1907–08 Football League

The 1907–08 Football League season was the 20th season of The Football League.

The Football League

Season	1907–08
Champions	Manchester United
Relegated	Lincoln City
Resigned	Stoke
New Clubs in League	Fulham Oldham Athletic
← 1906–07 1908–09 →

This season saw the only occasion in history of the Football League where two teams have finished with exactly identical records (12 wins, 12 draws, 14 losses, 51 goals scored, 63 goals conceded), resulting in a tied 14th place between Woolwich Arsenal and Blackburn Rovers.

Final league tables

The tables below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website[1] and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79,[2] with home and away statistics separated.

Beginning with the season 1894–95, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded), or more properly put, goal ratio. In case one or more teams had the same goal difference, this system favoured those teams who had scored fewer goals. The goal average system was eventually scrapped beginning with the 1976–77 season.

Since the goal average was used for this purpose for such a long time, it is presented in the tables below even for the seasons prior to 1894–95, and since the goal difference is a more informative piece of information for a modern reader than the goal average, the goal difference is added in this presentation after the goal average.

From the 1894–95 season and until the 1920–21 season the re-election process was required of the clubs which finished in the bottom three of the league.[2]

First Division

Football League
First Division

Season	1907–08
Champions	Manchester United (1st English title)
Relegated	Birmingham, Bolton Wanderers
FA Cup winners	Wolverhampton Wanderers (2nd Div.) (2nd FA Cup title)
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,176 (3.09 per match)
Top goalscorer	Enoch West (Nottingham Forest), 27
Biggest home win	Newcastle – Birmingham 8–0
Biggest away win	Blackburn – Manchester United 1–5 Liverpool –Newcastle 1–5 0–4: four different matches
Highest scoring	Liverpool – Manchester United 7–4
← 1906–07 1908–09 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GR	Pts	Relegation
1	Manchester United	38	15	1	3	43	19	8	5	6	38	29	1.688	52	League Champions
2	Aston Villa	38	9	6	4	47	24	8	3	8	30	35	1.305	43
3	Manchester City	38	12	5	2	36	19	4	6	9	26	35	1.148	43
4	Newcastle United	38	11	4	4	41	24	4	8	7	24	30	1.204	42
5	The Wednesday	38	14	0	5	50	25	5	4	10	23	39	1.141	42
6	Middlesbrough	38	12	2	5	32	16	5	5	9	22	29	1.200	41
7	Bury	38	8	7	4	29	22	6	4	9	29	39	0.951	39
8	Liverpool	38	11	2	6	43	24	5	4	10	25	37	1.115	38
9	Nottingham Forest	38	11	6	2	42	21	2	5	12	17	41	0.952	37
10	Bristol City	38	8	7	4	29	21	4	5	10	29	40	0.951	36
11	Everton	38	11	4	4	34	24	4	2	13	24	40	0.906	36
12	Preston North End	38	9	7	3	33	18	3	5	11	14	35	0.887	36
13	Chelsea	38	8	3	8	30	35	6	5	8	23	27	0.855	36
14	Woolwich Arsenal	38	9	8	2	32	18	3	4	12	19	45	0.810	36
14	Blackburn Rovers	38	10	7	2	35	23	2	5	12	16	40	0.810	36
16	Sunderland	38	11	2	6	53	31	5	1	13	25	44	1.040	35
17	Sheffield United	38	8	6	5	27	22	4	5	10	25	36	0.897	35
18	Notts County	38	9	3	7	24	19	4	5	10	15	32	0.765	34
19	Bolton Wanderers	38	10	3	6	35	26	4	2	13	17	32	0.897	33	Relegated
20	Birmingham	38	6	6	7	22	28	3	6	10	18	32	0.667	30

Source:

