea Town             1
Jan 17 -Halifax Town             1 ^Northampton Town         1
Jan 21 ^Swansea Town             2 +Clapton Orient           1  played at Tottenham Hotspur
Jan 21 -Halifax Town             4 ^Northampton Town         2  played at Sheffield United

        2nd Round
Feb 02  Bolton Wanderers         1  Liverpool                4
Feb 02 ^Brighton & Hove Albion   5  Everton                  2
Feb 02  Burnley                  0 +Fulham                   0
Feb 02 +Crystal Palace           0  Notts County             0
Feb 02  Cardiff City             1  The Arsenal              0
Feb 02 ^Charlton Athletic        0 -Wolverhampton Wanderers  0
Feb 02 +Derby County             2  Newcastle United         2
Feb 02 ^Exeter City              0 ^Watford                  0
Feb 02  Manchester City          2 -Halifax Town             2
Feb 02 +Manchester United        0  Huddersfield Town        3
Feb 02 +The Wednesday            1 +Bristol City             1
Feb 02 +Southampton              3 +Blackpool                1
Feb 02 ^Swansea Town             0  Aston Villa              2
Feb 02 ^Swindon Town             2 +Oldham Athletic          0
Feb 02  West Bromwich Albion     5 *Corinthians              0
Feb 02  West Ham United          1 +Leeds United             1

        Replays
Feb 06 +Bristol City             2 +The Wednesday            0  
Feb 06 -Halifax Town             0  Manchester City          0
Feb 06 +Leeds United             1  West Ham United          0
Feb 06  Newcastle United         2 +Derby County             2
Feb 06  Notts County             0 +Crystal Palace           0
Feb 06 ^Watford                  1 ^Exeter City              0
Feb 07 +Fulham                   0  Burnley                  1
Feb 07 -Wolverhampton Wanderers  1 ^Charlton Athletic        0
Feb 11 +Crystal Palace           0  Notts County             0  played at Aston Villa
Feb 11 +Derby County             2  Newcastle United         2  played at Bolton Wanderers
Feb 11  Manchester City          3 -Halifax Town             0  played at Manchester United
Feb 13  Newcastle United         5 +Derby County             3  played at Newcastle United
Feb 18 +Crystal Palace           2  Notts County             1  played at Aston Villa

        3rd Round
Feb 23  Aston Villa              3 +Leeds United             0
Feb 23 ^Brighton & Hove Albion   1  Manchester City          5
Feb 23  Burnley                  1  Huddersfield Town        0
Feb 23 +Crystal Palace           1 ^Swindon Town             2
Feb 23  Cardiff City             3 +Bristol City             0
Feb 23 +Southampton              0  Liverpool                0
Feb 23  West Bromwich Albion     1 -Wolverhampton Wanderers  1
Feb 23 ^Watford                  0  Newcastle United         1

        Replays
Feb 27  Liverpool                2 +Southampton              0
Feb 27 -Wolverhampton Wanderers  0  West Bromwich Albion     2

        Quarter-finals
Mar 08  Manchester City          0  Cardiff City             0
Mar 08  Newcastle United         1  Liverpool                0
Mar 08 ^Swindon Town             1  Burnley                  1
Mar 08  West Bromwich Albion     0  Aston Villa              2

        Replays
Mar 12  Burnley                  3 ^Swindon Town             1
Mar 12  Cardiff City             0  Manchester City          1

        Semi-finals
Mar 29  Aston Villa              3  Burnley                  0  played at Sheffield United
Mar 29  Newcastle United         2  Manchester City          0  played at Birmingham

        Final
Apr 26  Newcastle United         2  Aston Villa              0  played at Wembley
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Season 1924-25

FA Charity Shield

1924  Professionals 3 Amateurs 1

League Division 1
Season1924–25
ChampionsHuddersfield Town (2nd English title)
RelegatedNottingham Forest
Preston North End
FA Cup winnersSheffield United (4th FA Cup title)
Matches played462
Goals scored1,192 (2.58 per match)
Top goalscorerFrank Roberts (Manchester City), 31 [3]
Biggest home winBlackburn Rovers – Birmingham 7–1 (2 Apr 1925)
Bolton Wanderers – Blackburn Rovers 6–0 (22 Apr 1925)
Leeds United – Aston Villa 6–0 (25 Dec 1924)
Biggest away winArsenal – Huddersfield 0–5 (14 Feb 1925)
Sheffield United – Manchester City 0–5 (27 Sept 1924)
Highest scoringBurnley – West Ham United 5–4 (28 Feb 1925)
Ars Ast Bir Bla Bol Brn Bry Car Eve Hud Lee Liv MaC New NoF NoC PNE ShU Sun Tot WBA WHU Arsenal xxx 1-1 0-1 1-0 1-0 5-0 0-1 1-1 3-1 0-5 6-1 2-0 1-0 0-2 2-1 0-1 4-0 2-0 0-0 1-0 2-0 1-2 Aston Villa 4-0 xxx 1-0 4-3 2-2 3-0 3-3 1-2 3-1 1-1 2-1 1-4 2-1 0-0 2-0 0-0 1-0 1-1 1-4 0-1 1-0 1-1 Birmingham 2-1 1-0 xxx 1-1 1-0 1-0 0-1 2-1 2-2 0-1 0-0 5-2 2-1 1-1 1-1 1-0 3-0 1-1 2-1 0-2 0-0 1-1 Blackburn R 1-0 1-1 7-1 xxx 0-2 0-3 0-1 3-1 3-0 2-3 2-3 3-1 3-1 1-1 0-0 0-2 0-1 2-2 1-1 1-1 1-0 0-1 Bolton 4-1 4-0 3-0 6-0 xxx 5-0 3-3 3-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 2-0 4-2 3-2 1-0 1-0 6-1 3-1 1-2 3-0 1-1 5-0 Burnley 1-0 1-1 3-2 3-5 0-0 xxx 4-0 0-0 0-0 1-5 1-1 2-1 1-0 1-3 0-0 1-1 1-0 1-1 1-2 1-4 0-1 5-4 Bury 2-0 4-3 1-4 1-1 1-0 1-0 xxx 4-1 1-0 0-1 1-0 0-0 0-2 0-0 3-0 2-1 1-1 1-0 3-0 5-2 0-2 4-2 Cardiff City 1-1 2-1 1-0 3-0 1-2 4-0 4-1 xxx 2-1 2-2 3-0 1-3 0-2 3-0 2-0 1-1 0-0 1-1 2-0 0-2 0-1 2-1 Everton 2-3 2-0 2-1 1-0 2-2 3-2 0-0 1-2 xxx 0-2 1-0 0-1 3-1 0-1 3-1 1-0 0-0 1-1 0-3 1-0 1-0 1-0 Huddersfield 4-0 4-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 2-0 2-0 0-0 2-0 xxx 2-0 1-1 1-1 0-0 3-0 0-0 1-0 2-1 4-0 1-2 1-1 1-2 Leeds United 1-0 6-0 0-1 1-1 2-1 0-2 1-0 0-0 1-0 1-1 xxx 4-1 0-3 1-1 1-1 1-1 4-0 1-1 1-1 1-0 0-1 2-1 Liverpool 2-1 2-4 1-1 0-0 0-0 3-0 4-0 1-2 3-1 2-3 1-0 xxx 5-3 1-1 3-0 1-0 3-1 4-1 3-1 1-0 1-1 2-0 Manchester City 2-0 1-0 2-2 1-3 2-2 3-3 0-0 2-2 2-2 1-1 4-2 5-0 xxx 3-1 4-2 2-1 2-1 2-1 1-3 1-0 1-2 3-1 Newcastle Utd 2-2 4-1 4-0 4-0 0-1 3-0 2-2 1-2 1-1 1-3 4-1 0-0 2-0 xxx 4-1 1-0 3-1 0-0 2-0 1-1 0-1 4-1 Nottm Forest 0-2 0-2 1-1 0-2 1-1 0-0 2-0 2-1 0-1 0-1 4-0 0-1 0-3 1-1 xxx 0-0 0-1 2-3 1-1 1-0 0-1 2-1 Notts County 2-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-1 2-0 1-1 3-0 3-1 1-1 1-0 1-2 2-0 2-0 0-0 xxx 1-0 2-0 4-1 0-0 0-2 4-1 Preston NE 2-0 3-2 1-0 3-2 1-0 0-2 1-1 1-3 1-1 1-4 1-4 4-0 2-3 0-1 3-1 0-1 xxx 0-1 1-2 0-3 1-2 3-2 Sheffield Utd 2-1 2-2 4-3 2-3 2-0 4-0 0-1 1-0 1-1 1-1 1-1 0-1 0-5 1-2 1-2 2-0 3-0 xxx 2-1 2-0 2-0 1-1 Sunderland 2-0 1-1 4-0 1-0 1-0 1-1 1-1 1-0 4-1 1-1 2-1 3-0 3-2 1-1 3-1 0-1 2-0 0-1 xxx 4-1 3-0 1-1 Tottenham 2-0 1-3 0-1 5-0 3-0 1-1 1-1 1-1 0-0 1-2 2-1 1-1 1-1 3-0 1-0 1-1 2-0 4-1 1-0 xxx 0-1 1-1 West Bromwich 2-0 4-1 1-1 1-1 0-0 1-4 1-1 1-0 3-0 1-0 3-1 0-0 3-1 2-0 5-1 1-2 1-1 2-1 2-1 2-0 xxx 4-1 West Ham Utd 1-0 2-0 0-1 2-0 1-1 2-0 1-1 3-2 4-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 4-0 0-0 0-0 3-0 1-0 6-2 4-1 1-1 2-1 xxx

Final Table:
                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. HUDDERSFIELD TOWN        42  10  8  3  31  10  11  8  2  38  18   58
 2. West Bromwich Albion     42  13  6  2  40  17  10  4  7  18  17   56
 3. Bolton Wanderers         42  18  2  1  61  13   4  9  8  15  21   55
 4. Liverpool                42  13  5  3  43  20   7  5  9  20  35   50
 5. Bury                     42  13  4  4  35  20   4 11  6  19  31   49
 6. Newcastle United         42  11  6  4  43  18   5 10  6  18  24   48
 7. Sunderland               42  13  6  2  39  14   6  4 11  25  37   48
 8. Birmingham City          42  10  8  3  27  17   7  4 10  22  36   46
 9. Notts County             42  11  6  4  29  12   5  7  9  13  19   45
10. Manchester City          42  11  7  3  44  29   6  2 13  32  39   43
11. Cardiff City             42  11  5  5  35  19   5  6 10  21  32   43
12. Tottenham Hotspur        42   9  8  4  32  16   6  4 11  20  27   42
13. West Ham United          42  12  7  2  37  12   3  5 13  25  48   42
14. Sheffield United         42  10  5  6  34  25   3  8 10  21  38   39
15. Aston Villa              42  10  7  4  34  25   3  6 12  24  46   39
16. Blackburn Rovers         42   7  6  8  31  26   4  7 10  22  40   35
17. Everton                  42  11  4  6  25  20   1  7 13  15  40   35
18. Leeds United             42   9  8  4  29  17   2  4 15  17  42   34
19. Burnley                  42   7  8  6  28  31   4  4 13  18  44   34
20. Arsenal                  42  12  3  6  33  17   2  2 17  13  41   33
21. PRESTON NORTH END        42   8  2 11  29  35   2  4 15   8  39   26
22. NOTTINGHAM FOREST        42   5  6 10  17  23   1  6 14  12  42   24

League Division 2
Season1924–25
ChampionsLeicester City (1st title)
RelegatedCoventry City
Crystal Palace
Matches played462
Goals scored1,068 (2.31 per match)
Top goalscorerArthur Chandler (Leicester), 33 [3]
Biggest home winLeicester City – Port Vale 7–0 (25 Dec 1924)
Biggest away winOldham Athletic – Chelsea 0–5 (6 Sept 1924)
Wolverhampton Wanderers – Portsmouth 0–5 (14 Feb 1925)
Highest scoringLeicester City – Port Vale 7–0 (25 Dec 1924)
Derby County – Portsmouth 6–1 (3 Jan 1925)
Leicester City – The Wednesday 6–1 (7 Feb 1925)
South Shields – Barnsley 5–2 (24 Jan 1925)
Hull City – Barnsley 5–2 (11 Oct 1924)
Home \ Away	BAR	BLP	BRA	CHE	CLA	COV	CRY	DER	FUL	HUL	LEI	MUN	MID	OLD	POR	PTV	SOU	SSH	STP	STK	WED	WOL
Barnsley		2–4	3–1	3–3	1–1	3–1	3–0	3–0	1–0	1–2	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–4	1–3	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	3–0	0–0
Blackpool	1–2		1–2	1–2	1–0	3–1	0–1	5–1	4–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	4–1	1–0	5–0	0–1	1–2	2–2	2–4
Bradford City	1–0	1–0		2–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–3	1–1	4–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–2	1–0	3–0	1–0	2–0	3–1
Chelsea 	0–1	3–0	3–0		1–1	1–0	2–2	1–1	0–0	1–0	4–0	0–0	2–0	4–1	2–3	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–0
Clapton Orient	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–0		1–2	3–0	0–1	3–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	5–1	1–1	3–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–2	1–0	2–1
Coventry City	3–2	2–1	0–0	0–3	1–0		1–4	0–0	0–1	0–0	4–2	1–0	2–2	5–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	0–1	4–2	3–1	1–1	2–4
Crystal Palace	0–1	1–2	4–1	1–0	0–1	0–0		2–0	1–2	1–0	0–2	2–1	2–2	0–1	1–2	0–0	3–1	0–0	3–0	0–1	0–1	2–1
Derby County	1–1	2–2	2–0	1–0	3–0	5–1	3–0		5–1	4–0	0–3	1–0	3–1	1–0	6–1	4–1	3–0	0–0	2–0	1–2	2–1	0–1
Fulham  	1–2	1–0	1–1	1–2	0–2	2–0	3–1	0–2		4–0	2–2	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	2–1	1–0
Hull City	5–2	1–1	0–0	1–0	2–1	4–1	5–0	1–1	3–0		2–1	0–1	0–0	1–0	5–0	2–1	1–1	0–1	3–0	0–0	4–2	0–1
Leicester City	6–0	0–2	1–0	4–0	4–2	5–1	3–1	0–0	4–0	1–0		3–0	0–0	3–0	4–0	7–0	0–0	1–1	4–0	0–1	6–1	2–0
Manchester Unite1–0	0–0	3–0	1–0	4–2	5–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–0		2–0	0–1	2–0	4–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	3–0
Middlesbrough	2–0	4–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–3	1–3	0–1	1–5	1–1		0–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	2–0
Oldham Athletic	2–0	4–1	1–3	0–5	2–1	5–0	0–2	0–1	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–3	0–0		0–2	2–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	2–0
Portsmouth	0–0	1–1	5–0	0–0	0–2	1–0	0–0	1–1	3–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–2		2–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–2
Port Vale	2–0	1–2	1–0	1–1	4–2	4–0	3–0	2–1	0–1	1–1	1–2	2–1	2–1	1–0	0–2		1–1	0–0	4–1	2–0	1–0	1–3
Southampton	3–1	2–1	2–0	0–0	2–0	3–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	2–2	0–0	0–2	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–0		1–1	2–1	3–0	1–0	1–1
South Shields	5–2	1–3	1–0	1–1	2–0	4–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–2	0–1	0–0	0–2	3–0	1–1		0–1	4–0	0–1	3–3
Stockport County1–0	1–0	3–0	4–0	0–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	4–1	0–2	0–2	2–1	1–1	2–0	1–2	0–2	1–1	0–0		2–0	1–0	1–1
Stoke	        1–1	3–1	0–0	1–0	0–1	4–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–0	0–1	0–1	2–1	0–1	2–0	0–0	3–0		0–2	0–3
The Wednesday	1–0	2–6	3–3	2–1	0–0	2–0	0–1	0–1	3–1	5–0	1–4	1–1	2–0	1–0	5–2	0–1	1–0	0–1	3–0	2–1		2–0
Wolverhampton Wa0–1	2–0	2–0	0–1	1–2	3–1	3–1	0–4	2–1	2–1	0–1	0–0	1–0	2–0	0–5	1–0	3–0	2–1	3–0	1–0	1–0	

                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. LEICESTER CITY           42  15  4  2  58   9   9  7  5  32  23   59
 2. MANCHESTER UNITED        42  17  3  1  40   6   6  8  7  17  17   57
 3. Derby County             42  15  3  3  49  15   7  8  6  22  21   55
 4. Portsmouth               42   7 13  1  28  14   8  5  8  30  36   48
 5. Chelsea                  42  11  8  2  31  12   5  7  9  20  25   47
 6. Wolverhampton Wanderers  42  14  1  6  29  19   6  5 10  26  32   46
 7. Southampton              42  12  8  1  29  10   1 10 10  11  26   44
 8. Port Vale                42  12  4  5  34  19   5  4 12  14  37   42
 9. South Shields            42   9  6  6  33  21   3 11  7   9  17   41
10. Hull City                42  12  6  3  40  14   3  5 13  10  35   41
11. Leyton Orient            42   8  7  6  22  13   6  5 10  20  29   40
12. Fulham                   42  11  6  4  26  15   4  4 13  15  41   40
13. Middlesbrough            42   6 10  5  22  21   4  9  8  14  23   39
14. Sheffield Wednesday      42  12  3  6  36  23   3  5 13  14  33   38
15. Barnsley                 42   8  8  5  30  23   5  4 12  16  36   38
16. Bradford City            42  11  6  4  26  13   2  6 13  11  37   38
17. Blackpool                42   8  5  8  37  26   6  4 11  28  35   37
18. Oldham Athletic          42   9  5  7  24  21   4  6 11  11  30   37
19. Stockport County         42  10  6  5  26  15   3  5 13  11  42   37
20. Stoke City               42   7  8  6  22  17   5  3 13  12  29   35
21. CRYSTAL PALACE           42   8  4  9  23  19   4  6 11  15  35   34
22. COVENTRY CITY            42  10  6  5  32  26   1  3 17  13  58   31

League Division 3 (North)
Season1924–25
ChampionsDarlington (1st title)
Failed re-electionNone
Matches played462
Goals scored1,320 (2.86 per match)
Top goalscorerDavid Brown (Darlington), 39 [3]
Home \ Away	ACC	ASH	BRW	BPA	CHF	CRE	DAR	DON	DUR	GRI	HAL	HAR	LIN	NEL	NWB	ROC	ROT	SOU	TRA	WAL	WIG	WRE
Accrington Stanley		2–2	1–2	2–2	2–2	1–0	2–0	3–2	6–0	0–3	2–0	4–1	0–2	2–0	0–1	2–2	2–0	5–1	2–1	1–1	3–1	1–0
Ashington	1–2		5–2	1–0	2–1	1–1	4–2	2–0	0–2	0–2	2–0	0–3	2–1	1–1	1–1	4–3	3–1	2–0	1–0	6–1	1–1	2–0
Barrow     	3–1	3–2		2–1	1–0	2–0	0–4	4–0	2–0	3–2	2–1	1–1	1–2	3–0	1–1	1–0	3–1	1–0	1–1	3–2	0–1	2–2
Bradford Park Av3–0	7–1	1–1		3–0	6–1	0–0	4–1	4–1	0–1	2–1	3–0	4–0	1–1	5–2	0–0	3–0	1–0	5–1	2–0	2–2	3–0
Chesterfield	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–1		1–0	0–1	2–1	6–0	2–0	1–3	4–0	2–0	0–1	3–0	2–0	3–2	1–2	4–1	1–0	3–1	3–0
Crewe Alexandra	4–2	1–0	3–1	2–1	1–1		0–5	1–1	3–0	3–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	3–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–2
Darlington	2–1	2–1	3–0	2–1	3–3	5–1		1–1	0–0	0–0	3–0	2–0	0–1	3–1	3–1	2–0	4–0	2–1	2–1	3–0	5–0	3–1
Doncaster Rovers4–1	7–3	0–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–2		0–0	2–2	0–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	4–1	0–1	2–0	2–1	5–0	1–0
Durham City	2–0	0–0	6–0	1–0	1–1	4–1	2–1	1–0		6–1	1–2	0–1	5–0	3–1	0–0	3–2	1–1	0–0	0–3	0–2	1–1	1–0
Grimsby Town	4–0	1–3	2–1	2–0	0–0	0–0	0–2	1–1	1–1		1–1	2–1	1–2	2–0	2–3	1–1	3–1	3–1	6–1	2–1	4–0	0–1
Halifax Town	2–2	0–0	2–0	1–3	1–0	2–2	1–1	2–0	3–0	1–0		2–0	1–0	2–4	1–2	3–1	4–0	2–0	1–3	1–1	1–2	3–1
Hartlepools Unit3–0	0–1	1–0	2–2	1–0	2–0	1–1	2–2	1–0	2–1	1–1		1–1	2–4	0–2	1–1	0–0	1–2	2–1	3–1	1–0	1–1
Lincoln City	3–0	5–0	2–1	0–4	3–1	4–1	0–1	2–0	3–0	0–0	1–1	2–1		2–1	2–0	1–2	3–1	1–1	3–2	0–1	1–0	1–1
Nelson  	4–1	4–0	2–0	2–2	1–0	7–0	1–1	3–0	7–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	1–0		5–0	1–0	4–1	2–1	4–1	2–1	1–0	2–4
New Brighton	4–0	4–4	3–0	0–0	2–1	3–0	1–0	0–2	4–0	3–2	3–1	2–0	4–1	5–0		5–0	3–1	1–1	1–0	3–2	3–0	2–1
Rochdale	0–1	0–0	5–1	2–2	2–1	5–0	2–1	5–2	3–0	2–0	3–1	3–1	3–0	0–1	2–0		4–1	1–0	2–1	3–0	3–2	3–1
Rotherham County1–1	1–4	0–1	1–1	1–3	1–3	1–1	3–0	1–2	3–0	0–0	1–2	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–3		1–3	2–0	2–0	3–4	0–1
Southport	3–1	3–0	5–0	3–0	0–2	2–0	1–0	3–0	1–1	3–1	3–1	2–0	4–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	2–0		1–0	1–0	0–1	1–0
Tranmere Rovers	2–1	5–4	4–1	2–0	5–1	2–2	0–1	1–2	1–1	2–3	0–2	4–3	0–0	2–0	1–3	3–1	1–0	1–0		0–1	2–3	2–0
Walsall 	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–2	0–0	0–0	2–1	4–0	2–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–2	2–1	0–2	0–1	0–0	2–0		3–1	3–0
Wigan Borough	1–2	2–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	3–4	1–1	2–2	0–0	3–1	2–0	0–0	4–0	1–1	0–1	2–3	4–1	2–0	4–0	0–0		5–0
Wrexham 	1–0	3–1	3–0	1–3	0–0	2–1	0–2	2–1	3–1	1–2	0–0	3–1	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	3–1	2–3	4–0	1–1	6–2
                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. DARLINGTON               42  16  4  1  50  14   8  6  7  28  19   58
 2. Nelson                   42  18  2  1  58  14   5  5 11  21  36   53
 3. New Brighton             42  17  3  1  56  16   6  4 11  19  34   53
 4. Southport                42  17  2  2  41   7   5  5 11  18  30   51
 5. Bradford Park Avenue     42  15  5  1  59  13   4  7 10  25  29   50
 6. Rochdale                 42  17  2  2  53  16   4  5 12  22  37   49
 7. Chesterfield             42  14  3  4  42  15   3  8 10  18  29   45
 8. Lincoln City             42  13  4  4  39  19   5  4 12  14  39   44
 9. Halifax Town             42  11  5  5  36  22   5  6 10  20  30   43
10. Ashington                42  13  4  4  41  24   3  6 12  27  52   42
11. Wigan Borough            42  10  7  4  39  16   5  4 12  23  49   41
12. Grimsby Town             42  10  6  5  38  21   5  3 13  22  39   39
13. Durham City              42  11  6  4  38  17   2  7 12  12  51   39
14. Barrow                   42  14  4  3  39  22   2  3 16  12  52   39
15. Crewe Alexandra          42  11  7  3  35  24   2  6 13  18  54   39
16. Wrexham                  42  11  5  5  37  21   4  3 14  16  40   38
17. Accrington Stanley       42  12  5  4  43  23   3  3 15  17  49   38
18. Doncaster Rovers         42  12  5  4  36  17   2  5 14  18  48   38
19. Walsall                  42  10  6  5  27  16   3  5 13  17  37   37
20. Hartlepool United        42   9  8  4  28  21   3  3 15  17  42   35
21. Tranmere Rovers          42  11  3  7  40  29   3  1 17  19  49   32
22. Rotherham United         42   6  5 10  27  31   1  2 18  15  57   21

League Division 3 (South)
Season1924–25
ChampionsSwansea Town (1st title)
Failed re-electionNone
Matches played462
Goals scored1,120 (2.42 per match)
Top goalscorerJack Fowler (Swansea Town), 28 [
Home \ Away	ADE	B&BA	BRE	B&HA	BRI	BRR	CHA	EXE	GIL	LUT	MER	MIL	NPC	NOR	NWC	PLY	QPR	REA	STD	SWA	SWI	WAT
Aberdare Athletic	4–2	2–1	1–2	1–2	2–1	2–0	3–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	0–1	1–3	1–1	2–1	3–1	1–1	3–0	3–0	3–1	1–1	2–0
Bournemouth &   3–1		2–0	0–0	1–3	0–1	2–1	1–1	3–0	2–1	2–0	0–1	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–1	0–2	0–0	1–0	0–2	0–0	2–1
Brentford	2–2	1–2		2–4	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–5	2–1	3–0	2–2	1–0	2–0	1–3	1–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	2–2	3–1	0–0	0–0
Brighton & Hove 4–1	0–1	4–1		1–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	2–0	2–1	3–1	3–3	4–1	0–1	3–1	2–3	5–0	0–1	2–1	0–0	3–1	2–0
Bristol City	0–1	2–1	3–0	2–1		2–0	1–1	0–1	2–1	2–0	1–0	4–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	2–2	5–0	3–0	5–0	0–0	0–0	1–1
Bristol Rovers	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–2	0–0		4–0	0–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	0–2	3–0	1–1	3–0	1–0	1–3	3–0	0–1	2–0
Charlton Athleti5–1	2–2	3–0	1–0	0–1	1–1		1–0	2–0	2–0	3–0	0–2	1–0	0–0	3–2	2–1	2–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–1
Exeter City	3–1	2–1	5–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–1		3–3	0–1	2–1	0–0	4–3	0–0	1–0	3–0	1–3	1–0	0–1	2–0	1–0	4–0
Gillingham	2–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	0–0	2–0	1–1		4–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	3–1	0–3	1–0	0–0	3–1	0–0	1–1	0–0
Luton Town	0–0	0–2	3–1	3–1	3–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–0		6–0	1–1	2–2	2–0	0–0	1–1	3–0	1–0	4–0	0–0	2–2	0–3
Merthyr Town	3–1	3–1	4–0	1–2	2–3	1–0	2–1	0–1	0–0	0–0		2–1	1–0	0–2	0–2	1–2	2–3	0–0	1–0	0–2	1–5	0–1
Millwall	2–1	3–1	3–0	1–1	3–1	0–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	2–2	3–1		3–0	3–1	0–0	0–0	3–0	0–1	2–0	1–2	1–2	0–1
Newport County	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	0–2	4–1	2–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	3–0	2–3		1–0	3–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	3–0	3–1	3–0
Northampton Town5–0	3–0	0–2	1–0	1–2	5–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	0–2	0–2		1–1	5–2	1–0	2–0	0–1	1–3	0–0	1–1
Norwich City	1–1	6–3	3–0	2–2	0–0	1–1	2–1	0–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	2–2	2–1	4–0		1–1	5–0	0–2	0–1	2–0	4–0	2–1
Plymouth Argyle	2–0	2–0	7–1	1–0	7–1	3–2	3–2	1–1	2–0	4–0	2–0	1–1	0–2	2–1	5–0		1–0	2–0	6–0	1–1	2–0	1–0
Queens Park Rang4–1	0–2	1–0	2–0	3–0	1–2	0–0	1–4	1–1	2–1	1–1	0–0	4–3	2–0	1–2	0–1		1–0	3–1	0–0	1–0	0–0
Reading   	2–0	0–1	3–1	0–0	0–1	4–1	0–0	1–1	0–1	3–0	2–1	1–2	0–1	0–1	2–0	0–0	2–1		2–2	2–0	1–1	3–0
Southend United	2–1	3–0	6–1	2–0	2–0	2–1	0–3	3–0	4–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–3	1–0	3–0		1–0	0–0	0–4
Swansea Town	2–2	1–0	7–0	1–0	1–1	2–2	6–1	2–1	2–0	4–1	2–0	2–2	1–0	2–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	4–0		2–0	3–1
Swindon Town	2–0	4–0	2–0	3–0	3–0	3–0	2–2	1–0	2–0	4–1	5–1	1–0	2–2	5–0	1–0	1–0	5–3	2–1	3–0	0–2		0–1
Watford	0–0	2–1	3–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	3–0	1–2	1–1	3–1	1–0	0–5	1–0	0–2	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–3	1–3	1–0
                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. SWANSEA CITY             42  17  4  0  51  12   6  7  8  17  23   57
 2. Plymouth Argyle          42  17  3  1  55  12   6  7  8  22  26   56
 3. Bristol City             42  14  5  2  40  10   8  4  9  20  31   53
 4. Swindon Town             42  17  2  2  51  13   3  9  9  15  25   51
 5. Millwall                 42  12  5  4  35  14   6  8  7  23  24   49
 6. Newport County           42  13  6  2  35  12   7  3 11  27  30   49
 7. Exeter City              42  13  4  4  37  19   6  5 10  22  29   47
 8. Brighton & Hove Albion   42  14  3  4  43  17   5  5 11  16  28   46
 9. Northampton              42  12  3  6  34  18   8  3 10  17  26   46
10. Southend United          42  14  1  6  34  18   5  4 12  17  43   43
11. Watford                  42  12  3  6  22  20   5  6 10  16  27   43
12. Norwich City             42  10  8  3  39  18   4  5 12  14  33   41
13. Gillingham               42  11  8  2  25  11   2  6 13  10  33   40
14. Reading                  42   9  6  6  28  15   5  4 12   9  23   38
15. Charlton Athletic        42  12  6  3  31  13   1  6 14  15  35   38
16. Luton Town               42   9 10  2  34  15   1  7 13  15  42   37
17. Bristol Rovers           42  10  5  6  26  13   2  8 11  16  36   37
18. Aberdare Athletic        42  13  4  4  40  21   1  5 15  14  46   37
19. Queen's Park Rangers     42  10  6  5  28  19   4  2 15  14  44   36
20. Bournemouth              42   8  6  7  20  17   5  2 14  20  41   34
21. Brentford                42   8  7  6  28  26   1  0 20  10  65   25
22. Merthyr Town             42   8  3 10  24  27   0  2 19  11  50   21
FINAL TABLE SOUTHERN LEAGUE (EASTERN DIVISION) '24-'25

 1. Southampton II             32-44  (65-30)  17 10  5  Champions    
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 2. Kettering Town             32-40  (67-39)  17  6  9          
 3. Brighton & Hove Albion II  32-40  (68-42)  15 10  7          
 4. Millwall Athletic II       32-40  (65-48)  15 10  7  namechange      
 5. Peterborough & Fletton     32-39  (56-29)  15  9  8          
 6. Bournemouth II             32-39  (66-48)  15  9  8          
 7. Leicester City II          32-37  (61-45)  15  7 10          
 8. Portsmouth II              32-37  (51-40)  15  7 10          
 9. Folkestone                 32-37  (55-46)  13 11  8          
10. Norwich City II            32-34  (65-58)  13  8 11          
11. Coventry City II           32-33  (51-41)  12  9 11          
12. Luton Town II              32-32  (48-63)  15  2 15          
13. Northampton Town II        32-25  (38-59)  10  5 17  left  
14. Watford II                 32-21  (44-71)   7  7 18          
15. Nuneaton Town              32-18  (37-62)   8  2 22          
16. Reading II                 32-17  (38-87)   8  1 23          
17. Guildford United           32-11  (40-107)  4  3 25          

Champions (Eastern): Southampton II                               
New elected: Fulham London II and Grays Thurrock United      

915 goals = 3.364 goals/m.


