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1907–08 in English football

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37th season of competitive football in England

Football in England

Season

1907–08

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1908–09 →

The1907–08 season was the 37th season of competitivefootball inEngland.Manchester United were Football League champions for the first time, whileBradford City won the Second Division andWolverhampton Wanderers won the FA Cup. TheHome Championship was shared between England and Scotland.

FA Cup

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Main articles:1907–08 FA Cup and1908 FA Cup Final

Wolverhampton Wanderers won the FA Cup for the second time, beatingNewcastle United 3–1 in the final.

Football League

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Main article:1907–08 Football League

Fulham andOldham Athletic replacedBurslem Port Vale andBurton United in the Football League.

First Division

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Main article:1907–08 Football League § First Division

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Relegation
1	Manchester United(C)	38	23	6	9	81	48	1.688	52
2	Aston Villa	38	17	9	12	77	59	1.305	43
3	Manchester City	38	16	11	11	62	54	1.148	43
4	Newcastle United	38	15	12	11	65	54	1.204	42
5	The Wednesday	38	19	4	15	73	64	1.141	42
6	Middlesbrough	38	17	7	14	54	45	1.200	41
7	Bury	38	14	11	13	58	61	0.951	39
8	Liverpool	38	16	6	16	68	61	1.115	38
9	Nottingham Forest	38	13	11	14	59	62	0.952	37
10	Bristol City	38	12	12	14	58	61	0.951	36
11	Everton	38	15	6	17	58	64	0.906	36
12	Preston North End	38	12	12	14	47	53	0.887	36
13	Chelsea	38	14	8	16	53	62	0.855	36
14	Blackburn Rovers	38	12	12	14	51	63	0.810	36
15	Woolwich Arsenal	38	12	12	14	51	63	0.810	36
16	Sunderland	38	16	3	19	78	75	1.040	35
17	Sheffield United	38	12	11	15	52	58	0.897	35
18	Notts County	38	13	8	17	39	51	0.765	34
19	Bolton Wanderers(R)	38	14	5	19	52	58	0.897	33	Relegation to theSecond Division
20	Birmingham(R)	38	9	12	17	40	60	0.667	30	Relegation to theSecond Division

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

Second Division

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Main article:1907–08 Football League § Second Division

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Bradford City(C, P)	38	24	6	8	90	42	2.143	54	Promotion to theFirst Division
2	Leicester Fosse(P)	38	21	10	7	72	47	1.532	52	Promotion to theFirst Division
3	Oldham Athletic	38	22	6	10	76	42	1.810	50
4	Fulham	38	22	5	11	82	49	1.673	49
5	West Bromwich Albion	38	19	9	10	61	39	1.564	47
6	Derby County	38	21	4	13	77	45	1.711	46
7	Burnley	38	20	6	12	67	50	1.340	46
8	Hull City	38	21	4	13	73	62	1.177	46
9	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	15	7	16	50	45	1.111	37
10	Stoke(R)	38	16	5	17	57	52	1.096	37	Resigned from the league
11	Gainsborough Trinity	38	14	7	17	47	71	0.662	35
12	Leeds City	38	12	8	18	53	65	0.815	32
13	Stockport County	38	12	8	18	48	67	0.716	32
14	Clapton Orient	38	11	10	17	40	65	0.615	32
15	Blackpool	38	11	9	18	51	58	0.879	31
16	Barnsley	38	12	6	20	54	68	0.794	30
17	Glossop	38	11	8	19	54	74	0.730	30
18	Grimsby Town	38	11	8	19	43	71	0.606	30	Re-elected
19	Chesterfield Town	38	6	11	21	46	92	0.500	23	Re-elected
20	Lincoln City(R)	38	9	3	26	46	83	0.554	21	Failed re-election and demoted

Source:^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions;(P) Promoted;(R) Relegated

National team

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TheEngland national football team were joint winners in the1908 British Home Championship.England andScotland shared the trophy, having each beatenWales andIreland in their opening matches before drawing 1–1 with each other in the final game.

England began the strongest side, although all four teams played well in their opening games, both Ireland and Wales running their opponents close. In the second matches however, England and Scotland's quality told, as England beat Wales 7–1 inWrexham and Ireland succumbed 5–0 inDublin.

England followed this tournament by becoming the first Home Nation to play a non-British nation with atour of Central Europe, playing againstAustria twiceHungary andBohemia. In October theEngland amateur team followed this by winning gold in thefootball tournament at the1908 Olympics, held inLondon.

Results

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15 February 1908

Ireland	1–3	England
Denis Hannon	(Summary)	George Hilsdon 2,Vivian Woodward

Solitude Ground,Belfast

Attendance: 22,600

Referee:Thomas Robertson (Scotland)

16 March 1908

Wales	1–7	England
Billy Davies	(Summary)	Vivian Woodward 3,George Hilsdon 2,Jimmy Windridge,Billy Wedlock

Racecourse Ground,Wrexham

Attendance: 7,000

Referee:David Phillips (Scotland)

4 April 1908

Scotland	1–1	England
Andrew Wilson	(Summary)	Jimmy Windridge

Hampden Park,Glasgow

Attendance: 121,452^[1]

Referee:James Mason (England)

European tour

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England undertook their first matches against opposition outside theHome Nations, with a summer tour of four games against Central European opposition.

Players

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The players chosen for the tour were:

Name	Position	Club	Appearances	Goals
Horace Bailey	GK	Leicester Fosse	4	0
Frank Bradshaw	CF	Sheffield Wednesday	1	3
Arthur Bridgett	LW	Sunderland	4	2
Walter Corbett	CB	Birmingham City	3	0
Bob Crompton	RB	Blackburn Rovers	4	0
Robert Hawkes	LH	Luton Town	4	0
George Hilsdon	CF	Chelsea	3	8
Jesse Pennington	LB	West Bromwich Albion	1	0
Jock Rutherford	RW	Newcastle United	4	3
Ben Warren	RH	Derby County	4	1
Billy Wedlock	CH	Bristol City	4	0
Jimmy Windridge	FW	Chelsea	4	5
Vivian Woodward^[2]	FW	Tottenham Hotspur	4	6

Key

GK —Goalkeeper
RB —Right back
LB —Left back
CB —Centre back
CH —Centre half
LH —Left half
RH —Right half
RW —Right winger
LW —Left winger
FW —Forward
CF —Centre forward

Match details

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6 June 1908

Austria	1–6	England
Wilhelm Schmieger	(Summary)	George Hilsdon 2,Jimmy Windridge 2,Arthur Bridgett,Vivian Woodward

Cricketer Platz,Vienna

Attendance: 3,500

Referee:Christiaan J Groothoff (Netherlands)

8 June 1908

Austria	1–11	England
Friedrich Hirschl	(Summary)	Vivian Woodward 4,Frank Bradshaw 3,Arthur Bridgett,Ben Warren,Jock Rutherford,Jimmy Windridge

Hohe Warte Stadium,Vienna

Attendance: 5,000

Referee:Ede Herczog (Hungary)

10 June 1908

Hungary	0–7	England
	(Summary)	George Hilsdon 4,Jock Rutherford,Jimmy Windridge,Vivian Woodward

Millenáris Sporttelep,Budapest

Attendance: 6,500

Referee:Hugo Meisl (Austria)

13 June 1908

Bohemia	0–4	England
	(Summary)	George Hilsdon 2 (1P),Jock Rutherford,Jimmy Windridge

Letná stadium,Prague

Attendance: 12,000

Referee:John Lewis (England)

Footnotes

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^New world record attendance.
^Captain

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