Results

Home \ Away	AST	BIR	BLB	BOL	BRI	BRY	CHE	EVE	LIV	MCI	MUN	MID	NEW	NOT	NTC	PNE	SHU	SUN	WED	WOO
Aston Villa		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	1–0	5–0	0–1
Birmingham	2–3		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	0–2	2–1	1–2
Blackburn Rovers	2–0	1–0		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	4–2	2–0	1–1
Bolton Wanderers	3–1	1–0	3–1		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	2–3	2–1	3–1
Bristol City	2–2	0–0	2–2	2–0		1–1	0–0	3–2	2–0	2–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	3–0	2–1	1–3	3–2	3–0	0–2	1–2
Bury	2–1	1–0	1–1	2–2	1–1		1–1	3–0	3–1	0–0	0–1	1–4	1–2	0–0	0–0	5–1	3–2	2–1	0–2	3–2
Chelsea	1–3	2–2	1–0	1–3	4–1	3–4		2–1	0–2	2–2	1–4	1–0	2–0	0–4	1–2	0–0	2–4	2–1	3–1	2–1
Everton	1–0	4–1	4–1	2–1	0–0	6–1	0–3		2–4	3–3	1–3	2–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	0–3	0–0	1–1
Liverpool	5–0	3–4	2–0	1–0	3–1	2–1	1–4	0–0		0–1	7–4	0–1	1–5	0–0	6–0	1–2	3–0	1–0	3–0	4–1
Manchester City	3–2	2–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	2–2	0–3	4–2	1–1		0–0	2–1	1–0	4–2	2–1	5–0	0–2	0–0	3–2	4–0
Manchester United	1–2	1–0	1–2	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	4–3	4–0	3–1		2–1	1–1	4–0	0–1	2–1	2–1	3–0	4–1	4–2
Middlesbrough	0–1	1–0	3–0	0–1	0–2	0–2	3–1	0–2	3–1	2–0	2–1		2–1	1–1	3–1	1–0	2–0	3–1	6–1	0–0
Newcastle United	2–5	8–0	3–0	3–0	2–0	3–0	1–0	2–1	3–1	1–1	1–6	1–1		3–0	1–1	0–0	2–3	1–3	2–1	2–1
Nottingham Forest	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		2–0	2–2	1–1	4–1	2–2	1–0
Notts County	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		0–1	0–3	4–0	1–2	2–0
Preston North End	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		0–0	3–2	1–1	3–0
Sheffield United	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		5–3	1–3	2–2
Sunderland	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	5–2
The Wednesday	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	2–3		6–0
Woolwich Arsenal	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	4–0	1–1

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Aston Villa

Birmingham

Blackburn Rovers

Bolton Wanderers

Bristol City

Bury

Chelsea

Everton

Liverpool

Newcastle

Nottingham Forest

Manchester City

Manchester United

Middlesbrough

Notts County

Preston North End

Sunderland

Sheffield United

The Wednesday (Sheffield)

Woolwich Arsenal

Locations of the Football League First Division teams

Second Division

Football League
Second Division

Season	1907–08
Champions	Bradford City (1st title)
Failed re-election	Lincoln City
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,187 (3.12 per match)
Top goalscorer	John Smith (Hull City), 27
← 1906–07 1908–09 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GR	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Bradford City	38	15	2	2	58	16	9	4	6	32	26	2.143	54	Division champions
2	Leicester Fosse	38	14	2	3	41	20	7	8	4	31	27	1.532	52	Promoted
3	Oldham Athletic[lower-alpha 1]	38	15	4	0	53	14	7	2	10	23	28	1.810	50
4	Fulham[lower-alpha 1]	38	12	2	5	50	14	10	3	6	32	35	1.673	49
5	West Bromwich Albion	38	13	3	3	38	13	6	6	7	23	26	1.564	47
6	Derby County	38	15	1	3	50	13	6	3	10	27	32	1.711	46
7	Burnley	38	14	3	2	44	14	6	3	10	23	36	1.340	46
8	Hull City	38	15	1	3	50	23	6	3	10	23	39	1.177	46
9	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	11	4	4	34	11	4	3	12	16	34	1.111	37	FA Cup Winners
10	Stoke[lower-alpha 2]	38	11	5	3	43	13	5	0	14	14	39	1.096	37	Resigned
11	Gainsborough Trinity	38	9	4	6	31	28	5	3	11	16	43	0.662	35
12	Leeds City	38	9	6	4	33	18	3	2	14	20	47	0.815	32
13	Stockport County	38	9	4	6	35	26	3	4	12	13	41	0.716	32
14	Clapton Orient	38	10	5	4	28	13	1	5	13	12	52	0.615	32
15	Blackpool	38	11	3	5	33	19	0	6	13	18	39	0.879	31
16	Barnsley	38	8	3	8	41	31	4	3	12	13	37	0.794	30
17	Glossop	38	9	5	5	36	26	2	3	14	18	48	0.730	30
18	Grimsby Town	38	8	5	6	27	24	3	3	13	16	47	0.606	30	Re-elected
19	Chesterfield	38	6	6	7	33	38	0	5	14	13	54	0.500	23
20	Lincoln City	38	7	2	10	27	28	2	1	16	19	55	0.554	21	Failed re-election

Source:
Notes:

1. New club in the league
2. Stoke resigned from the Football League due to financial difficulties. Bradford Park Avenue and Tottenham Hotspur took the available places in the league the following season.

Results

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 Trinity	0–1	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 County	2–0	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 Albion	1–1	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 Wanderers	0–1	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

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: www.soccerbase.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Fulham

Oldham

Bradford City

Barnsley

Blackpool

Burnley

Chesterfield

Clapton Orient

Derby County

Gainsborough Trinity

Glossop

Grimsby Town

Hull

Leeds City

Leicester Fosse

Lincoln City

Stockport County

Stoke

West Bromwich Albion

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Locations of the Football League Second Division teams

See also

• 1907-08 in English football

References

1. "England 1907-08". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 5 February 2010. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
2. Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.

• Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.