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(Redirected from 1908-09 Football League Second Division) 21st season of the Football League

Football league season

The Football League
Season	1908–09
Champions	Newcastle United
Relegated	Chesterfield
New Clubs in League	Bradford Park Avenue Tottenham Hotspur
← 1907–08 1909–10 →

The 1908–09 season was the 21st season of The Football League.

Tottenham Hotspur played their first ever season in the Football League. Spurs, along with Bradford Park Avenue entered the Second Division to replace Lincoln City and Stoke.

Final league tables

Beginning in the 1894–95 season, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded). 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.

During the first six seasons of the league, (up to the 1893–94 season), re-election process concerned the clubs which finished in the bottom four of the league. From the 1894–95 season and until the 1920–21 season the re-election process was required of the clubs which finished in the bottom three of the league.

First Division

Football league season

First Division
Season	1908–09
Champions	Newcastle United 3rd English title
Relegated	Manchester City Leicester Fosse
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,185 (3.12 per match)
Top goalscorer	Bert Freeman (38 goals)
Biggest home win	Nottingham Forest 12–0 Leicester Fosse (21 April 1909)
Biggest away win	Newcastle United 1–9 Sunderland (5 December 1908)
Highest scoring	Nottingham Forest 12–0 Leicester Fosse (21 April 1909)
← 1907–08 1909–10 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Relegation
1	Newcastle United (C)	38	24	5	9	65	41	1.585	53
2	Everton	38	18	10	10	82	57	1.439	46
3	Sunderland	38	21	2	15	78	63	1.238	44
4	Blackburn Rovers	38	14	13	11	61	50	1.220	41
5	The Wednesday	38	17	6	15	67	61	1.098	40
6	Woolwich Arsenal	38	14	10	14	52	49	1.061	38
7	Aston Villa	38	14	10	14	58	56	1.036	38
8	Bristol City	38	13	12	13	45	58	0.776	38
9	Middlesbrough	38	14	9	15	59	53	1.113	37
10	Preston North End	38	13	11	14	48	44	1.091	37
11	Chelsea	38	14	9	15	56	61	0.918	37
12	Sheffield United	38	14	9	15	51	59	0.864	37
13	Manchester United	38	15	7	16	58	68	0.853	37
14	Nottingham Forest	38	14	8	16	66	57	1.158	36
15	Notts County	38	14	8	16	51	48	1.063	36
16	Liverpool	38	15	6	17	57	65	0.877	36
17	Bury	38	14	8	16	63	77	0.818	36
18	Bradford City	38	12	10	16	47	47	1.000	34
19	Manchester City (R)	38	15	4	19	67	69	0.971	34	Relegation to the Second Division
20	Leicester Fosse (R)	38	8	9	21	54	102	0.529	25	Relegation to the Second Division

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	AST	BLB	BRA	BRI	BRY	CHE	EVE	LEI	LIV	MCI	MUN	MID	NEW	NOT	NTC	PNE	SHU	SUN	WED	WOO
Aston Villa		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	2–0	1–1	2–1
Blackburn Rovers	3–1		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	8–1	2–2	1–3
Bradford City	1–1	0–2		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	0–2	0–0	4–1
Bristol City	0–0	1–4	0–1		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	2–4	1–1	2–1
Bury	1–2	1–1	2–1	1–2		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	1–1
Chelsea	0–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	4–1		3–3	1–0	3–0	1–2	1–1	3–0	1–2	2–1	3–2	0–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–2
Everton	3–1	4–4	0–1	5–2	4–0	3–2		4–2	5–0	6–3	3–2	1–1	0–1	3–3	0–1	0–1	5–1	4–0	1–0	0–3
Leicester Fosse	4–2	2–4	1–4	1–1	2–5	5–2	0–2		3–2	3–1	3–2	1–1	0–4	0–3	0–2	0–0	1–1	4–3	1–1	1–1
Liverpool	3–2	1–1	4–0	1–2	2–2	2–1	0–1	4–1		1–3	3–1	1–2	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	3–0	1–2	2–2
Manchester City	2–0	3–3	4–3	5–1	6–1	1–2	4–0	5–2	4–0		1–2	0–0	0–2	2–1	1–0	4–1	1–3	1–0	4–0	2–2
Manchester United	0–2	0–3	2–0	0–1	2–1	0–1	2–2	4–2	3–2	3–1		6–3	1–0	2–2	4–3	0–2	2–1	2–2	3–1	1–4
Middlesbrough	1–0	1–0	1–0	4–0	0–1	1–4	2–3	6–2	1–0	3–0	5–0		0–0	4–0	1–2	4–2	1–2	0–3	2–1	1–1
Newcastle United	0–2	2–0	1–0	2–1	3–1	1–3	3–0	2–0	0–1	2–0	2–1	1–0		1–1	1–0	2–0	4–0	1–9	1–0	3–1
Nottingham Forest	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		1–0	1–1	0–2	4–0	1–2	0–1
Notts County	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		1–0	3–1	0–0	1–0	2–1
Preston North End	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		1–1	1–0	4–1	0–0
Sheffield United	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		0–2	2–1	1–1
Sunderland	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	1–0
The Wednesday	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	2–5		6–2
Woolwich Arsenal	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	0–4	2–0

