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(Redirected from 1914–15 Football League First Division) 27th season of the Football League

Football league season

The Football League
Season	1914–15
Champions	Everton
Relegated	Glossop
← 1913–14 1919–20 →

The 1914–15 season was the 27th season of The Football League. It was the final season before football was suspended at the outbreak of World War I.

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	1914–15
Champions	Everton 2nd English title
Relegated	Tottenham Hotspur
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,201 (3.16 per match)
Top goalscorer	Bobby Parker (35 goals)
Biggest home win	The Wednesday 7–0 Bolton Wanderers (1 March 1915)
Biggest away win	Tottenham Hotspur 0–6 Sunderland (19 December 1914) Aston Villa 1–7 Bolton Wanderers (26 December 1914)
Highest scoring	Middlesbrough 7–5 Tottenham Hotspur (13 February 1915)
← 1913–14 1919–20 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Relegation
1	Everton (C)	38	19	8	11	76	47	1.617	46
2	Oldham Athletic	38	17	11	10	70	56	1.250	45
3	Blackburn Rovers	38	18	7	13	83	61	1.361	43
4	Burnley	38	18	7	13	61	47	1.298	43
5	Manchester City	38	15	13	10	49	39	1.256	43
6	Sheffield United	38	15	13	10	49	41	1.195	43
7	The Wednesday	38	15	13	10	61	54	1.130	43
8	Sunderland	38	18	5	15	81	72	1.125	41
9	Bradford Park Avenue	38	17	7	14	69	65	1.062	41
10	West Bromwich Albion	38	15	10	13	49	43	1.140	40
11	Bradford City	38	13	14	11	55	49	1.122	40
12	Middlesbrough	38	13	12	13	62	74	0.838	38
13	Liverpool	38	14	9	15	65	75	0.867	37
14	Aston Villa	38	13	11	14	62	72	0.861	37
15	Newcastle United	38	11	10	17	46	48	0.958	32
16	Notts County	38	9	13	16	41	57	0.719	31
17	Bolton Wanderers	38	11	8	19	68	84	0.810	30
18	Manchester United	38	9	12	17	46	62	0.742	30
19	Chelsea	38	8	13	17	51	65	0.785	29
20	Tottenham Hotspur (R)	38	8	12	18	57	90	0.633	28	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	BPA	BUR	CHE	EVE	LIV	MCI	MUN	MID	NEW	NTC	OLD	SHU	SUN	TOT	WED	WBA
Aston Villa		2–1	1–7	0–0	1–2	3–3	2–1	1–5	6–2	4–1	3–3	5–0	2–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–3	3–1	0–0	2–1
Blackburn Rovers	1–2		2–2	2–1	2–2	6–0	3–2	2–1	4–2	0–1	3–3	4–0	2–3	5–1	4–1	1–2	3–1	4–1	1–1	2–1
Bolton Wanderers	2–2	3–2		3–5	3–2	3–1	3–1	0–0	0–1	2–3	3–0	4–0	0–0	1–2	2–0	0–1	1–1	4–2	0–3	1–1
Bradford City	3–0	3–0	4–2		3–2	0–0	2–2	0–1	3–2	0–0	4–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–0	1–1	3–1	2–2	1–0	5–0
Bradford Park Avenue	2–2	1–2	1–2	3–0		2–2	3–0	1–2	1–0	3–1	5–0	2–0	1–0	3–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	5–1	1–1	1–4
Burnley	2–1	3–2	5–0	0–1	2–0		2–0	1–0	3–0	1–2	3–0	4–0	2–0	0–0	2–3	1–2	2–1	3–1	2–3	0–2
Chelsea	3–1	1–3	2–1	2–0	0–1	1–4		2–0	3–1	0–0	1–3	2–2	0–3	4–1	2–2	1–1	3–0	1–1	0–0	4–1
Everton	0–0	1–3	5–3	1–1	4–1	0–2	2–2		1–3	4–1	4–2	2–3	3–0	4–0	3–4	0–0	7–1	1–1	0–1	2–1
Liverpool	3–6	3–0	4–3	2–1	2–1	3–0	3–3	0–5		3–2	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–2	2–1	2–1	7–2	2–1	3–1
Manchester City	1–0	1–3	2–1	4–1	2–3	1–0	2–1	0–1	1–1		1–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–0	2–1	4–0	4–0
Manchester United	1–0	2–0	4–1	1–0	1–2	0–2	2–2	1–2	2–0	0–0		2–2	1–0	2–2	1–3	1–2	3–0	1–1	2–0	0–0
Middlesbrough	1–1	1–4	0–0	3–0	1–3	1–1	3–0	5–1	3–0	1–0	1–1		1–1	1–0	4–1	2–2	2–3	7–5	3–1	2–0
Newcastle United	3–0	2–1	1–2	1–0	1–1	1–2	2–0	0–1	0–0	2–1	2–0	1–2		1–1	1–2	4–3	2–5	4–0	0–0	1–2
Notts County	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	2–0	0–0	3–1	0–2	4–2	5–1	1–0		2–1	3–1	2–1	1–2	1–2	1–1
Oldham Athletic	3–3	3–2	5–3	1–0	6–2	1–2	0–0	1–1	0–2	0–0	1–0	5–1	1–0	2–0		3–0	4–5	4–1	5–2	1–1
Sheffield United	3–0	1–2	3–1	1–1	3–2	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	3–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	3–0		1–1	1–1	0–1	2–0
Sunderland	4–0	5–1	4–3	1–1	3–3	2–1	2–1	0–3	2–2	0–2	1–0	4–1	2–4	3–1	1–2	3–2		5–0	3–1	1–2
Tottenham Hotspur	0–2	0–4	4–2	0–0	3–0	1–3	1–1	1–3	1–1	2–2	2–0	3–3	0–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	0–6		6–1	2–0
The Wednesday	5–2	1–1	7–0	3–3	6–0	0–0	3–2	1–4	2–1	2–1	1–0	3–1	2–1	0–0	2–2	1–1	1–2	3–2		0–0
West Bromwich Albion	2–0	0–0	3–0	3–0	1–0	3–0	2–0	1–2	4–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	2–0	4–1	0–0	1–1	1–2	3–2	0–0

