1912–13 Football League

The 1912–13 season was the 25th season of The Football League.

The Football League

Season	1912–13
Champions	Sunderland
New Club in League	Lincoln City
← 1911–12 1913–14 →

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	1912–13
Champions	Sunderland (5th English title)
Relegated	Woolwich Arsenal, Notts County
FA Cup winners	Aston Villa (5th FA Cup title)
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,153 (3.03 per match)
Top goalscorer	David McLean (The Wednesday), 30 [3]
Biggest home win	Aston Villa – The Wednesday 10–0 (5 Oct 1912)
Biggest away win	Bradford City – Sunderland 0–5 (2 Nov 1912)
Highest scoring	Aston Villa – The Wednesday 10–0 (5 Oct 1912)
← 1911–12 1913–14 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GR	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sunderland	38	14	2	3	47	17	11	2	6	39	26	2.000	54	League Champions
2	Aston Villa	38	13	4	2	57	21	6	8	5	29	31	1.654	50	FA Cup Winners
3	The Wednesday	38	12	4	3	44	23	9	3	7	31	32	1.364	49
4	Manchester United	38	13	3	3	41	14	6	5	8	28	29	1.605	46
5	Blackburn Rovers	38	10	5	4	54	21	6	8	5	25	22	1.837	45
6	Manchester City	38	12	3	4	34	15	6	5	8	19	22	1.432	44
7	Derby County	38	10	2	7	40	29	7	6	6	29	37	1.045	42
8	Bolton Wanderers	38	10	6	3	36	20	6	4	9	26	43	0.984	42
9	Oldham Athletic	38	11	7	1	33	12	3	7	9	17	43	0.909	42
10	West Bromwich Albion	38	8	7	4	30	20	5	5	9	27	30	1.140	38
11	Everton	38	8	2	9	28	31	7	5	7	20	23	0.889	37
12	Liverpool	38	12	2	5	40	24	4	3	12	21	47	0.859	37
13	Bradford City	38	10	5	4	33	22	2	6	11	17	38	0.833	35
14	Newcastle United	38	8	5	6	30	23	5	3	11	17	24	1.000	34
15	Sheffield United	38	10	5	4	36	24	4	1	14	20	46	0.800	34
16	Middlesbrough	38	6	9	4	29	22	5	1	13	26	47	0.797	32
17	Tottenham Hotspur	38	9	3	7	28	25	3	3	13	17	47	0.625	30
18	Chelsea	38	7	2	10	29	40	4	4	11	22	33	0.699	28
19	Notts County	38	6	4	9	19	20	1	5	13	9	36	0.500	23	Relegated
20	Woolwich Arsenal	38	1	8	10	11	31	2	4	13	15	43	0.351	18

Source:

Results

Home \ Away	AST	BLB	BOL	BRA	CHE	DER	EVE	LIV	MCI	MUN	MID	NEW	NTC	OLD	SHU	SUN	TOT	WED	WBA	WOO
Aston Villa		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	1–1	1–0	10–0	2–4	4–1
Blackburn Rovers	2–2		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	4–0	6–1	0–1	2–4	1–1
Bolton Wanderers	2–3	1–1		2–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–2	2–1	3–2	1–2	0–0	3–0	4–2	1–3	2–0	3–0	2–1	5–1
Bradford City	1–1	0–2	4–1		2–2	2–3	4–1	2–0	2–1	1–0	1–2	2–0	1–0	0–0	3–1	1–5	3–1	0–0	1–1	3–1
Chelsea	1–2	1–6	2–3	0–3		3–1	1–3	1–2	2–1	1–4	2–3	1–0	5–2	1–1	4–2	2–0	1–0	0–4	0–2	1–1
Derby County	0–1	1–1	3–3	4–0	3–1		1–4	4–2	2–0	2–1	0–2	2–1	1–0	1–2	5–1	0–3	5–0	1–4	1–2	4–1
Everton	0–1	2–1	2–3	2–1	1–0	2–2		0–2	0–0	4–1	1–0	0–6	4–0	2–3	0–1	0–4	1–2	3–1	1–3	3–0
Liverpool	2–0	4–1	5–0	2–1	1–2	2–1	0–2		1–2	0–2	4–2	2–1	0–0	2–0	2–2	2–5	4–1	2–1	2–1	3–0
Manchester City	1–0	3–1	2–0	1–3	2–0	1–1	1–0	4–1		0–2	3–0	0–1	4–0	2–0	3–0	1–0	2–2	2–2	2–1	0–1
Manchester United	4–0	1–1	2–1	2–0	4–2	4–0	2–0	3–1	0–1		2–3	3–0	2–1	0–0	4–0	1–3	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0
Middlesbrough	1–1	0–0	4–0	1–1	0–3	4–1	0–0	3–4	0–0	3–2		0–0	1–1	2–2	4–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	3–1	2–0
Newcastle United	2–3	0–1	2–1	1–1	3–2	2–4	2–0	0–0	0–1	1–3	3–1		0–0	4–1	1–2	1–1	3–0	1–0	1–1	3–1
Notts County	1–1	3–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	0–1	0–1	3–0	0–1	1–2	1–3	0–1		2–1	0–1	2–1	0–1	1–2	1–1	2–1
Oldham Athletic	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		2–0	3–0	4–1	2–0	0–0	0–0
Sheffield United	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		1–3	4–0	0–2	1–0	1–3
Sunderland	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		2–2	0–2	3–1	4–1
Tottenham Hotspur	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	1–2		2–4	3–1	1–1
The Wednesday	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	1–2	2–1		3–2	2–0
West Bromwich Albion	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	3–1	4–1	1–1		2–1
Woolwich Arsenal	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	1–3	0–3	2–5	1–0