FINAL TABLE SOUTHERN LEAGUE (WESTERN DIVISION) '24-'25

 1. Swansea Town II            38-54  (73-26)  25  4  9  Champions/left
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 2. Plymouth Argyle II         38-54  (97-35)  22 10  6          
 3. Pontypridd                 38-52  (81-39)  24  4 10          
 4. Bridgend Town              38-51  (74-52)  20 11  7  left  
 5. Mid Rhondda United         38-48  (79-48)  21  6 11          
 6. Weymouth                   38-46  (77-50)  21  4 13          
 7. Cardiff City II            38-42  (56-44)  18  6 14  left  
 8. Newport County II          38-42  (71-60)  17  8 13  left  
 9. Swindon Town II            38-42  (48-46)  17  8 13          
10. Bristol City II            38-41  (51-43)  18  5 15          
11. Yeovil & Petters           38-40  (49-50)  15 10 13          
12. Exeter City II             38-38  (78-55)  16  6 16          
13. Taunton United             38-36  (55-51)  15  6 17          
14. Bristol Rovers II          38-32  (45-50)  13  6 19          
15. Torquay United             38-29  (41-73)   9 11 18          
16. Llanelly                   38-24  (49-94)   6 12 20  left  
17. Ebbw Vale                  38-24  (40-91)   9  6 23          
18. Bath City                  38-24  (28-85)   8  8 22          
19. Barry                      38-22  (38-82)   8  6 24          
20. Aberaman Athletic          38-19  (39-95)   6  7 25  left  

Champions (Western): Swansea Town II                              

1169 goals = 3.076 goals/m.

England FA Challenge Cup 1924-1925

Country England
 Wales
Defending championsNewcastle United
ChampionsSheffield United
(4th title)
Runners-upCardiff City

        1st Round
Jan 10 -Accrington Stanley       2 +Portsmouth               5
Jan 10  Aston Villa              7 +Port Vale                2
Jan 10  Birmingham City          2 +Chelsea                  0
Jan 10  Blackburn Rovers         1 +Oldham Athletic          0
Jan 10 +Blackpool                0 -Barrow                   0
Jan 10  Bolton Wanderers         3  Huddersfield Town        0
Jan 10 -Bradford Park Avenue     1 +Middlesbrough            0
Jan 10 ^Bristol Rovers           0 ^Bristol City             1
Jan 10  Bury                     0  Sunderland               3
Jan 10  Cardiff City             0 -Darlington               0
Jan 10 +Coventry City            0  Notts County             2
Jan 10 +Crystal Palace           2 +South Shields            1
Jan 10 +Derby County             0 +Bradford City            1
Jan 10 -Doncaster Rovers         1 ^Norwich City             2
Jan 10  Everton                  2  Burnley                  1
Jan 10 +Hull City                1 +Wolverhampton Wanderers  1
Jan 10 +Leicester City           3 +Stoke City               0
Jan 10  Liverpool                3  Leeds United             0
Jan 10 ^Millwall Athletic        0 +Barnsley                 0
Jan 10  Newcastle United         4 -Hartlepools United       1
Jan 10  Nottingham Forest        1 +Clapton Orient           0
Jan 10  Preston North End        4  Manchester City          1
Jan 10 ^Queen's Park Rangers     1 +Stockport County         3
Jan 10  Sheffield United         5 *Corinthians              0
Jan 10 +The Wednesday            2 +Manchester United        0
Jan 10 ^Swansea Town             3 ^Plymouth Argyle          0
Jan 10 ^Swindon Town             1 +Fulham                   2
Jan 10  Tottenham Hotspur        3 ^Northampton Town         0
Jan 10 ^Watford                  1 ^Brighton & Hove Albion   1
Jan 10  West Ham United          0  The Arsenal              0
Jan 10  West Bromwich Albion     4 ^Luton Town               0
Jan 14 +Southampton              3 ^Exeter City              1

        Replays
Jan 14  The Arsenal              2  West Ham United          2
Jan 14 -Barrow                   0 +Blackpool                2
Jan 14 ^Brighton & Hove Albion   4 ^Watford                  3
Jan 14 -Darlington               0  Cardiff City             0
Jan 15 +Barnsley                 2 ^Millwall Athletic        1
Jan 15 +Wolverhampton Wanderers  0 +Hull City                1
Jan 19  Cardiff City             2 -Darlington               0  played at Liverpool
Jan 21  West Ham United          1  The Arsenal              0  played at Chelsea

        2nd Round
Jan 31 +Barnsley                 0 +Bradford City            3
Jan 31  Birmingham City          1 +Stockport County         0
Jan 31  Blackburn Rovers         0 +Portsmouth               0
Jan 31 -Bradford Park Avenue     1 +Blackpool                1
Jan 31 ^Bristol City             0  Liverpool                1
Jan 31  Cardiff City             1 +Fulham                   0
Jan 31 +Hull City                3 +Crystal Palace           2
Jan 31  Newcastle United         2 +Leicester City           2
Jan 31  Nottingham Forest        0  West Ham United          2
Jan 31  Notts County             4 ^Norwich City             0
Jan 31  Sheffield United         3 +The Wednesday            2
Jan 31 +Southampton              1 ^Brighton & Hove Albion   0
Jan 31  Sunderland               0  Everton                  0
Jan 31 ^Swansea Town             1  Aston Villa              3
Jan 31  Tottenham Hotspur        1  Bolton Wanderers         1
Jan 31  West Bromwich Albion     2  Preston North End        0

        Replays
Feb 04 +Blackpool                2 -Bradford Park Avenue     1
Feb 04  Bolton Wanderers         0  Tottenham Hotspur        1
Feb 04  Everton                  2  Sunderland               1
Feb 04 +Portsmouth               0  Blackburn Rovers         0
Feb 05 +Leicester City           1  Newcastle United         0
Feb 09  Blackburn Rovers         1 +Portsmouth               0  played at The Arsenal

        3rd Round
Feb 21 +Hull City                1 +Leicester City           1
Feb 21  Liverpool                2  Birmingham City          1
Feb 21  Notts County             0  Cardiff City             2
Feb 21  Sheffield United         1  Everton                  0
Feb 21 +Southampton              2 +Bradford City            0
Feb 21  Tottenham Hotspur        2  Blackburn Rovers         2
Feb 21  West Bromwich Albion     1  Aston Villa              1
Feb 21  West Ham United          1 +Blackpool                1

        Replays
Feb 25  Aston Villa              1  West Bromwich Albion     2
Feb 25 +Blackpool                3  West Ham United          0
Feb 26  Blackburn Rovers         3  Tottenham Hotspur        1
Feb 26 +Leicester City           3 +Hull City                1

        Quarter-finals
Mar 07  Blackburn Rovers         1 +Blackpool                0
Mar 07  Cardiff City             2 +Leicester City           1
Mar 07  Sheffield United         2  West Bromwich Albion     0
Mar 07 +Southampton              1  Liverpool                0

        Semi-finals
Mar 28  Cardiff City             3  Blackburn Rovers         1  played at Notts County
Mar 28  Sheffield United         2 +Southampton              0  played at Chelsea

        Final
Apr 25  Sheffield United       1-0  Cardiff City               played at Wembley
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Season 1925-26

FA Charity Shield 1925 Amateurs 6 Professionals 1
League Division 1
Season1925–26
ChampionsHuddersfield Town (3rd and so far the last English title)
RelegatedManchester City
Notts County
FA Cup winnersBolton Wanderers (2nd FA Cup title)
Matches played462
Goals scored1,703 (3.69 per match)
Top goalscorerTed Harper (Blackburn Rovers), 43 [3]
Biggest home winAston Villa – Burnley 10–0 (29 Apr 1926)
Biggest away winBirmingham – Burnley 1–7 (10 Apr 1926)
Newcastle United – Blackburn Rovers 1–7 (9 Sept 1925)
Highest scoringSheffield United – Cardiff City 11–2 (1 Jan 1926)
P W D L F A W D L F A Pts 1. HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 42 14 6 1 50 17 9 5 7 42 43 57 2. Arsenal 42 16 2 3 57 19 6 6 9 30 44 52 3. Sunderland 42 17 2 2 67 30 4 4 13 29 50 48 4. Bury 42 12 4 5 55 34 8 3 10 30 43 47 5. Sheffield United 42 15 3 3 72 29 4 5 12 30 53 46 6. Aston Villa 42 12 7 2 56 25 4 5 12 30 51 44 7. Liverpool 42 9 8 4 43 27 5 8 8 27 36 44 8. Bolton Wanderers 42 11 6 4 46 31 6 4 11 29 45 44 9. Manchester United 42 12 4 5 40 26 7 2 12 26 47 44 10. Newcastle United 42 13 3 5 59 33 3 7 11 25 42 42 11. Everton 42 9 9 3 42 26 3 9 9 30 44 42 12. Blackburn Rovers 42 11 6 4 59 33 4 5 12 32 47 41 13. West Bromwich Albion 42 13 5 3 59 29 3 3 15 20 49 40 14. Birmingham City 42 14 2 5 35 25 2 6 13 31 56 40 15. Tottenham Hotspur 42 11 4 6 45 36 4 5 12 21 43 39 16. Cardiff City 42 8 5 8 30 25 8 2 11 31 51 39 17. Leicester City 42 11 3 7 42 32 3 7 11 28 48 38 18. West Ham United 42 14 2 5 45 27 1 5 15 18 49 37 19. Leeds United 42 11 5 5 38 28 3 3 15 26 48 36 20. Burnley 42 7 7 7 43 35 6 3 12 42 73 36 21. MANCHESTER CITY 42 8 7 6 48 42 4 4 13 41 58 35 22. NOTTS COUNTY 42 11 4 6 37 26 2 3 16 17 48 33

League Division 2
Season1925–26
ChampionsThe Wednesday (2nd title)
RelegatedStockport County
Stoke
Matches played462
Goals scored1,487 (3.22 per match)
Top goalscorerJimmy Trotter (The Wednesday), 37 [3]
Biggest home winDarlington – Portsmouth 7–1 (24 Oct 1925)
Wolverhampton Wanderers – Barnsley 7–1 (26 Apr 1926)
Darlington – Clapton Orient 6–0 (13 Feb 1926)
Biggest away winPort Vale – Chelsea 0–6 (5 Sept 1925)
Highest scoringOldham Athletic – Nottingham Forest 8–3 (1 Mar 1926)
Home \ Away	BAR	BLP	BRA	CHE	CLA	DAR	DER	FUL	HUL	MID	NOT	OLD	POR	PTV	PNE	SOU	SSH	STP	STK	SWA	WED	WOL
Barnsley		2–0	0–0	2–3	3–1	1–1	0–1	2–2	2–1	0–1	4–1	3–4	2–2	3–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–1
Blackpool	4–0		3–0	0–0	3–0	0–1	1–2	2–0	2–2	2–3	3–0	2–1	2–2	2–2	3–1	2–1	1–0	4–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	4–0
Bradford City	4–1	1–0		4–2	0–3	2–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	2–0	0–1	1–1	0–1	2–0	2–0	0–5	1–1	2–2	2–1	3–1	1–4	1–2
Chelsea 	3–2	2–3	2–0		1–3	5–2	2–1	4–0	4–0	0–1	0–0	3–0	0–0	3–1	5–0	0–0	0–0	3–2	1–1	1–3	0–0	3–3
Clapton Orient	4–0	2–2	3–1	1–2		1–2	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–1	1–2	1–1	1–2	1–1	2–1	1–2	2–1	4–0	2–0	0–0	2–1
Darlington	2–2	1–3	1–3	1–1	6–0		3–0	1–2	1–2	0–2	0–0	1–0	7–1	4–0	1–1	3–1	4–1	3–2	1–2	3–3	5–1	3–4
Derby County	4–0	5–2	0–0	4–2	3–1	0–2		3–1	3–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	2–2	2–0	4–0	7–3	5–0	4–1	2–0
Fulham   	2–2	1–1	2–0	0–3	0–2	4–0	1–1		1–1	2–0	0–2	2–1	2–3	3–3	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	2–4	0–1	3–0	1–2
Hull City	2–2	1–2	5–0	0–1	2–0	1–1	0–0	1–0		1–2	4–1	1–2	1–0	3–0	1–1	4–0	1–3	4–0	1–0	4–2	0–1	3–1
Middlesbrough	5–0	3–2	2–5	1–2	1–2	3–2	1–2	4–0	3–3		1–0	2–1	4–1	3–1	5–1	3–0	1–2	4–0	3–0	0–3	3–0	4–1
Nottingham Fores4–2	1–1	0–0	1–5	1–0	2–0	1–2	2–2	4–0	1–0		1–1	3–1	2–0	4–0	1–2	4–1	2–0	1–2	0–2	2–0	1–4
Oldham Athletic	2–1	3–2	3–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	2–0	4–0	2–1	4–1	8–3		1–3	3–2	3–2	1–0	2–1	3–0	7–2	0–0	1–1	1–2
Portsmouth	1–2	2–0	3–1	4–0	3–2	2–0	2–2	0–0	2–2	1–5	5–1	0–2		3–2	5–2	1–2	4–2	4–0	2–0	0–0	1–2	3–0
Port Vale	3–0	5–0	2–0	0–6	4–2	6–1	0–1	0–1	3–1	4–0	1–1	3–0	1–1		3–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	3–0	3–0	4–3	3–0
Preston North En4–2	6–4	3–1	3–1	4–1	0–0	2–1	2–1	4–0	1–0	2–0	2–1	3–2	4–0		2–2	0–4	5–3	2–0	4–2	0–3	1–0
Southampton	0–0	2–2	1–2	0–1	2–0	4–1	2–1	2–0	0–2	3–1	2–0	3–1	1–3	2–3	2–0		0–1	3–0	1–2	4–1	1–2	4–2
South Shields	3–0	3–4	1–3	0–0	1–0	2–4	0–0	5–2	1–3	2–2	3–1	0–0	5–1	5–2	1–1	2–0		4–2	5–1	3–1	1–1	3–1
Stockport County1–1	4–3	1–1	0–0	3–2	1–1	3–0	1–2	0–1	1–2	3–0	1–0	3–3	2–2	1–1	1–2	4–1		2–1	1–3	0–2	1–0
Stoke    	1–2	1–3	1–0	1–3	0–0	6–1	0–1	5–0	3–1	4–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–3	1–3	1–1	0–1	3–0		1–1	0–1	0–0
Swansea Town	3–0	6–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	2–0	6–0	2–0	4–0	3–0	3–3	1–0	1–0	4–1	3–1	1–2	4–0	1–1		2–2	2–4
The Wednesday	3–0	2–0	5–1	4–1	3–0	4–0	1–4	3–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	5–1	4–2	0–2	5–1	2–1	1–0	6–2	2–0	3–1		2–1
Wolverhampton Wa7–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	3–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	3–1	3–1	4–0	2–1	4–1	3–1	3–0	4–1	2–0	5–1	5–1	2–3	1–2	

                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY      42  19  0  2  61  17   8  6  7  27  31   60
 2. DERBY COUNTY             42  17  2  2  57  17   8  5  8  20  25   57
 3. Chelsea                  42  10  7  4  42  22   9  7  5  34  27   52
 4. Wolverhampton Wanderers  42  15  4  2  55  15   6  3 12  29  45   49
 5. Swansea City             42  13  6  2  50  16   6  5 10  27  41   49
 6. Blackpool                42  12  6  3  41  16   5  5 11  35  53   45
 7. Oldham Athletic          42  14  4  3  52  24   4  4 13  22  38   44
 8. Port Vale                42  15  3  3  53  18   4  3 14  26  51   44
 9. South Shields            42  11  6  4  50  29   7  2 12  24  36   44
10. Middlesbrough            42  14  1  6  56  28   7  1 13  21  40   44
11. Portsmouth               42  12  4  5  48  27   5  6 10  31  47   44
12. Preston North End        42  17  2  2  54  28   1  5 15  17  56   43
13. Hull City                42  11  4  6  40  19   5  5 11  23  42   41
14. Southampton              42  11  2  8  39  25   4  6 11  24  38   38
15. Darlington               42   9  5  7  51  31   5  5 11  21  46   38
16. Bradford City            42   9  5  7  28  26   4  5 12  19  40   36
17. Nottingham Forest        42  11  4  6  38  25   3  4 14  13  48   36
18. Barnsley                 42  10  7  4  38  22   2  5 14  20  62   36
19. Fulham                   42   8  6  7  32  29   3  6 12  14  48   34
20. Leyton Orient            42   8  6  7  30  21   4  3 14  20  44   33
21. STOKE CITY               42   8  5  8  32  23   4  3 14  22  54   32
22. STOCKPORT COUNTY         42   8  7  6  34  28   0  2 19  17  69   25

League Division 3 (North)
Season1925–26
ChampionsGrimsby Town (1st title)
Failed re-electionNone
Matches played462
Goals scored1,628 (3.52 per match)
Top goalscorerJimmy Cookson (Chesterfield), 44
Home \ Away	ACC	ASH	BRW	BPA	CHF	COV	CRE	DON	DUR	GRI	HAL	HAR	LIN	NEL	NWB	ROC	ROT	SOU	TRA	WAL	WIG	WRE
Accrington Stanley	2–1	2–0	1–4	2–0	3–1	2–0	2–3	3–1	1–0	0–1	1–2	3–1	3–2	0–2	1–3	2–3	4–3	4–3	5–2	4–0	4–2
Ashington	3–1		1–4	1–1	0–0	2–0	2–0	6–1	0–1	4–2	0–1	2–0	4–1	5–1	1–1	0–1	4–2	1–1	1–0	2–0	3–3	2–2
Barrow  	1–2	2–3		0–1	0–3	1–4	0–1	0–2	1–4	0–3	1–2	1–4	3–0	1–0	2–3	1–3	1–2	0–3	3–3	5–2	1–1	4–3
Bradford Park Av3–0	1–0	3–0		1–0	3–0	3–0	2–0	2–1	0–1	2–2	4–0	4–1	3–0	1–0	3–1	6–1	6–1	3–0	8–0	6–1	1–1
Chesterfield	7–2	6–1	3–1	1–1		4–3	4–2	2–2	2–0	2–0	1–0	5–2	2–0	3–1	3–0	1–2	6–1	3–0	4–0	4–0	4–0	3–1
Coventry City	2–1	2–0	2–0	2–2	2–4		2–1	4–0	3–1	1–1	4–1	5–2	3–2	1–0	0–0	2–2	7–0	0–0	1–2	2–0	0–0	2–0
Crewe Alexandra	3–0	2–1	4–1	1–2	2–0	2–1		2–2	2–0	1–1	0–1	2–1	3–1	1–4	4–1	3–2	3–1	0–1	1–1	2–1	3–1	2–0
Doncaster Rovers6–2	2–1	0–1	0–3	3–0	8–1	5–2		4–1	1–4	2–2	2–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	0–0	6–1	4–0	1–1	1–1	1–1
Durham City	5–1	0–0	2–1	2–1	5–2	4–1	1–1	3–0		0–0	2–0	0–0	3–2	0–2	0–0	0–2	5–1	3–2	2–1	4–1	2–0	2–1
Grimsby Town	5–2	3–1	4–0	3–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	3–0	3–1		1–0	2–0	4–0	3–0	1–0	3–0	3–0	3–2	8–0	5–1	1–1	1–0
Halifax Town	1–1	0–0	3–2	1–2	2–0	1–0	1–0	0–3	2–1	0–2		2–1	0–2	1–1	1–0	1–1	5–1	3–0	1–1	5–0	2–0	2–1
Hartlepool	5–1	2–1	2–0	0–3	2–1	3–2	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–1		4–2	2–0	6–1	4–2	2–1	5–0	3–2	9–3	0–0	5–0
Lincoln City	3–1	2–0	4–3	1–1	2–1	0–3	2–2	3–1	1–0	4–1	0–1	2–1		1–0	3–1	0–2	0–3	3–0	1–3	5–1	2–1	3–2
Nelson  	1–0	2–2	3–3	2–2	3–3	4–1	2–1	5–3	4–0	1–1	1–1	5–2	5–2		1–1	1–3	3–0	3–3	7–0	2–0	7–0	5–1
New Brighton	4–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–2	5–1	2–3	2–1	1–2	1–4	2–1	3–2	5–0	0–0		3–0	5–1	1–0	3–2	3–2	4–2	2–2
Rochdale	3–2	1–3	2–1	2–0	2–4	4–1	2–0	4–1	5–0	5–2	2–1	6–0	0–1	2–0	2–1		2–2	3–1	3–2	2–0	2–1	1–2
Rotherham United3–1	5–1	2–1	2–3	0–1	2–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–3	1–3	1–0	0–4		5–2	2–0	4–1	1–0	6–2
Southport	1–3	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–3	1–2	0–0	3–3	6–1	0–1	3–1	1–1	3–2	2–1	3–2	1–7	1–1		2–1	1–1	3–1	0–1
Tranmere	2–2	1–4	3–0	3–2	0–4	2–1	2–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	3–1	2–0	2–0	4–2	0–1	3–5	3–1	1–0		2–1	5–1	4–1
Walsall     	3–3	2–0	1–2	3–1	3–1	4–1	0–3	2–1	0–1	2–2	3–1	1–2	0–0	0–2	3–1	1–5	4–1	2–2	1–3		0–1	5–1
Wigan Borough	5–0	0–2	4–1	1–3	2–0	5–1	3–1	0–1	4–1	2–2	0–0	1–0	3–3	5–0	3–1	2–2	0–1	3–1	2–2	2–0		6–0
Wrexham   	5–6	2–3	0–0	4–2	1–1	3–1	1–1	0–2	3–0	4–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	3–2	1–2	1–0	2–2	3–2	0–2	0–1	1–0	

                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. GRIMSBY TOWN             42  20  1  0  61   8   6  8  7  30  32   61
 2. Bradford Park Avenue     42  18  2  1  65  10   8  6  7  36  33   60
 3. Rochdale                 42  16  1  4  55  25  11  4  6  49  33   59
 4. Chesterfield             42  18  2  1  70  19   7  3 11  30  35   55
 5. Halifax Town             42  12  5  4  34  19   5  6 10  19  31   45
 6. Hartlepool United        42  15  5  1  59  23   3  3 15  23  50   44
 7. Tranmere Rovers          42  15  2  4  45  27   4  4 13  28  56   44
 8. Nelson                   42  12  8  1  67  29   4  3 14  22  42   43
 9. Ashington                42  11  6  4  44  23   5  5 11  26  39   43
10. Doncaster Rovers         42  11  7  3  52  25   5  4 12  28  47   43
11. Crewe Alexandra          42  14  3  4  43  23   3  6 12  20  38   43
12. New Brighton             42  13  4  4  51  29   4  4 13  18  38   42
13. Durham City              42  14  5  2  45  19   4  1 16  18  51   42
14. Rotherham United         42  13  3  5  44  28   4  4 13  25  64   41
15. Lincoln City             42  14  2  5  42  28   3  3 15  24  54   39
16. Coventry City            42  13  6  2  47  19   3  0 18  26  63   38
17. Wigan Borough            42  12  5  4  53  22   1  6 14  15  52   37
18. Accrington Stanley       42  14  0  7  49  34   3  3 15  32  71   37
19. Wrexham                  42   9  6  6  39  31   2  4 15  24  61   32
20. Southport                42   9  6  6  37  34   2  4 15  25  58   32
21. Walsall                  42   9  4  8  40  34   1  2 18  18  73   26
22. Barrow                   42   4  2 15  28  49   3  2 16  22  49   18

League Division 3 (South)
Season1925–26
ChampionsReading (1st title)
Failed re-electionNone
Matches played462
Goals scored1,555 (3.37 per match)
Top goalscorerJack Cock (Plymouth Argyle), 32 
Home \ Away ADE B&BA BRE B&HA BRI BRR CHA CRY EXE GIL LUT MER MIL NPC NOR NWC PLY QPR REA STD SWI WAT Aberdare Athletic 3–3 3–0 2–2 3–3 0–1 3–1 2–0 5–0 0–1 2–5 0–0 1–2 2–0 1–0 3–1 6–1 1–0 2–2 2–0 1–1 8–1 Bournemouth & 3–0 3–2 0–3 1–1 2–0 4–1 6–1 2–1 1–2 2–2 2–1 0–0 0–2 4–2 2–2 1–2 4–1 1–1 1–2 2–0 3–4 Brentford 1–0 0–2 1–6 2–1 4–1 4–0 3–2 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 3–3 3–4 5–1 2–2 1–2 1–0 1–3 3–1 4–3 Brighton & Hove 6–2 3–4 3–2 0–0 2–3 1–0 3–2 1–3 1–2 2–0 3–1 3–1 2–1 2–2 1–1 1–2 2–1 2–2 3–2 3–1 3–1 Bristol City 1–0 5–0 3–0 1–0 0–0 4–0 1–0 1–0 4–0 5–1 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–1 2–1 3–1 0–1 1–4 5–1 1–0 Bristol Rovers 0–3 7–2 1–2 4–0 0–1 4–1 3–1 0–1 2–0 2–2 0–0 0–1 2–2 1–2 2–2 2–3 5–0 4–2 2–0 1–2 2–1 Charlton Athleti1–0 5–0 0–2 1–1 3–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–4 0–0 3–3 3–0 0–5 1–1 1–2 5–0 2–0 1–1 Crystal Palace 0–1 3–1 2–0 2–1 5–2 0–2 4–1 3–2 0–2 3–0 3–0 1–2 4–2 1–0 2–0 5–5 1–0 3–0 3–0 1–0 4–0 Exeter City 4–0 0–1 6–1 2–4 1–1 3–0 5–3 0–1 2–1 2–2 6–2 3–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 4–0 3–0 3–2 0–1 1–2 6–1 Gillingham 0–1 1–2 1–3 3–1 0–1 6–3 0–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 3–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 3–0 4–1 3–1 0–1 0–1 Luton Town 2–1 4–1 4–2 3–3 4–1 1–0 1–0 3–2 1–1 5–3 4–0 2–2 4–2 3–2 3–2 1–1 4–0 0–1 2–0 4–1 5–0 Merthyr Town 1–1 0–2 6–0 0–1 3–2 2–3 0–1 4–0 3–1 0–0 2–1 0–2 4–1 5–3 3–1 1–1 1–0 5–2 5–1 2–1 4–1 Millwall 4–2 0–1 2–1 2–0 3–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 0–0 7–0 1–1 3–3 4–1 3–1 0–0 3–0 1–0 8–1 3–0 3–0 Newport County 0–0 1–2 2–3 4–3 1–0 3–1 0–0 2–3 3–0 4–0 2–1 3–1 1–0 3–0 1–1 0–3 4–1 1–1 1–0 0–4 3–3 Northampton Town3–2 1–1 6–1 1–2 1–2 2–0 2–1 4–0 2–1 1–2 0–1 4–1 3–1 2–0 3–2 2–1 3–2 0–1 3–3 2–0 2–2 Norwich City 2–3 3–1 1–0 1–2 1–3 1–0 3–0 4–3 3–1 1–0 2–0 2–2 1–0 0–0 2–1 0–3 1–1 3–1 1–2 2–2 1–1 Plymouth Argyle 7–2 7–2 4–0 5–3 3–1 1–2 1–0 6–2 2–2 2–1 4–3 3–0 2–0 3–0 2–4 6–3 3–1 1–3 6–2 1–1 2–1 Queens Park Rang1–3 2–2 1–1 0–2 0–2 2–1 2–2 1–3 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 3–0 0–2 3–2 0–1 0–4 1–2 2–2 1–1 2–0 Reading 2–1 5–2 7–1 0–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 2–1 3–2 1–0 3–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 4–2 2–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 4–1 Southend 0–1 3–0 3–1 4–0 1–2 3–1 1–2 5–1 3–1 1–1 2–0 5–1 0–2 4–1 6–1 0–1 2–0 2–1 2–2 3–0 0–1 Swindon Town 2–1 8–2 2–1 1–0 1–3 4–2 3–0 3–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 0–2 1–1 2–1 1–2 3–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 5–3 Watford 2–0 0–0 2–2 3–3 2–2 2–1 1–1 3–0 3–1 3–1 2–0 6–1 0–1 5–1 3–2 3–1 0–1 3–1 0–1 1–4 3–2
                             P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. READING                  42  16  5  0  49  16   7  6  8  28  36   57
 2. Plymouth Argyle          42  16  2  3  71  33   8  6  7  36  34   56
 3. Millwall                 42  14  6  1  52  12   7  5  9  21  27   53
 4. Bristol City             42  14  3  4  42  15   7  6  8  30  36   51
 5. Brighton & Hove Albion   42  12  4  5  47  33   7  5  9  37  40   47
 6. Swindon Town             42  16  2  3  48  22   4  4 13  21  42   46
 7. Luton Town               42  16  4  1  60  25   2  3 16  20  50   43
 8. Bournemouth              42  10  5  6  44  30   7  4 10  31  61   43
 9. Aberdare Athletic        42  11  6  4  50  24   6  2 13  24  42   42
10. Gillingham               42  11  4  6  36  19   6  4 11  17  30   42
11. Southend United          42  13  2  6  50  20   6  2 13  28  53   42
12. Northampton              42  13  3  5  47  26   4  4 13  35  54   41
13. Crystal Palace           42  16  1  4  50  21   3  2 16  25  58   41
14. Merthyr Town             42  13  3  5  51  25   1  8 12  18  50   39
15. Watford                  42  12  5  4  47  26   3  4 14  26  63   39
16. Norwich City             42  11  5  5  35  26   4  4 13  23  47   39
17. Newport County           42  11  5  5  39  27   3  5 13  25  47   38
18. Brentford                42  12  4  5  44  32   4  2 15  25  62   38
19. Bristol Rovers           42   9  4  8  44  28   6  2 13  22  41   36
20. Exeter City              42  13  2  6  54  25   2  3 16  18  45   35
21. Charlton Athletic        42   9  7  5  32  23   2  6 13  16  45   35
22. Queens Park Rangers      42   5  7  9  23  32   1  2 18  14  52   21
FINAL TABLE SOUTHERN LEAGUE (EASTERN DIVISION) '25-'26

 1. Millwall London II         34-54 (106-37)  24  6  4  Champions    
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 2. Leicester City II          34-48 (105-60)  23  2  9          
 3. Brighton & Hove Albion II  34-46 (105-69)  21  4  9          
 4. Kettering Town             34-43  (98-68)  19  5 10          
 5. Peterborough & Fletton     34-41  (76-62)  19  3 12          
 6. Portsmouth II              34-39  (76-67)  17  5 12          
 7. Norwich City II            34-38  (85-90)  17  4 13          
 8. Bournemouth II             34-37  (76-67)  15  7 12          
 9. Southampton II             34-35  (65-72)  14  7 13          
10. Fulham London II           34-32  (86-77)  13  6 15  left  
11. Grays Thurrock United      34-31  (63-77)  13  5 16          
12. Guildford United           34-30  (71-87)  11  8 15          
13. Watford II                 34-26  (62-94)  12  2 20          
14. Luton Town II              34-25  (70-78)  11  3 20          
15. Folkestone                 34-24  (67-93)   9  6 19          
16. Reading II                 34-23  (58-84)  10  3 21          
17. Coventry City II           34-23  (54-93)   9  5 20  left  
18. Nuneaton Town              34-17  (61-109)  7  3 24  left  

Champions (Eastern): Millwall London II                           
New elected: Dartford and Poole                              

1384 goals = 4.523 goals/m.

