1901–02 Football League

The 1901–02 season was the 14th season of The Football League.

The Football League
Season1901–02
ChampionsSunderland
Relegatednone
New Clubs in LeagueBristol City,
Doncaster Rovers

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.

During the first five seasons of the league, that is until the season 1893–94, 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.[2]

First Division
Football League
First Division
Season1901–02
ChampionsSunderland (4th English title)
RelegatedManchester City
Small Heath
FA Cup winnersSheffield United (2nd FA Cup title)
Matches played306
Goals scored840 (2.75 per match)
Top goalscorerJimmy Settle (Everton), 18
Biggest home winNewcastle –Notts County 8–0 (26 Oct 1901)
Biggest away winBlackburn –Manchester City 1–4 (12 Apr 1902)
Manchester City –Birmingham 1–4 (14 Sept 1901)
Sheffield United –Birmingham 1–4 (15 Feb 1902)
0–3: five different matches
Highest scoringNewcastle –Notts County 8–0 (26 Oct 1901)
Notts County –Wolverhampton 5–3 (28 Mar 1902)
Longest winning run5 matches
Nottingham Forest (18 Jan 1902 – 19 Mar 1902)
Longest unbeaten run10 matches
Sunderland (23 Nov 1901 – 15 Feb 1902)
Longest losing run5 matches
Manchester City F.C. (2 Sep 1901 – 12 Oct 1902)
Highest attendance50,000
Aston Villa - Birmingham City (26 Dec 1901)
Lowest attendance2,000
Blackburn Rovers -Bolton Wanderers (7 Dec 1901)
Wolverhampton Wanderers - Newcastle (10 Mar 1902)
Nottingham Forest - Newcastle (19 Mar 1902)
Derby County - Sunderland (5 Apr 1902)
The Wednesday - Everton (5 Apr 1902)
Bury - Wolverhampton Wanderers (12 Apr 1902)
Blackburn Rovers - Derby County (19 Apr 1902)
Average attendance11,209
Pos Team Pld HW HD HL HGF HGA AW AD AL AGF AGA GR Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Sunderland 34 12 3 2 32 14 7 3 7 18 21 1.429 44 League Champions
2 Everton 34 11 2 4 31 11 6 5 6 22 24 1.514 41
3 Newcastle United 34 11 3 3 41 14 3 6 8 7 20 1.412 37
4 Blackburn Rovers 34 12 2 3 36 16 3 4 10 16 32 1.083 36
5 Nottingham Forest 34 11 4 2 32 13 2 5 10 11 30 1.000 35
6 Derby County 34 11 5 1 26 10 2 4 11 13 31 0.951 35
7 Bury 34 11 5 1 31 9 2 3 12 13 29 1.158 34
8 Aston Villa 34 9 5 3 27 13 4 3 10 15 27 1.050 34
9 The Wednesday 34 9 5 3 30 14 4 3 10 18 38 0.923 34
10 Sheffield United 34 10 5 2 38 13 3 2 12 15 35 1.104 33 FA Cup Winners
11 Liverpool 34 8 3 6 28 16 2 9 6 14 22 1.105 32
12 Bolton Wanderers 34 10 6 1 38 17 2 2 13 13 39 0.911 32
13 Notts County 34 12 2 3 44 19 2 2 13 7 38 0.895 32
14 Wolverhampton Wanderers 34 12 3 2 32 13 1 3 13 14 44 0.807 32
15 Grimsby Town 34 11 3 3 33 16 2 3 12 11 44 0.733 32
16 Stoke 34 10 4 3 31 12 1 5 11 14 43 0.818 31
17 Small Heath 34 8 5 4 31 14 3 3 11 16 31 1.044 30 Relegated
18 Manchester City 34 10 3 4 28 17 1 3 13 14 41 0.724 28
Source:

Results
Home \ Away AST BLB BOL BRY DER EVE GRI LIV MCI NEW NOT NTC SHU SMH STK SUN WED WOL
Aston Villa 1–1 1–0 2–0 3–2 1–1 4–1 0–1 2–2 0–0 3–0 2–0 1–2 1–0 0–0 0–1 4–1 2–1
Blackburn Rovers 4–0 2–0 0–3 3–1 3–1 2–0 1–1 1–4 0–0 1–0 4–2 2–1 3–1 6–1 0–1 2–0 2–0
Bolton Wanderers 2–2 4–0 2–2 2–1 1–3 4–0 1–0 3–3 3–1 3–0 1–1 1–0 4–0 2–1 0–0 3–1 2–2
Bury 0–0 2–0 2–2 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 3–0 4–0 1–1 3–0 1–2 2–0 4–2 1–0 2–0 2–1
Derby County 1–0 1–1 1–2 1–0 3–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 3–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–2 3–1
Everton 2–3 0–2 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 4–0 3–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 5–0 6–1
Grimsby Town 4–1 2–1 4–1 2–0 1–1 0–2 1–1 3–2 3–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–2 3–3 3–1 3–0
Liverpool 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–2 2–2 2–2 4–0 0–1 0–2 0–1 1–0 3–1 7–0 0–1 1–2 4–1
Manchester City 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 2–0 3–0 2–3 2–0 3–1 1–0 4–0 1–4 2–2 0–3 0–3 3–0
Newcastle United 2–1 0–3 4–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 5–1 1–0 3–0 3–0 8–0 1–1 2–0 5–1 0–1 2–1 3–1
Nottingham Forest 1–1 3–0 4–1 2–1 3–1 4–0 0–1 1–1 3–1 0–2 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 2–0
Notts County 0–3 3–0 2–1 2–1 3–2 0–2 3–0 2–2 2–0 0–2 3–0 4–0 6–1 1–1 2–0 6–1 5–3
Sheffield United 6–0 4–1 2–0 3–1 3–0 0–0 2–2 2–1 5–0 1–0 2–2 3–0 1–4 1–1 0–1 3–0 0–0
Small Heath 0–2 2–0 2–0 1–0 5–1 0–1 6–0 0–0 1–0 3–1 1–1 0–0 5–1 1–1 2–3 1–1 1–2
Stoke 1–0 2–2 4–0 1–2 1–1 1–2 2–0 1–0 3–0 0–0 1–1 3–0 3–2 1–0 3–0 1–2 3–0
Sunderland 1–0 3–2 2–1 3–0 1–0 2–4 3–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 4–0 2–1 3–1 1–1 2–0 1–2 2–0
The Wednesday 1–0 0–1 5–1 4–1 2–0 1–1 3–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 0–2 4–0 1–0 1–2 3–1 1–1 1–1
Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–2 3–1 1–2 1–0 0–0 2–1 2–0 3–1 0–0 3–0 2–0 3–1 1–1 2–1 4–1 4–2 1–0
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps
Locations of the Football League First Division teams

Second Division
Football League
Second Division
Season1901–02
ChampionsWest Bromwich Albion (1st title)
Failed re-electionnone
Matches played306
Goals scored885 (2.89 per match)
Top goalscorerChippy Simmons (West Brom), 23 [3]
Biggest home winPreston North End –Lincoln City 8–0 (28 Dec 1901)
Biggest away winBurton United –Lincoln City 0–6 (23 Nov 1901)
Highest scoringBarnsley –Middlesbrough 2–7 (22 Feb 1902)
Longest winning run10 matches
West Bromwich Albion (7 Dec 1901 – 1 Feb 1902)
Longest unbeaten run17 matches
West Bromwich Albion (7 Dec 1901 – 29 Mar 1902)
Longest losing run6 matches
Stockport County (8 Feb 1902 – 22 Mar 1902)
Pos Team Pld HW HD HL HGF HGA AW AD AL AGF AGA GR Pts Promotion
1 West Bromwich Albion 34 14 2 1 52 13 11 3 3 30 16 2.828 55 Division Champions, promoted
2 Middlesbrough 34 15 1 1 58 7 8 4 5 32 17 3.750 51 Promoted
3 Preston North End 34 12 3 2 50 11 6 3 8 21 21 2.219 42
4 Woolwich Arsenal 34 13 2 2 35 9 5 4 8 15 17 1.923 42
5 Lincoln City 34 11 6 0 26 4 3 7 7 19 31 1.286 41
6 Bristol City[lower-alpha 1] 34 13 1 3 39 12 4 5 8 13 23 1.486 40
7 Doncaster Rovers[lower-alpha 1] 34 12 3 2 39 12 1 5 11 10 46 0.845 34
8 Glossop 34 7 6 4 22 15 3 6 8 14 25 0.900 32
9 Burnley 34 9 6 2 30 8 1 4 12 11 37 0.911 30
10 Burton United 34 8 6 3 32 23 3 2 12 14 31 0.852 30
11 Barnsley 34 9 3 5 36 33 3 3 11 15 30 0.810 30
12 Burslem Port Vale 34 7 7 3 26 17 3 2 12 17 42 0.729 29
13 Blackpool 34 9 3 5 27 21 2 4 11 13 35 0.714 29
14 Leicester Fosse 34 11 2 4 26 14 1 3 13 12 42 0.679 29
15 Newton Heath 34 10 2 5 27 12 1 4 12 11 41 0.717 28
16 Chesterfield 34 10 3 4 35 18 1 3 13 12 50 0.691 28 Re-elected
17 Stockport County 34 8 3 6 25 20 0 4 13 11 52 0.500 23
18 Gainsborough Trinity 34 4 9 4 26 25 0 2 15 4 55 0.375 19
Source:
Notes:
  1. New club in the league

