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(Redirected from 1911–12 Football League Second Division) 24th season of the Football League

Football league season

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

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

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

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Relegation
1	Blackburn Rovers (C)	38	20	9	9	60	43	1.395	49
2	Everton	38	20	6	12	46	42	1.095	46
3	Newcastle United	38	18	8	12	64	50	1.280	44
4	Bolton Wanderers	38	20	3	15	54	43	1.256	43
5	The Wednesday	38	16	9	13	69	49	1.408	41
6	Aston Villa	38	17	7	14	76	63	1.206	41
7	Middlesbrough	38	16	8	14	56	45	1.244	40
8	Sunderland	38	14	11	13	58	51	1.137	39
9	West Bromwich Albion	38	15	9	14	43	47	0.915	39
10	Woolwich Arsenal	38	15	8	15	55	59	0.932	38
11	Bradford City	38	15	8	15	46	50	0.920	38
12	Tottenham Hotspur	38	14	9	15	53	53	1.000	37
13	Manchester United	38	13	11	14	45	60	0.750	37
14	Sheffield United	38	13	10	15	63	56	1.125	36
15	Manchester City	38	13	9	16	56	58	0.966	35
16	Notts County	38	14	7	17	46	63	0.730	35
17	Liverpool	38	12	10	16	49	55	0.891	34
18	Oldham Athletic	38	12	10	16	46	54	0.852	34
19	Preston North End (R)	38	13	7	18	40	57	0.702	33	Relegation to the Second Division
20	Bury (R)	38	6	9	23	32	59	0.542	21	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	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 class=notpageimage| 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 class=notpageimage| Locations of the Football League First Division teams

Second Division

Football league season

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
Biggest home win	Wolverhampton Wanderers – Hull City 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	GAv	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	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	Re-elected
20	Gainsborough Trinity	38	4	6	9	17	22	1	7	11	13	42	0.469	23	Failed re-election

Source:
Notes:

New club in the league
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 class=notpageimage| 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 class=notpageimage| Locations of the Football League Second Division teams

References

^ "English League Leading Goalscorers". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 31 October 2010.

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

v t e English Football League seasons
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Second Division	Barnsley Birmingham Blackpool Bradford Park Avenue Bristol City Burnley Chelsea Clapton Orient Derby County Fulham Gainsborough Trinity Glossop Grimsby Town Huddersfield Town Hull City Leeds City Leicester Fosse Nottingham Forest Stockport County Wolverhampton Wanderers
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