FINAL TABLE SOUTHERN LEAGUE (WESTERN DIVISION) '25-'26
 1. Plymouth Argyle II         26-41  (67-31)  20  1  5  Champions    
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 2. Bristol City II            26-36  (48-28)  16  4  6          
 3. Bristol Rovers II          26-30  (51-35)  13  4  9          
 4. Swindon Town II            26-30  (57-40)  13  4  9          
 5. Ebbw Vale                  26-29  (60-46)  13  3 10          
 6. Torquay United             26-29  (59-46)  12  5  9          
 7. Yeovil & Petters           26-26  (43-48)   9  8  9          
 8. Mid Rhondda United         26-25  (47-49)  12  1 13          
 9. Weymouth                   26-23  (64-60)  10  3 13          
10. Exeter City II             26-21  (40-49)   8  5 13          
11. Barry                      26-20  (47-55)   8  4 14          
12. Taunton United             26-20  (44-60)   9  2 15          
13. Pontypridd                 26-19  (44-77)   7  5 14  left  
14. Bath City                  26-15  (38-86)   7  1 18          

Total: 364-364 (709-710)  157 50 157

Champions (Western): Plymouth Argyle II                           
New elected: Newport County II                              

709(710) goals = 3.896 goals/m.

England FA Challenge Cup 1925-1926

Country England
 Wales
Defending championsSheffield United
ChampionsBolton Wanderers
(2nd title)
Runners-upManchester City

        1st Round
Nov 28 ^Aberdare Athletic           4 ^Bristol Rovers              1
Nov 28 -Accrington Stanley          4 -Wrexham                     0
Nov 28 *Blyth                       2 -Hartlepools United          2
Nov 28 *Boston United               5 *Mansfield Town              2
Nov 28 ^Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath  3 ^Merthyr Town                0
Nov 28 -Bradford Park Avenue        2 -Lincoln City                2
Nov 28 ^Brentford                   3 *Barnet                      1
Nov 28 ^Brighton & Hove Albion      1 ^Watford                     1
Nov 28 *Carlisle United             0 *Chilton College             2
Nov 28 ^Charlton Athletic           4 *Windsor & Eton              2
Nov 28 *Chatham                     0 *Sittingbourne               3
Nov 28 *Clapton                     3 ^Norwich City                1
Nov 28 -Doncaster Rovers            2 *Wellington                  0
Nov 28 ^Exeter City                 1 +Swansea Town                3
Nov 28 *Farnham                     1 ^Swindon Town               10
Nov 28 ^Gillingham                  6 *Southall                    0
Nov 28 -Halifax Town                0 -Rotherham United            3
Nov 28 *Horden Athletic             2 +Darlington                  3
Nov 28 *Leyton                      1 *St Albans                   0
Nov 28 *London Caledonians          1 *Ilford                      2
Nov 28 ^Luton Town                  3 *Folkestone                  0
Nov 28 -New Brighton                2 -Barrow                      0
Nov 28 ^Northampton Town            3 +Barnsley                    1
Nov 28 *Northfleet                  2 ^Queen's Park Rangers        2
Nov 28 +Oldham Athletic            10 *Lytham                      1
Nov 28 ^Southend United             5 *Dulwich Hamlet              1
Nov 28 -Southport                   1 *Mold                        0
Nov 28 *Torquay United              1 ^Reading                     1
Nov 28 -Tranmere Rovers             0 -Crewe Alexandra             0
Nov 28 -Walsall                     0 -Grimsby Town                1
Nov 28 *Wath                        0 -Chesterfield                5
Nov 28 *Weymouth                    0 ^Newport County              1
Nov 28 *Worcester                   0 *Kettering Town              0
Nov 28 *Worksop                     1 -Coventry City               0
Dec 01 -Rochdale                    4 *West Stanley                0
Dec 02 -Durham City                 4 -Ashington                   1
Dec 02 -Wigan Borough               3 -Nelson                      0
Dec 03 *South Bank                  1 *Stockton                    4

        Replays
Dec 02 -Crewe Alexandra             2 -Tranmere Rovers             1
Dec 02 *Hartlepools United          1 *Blyth                       1
Dec 02 -Lincoln City                1 -Bradford Park Avenue        1
Dec 02 ^Reading                     1 *Torquay United              1
Dec 02 ^Watford                     2 ^Brighton & Hove Albion      0
Dec 03 *Kettering Town              0 *Worcester                   0
Dec 03 ^Queen's Park Rangers        2 *Northfleet                  0
Dec 07 *Blyth                       1 -Hartlepools United          1  played at Newcastle U
Dec 07 -Bradford Park Avenue        2 -Lincoln City                1  played at Sheffield U
Dec 07 *Kettering Town              2 *Worcester                   0  played at Birmingham
Dec 07 ^Reading                     2 *Torquay United              0  played at Bristol City
Dec 09 *Blyth                       2 -Hartlepools United          1  played at Sunderland

Byes to the 3rd Round:
All 1st Division Clubs (22):  Aston Villa, Birmingham, Blackburn Rovers, Bolton Wanderers,
  Burnley, Bury, Cardiff City, Everton, Huddersfield Town, Leeds United, Leicester City,
  Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Newcastle United, Notts County, Sunderland,
  Sheffield United, The Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur, West Bromwich Albion & West Ham United
2nd Division Clubs (18):  Blackpool, Bradford City, Chelsea, Clapton Orient, Derby County,
  Fulham, Hull City, Middlesbrough, Nottingham Forest, Portsmouth, Preston North End,
  Port Vale, Southampton, South Shields, Stockport County, Stoke City, The Wednesday &
  Wolverhampton Wanderers
3rd Division Clubs (4):  Bristol City, Crystal Palace, Millwall & Plymouth Argyle
Non-League Club (1):  Corinthians

        2nd Round
Dec 12 ^Aberdare Athletic           1 ^Luton Town                  0
Dec 12 -Accrington Stanley          5 *Blyth                       0
Dec 12 ^Brentford                   1 ^Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath  2
Dec 12 *Chilton College             1 -Rochdale                    1
Dec 12 *Clapton                     1 *Ilford                      0
Dec 12 -Crewe Alexandra             2 -Wigan Borough               2
Dec 12 -Doncaster Rovers            0 -Rotherham United            2
Dec 12 -Durham City                 0 -Southport                   3
Dec 12 *Kettering Town              1 -Grimsby Town                1
Dec 12 -New Brighton                2 +Darlington                  0
Dec 12 ^Northampton Town            3 ^Newport County              1
Dec 12 ^Queen's Park Rangers        1 ^Charlton Athletic           1
Dec 12 ^Reading                     6 *Leyton                      0
Dec 12 ^Southend United             1 ^Gillingham                  0
Dec 12 *Stockton                    4 +Oldham Athletic             6
Dec 12 +Swansea Town                3 ^Watford                     2
Dec 12 ^Swindon Town                7 *Sittingbourne               0
Dec 12 *Worksop                     1 -Chesterfield                2
Dec 17 *Boston United               1 -Bradford Park Avenue        0

        Replays
Dec 15 -Grimsby Town                3 *Kettering Town              1
Dec 16 -Wigan Borough               2 -Crewe Alexandra             1
Dec 17 ^Charlton Athletic           1 ^Queen's Park Rangers        0
Dec 17 -Rochdale                    1 *Chilton College             2

        3rd Round
Jan 09 -Accrington Stanley          0  Bolton Wanderers            1 
Jan 09  Birmingham                  2 -Grimsby Town                0
Jan 09  Blackburn Rovers            1 +Preston North End           1
Jan 09 +Blackpool                   0 +Swansea Town                2
Jan 09 ^Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath  2 ^Reading                     0
Jan 09  Cardiff City                2  Burnley                     2
Jan 09 ^Charlton Athletic           0  Huddersfield Town           1
Jan 09 -Chesterfield                0 +Clapton Orient              1
Jan 09 *Clapton                     2 ^Swindon Town                3
Jan 09 *Corinthians                 3  Manchester City             3
Jan 09 +Derby County                0 +Portsmouth                  0
Jan 09  Everton                     1 +Fulham                      1
Jan 09 +Hull City                   0  Aston Villa                 3
Jan 09 +Middlesbrough               5  Leeds United                1
Jan 09 ^Millwall                    1 +Oldham Athletic             1
Jan 09 -New Brighton                2 +The Wednesday               1
Jan 09  Newcastle United            4 ^Aberdare Athletic           1
Jan 09 ^Northampton Town            3 ^Crystal Palace              3
Jan 09 +Nottingham Forest           1 +Bradford City               0
Jan 09  Notts County                2  Leicester City              0
Jan 09 ^Plymouth Argyle             1 +Chelsea                     2
Jan 09 +Port Vale                   2  Manchester United           3
Jan 09 -Rotherham United            2  Bury                        3
Jan 09  Sheffield United            2 +Stockport County            0
Jan 09 +South Shields               3 *Chilton College             0
Jan 09 +Southampton                 0  Liverpool                   0
Jan 09 ^Southend United             5 -Southport                   2
Jan 09  Sunderland                  8 *Boston United               1
Jan 09  Tottenham Hotspur           5  West Ham United             0
Jan 09 -Wigan Borough               2 +Stoke City                  5
Jan 09 +Wolverhampton Wanderers     1  The Arsenal                 1
Jan 09  West Bromwich Albion        4 ^Bristol City                1

        Replays
Jan 12 +Oldham Athletic             0 ^Millwall                    1
Jan 13  The Arsenal                 1 +Wolverhampton Wanderers     0
Jan 13  Burnley                     0  Cardiff City                2
Jan 13 ^Crystal Palace              2 ^Northampton Town            1
Jan 13  Liverpool                   1 +Southampton                 0
Jan 13  Manchester City             4 *Corinthians                 0
Jan 13 +Portsmouth                  1 +Derby County                1
Jan 14 +Fulham                      1  Everton                     0
Jan 14 +Preston North End           1  Blackburn Rovers            4
Jan 18 +Derby County                2 +Portsmouth                  0  played at Leicester City

        4th Round
Jan 30  The Arsenal                 3  Blackburn Rovers            1
Jan 30 ^Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath  2  Bolton Wanderers            2
Jan 30  Bury                        3 ^Millwall                    3
Jan 30  Cardiff City                0  Newcastle United            2
Jan 30 +Clapton Orient              4 +Middlesbrough               2
Jan 30 ^Crystal Palace              2 +Chelsea                     1
Jan 30 +Fulham                      3  Liverpool                   1
Jan 30  Manchester City             4  Huddersfield Town           0
Jan 30 +Nottingham Forest           2 ^Swindon Town                0
Jan 30  Notts County                2 -New Brighton                0
Jan 30  Sheffield United            1  Sunderland                  2
Jan 30 +South Shields               2  Birmingham                  1
Jan 30 ^Southend United             4 +Derby County                1
Jan 30 +Swansea Town                6 +Stoke City                  3
Jan 30  Tottenham Hotspur           2  Manchester United           2
Jan 30  West Bromwich Albion        1  Aston Villa                 2

        Replays
Feb 03  Bolton Wanderers            6 ^Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath  2
Feb 03  Manchester United           2  Tottenham Hotspur           0
Feb 04 ^Millwall                    2  Bury                        0

        5th Round
Feb 20  Aston Villa                 1  The Arsenal                 1
Feb 20  Bolton Wanderers            3 +South Shields               0
Feb 20 +Clapton Orient              2  Newcastle United            0
Feb 20  Manchester City            11 ^Crystal Palace              4
Feb 20 ^Millwall                    0 +Swansea Town                1
Feb 20  Notts County                0 +Fulham                      1
Feb 20 ^Southend United             0 +Nottingham Forest           1
Feb 20  Sunderland                  3  Manchester United           3

        Replays
Feb 24  The Arsenal                 2  Aston Villa                 0
Feb 24  Manchester United           2  Sunderland                  1

        Quarter-finals
Mar 06 +Clapton Orient              1  Manchester City             6
Mar 06 +Fulham                      1  Manchester United           2
Mar 06 +Nottingham Forest           2  Bolton Wanderers            2
Mar 06 +Swansea Town                2  The Arsenal                 1

        Replays
Mar 10  Bolton Wanderers            0 +Nottingham Forest           0
Mar 15  Bolton Wanderers            1 +Nottingham Forest           0  played at Manchester U

        Semi-finals
Mar 27  Bolton Wanderers            3 +Swansea Town                0  played at Tottenham
Mar 27  Manchester City             3  Manchester United           0  played at Sheffield U

        Final
Apr 24  Bolton Wanderers          1-0  Manchester City             played at Wembley
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Season 1926-27

FA Charity Shield 1926 Amateurs 6 Professionals 3
League Division 1
Season1926–27
ChampionsNewcastle United (4th and so far the last English title)
RelegatedLeeds United
West Bromwich Albion
FA Cup winnersCardiff City (1st and only FA Cup title)
Matches played462
Goals scored1,668 (3.61 per match)
Top goalscorerJimmy Trotter (The Wednesday), 37 [3]
Biggest home winDerby County – The Wednesday 8–0 (19 Mar 1927)
Biggest away winAston Villa – West Ham United 1–5 (2 Apr 1927)
Blackburn Rovers – Burnley 1–5 (16 Oct 1926)
West Ham United – Blackburn Rovers 1–5 (11 Sept 1926)
Tottenham Hotspur – Arsenal 0–4 (7 Mar 1927)
Highest scoringBury – West Bromwich Albion 7–3 (11 Sept 1926)
Newcastle United – Everton 7–3 (5 Mar 1927)
Ars Ast Bir Bla Bol Brn Bry Car Der Eve Hud Lee Lei Liv MaU New ShU ShW Sun Tot WBA WHU Arsenal xxx 2-1 3-0 2-2 2-1 6-2 1-0 3-2 2-1 1-2 0-2 1-0 2-2 2-0 1-0 2-2 1-1 6-2 2-3 2-4 4-1 2-2 Aston Villa 2-3 xxx 4-2 4-3 3-4 1-1 1-2 0-0 3-1 5-3 3-0 5-1 2-0 1-1 2-0 1-2 4-0 2-2 3-1 2-3 2-0 1-5 Birmingham 0-0 1-2 xxx 3-1 6-1 1-0 2-2 1-2 1-0 1-0 1-3 2-0 2-1 3-0 4-0 2-0 2-3 0-0 2-0 1-0 1-0 0-2 Blackburn R 1-2 0-2 3-2 xxx 0-3 1-5 2-2 1-0 4-4 3-3 4-2 4-1 2-1 2-1 2-1 1-2 3-4 2-2 0-2 1-0 0-0 4-1 Bolton 2-2 0-2 1-0 5-1 xxx 3-1 2-2 2-0 3-1 5-0 4-0 3-0 2-0 2-1 4-0 2-1 4-1 3-2 2-2 2-2 1-1 2-0 Burnley 2-0 6-3 0-2 3-1 4-3 xxx 0-0 4-3 1-0 5-1 2-2 3-2 1-1 4-0 1-0 3-3 2-5 1-0 4-2 5-0 2-1 2-1 Bury 3-2 0-1 3-1 0-2 2-0 3-3 xxx 2-3 1-2 5-2 2-2 4-2 0-0 0-2 0-3 3-2 4-4 2-0 1-2 0-0 7-3 1-2 Cardiff City 2-0 2-3 1-0 0-1 1-0 0-0 2-1 xxx 2-0 1-0 2-0 3-1 0-1 2-0 0-2 1-1 3-0 3-2 3-0 1-2 1-1 1-2 Derby County 0-2 2-3 4-1 4-5 2-0 4-1 2-0 6-3 xxx 0-0 4-4 1-0 4-1 2-1 2-2 1-1 1-0 8-0 4-2 4-1 2-1 3-0 Everton 3-1 2-2 3-1 1-0 1-1 3-2 2-2 0-1 3-2 xxx 0-0 2-1 3-4 1-0 0-0 1-3 2-0 2-1 5-4 1-2 0-0 0-3 Huddersfield 3-3 0-0 0-2 5-0 1-0 2-0 3-1 0-0 4-2 0-0 xxx 4-1 5-3 1-0 0-0 1-0 0-2 4-3 0-0 2-0 4-1 2-1 Leeds United 4-1 3-1 2-1 4-1 2-5 0-2 4-1 0-0 1-0 1-3 1-1 xxx 1-1 0-0 2-3 1-2 1-1 4-1 2-2 1-1 3-1 6-3 Leicester 2-1 5-1 5-2 4-0 0-1 0-3 1-1 3-1 1-1 6-2 2-4 3-2 xxx 3-2 2-3 2-1 2-2 5-3 2-1 2-2 5-0 3-0 Liverpool 3-0 2-1 2-1 2-2 3-2 2-2 2-2 5-0 3-2 1-0 2-3 2-4 1-0 xxx 4-2 1-2 5-1 3-0 1-2 1-0 2-1 0-0 Manchester Utd 2-2 2-1 0-1 2-0 0-0 2-1 1-2 1-1 2-2 2-1 0-0 2-2 1-0 0-1 xxx 3-1 5-0 0-0 0-0 2-1 2-0 0-3 Newcastle 6-1 4-0 5-1 6-1 1-0 1-5 3-1 5-0 3-0 7-3 1-0 1-0 1-1 1-0 4-2 xxx 2-0 2-1 1-0 3-2 5-2 2-0 Sheffield Utd 4-0 3-1 4-3 5-3 1-1 2-2 2-0 3-1 1-0 3-3 3-3 1-0 0-3 1-4 2-2 2-1 xxx 2-0 2-0 3-3 2-1 0-2 Sheffield Wed 4-2 3-1 4-4 0-3 2-1 2-1 1-3 3-0 2-1 4-0 1-1 1-0 2-2 3-2 2-0 3-2 2-3 xxx 4-1 3-1 2-1 1-0 Sunderland 5-1 1-1 4-1 2-5 6-2 7-1 3-0 2-2 1-2 3-2 1-1 6-2 3-0 2-1 6-0 2-0 3-0 4-1 xxx 3-2 4-1 2-3 Tottenham 0-4 0-1 6-1 1-1 1-0 4-1 1-0 4-1 3-2 2-1 3-3 4-1 2-2 1-2 1-1 1-3 3-1 7-3 0-2 xxx 3-0 1-3 West Bromwich 1-3 6-2 1-2 2-0 1-1 4-2 3-1 1-2 3-1 3-2 2-2 2-4 0-1 0-1 2-2 4-2 1-0 2-2 3-0 5-0 xxx 1-3 West Ham 7-0 5-1 1-0 1-5 4-4 2-1 1-2 2-2 1-2 2-1 3-2 3-2 3-3 3-3 4-0 1-1 3-0 1-1 1-2 1-2 1-2 xxx

Final Table:
                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. NEWCASTLE UNITED         42  19  1  1  64  20   6  5 10  32  38   56
 2. Huddersfield Town        42  13  6  2  41  19   4 11  6  35  41   51
 3. Sunderland               42  15  3  3  70  28   6  4 11  28  42   49
 4. Bolton Wanderers         42  15  5  1  54  19   4  5 12  30  43   48
 5. Burnley                  42  15  4  2  55  30   4  5 12  36  50   47
 6. West Ham United          42   9  6  6  50  36  10  2  9  36  34   46
 7. Leicester City           42  13  4  4  58  33   4  8  9  27  37   46
 8. Sheffield United         42  12  6  3  46  33   5  4 12  28  53   44
 9. Liverpool                42  13  4  4  47  27   5  3 13  22  34   43
10. Aston Villa              42  11  4  6  51  34   7  3 11  30  49   43
11. Arsenal                  42  12  5  4  47  30   5  4 12  30  56   43
12. Derby County             42  14  4  3  60  28   3  3 15  26  45   41
13. Tottenham Hotspur        42  11  4  6  48  33   5  5 11  28  45   41
14. Cardiff City             42  12  3  6  31  17   4  6 11  24  48   41
15. Manchester United        42   9  8  4  29  19   4  6 11  23  45   40
16. Sheffield Wednesday      42  15  3  3  49  29   0  6 15  26  63   39
17. Birmingham City          42  13  3  5  36  17   4  1 16  28  56   38
18. Blackburn Rovers         42   9  5  7  40  40   6  3 12  37  56   38
19. Bury                     42   8  5  8  43  38   4  7 10  25  39   36
20. Everton                  42  10  6  5  35  30   2  4 15  29  60   34
21. LEEDS UNITED             42   9  7  5  43  31   2  1 18  26  57   30
22. WEST BROMWICH ALBION     42  10  4  7  47  33   1  4 16  18  53   30

League Division 2
Season1926–27
ChampionsMiddlesbrough (1st title)
RelegatedBradford City
Darlington
Matches played462
Goals scored1,668 (3.61 per match)
Top goalscorerGeorge Camsell (Middlesbrough), 59 [3]
Biggest home winPortsmouth – Notts County 9–1 (9 Apr 1927)
Manchester City – Bradford City 8–0 (7 Mar 1927)
Biggest away winFulham – Grimsby Town 0–4 (16 Feb 1927)
Highest scoringGrimsby Town – Middlesbrough 4–7 (8 Feb 1927)
Home \ Away	BAR	BLP	BRA	CHE	CLA	DAR	FUL	GRI	HUL	MCI	MID	NOT	NTC	OLD	POR	PTV	PNE	REA	SOU	SSH	SWA	WOL
Barnsley		6–1	1–0	3–0	4–2	3–2	5–0	2–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	4–4	0–1	2–0	2–0	3–0	2–2	5–1	6–1	1–1	4–1
Blackpool	6–1		3–0	3–1	6–0	1–1	0–0	6–2	4–0	2–4	2–2	2–2	5–0	2–0	2–0	2–2	2–3	3–1	3–2	6–1	3–1	2–3
Bradford City	1–1	4–1		0–1	1–3	0–1	1–0	2–2	1–2	4–3	0–1	1–1	1–2	0–1	1–2	1–2	0–1	1–1	2–0	3–1	5–0	1–2
Chelsea 	4–2	1–1	5–2		2–1	2–2	2–2	2–0	1–0	0–0	3–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	2–1	0–0	2–3	4–1	2–2	1–0
Clapton Orient	0–1	1–0	1–1	3–0		0–4	2–3	2–4	1–2	2–4	2–3	2–2	2–1	3–1	4–5	1–2	1–1	5–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–0
Darlington	3–3	1–3	3–0	2–2	2–1		5–0	2–3	1–3	2–2	1–4	4–2	4–2	0–1	0–4	4–3	0–1	4–2	1–2	8–2	3–1	3–1
Fulham   	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–2	2–0	2–1		0–5	3–1	2–5	0–3	2–1	3–0	1–1	0–0	6–2	0–1	1–2	3–0	2–2	4–3	4–1
Grimsby Town	1–3	2–1	4–2	0–0	2–2	2–1	2–0		0–1	2–2	4–7	1–1	1–4	2–5	0–0	4–4	5–2	0–1	0–1	1–1	0–1	6–0
Hull City	5–1	3–0	4–0	0–1	4–0	2–1	2–0	2–3		3–2	3–3	1–2	2–0	1–2	2–1	0–0	3–1	1–1	0–0	2–0	2–1	1–0
Manchester City	1–1	2–1	8–0	1–0	6–1	7–0	4–2	2–0	2–2		3–5	1–1	4–1	3–0	4–0	4–1	1–0	3–0	3–4	1–2	3–1	2–1
Middlesbrough	5–1	4–4	4–3	0–0	6–0	4–1	6–1	3–0	2–0	2–1		1–0	4–2	3–1	7–3	5–2	0–2	5–0	3–1	5–0	7–1	2–0
Nottingham Fores3–1	2–0	3–0	4–1	1–1	5–1	2–0	1–1	3–1	3–3	4–3		2–0	1–1	1–0	0–3	7–0	5–1	3–1	4–2	2–2	1–1
Notts County	1–1	2–3	4–0	5–0	3–1	3–1	4–0	3–0	1–0	1–0	2–2	1–2		1–2	2–3	2–1	1–1	2–0	0–1	4–1	1–3	2–2
Oldham Athletic	0–4	1–3	2–1	1–2	5–2	3–2	2–3	3–1	1–1	1–2	2–1	3–3	5–2		1–0	1–3	5–1	3–1	1–1	3–2	5–2	2–0
Portsmouth	1–2	5–0	1–0	2–3	1–1	0–0	2–0	5–2	2–0	2–1	0–1	0–0	9–1	7–2		4–0	5–1	5–0	3–1	1–1	1–0	2–1
Port Vale	3–2	2–4	0–0	0–0	3–0	3–2	7–1	6–1	0–0	0–2	3–1	0–2	6–2	3–0	2–3		2–0	1–1	3–1	4–2	1–1	1–1
Preston North En2–1	4–1	3–2	0–2	2–2	4–1	2–2	3–2	1–0	2–4	2–2	1–0	4–1	5–2	1–2	4–4		3–1	1–0	4–0	4–0	2–0
Reading     	3–2	0–1	2–3	2–1	0–1	4–2	2–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	2–1	4–0	7–1	6–1	1–2	2–0	3–0		1–0	2–1	3–0	1–2
Southampton	3–1	5–3	0–0	1–1	1–2	3–1	4–1	0–0	0–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	0–1	0–2	2–2	1–1	1–1		6–2	1–1	1–0
South Shields	7–1	2–2	3–3	5–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	3–2	3–1	2–2	0–0	1–0	5–0	4–1	1–0	3–3	1–1	3–0	1–2		0–1	1–2
Swansea Town	5–2	2–0	1–0	2–1	3–2	5–1	4–2	1–1	1–0	1–3	0–1	2–1	0–1	3–0	1–1	2–2	0–0	3–0	2–2	2–0		4–1
Wolverhampton Wa9–1	4–1	7–2	0–3	5–0	2–1	2–1	3–4	5–2	4–1	1–2	2–0	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–2	1–2	1–1	2–2	2–0	2–2	

                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. MIDDLESBROUGH            42  18  2  1  78  23   9  6  6  44  37   62
 2. PORTSMOUTH               42  14  4  3  58  17   9  4  8  29  32   54
 3. Manchester City          42  15  3  3  65  23   7  7  7  43  38   54
 4. Chelsea                  42  13  7  1  40  17   7  5  9  22  35   52
 5. Nottingham Forest        42  14  6  1  57  23   4  8  9  23  32   50
 6. Preston North End        42  14  4  3  54  29   6  5 10  20  43   49
 7. Hull City                42  13  4  4  43  19   7  3 11  20  33   47
 8. Port Vale                42  11  6  4  50  26   5  7  9  38  52   45
 9. Blackpool                42  13  5  3  65  26   5  3 13  30  54   44
10. Oldham Athletic          42  12  3  6  50  37   7  3 11  24  47   44
11. Barnsley                 42  13  5  3  56  23   4  4 13  32  64   43
12. Swansea City             42  13  5  3  44  21   3  6 12  24  51   43
13. Southampton              42   9  8  4  35  22   6  4 11  25  40   42
14. Reading                  42  14  1  6  47  20   2  7 12  17  52   40
15. Wolverhampton Wanderers  42  10  4  7  54  30   4  3 14  19  45   35
16. Notts County             42  11  4  6  45  24   4  1 16  25  72   35
17. Grimsby Town             42   6  7  8  39  39   5  5 11  35  52   34
18. Fulham                   42  11  4  6  39  31   2  4 15  19  61   34
19. South Shields            42  10  8  3  49  25   1  3 17  22  71   33
20. Leyton Orient            42   9  3  9  37  35   3  4 14  23  61   31
21. DARLINGTON               42  10  3  8  53  42   2  3 16  26  56   30
22. BRADFORD CITY            42   6  4 11  30  28   1  5 15  20  60   23

