The Football League 1914-15
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The 1914–1915 season was the 27th season of The Football League
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First Division
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against;
GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
Second Division
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against;
GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
The Football League
The Football League, also known as the npower Football League for sponsorship reasons, is a league competition featuring professional association football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888, it is the oldest such competition in world football...
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First DivisionFootball League First DivisionThe First Division was a division of The Football League between 1888 and 2004 and the highest division in English football until the creation of the Premier League in 1992. The secondary tier in English football has since become known as the Championship....
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | F | A | GA | GD | Pts | ||||
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| 1 | Everton Everton F.C. Everton Football Club are an English professional association football club from the city of Liverpool. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of English football... |
38 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 44 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 18 | 76 | 47 | 1.617 | + 29 | 46 | ||||
| 2 | Oldham Athletic Oldham Athletic A.F.C. Oldham Athletic Association Football Club is an English association football club based at Boundary Park, on Sheepfoot Lane in Oldham, Greater Manchester. The club currently competes in the Football League One, the third tier of the English league... |
38 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 46 | 25 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 31 | 70 | 56 | 1.250 | + 14 | 45 | ||||
| 3 | Blackburn Rovers Blackburn Rovers F.C. Blackburn Rovers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire. The team currently competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football.... |
38 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 51 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 32 | 34 | 83 | 61 | 1.361 | + 22 | 43 | ||||
| 4 | Burnley Burnley F.C. Burnley Football Club are a professional English Football League club based in Burnley, Lancashire. Nicknamed the Clarets, due to the dominant colour of their home shirts, they were founder members of the Football League in 1888... |
38 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 38 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 29 | 61 | 47 | 1.298 | + 14 | 43 | ||||
| 5 | Manchester City Manchester City F.C. Manchester City Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Manchester. Founded in 1880 as St. Mark's , they became Ardwick Association Football Club in 1887 and Manchester City in 1894... |
38 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 29 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 24 | 49 | 39 | 1.256 | + 10 | 43 | ||||
| 6 | Sheffield United Sheffield United F.C. Sheffield United Football Club is a professional English football club based in the city of Sheffield, South Yorkshire.They were the first sporting team to use the name 'United' and are nicknamed 'The Blades', thanks to Sheffield's worldwide reputation for steel production... |
38 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 49 | 41 | 1.195 | + 8 | 43 | ||||
| 7 | The Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday F.C. Sheffield Wednesday Football Club are a football club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, who are currently competing in the Football League One in the 2011-12 season, in England. Sheffield Wednesday are one of the oldest professional clubs in the world and the fourth oldest in the... |
38 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 43 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 31 | 61 | 54 | 1.130 | + 7 | 43 | ||||
| 8 | Sunderland Sunderland A.F.C. Sunderland Association Football Club is an English association football club based in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear who currently play in the Premier League... |
38 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 46 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 35 | 42 | 81 | 72 | 1.125 | + 9 | 41 | ||||
| 9 | Bradford Park Avenue | 38 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 40 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 29 | 45 | 69 | 65 | 1.062 | + 4 | 41 | ||||
| 10 | West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion F.C. West Bromwich Albion Football Club, also known as West Brom, The Baggies, The Throstles, Albion or WBA, are an English Premier League association football club based in West Bromwich in the West Midlands... |
38 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 34 | 49 | 43 | 1.140 | + 6 | 40 | ||||
| 11 | Bradford City | 38 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 40 | 18 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 31 | 55 | 49 | 1.122 | + 6 | 40 | ||||
| 12 | Middlesbrough Middlesbrough F.C. Middlesbrough Football Club , also known as Boro, are an English football club based in Middlesbrough, who play in the Football League Championship. Formed in 1876, they have played at the Riverside Stadium since August 1995, their third ground since turning professional in 1889... |
38 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 42 | 24 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 50 | 62 | 74 | 0.838 | – 12 | 38 | ||||
| 13 | Liverpool Liverpool F.C. Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups... |
38 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 45 | 34 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 20 | 41 | 65 | 75 | 0.867 | – 10 | 37 | ||||
