1914–15 Football League

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 →

Football League
First Division
Season	1914–15
Champions	Everton (2nd English title)
Relegated	Tottenham Hotspur
FA Cup winners	Sheffield United (3rd FA Cup title)
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,201 (3.16 per match)
Top goalscorer	Bobby Parker (Everton), 35
Biggest home win	The Wednesday – Bolton Wanderers 7–0 (1 Mar 1915)
Biggest away win	Aston Villa – Bolton Wanderers 1–7 (26 Dec 1914); Tottenham Hotspur – Sunderland 0–6 (19 Dec 1914)
Highest scoring	Middlesbrough –Tottenham Hotspur 7–5 (13 Feb 1915)
	← 1913–14 1919–20 →

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[]

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.

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[]

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Everton	38	8	5	6	44	29	11	3	5	32	18	1.617	46	League Champions
2	Oldham Athletic	38	11	5	3	46	25	6	6	7	24	31	1.250	45
3	Blackburn Rovers	38	11	4	4	51	27	7	3	9	32	34	1.361	43
4	Burnley	38	12	1	6	38	18	6	6	7	23	29	1.298	43
5	Manchester City	38	9	7	3	29	15	6	6	7	20	24	1.256	43
6	Sheffield United	38	11	5	3	28	13	4	8	7	21	28	1.195	43	FA Cup Winners
7	The Wednesday	38	10	7	2	43	23	5	6	8	18	31	1.130	43
8	Sunderland	38	11	3	5	46	30	7	2	10	35	42	1.125	41
9	Bradford Park Avenue	38	11	4	4	40	20	6	3	10	29	45	1.062	41
10	West Bromwich Albion	38	11	5	3	31	9	4	5	10	18	34	1.140	40
11	Bradford City	38	11	7	1	40	18	2	7	10	15	31	1.122	40
12	Middlesbrough	38	10	6	3	42	24	3	6	10	20	50	0.838	38
13	Liverpool	38	11	5	3	45	34	3	4	12	20	41	0.867	37
14	Aston Villa	38	10	5	4	39	32	3	6	10	23	40	0.861	37
15	Newcastle United	38	8	4	7	29	23	3	6	10	17	25	0.958	32
16	Notts County	38	8	7	4	28	18	1	6	12	13	39	0.719	31
17	Bolton Wanderers	38	8	5	6	35	27	3	3	13	33	57	0.810	30
18	Manchester United	38	8	6	5	27	19	1	6	12	19	43	0.742	30
19	Chelsea^[a]	38	8	6	5	32	25	0	7	12	19	40	0.785	29
20	Tottenham Hotspur^[b]	38	7	7	5	30	29	1	5	13	27	61	0.633	28	Relegated

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ Chelsea remained in the First Division after World War 1, as the number of teams in both divisions was expanded to 22.
^ Tottenham Hotspur were relegated to the Second Division after WW I.

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: [1]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps[]

Chelsea

Tottenham

Locations of the Football League First Division London teams

Bolton

Bradford Park Avenue

Liverpool

Middlesbrough

Newcastle

The Wednesday (Sheffield)

Tottenham

West Bromwich Albion

Locations of the Football League First Division teams

Second Division[]

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^[a]
2	Preston North End	38	14	4	1	41	16	6	6	7	20	26	1.452	50	Promoted^[a]
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^[b]	38	15	1	3	52	13	4	4	11	17	28	1.683	43^[c]	Promoted^[a]
6	Birmingham	38	13	3	3	44	13	4	6	9	18	26	1.590	43^[c]
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	Re-elected
19	Leicester Fosse	38	6	4	9	31	41	4	0	15	16	47	0.534	24	Re-elected
20	Glossop^[d]	38	5	5	9	21	33	1	1	17	10	54	0.356	18	Failed re-election

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c 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.
^ It is said that Sir Henry Norris arranged for the Arsenal's promotion back to the First Division, in controversial circumstances.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b 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. A resurrected Stoke, along with Coventry City, South Shields, Rotherham County and West Ham United joined the Second Division after the war.

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

Locations of the Football League Second Division London teams

Birmingham

Bury

Grimsby Town

Hull

Leicester Fosse

Nottingham Forest

Stockport County

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Locations of the Football League Second Division teams

References[]

^ "England 1914-15". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 5 February 2010. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 31 October 2010.

External links[]

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

[table_note_CHL0.58487478764023-4] Chelsea remained in the First Division after World War 1, as the number of teams in both divisions was expanded to 22.

[table_note_TOT0.58487478764023-5] Tottenham Hotspur were relegated to the Second Division after WW I.

[table_note_res_P0.20752165289946-6] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c 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.

[7] It is said that Sir Henry Norris arranged for the Arsenal's promotion back to the First Division, in controversial circumstances.

[table_hth_BIR0.20752165289946-8] Jump up to: ^a ^b 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.

[table_note_GLP0.20752165289946-9] Glossop failed to be re-elected to the Football League, never to return again. A resurrected Stoke, along with Coventry City, South Shields, Rotherham County and West Ham United joined the Second Division after the war.

[rsssf-1] "England 1914-15". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 5 February 2010. Retrieved 24 February 2010.

[Rothmans-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.

[topscorers-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 31 October 2010.

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1914–15 Football League

Contents

Final league tables[]

First Division[]

Results[]

Maps[]

Second Division[]

Results[]

Maps[]

See also[]

References[]

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