Results
Home \ Away BAR BLP BRI BRN BPV BRT CHF DON GAI GLP LEI LIN MID NWH PNE STP WBA WOO
Barnsley 2–0 2–2 2–2 4–0 3–2 3–2 3–0 2–0 1–4 2–3 2–2 2–7 3–2 0–4 3–1 0–2 2–0
Blackpool 2–1 0–2 2–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 3–1 3–0 1–1 4–0 3–0 0–2 2–4 1–4 1–0 2–2 1–3
Bristol City 3–1 3–0 1–0 4–0 0–2 5–2 3–0 4–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 4–0 2–0 3–0 1–2 0–3
Burnley 2–0 2–0 0–1 4–1 0–0 0–0 7–0 6–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–2 1–0 0–3 3–0 0–0 0–0
Burslem Port Vale 2–1 0–1 3–0 1–1 2–1 4–2 2–2 1–1 1–0 3–0 1–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–3 1–0
Burton United 2–1 1–1 2–2 5–2 3–0 0–1 1–1 5–0 1–1 2–0 0–6 3–2 0–0 1–1 3–2 1–3 2–0
Chesterfield 1–2 3–1 1–0 3–0 4–3 3–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 3–3 0–1 0–0 3–0 2–0 8–1 0–3 1–3
Doncaster Rovers 0–1 4–3 3–0 3–0 3–3 2–0 4–1 3–0 1–2 2–1 1–1 0–0 4–0 4–0 2–0 2–0 1–0
Gainsborough Trinity 0–0 3–0 2–0 1–1 2–3 1–4 0–0 4–1 2–1 3–3 2–2 1–4 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–2
Glossop 1–1 3–1 1–2 0–0 0–1 2–1 3–1 3–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 3–1 2–1 1–2 0–1
Leicester Fosse 2–0 1–0 0–1 2–1 0–1 4–0 3–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 3–1 0–2 3–2 1–0 1–1 0–3 2–1
Lincoln City 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 4–0 0–0 3–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 2–1 5–0 1–0 0–0
Middlesbrough 2–1 2–1 2–0 3–0 3–0 5–0 7–1 6–0 3–1 5–0 5–0 0–0 5–0 2–1 6–0 1–2 1–0
Newton Heath 1–0 0–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 3–1 2–0 6–0 3–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–2 0–2 3–3 1–2 0–1
Preston North End 4–0 1–1 0–0 3–1 2–0 1–0 5–0 3–0 4–1 2–2 5–0 8–0 0–3 5–1 4–0 1–2 2–0
Stockport County 2–3 3–1 1–1 1–2 4–2 2–0 3–0 1–2 2–1 0–0 2–0 2–1 1–3 1–0 0–2 0–2 0–0
West Bromwich Albion 3–1 7–2 2–2 3–0 3–1 2–1 4–0 2–2 7–0 0–1 1–0 4–1 2–0 4–0 3–1 3–0 2–1
Woolwich Arsenal 2–1 0–0 2–0 4–0 3–1 0–1 3–2 1–0 5–0 4–0 2–0 2–0 0–3 2–0 0–0 3–0 2–1
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.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps
Locations of the Football League Second Division teams

See also

References
  1. "England 1901-02". 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.

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