| 14 | Aston Villa Aston Villa F.C. Aston Villa Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Witton, Birmingham. The club was founded in 1874 and have played at their current home ground, Villa Park, since 1897. Aston Villa were founder members of The Football League in 1888. They were also founder... |
38 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 39 | 32 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 40 | 62 | 72 | 0.861 | – 10 | 37 | ||||
| 15 | Newcastle United Newcastle United F.C. Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End, and has played at its current home ground, St James' Park, since the merger... |
38 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 29 | 23 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 25 | 46 | 48 | 0.958 | – 2 | 32 | ||||
| 16 | Notts County Notts County F.C. Notts County Football Club are an English professional football club based in Nottingham. They are the oldest of all the clubs in the world that are now professional, having been formed in 1862. They currently play in League One of The Football League, the third tier of the English football system... |
38 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 28 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 39 | 41 | 57 | 0.719 | – 16 | 31 | ||||
| 17 | Bolton Wanderers Bolton Wanderers F.C. Bolton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the area of Horwich in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester. They began their current spell in the Premier League in 2001.... |
38 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 35 | 27 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 33 | 57 | 68 | 84 | 0.810 | – 16 | 30 | ||||
| 18 | Manchester United Manchester United F.C. Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.The 1958... |
38 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 43 | 46 | 62 | 0.742 | – 16 | 30 | ||||
| 19 | Chelsea Chelsea F.C. Chelsea Football Club are an English football club based in West London. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier of English football. Chelsea have been English champions four times, FA Cup winners six times and League Cup winners four... |
38 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 32 | 25 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 40 | 51 | 65 | 0.785 | – 14 | 29 | ||||
| 20 | Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English Premier League football club based in Tottenham, north London. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane.... |
38 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 30 | 29 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 27 | 61 | 57 | 90 | 0.633 | – 33 | 28 |
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against;
GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
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| League Champions | |
| FA Cup Winners | |
| Relegated |
First Division Results
Second DivisionFootball League Second DivisionFrom 1892 until 1992, the Football League Second Division was the second highest division overall in English football.This ended with the creation of the FA Premier League, prior to the start of the 1992–93 season, which caused an administrative split between The Football League and the teams...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | F | A | GA | GD | Pts | ||||
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| 1 | Derby County Derby County F.C. Derby County Football Club is an English football based in Derby. the club play in the Football League Championship and is notable as being one of the twelve founder members of the Football League in 1888 and is, therefore, one of only ten clubs to have competed in every season of the English... |
38 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 40 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 31 | 22 | 71 | 33 | 2.152 | + 38 | 53 | ||||
| 2 | Preston North End Preston North End F.C. Preston North End Football Club is an English professional football club located in the Deepdale area of the city of Preston, Lancashire, currently playing in the third tier of English league football, League One... |
38 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 41 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 26 | 61 | 42 | 1.452 | + 19 | 50 | ||||
| 3 | Barnsley Barnsley F.C. Barnsley Football Club are a professional English football club based in the town of Barnsley, South Yorkshire. Nicknamed the Tykes, they were founded in 1887 under the name Barnsley St. Peter's... |
38 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 20 | 41 | 51 | 51 | 1.000 | ± 0 | 47 | ||||
| 4 | Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club that represents the city of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands region. They are members of the Premier League, the highest level of English football. The club was founded in 1877 and since 1889 has played at... |
38 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 47 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 30 | 39 | 77 | 52 | 1.481 | + 25 | 45 | ||||
| 5 | Arsenal Arsenal F.C. Arsenal Football Club is a professional English Premier League football club based in North London. One of the most successful clubs in English football, it has won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups... |
38 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 52 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 69 | 41 | 1.683 | + 28 | 43 | ||||
| 6 | Birmingham Birmingham City F.C. Birmingham City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, they became Small Heath in 1888, then Birmingham in 1905, finally becoming Birmingham City in 1943.They were relegated at the end of the... |
38 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 44 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 26 | 62 | 39 | 1.590 | + 23 | 43 | ||||
| 7 | Hull City Hull City A.F.C. Hull City Association Football Club is an English association football club based in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, founded in 1904. The club participates in the Football League Championship, the second tier of English football... |