League Division 3 (North)
Season1926–27
ChampionsStoke City (1st title)
Failed re-electionNone
Matches played462
Goals scored1,692 (3.66 per match)
Top goalscorerAlbert Whitehurst (Rochdale), 44 
Home \ Away	ACC	ASH	BRW	BPA	CHF	CRE	DON	DUR	HAL	HAR	LIN	NEL	NWB	ROC	ROT	SOU	STP	STK	TRA	WAL	WIG	WRE
Accrington Stanley	3–0	0–1	2–3	2–1	3–1	2–0	3–0	4–2	7–2	1–1	0–5	2–3	0–1	3–1	2–2	2–4	0–1	2–3	3–5	3–1	1–1
Ashington	2–1		3–0	2–2	2–1	4–1	1–1	3–1	3–0	1–0	1–2	1–1	2–3	2–2	4–4	4–1	1–1	0–2	4–3	0–2	1–1	1–1
Barrow         	1–1	2–2		0–3	1–0	3–1	0–1	2–1	1–1	1–3	0–3	0–1	0–3	2–3	2–2	1–4	1–3	0–0	2–1	1–0	2–2	0–5
Bradford Park Av6–1	2–0	1–0		5–0	2–0	7–3	3–0	2–1	4–1	3–1	2–2	1–1	5–1	2–2	6–2	3–1	3–0	5–3	5–1	2–1	5–0
Chesterfield	1–1	4–1	8–1	3–2		3–0	1–1	7–1	2–0	1–0	4–2	1–1	3–4	2–3	5–2	5–1	3–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	5–2	1–3
Crewe Alexandra	4–0	2–1	5–0	1–1	0–0		1–3	2–1	1–2	0–1	3–3	2–1	3–2	4–0	2–2	1–0	3–2	0–2	4–1	1–1	2–4	5–1
Doncaster Rovers2–0	3–1	7–0	4–1	0–3	0–2		5–1	2–0	2–0	1–3	6–0	2–2	3–2	2–2	3–1	1–2	3–1	4–1	2–2	4–1	2–2
Durham City	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–2	2–2		0–1	2–1	4–2	3–3	2–2	1–3	0–1	4–2	1–5	1–2	0–3	3–0	3–1	1–0
Halifax Town	4–3	1–1	5–1	2–0	3–1	3–1	2–1	1–2		2–1	2–1	4–1	2–2	1–0	4–2	1–1	4–1	2–2	2–0	1–1	0–0	0–1
Hartlepool	3–1	0–1	1–1	2–4	1–2	1–1	3–0	4–0	0–1		1–1	3–2	4–0	3–2	3–1	2–0	1–2	1–3	2–1	2–2	2–1	4–0
Lincoln City	4–0	4–0	3–1	5–1	3–1	3–3	0–0	5–0	3–1	1–2		1–4	4–1	2–3	1–2	1–1	1–3	1–3	1–2	3–3	2–0	2–2
Nelson    	7–0	4–0	3–0	1–0	0–3	7–1	5–1	1–1	0–0	6–2	2–1		2–0	3–1	5–3	1–2	6–1	1–0	0–2	3–2	4–0	3–0
New Brighton	0–1	4–0	3–1	3–1	1–0	3–0	0–2	3–1	0–3	2–1	1–1	7–2		1–2	3–0	4–1	1–2	5–0	0–0	3–1	3–1	2–1
Rochdale	2–1	5–0	5–1	3–0	8–1	3–1	7–2	1–3	2–0	3–0	7–3	2–1	1–1		2–1	1–0	2–0	4–0	3–1	4–4	4–1	3–1
Rotherham United1–1	5–0	2–0	1–1	0–4	2–1	1–3	3–1	2–4	5–3	2–4	2–3	0–0	1–1		1–2	1–2	2–2	2–2	4–1	2–0	2–0
Southport	2–1	4–1	3–0	2–1	2–1	2–2	2–0	4–5	0–0	1–0	2–3	3–4	7–2	1–1	2–0		2–2	0–3	1–3	6–1	2–2	6–0
Stockport County3–3	6–2	7–0	1–2	4–0	3–1	1–0	4–0	1–3	3–3	3–3	4–1	1–0	3–0	3–1	2–4		2–2	2–1	0–2	4–1	3–2
Stoke    	1–0	7–0	4–0	0–0	3–2	2–1	0–0	4–0	5–1	3–1	2–0	4–1	1–1	3–1	4–1	4–0	0–1		2–0	4–1	2–0	2–0
Tranmere	2–1	2–1	7–2	1–2	3–2	1–0	1–1	8–3	0–0	2–0	1–1	2–3	4–1	0–1	4–0	3–0	0–0	1–1		6–0	3–1	3–2
Walsall     	5–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	2–3	1–0	1–1	0–1	2–2	1–2	4–1	0–1	4–1	3–2	1–1	1–0	0–1	5–1		3–2	0–1
Wigan Borough	3–0	1–4	8–0	1–2	1–2	2–2	1–1	3–0	1–1	3–0	3–2	2–1	3–2	0–3	0–0	3–1	2–0	0–3	1–1	5–2		1–1
Wrexham      	5–0	1–1	0–2	1–0	3–1	3–1	0–1	3–1	1–2	4–0	1–1	2–2	2–2	2–2	3–0	3–0	2–1	2–6	0–1	1–2	2–0	

                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. STOKE CITY               42  17  3  1  57  11  10  6  5  35  29   63
 2. Rochdale                 42  18  2  1  72  22   8  4  9  33  43   58
 3. Bradford Park Avenue     42  18  3  0  74  21   6  4 11  27  38   55
 4. Halifax Town             42  13  6  2  46  23   8  5  8  24  30   53
 5. Nelson                   42  16  2  3  64  20   6  5 10  40  55   51
 6. * Stockport County       42  13  4  4  60  31   9  3  9  33  38   49
 7. Chesterfield             42  15  4  2  65  24   6  1 14  27  44   47
 8. Doncaster Rovers         42  13  4  4  58  27   5  7  9  23  38   47
 9. Tranmere Rovers          42  13  5  3  54  22   6  3 12  31  45   46
10. New Brighton             42  14  2  5  49  21   4  8  9  30  46   46
11. Lincoln City             42   9  5  7  50  33   6  7  8  40  45   42
12. Southport                42  11  5  5  54  32   4  4 13  26  53   39
13. Wrexham                  42  10  5  6  41  26   4  5 12  24  47   38
14. Walsall                  42  10  4  7  35  22   4  6 11  33  59   38
15. Crewe Alexandra          42  11  5  5  46  28   3  4 14  25  53   37
16. Ashington                42   9  8  4  42  30   3  4 14  18  60   36
17. Hartlepool United        42  11  4  6  43  26   3  2 16  23  55   34
18. Wigan Borough            42  10  6  5  44  28   1  4 16  22  55   32
19. Rotherham United         42   8  6  7  41  35   2  6 13  29  57   32
20. Durham City              42   9  4  8  35  35   3  2 16  23  70   30
21. Accrington Stanley       42   9  3  9  45  38   1  4 16  17  60   27
22. Barrow                   42   5  6 10  22  40   2  2 17  12  77   22

* Stockport had two points deducted for fielding Joe Smith without FA
  permission on 26/3/1927.

League Division 3 (South)
Season1926–27
ChampionsBristol City (2nd title)
Failed re-electionAberdare Athletic
Matches played462
Goals scored1,592 (3.45 per match)
Top goalscorerHarry Morris (Swindon Town), 47
Home \ Away	ADE	B&BA	BRE	B&HA	BRI	BRR	CHA	COV	CRY	EXE	GIL	LUT	MER	MIL	NPC	NOR	NWC	PLY	QPR	STD	SWI	WAT
Aberdare Athletic	2–1	3–1	2–2	3–7	2–1	0–0	0–7	2–3	3–1	2–1	0–1	1–2	1–3	0–1	6–1	1–2	5–6	0–2	1–0	1–4	3–2
Bournemouth     3–0		3–1	1–0	2–0	0–1	0–3	1–2	1–1	4–3	4–2	2–0	1–1	0–1	2–1	3–1	0–1	6–2	6–2	3–0	1–2	6–0
Brentford	1–4	0–0		4–0	3–0	0–2	2–0	7–3	3–0	6–1	0–0	2–2	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	3–0	0–0	4–2	3–1	2–2	3–0
Brighton & Hove 3–1	0–2	1–1		3–0	7–0	3–2	1–1	1–1	5–2	3–2	1–1	4–0	3–1	1–0	2–0	3–2	1–2	4–1	2–1	9–3	4–1
Bristol City	2–1	2–0	1–0	0–2		3–1	4–1	3–0	5–4	3–2	9–4	6–0	3–0	4–1	4–1	4–3	1–1	4–2	1–0	5–1	2–0	5–0
Bristol Rovers	4–0	2–1	1–3	0–0	0–5		1–1	1–2	4–1	3–1	2–1	1–2	2–1	1–1	4–0	5–2	1–0	2–2	4–1	5–1	3–1	0–2
Charlton Athleti5–1	1–3	1–1	1–0	0–1	3–1		4–2	1–2	1–0	3–0	2–2	3–2	1–1	3–0	5–2	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	2–2	2–1
Coventry City	1–0	6–2	3–1	1–2	2–5	2–2	1–0		3–1	0–0	0–2	4–1	5–1	1–4	3–1	0–3	1–0	3–3	1–0	1–1	1–3	5–1
Crystal Palace	0–0	2–2	4–3	2–0	4–2	7–4	2–1	1–2		1–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–6	6–2	3–0	7–1	1–1	2–1	5–3	5–0	0–1
Exeter City	2–1	4–0	3–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	8–1	3–1		5–1	1–2	3–0	1–1	2–1	3–2	1–0	0–2	0–2	2–0	3–1	2–0
Gillingham	2–1	1–0	1–2	2–3	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	3–2		0–0	0–1	2–1	0–1	1–2	1–0	4–1	2–2	2–3	4–4	3–0
Luton Town	3–3	4–0	2–1	4–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	4–1	1–0	2–2	2–1		2–1	6–0	4–1	2–0	2–2	3–3	2–0	0–0	1–1	2–2
Merthyr Town	2–2	4–6	1–0	1–0	1–1	3–2	3–0	1–0	1–2	3–3	2–0	4–1		1–0	1–2	2–0	1–1	5–1	4–0	0–1	1–2	1–1
Millwall	1–0	1–1	3–0	1–1	0–1	2–3	3–0	1–0	1–0	4–2	2–0	7–0	3–1		4–1	4–2	6–1	1–3	2–1	2–0	4–1	3–1
Newport County	5–2	2–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	2–1	4–1	2–1	2–0	1–0	3–2	4–3	1–1		1–0	0–0	2–1	0–2	3–0	5–3	2–1
Northampton Town2–1	2–2	2–3	0–0	2–0	3–0	0–1	2–1	1–1	2–2	2–1	2–1	2–0	1–4	1–2		3–0	2–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	3–2
Norwich City	2–2	4–1	2–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	2–3	3–0	0–1	4–4	0–0	3–2	4–0	0–2	1–0	6–1		0–2	0–1	1–1	2–1	4–0
Plymouth Argyle	2–0	1–1	2–1	2–0	4–2	3–2	3–1	3–0	7–1	2–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	4–1	3–0	2–1		2–0	2–1	3–1	4–0
Queens Park Rang3–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–2	2–2	2–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–0	5–1	1–1	2–0	4–2	4–0	4–2		3–2	0–1	2–4
Southend	5–1	0–3	3–1	0–1	0–1	2–1	5–0	3–1	3–1	1–2	1–0	2–1	3–1	1–1	5–0	2–0	3–3	1–2	0–3		2–2	2–0
Swindon Town	3–2	2–0	4–2	2–2	2–2	3–5	2–0	2–2	6–1	4–2	1–0	2–0	3–2	3–0	3–1	3–1	3–2	1–2	6–2	5–1		4–2
Watford  	2–2	1–2	0–0	1–0	0–1	3–3	1–0	1–0	1–2	1–0	4–0	2–1	4–1	2–4	0–0	4–0	1–1	1–4	1–2	4–2	2–2	

                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. BRISTOL CITY             42  19  1  1  71  24   8  7  6  33  30   62
 2. Plymouth Argyle          42  17  4  0  52  14   8  6  7  43  47   60
 3. Millwall                 42  16  2  3  55  19   7  8  6  34  32   56
 4. Brighton & Hove Albion   42  15  4  2  61  24   6  7  8  18  26   53
 5. Swindon Town             42  16  3  2  64  31   5  6 10  36  54   51
 6. Crystal Palace           42  12  6  3  57  33   6  3 12  27  48   45
 7. Bournemouth              42  13  2  6  49  24   5  6 10  29  42   44
 8. Luton Town               42  12  9  0  48  19   3  5 13  20  47   44
 9. Newport County           42  15  4  2  40  20   4  2 15  17  51   44
10. Bristol Rovers           42  12  4  5  46  28   4  5 12  32  52   41
11. Brentford                42  10  9  2  46  20   3  5 13  24  41   40
12. Exeter City              42  14  4  3  46  18   1  6 14  30  55   40
13. Charlton Athletic        42  13  5  3  44  22   3  3 15  16  39   40
14. Queen's Park Rangers     42   9  8  4  41  27   6  1 14  24  44   39
15. Coventry City            42  11  4  6  44  33   4  3 14  27  53   37
16. Norwich City             42  10  5  6  41  25   2  6 13  18  46   35
17. Merthyr Town             42  11  5  5  42  25   2  4 15  21  55   35
18. Northampton              42  13  4  4  36  23   2  1 18  23  64   35
19. Southend United          42  12  3  6  44  25   2  3 16  20  52   34
20. Gillingham               42  10  5  6  36  26   1  5 15  18  46   32
21. Watford                  42   9  6  6  36  27   3  2 16  21  60   32
22. ABERDARE ATHLETIC        42   8  2 11  38  48   1  5 15  24  53   25
FINAL TABLE SOUTHERN LEAGUE (EASTERN DIVISION) '26-'27

 1. Brighton & Hove Albion II  32-48  (86-47)  21  6  5  Champions    
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 2. Peterborough & Fletton     32-45  (80-39)  18  9  5          
 3. Portsmouth II              32-44  (95-65)  19  6  7  left  
 4. Kettering Town             32-40  (66-41)  15 10  7          
 5. Millwall London II         32-37  (67-56)  16  5 11          
 6. Bournemouth II             32-34  (69-64)  14  6 12          
 7. Norwich City II            32-33  (79-74)  14  5 13          
 8. Dartford                   32-33  (60-71)  13  7 12          
 9. Reading II                 32-32  (75-79)  12  8 12  left  
10. Luton Town II              32-31  (75-70)  10 11 11  left  
11. Leicester City II          32-29  (94-72)  12  5 15  left  
12. Watford II                 32-28  (74-84)  10  8 14  left  
13. Southampton II             32-26  (57-77)  10  6 16          
14. Poole                      32-24  (55-86)   9  6 17          
15. Grays Thurrock United      32-23  (49-66)  10  3 19          
16. Guildford United           32-19  (57-106)  6  7 19  namechange      
17. Folkestone                 32-18  (57-98)   7  4 21          

Champions (Eastern): Brighton & Hove Albion II                    
New elected: Northfleet United, Chatham Town,               
             Aldershot Town, Sittingbourne,                 
             Gillingham II and Sheppey United                

1195 goals = 4.393 goals/m.

FINAL TABLE SOUTHERN LEAGUE (WESTERN SECTION) '26-'27

 1. Torquay United             26-38  (63-30)  17  4  5  Champions/FL3s
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 2. Bristol City II            26-38  (77-37)  14 10  2          
 3. Plymouth Argyle II         26-34  (56-38)  15  4  7          
 4. Ebbw Vale                  26-30  (67-45)  14  2 10          
 5. Bristol Rovers II          26-28  (51-43)  12  4 10          
 6. Swindon Town II            26-27  (60-57)  11  5 10          
 7. Barry                      26-26  (65-50)  11  4 11          
 8. Exeter City II             26-26  (62-49)  10  6 10          
 9. Weymouth                   26-26  (48-65)  12  2 12          
10. Newport County II          26-24  (57-53)   9  6 11          
11. Bath City                  26-23  (44-52)   7  9 10          
12. Yeovil & Petters           26-23  (49-66)   9  5 12          
13. Taunton United             26-12  (36-83)   4  4 18  namechange      
14. Mid Rhondda United         26- 9  (22-89)   2  5 19          

Champions (Western): Torquay United                               
Relegated from Footballleague: Aberdare & Aberaman                    
New elected: Torquay United II and Merthyr Town II           

757 goals = 4.159 goals/m.

England FA Challenge Cup 1926-1927

Country England
 Wales
Defending championsBolton Wanderers
ChampionsWales Cardiff City
(1st title)
Runners-upArsenal

        1st Round
Nov 27 -Accrington Stanley          4 -Rochdale                    3
Nov 27 *Annfield                    2 *Chilton College             4
Nov 27 *Barking                     0 ^Gillingham                  0
Nov 27 *Bishop Auckland             0 *Bedlington                  1
Nov 27 *Boston United               1 ^Northampton Town            1
Nov 27 ^Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath  1 ^Swindon Town                1
Nov 27 ^Brighton & Hove Albion      3 *Barnet                      0
Nov 27 *Carlisle United             6 -Hartlepools United          2
Nov 27 *Chatham                     3 *St Albans City              1
Nov 27 *Clapton                     1 ^Brentford                   1
Nov 27 ^Crystal Palace              0 ^Norwich City                0
Nov 27 *Dulwich Hamlet              1 ^Southend United             4
Nov 27 ^Exeter City                 3 ^Aberdare Athletic           0
Nov 27 +Grimsby Town                3 -Halifax Town                2
Nov 27 *Kettering Town              2 ^Coventry City               3
Nov 27 -Lincoln City                2 -Rotherham United            0
Nov 27 ^Luton Town                  4 *London Caledonian           2
Nov 27 ^Merthyr Town                0 ^Bristol City                2
Nov 27 -Nelson                      4 -Stockport County            1
Nov 27 *Nunhead                     9 *Kingstonian                 0
Nov 27 *Poole                       1 ^Newport County              0
Nov 27 +Reading                     4 *Weymouth                    4
Nov 27 *Rhyl                        1 -Stoke City                  1
Nov 27 *Sittingbourne               1 *Northfleet                  3
Nov 27 -Southport                   1 -Tranmere Rovers             1
Nov 27 *Stockton                    1 -Ashington                   2
Nov 27 *Torquay United              1 ^Bristol Rovers              1
Nov 27 -Walsall                     1 -Bradford Park Avenue        0
Nov 27 ^Watford                    10 *Lowestoft                   1
Nov 27 *Wellington                  1 *Mansfield Town              2
Nov 27 *Woking                      1 ^Charlton Athletic           3
Nov 27 *Workington                  1 *Crook                       2
Nov 27 -Wrexham                     1 -New Brighton                1
Dec 01 -Chesterfield                2 *Mexborough                  1
Dec 01 -Crewe Alexandra             4 *Nomads                      1
Dec 01 *York City                   4 *Worksop                     1
Dec 02 -Doncaster Rovers            3 *Desborough                  0
Dec 02 -Wigan Borough               2 -Barrow                      2

        Replays
Nov 29 ^Swindon Town                3 ^Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath  4
Dec 01 ^Brentford                   7 *Clapton                     3
Dec 01 ^Bristol Rovers              1 *Torquay United              0
Dec 01 ^Gillingham                  2 *Barking                     0
Dec 01 -New Brighton                2 -Wrexham                     2
Dec 01 +Reading                     5 *Weymouth                    0
Dec 02 ^Northampton Town            2 *Boston United               1
Dec 02 ^Norwich City                1 ^Crystal Palace              0
Dec 02 -Stoke City                  1 *Rhyl                        1
Dec 02 -Tranmere Rovers             1 -Southport                   2
Dec 06 -Barrow                      0 -Wigan Borough               1
Dec 06 -Wrexham                     3 -New Brighton                1  played at Liverpool
Dec 06 *Rhyl                        2 -Stoke City                  1  played at Manchester U

Byes to the 3rd Round:
All 1st Division Clubs (22):  Aston Villa, Birmingham, Blackburn Rovers, Bolton Wanderers,
  Burnley, Bury, Cardiff City, Derby County, Everton, Huddersfield Town, Leeds United,
  Leicester City, Liverpool, Manchester United, Newcastle United, Sheffield United, Sunderland,
  The Arsenal, The Wednesday, Tottenham Hotspur, West Bromwich Albion & West Ham United.
2nd Division Clubs (20):  Barnsley, Blackpool, Bradford City, Chelsea, Clapton Orient, 
  Darlington, Fulham, Hull City, Manchester City, Middlesbrough, Nottingham Forest,
  Notts County, Oldham Athletic, Portsmouth, Port Vale, Preston North End, Southampton,
  South Shields, Swansea Town & Wolverhampton Wanderers.
3rd Division Clubs (2):  Millwall & Plymouth Argyle.
Non-League Club (1):  Corinthians.

        2nd Round
Dec 11 -Ashington                   2 -Nelson                      1
Dec 11 ^Bristol City                1 ^Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath  1
Dec 11 ^Bristol Rovers              4 ^Charlton Athletic           1
Dec 11 *Carlisle United             4 *Bedlington                  0
Dec 11 *Chilton Colliery Recr       0 -Accrington Stanley          3
Dec 11 ^Coventry City               1 -Lincoln City                1
Dec 11 -Crewe Alexandra             4 -Wigan Borough               1
Dec 11 -Doncaster Rovers            0 -Chesterfield                1
Dec 11 ^Exeter City                 1 ^Northampton Town            0
Dec 11 ^Gillingham                  1 ^Brentford                   1
Dec 11 +Grimsby Town                2 *York City                   1
Dec 11 ^Luton Town                  6 *Northfleet                  2
Dec 11 ^Norwich City                5 *Chatham                     0
Dec 11 *Nunhead                     1 *Poole                       2
Dec 11 +Reading                     3 ^Southend United             2
Dec 11 *Rhyl                        3 -Wrexham                     1
Dec 11 -Southport                   2 *Crook                       0
Dec 11 -Walsall                     2 *Mansfield Town              0
Dec 11 ^Watford                     0 ^Brighton & Hove Albion      1

        Replays
Dec 15 ^Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath  2 ^Bristol City                0
Dec 15 ^Brentford                   1 ^Gillingham                  0
Dec 15 -Lincoln City                2 ^Coventry City               1

        3rd Round
Jan 08 -Ashington                   0 +Nottingham Forest           2
Jan 08 +Barnsley                    6 -Crewe Alexandra             1
Jan 08  Birmingham                  4 +Manchester City             1
Jan 08 +Blackpool                   1  Bolton Wanderers            3
Jan 08 ^Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath  1  Liverpool                   1
Jan 08 +Bradford City               2  Derby County                6
Jan 08 ^Bristol Rovers              3 +Portsmouth                  3
Jan 08  Burnley                     3 +Grimsby Town                1
Jan 08  Cardiff City                2  Aston Villa                 1
Jan 08 *Carlisle United             0 +Wolverhampton Wanderers     2
Jan 08 +Chelsea                     4 ^Luton Town                  0
Jan 08 +Clapton Orient              1 +Port Vale                   1
Jan 08 +Darlington                  2 *Rhyl                        1
Jan 08  Everton                     3 *Poole                       1
Jan 08 ^Exeter City                 0 -Accrington Stanley          2
Jan 08 +Fulham                      4 -Chesterfield                3
Jan 08 +Hull City                   2  West Bromwich Albion        1
Jan 08  Leeds United                3  Sunderland                  2
Jan 08 -Lincoln City                2 +Preston North End           4
Jan 08 +Middlesbrough               5  Leicester City              3
Jan 08 ^Millwall                    3  Huddersfield Town           1
Jan 08  Newcastle United            8 +Notts County                1
Jan 08 +Reading                     1  Manchester United           1
Jan 08  Sheffield United            2  The Arsenal                 3
Jan 08  The Wednesday               2 ^Brighton & Hove Albion      0
Jan 08 +South Shields               3 ^Plymouth Argyle             1
Jan 08 +Southampton                 3 ^Norwich City                0
Jan 08 -Southport                   2  Blackburn Rovers            0
Jan 08 +Swansea Town                4  Bury                        1
Jan 08 -Walsall                     0 *Corinthians                 4
Jan 08  West Ham United             3  Tottenham Hotspur           2
Jan 10 +Oldham Athletic             2 ^Brentford                   4

        Replays
Jan 12  Liverpool                   4 ^Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath  1
Jan 12  Manchester United           2 +Reading                     2
Jan 12 +Port Vale                   5 +Clapton Orient              1
Jan 12 +Portsmouth                  4 ^Bristol Rovers              0
Jan 17 +Reading                     2  Manchester United           1  played at Aston Villa

        4th Round
Jan 29 +Barnsley                    1 +Swansea Town                3
Jan 29 +Chelsea                     7 -Accrington Stanley          2
Jan 29 *Corinthians                 1  Newcastle United            3
Jan 29 +Darlington                  0  Cardiff City                2
Jan 29  Derby County                0 ^Millwall                    2
Jan 29 +Fulham                      0  Burnley                     4
Jan 29 +Hull City                   1  Everton                     1
Jan 29  Leeds United                0  Bolton Wanderers            0
Jan 29  Liverpool                   3 -Southport                   1
Jan 29 +Port Vale                   2  The Arsenal                 2
Jan 29 +Preston North End           0 +Middlesbrough               3
Jan 29 +Reading                     3 +Portsmouth                  1
Jan 29  The Wednesday               1 +South Shields               1
Jan 29 +Southampton                 4  Birmingham                  1
Jan 29  West Ham United             1 ^Brentford                   1
Jan 29 +Wolverhampton Wanderers     2 +Nottingham Forest           0

        Replays
Feb 02  The Arsenal                 1 +Port Vale                   0
Feb 02  Bolton Wanderers            3  Leeds United                0
Feb 02 ^Brentford                   2  West Ham United             0
Feb 02  Everton                     2 +Hull City                   2
Feb 02 +South Shields               1  The Wednesday               0
Feb 07 +Hull City                   3  Everton                     2  played at Aston Villa

        5th Round
Feb 19  The Arsenal                 2  Liverpool                   0
Feb 19  Bolton Wanderers            0  Cardiff City                2
Feb 19 +Chelsea                     2  Burnley                     1
Feb 19 ^Millwall                    3 +Middlesbrough               2
Feb 19 +Reading                     1 ^Brentford                   0
Feb 19 +South Shields               2 +Swansea Town                2
Feb 19 +Southampton                 2  Newcastle United            1
Feb 19 +Wolverhampton Wanderers     1 +Hull City                   0

        Replays
Feb 24 +Swansea Town                2 +South Shields               1

        Quarter-finals
Mar 05  The Arsenal                 2 +Wolverhampton Wanderers     1
Mar 05 +Chelsea                     0  Cardiff City                0
Mar 05 ^Millwall                    0 +Southampton                 0
Mar 05 +Swansea Town                1 +Reading                     3

        Replays
Mar 09  Cardiff City                3 +Chelsea                     2
Mar 09 +Southampton                 2 ^Millwall                    0

        Semi-finals
Mar 26  The Arsenal                 2 +Southampton                 1  played at Chelsea
Mar 26  Cardiff City                3 +Reading                     0  played at Wolverhampton

        Final
Apr 23  Cardiff City              1-0  The Arsenal                   played at Wembley
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Season 1927-28

