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1908–09 in English football

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38th season of competitive football in England

Football in England

Season

1908–09

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The1908–09 season was the 38th season of competitivefootball inEngland.

Overview

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Tottenham Hotspur played their first ever season in the Football League, gaining promotion to the First Division in the process. Spurs, along withBradford Park Avenue entered the Second Division to replaceLincoln City andStoke.^{[citation needed]}

This year started a new competition: the Charity Shield; a match between the champion of the Professional League vs. the champion of the Amateur League. The first championship went toManchester United, in a replayed final againstQueens Park Rangers.^{[citation needed]}

Events

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5 December 1908–Sunderland defeatNewcastle United 9-1, after the game was tied 1-1 at half-time. This is the joint biggest away victory in the top division in Football League history. The win was even more remarkable as Newcastle were league champions that season winning the title by 7 points from Everton, conceding only 41 goals all season.^[1]

Honours

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Competition	Winner
First Division	Newcastle United (3)
Second Division	Bolton Wanderers
FA Cup	Manchester United (1)
Charity Shield	Manchester United
Home Championship	England

Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition

League tables

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First Division

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Main article:1908–09 Football League § First Division

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Relegation
1	Newcastle United(C)	38	24	5	9	65	41	1.585	53
2	Everton	38	18	10	10	82	57	1.439	46
3	Sunderland	38	21	2	15	78	63	1.238	44
4	Blackburn Rovers	38	14	13	11	61	50	1.220	41
5	The Wednesday	38	17	6	15	67	61	1.098	40
6	Woolwich Arsenal	38	14	10	14	52	49	1.061	38
7	Aston Villa	38	14	10	14	58	56	1.036	38
8	Bristol City	38	13	12	13	45	58	0.776	38
9	Middlesbrough	38	14	9	15	59	53	1.113	37
10	Preston North End	38	13	11	14	48	44	1.091	37
11	Chelsea	38	14	9	15	56	61	0.918	37
12	Sheffield United	38	14	9	15	51	59	0.864	37
13	Manchester United	38	15	7	16	58	68	0.853	37
14	Nottingham Forest	38	14	8	16	66	57	1.158	36
15	Notts County	38	14	8	16	51	48	1.063	36
16	Liverpool	38	15	6	17	57	65	0.877	36
17	Bury	38	14	8	16	63	77	0.818	36
18	Bradford City	38	12	10	16	47	47	1.000	34
19	Manchester City(R)	38	15	4	19	67	69	0.971	34	Relegation to theSecond Division
20	Leicester Fosse(R)	38	8	9	21	54	102	0.529	25	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:1908–09 Football League § Second Division

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Bolton Wanderers(C, P)	38	24	4	10	59	28	2.107	52	Promotion to theFirst Division
2	Tottenham Hotspur(P)	38	20	11	7	67	32	2.094	51	Promotion to theFirst Division
3	West Bromwich Albion	38	19	13	6	56	27	2.074	51
4	Hull City	38	19	6	13	63	39	1.615	44
5	Derby County	38	16	11	11	55	41	1.341	43
6	Oldham Athletic	38	17	6	15	55	43	1.279	40
7	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	14	11	13	56	48	1.167	39
8	Glossop	38	15	8	15	57	53	1.075	38
9	Gainsborough Trinity	38	15	8	15	49	70	0.700	38
10	Fulham	38	13	11	14	58	48	1.208	37
11	Birmingham	38	14	9	15	58	61	0.951	37
12	Leeds City	38	14	7	17	43	53	0.811	35
13	Grimsby Town	38	14	7	17	41	54	0.759	35
14	Burnley	38	13	7	18	51	58	0.879	33
15	Clapton Orient	38	12	9	17	37	49	0.755	33
16	Bradford (Park Avenue)	38	13	6	19	51	59	0.864	32
17	Barnsley	38	11	10	17	48	57	0.842	32
18	Stockport County	38	14	3	21	39	71	0.549	31
19	Chesterfield Town(R)	38	11	8	19	37	67	0.552	30	Failed re-election and demoted
20	Blackpool	38	9	11	18	46	68	0.676	29	Re-elected

Source:^[2]
(C) Champions;(P) Promoted;(R) Relegated

National team

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TheEngland national football team had a very successful season, with victory in the1909 British Home Championship due to a whitewash of the otherHome Nations and three heavy victories during a tour of Central Europe for the second year running.

Name	Position	Club	Appearances	Goals
Arthur Bridgett	LW	Sunderland	3	1
Bob Crompton	RB	Blackburn Rovers	3	0
Harold Fleming	FW	Swindon Town	2	3
Harold Halse	FW	Manchester United	1	2
Sam Hardy	GK	Liverpool	3	0
George Holley	FW	Sunderland	3	4
Evelyn Lintott	LH	Bradford City	2	0
Jesse Pennington	LB	West Bromwich Albion	3	0
Fred Pentland	RW	Middlesbrough	3	0
George Richards	LH	Derby County	1	0
Ben Warren	RH	Chelsea	3	1
Billy Wedlock	CH	Bristol City	3	0
Vivian Woodward^[3]	CF	Tottenham Hotspur	3	9

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Overview

Events

Honours

League tables

First Division

Second Division

National team

Results

European tour

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