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

Maps

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

Aston Villa Blackburn Rovers Bolton Bradford City Bradford Park Avenue Burnley Chelsea Everton Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Middlesbrough Newcastle Notts County Oldham Sheffield United Sunderland The Wednesday (Sheffield)Tottenham West Bromwich Albion class=notpageimage| Locations of the Football League First Division teams

Second Division

Football league season

Football League
Second Division
Season	1914–15
Champions	Derby County (2nd title)
Failed re-election	Glossop
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,135 (2.99 per match)
Top goalscorer	Joe Lane (Blackpool), 28
Biggest home win	Birmingham – Glossop 11–1 (6 Jan 1915)
Biggest away win	Leicester Fosse – Derby County 0–6 (28 Dec 1914)
Highest scoring	Birmingham – Glossop 11–1 (6 Jan 1915)
← 1913–14 1919–20 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Derby County	38	14	3	2	40	11	9	4	6	31	22	2.152	53	Division Champions, Promoted
2	Preston North End	38	14	4	1	41	16	6	6	7	20	26	1.452	50	Promoted
3	Barnsley	38	16	2	1	31	10	6	1	12	20	41	1.000	47
4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	12	4	3	47	13	7	3	9	30	39	1.481	45
5	Arsenal	38	15	1	3	52	13	4	4	11	17	28	1.683	43	Promoted
6	Birmingham	38	13	3	3	44	13	4	6	9	18	26	1.590	43
7	Hull City	38	12	2	5	36	23	7	3	9	29	31	1.204	43
8	Huddersfield Town	38	12	4	3	36	13	5	4	10	25	29	1.452	42
9	Clapton Orient	38	12	5	2	36	17	4	4	11	14	31	1.042	41
10	Blackpool	38	11	3	5	40	22	6	2	11	18	35	1.018	39
11	Bury	38	11	5	3	39	19	4	3	12	22	37	1.089	38
12	Fulham	38	12	0	7	35	20	3	7	9	18	27	1.128	37
13	Bristol City	38	11	2	6	38	19	4	5	10	24	37	1.107	37
14	Stockport County	38	12	4	3	33	19	3	3	13	21	41	0.900	37
15	Leeds City	38	9	3	7	40	25	5	1	13	25	39	1.016	32
16	Lincoln City	38	9	4	6	29	23	2	5	12	17	42	0.708	31
17	Grimsby Town	38	10	4	5	36	24	1	5	13	12	52	0.632	31
18	Nottingham Forest	38	9	7	3	32	24	1	2	16	11	53	0.558	29
19	Leicester Fosse	38	6	4	9	31	41	4	0	15	16	47	0.534	24	Re-elected
20	Glossop	38	5	5	9	21	33	1	1	17	10	54	0.356	18	Failed re-election

Source:
Notes:

^ Derby County, Preston North End and Arsenal were promoted to First Division after WW I, as the number of teams in both divisions was expanded to 22.
^ The official Football League records originally showed Birmingham in 5th place and Arsenal in 6th place. In 1975 it was discovered that an error in the calculation of Goal Average had been made and the table was corrected.
Glossop failed to be re-elected to the Football League, never to return again, and Stoke were elected in their place at the Football League's AGM in 1915. In March 1919 Coventry City, South Shields, Rotherham County and West Ham United joined the Second Division.