FA Charity Shield 1927 Cardiff City 2 Corinthians 1

League Division 1
Season1927–28
ChampionsEverton (3rd English title)
RelegatedMiddlesbrough
Tottenham Hotspur
FA Cup winnersBlackburn Rovers (6th and as of 2019 the last FA Cup title)
Matches played462
Goals scored1,765 (3.82 per match)
Top goalscorerDixie Dean (Everton), 60 [3]
Biggest home winEverton – West Ham United 7–0 (22 Oct 1927)
Biggest away winManchester United – Newcastle United 1–7 (10 Sept 1927)
Sheffield United – Huddersfield 1–7 (12 Nov 1927)
Highest scoringNewcastle United – Aston Villa 7–5 (10 Mar 1928)
Ars Ast Bir Bla Bol Brn Bry Car Der Eve Hud Lei Liv MaU Mid New Por ShU ShW Sun Tot WHU Arsenal xxx 0-3 2-2 3-2 1-2 4-1 3-1 3-0 3-4 3-2 0-0 2-2 6-3 0-1 3-1 4-1 0-2 6-1 1-1 2-1 1-1 2-2 Aston Villa 2-2 xxx 1-1 2-0 2-2 3-1 1-0 3-1 0-1 2-3 3-0 0-3 3-4 3-1 5-1 3-0 7-2 1-0 5-4 4-2 1-2 1-0 Birmingham 1-1 1-1 xxx 2-1 1-1 4-0 2-2 1-3 2-1 2-2 3-1 0-2 2-0 0-0 3-2 0-2 2-0 4-1 1-0 1-1 3-2 1-2 Blackburn R 4-1 0-1 4-4 xxx 1-6 2-1 0-1 0-0 3-2 4-2 1-1 0-0 2-1 3-0 3-0 1-0 6-0 1-0 3-1 0-0 2-1 1-0 Bolton 1-1 3-1 3-2 3-1 xxx 7-1 2-1 2-1 1-3 1-1 0-1 3-3 2-1 3-2 0-0 1-2 3-1 1-1 2-0 1-2 4-1 4-0 Burnley 1-2 4-2 2-1 3-1 2-2 xxx 2-3 2-1 4-2 3-5 0-1 5-1 2-2 4-0 1-1 5-1 2-0 5-3 3-1 3-0 2-2 0-0 Bury 5-1 0-0 2-3 2-3 1-0 2-0 xxx 3-0 3-0 2-3 2-3 2-1 5-2 4-3 1-4 1-4 4-0 1-0 4-2 5-3 1-2 3-1 Cardiff City 2-2 2-1 2-1 1-1 2-1 3-2 0-1 xxx 4-4 2-0 4-0 3-0 1-1 2-0 1-1 3-1 3-1 2-2 1-1 3-1 2-1 1-5 Derby Co 4-0 5-0 4-1 6-0 1-0 3-4 5-2 7-1 xxx 0-3 0-0 2-1 2-3 5-0 2-1 1-1 2-2 2-1 4-6 1-0 1-1 2-3 Everton 3-3 3-2 5-2 4-1 2-2 4-1 1-1 2-1 2-2 xxx 2-2 7-1 1-1 5-2 3-1 3-0 0-0 0-0 4-0 0-1 2-5 7-0 Huddersfield 2-1 1-1 2-0 3-1 1-0 1-2 3-0 8-2 2-1 4-1 xxx 3-1 2-4 4-2 2-4 1-3 4-1 0-1 1-0 4-2 4-2 5-2 Leicester City 3-2 3-0 3-0 6-0 4-2 5-0 2-2 4-1 4-0 1-0 1-2 xxx 1-1 1-0 3-3 3-0 6-2 3-1 2-2 3-3 6-1 2-3 Liverpool 0-2 0-0 2-3 4-2 4-2 2-2 5-1 1-2 5-2 3-3 4-2 1-1 xxx 2-0 1-1 0-0 8-2 2-1 5-2 2-5 2-0 1-3 Manchester Utd 4-1 5-1 1-1 1-1 2-1 4-3 0-1 2-2 5-0 1-0 0-0 5-2 6-1 xxx 3-0 1-7 2-0 2-3 1-1 2-1 3-0 1-1 Middlesbrough 2-2 0-0 1-1 2-0 2-5 2-3 6-1 1-2 3-3 4-2 3-1 1-1 1-1 1-2 xxx 1-1 5-1 3-0 3-3 0-3 3-1 2-2 Newcastle 1-1 7-5 1-1 0-1 2-2 1-1 2-3 2-0 4-3 2-2 2-3 1-5 1-1 4-1 3-3 xxx 1-3 1-0 4-3 3-1 4-1 3-1 Portsmouth 2-3 3-1 2-2 2-2 1-0 1-0 1-0 3-0 2-2 1-3 2-1 2-0 1-0 1-0 4-1 0-1 xxx 4-1 0-0 3-5 3-0 2-1 Sheffield Utd 6-4 0-3 3-1 2-3 4-3 5-2 3-1 3-4 1-0 1-3 1-7 1-1 1-1 2-1 4-1 1-1 3-1 xxx 1-1 5-1 3-1 6-2 Sheffield Wed 1-1 2-0 2-3 4-1 3-0 5-0 4-0 3-3 2-2 1-2 0-5 1-2 4-0 0-2 2-3 0-0 2-0 3-3 xxx 0-0 4-2 2-0 Sunderland 5-1 2-3 4-2 1-0 1-1 2-3 1-0 0-2 0-1 0-2 3-0 2-2 2-1 4-1 1-0 1-1 3-3 0-1 2-3 xxx 0-0 3-2 Tottenham 2-0 2-1 1-0 1-1 1-2 5-0 1-4 1-0 1-2 1-3 2-2 2-1 3-1 4-1 4-2 5-2 0-3 2-2 1-3 3-1 xxx 5-3 West Ham 2-2 0-0 3-3 4-3 2-0 2-0 1-2 2-0 2-2 0-0 4-2 4-0 3-1 1-2 4-5 5-2 4-2 1-1 1-2 2-4 1-1 xxx

Final Table:
                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. EVERTON                  42  11  8  2  60  28   9  5  7  42  38   53
 2. Huddersfield Town        42  15  1  5  57  31   7  6  8  34  37   51
 3. Leicester City           42  14  5  2  66  25   4  7 10  30  47   48
 4. Derby County             42  12  4  5  59  30   5  6 10  37  53   44
 5. Bury                     42  13  1  7  53  35   7  3 11  27  45   44
 6. Cardiff City             42  12  7  2  44  27   5  3 13  26  53   44
 7. Bolton Wanderers         42  12  5  4  47  26   4  6 11  34  40   43
 8. Aston Villa              42  13  3  5  52  30   4  6 11  26  43   43
 9. Newcastle United         42   9  7  5  49  41   6  6  9  30  40   43
10. Arsenal                  42  10  6  5  49  33   3  9  9  33  53   41
11. Birmingham City          42  10  7  4  36  25   3  8 10  34  50   41
12. Blackburn Rovers         42  13  5  3  41  22   3  4 14  25  56   41
13. Sheffield United         42  12  4  5  56  42   3  6 12  23  44   40
14. Sheffield Wednesday      42   9  6  6  45  29   4  7 10  36  49   39
15. Sunderland               42   9  5  7  37  29   6  4 11  37  47   39
16. Liverpool                42  10  6  5  54  36   3  7 11  30  51   39
17. West Ham United          42   9  7  5  48  34   5  4 12  33  54   39
18. Manchester United        42  12  6  3  51  27   4  1 16  21  53   39
19. Burnley                  42  12  5  4  55  31   4  2 15  27  67   39
20. Portsmouth               42  13  4  4  40  23   3  3 15  26  67   39
21. TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR        42  12  3  6  47  34   3  5 13  27  52   38
22. MIDDLESBROUGH            42   7  9  5  46  35   4  6 11  35  53   37

League Division 2
Season1927–28
ChampionsManchester City (4th title)
RelegatedFulham
South Shields
Matches played462
Goals scored1,607 (3.48 per match)
Top goalscorerJimmy Cookson (West Bromwich Albion), 38 [3]
Biggest home winNotts County – Barnsley 9–0 (19 Nov 1927)
Biggest away winGrimsby Town – West Bromwich Albion 0–6 (7 Jan 1928)
Highest scoringBarnsleyFulham 8–4 (28 Jan 1928)
Home \ Away	BAR	BLP	BRI	CHE	CLA	FUL	GRI	HUL	LEE	MCI	NOT	NTC	OLD	PTV	PNE	REA	SOU	SSH	STK	SWA	WBA	WOL
Barnsley		2–1	2–3	3–1	4–2	8–4	1–4	1–1	2–1	0–3	2–1	0–0	0–1	4–2	2–1	2–0	0–1	0–0	3–1	3–3	2–4	2–2
Blackpool	1–3		6–2	2–4	0–1	4–0	4–5	2–1	0–2	2–2	5–3	3–3	1–2	1–6	4–1	3–1	1–0	4–1	3–1	2–2	4–3	3–0
Bristol City	2–0	2–2		1–1	5–1	3–0	0–0	0–1	1–2	2–0	0–0	1–2	2–1	4–0	1–3	4–1	3–0	1–1	4–0	2–1	0–1	4–1
Chelsea 	1–2	3–0	5–2		1–0	2–1	4–0	2–0	2–3	0–1	2–1	5–0	2–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	0–2	6–0	1–0	4–0	1–1	2–0
Clapton Orient	2–0	2–5	4–2	2–1		3–2	1–2	0–0	2–1	0–2	2–2	0–1	2–0	0–1	1–1	3–0	2–0	2–2	3–2	1–1	0–0	0–0
Fulham  	3–1	2–2	5–0	1–1	2–0		2–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	4–0	2–2	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–5	3–2	3–1	7–0
Grimsby Town	3–1	3–3	1–4	1–1	2–2	1–0		1–1	3–2	4–1	2–1	1–0	1–2	3–0	4–6	3–3	2–2	4–1	1–2	1–2	0–6	0–1
Hull City	2–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	2–2	3–2	0–1		3–1	0–0	2–0	1–1	2–2	1–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–2	1–1	2–0
Leeds United	2–2	4–0	3–2	5–0	4–0	2–1	0–0	2–0		0–1	4–0	6–0	1–0	3–0	2–4	6–2	2–0	3–0	5–1	5–0	1–2	3–0
Manchester City	7–3	4–1	4–2	0–1	5–3	2–1	2–0	2–1	2–1		3–3	3–1	3–1	1–0	2–2	4–1	6–1	3–0	4–0	7–4	3–1	3–0
Nottingham Fores1–1	4–1	1–1	2–2	4–3	7–0	5–2	1–1	2–2	4–5		2–1	2–1	0–2	3–1	5–3	1–1	7–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	3–2
Notts County	9–0	3–1	1–2	0–1	3–0	0–1	3–2	1–1	2–2	2–1	1–2		2–1	2–4	6–2	1–1	0–0	4–1	1–2	2–0	3–0	1–2
Oldham Athletic	0–1	6–0	4–1	2–1	5–0	4–2	1–0	5–0	0–1	3–2	4–1	0–0		4–1	0–0	3–2	3–1	2–2	3–1	0–1	3–1	3–0
Port Vale	2–1	3–0	5–1	1–1	0–0	4–1	2–2	1–2	1–2	1–2	2–2	3–0	1–0		2–0	3–0	4–0	2–3	0–0	2–0	4–1	2–2
Preston North En1–2	2–1	5–1	0–3	0–0	1–0	3–0	4–2	5–1	1–0	5–0	4–0	1–1	4–0		4–0	1–2	7–2	2–0	4–2	3–3	5–4
Reading 	1–1	1–0	3–2	1–2	4–0	2–1	2–2	3–0	0–1	1–1	0–2	2–2	1–0	0–0	2–1		0–0	5–1	1–1	0–0	1–4	2–1
Southampton	6–1	2–0	3–2	2–4	1–3	5–2	5–0	2–0	1–4	1–1	2–1	5–1	5–2	1–3	0–0	0–0		3–5	3–6	0–2	3–2	4–1
South Shields	0–0	2–2	1–3	2–1	2–2	2–1	1–2	1–0	1–5	0–1	3–4	2–3	0–3	0–1	2–3	0–0	2–1		2–3	3–1	2–3	2–2
Stoke City	0–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	5–1	0–0	3–1	5–1	2–0	1–3	3–0	3–0	0–2	3–2	4–1	2–1	3–1		1–1	1–1	2–2
Swansea Town	3–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	5–0	2–1	3–2	2–0	1–1	5–3	2–0	1–1	0–0	2–0	0–1	0–1	2–0	6–3	1–1		3–2	6–0
West Bromwich Al1–1	6–3	0–0	3–0	4–1	4–0	3–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	2–3	2–2	0–0	0–0	2–4	5–3	2–1	3–0	2–4	5–2		4–0
Wolverhampton Wa2–1	2–4	5–2	1–2	5–3	3–1	0–1	1–1	0–0	2–2	1–0	2–2	3–1	2–1	2–3	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–2	1–1	4–1	

                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. MANCHESTER CITY          42  18  2  1  70  27   7  7  7  30  32   59
 2. LEEDS UNITED             42  16  2  3  63  15   9  5  7  35  34   57
 3. Chelsea                  42  15  2  4  46  15   8  6  7  29  30   54
 4. Preston North End        42  15  3  3  62  24   7  6  8  38  42   53
 5. Stoke City               42  14  5  2  44  17   8  3 10  34  42   52
 6. Swansea City             42  13  6  2  46  17   5  6 10  29  46   48
 7. Oldham Athletic          42  15  3  3  55  18   4  5 12  20  33   46
 8. West Bromwich Albion     42  10  7  4  50  28   7  5  9  40  42   46
 9. Port Vale                42  11  6  4  45  20   7  2 12  23  37   44
10. Nottingham Forest        42  10  6  5  54  37   5  4 12  29  47   40
11. Grimsby Town             42   8  6  7  41  41   6  6  9  28  42   40
12. Bristol City             42  11  5  5  42  18   4  4 13  34  61   39
13. Barnsley                 42  10  5  6  43  36   4  6 11  22  49   39
14. Hull City                42   9  8  4  25  19   3  7 11  16  35   39
15. Notts County             42  10  4  7  47  26   3  8 10  21  48   38
16. Wolverhampton Wanderers  42  11  5  5  43  31   2  5 14  20  60   36
17. Southampton              42  11  3  7  54  40   3  4 14  14  37   35
18. Reading                  42   9  8  4  32  22   2  5 14  21  53   35
19. Blackpool                42  11  3  7  55  43   2  5 14  28  58   34
20. Leyton Orient            42   9  7  5  32  25   2  5 14  23  60   34
21. FULHAM                   42  12  7  2  46  22   1  0 20  22  67   33
22. SOUTH SHIELDS            42   5  5 11  30  41   2  4 15  26  70   23

League Division 3 (North)
Season1927–28
ChampionsBradford Park Avenue (1st title)
Failed re-electionDurham City
Matches played462
Goals scored1,676 (3.63 per match)
Top goalscorerJoe Smith (Stockport County), 38 
Home \ Away ACC ASH BRW BRA BPA CHF CRE DAR DON DUR HAL HAR LIN NEL NWB ROC ROT SOU STP TRA WIG WRE Accrington Stanley 3–1 5–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 5–0 0–0 1–3 2–0 3–2 2–2 1–0 7–1 2–1 1–0 3–1 4–1 1–0 2–3 2–4 2–0 Ashington 1–1 1–0 2–2 0–3 0–0 0–2 2–3 1–2 2–2 3–3 3–1 4–5 5–1 3–2 5–1 6–0 1–3 4–1 3–0 6–3 2–1 Barrow 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 1–2 6–2 2–0 3–3 3–1 2–1 1–3 1–1 3–1 2–3 2–1 6–2 2–2 Bradford City 2–0 5–0 4–1 2–3 3–3 4–1 0–1 1–0 4–0 0–0 2–1 3–1 9–1 3–1 2–2 3–1 2–0 2–2 3–1 3–0 2–0 Bradford Park Av3–3 5–0 1–1 5–0 1–0 2–0 6–3 0–2 4–0 3–2 3–0 3–0 3–2 2–1 4–1 3–1 5–3 2–0 6–2 5–1 2–0 Chesterfield 3–1 3–0 6–0 2–0 0–0 3–2 1–3 1–0 4–2 3–0 1–3 0–1 6–0 2–3 1–3 2–5 5–2 1–1 2–2 0–0 0–1 Crewe Alexandra 2–3 3–0 4–1 2–1 1–3 4–1 3–3 4–1 5–2 1–1 4–0 0–0 6–1 1–1 1–1 3–2 0–1 3–0 2–3 1–2 1–1 Darlington 3–0 5–1 1–1 1–2 1–3 4–2 1–3 3–0 5–0 2–0 5–0 9–2 4–1 3–0 1–0 4–1 3–1 3–1 3–7 1–0 1–3 Doncaster Rovers0–0 3–2 4–0 2–1 2–0 4–0 3–1 5–0 5–0 1–1 1–1 3–0 4–2 5–1 5–2 2–0 0–1 0–2 5–2 4–1 1–1 Durham City 2–1 0–0 4–1 3–2 0–1 2–0 5–1 3–3 1–3 1–1 1–0 0–4 3–0 2–1 3–2 1–4 0–0 1–2 1–3 3–0 1–1 Halifax Town 3–1 6–1 5–2 2–1 1–1 1–2 0–0 2–1 0–1 3–1 4–1 3–1 5–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–3 2–2 2–2 4–1 Hartlepool 0–2 4–1 6–2 2–3 1–1 1–0 4–3 0–1 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–2 4–5 3–3 0–2 1–3 2–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 4–2 Lincoln City 3–1 3–1 5–0 2–2 2–0 0–0 5–2 1–0 2–0 2–1 5–2 1–5 0–0 1–2 3–1 4–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 4–1 5–0 Nelson 1–4 1–5 4–0 0–3 1–2 3–3 3–3 4–0 0–1 2–1 3–2 4–2 1–3 0–3 6–3 6–1 1–1 0–4 3–5 3–3 4–0 New Brighton 3–1 6–0 3–3 1–1 1–2 3–3 5–1 0–0 3–1 4–0 3–1 2–1 2–3 4–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 2–1 0–0 Rochdale 3–2 2–2 3–0 3–3 0–4 5–1 4–0 4–1 1–0 1–0 2–2 0–1 0–3 1–0 0–0 2–1 5–1 2–1 1–2 3–0 3–0 Rotherham United2–1 1–1 3–0 0–0 1–0 1–2 2–0 3–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 5–0 2–4 4–3 0–0 3–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 6–0 0–1 Southport 5–0 3–3 4–0 5–1 2–1 2–1 3–2 2–0 1–2 3–1 3–1 0–2 3–1 1–2 4–2 3–1 1–1 4–0 0–1 2–1 4–1 Stockport County3–3 3–0 4–0 3–0 2–2 3–0 1–0 4–0 2–1 2–1 3–0 2–2 2–0 8–0 0–0 5–1 2–0 6–3 1–0 1–1 5–0 Tranmere 3–2 5–3 5–0 2–1 2–2 6–3 3–3 3–1 0–0 11–1 2–2 1–2 2–2 1–1 4–0 3–0 2–0 1–0 5–2 5–2 2–1 Wigan Borough 2–0 0–0 1–0 2–2 1–3 3–2 2–1 0–3 1–1 3–0 1–3 0–2 1–3 4–2 2–2 1–2 0–0 1–3 1–3 1–0 3–0 Wrexham 0–1 5–1 5–0 1–0 1–1 1–2 2–0 1–2 1–2 4–0 2–0 3–2 1–0 5–2 0–2 2–1 3–2 3–0 1–0 2–0 5–1
                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. BRADFORD PARK AVENUE     42  18  2  1  68  22   9  7  5  33  23   63
 2. Lincoln City             42  15  4  2  53  20   9  3  9  38  44   55
 3. Stockport County         42  16  5  0  62  14   7  3 11  27  37   54
 4. Doncaster Rovers         42  15  4  2  59  18   8  3 10  21  26   53
 5. Tranmere Rovers          42  14  6  1  68  28   8  3 10  37  44   53
 6. Bradford City            42  15  4  2  59  19   3  8 10  26  41   48
 7. Darlington               42  15  1  5  63  28   6  4 11  26  46   47
 8. Southport                42  15  2  4  55  24   5  3 13  24  46   45
 9. Accrington Stanley       42  14  4  3  49  22   4  4 13  27  45   44
10. New Brighton             42  10  7  4  45  22   4  7 10  27  40   42
11. Wrexham                  42  15  1  5  48  19   3  5 13  16  48   42
12. Halifax Town             42  11  7  3  47  24   2  8 11  26  47   41
13. Rochdale                 42  13  4  4  45  24   4  3 14  29  53   41
14. Rotherham United         42  11  6  4  39  19   3  5 13  26  50   39
15. Hartlepool United        42  10  3  8  41  35   6  3 12  28  46   38
16. Chesterfield             42  10  4  7  46  29   3  6 12  25  49   36
17. Crewe Alexandra          42  10  6  5  51  28   2  4 15  26  58   34
18. Ashington                42  10  5  6  54  36   1  6 14  23  67   33
19. Barrow                   42  10  8  3  41  24   0  3 18  13  78   31
20. Wigan Borough            42   8  5  8  30  32   2  5 14  26  65   30
21. DURHAM CITY              42  10  5  6  37  30   1  2 18  16  70   29
22. Nelson                   42   8  4  9  50  49   2  2 17  26  87   26

League Division 3 (South)
Season1927–28
ChampionsMillwall (1st title)
Failed re-electionNone
Matches played462
Goals scored1,680 (3.64 per match)
Top goalscorerHarry Morris (Swindon Town), 38 
Home \ Away	B&BA	BRE	B&HA	BRR	CHA	COV	CRY	EXE	GIL	LUT	MER	MIL	NPC	NOR	NWC	PLY	QPR	STD	SWI	TOR	WAL	WAT
Bournemouth & Boscombe  1–0	3–1	4–3	3–1	2–3	2–2	2–0	3–0	2–2	2–1	5–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	2–2	1–2	2–3	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–0
Brentford	2–1		1–3	5–1	1–1	4–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	4–2	4–0	6–1	3–1	3–0	3–1	0–2	0–3	2–2	1–4	1–2	3–2	1–1
Brighton & Hove 3–2	5–2		5–0	2–2	3–0	4–2	0–2	0–0	3–1	5–0	3–1	1–4	2–1	1–0	4–1	1–3	1–0	4–2	3–0	0–0	1–1
Bristol Rovers	3–0	1–3	1–0		2–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	2–4	1–2	2–1	1–6	2–1	2–2	3–0	3–1	0–4	1–3	1–0	5–1	5–2	3–1
Charlton Athleti1–1	3–2	3–0	2–1		2–1	0–4	0–0	1–0	4–3	0–0	1–1	3–2	2–2	3–2	2–0	1–0	1–2	3–1	1–0	1–3	0–2
Coventry City	3–2	0–0	2–2	2–3	3–3		2–2	0–0	1–2	4–2	1–2	0–3	0–2	2–4	2–2	1–1	0–0	6–1	4–0	5–1	0–1	2–3
Crystal Palace	6–1	0–2	1–1	3–2	5–0	1–0		2–0	2–2	3–2	2–0	0–4	2–0	1–0	2–1	0–2	1–1	4–1	1–0	3–2	5–1	2–1
Exeter City	4–1	0–1	0–3	4–1	2–1	0–1	2–2		2–2	3–2	2–0	2–4	5–1	1–1	2–2	2–0	4–0	3–2	0–0	5–0	3–0	3–3
Gillingham	2–1	2–1	0–1	3–1	1–1	1–2	3–1	1–1		0–4	1–1	0–1	4–0	1–3	3–0	3–1	1–2	1–0	0–1	4–1	2–0	0–3
Luton Town	3–3	5–2	2–5	2–0	2–1	3–1	6–1	2–1	6–1		5–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–3	1–1	0–1	0–0	2–1	5–0	4–1	3–2
Merthyr Town	1–1	3–1	4–2	2–3	0–0	3–2	2–2	0–3	3–1	0–0		0–0	0–2	1–3	1–1	1–4	0–4	2–3	8–2	1–3	3–2	3–1
Millwall	2–0	3–0	6–0	1–0	5–0	9–1	1–1	2–0	6–0	3–2	3–0		5–1	3–0	2–1	2–0	6–1	5–1	3–3	9–1	7–1	4–2
Newport County	4–3	3–0	3–1	3–1	4–3	3–0	0–3	1–0	1–1	7–2	1–1	1–3		4–1	2–2	1–1	1–6	3–2	1–3	2–2	4–1	3–2
Northampton Town1–1	3–2	1–0	2–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	5–0	1–0	6–5	6–0	5–2	1–2		4–2	2–1	1–0	2–1	3–0	4–4	10–0	5–0
Norwich City	3–3	1–1	0–0	4–2	0–0	0–2	4–1	2–2	0–0	3–0	4–0	2–0	1–1	3–4		2–0	3–1	2–1	1–3	4–0	1–4	1–1
Plymouth Argyle	3–1	1–0	2–0	4–1	2–0	4–0	5–1	1–2	2–2	4–0	5–0	3–2	2–0	3–3	4–2		3–0	3–2	3–0	4–1	2–1	0–1
Queens Park Rang2–0	2–3	5–0	4–2	3–3	1–5	2–0	0–1	3–3	3–2	0–0	0–1	4–2	0–4	0–0	0–1		3–2	0–1	2–3	1–1	2–1
Southend	3–0	3–2	0–1	2–1	1–2	3–2	6–1	1–2	1–2	1–0	2–1	0–1	5–1	2–0	1–1	3–0	7–0		1–1	1–0	2–1	3–0
Swindon Town	3–2	1–1	4–3	2–1	2–2	6–0	3–3	3–0	6–1	4–2	1–2	3–0	4–1	4–0	1–1	2–2	0–2	0–1		2–2	5–0	4–0
Torquay United	2–2	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–2	2–3	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–4	2–2	0–1	1–1	1–5	4–2	1–2	1–0	3–3	2–1		1–1	1–1
Walsall    	2–3	4–2	3–3	1–2	1–0	7–0	1–1	5–1	7–4	4–1	2–2	2–5	0–3	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–2	0–1	1–2	4–0		2–0
Watford   	2–0	1–1	3–3	2–1	1–2	3–1	2–1	3–2	5–3	1–0	1–1	0–3	2–3	2–0	2–0	1–2	3–3	1–1	2–5	1–2	4–0	

                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. MILLWALL                 42  19  2  0  87  15  11  3  7  40  35   65
 2. Northampton              42  17  3  1  67  23   6  6  9  35  41   55
 3. Plymouth Argyle          42  17  2  2  60  19   6  5 10  25  35   53
 4. Brighton & Hove Albion   42  14  4  3  51  24   5  6 10  30  45   48
 5. Crystal Palace           42  15  3  3  46  23   3  9  9  33  49   48
 6. Swindon Town             42  12  6  3  60  26   7  3 11  30  43   47
 7. Southend United          42  14  2  5  48  19   6  4 11  32  45   46
 8. Exeter City              42  11  6  4  49  27   6  6  9  21  33   46
 9. Newport County           42  12  5  4  52  38   6  4 11  29  46   45
10. Queen's Park Rangers     42   8  5  8  37  35   9  4  8  35  36   43
11. Charlton Athletic        42  12  5  4  34  27   3  8 10  26  43   43
12. Brentford                42  12  4  5  49  30   4  4 13  27  44   40
13. Luton Town               42  13  5  3  56  27   3  2 16  38  60   39
14. Bournemouth              42  12  6  3  44  24   1  6 14  28  55   38
15. Watford                  42  10  5  6  42  34   4  5 12  26  44   38
16. Gillingham               42  10  3  8  33  26   3  8 10  29  55   37
17. Norwich City             42   9  8  4  41  26   1  8 12  25  44   36
18. Walsall                  42   9  6  6  52  35   3  3 15  23  66   33
19. Bristol Rovers           42  11  3  7  41  36   3  1 17  26  57   32
20. Coventry City            42   5  8  8  40  36   6  1 14  27  60   31
21. Merthyr Town             42   7  6  8  38  40   2  7 12  15  51   31
22. Torquay United           42   4 10  7  27  36   4  4 13  26  67   30
FINAL TABLE SOUTHERN LEAGUE (EASTERN SECTION) '27-'28

 1. Kettering Town             34-52  (90-39)  23  6  5  Champions    
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 2. Peterborough & Fletton     34-45  (73-43)  21  3 10          
 3. Northfleet United          34-41  (83-54)  17  7 10          
 4. Brighton & Hove Albion II  34-40  (90-63)  20  0 14          
 5. Norwich City II            34-40  (69-69)  17  6 11          
 6. Southampton II             34-39  (92-70)  16  7 11          
 7. Aldershot Town             34-39  (85-66)  17  5 12          
 8. Sittingbourne              34-37  (64-70)  16  5 13          
 9. Millwall London II         34-36  (66-59)  15  6 13          
10. Poole                      34-35  (69-84)  15  5 14          
11. Folkestone                 34-30  (71-91)  12  6 16          
12. Guildford City             34-29  (65-89)  12  5 17          
13. Dartford                   34-28  (46-49)  12  4 18          
14. Gillingham II              34-27  (72-84)  10  7 17          
15. Sheppey United             34-25  (57-87)  11  3 20          
16. Chatham Town               34-24  (49-70)  10  4 20          
17. Grays Thurrock United      34-23  (48-88)  10  3 21          
18. Bournemouth II             34-22  (48-62)   9  4 21          

Champions (Eastern): Kettering Town                               
New elected: Thames Association                             

1237 goals = 4.042 goals/m.


FINAL TABLE SOUTHERN LEAGUE (WESTERN DIVISION) '27-'28

 1. Bristol City II            30-43  (95-51)  20  3  7  Champions    
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 2. Exeter City II             30-40 (104-56)  18  4  8          
 3. Bristol Rovers II          30-35  (80-64)  16  3 11          
 4. Plymouth Argyle II         30-34  (88-53)  16  2 12          
 5. Newport County II          30-34  (99-70)  13  8  9          
 6. Ebbw Vale                  30-33  (67-74)  15  3 12          
 7. Swindon Town II            30-30  (80-74)  13  4 13          
 8. Aberdare & Aberaman        30-30  (62-68)  12  6 12  left  
 9. Yeovil & Petters           30-29  (64-57)  11  7 12          
10. Torquay United II          30-28  (51-67)  11  6 13          
11. Bath City                  30-27  (64-68)  12  3 15          
12. Taunton Town               30-27  (60-65)  11  5 14          
13. Weymouth                   30-26  (50-83)  10  6 14  left  
14. Merthyr Town II            30-22  (50-77)   9  4 17          
15. Barry                      30-22  (45-87)   8  6 16          
16. Mid Rhondda United         30-20  (36-81)   7  6 17  left  

Champions (Western): Bristol City II                              
New elected: Lovell's Athletic                              

1095 goals = 4.563 goals/m.

