1911–12 Football League

The 1911–12 season was the 24th season of The Football League.

The Football League

Season	1911–12
Champions	Blackburn Rovers
Relegated	Gainsborough Trinity
New Team in League	Grimsby Town
← 1910–11 1912–13 →

Blackburn Rovers won the First Division title for the first time.

Bury and Preston North End were relegated to the Second Division, and their places in the First Division were taken by Derby County and Chelsea.

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	1911–12
Champions	Blackburn Rovers (1st English title)
Relegated	Bury, Preston North End
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,057 (2.78 per match)
Top goalscorer	Harry Hampton (Aston Villa), George Holley (Sunderland), David McLean (The Wednesday), 25 [3]
Biggest home win	The Wednesday – Sunderland 8–0 (26 Dec 1911)
Biggest away win	Sheffield United – Bolton 0–5 (9 Sept 1911)
Highest scoring	Sheffield United – Bradford City 7–3 (4 Mar 1912)
← 1910–11 1912–13 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GR	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Blackburn Rovers	38	13	6	0	35	10	7	3	9	25	33	1.395	49	League Champions
2	Everton	38	13	5	1	29	12	7	1	11	17	30	1.095	46
3	Newcastle United	38	10	4	5	37	25	8	4	7	27	25	1.280	44
4	Bolton Wanderers	38	14	2	3	35	15	6	1	12	19	28	1.256	43
5	The Wednesday	38	11	3	5	44	17	5	6	8	25	32	1.408	41
6	Aston Villa	38	12	2	5	48	22	5	5	9	28	41	1.206	41
7	Middlesbrough	38	11	6	2	35	17	5	2	12	21	28	1.244	40
8	Sunderland	38	10	6	3	37	14	4	5	10	21	37	1.137	39
9	West Bromwich Albion	38	10	6	3	23	15	5	3	11	20	32	0.915	39
10	Woolwich Arsenal	38	12	3	4	38	19	3	5	11	17	40	0.932	38
11	Bradford City	38	12	3	4	31	15	3	5	11	15	35	0.920	38
12	Tottenham Hotspur	38	10	4	5	35	20	4	5	10	18	33	1.000	37
13	Manchester United	38	9	5	5	29	19	4	6	9	16	41	0.750	37
14	Sheffield United	38	10	4	5	47	29	3	6	10	16	27	1.125	36
15	Manchester City	38	10	5	4	39	20	3	4	12	17	38	0.966	35
16	Notts County	38	9	4	6	26	20	5	3	11	20	43	0.730	35
17	Liverpool	38	8	4	7	27	23	4	6	9	22	32	0.891	34
18	Oldham Athletic	38	10	3	6	32	19	2	7	10	14	35	0.852	34
19	Preston North End	38	8	4	7	26	25	5	3	11	14	32	0.702	33	Relegated
20	Bury	38	6	5	8	23	25	0	4	15	9	34	0.542	21

Source:

Results

Home \ Away	AST	BLB	BOL	BRA	BRY	EVE	LIV	MCI	MUN	MID	NEW	NTC	OLD	PNE	SHU	SUN	TOT	WED	WBA	WOO
Aston Villa		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	1–3	2–2	2–3	0–3	4–1
Blackburn Rovers	3–1		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	2–2	0–0	0–0	4–1	4–0
Bolton Wanderers	3–0	2–0		2–0	1–0	1–2	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	0–2	3–0	2–1	3–0	0–3	3–0	1–0	4–2	2–0	2–2
Bradford City	2–1	1–0	1–0		1–0	1–0	0–2	4–1	0–1	2–1	1–1	2–3	0–0	0–1	1–0	2–1	3–0	5–1	4–1	1–1
Bury	1–1	1–2	1–3	2–0		1–2	2–2	1–2	0–1	0–2	2–1	0–1	1–1	0–0	3–1	0–2	2–1	2–2	1–0	3–1
Everton	1–1	1–3	1–0	1–0	1–1		2–1	1–0	4–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	3–2	1–0	2–2	1–0	3–0	1–0
Liverpool	1–2	1–2	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–3		2–2	3–2	1–1	0–1	3–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	2–1	1–2	1–1	1–3	4–1
Manchester City	2–6	3–0	3–1	4–0	2–0	4–0	2–3		0–0	2–0	1–1	4–0	1–3	0–0	0–0	2–0	2–1	4–0	0–2	3–3
Manchester United	3–1	3–1	2–0	0–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	0–0		3–4	0–2	2–0	3–1	0–0	1–0	2–2	1–2	3–1	1–2	2–0
Middlesbrough	1–2	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	3–2	3–1	3–0		1–1	4–0	3–0	4–2	1–1	3–3	2–0	1–1	1–0	0–2
Newcastle United	6–2	4–2	5–2	0–2	3–2	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–3	0–1		3–2	1–1	1–0	2–2	3–1	2–0	0–2	0–0	1–2
Notts County	2–0	1–3	3–2	0–0	2–0	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–1	2–1	1–4		1–1	1–2	2–0	3–1	2–2	1–0	2–0	3–1
Oldham Athletic	1–2	0–1	3–1	3–0	2–0	3–0	0–1	4–1	2–2	2–0	2–4	1–2		1–0	2–3	0–0	2–1	1–0	3–1	0–0
Preston North End	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		3–0	0–3	0–1	2–3	1–1	0–1
Sheffield United	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		1–2	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–1
Sunderland	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		1–1	0–0	3–2	1–0
Tottenham Hotspur	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	0–0		3–1	1–0	5–0
The Wednesday	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	8–0	4–0		4–1	3–0
West Bromwich Albion	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	1–0	2–0	1–5		1–1
Woolwich Arsenal	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	3–0	3–1	0–2	0–2