38 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 36 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 29 | 31 | 65 | 54 | 1.204 | + 11 | 43 | ||||
| 8 | Huddersfield Town Huddersfield Town F.C. Huddersfield Town Football Club is an English football club formed in 1908 and based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. They currently play in League One... |
38 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 36 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 25 | 29 | 61 | 42 | 1.452 | + 19 | 42 | ||||
| 9 | Clapton Orient Leyton Orient F.C. Leyton Orient F.C. are an English professional football club in East London. They currently play in Football League One and are known to their fans as the O's.Leyton Orient have spent one season in the top flight of English football, in 1962–63... |
38 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 36 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 31 | 50 | 48 | 1.042 | + 2 | 41 | ||||
| 10 | Blackpool Blackpool F.C. Blackpool Football Club are an English football club founded in 1887 from the Lancashire seaside town of Blackpool. They are competing in the 2011–12 season of the The Championship, the second tier of professional football in England, having been relegated from the Premier League at the end of the... |
38 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 40 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 18 | 35 | 58 | 57 | 1.018 | + 1 | 39 | ||||
| 11 | Bury Bury F.C. Bury Football Club is an association football team based in Bury, Greater Manchester. The team currently play in League One. The club's nickname is The Shakers which was bestowed upon them by club chairman JT Ingham, an industrialist and ironmonger of the late 1890s.-Formation of the club and the... |
38 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 39 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 22 | 37 | 61 | 56 | 1.089 | + 5 | 38 | ||||
| 12 | Fulham Fulham F.C. Fulham Football Club is a professional English Premier League club based in southwest London Fulham, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. Founded in 1879, they play in the Premier League, their 11th current season... |
38 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 35 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 53 | 47 | 1.128 | + 6 | 37 | ||||
| 13 | Bristol City Bristol City F.C. Bristol City Football Club is one of two football league clubs in Bristol, England . They play at Ashton Gate, located in the south-west of the City... |
38 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 38 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 24 | 37 | 62 | 56 | 1.107 | + 6 | 37 | ||||
| 14 | Stockport County Stockport County F.C. Stockport County Football Club is an English football club based in Stockport, Greater Manchester. The club formed in 1883 as Heaton Norris Rovers, shortly afterwards merging with Heaton Norris F.C., and adopted the current name on 24 May 1890 on the creation of the County Borough of Stockport... |
38 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 33 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 21 | 41 | 54 | 60 | 0.900 | – 6 | 37 | ||||
| 15 | Leeds City | 38 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 40 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 25 | 39 | 65 | 64 | 1.016 | + 1 | 32 | ||||
| 16 | Lincoln City Lincoln City F.C. Lincoln City Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Lincoln, Lincolnshire. The club are currently members of the Conference National in 2011–12 following relegation from the Football League.... |
38 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 29 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 42 | 46 | 65 | 0.708 | – 19 | 31 | ||||
| 17 | Grimsby Town Grimsby Town F.C. Grimsby Town Football Club is an English football club based in the seaside town of Cleethorpes, in North East Lincolnshire, England, who compete in the Conference National. They were formed in 1878 as Grimsby Pelham and later became Grimsby Town... |
38 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 24 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 52 | 48 | 76 | 0.632 | – 28 | 31 | ||||
| 18 | Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest F.C. Nottingham Forest Football Club is an English Association Football club based in West Bridgford, Nottingham, that plays in the Football League Championship... |
38 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 32 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 53 | 43 | 77 | 0.558 | – 34 | 29 | ||||
| 19 | Leicester Fosse Leicester City F.C. Leicester City Football Club , also known as The Foxes, is an English professional football club based at the King Power Stadium in Leicester... |
38 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 31 | 41 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 16 | 47 | 47 | 88 | 0.534 | – 41 | 24 | ||||
| 20 | Glossop Glossop North End A.F.C. Glossop North End A.F.C. are an English football club based in Glossop, Derbyshire. Former members of the Football League, they are currently in the North West Counties League and are members of the Derbyshire County Football Association. They play their home matches at Surrey Street, which has a... |
38 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 54 | 31 | 87 | 0.356 | – 56 | 18 |
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against;
GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
| Key | |
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| Division Champions | |
| Promoted | |
| New club in the league (none) | |
| Re-elected | |
| Failed re-election |
Second Division Results
See also
- 1914-15 in English football1914-15 in English footballThe 1914–15 season was the 44th season of competitive football in England.-Overview:The 1914 Charity Shield was not contested due to suspension of football during World War I-Events:...
- 1914 in association football
- 1915 in association football
External links
- Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.