England FA Challenge Cup 1927-1928

Country England
 Wales
Defending championsWales Cardiff City
ChampionsBlackburn Rovers
(6th title)
Runners-upHuddersfield Town

        1st Round
Nov 26 -Accrington Stanley          2 -Lincoln City                5
Nov 26 *Bath City                   2 *Southall                    0
Nov 26 -Bradford City               6 *Workington                  0
Nov 26 ^Bristol Rovers              4 ^Walsall                     2
Nov 26 *Carlisle United             2 -Doncaster Rovers            1
Nov 26 ^Coventry City               2 ^Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath  2
Nov 26 -Crewe Alexandra             2 -Ashington                   2
Nov 26 -Darlington                  4 -Chesterfield                1
Nov 26 *Dartford                    1 ^Crystal Palace              3
Nov 26 *Denaby                      2 -Southport                   3
Nov 26 -Durham City                 1 -Wrexham                     1
Nov 26 ^Exeter City                 9 *Aberdare Athletic           1
Nov 26 *Gainsborough Trinity        6 *Stockton                    0
Nov 26 ^Gillingham                  2 ^Plymouth Argyle             1
Nov 26 -Halifax Town                3 -Hartlepools United          0
Nov 26 *Ilford                      4 *Dulwich Hamlet              0
Nov 26 *Kettering Town              2 *Chatham                     0
Nov 26 ^Merthyr Town                0 ^Charlton Athletic           0
Nov 26 -Nelson                      0 -Bradford Park Avenue        3
Nov 26 ^Newport County              0 ^Swindon Town                1
Nov 26 ^Northampton Town            8 *Leyton                      0
Nov 26 *Northfleet                  0 *London Caledonian           1
Nov 26 *Poole                       1 ^Norwich City                1
Nov 26 *Rhyl                        4 -Wigan Borough               3
Nov 26 -Rochdale                    8 *Crook                       2
Nov 26 *Shildon                     1 -New Brighton                3
Nov 26 *Shirebrook                  1 -Tranmere Rovers             3
Nov 26 ^Southend United             1 *Wellington                  0
Nov 26 *Spennymoor                  1 -Rotherham United            1
Nov 26 -Stockport County            5 *Oswestry                    2
Nov 30 *Aldershot                   2 ^Queen's Park Rangers        1
Nov 30 *Botwell Mission             3 *Peterborough United         4
Nov 30 ^Luton Town                  9 *Clapton                     0
Nov 30 ^Watford                     1 ^Brighton & Hove Albion      2

        Replays
Nov 30 -Ashington                   0 -Crewe Alexandra             2
Nov 30 ^Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath  2 ^Coventry City               0
Nov 30 ^Charlton Athletic           2 ^Merthyr Town                1
Nov 30 -Wrexham                     4 -Durham City                 0
Dec 01 ^Norwich City                5 *Poole                       0
Dec 01 -Rotherham United            4 *Spennymoor                  2

Byes to the 3rd Round:
All 1st Division Clubs (22):  Arsenal, Aston Villa, Birmingham, Blackburn Rovers,
  Bolton Wanderers, Burnley, Bury, Cardiff City, Derby County, Everton, Huddersfield Town,
  Leicester City, Liverpool, Manchester United, Middlesbrough, Newcastle United, Portsmouth,
  Sheffield United, Sunderland, The Wednesday, Tottenham Hotspur & West Ham United.
All 2nd Division Clubs (22):  Barnsley, Blackpool, Bristol City, Chelsea, Clapton Orient,
  Fulham, Grimsby Town, Hull City, Leeds United, Manchester City, Nottingham Forest,
  Notts County, Oldham Athletic, Port Vale, Preston North End, Reading, Southampton,
  South Shields, Stoke City, Swansea Town, West Bromwich Albion & Wolverhampton Wanderers.
3rd Division Clubs (2):  Brentford & Millwall.
Non-League Club (1):  Corinthians.

        2nd Round
Dec 10 ^Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath  6 ^Bristol Rovers              1
Dec 10 -Bradford Park Avenue        0 -Southport                   2
Dec 10 -Bradford City               2 -Rotherham United            3
Dec 10 ^Charlton Athletic           1 *Kettering Town              1
Dec 10 -Crewe Alexandra             2 -Stockport County            0
Dec 10 -Darlington                  2 -Rochdale                    1
Dec 10 ^Exeter City                 5 *Ilford                      3
Dec 10 *Gainsborough Trinity        0 -Lincoln City                2
Dec 10 ^Gillingham                  2 ^Southend United             0
Dec 10 *London Caledonian           1 *Bath City                   0
Dec 10 ^Luton Town                  6 ^Norwich City                0
Dec 10 -New Brighton                7 *Rhyl                        2
Dec 10 ^Northampton Town            1 ^Brighton & Hove Albion      0
Dec 10 *Peterborough United         2 *Aldershot                   1
Dec 10 ^Swindon Town                0 ^Crystal Palace              0
Dec 10 -Tranmere Rovers             3 -Halifax Town                1
Dec 10 -Wrexham                     1 *Carlisle United             0

        Replays
Dec 14 ^Crystal Palace              1 ^Swindon Town                2
Dec 15 *Kettering Town              1 ^Charlton Athletic           2

        3rd Round
Jan 14  Arsenal                     2 +West Bromwich Albion        0
Jan 14  Birmingham                  4 *Peterborough United         3
Jan 14  Blackburn Rovers            4  Newcastle United            1
Jan 14 +Blackpool                   1 +Oldham Athletic             4
Jan 14  Bolton Wanderers            2 ^Luton Town                  1
Jan 14 +Bristol City                1  Tottenham Hotspur           2
Jan 14  Burnley                     0  Aston Villa                 2
Jan 14  Cardiff City                2 +Southampton                 1
Jan 14 ^Charlton Athletic           1  Bury                        1
Jan 14  Huddersfield Town           4 -Lincoln City                2
Jan 14 +Hull City                   0  Leicester City              1
Jan 14  Liverpool                   1 -Darlington                  0
Jan 14 *London Caledonian           2 -Crewe Alexandra             3  played at Chelsea
Jan 14 +Manchester City             1 +Leeds United                0
Jan 14  Manchester United           7 ^Brentford                   1
Jan 14  Middlesbrough               3 +South Shields               0
Jan 14 ^Millwall                    1  Derby County                2
Jan 14 -New Brighton                2 *Corinthians                 1
Jan 14 +Nottingham Forest           1 -Tranmere Rovers             0
Jan 14 +Notts County                2  Sheffield United            3
Jan 14 +Port Vale                   3 +Barnsley                    0
Jan 14  Portsmouth                  0  West Ham United             2
Jan 14 +Preston North End           0  Everton                     3
Jan 14 +Reading                     4 +Grimsby Town                0
Jan 14 -Rotherham United            3 ^Exeter City                 3
Jan 14  The Wednesday               3 ^Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath  0
Jan 14 -Southport                   3 +Fulham                      0
Jan 14 +Stoke City                  6 ^Gillingham                  1
Jan 14  Sunderland                  3 ^Northampton Town            3
Jan 14 ^Swindon Town                2 +Clapton Orient              1
Jan 14 +Wolverhampton Wanderers     2 +Chelsea                     1
Jan 14 -Wrexham                     2 +Swansea Town                1

        Replays
Jan 18  Bury                        4 ^Charlton Athletic           3
Jan 18 ^Exeter City                 3 -Rotherham United            1
Jan 19 ^Northampton Town            0  Sunderland                  3

        4th Round
Jan 28  Arsenal                     4  Everton                     3
Jan 28  Aston Villa                 3 -Crewe Alexandra             0
Jan 28  Bury                        1  Manchester United           1
Jan 28  Cardiff City                2  Liverpool                   1
Jan 28  Derby County                0 +Nottingham Forest           0
Jan 28 ^Exeter City                 2  Blackburn Rovers            2
Jan 28  Huddersfield Town           2  West Ham United             1
Jan 28 +Port Vale                   3 -New Brighton                0
Jan 28 +Reading                     0  Leicester City              1
Jan 28  Sheffield United            3 +Wolverhampton Wanderers     1
Jan 28 -Southport                   0  Middlesbrough               3
Jan 28 +Stoke City                  4  Bolton Wanderers            2
Jan 28  Sunderland                  1 +Manchester City             2
Jan 28 ^Swindon Town                1  The Wednesday               2
Jan 28  Tottenham Hotspur           3 +Oldham Athletic             0
Jan 28 -Wrexham                     1  Birmingham                  3

        Replays
Feb 01  Manchester United           1  Bury                        0
Feb 01 +Nottingham Forest           2  Derby County                0
Feb 02  Blackburn Rovers            3 ^Exeter City                 1

        5th Round
Feb 18  Arsenal                     4  Aston Villa                 1
Feb 18  Blackburn Rovers            2 +Port Vale                   1
Feb 18  Huddersfield Town           4  Middlesbrough               0
Feb 18  Leicester City              0  Tottenham Hotspur           3
Feb 18 +Manchester City             0 +Stoke City                  1
Feb 18  Manchester United           1  Birmingham                  0
Feb 18 +Nottingham Forest           2  Cardiff City                1
Feb 18  The Wednesday               1  Sheffield United            1

        Replays
Feb 22  Sheffield United            4  The Wednesday               1

        Quarter-finals
Mar 03  Arsenal                     4 +Stoke City                  1
Mar 03  Blackburn Rovers            2  Manchester United           0
Mar 03  Huddersfield Town           6  Tottenham Hotspur           1
Mar 03  Sheffield United            3 +Nottingham Forest           0

        Semi-finals
Mar 24  Blackburn Rovers            1  Arsenal                     0  played at Leicester
Mar 24  Huddersfield Town           2  Sheffield United            2  played at Manchester U

        Replays
Mar 26  Huddersfield Town           0  Sheffield United            0  played at Everton
Apr 02  Huddersfield Town           1  Sheffield United            0  played at Manchester City

        Final
Apr 21  Blackburn Rovers            3  Huddersfield Town           1  played at Wembley
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Season 1928-29

FA Charity Shield 1928 Everton 2 Blackburn Rovers 1
League Division 1
Season1928–29
ChampionsThe Wednesday (3rd English title)
RelegatedBury
Cardiff City
FA Cup winnersBolton Wanderers (3rd FA Cup title)
Matches played462
Goals scored1,688 (3.65 per match)
Top goalscorerDave Halliday (Sunderland), 43 [3]
Biggest home winLeicester City – Portsmouth 10–0 (20 Oct 1928)
Sheffield United – Burnley10–0 (19 Jan 1929)
Biggest away winNewcastle United – Burnley 2–7 (29 Apr 1929)
Highest scoringLeicester City – Portsmouth 10–0 (20 Oct 1928)
Sheffield United – Burnley10–0 (19 Jan 1929)
West Ham United – Leeds United 8–2 (9 Feb 1929)
Ars Ast Bir Bla Bol Brn Bry Car Der Eve Hud Lee Lei Liv MaC MaU New Por ShU ShW Sun WHU Arsenal xxx 2-5 0-0 1-0 2-0 3-1 7-1 2-1 1-3 2-0 2-0 1-0 1-1 4-4 0-0 3-1 1-2 4-0 2-0 2-2 1-1 2-3 Aston Villa 4-2 xxx 1-2 2-1 3-5 4-2 7-1 1-0 2-3 2-0 4-1 1-0 4-2 3-1 5-1 0-0 1-1 3-2 3-2 4-1 3-1 5-2 Birmingham 1-1 2-4 xxx 4-0 0-2 3-6 3-2 0-0 1-4 1-3 1-2 5-1 1-0 0-0 4-1 1-1 0-0 1-0 2-2 4-1 1-0 2-2 Blackburn R 5-2 2-5 4-1 xxx 1-3 1-1 1-1 2-0 3-1 2-1 1-1 0-1 1-1 2-1 2-2 0-3 2-0 4-0 1-1 4-1 2-0 2-0 Bolton 1-2 3-1 6-2 0-3 xxx 0-1 0-1 1-0 3-0 2-3 1-1 4-1 5-0 0-0 1-1 1-1 1-0 4-2 3-1 2-2 2-2 4-1 Burnley 3-3 4-1 4-0 2-2 3-1 xxx 0-0 3-0 2-2 2-0 3-2 5-0 0-1 3-2 2-3 3-4 4-3 4-1 2-1 0-2 3-1 3-3 Bury 1-0 2-2 3-1 1-0 3-4 2-1 xxx 4-1 3-3 1-2 2-1 2-2 3-1 2-2 1-2 1-3 2-0 0-0 4-0 0-4 1-3 0-3 Cardiff City 1-1 0-2 1-4 1-1 1-1 7-0 4-0 xxx 3-0 0-2 0-0 2-1 1-2 1-2 1-3 2-2 2-0 1-1 0-0 3-1 0-1 3-2 Derby Co 0-0 1-0 2-2 5-1 2-1 4-0 3-1 2-0 xxx 3-0 1-2 3-4 5-2 2-5 1-1 6-1 1-2 1-0 2-2 6-0 0-0 6-0 Everton 4-2 0-1 0-2 5-2 3-0 2-0 1-0 1-0 4-0 xxx 0-3 0-1 3-1 1-0 2-6 2-4 5-2 4-0 1-3 0-0 0-0 0-4 Huddersfield 0-1 3-0 0-0 0-2 4-1 7-1 0-2 1-1 0-0 3-1 xxx 6-1 1-1 1-3 2-2 1-2 2-1 3-1 6-1 0-0 1-2 4-0 Leeds United 1-1 4-1 0-1 0-1 2-2 2-1 3-1 3-0 1-1 3-1 1-2 xxx 4-3 2-2 4-1 3-2 0-0 3-2 2-0 0-2 0-3 4-1 Leicester City 1-1 4-1 5-3 2-1 6-1 1-1 5-2 2-0 1-0 4-1 4-1 4-4 xxx 2-0 3-2 2-1 1-1 10-0 3-1 1-1 1-0 5-0 Liverpool 2-4 4-0 1-2 1-1 3-0 8-0 3-0 2-0 3-0 1-2 2-3 1-1 6-3 xxx 1-1 2-3 2-1 0-0 1-2 3-2 5-2 2-1 Manchester City 4-1 3-0 2-3 1-2 5-1 4-1 6-4 1-1 2-3 5-1 3-2 3-0 2-3 2-3 xxx 2-2 2-4 2-1 3-1 2-2 5-3 4-2 Manchester Utd 4-1 2-2 1-0 1-4 1-1 1-0 1-0 1-1 0-1 1-1 1-0 1-2 1-1 2-2 1-2 xxx 5-0 0-0 1-1 2-1 3-0 2-3 Newcastle 0-3 2-1 1-0 0-2 4-1 2-7 2-1 1-1 4-1 2-0 4-1 3-2 1-0 2-2 4-0 5-0 xxx 0-1 4-2 2-1 4-3 1-0 Portsmouth 2-0 3-2 3-1 2-2 4-4 3-1 4-1 0-1 1-5 3-0 1-0 0-2 1-0 0-1 1-0 3-0 0-1 xxx 2-3 3-2 4-0 3-0 Sheffield Utd 2-2 1-3 3-2 2-1 1-1 10-0 6-1 3-1 2-1 2-1 1-0 1-1 1-4 1-3 1-3 6-1 3-1 3-0 xxx 1-1 4-0 3-3 Sheffield Wed 3-2 4-1 3-0 1-0 0-0 1-1 3-1 1-0 5-0 1-0 1-1 4-2 1-0 3-2 4-0 2-1 3-1 2-1 5-2 xxx 2-1 6-0 Sunderland 5-1 1-3 3-4 3-1 4-0 2-1 3-1 1-0 4-0 2-2 4-1 2-1 1-2 2-1 3-1 5-1 5-2 5-0 4-4 4-3 xxx 4-1 West Ham Utd 3-4 4-1 2-1 3-3 3-0 4-0 2-3 1-1 2-2 2-4 1-1 8-2 2-1 1-1 3-0 3-1 1-0 0-1 4-0 3-2 3-3 xxx

Final Table:
                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY      42  18  3  0  55  16   3  7 11  31  46   52
 2. Leicester City           42  16  5  0  67  22   5  4 12  29  45   51
 3. Aston Villa              42  16  2  3  62  30   7  2 12  36  51   50
 4. Sunderland               42  16  2  3  67  30   4  5 12  26  45   47
 5. Liverpool                42  11  4  6  53  28   6  8  7  37  36   46
 6. Derby County             42  12  5  4  56  24   6  5 10  30  47   46
 7. Blackburn Rovers         42  11  6  4  42  26   6  5 10  30  37   45
 8. Manchester City          42  12  3  6  63  40   6  6  9  32  46   45
 9. Arsenal                  42  11  6  4  43  25   5  7  9  34  47   45
10. Newcastle United         42  15  2  4  48  29   4  4 13  22  43   44
11. Sheffield United         42  12  5  4  57  30   3  6 12  29  55   41
12. Manchester United        42   8  8  5  32  23   6  5 10  34  53   41
13. Leeds United             42  11  5  5  42  28   5  4 12  29  56   41
14. Bolton Wanderers         42  10  6  5  44  25   4  6 11  29  55   40
15. Birmingham City          42   8  7  6  37  32   7  3 11  31  45   40
16. Huddersfield Town        42   9  6  6  45  23   5  5 11  25  38   39
17. West Ham United          42  11  6  4  55  31   4  3 14  31  65   39
18. Everton                  42  11  2  8  38  31   6  2 13  25  44   38
19. Burnley                  42  12  5  4  55  32   3  3 15  26  71   38
20. Portsmouth               42  13  2  6  43  26   2  4 15  13  54   36
21. BURY                     42   9  5  7  38  35   3  2 16  24  64   31
22. CARDIFF CITY             42   7  7  7  34  26   1  6 14   9  33   29

League Division 2
Season1928–29
ChampionsMiddlesbrough (2nd title)
RelegatedClapton Orient
Port Vale
Matches played462
Goals scored1,576 (3.41 per match)
Top goalscorerJimmy Hampson (Blackpool), 40 [3]
Biggest home winPort Vale – West Bromwich Albion 8–1 (9 Mar 1929)
Blackpool – Reading 7–0 (10 Noov 1929)
Preston North End – Reading 7–0 (27 Apr 1929)
Biggest away winMillwall – Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–5 (3 Sept 1928)
Highest scoringMiddlesbrough – Wolverhampton Wanderers 8–3 (9 Feb 1929)
Home \ Away	BAR	BLP	BPA	BRI	CHE	CLA	GRI	HUL	MID	MIL	NOT	NTC	OLD	PTV	PNE	REA	SOU	STK	SWA	TOT	WBA	WOL
Barnsley		3–1	1–2	4–2	0–1	2–0	0–2	2–2	2–2	2–2	1–2	2–0	2–1	6–0	4–1	2–3	4–1	4–2	2–1	4–1	2–0	2–2
Blackpool	0–1		3–0	2–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	2–1	3–0	3–0	2–2	3–2	4–0	4–0	3–2	7–0	3–0	2–0	2–2	2–2	0–2	3–0
Bradford Park Av2–1	5–2		3–2	1–2	2–1	1–0	5–1	3–2	4–0	1–1	2–2	2–0	2–0	7–2	1–0	4–1	2–1	3–1	4–1	4–1	4–1
Bristol City	3–1	3–2	1–0		0–0	1–0	2–2	0–0	0–1	5–0	2–5	0–4	6–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	2–3	3–2
Chelsea 	1–0	2–3	3–1	3–0		2–2	3–2	0–0	2–0	0–3	3–0	1–1	2–3	3–3	2–1	2–1	1–1	3–1	4–0	1–1	2–5	0–2
Clapton Orient	3–1	2–4	1–0	0–1	1–0		3–1	0–2	3–0	1–1	1–4	2–2	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–2	2–3	0–2	2–0
Grimsby Town	2–1	1–4	4–2	3–2	1–0	6–1		0–1	1–4	3–0	2–2	2–2	1–0	3–1	1–0	4–0	2–1	2–1	4–1	2–0	3–1	2–0
Hull City	0–0	1–3	1–0	5–1	2–2	0–0	2–3		1–1	4–0	0–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	5–1	3–0	2–2	1–3	1–1	1–1	4–1	1–3
Middlesbrough	1–0	4–1	5–3	3–1	4–5	4–0	3–0	1–1		3–0	1–0	3–1	1–0	5–1	2–3	0–0	1–2	1–0	0–0	3–0	1–1	8–3
Millwall	0–2	2–1	1–3	3–1	2–1	2–0	4–1	0–0	2–3		1–1	0–1	3–3	2–1	3–1	5–1	2–4	1–3	3–0	5–1	2–2	0–5
Nottingham Fores1–3	2–0	3–2	1–1	3–0	0–0	0–1	3–1	1–1	0–4		1–2	3–1	2–2	4–1	1–2	1–1	1–5	2–1	2–2	1–2	2–1
Notts County	4–1	3–1	3–3	2–0	4–3	2–0	1–2	6–0	0–3	4–5	1–1		2–0	3–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	5–1	2–0	3–1	3–0
Oldham Athletic	1–0	4–2	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–3	0–1	1–3	4–1	2–0	3–2		1–1	2–0	2–1	3–1	1–0	2–1	3–1	3–0	0–4
Port Vale	3–0	1–0	0–1	5–0	1–0	3–0	0–3	4–1	2–3	5–2	4–2	3–0	2–1		3–2	4–0	1–2	1–2	0–0	2–1	8–1	1–4
Preston North En2–1	3–1	2–0	2–2	3–0	5–2	5–2	1–0	0–0	3–4	3–2	0–1	3–2	7–1		7–0	0–1	2–2	2–2	2–2	1–1	5–1
Reading  	1–0	4–1	4–0	2–1	3–3	4–2	1–3	3–0	2–3	0–2	0–3	1–2	6–1	2–1	0–0		0–1	1–1	2–0	4–3	5–3	3–0
Southampton	1–2	8–2	2–2	2–1	1–2	2–0	3–1	3–2	1–1	3–0	2–1	4–0	2–1	1–2	4–0	2–2		0–0	3–0	1–1	1–1	2–1
Stoke City	0–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–1	3–1	1–2	1–1	3–2	0–0	1–1	5–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	5–0	3–0		5–0	2–0	4–1	4–3
Swansea Town	2–1	5–5	3–1	0–2	0–1	0–1	2–1	0–1	2–0	2–0	3–5	1–0	3–2	2–0	5–0	0–1	1–1	3–3		4–0	6–1	2–0
Tottenham Hotspu2–0	1–2	3–2	1–1	4–1	2–1	2–1	4–1	2–5	2–1	2–1	3–0	4–1	4–2	2–0	2–2	3–2	1–0	1–1		2–0	3–2
West Bromwich Al6–2	2–2	1–2	1–1	3–0	3–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	3–2	3–0	1–3	1–0	3–1	1–1	5–0	3–1	2–3	5–1	3–2		0–2
Wolverhampton Wa3–1	1–5	3–1	2–1	1–1	3–2	2–2	2–4	3–3	0–1	2–3	3–1	0–0	4–0	1–2	2–0	1–1	4–0	0–0	4–2	0–1	

                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. MIDDLESBROUGH            42  14  4  3  54  22   8  7  6  38  35   55
 2. GRIMSBY TOWN             42  16  2  3  49  24   8  3 10  33  37   53
 3. Bradford Park Avenue     42  18  2  1  62  22   4  2 15  26  48   48
 4. Southampton              42  12  6  3  48  22   5  8  8  26  38   48
 5. Notts County             42  13  4  4  51  24   6  5 10  27  41   47
 6. Stoke City               42  12  7  2  46  16   5  5 11  28  35   46
 7. West Bromwich Albion     42  13  4  4  50  25   6  4 11  30  54   46
 8. Blackpool                42  13  4  4  49  18   6  3 12  43  58   45
 9. Chelsea                  42  10  6  5  40  30   7  4 10  24  35   44
10. Tottenham Hotspur        42  16  3  2  50  26   1  6 14  25  55   43
11. Nottingham Forest        42   8  6  7  34  33   7  6  8  37  37   42
12. Hull City                42   8  8  5  38  24   5  6 10  20  39   40
13. Preston North End        42  12  6  3  58  27   3  3 15  20  52   39
14. Millwall                 42  10  4  7  43  35   6  3 12  28  51   39
15. Reading                  42  12  3  6  48  30   3  6 12  15  56   39
16. Barnsley                 42  12  4  5  51  28   4  2 15  18  38   38
17. Wolverhampton Wanderers  42   9  6  6  41  31   6  1 14  36  50   37
18. Oldham Athletic          42  15  2  4  37  24   1  3 17  17  51   37
19. Swansea City             42  12  3  6  46  26   1  7 13  16  49   36
20. Bristol City             42  11  6  4  37  25   2  4 15  21  47   36
21. PORT VALE                42  14  1  6  53  25   1  3 17  18  61   34
22. LEYTON ORIENT            42  10  4  7  29  25   2  4 15  16  47   32

League Division 3 (North)
Season1928–29
ChampionsBradford City (1st title)
Failed re-electionAshington
Matches played462
Goals scored1,696 (3.67 per match)
Top goalscorerJimmy McConnell (Carlisle United), 42
Home \ Away	ACC	ASH	BRW	BRA	CRL	CHF	CRE	DAR	DON	HAL	HAR	LIN	NEL	NWB	ROC	ROT	SOU	SSH	STP	TRA	WIG	WRE
Accrington Stanley	0–1	1–0	0–1	2–3	0–0	2–0	4–0	6–0	1–1	2–2	0–1	4–4	3–1	2–2	1–3	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	4–3
Ashington	2–2		1–0	2–8	0–4	0–2	0–5	4–2	4–7	0–3	3–1	1–1	3–2	1–1	2–1	0–1	1–3	1–3	0–1	3–2	1–1	2–2
Barrow    	2–1	3–0		1–3	1–1	1–2	2–4	3–1	2–2	1–3	2–1	2–3	7–2	0–0	3–3	4–0	1–2	1–1	2–4	1–2	1–0	2–2
Bradford City	4–1	2–0	8–0		4–2	6–1	4–1	3–0	3–0	2–2	4–1	2–3	0–2	5–2	0–0	11–1	5–0	3–1	2–1	8–0	1–0	5–0
Carlisle United	4–3	5–1	4–1	2–2		1–2	1–0	3–0	1–2	2–1	8–0	3–1	4–0	2–1	4–2	1–1	4–2	5–0	0–5	4–1	2–1	1–1
Chesterfield	4–1	4–1	3–0	0–5	1–2		1–0	2–1	0–1	3–2	4–1	1–1	3–2	0–2	2–1	1–2	6–0	3–2	1–2	4–1	0–0	3–1
Crewe Alexandra	4–0	7–0	3–1	0–0	1–1	6–1		2–0	1–1	3–0	4–2	1–3	1–1	3–0	1–1	3–0	1–1	1–5	2–0	0–1	0–4	3–1
Darlington	0–0	4–0	1–2	3–3	0–0	2–2	4–2		1–0	2–0	4–1	2–1	3–2	3–1	5–3	2–1	3–1	2–2	2–3	1–2	3–0	0–0
Doncaster Rovers4–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	3–0	2–0	0–1	3–1		1–0	4–1	0–0	2–2	1–2	4–2	1–0	4–2	2–1	0–2	2–1	1–2	1–0
Halifax Town	4–2	1–0	2–0	1–1	5–2	1–1	2–2	5–1	2–2		2–0	4–2	1–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–2
Hartlepool	1–3	1–3	1–0	1–3	1–0	0–2	2–1	2–0	2–2	3–1		3–2	2–2	5–2	0–2	1–1	4–2	0–5	1–1	4–1	1–3	0–2
Lincoln City	3–1	3–1	5–0	3–4	3–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	3–0	7–1		5–1	4–0	2–0	1–1	4–1	5–0	1–2	3–1	1–3	1–1
Nelson          0–2	5–0	3–4	0–1	1–0	1–0	4–1	2–1	2–4	3–1	1–0	3–4		3–0	3–0	4–2	1–1	1–0	4–1	4–2	2–1	1–3
New Brighton	2–1	3–2	1–3	0–3	1–0	2–3	2–3	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–3	6–1	0–1		6–1	0–0	3–1	1–0	4–1	1–2	2–2	2–0
Rochdale	2–1	5–0	4–2	1–3	4–0	2–1	2–1	5–0	1–3	2–2	7–4	0–2	2–1	4–2		2–1	1–1	1–2	1–3	5–1	0–0	4–4
Rotherham United2–1	0–0	2–1	2–2	4–0	2–0	1–2	2–0	1–2	0–0	3–2	3–2	4–0	3–1	5–0		0–2	1–1	3–3	0–1	4–2	2–1
Southport	3–1	2–1	2–2	0–3	4–3	1–0	6–2	3–1	3–3	1–0	6–2	2–1	5–1	0–0	1–1	2–0		5–0	1–1	1–2	3–0	1–3
South Shields	3–0	0–0	2–2	1–1	5–0	6–3	3–0	1–3	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	3–2	0–2	5–1	10–1	4–0		0–1	4–1	2–2	3–2
Stockport County6–1	4–0	3–2	2–1	2–2	3–1	2–2	7–3	4–1	3–0	3–0	7–3	3–0	2–1	4–0	1–0	2–1	7–1		4–1	2–1	6–2
Tranmere	1–1	3–2	2–1	1–0	1–2	3–0	1–2	4–0	1–1	2–1	3–0	2–1	6–1	1–3	5–1	3–0	6–1	4–0	2–1		3–2	1–1
Wigan Borough	5–2	5–1	2–1	2–0	2–2	5–1	4–2	2–0	4–2	1–1	2–0	4–0	1–0	1–1	4–1	1–0	1–0	4–0	4–0	0–1		1–1
Wrexham       	4–1	4–0	5–0	2–1	5–1	4–3	1–2	4–3	4–2	2–2	3–1	2–1	3–1	1–1	3–0	2–0	3–1	1–0	2–1	3–1	1–3	

                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. BRADFORD CITY            42  17  2  2  82  18  10  7  4  46  25   63
 2. Stockport County         42  19  2  0  77  23   9  4  8  34  35   62
 3. Wrexham                  42  17  2  2  59  25   4  8  9  32  44   52
 4. Wigan Borough            42  16  4  1  55  16   5  5 11  27  33   51
 5. Doncaster Rovers         42  14  3  4  39  20   6  7  8  37  46   50
 6. Lincoln City             42  15  3  3  58  18   6  3 12  33  49   48
 7. Tranmere Rovers          42  15  3  3  55  21   7  0 14  24  56   47
 8. Carlisle United          42  15  3  3  61  27   4  5 12  25  50   46
 9. Crewe Alexandra          42  11  6  4  47  23   7  2 12  33  45   44
10. South Shields            42  13  5  3  57  24   5  3 13  26  50   44
11. Chesterfield             42  13  2  6  46  28   5  3 13  25  49   41
12. Southport                42  13  5  3  52  27   3  3 15  23  58   40
13. Halifax Town             42  11  7  3  42  24   2  6 13  21  38   39
14. New Brighton             42  11  3  7  40  28   4  6 11  24  43   39
15. Nelson                   42  14  1  6  48  28   3  4 14  29  62   39
16. Rotherham United         42  12  5  4  44  23   3  4 14  16  54   39
17. Rochdale                 42  12  4  5  55  34   1  6 14  24  62   36
18. Accrington Stanley       42  11  5  5  42  22   2  3 16  26  60   34
19. Darlington               42  12  6  3  47  26   1  1 19  17  62   33
20. Barrow                   42   7  6  8  42  37   3  2 16  22  56   28
21. Hartlepool United        42   9  4  8  35  38   1  2 18  24  74   26
22. ASHINGTON                42   6  5 10  31  52   2  2 17  14  63   23