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

Maps

Woolwich Arsenal

Tottenham

Locations of the Football League First Division London teams

Aston Villa

Blackburn Rovers

Bolton

Bradford City

Bury

Everton

Liverpool

Manchester City

Manchester United

Middlesbrough

Newcastle

Notts County

Oldham

Sheffield United

Preston North End

Sunderland

The Wednesday (Sheffield)

Tottenham

West Bromwich Albion

Woolwich Arsenal

Locations of the Football League First Division teams

Second Division

Football League
Second Division

Season	1911–12
Champions	Derby County (1st title)
Failed re-election	Gainsborough Trinity
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,032 (2.72 per match)
Top goalscorer	Bert Freeman (Burnley), 32 [3]
Biggest home win	Wolverhampton – Hull 8–0 (4 Nov 1911)
Biggest away win	Leeds City – Burnley 1–5 (9 Dec 1911) Birmingham – Derby County 0–4 (16 Sept 1911)
Highest scoring	Fulham – Leeds City 7–2 (23 Mar 1912)
← 1910–11 1912–13 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GR	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Derby County	38	15	2	2	55	13	8	6	5	19	15	2.643	54	Division Champions
2	Chelsea	38	15	2	2	36	13	9	4	6	28	21	1.882	54	Promoted
3	Burnley	38	14	5	0	50	14	8	3	8	27	27	1.878	52
4	Clapton Orient	38	16	0	3	44	14	5	3	11	17	30	1.386	45
5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	12	3	4	41	10	4	7	8	16	23	1.727	42
6	Barnsley	38	10	5	4	28	19	5	7	7	17	23	1.071	42	FA Cup Winners
7	Hull City	38	12	3	4	36	13	5	5	9	18	38	1.059	42
8	Fulham	38	10	3	6	42	24	6	4	9	24	34	1.138	39
9	Grimsby Town[lower-alpha 1]	38	9	6	4	24	18	6	3	10	24	37	0.873	39
10	Leicester Fosse	38	11	4	4	34	18	4	3	12	15	48	0.742	37
11	Bradford Park Avenue	38	10	5	4	30	16	3	4	12	14	29	0.978	35
12	Birmingham	38	11	3	5	44	29	3	3	13	11	30	0.932	34
13	Bristol City	38	11	4	4	27	17	3	2	14	14	43	0.683	34
14	Blackpool	38	12	4	3	24	12	1	4	14	8	40	0.615	34
15	Nottingham Forest	38	9	3	7	26	18	4	4	11	20	30	0.958	33
16	Stockport County	38	8	5	6	31	22	3	6	10	16	32	0.870	33
17	Huddersfield Town	38	8	5	6	30	22	5	1	13	20	42	0.781	32
18	Glossop	38	6	8	5	33	23	2	4	13	9	33	0.750	28	Re-elected
19	Leeds City	38	7	6	6	21	22	3	2	14	29	56	0.641	28
20	Gainsborough Trinity[lower-alpha 2]	38	4	6	9	17	22	1	7	11	13	42	0.469	23	Failed re-election

Source:
Notes:

1. New club in the league
2. Gainsborough Trinity failed to be re-elected to the Football League. This was their final ever season of league football. Lincoln City returned to the league at their expense.

Results

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 Avenue	1–0	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 Trinity	1–2	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 Town	2–1	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 Forest	0–2	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 County	1–1	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 Wanderers	5–0	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

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Chelsea

Clapton Orient

Fulham

Locations of the Football League Second Division London teams

Barnsley

Birmingham

Blackpool

Bradford Park Avenue

Bristol City

Burnley

Chelsea

Derby County

Fulham

Grimsby Town

Clapton Orient

Gainsborough Trinity

Glossop

Huddersfield

Hull

Leeds C

Leicester Fosse

Nottingham Forest

Stockport County

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Locations of the Football League Second Division teams

See also

• 1911-12 in English football
• 1911 in association football
• 1912 in association football

References

1. "England 1911-12". 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.
3. "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 31 October 2010.

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