Results

Home \ Away	ARS	BAR	BIR	BLP	BRI	BRY	CLA	DER	FUL	GLP	GRI	HUD	HUL	LEE	LEI	LIN	NOT	PNE	STP	WOL
Arsenal		1–0	1–0	2–0	3–0	3–1	2–1	1–2	3–0	3–0	6–0	0–3	2–1	2–0	6–0	1–1	7–0	1–2	3–1	5–1
Barnsley	1–0		2–1	1–2	2–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–2	2–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	3–1	3–0	2–1	2–0	2–1
Birmingham	3–0	2–0		3–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–2	1–0	11–1	3–0	1–0	2–2	6–3	2–0	2–0	3–0	1–1	0–1	1–2
Blackpool	0–2	1–1	3–1		2–0	3–4	5–1	2–1	2–2	3–0	5–0	3–2	1–2	1–0	1–2	0–0	3–0	0–2	4–2	1–0
Bristol City	1–1	3–1	2–3	2–1		1–0	3–0	2–3	0–0	3–1	7–0	0–1	5–2	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–2	4–0	0–2	0–1
Bury	3–1	1–2	1–3	2–2	2–1		3–0	2–0	1–0	5–0	2–2	3–1	0–1	0–0	3–1	1–1	4–2	0–0	2–1	4–1
Clapton Orient	1–0	4–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–2		0–1	2–1	5–2	2–1	3–1	0–3	2–0	2–0	3–1	0–0	1–1	3–0	1–1
Derby County	4–0	7–0	1–0	5–0	1–0	2–1	0–3		1–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	4–1	1–2	1–0	3–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	3–1
Fulham	0–1	2–0	2–3	0–1	1–2	6–3	4–0	2–0		2–0	2–1	2–3	4–1	1–0	1–0	3–1	2–1	0–2	1–0	0–1
Glossop	0–4	0–1	3–3	1–3	2–1	3–0	3–1	1–1	1–0		0–0	2–2	0–5	0–3	2–3	1–2	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–2
Grimsby Town	1–0	2–3	1–0	2–0	2–3	1–0	2–1	1–2	1–1	1–0		0–0	1–1	2–5	1–0	5–1	4–0	2–2	6–1	1–4
Huddersfield Town	3–0	1–0	0–0	5–0	5–3	0–1	1–1	0–0	2–2	0–1	3–1		1–0	1–0	3–1	0–1	4–0	3–1	2–1	2–0
Hull City	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–3	1–1	3–1	0–1	1–0	2–0	2–0	4–1	0–4		2–6	2–1	6–1	3–1	0–1	1–0	5–1
Leeds City	2–2	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	0–1	3–5	0–1	3–0	5–0	1–0	2–3		7–2	3–1	4–0	0–0	1–3	2–3
Leicester Fosse	1–4	0–1	1–0	2–2	1–3	1–3	1–1	0–6	0–2	3–2	2–0	1–2	1–1	5–1		2–2	3–1	2–3	5–4	0–3
Lincoln City	1–0	3–0	0–1	0–1	3–1	2–3	1–0	0–0	3–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	0–3	0–1	2–3		2–1	3–1	2–2	2–2
Nottingham Forest	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	0–1	1–1	0–1	2–2	2–2	1–0	4–2	3–2	1–0	3–1	1–3	3–2		1–1	1–1	3–1
Preston North End	3–0	5–2	2–0	1–0	4–1	2–0	2–2	1–3	2–1	1–0	3–0	1–1	2–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	2–2		2–0	5–3
Stockport County	1–1	1–2	3–1	0–2	2–2	1–0	2–0	3–2	0–2	2–1	1–1	2–1	3–0	3–1	3–0	1–0	1–0	2–1		2–2
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–0	4–1	0–0	2–0	2–2	1–1	0–0	0–1	2–0	4–0	0–1	4–1	1–2	5–1	7–0	3–1	5–1	2–0	4–1

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

Arsenal Clapton Orient Fulham class=notpageimage| Locations of the Football League Second Division London teams

Arsenal Barnsley Birmingham Blackpool Bristol City Bury Derby County Fulham Grimsby Town Clapton Orient Glossop Huddersfield Hull Leeds C Leicester Fosse Lincoln City Nottingham Forest Preston North End Stockport County Wolverhampton Wanderers class=notpageimage| Locations of the Football League Second Division teams

References

^ "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
"A History Of Admission To The Football League". Retrieved 23 July 2023.

External links

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

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