League Division 3 (South)
Season1928–29
ChampionsCharlton Athletic (1st title)
Failed re-electionNone
Matches played462
Goals scored1,614 (3.49 per match)
Top goalscorerAndy Rennie (Luton Town), 43
Home \ Away	B&BA	BRE	B&HA	BRR	CHA	COV	CRY	EXE	FUL	GIL	LUT	MER	NPC	NOR	NWC	PLY	QPR	STD	SWI	TOR	WAL	WAT
Bournemouth             1–1	3–2	6–2	4–2	2–1	2–0	3–1	1–0	4–3	3–3	3–0	0–1	2–0	2–0	4–1	2–3	2–2	2–1	4–3	1–2	3–3
Brentford	0–0		5–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–4	4–2	1–2	4–1	0–1	2–1	1–3	2–2	4–0	0–2	1–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	1–0	0–1
Brighton & Hove 1–0	3–2		4–0	2–3	0–1	1–5	3–2	2–0	3–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	0–3	3–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	2–2	1–2	2–1	1–1
Bristol Rovers	1–2                  1–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–3	2–2		1–0	1–0	0–4	2–1	4–0	2–0	0–0	0–2	0–0	1–1	1–4	0–0
Luton Town	2–1	2–1	1–0	4–2	3–0	1–1	5–3	4–0	1–3	8–0		2–0	5–2	4–0	2–1	2–2	3–2	4–2	5–3	1–2	3–1	2–2
Merthyr Town	1–0	2–2	1–0	4–0	2–3	2–2	2–2	2–1	4–1	2–3	3–4		2–1	2–2	2–1	2–2	1–2	2–1	0–0	3–0	1–0	2–1
Newport County	0–2	1–1	1–2	2–0	2–0	2–1	1–3	1–1	3–3	5–0	1–2	6–1		0–3	2–2	1–0	0–0	2–2	0–1	4–1	3–1	0–2
Northampton Town2–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	4–1	3–3	8–1	4–0	3–3	1–0	2–2	4–1	7–0		2–0	3–0	4–2	2–3	1–1	6–1	4–2	3–0
Norwich City	5–1	2–4	3–1	2–1	0–1	3–0	0–1	5–0	2–2	1–2	3–0	3–1	3–1	1–1		0–3	3–1	2–5	1–1	3–0	2–1	5–2
Plymouth Argyle	2–0	4–0	1–0	2–0	2–2	3–0	1–1	0–0	4–2	3–0	2–0	4–0	5–2	1–1	4–0		1–2	1–1	3–0	4–0	2–2	2–0
Queens Park Rang0–0	2–2	3–2	0–3	2–2	3–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	8–0	0–0	4–1	3–0	2–0		3–1	4–2	5–1	2–2	3–2
Southend	4–4	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–3	0–0	3–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	5–0	5–1	4–2	2–2	5–3	1–1	0–3		1–1	3–0	3–1	1–3
Swindon Town	3–3	3–1	2–2	2–1	1–1	1–2	3–2	2–0	1–2	2–1	4–2	2–1	5–2	0–1	1–2	0–0	2–1	3–1		1–1	5–1	5–0
Torquay United	4–1	4–1	5–1	0–1	3–1	0–2	1–2	1–3	1–1	2–1	2–2	6–2	4–1	0–1	0–3	2–2	3–4	2–1	2–4		3–2	1–0
Walsall  	2–1	2–0	1–2	1–3	0–2	0–0	3–1	7–2	2–2	4–0	0–0	1–1	3–1	4–3	3–3	1–1	3–1	4–1	1–1	1–0		4–0
Watford   	0–3	2–0	2–1	1–0	3–1	4–2	3–3	3–0	2–3	1–0	3–2	4–0	3–0	1–1	2–2	6–3	4–1	4–1	3–2	0–2	4–1	

                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. CHARLTON ATHLETIC        42  14  5  2  51  22   9  3  9  35  38   54
 2. Crystal Palace           42  14  2  5  40  25   9  6  6  41  42   54
 3. Northampton              42  14  6  1  68  23   6  6  9  28  34   52
 4. Plymouth Argyle          42  14  6  1  51  13   6  6  9  32  38   52
 5. Fulham                   42  14  3  4  60  31   7  7  7  41  40   52
 6. Queen's Park Rangers     42  13  7  1  50  22   6  7  8  32  39   52
 7. Luton Town               42  16  3  2  64  28   3  8 10  25  45   49
 8. Watford                  42  15  3  3  55  31   4  7 10  24  43   48
 9. Bournemouth              42  14  4  3  54  31   5  5 11  30  46   47
10. Swindon Town             42  12  5  4  48  27   3  8 10  27  45   43
11. Coventry City            42   9  6  6  35  23   5  8  8  27  34   42
12. Southend United          42  10  7  4  44  27   5  4 12  36  48   41
13. Brentford                42  11  4  6  34  21   3  6 12  22  39   38
14. Walsall                  42  11  7  3  47  25   2  5 14  26  54   38
15. Brighton & Hove Albion   42  14  2  5  39  28   2  4 15  19  48   38
16. Newport County           42   8  6  7  37  28   5  3 13  32  58   35
17. Norwich City             42  12  3  6  49  29   2  3 16  20  52   34
18. Torquay United           42  10  3  8  46  36   4  3 14  20  48   34
19. Bristol Rovers           42   9  6  6  39  28   4  1 16  21  51   33
20. Merthyr Town             42  11  6  4  42  28   0  2 19  13  75   30
21. Exeter City              42   7  6  8  49  40   2  5 14  18  48   29
22. Gillingham               42   7  8  6  22  24   3  1 17  21  59   29
FINAL TABLE SOUTHERN LEAGUE (EASTERN SECTION) '28-'29

 1. Kettering Town             36-52  (96-46)  24  4  8  Champions    
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 2. Peterborough & Fletton     36-47  (86-44)  21  5 10          
 3. Brighton & Hove Albion II  36-47  (91-56)  19  9  8          
 4. Millwall London II         36-46  (90-67)  21  4 11          
 5. Bournemouth II             36-45  (82-58)  20  5 11          
 6. Aldershot Town             36-41  (68-52)  18  5 13          
 7. Sheppey United             36-41  (58-58)  17  7 12          
 8. Folkestone                 36-40  (83-80)  17  6 13          
 9. Northfleet United          36-38  (87-65)  17  4 15          
10. Gillingham II              36-38  (68-70)  15  8 13  left  
11. Guildford City             36-37  (85-78)  13 11 12          
12. Southampton II             36-34  (86-79)  14  6 16          
13. Poole                      36-34  (62-66)  13  8 15          
14. Thames Association         36-31  (67-74)  13  5 18          
15. Dartford                   36-26  (55-106) 10  6 20          
16. Chatham Town               36-24  (47-81)   8  8 20  left  
17. Sittingbourne              36-23  (59-98)  11  1 24          
18. Norwich City II            36-22  (48-96)   8  6 22          
19. Grays Thurrock United      36-18  (47-91)   6  6 24          

Champions (Eastern): Kettering Town                               
New elected: Northampton Town II                            

1365 goals = 3.991 goals/m.


FINAL TABLE SOUTHERN LEAGUE (WESTERN DIVISION) '28-'29

 1. Plymouth Argyle II         26-36  (69-27)  15  6  5  Champions    
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 2. Newport County II          26-32  (64-58)  15  2  9          
 3. Bristol Rovers II          26-31  (54-45)  14  3  9          
 4. Bristol City II            26-30  (70-46)  14  2 10          
 5. Torquay United II          26-30  (52-42)  13  4  9          
 6. Bath City                  26-30  (61-59)  13  4  9          
 7. Exeter City II             26-28  (69-53)  11  6  9          
 8. Lovell's Athletic          26-28  (54-48)  11  6  9          
 9. Swindon Town II            26-27  (68-74)  11  5 10          
10. Yeovil & Petters           26-24  (49-57)  11  2 13          
11. Taunton Town               26-23  (58-66)   9  5 12          
12. Ebbw Vale                  26-23  (56-66)   9  5 12          
13. Barry                      26-15  (38-66)   6  3 17          
14. Merthyr Town II            26- 7  (37-92)   3  1 22          

Champions (Western): Plymouth Argyle II                           
New elected: Llanelly                                       

799 goals = 4.390 goals/m.

England FA Challenge Cup 1928-1929

Country England
 Wales
Defending championsBlackburn Rovers
ChampionsBolton Wanderers
(3rd title)
Runners-upPortsmouth

        1st Round
Nov 24 -Accrington Stanley          2 -South Shields               1
Nov 24 *Annfield                    1 -Southport                   4
Nov 24 -Bradford City               4 -Doncaster Rovers            1
Nov 24 ^Brentford                   4 *Broughton                   1
Nov 24 ^Bristol Rovers              2 *Wellingborough              1
Nov 24 -Chesterfield                3 -Rochdale                    2
Nov 24 ^Coventry City               1 ^Fulham                      4
Nov 24 ^Crystal Palace              2 *Kettering Town              0
Nov 24 -Darlington                  3 -New Brighton                0
Nov 24 ^Exeter City                 6 *Barking                     0
Nov 24 *Gainsborough Trinity        3 -Crewe Alexandra             1
Nov 24 ^Gillingham                  0 ^Torquay United              0
Nov 24 *Grantham                    1 *Rhyl                        0
Nov 24 *Guildford                   4 ^Queen's Park Rangers        2
Nov 24 *Horwich                     1 *Scarborough                 2
Nov 24 *Lancaster                   1 -Lincoln City                3
Nov 24 *Leyton                      0 ^Watford                     2
Nov 24 ^Luton Town                  5 ^Southend United             1
Nov 24 ^Merthyr Town                4 *Dulwich Hamlet              2
Nov 24 ^Newport County              7 *Woking                      0
Nov 24 *Northfleet                  5 *Ilford                      2
Nov 24 ^Norwich City                6 *Chatham                     1
Nov 24 *Peterborough United         0 ^Charlton Athletic           2
Nov 24 *Poole                       1 ^Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath  4
Nov 24 *Shirebrook                  2 *Mansfield Town              4
Nov 24 *Sittingbourne               2 *Southall                    1
Nov 24 *Spennymoor                  5 -Hartlepools United          2
Nov 24 -Stockport County            1 -Halifax Town                0
Nov 24 -Tranmere Rovers             2 -Rotherham United            1
Nov 24 ^Walsall                     3 *Worcester                   1
Nov 24 -Wigan Borough               2 -Ashington                   0
Nov 24 -Wrexham                     0 -Carlisle United             1
Nov 24 *Yeovil                      1 ^Plymouth Argyle             4
Nov 24 *York City                   0 -Barrow                      1

        Replays
Nov 28 ^Torquay United              5 ^Gillingham                  1

Byes to the 3rd Round:
All 1st Division Clubs (22):  Arsenal, Aston Villa, Birmingham, Blackburn Rovers,
  Bolton Wanderers, Burnley, Bury, Cardiff City, Derby County, Everton, Huddersfield Town,
  Leeds United, Leicester City, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Newcastle United,
  Portsmouth, Sheffield United, Sunderland, The Wednesday & West Ham United.
All 2nd Division Clubs (22):  Barnsley, Blackpool, Bradford Park Avenue, Bristol City, Chelsea,
  Clapton Orient, Grimsby Town, Hull City, Middlesbrough, Millwall, Nottingham Forest,
  Notts County, Oldham Athletic, Port Vale, Preston North End, Reading, Southampton,
  Stoke City, Swansea Town, Tottenham Hotspur, West Bromwich Albion & Wolverhampton Wanderers.
3rd Division Clubs (2):  Northampton Town & Swindon Town.
Non-League Club (1):  Corinthians.

        2nd Round
Dec 08 -Accrington Stanley          7 *Spennymoor                  0
Dec 08 -Barrow                      1 *Mansfield Town              2
Dec 08 ^Brentford                   0 ^Plymouth Argyle             1
Dec 08 -Carlisle United             0 -Lincoln City                1
Dec 08 ^Crystal Palace              3 ^Bristol Rovers              1
Dec 08 ^Fulham                      0 ^Luton Town                  0
Dec 08 *Gainsborough Trinity        2 -Chesterfield                3
Dec 08 *Guildford                   1 ^Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath  5
Dec 08 *Northfleet                  1 ^Charlton Athletic           5
Dec 08 ^Norwich City                6 ^Newport County              0
Dec 08 *Scarborough                 2 -Darlington                  2
Dec 08 -Stockport County            3 -Southport                   0
Dec 08 ^Torquay United              0 ^Exeter City                 1
Dec 08 -Tranmere Rovers             0 -Bradford City               1
Dec 08 ^Walsall                     2 *Sittingbourne               1
Dec 08 ^Watford                     2 ^Merthyr Town                0
Dec 08 -Wigan Borough               2 *Grantham                    1

        Replays
Dec 12 -Darlington                  2 *Scarborough                 1
Dec 13 ^Luton Town                  4 ^Fulham                      1

        3rd Round
Jan 12 -Accrington Stanley          1 ^Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath  1
Jan 12  Arsenal                     2 +Stoke City                  1
Jan 12  Aston Villa                 6  Cardiff City                1
Jan 12  Birmingham                  3  Manchester City             1
Jan 12  Blackburn Rovers            1 +Barnsley                    0
Jan 12  Bolton Wanderers            2 +Oldham Athletic             0
Jan 12 -Bradford City               2 -Stockport County            0
Jan 12 +Bristol City                0  Liverpool                   2
Jan 12  Burnley                     2  Sheffield United            1
Jan 12 +Chelsea                     2  Everton                     0
Jan 12 -Chesterfield                1  Huddersfield Town           7
Jan 12 -Darlington                  2  Bury                        6
Jan 12  Derby County                4 +Notts County                3
Jan 12 ^Exeter City                 2  Leeds United                2
Jan 12 +Grimsby Town                1 +West Bromwich Albion        1
Jan 12 +Hull City                   1 +Bradford Park Avenue        1
Jan 12 -Lincoln City                0  Leicester City              1
Jan 12 ^Luton Town                  0 ^Crystal Palace              0
Jan 12 +Millwall                    1 ^Northampton Town            1
Jan 12 ^Norwich City                0 *Corinthians                 5
Jan 12 +Nottingham Forest           1 +Swansea Town                2
Jan 12 ^Plymouth Argyle             3 +Blackpool                   0
Jan 12 +Port Vale                   0  Manchester United           3
Jan 12  Portsmouth                  2 ^Charlton Athletic           1
Jan 12 +Reading                     2 +Tottenham Hotspur           0
Jan 12 +Southampton                 0 +Clapton Orient              0
Jan 12 ^Swindon Town                2  Newcastle United            0
Jan 12 ^Walsall                     1 +Middlesbrough               1
Jan 12 ^Watford                     1 +Preston North End           0
Jan 12  West Ham United             1  Sunderland                  0
Jan 12 -Wigan Borough               1  The Wednesday               3
Jan 12 +Wolverhampton Wanderers     0 *Mansfield Town              1

        Replays
Jan 16 ^Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath  2 -Accrington Stanley          0
Jan 16 +Bradford Park Avenue        3 +Hull City                   1
Jan 16 ^Crystal Palace              7 ^Luton Town                  0
Jan 16  Leeds United                5 ^Exeter City                 1
Jan 16 +West Bromwich Albion        2 +Grimsby Town                0
Jan 17 +Clapton Orient              2 +Southampton                 1
Jan 17 ^Northampton Town            2 +Millwall                    2
Jan 21 +Middlesbrough               5 ^Walsall                     1
Jan 21 +Millwall                    2 ^Northampton Town            0  played at Arsenal

        4th Round
Jan 26  Arsenal                     2 *Mansfield Town              0
Jan 26  Aston Villa                 0 +Clapton Orient              0
Jan 26  Blackburn Rovers            1  Derby County                1
Jan 26 ^Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath  6 ^Watford                     4
Jan 26  Burnley                     3 ^Swindon Town                3
Jan 26 +Chelsea                     1  Birmingham                  0
Jan 26  Huddersfield Town           3  Leeds United                0
Jan 26  Leicester City              1 +Swansea Town                0
Jan 26  Liverpool                   0  Bolton Wanderers            0
Jan 26  Manchester United           0  Bury                        1
Jan 26 +Millwall                    0 ^Crystal Palace              0
Jan 26 ^Plymouth Argyle             0 +Bradford Park Avenue        1
Jan 26  Portsmouth                  2 -Bradford City               0
Jan 26 +Reading                     1  The Wednesday               0
Jan 26  West Ham United             3 *Corinthians                 0
Jan 26 +West Bromwich Albion        1 +Middlesbrough               0

        Replays
Jan 31  Bolton Wanderers            5  Liverpool                   2
Jan 31 +Clapton Orient              0  Aston Villa                 8
Jan 31 ^Crystal Palace              5 +Millwall                    3
Jan 31  Derby County                0  Blackburn Rovers            3
Jan 31 ^Swindon Town                3  Burnley                     2

        5th Round
Feb 16  Blackburn Rovers            1  Bury                        0
Feb 16 ^Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath  1  West Ham United             1
Feb 16 +Chelsea                     1  Portsmouth                  1
Feb 16  Huddersfield Town           5 ^Crystal Palace              2
Feb 16  Leicester City              1  Bolton Wanderers            2
Feb 16 +Reading                     1  Aston Villa                 3
Feb 16 ^Swindon Town                0  Arsenal                     0
Feb 16 +West Bromwich Albion        6 +Bradford Park Avenue        0

        Replays
Feb 20  Arsenal                     1 ^Swindon Town                0
Feb 20  Portsmouth                  1 +Chelsea                     0
Feb 20  West Ham United             3 ^Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath  1

        Quarter-finals
Mar 02  Aston Villa                 1  Arsenal                     0
Mar 02  Blackburn Rovers            1  Bolton Wanderers            1
Mar 02  Portsmouth                  3  West Ham United             2
Mar 02 +West Bromwich Albion        1  Huddersfield Town           1

        Replays
Mar 06  Bolton Wanderers            2  Blackburn Rovers            1
Mar 06  Huddersfield Town           2 +West Bromwich Albion        1

        Semi-finals
Mar 23  Portsmouth                  1  Aston Villa                 0  played at Arsenal
Mar 23  Bolton Wanderers            3  Huddersfield Town           1  played at Liverpool

        Final
Apr 27  Bolton Wanderers          2-0  Portsmouth                    played at Wembley
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Season 1929-30

FA Charity Shield 1929 Professionals 3 Amateurs 0

League Division 1
Season1929–30
ChampionsSheffield Wednesday (4th and as of 2019 the last English title)
RelegatedBurnley
Everton
FA Cup winnersArsenal (1st FA Cup title)
Matches played462
Goals scored1,758 (3.81 per match)
Top goalscorerVic Watson (West Ham United), 41[3]
Biggest home winArsenal – Sheffield United 8–1 (12 Apr 1930)
Blackburn Rovers – Middlesbrough 7–0 (1 Jan 1930)
Biggest away winLiverpool – Sunderland 0–6 (19 Apr 1930)
Highest scoringBlackburn Rovers – Birmingham 7–5 (28 Sept 1929)
Leicester City – Arsenal 6–6 (21 Apr 1930)
Sheffield United – Blackburn Rovers 5–7 (3 Mar 1930)
Ars Ast Bir Bla Bol Brn Der Eve Gri Hud Lee Lei Liv MaC MaU Mid New Por ShU ShW Sun WHU Arsenal xxx 2-4 1-0 4-0 1-2 6-1 1-1 4-0 4-1 2-0 4-0 1-1 0-1 3-2 4-2 1-2 0-1 1-2 8-1 2-3 0-1 0-1 Aston Villa 5-2 xxx 2-1 3-0 2-0 1-2 2-2 5-2 4-1 5-3 3-4 3-0 2-3 0-2 1-0 4-2 2-0 0-1 5-1 1-3 2-1 2-3 Birmingham 2-3 1-1 xxx 1-2 3-1 2-0 2-4 0-0 0-2 4-1 1-0 3-0 1-0 3-0 0-1 1-1 5-1 1-0 2-1 1-0 3-1 4-2 Blackburn R 1-1 2-0 7-5 xxx 3-1 8-3 0-3 3-1 4-1 5-2 2-1 3-1 1-0 1-3 5-4 7-0 4-2 1-0 0-1 0-1 5-3 3-3 Bolton W 0-0 3-0 0-0 2-1 xxx 1-1 1-2 5-0 2-3 7-1 4-2 1-0 0-2 1-2 4-1 2-2 1-1 2-1 2-1 1-3 3-0 4-1 Burnley 2-2 1-4 3-1 3-2 2-2 xxx 6-2 1-1 3-1 1-3 0-3 1-1 4-1 4-2 4-0 4-1 0-3 4-0 5-0 2-4 2-0 1-1 Derby County 4-1 4-0 3-1 4-3 2-1 1-3 xxx 2-1 5-4 2-2 3-0 2-2 2-2 4-2 1-1 3-1 3-1 3-2 2-1 4-1 3-0 4-3 Everton 1-1 3-4 2-4 2-2 3-3 3-0 4-0 xxx 2-4 0-2 1-1 4-5 3-3 2-3 0-0 3-2 5-2 1-1 3-2 1-4 4-1 1-2 Grimsby Town 1-1 0-2 2-1 5-3 1-1 4-0 2-1 0-3 xxx 4-2 1-2 1-4 3-2 2-2 2-2 0-3 4-0 1-1 4-1 0-5 0-1 2-2 Huddersfield 2-2 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-2 3-0 0-1 1-2 0-1 xxx 1-0 3-2 3-0 1-1 2-2 1-0 2-0 2-1 2-2 4-1 0-2 3-0 Leeds United 2-0 4-1 1-0 4-2 2-1 3-0 2-1 2-1 6-0 0-1 xxx 1-2 1-1 3-2 3-1 1-2 5-2 1-0 2-2 3-0 5-0 1-3 Leicester 6-6 4-3 2-1 1-1 5-2 4-3 0-0 5-4 1-0 1-2 2-2 xxx 2-1 3-1 4-1 4-1 6-1 0-5 3-3 2-1 1-2 1-2 Liverpool 1-0 2-0 1-1 1-1 3-0 1-3 2-2 0-3 2-0 3-0 1-0 1-1 xxx 1-6 1-0 5-2 0-0 2-0 2-0 1-3 0-6 3-1 Manchester City 3-1 1-2 1-4 1-1 2-0 2-2 3-0 1-2 3-1 1-1 4-1 3-2 4-3 xxx 0-1 3-1 3-0 5-2 2-1 3-3 2-2 4-3 Manchester Utd 1-0 2-3 0-0 1-0 1-1 1-0 3-2 3-3 2-5 1-0 3-1 2-1 1-2 1-3 xxx 0-3 5-0 3-0 1-5 2-2 2-1 4-2 Middlesbrough 1-1 2-3 5-1 2-4 3-1 3-1 4-0 1-2 1-5 1-3 1-1 0-2 5-0 1-0 2-3 xxx 2-2 2-0 3-1 4-1 3-0 2-0 Newcastle Utd 1-1 2-2 1-1 5-1 2-3 2-1 2-3 1-0 3-1 5-2 2-1 2-1 3-1 2-2 4-1 3-2 xxx 4-1 3-5 1-3 3-0 1-0 Portsmouth 0-1 1-2 2-1 4-0 3-0 7-1 3-1 1-4 1-1 0-1 0-0 3-0 3-3 2-2 3-0 1-1 2-0 xxx 3-1 0-4 1-1 3-1 Sheffield Utd 4-1 3-3 4-2 5-7 2-3 3-1 2-0 2-0 2-3 0-1 3-2 7-1 4-0 1-2 3-1 1-3 1-0 2-3 xxx 2-2 4-2 4-2 Sheffield Wed 0-2 3-0 1-1 4-0 1-0 4-1 6-3 4-0 1-0 3-1 1-2 4-0 2-1 5-1 7-2 1-0 4-2 1-1 1-1 xxx 1-1 2-1 Sunderland 0-1 4-1 2-0 3-1 4-1 3-3 3-1 2-2 2-0 1-0 1-4 2-1 2-3 5-2 2-4 3-2 1-0 1-1 3-2 2-4 xxx 4-2 West Ham Utd 3-2 5-2 0-1 2-3 5-3 1-0 2-0 3-1 2-0 2-3 3-0 1-2 4-1 3-0 2-1 5-3 5-1 0-1 1-0 1-1 1-1 xxx

Final Table:
                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY      42  15  4  2  56  20  11  4  6  49  37   60
 2. Derby County             42  16  4  1  61  32   5  4 12  29  50   50
 3. Manchester City          42  12  5  4  51  33   7  4 10  40  48   47
 4. Aston Villa              42  13  1  7  54  33   8  4  9  38  50   47
 5. Leeds United             42  15  2  4  52  22   5  4 12  27  41   46
 6. Blackburn Rovers         42  15  2  4  65  36   4  5 12  34  57   45
 7. West Ham United          42  14  2  5  51  26   5  3 13  35  53   43
 8. Leicester City           42  12  5  4  57  42   5  4 12  29  48   43
 9. Sunderland               42  13  3  5  50  35   5  4 12  26  45   43
10. Huddersfield Town        42   9  7  5  32  21   8  2 11  31  48   43
11. Birmingham City          42  13  3  5  40  21   3  6 12  27  41   41
12. Liverpool                42  11  5  5  33  29   5  4 12  30  50   41
13. Portsmouth               42  10  6  5  43  25   5  4 12  23  37   40
14. Arsenal                  42  10  2  9  49  26   4  9  8  29  40   39
15. Bolton Wanderers         42  11  5  5  46  24   4  4 13  28  50   39
16. Middlesbrough            42  11  3  7  48  31   5  3 13  34  53   38
17. Manchester United        42  11  4  6  39  34   4  4 13  28  54   38
18. Grimsby Town             42   8  6  7  39  39   7  1 13  34  50   37
19. Newcastle United         42  13  4  4  52  32   2  3 16  19  60   37
20. Sheffield United         42  12  2  7  59  39   3  4 14  32  57   36
21. BURNLEY                  42  11  5  5  53  34   3  3 15  26  63   36
22. EVERTON                  42   6  7  8  48  46   6  4 11  32  46   35

League Division 2
Season1929–30
ChampionsBlackpool (1st title)
RelegatedHull City
Notts County
Matches played462
Goals scored1,513 (3.27 per match)
Top goalscorerJimmy Hampson (Blackpool), 45[3]
Biggest home winBlackpool – Bristol City 7–1 (26 Oct 1929)
Bradford Park Avenue – Millwall 6–0 (3 Mar 1930)
Oldham Athletic – Wolverhampton Wanderers 6–0 (9 Nov 1929)
Biggest away winNottingham Forest – Southampton 0–5 (28 Sept 1929)
Highest scoringWest Bromwich Albion – Wolverhampton Wanderers 7–3 (28 Dec 1929)
Preston North End – Blackpool 4–6 (19 Oct 1929)
Home \ Away	BAR	BLP	BRA	BPA	BRI	BRY	CAR	CHA	CHE	HUL	MIL	NOT	NTC	OLD	PNE	REA	SOU	STK	SWA	TOT	WBA	WOL
Barnsley		2–4	2–1	1–1	3–1	2–1	2–2	2–0	1–1	3–0	1–2	1–1	2–2	2–1	0–0	1–0	3–1	3–1	1–0	2–0	2–2	3–1
Blackpool	2–1		3–0	1–0	7–1	2–1	3–0	6–0	1–1	1–2	4–3	5–1	1–2	3–0	5–1	4–2	5–1	0–2	3–0	3–2	1–0	3–2
Bradford City	0–1	1–1		1–2	3–0	2–1	0–1	4–1	0–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–4	1–1	1–0	2–5	3–0	3–3	0–2	2–2	2–2
Bradford Park Av4–4	5–0	0–2		3–1	2–1	2–0	4–0	1–3	4–2	6–0	5–1	3–3	2–2	5–2	5–2	1–1	3–2	3–0	2–1	5–1	0–0
Bristol City	2–1	0–1	1–3	0–0		1–2	2–0	1–1	2–1	4–0	1–0	4–1	0–0	0–4	2–2	5–3	3–1	2–6	2–1	1–0	2–1	1–2
Bury    	2–1	0–1	2–4	5–1	2–0		4–2	2–2	1–0	2–1	5–1	0–0	2–0	0–2	1–2	2–4	4–2	2–0	1–0	2–1	3–2	3–1
Cardiff City	1–0	4–2	0–1	2–0	1–1	5–1		1–0	1–0	0–1	3–1	1–1	3–1	5–0	2–0	2–1	5–2	1–2	0–0	1–0	3–2	0–0
Charlton Athleti2–0	1–4	1–3	2–0	3–1	1–2	4–1		1–1	4–0	1–1	5–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	4–1	4–4	0–2	1–0	0–1	2–0
Chelsea  	2–0	4–0	3–2	1–2	2–1	5–3	1–0	1–1		3–0	3–0	2–0	3–1	1–1	5–0	1–0	2–0	3–2	1–0	3–0	2–0	1–1
Hull City	2–0	0–3	0–0	0–2	0–1	1–3	2–2	0–2	1–3		3–2	1–2	0–0	1–0	2–0	4–2	2–0	3–0	1–0	2–0	3–2	2–0
Millwall	2–1	3–1	2–2	1–2	1–1	2–4	2–0	1–1	0–0	0–0		2–2	2–0	2–1	2–0	3–1	1–1	2–1	0–2	2–5	2–1	4–0
Nottingham Fores4–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	5–2	1–2	3–1	0–2	0–0	2–1	1–1		1–1	1–2	2–4	5–0	0–5	2–1	1–0	0–0	0–2	5–2
Notts County	3–0	0–2	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–3	2–1	4–0	2–2	4–1	1–1	0–0		1–1	0–3	3–0	1–2	3–3	0–0	0–1	2–1	0–3
Oldham Athletic	3–2	1–2	6–1	5–1	2–2	2–0	4–1	1–0	4–2	3–1	2–2	0–0	2–2		0–2	0–0	3–2	5–0	4–1	2–0	5–0	6–0
Preston North En3–1	4–6	2–2	4–1	2–2	1–1	2–3	0–3	1–2	1–2	3–1	1–2	3–1	0–3		2–1	1–1	5–1	0–0	4–0	2–2	1–1
Reading     	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–6	0–1	2–0	3–1	3–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	2–0	1–1	2–0		1–1	0–0	3–1	3–0	2–2	3–1
Southampton	4–0	4–2	2–1	2–2	3–0	0–0	1–1	2–0	4–2	2–2	0–0	2–0	2–2	2–0	1–2	4–3		2–1	2–1	1–0	3–2	3–1
Stoke City	3–0	0–1	2–0	2–1	6–2	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	3–1	1–0	6–0	1–1	0–2	2–3	2–2	4–0		0–1	1–0	0–3	3–0
Swansea Town	0–2	3–0	5–0	2–4	1–1	2–4	1–0	2–0	3–0	2–0	3–1	1–1	3–2	3–0	4–0	0–1	2–2	2–2		0–1	1–0	2–2
Tottenham Hotspu2–1	6–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–2	1–2	3–0	3–3	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	3–2	3–1	3–0		0–2	4–2
West Bromwich Al4–2	5–1	4–2	5–0	2–0	5–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	7–1	6–1	1–3	4–2	0–3	2–0	1–0	5–1	2–3	6–2	4–3		7–3
Wolverhampton Wa3–0	1–2	6–0	4–4	1–0	2–0	4–0	0–4	0–1	4–2	1–1	2–1	5–1	1–1	4–0	2–1	2–0	2–1	4–1	3–0	2–4	