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

Maps

Woolwich Arsenal

Chelsea

Tottenham

Locations of the Football League First Division London teams

Aston Villa

Blackburn Rovers

Bolton

Bradford City

Chelsea

Derby County

Everton

Liverpool

Manchester City

Manchester United

Middlesbrough

Newcastle

Notts County

Oldham

Sheffield United

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	1912–13
Champions	Preston North End (2nd title)
Failed re-election	(none)
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,123 (2.96 per match)
Top goalscorer	Bert Freeman (Burnley), 31 [3]
Biggest home win	Fulham – Stockport 7–0 (8 Mar 1913)
Biggest away win	Bristol City – Bury 1–5 (26 Apr 1913)
Highest scoring	Bristol City – Stockport 7–2 (18 Jan 1913)
← 1911–12 1913–14 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GR	Pts	Promotion
1	Preston North End	38	13	5	1	34	12	6	10	3	22	21	1.697	53	Division Champions
2	Burnley	38	13	4	2	58	23	8	4	7	30	30	1.660	50	Promoted
3	Birmingham	38	11	6	2	39	18	7	4	8	20	26	1.341	46
4	Barnsley	38	15	3	1	46	18	4	4	11	11	29	1.213	45
5	Huddersfield Town	38	13	5	1	49	12	4	4	11	17	28	1.650	43
6	Leeds City	38	12	3	4	45	22	3	7	9	25	42	1.094	40
7	Grimsby Town	38	10	8	1	32	11	5	2	12	19	39	1.020	40
8	Lincoln City[lower-alpha 1]	38	10	6	3	31	16	5	4	10	19	36	0.962	40
9	Fulham	38	13	5	1	47	16	4	0	15	18	39	1.182	39
10	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	10	6	3	34	16	4	4	11	22	38	1.037	38
11	Bury	38	10	6	3	29	14	5	2	12	24	43	0.930	38
12	Hull City	38	12	2	5	42	19	3	4	12	18	37	1.071	36
13	Bradford Park Avenue	38	12	4	3	47	18	2	4	13	13	42	1.000	36
14	Clapton Orient	38	8	6	5	25	20	2	8	9	9	27	0.723	34
15	Leicester Fosse	38	12	2	5	34	20	1	5	13	16	45	0.769	33
16	Bristol City	38	7	9	3	32	25	2	6	11	14	47	0.639	33
17	Nottingham Forest	38	9	3	7	35	25	3	5	11	23	34	0.983	32
18	Glossop	38	11	2	6	34	26	1	6	12	15	42	0.721	32	Re-elected
19	Stockport County	38	8	4	7	32	23	0	6	13	24	55	0.718	26
20	Blackpool	38	8	4	7	22	22	1	4	14	17	47	0.565	26

Source:
Notes:

1. New club in the league

Results

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 Avenue	0–0	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 Town	2–0	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 Forest	2–0	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 End	4–0	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 County	0–3	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 Wanderers	3–0	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

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

Clapton Orient

Fulham

Locations of the Football League Second Division London teams

Barnsley

Birmingham

Blackpool

Bradford Park Avenue

Bristol City

Burnley

Bury

Fulham

Grimsby Town

Clapton Orient

Glossop

Huddersfield

Hull

Leeds C

Leicester Fosse

Lincoln City

Nottingham Forest

Preston North End

Stockport County

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Locations of the Football League Second Division teams

See also

• 1912-13 in English football
• 1912 in association football
• 1913 in association football

References

1. "England 1912-13". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 27 January 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
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 2010-10-31.

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