| Season | 1906–07 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Newcastle United |
| Relegated | Burton United |
| Resigned | Burslem Port Vale |
1907–08 → | |
The1906–07 season was the 19th season ofThe Football League.
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.
| Season | 1906–07 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Newcastle United 2ndEnglish title |
| Relegated | Derby County Stoke |
| Matches | 380 |
| Goals | 1,148 (3.02 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Alex Young (30 goals)[1] |
| Biggest home win | Everton 9–1Manchester City (3 September 1906) |
| Biggest away win | Manchester City 1–4Woolwich Arsenal (1 September 1906) Sheffield United 1–4Manchester City (23 March 1907) |
| Highest scoring | Everton 9–1Manchester City (3 September 1906) Sunderland 5–5Liverpool (19 January 1907) |
| Longest winning run | 6 matches Everton |
| Longest unbeaten run | 13 matches Bristol City |
| Longest losing run | 5 matches Bury Derby County Liverpool Preston North End The Wednesday |
| Highest attendance | 60,000 Birmingham 3–2Aston Villa (19 January 1907) |
| Lowest attendance | 1,000 Manchester United 2–0Sunderland (25 March 1907) |
| Average attendance | 16,294 |
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Newcastle United(C) | 38 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 74 | 46 | 1.609 | 51 | |
| 2 | Bristol City | 38 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 66 | 47 | 1.404 | 48 | |
| 3 | Everton | 38 | 20 | 5 | 13 | 70 | 46 | 1.522 | 45 | |
| 4 | Sheffield United | 38 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 57 | 55 | 1.036 | 45 | |
| 5 | Aston Villa | 38 | 19 | 6 | 13 | 78 | 52 | 1.500 | 44 | |
| 6 | Bolton Wanderers | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 59 | 47 | 1.255 | 44 | |
| 7 | Woolwich Arsenal | 38 | 20 | 4 | 14 | 66 | 59 | 1.119 | 44 | |
| 8 | Manchester United | 38 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 53 | 56 | 0.946 | 42 | |
| 9 | Birmingham | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 52 | 52 | 1.000 | 38 | |
| 10 | Sunderland | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 65 | 66 | 0.985 | 37 | |
| 11 | Middlesbrough | 38 | 15 | 6 | 17 | 56 | 63 | 0.889 | 36 | |
| 12 | Blackburn Rovers | 38 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 56 | 59 | 0.949 | 35 | |
| 13 | The Wednesday | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 49 | 60 | 0.817 | 35 | |
| 14 | Preston North End | 38 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 44 | 57 | 0.772 | 35 | |
| 15 | Liverpool | 38 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 64 | 65 | 0.985 | 33 | |
| 16 | Bury | 38 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 58 | 68 | 0.853 | 32 | |
| 17 | Manchester City | 38 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 53 | 77 | 0.688 | 32 | |
| 18 | Notts County | 38 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 46 | 50 | 0.920 | 31 | |
| 19 | Derby County(R) | 38 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 41 | 59 | 0.695 | 27 | Relegation to theSecond Division |
| 20 | Stoke(R) | 38 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 41 | 64 | 0.641 | 26 |
| Home \ Away | AST | BIR | BLB | BOL | BRI | BRY | DER | EVE | LIV | MCI | MUN | MID | NEW | NTC | PNE | SHU | STK | SUN | WED | WOO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aston Villa | 4–1 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 8–1 | 2–2 | |
| Birmingham | 3–2 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | |
| Blackburn Rovers | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–4 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | |
| Bolton Wanderers | 1–2 | 2–3 | 5–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 6–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | |
| Bristol City | 2–4 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | |
| Bury | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 4–1 | |
| Derby County | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | |
| Everton | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 9–1 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | |
| Liverpool | 5–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 5–4 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 6–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 4–0 | |
| Manchester City | 4–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–4 | |
| Manchester United | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | |
| Middlesbrough | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 5–3 | |
| Newcastle United | 3–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 1–0 | |
| Notts County | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | |
| Preston North End | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | |
| Sheffield United | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 4–2 | |
| Stoke | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | |
| Sunderland | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 3–5 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 5–5 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | |
| The Wednesday | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | |
| Woolwich Arsenal | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Season | 1906–07 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Nottingham Forest (1st title) |
| Failed re-election | Burton United |
| Matches | 380 |
| Goals | 1,155 (3.04 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Fred Shinton (West Bromwich Albion), 28[1] |
| Biggest home win | Chelsea–Glossop 9–2 (1 Sept 1906) |
| Biggest away win | Lincoln City –Chelsea 0–5 (16 Feb 1907) |
| Highest scoring | Chelsea–Glossop 9–2 (1 Sept 1906) |
| Longest winning run | 7 matches Nottingham Forest (20 Oct 1906 – 1 Dec 1906) |
| Longest unbeaten run | 17 matches Nottingham Forest (19 Jan 1907 – 24 Apr 1907) |
| Longest losing run | 5 matches Barnsley (8 Sep 1906 – 6 Oct 1906) Lincoln City (10 Nov 1906 – 8 Dec 1906) (1 Apr 1907 – 24 Apr 1907) Leeds City (27 Oct 1906 – 24 Nov 1906) |
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nottingham Forest(C, P) | 38 | 28 | 4 | 6 | 74 | 36 | 2.056 | 60 | Promotion to theFirst Division |
| 2 | Chelsea(P) | 38 | 26 | 5 | 7 | 80 | 34 | 2.353 | 57 | |
| 3 | Leicester Fosse | 38 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 62 | 39 | 1.590 | 48 | |
| 4 | West Bromwich Albion | 38 | 21 | 5 | 12 | 83 | 45 | 1.844 | 47 | |
| 5 | Bradford City | 38 | 21 | 5 | 12 | 70 | 53 | 1.321 | 47 | |
| 6 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 38 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 66 | 53 | 1.245 | 41 | |
| 7 | Burnley | 38 | 17 | 6 | 15 | 62 | 47 | 1.319 | 40 | |
| 8 | Barnsley | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 73 | 55 | 1.327 | 38 | |
| 9 | Hull City | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 65 | 57 | 1.140 | 37 | |
| 10 | Leeds City | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 55 | 63 | 0.873 | 36 | |
| 11 | Grimsby Town | 38 | 16 | 3 | 19 | 57 | 62 | 0.919 | 35 | |
| 12 | Stockport County | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 42 | 52 | 0.808 | 35 | |
| 13 | Blackpool | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 33 | 51 | 0.647 | 33 | |
| 14 | Gainsborough Trinity | 38 | 14 | 5 | 19 | 45 | 72 | 0.625 | 33 | |
| 15 | Glossop | 38 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 53 | 79 | 0.671 | 32 | |
| 16 | Burslem Port Vale(R) | 38 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 60 | 83 | 0.723 | 31 | Resigned from the league |
| 17 | Clapton Orient | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 45 | 67 | 0.672 | 30 | |
| 18 | Chesterfield Town | 38 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 50 | 66 | 0.758 | 29 | Re-elected |
| 19 | Lincoln City | 38 | 12 | 4 | 22 | 46 | 73 | 0.630 | 28 | |
| 20 | Burton United(R) | 38 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 34 | 68 | 0.500 | 23 | Failed re-election and demoted |
| Home \ Away | BAR | BLP | BRA | BRN | BPV | BRT | CHE | CHF | CLA | GAI | GLP | GRI | HUL | LEE | LEI | LIN | NOT | STP | WBA | WOL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barnsley | 3–2 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 6–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 6–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 6–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | |
| Blackpool | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | |
| Bradford City | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 6–3 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–3 | |
| Burnley | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 6–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | |
| Burslem Port Vale | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 4–4 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | |
| Burton United | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–4 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | |
| Chelsea | 2–1 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 7–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 9–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | |
| Chesterfield | 3–2 | 0–1 | 3–4 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 7–0 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 3–2 | |
| Clapton Orient | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | |
| Gainsborough Trinity | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 2–4 | 1–0 | |
| Glossop | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | |
| Grimsby Town | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | |
| Hull City | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 5–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 5–1 | |
| Leeds City | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 1–4 | 4–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 6–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | |
| Leicester Fosse | 2–1 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | |
| Lincoln City | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–5 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–4 | |
| Nottingham Forest | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | |
| Stockport County | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | |
| West Bromwich Albion | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 5–2 | 5–0 | 5–0 | 5–1 | 6–1 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 5–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 6–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 |