                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. BLACKPOOL                42  17  1  3  63  22  10  3  8  35  45   58
 2. CHELSEA                  42  17  3  1  49  14   5  8  8  25  32   55
 3. Oldham Athletic          42  14  5  2  60  21   7  6  8  30  30   53
 4. Bradford Park Avenue     42  14  5  2  65  28   5  7  9  26  42   50
 5. Bury                     42  14  2  5  45  27   8  3 10  33  40   49
 6. West Bromwich Albion     42  16  1  4  73  31   5  4 12  32  42   47
 7. Southampton              42  14  6  1  46  22   3  5 13  31  54   45
 8. Cardiff City             42  14  4  3  41  16   4  4 13  20  43   44
 9. Wolverhampton Wanderers  42  14  3  4  53  24   2  6 13  24  55   41
10. Nottingham Forest        42   9  6  6  36  28   4  9  8  19  41   41
11. Stoke City               42  12  4  5  41  20   4  4 13  33  52   40
12. Tottenham Hotspur        42  11  8  2  43  24   4  1 16  16  37   39
13. Charlton Athletic        42  10  6  5  39  23   4  5 12  20  40   39
14. Millwall                 42  10  7  4  36  26   2  8 11  21  47   39
15. Swansea City             42  11  5  5  42  23   3  4 14  15  38   37
16. Preston North End        42   7  7  7  42  36   6  4 11  23  44   37
17. Barnsley                 42  12  7  2  39  22   2  1 18  17  49   36
18. Bradford City            42   7  7  7  33  30   5  5 11  27  47   36
19. Reading                  42  10  7  4  31  20   2  4 15  23  47   35
20. Bristol City             42  11  4  6  36  30   2  5 14  25  53   35
21. HULL CITY                42  11  3  7  30  24   3  4 14  21  54   35
22. NOTTS COUNTY             42   8  7  6  33  26   1  8 12  21  44   33

League Division 3 (North)
Season1929–30
ChampionsPort Vale (1st title)
Failed re-electionNone
Matches played462
Goals scored1,681 (3.64 per match)
Top goalscorerFrank Newton (Stockport County), 36
Home \ Away	ACC	BRW	CRL	CHF	CRE	DAR	DON	HAL	HAR	LIN	NEL	NWB	PTV	ROC	ROT	SOU	SSH	STP	TRA	WIG	WRE	YOR
Accrington Stanley	3–1	7–2	3–0	0–3	3–1	3–3	7–1	3–0	0–3	3–0	5–0	0–2	6–2	2–0	1–1	1–2	0–1	3–3	3–1	1–3	1–1
Barrow 	        3–1		0–2	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–4	3–0	2–1	0–2	3–0	1–1	2–0	5–1	0–2	1–3	1–4	1–1	4–1	3–3	0–0
Carlisle United	2–1	7–1		6–0	2–0	1–4	1–1	2–0	5–1	2–4	2–2	2–2	1–4	2–0	3–1	4–0	4–1	1–5	4–3	5–0	5–1	2–2
Chesterfield	4–2	2–1	3–1		5–1	4–1	2–1	2–0	2–0	2–1	3–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	2–0	1–2	1–3	1–0	5–0	5–0	3–0
Crewe Alexandra	2–1	0–0	1–2	2–1		1–2	4–0	4–1	5–2	1–1	4–0	2–3	0–2	6–1	6–1	5–4	2–2	1–1	3–1	2–1	2–0	2–2
Darlington	2–4	4–0	3–0	1–4	3–0		6–2	3–2	0–0	1–1	6–1	1–2	0–1	3–0	8–1	2–1	8–3	1–2	7–2	2–0	5–1	5–2
Doncaster Rovers3–1	4–0	1–4	2–1	2–1	3–1		1–0	0–0	0–0	3–0	1–1	0–2	3–1	2–0	3–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	4–2	4–2	0–3
Halifax Town	1–1	0–1	1–0	3–2	1–3	3–1	1–0		0–0	1–1	1–1	4–0	1–2	2–3	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–3	0–1	2–1	2–0	2–2
Hartlepool	2–2	2–0	1–0	0–0	5–1	2–5	3–0	3–0		4–0	1–2	1–1	2–0	2–8	5–1	1–1	2–1	0–1	2–0	4–0	5–0	3–1
Lincoln City	3–3	3–0	4–1	2–1	2–2	2–2	3–1	0–1	2–2		4–1	5–3	3–2	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–0	8–0	2–0	3–0	3–0
Nelson  	2–1	2–0	2–2	0–2	1–1	0–1	4–1	1–0	3–2	0–0		2–1	2–3	1–0	0–1	2–2	0–1	1–2	0–1	1–3	4–0	3–1
New Brighton	5–0	5–0	2–1	1–1	3–1	1–3	1–0	4–0	0–0	1–4	2–1		0–1	2–0	2–2	1–3	4–1	3–2	3–0	5–0	2–1	1–1
Port Vale	5–2	5–0	4–0	4–1	2–0	0–2	2–1	3–0	2–1	5–2	3–1	5–0		3–3	7–1	1–0	3–0	1–2	1–0	4–0	3–0	1–1
Rochdale	4–0	6–1	2–0	2–1	3–1	4–1	2–4	0–3	1–1	3–4	4–1	5–0	0–0		1–2	2–2	2–0	3–1	2–1	2–1	5–4	4–2
Rotherham United2–4	7–0	4–1	1–1	2–1	1–4	1–0	2–0	0–4	1–0	1–2	2–2	2–2	0–4		6–3	0–1	2–2	5–0	4–1	1–3	2–5
Southport	2–0	0–2	4–3	5–1	0–3	3–0	1–1	4–0	1–1	3–2	0–0	2–1	1–2	2–3	7–1		2–1	1–2	4–4	1–1	5–3	1–0
South Shields	2–2	2–0	5–2	3–1	1–0	3–3	2–1	1–0	3–5	3–1	2–1	1–2	0–0	2–2	5–0	4–0		2–3	1–5	2–2	1–1	4–1
Stockport County1–0	5–0	7–1	1–0	2–3	4–0	3–0	6–0	5–1	1–1	6–1	2–0	4–2	4–2	6–1	2–2	2–0		3–1	1–1	0–1	2–3
Tranmere	2–2	5–2	3–0	1–2	1–2	3–0	2–1	3–3	7–1	0–1	2–3	3–1	1–5	2–2	5–4	3–1	3–0	2–0		3–0	2–1	4–4
Wigan Borough	2–1	2–0	8–0	2–1	2–2	3–2	3–2	2–1	1–3	4–1	2–0	5–0	0–3	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	0–2		2–1	0–2
Wrexham    	0–1	3–0	3–3	1–1	1–0	2–2	0–2	2–1	3–5	3–1	5–1	2–1	0–2	8–0	1–0	1–2	1–3	1–1	2–0	2–1		1–1
York City	2–0	3–1	2–2	1–1	4–2	1–1	2–2	3–0	4–1	1–0	1–0	3–0	0–2	6–0	3–0	0–4	2–2	1–2	0–0	4–0	0–0	                             

 1. PORT VALE                42  17  2  2  64  18  13  5  3  39  19   67
 2. Stockport County         42  15  3  3  67  20  13  4  4  39  24   63
 3. Darlington               42  14  2  5  71  29   8  4  9  37  44   50
 4. Chesterfield             42  18  1  2  53  15   4  5 12  23  41   50
 5. Lincoln City             42  12  8  1  54  23   5  6 10  29  38   48
 6. York City                42  11  7  3  43  20   4  9  8  34  44   46
 7. South Shields            42  11  6  4  49  32   7  4 10  28  42   46
 8. Hartlepool United        42  13  4  4  50  24   4  7 10  31  50   45
 9. Southport                42  11  5  5  49  31   4  8  9  32  43   43
10. Rochdale                 42  14  3  4  57  30   4  4 13  32  61   43
11. Crewe Alexandra          42  12  5  4  55  28   5  3 13  27  43   42
12. Tranmere Rovers          42  12  4  5  57  35   4  5 12  26  51   41
13. New Brighton             42  13  4  4  48  22   3  4 14  21  57   40
14. Doncaster Rovers         42  13  5  3  39  22   2  4 15  23  47   39
15. Carlisle United          42  13  4  4  63  34   3  3 15  27  67   39
16. Accrington Stanley       42  11  4  6  55  30   3  5 13  29  51   37
17. Wrexham                  42  10  5  6  42  28   3  3 15  25  60   34
18. Wigan Borough            42  12  4  5  44  26   1  3 17  16  62   33
19. Nelson                   42   9  4  8  31  25   4  3 14  20  55   33
20. Rotherham United         42   9  4  8  46  40   2  4 15  21  73   30
21. Halifax Town             42   7  7  7  27  26   3  1 17  17  53   28
22. Barrow                   42   9  4  8  31  28   2  1 18  10  70   27

League Division 3 (South)
Season1929–30
ChampionsPlymouth Argyle (1st title)
Failed re-electionMerthyr Town
Matches played462
Goals scored1,632 (3.53 per match)
Top goalscorerGeorge Goddard (Queens Park Rangers), 37
Home \ Away	B&BA	BRE	B&HA	BRR	CLA	COV	CRY	EXE	FUL	GIL	LUT	MER	NPC	NOR	NWC	PLY	QPR	STD	SWI	TOR	WAL	WAT
Bournemouth 		1–2	1–1	3–1	5–1	1–0	2–1	3–0	5–0	1–2	5–1	4–2	1–1	3–1	2–3	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–3	4–1	1–1	3–2
Brentford	1–0		5–2	2–1	3–1	3–1	2–0	2–0	5–1	2–1	2–0	6–0	1–0	2–0	3–0	3–0	3–0	2–1	3–2	5–0	6–2	5–0
Brighton & Hove 4–3	2–0		1–0	1–0	1–1	1–2	1–1	5–0	2–0	4–1	4–1	3–2	2–1	6–3	0–1	2–3	1–0	3–0	5–0	4–0	2–1
Bristol Rovers	2–1	4–1	1–0		0–0	1–3	2–3	1–0	4–1	3–0	2–2	2–2	2–3	2–3	0–1	2–3	4–1	4–2	3–2	2–0	3–1	1–2
Clapton Orient	0–0	1–1	4–1	3–0		3–1	2–1	3–0	2–4	2–0	6–1	1–0	3–1	0–0	0–0	0–2	2–4	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–1
Coventry City	0–2	2–1	0–2	1–0	5–2		1–0	3–3	3–1	5–0	5–1	2–2	2–0	2–2	3–1	1–0	2–3	5–1	1–2	4–1	4–0	3–1
Crystal Palace	1–1	2–1	2–2	3–0	3–0	4–3		1–1	4–3	5–1	4–1	6–1	1–0	1–3	3–2	3–0	1–1	1–2	1–0	4–2	5–1	1–1
Exeter City	1–2	0–0	1–4	5–2	4–0	1–1	6–1		2–1	3–0	2–2	1–1	0–4	6–4	3–0	1–1	0–2	3–1	5–1	0–0	0–2	1–0
Fulham  	3–3	2–0	5–1	6–2	2–2	2–0	1–1	2–2		2–1	1–1	5–4	2–1	1–0	3–3	1–3	0–2	2–2	4–1	1–0	3–2	6–1
Gillingham	1–5	1–3	2–2	3–3	2–0	0–3	1–1	2–0	0–1		2–0	6–0	5–0	5–2	1–2	0–0	3–1	1–0	0–0	0–2	2–1	1–2
Luton Town	1–0	2–1	1–0	3–0	1–2	1–1	2–2	0–4	4–1	2–0		4–0	4–2	1–0	1–1	5–2	2–1	0–3	1–1	3–1	2–3	2–0
Merthyr Town	0–1	2–3	2–8	1–1	0–1	2–2	5–2	0–2	3–4	1–1	3–1		5–1	1–0	1–5	0–3	1–4	2–2	3–3	3–0	2–3	2–2
Newport County	1–1	1–3	2–2	2–2	0–0	4–2	0–0	4–1	1–1	5–1	0–0	10–0		2–1	4–4	0–2	4–5	0–0	2–1	2–1	3–2	1–0
Northampton Town2–0	1–1	1–3	6–1	3–0	2–2	2–0	2–2	3–1	3–1	4–1	2–0	2–0		4–0	1–1	2–1	5–1	3–3	2–2	1–0	2–0
Norwich City	1–0	2–2	2–0	4–2	1–0	10–2	2–2	3–1	0–4	2–0	1–1	5–1	4–1	4–3		1–2	3–0	1–1	1–5	2–0	3–0	3–1
Plymouth Argyle	2–1	1–1	1–1	3–0	3–0	3–0	6–1	4–1	3–1	3–0	6–1	2–1	3–1	1–0	4–1		4–0	1–0	5–0	5–0	1–1	2–1
Queens Park Rang3–1	2–1	3–1	2–1	1–1	3–1	4–1	2–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	4–1	0–2	3–2	1–2		2–5	8–3	1–1	2–2	0–0
Southend	4–1	2–0	0–0	6–0	4–1	1–2	3–2	1–0	1–2	0–0	1–1	6–0	2–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–0		3–1	1–1	1–0	1–3
Swindon Town	1–1	0–2	0–1	2–2	0–0	1–1	3–1	1–0	1–1	3–0	1–1	6–3	5–1	2–0	2–1	1–2	2–2	5–1		2–1	3–1	1–3
Torquay United	7–0	2–1	5–2	2–1	0–5	1–3	2–2	2–1	2–4	1–1	2–2	4–0	3–2	0–1	2–2	3–4	1–3	1–1	1–1		5–2	4–0
Walsall      	2–2	1–2	2–0	0–0	0–1	3–2	0–0	5–2	2–2	1–2	1–0	6–0	2–1	1–2	1–0	1–3	4–0	1–3	4–0	7–0		1–2
Watford      	0–0	1–2	3–0	4–3	3–0	1–3	1–1	2–1	0–0	4–1	0–4	2–3	2–3	1–2	2–1	0–2	1–1	2–1	4–1	2–0	2–1	
 
                             P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. PLYMOUTH ARGYLE          42  18  3  0  63  12  12  5  4  35  26   68
 2. Brentford                42  21  0  0  66  12   7  5  9  28  32   61
 3. Queen's Park Rangers     42  13  5  3  46  26   8  4  9  34  42   51
 4. Northampton              42  14  6  1  53  20   7  2 12  29  38   50
 5. Brighton & Hove Albion   42  16  2  3  54  20   5  6 10  33  43   50
 6. Coventry City            42  14  3  4  54  25   5  6 10  34  48   47
 7. Fulham                   42  12  6  3  54  33   6  5 10  33  50   47
 8. Norwich City             42  14  4  3  55  28   4  6 11  33  49   46
 9. Crystal Palace           42  14  5  2  56  26   3  7 11  25  48   46
10. Bournemouth              42  11  6  4  47  24   4  7 10  25  37   43
11. Southend United          42  11  6  4  41  19   4  7 10  28  40   43
12. Leyton Orient            42  10  8  3  38  21   4  5 12  17  41   41
13. Luton Town               42  13  4  4  42  25   1  8 12  22  53   40
14. Swindon Town             42  10  7  4  42  25   3  5 13  31  58   38
15. Watford                  42  10  4  7  37  30   5  4 12  23  43   38
16. Exeter City              42  10  6  5  45  29   2  5 14  22  44   35
17. Walsall                  42  10  4  7  45  24   3  4 14  26  54   34
18. Newport County           42   9  9  3  48  29   3  1 17  26  56   34
19. Torquay United           42   9  6  6  50  38   1  5 15  14  56   31
20. Bristol Rovers           42  11  3  7  45  31   0  5 16  22  62   30
21. Gillingham               42   9  5  7  38  28   2  3 16  13  52   30
22. MERTHYR TOWN             42   5  6 10  39  49   1  3 17  21  86   21
FINAL TABLE SOUTHERN LEAGUE (EASTERN DIVISION) '29-'30
 1. Aldershot Town             32-48  (84-39)  21  6  5  Champions    
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 2. Millwall London II         32-45  (75-56)  21  3  8          
 3. Thames Association         32-40  (80-60)  17  6  9  FL3s/namechange 
 4. Peterborough & Fletton     32-39  (66-39)  18  3 11          
 5. Northampton Town II        32-38  (86-60)  17  4 11  left  
 6. Southampton II             32-35  (73-62)  14  7 11  left  
 7. Sheppey United             32-35  (76-69)  15  5 12          
 8. Kettering Town             32-33  (70-69)  13  7 12  left  
 9. Dartford                   32-33  (57-59)  14  5 13          
10. Norwich City II            32-31  (69-63)  14  3 15          
11. Guildford City             32-28  (65-97)  13  2 17          
12. Bournemouth II             32-27  (59-63)  10  7 15  left  
13. Brighton & Hove Albion II  32-26  (56-79)  12  2 18  left  
14. Folkestone                 32-26  (56-82)  13  0 19          
15. Sittingbourne              32-25  (55-59)  10  5 17  left  
16. Northfleet United          32-19  (53-77)   6  7 19  left  
17. Grays Thurrock United      32-16  (54-101)  7  2 23  left  
18. Poole                       0- 0  ( 0- 0)   0  0  0  left  

(Poole resigned after 30 matches).                         

Champions (Eastern): Aldershot Town                               
New elected: Thames II                                      

1134 goals = 4.169 goals/m.

FINAL TABLE SOUTHERN LEAGUE (WESTERN DIVISION) '29-'30
 1. Bath City                  28-38  (85-52)  16  6  6  Champions    
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 2. Bristol Rovers II          28-36  (66-50)  16  4  8          
 3. Taunton Town               28-35  (50-40)  14  7  7          
 4. Barry                      28-33  (65-55)  15  3 10          
 5. Yeovil & Petters           28-31  (63-47)  12  7  9  left  
 6. Plymouth Argyle II         28-31  (68-52)  14  3 11          
 7. Newport County II          28-30  (68-76)  13  4 11          
 8. Lovell's Athletic          28-28  (59-57)  13  2 13  left  
 9. Exeter City II             28-28  (49-54)  11  6 11          
10. Bristol City II            28-27  (59-63)  11  5 12  left  
11. Swindon Town II            28-26  (69-67)  10  6 12          
12. Torquay United II          28-26  (76-77)  10  6 12          
13. Llanelly                   28-24  (55-52)  10  4 14          
14. Ebbw Vale                  28-16  (52-97)   5  6 17          
15. Merthyr Town II            28-11  (48-93)   5  1 22  left  

Champions (Western): Bath City                                    
Relegated from Footballleague: Merthyr Town                           

932 goals = 4.438 goals/m.

England FA Challenge Cup 1929-1930

Country England
 Wales
Defending championsBolton Wanderers
ChampionsArsenal (1st title)
Runners-upHuddersfield Town

        1st Round
Nov 30 -Accrington Stanley          3 -Rochdale                    1
Nov 30 *Aldershot                   0 ^Northampton Town            1
Nov 30 -Barrow                      1 *Newark                      0
Nov 30 *Barry Town                  0 *Dagenham                    0
Nov 30 ^Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath  2 ^Torquay United              0
Nov 30 ^Brighton & Hove Albion      4 *Peterborough United         0
Nov 30 *Caernarvon                  4 -Darlington                  2
Nov 30 -Carlisle United             2 -Halifax Town                0
Nov 30 ^Clapton Orient              0 *Folkestone                  0
Nov 30 -Doncaster Rovers            0 *Shildon                     0
Nov 30 *Dulwich Hamlet              0 ^Plymouth Argyle             3
Nov 30 ^Fulham                      4 *Thames                      0
Nov 30 *Gainsborough Trinity        0 -Port Vale                   0
Nov 30 ^Gillingham                  0 *Margate                     2
Nov 30 *Ilford                      0 ^Watford                     3
Nov 30 *Leyton                      4 ^Merthyr Town                1
Nov 30 -Lincoln City                3 -Wigan Borough               1
Nov 30 ^Luton Town                  2 ^Queen's Park Rangers        3
Nov 30 *Mansfield Town              0 *Manchester Central          2
Nov 30 -Nelson                      0 -Crewe Alexandra             3
Nov 30 -New Brighton                4 *Lancaster                   1
Nov 30 ^Newport County              3 *Kettering Town              2
Nov 30 ^Norwich City                3 ^Coventry City               3
Nov 30 *Nunhead                     0 ^Bristol Rovers              2
Nov 30 -Rotherham United            3 *Ashington                   0
Nov 30 *Scunthorpe & Lindsey Utd    1 -Hartlepools United          0
Nov 30 -Shouth Shields              2 -Wrexham                     4
Nov 30 ^Southend United             1 ^Brentford                   0
Nov 30 -Southport                   0 -Chesterfield                0
Nov 30 *Tunbridge                   1 *Bath City                   3
Nov 30 ^Walsall                     1 ^Exeter City                 0
Nov 30 *Wellington                  1 -Stockport County            4
Nov 30 *Wimbledon                   1 *Northfleet                  4
Nov 30 -York City                   2 -Tranmere Rovers             2

        Replays
Dec 04 -Chesterfield                3 -Southport                   2
Dec 04 *Dagenham                    0 *Barry Town                  1
Dec 04 *Folkestone                  2 ^Clapton Orient              2
Dec 04 -Port Vale                   5 *Gainsborough Trinity        0
Dec 04 *Shildon                     1 -Doncaster Rovers            1
Dec 05 ^Coventry City               2 ^Norwich City                0
Dec 05 -Tranmere Rovers             0 -York City                   1
Dec 09 ^Clapton Orient              4 *Folkestone                  1  played at Arsenal
Dec 09 -Doncaster Rovers            3 *Shildon                     0  played at York City

Byes to the 3rd Round:
All 1st Division Clubs (22):  Arsenal, Aston Villa, Birmingham, Blackburn Rovers, Bolton
  Wanderers, Burnley, Derby County, Everton, Grimsby Town, Huddersfield Town, Leeds United,
  Leicester City, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Middlesbrough, Newcastle
  United, Portsmouth, Sheffield United, Sunderland, Sheffield Wednesday & West Ham United.
All 2nd Division Clubs (22):  Barnsley, Blackpool, Bradford City, Bradford Park Avenue,
  Bristol City, Bury, Cardiff City, Charlton Athletic, Chelsea, Hull City, Millwall,
  Nottingham Forest, Notts County, Oldham Athletic, Preston North End, Reading, Southampton,
  Stoke City, Swansea Town, Tottenham Hotspur, West Bromwich Albion & Wolverhampton Wanderers.
3rd Division Clubs (2):  Crystal Palace & Swindon Town.
Non-League Club (1):  Corinthians.

        2nd Round
Dec 14 ^Brighton & Hove Albion      4 *Barry Town                  1
Dec 14 ^Bristol Rovers              4 -Accrington Stanley          1
Dec 14 *Caernarvon                  1 ^Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath  1
Dec 14 -Carlisle United             4 -Crewe Alexandra             2
Dec 14 -Chesterfield                2 -Port Vale                   0
Dec 14 ^Clapton Orient              2 *Northfleet                  0
Dec 14 ^Coventry City               7 *Bath City                   1
Dec 14 -Doncaster Rovers            1 -New Brighton                0
Dec 14 *Leyton                      1 ^Fulham                      4
Dec 14 *Manchester Central          0 -Wrexham                     1
Dec 14 ^Newport County              2 ^Walsall                     3
Dec 14 ^Northampton Town            6 *Margate                     0
Dec 14 ^Queen's Park Rangers        2 -Lincoln City                1
Dec 14 *Scunthorpe & Lindsey Utd    3 -Rotherham United            3
Dec 14 ^Southend United             1 -York City                   4
Dec 14 -Stockport County            4 -Barrow                      0
Dec 14 ^Watford                     1 ^Plymouth Argyle             1

        Replays
Dec 18 ^Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath  5 *Caernarvon                  2
Dec 18 ^Plymouth Argyle             3 ^Watford                     0
Dec 19 -Rotherham United            5 *Scunthorpe & Lindsey Utd    4

        3rd Round
Jan 11  Arsenal                     2 +Chelsea                     0
Jan 11  Aston Villa                 5 +Reading                     1
Jan 11 +Barnsley                    0 +Bradford Park Avenue        1
Jan 11  Birmingham                  1  Bolton Wanderers            0
Jan 11  Blackburn Rovers            4 ^Northampton Town            1
Jan 11 +Blackpool                   2 -Stockport County            1
Jan 11 +Bradford City               4 +Southampton                 1
Jan 11 ^Brighton & Hove Albion      1  Grimsby Town                1
Jan 11 +Bury                        0  Huddersfield Town           0
Jan 11 -Carlisle United             2  Everton                     4
Jan 11 +Charlton Athletic           1 ^Queen's Park Rangers        1
Jan 11 -Chesterfield                1  Middlesbrough               1
Jan 11 ^Clapton Orient              1 ^Bristol Rovers              0
Jan 11 *Corinthians                 2 +Millwall                    2
Jan 11 ^Coventry City               1  Sunderland                  2
Jan 11  Derby County                5 +Bristol City                1
Jan 11 ^Fulham                      1 ^Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath  1
Jan 11  Leeds United                8 ^Crystal Palace              1
Jan 11  Liverpool                   1 +Cardiff City                2
Jan 11  Manchester United           0 ^Swindon Town                2
Jan 11  Newcastle United            1 -York City                   1
Jan 11 +Oldham Athletic             1 +Wolverhampton Wanderers     0
Jan 11 ^Plymouth Argyle             3 +Hull City                   4
Jan 11  Portsmouth                  2 +Preston North End           0
Jan 11 -Rotherham United            0 +Nottingham Forest           5
Jan 11  Sheffield United            2  Leicester City              1
Jan 11  Sheffield Wednesday         1  Burnley                     0
Jan 11 +Tottenham Hotspur           2  Manchester City             2
Jan 11 ^Walsall                     2 +Swansea Town                0
Jan 11  West Ham United             4 +Notts County                0
Jan 11 -Wrexham                     1 +West Bromwich Albion        0
Jan 16 -Doncaster Rovers            1 +Stoke City                  0

        Replays
Jan 14  Grimsby Town                0 ^Brighton & Hove Albion      1
Jan 15 ^Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath  0 ^Fulham                      2
Jan 15  Huddersfield Town           3 +Bury                        1
Jan 15  Manchester City             4 +Tottenham Hotspur           1
Jan 15  Middlesbrough               4 -Chesterfield                3
Jan 15 +Millwall                    1 *Corinthians                 1
Jan 15 -York City                   1  Newcastle United            2
Jan 16 ^Queen's Park Rangers        0 +Charlton Athletic           3
Jan 20 *Corinthians                 1 +Millwall                    5  played at Chelsea

        4th Round
Jan 25  Arsenal                     2  Birmingham                  2
Jan 25  Aston Villa                 3 ^Walsall                     1
Jan 25  Blackburn Rovers            4  Everton                     1
Jan 25  Derby County                1 +Bradford Park Avenue        1
Jan 25  Huddersfield Town           2  Sheffield United            1
Jan 25 +Hull City                   3 +Blackpool                   1
Jan 25  Middlesbrough               1 +Charlton Athletic           1
Jan 25 +Millwall                    4 -Doncaster Rovers            0
Jan 25  Newcastle United            3 ^Clapton Orient              1
Jan 25 +Nottingham Forest           2 ^Fulham                      1
Jan 25 +Oldham Athletic             3  Sheffield Wednesday         4
Jan 25  Portsmouth                  0 ^Brighton & Hove Albion      1
Jan 25  Sunderland                  2 +Cardiff City                1
Jan 25 ^Swindon Town                1  Manchester City             1
Jan 25  West Ham United             4  Leeds United                1
Jan 75 -Wrexham                     0 +Bradford City               0

        Replays
Jan 27 +Bradford Park Avenue        2 -Wrexham                     1
Jan 29  Birmingham                  0  Arsenal                     1
Jan 29 +Bradford Park Avenue        2  Derby County                1
Jan 29 +Charlton Athletic           1  Middlesbrough               1
Jan 29  Manchester City            10 ^Swindon Town                1
Feb 03  Middlesbrough               1 +Charlton Athletic           0  played at Manchester City

        5th Round
Feb 15  Aston Villa                 4  Blackburn Rovers            1
Feb 15  Huddersfield Town           2 +Bradford City               1
Feb 15  Manchester City             1 +Hull City                   2
Feb 15  Middlesbrough               0  Arsenal                     2
Feb 15  Newcastle United            3 ^Brighton & Hove Albion      0
Feb 15  Sheffield Wednesday         5 +Bradford Park Avenue        1
Feb 15  Sunderland                  2 +Nottingham Forest           2
Feb 15  West Ham United             4 +Millwall                    1

        Replay
Feb 19  Nottingham                  3  Sunderland                  1

        Quarter-finals
Mar 01  Aston Villa                 1  Huddersfield Town           2
Mar 01  Newcastle United            1 +Hull City                   1
Mar 01 +Nottingham Forest           2  Sheffield Wednesday         2
Mar 01  West Ham United             0  Arsenal                     3

        Replays
Mar 05  Sheffield Wednesday         3 +Nottingham Forest           1
Mar 06 +Hull City                   1  Newcastle United            0

        Semi-finals
Mar 22  Arsenal                     2 +Hull City                   2  played at Leeds United
Mar 22  Huddersfield Town           2  Sheffield Wednesday         1  played at Manchester U

        Replays
Mar 26  Arsenal                     1 +Hull City                   0  played at Aston Villa

        Final
Apr 26  Arsenal                  2-0  Huddersfield Town            played at Wembley

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