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

Maps

Aston Villa Blackburn Rovers Bradford City Bristol City Bury Chelsea Everton Leicester Fosse Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Middlesbrough Newcastle Nottingham Forest Notts County Sheffield United Preston North End Sunderland The Wednesday (Sheffield)Woolwich Arsenal class=notpageimage| Locations of the Football League First Division teams

Second Division

Football league season

Football League
Second Division
Season	1908–09
Champions	Bolton Wanderers (1st title)
Failed re-election	Chesterfield
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,026 (2.7 per match)
Top goalscorer	Alf Bentley (Derby County), 24
Biggest home win	West Bromwich Albion – Grimsby Town 7–0 (2 January 1909)
Biggest away win	Chesterfield – Hull City 0–4 (24 October 1909)
Highest scoring	Burnley – Wolverhampton Wanderers 3–5 (7 November 1909)
← 1907–08 1909–10 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Bolton Wanderers	38	14	3	2	37	8	10	1	8	22	20	2.107	52	Division Champions
2	Tottenham Hotspur	38	12	5	2	42	12	8	6	5	25	20	2.094	51	Promoted
3	West Bromwich Albion	38	13	5	1	35	9	6	8	5	21	18	2.074	51
4	Hull City	38	14	2	3	44	15	5	4	10	19	24	1.615	44
5	Derby County	38	13	5	1	38	11	3	6	10	17	30	1.341	43
6	Oldham Athletic	38	14	4	1	39	9	3	2	14	16	34	1.279	40
7	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	10	6	3	32	12	4	5	10	24	36	1.167	39
8	Glossop	38	11	5	3	35	17	4	3	12	22	36	1.075	38
9	Gainsborough Trinity	38	12	3	4	30	20	3	5	11	19	50	0.700	38
10	Fulham	38	8	4	7	39	26	5	7	7	19	22	1.208	37
11	Birmingham	38	10	6	3	35	21	4	3	12	23	40	0.951	37
12	Leeds City	38	12	3	4	35	19	2	4	13	8	34	0.811	35
13	Grimsby Town	38	9	5	5	23	14	5	2	12	18	40	0.759	35
14	Burnley	38	8	4	7	33	28	5	3	11	18	30	0.879	33
15	Clapton Orient	38	7	7	5	25	19	5	2	12	12	30	0.755	33
16	Bradford Park Avenue	38	9	2	8	30	25	4	4	11	21	34	0.864	32
17	Barnsley	38	11	3	5	36	19	0	7	12	12	38	0.842	32
18	Stockport County	38	11	2	6	25	19	3	1	15	14	52	0.549	31	Re-elected
19	Chesterfield Town	38	10	3	6	30	28	1	5	13	7	39	0.552	30	Failed re-election
20	Blackpool	38	9	6	4	30	22	0	5	14	16	46	0.676	29	Re-elected

Source:
Notes:

^ New club in the league
Chesterfield failed re-election, and Lincoln City were re-admitted to the Football League in their place, after a season away.

Results

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 Wanderers	3–0	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 Avenue	3–2	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 Trinity	4–1	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 County	2–1	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 Hotspur	4–0	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 Albion	1–1	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 Wanderers	2–0	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

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 Tottenham class=notpageimage| Locations of the Football League Second Division London teams

Barnsley Birmingham Blackpool Bolton Bradford Park Avenue Burnley Chesterfield Derby County Fulham Clapton Orient Gainsborough Trinity Glossop Grimsby Town Hull Leeds C Oldham Stockport County Tottenham West Bromwich Albion Wolverhampton Wanderers class=notpageimage| Locations of the Football League Second Division teams

References

^ "English League Leading Goalscorers". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
"1908–09 Football League". F.C.H.D. Retrieved 16 October 2024.

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

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First Division	Aston Villa Blackburn Rovers Bradford City Bristol City Bury Chelsea Everton Leicester Fosse Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Middlesbrough Newcastle United Nottingham Forest Notts County Preston North End Sheffield United Sunderland The Wednesday Woolwich Arsenal
Second Division	Barnsley Birmingham Blackpool Bolton Wanderers Bradford Park Avenue Burnley Chesterfield Derby County Fulham Gainsborough Trinity Glossop Grimsby Town Hull City Leeds City Clapton Orient Oldham Athletic Stockport County Tottenham Hotspur West Bromwich Albion Wolverhampton Wanderers
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