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The Football League
Season1906–07
ChampionsNewcastle United
RelegatedBurslem Port Vale
Burton United

The 190607 season was the 19th season of The Football League.

Final league tables

The tables below are reproduced here in the same form that they can be found at the RSSSF website[1] and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79,[2] with home and away statistics separated.[nb 1]

First Division

Football League
First Division
Season1906–07
ChampionsNewcastle United (2nd English title)
RelegatedDerby County,
Stoke
FA Cup winnersThe Wednesday (2nd FA Cup title)
Matches played380
Goals scored1,148 (3.02 per match)
Top goalscorerAlex Young (Everton), 30 [3]
Biggest home winEvertonManchester City 9–1 (3 Sept 1906)
Biggest away winManchester CityWoolwich Arsenal 1–4 (1 Sept 1906)
Sheffield UnitedManchester City 1–4 (23 Mar 1907)
Highest scoringEvertonManchester City 9–1 (3 Sept 1906)
SunderlandLiverpool 5–5 (19 Jan 1907)
Longest winning run6 matches
Everton (29 Sep 1906 – 3 Nov 1906)
Longest unbeaten run13 matches
Bristol City (8 Dec 1906 – 9 Mar 1907)
Longest losing run5 matches
Liverpool (15 Sep 1906 – 13 Oct 1906)
Derby County (17 Nov 1906 – 15 Dec 1906)
Bury (8 Dec 1906 – 26 Dec 1906)
Sheffield Wednesday (19 Jan 1907 – 2 Mar 1907)
Preston North End (2 Feb 1907 – 23 Feb 1907)
Highest attendance60,000
Birmingham - Aston Villa (19 Jan 1907)
Lowest attendance1,000
Manchester United - Sunderland (25 Mar 1907)
Average attendance16,294
Pos Team Pld W D L F A W D L F A F A GA GD Pts
1 Newcastle United 38 18 1 0 51 12 4 6 9 23 34 74 46 1.609 +28 51
2 Bristol City 38 12 3 4 37 18 8 5 6 29 29 66 47 1.404 +19 48
3 Everton 38 16 2 1 50 10 4 3 12 20 36 70 46 1.522 +24 45
4 Sheffield United 38 13 4 2 36 17 4 7 8 21 38 57 55 1.036 +2 45
5 Aston Villa 38 13 4 2 51 19 6 2 11 27 33 78 52 1.500 +26 44
6 Bolton Wanderers 38 10 4 5 35 18 8 4 7 24 29 59 47 1.255 +12 44
7 Woolwich Arsenal 38 15 1 3 38 15 5 3 11 28 44 66 59 1.119 +7 44
8 Manchester United 38 10 6 3 33 15 7 2 10 20 41 53 56 0.946 –3 42
9 Birmingham 38 13 5 1 41 17 2 3 14 11 35 52 52 1.000 ±0 38
10 Sunderland 38 10 4 5 42 31 4 5 10 23 35 65 66 0.985 –1 37
11 Middlesbrough 38 11 2 6 33 21 4 4 11 23 42 56 63 0.889 –7 36
12 Blackburn Rovers 38 10 3 6 40 25 4 4 11 16 34 56 59 0.949 –3 35
13 The Wednesday 38 8 5 6 33 26 4 6 9 16 34 49 60 0.817 –11 35
14 Preston North End 38 13 4 2 35 19 1 3 15 9 38 44 57 0.772 –13 35
15 Liverpool 38 9 2 8 45 32 4 5 10 19 33 64 65 0.985 –1 33
16 Bury 38 9 4 6 30 23 4 2 13 28 45 58 68 0.853 –10 32
17 Manchester City 38 7 7 5 29 25 3 5 11 24 52 53 77 0.688 –24 32
18 Notts County 38 6 9 4 31 18 2 6 11 15 32 46 50 0.920 –4 31
19 Derby County 38 8 6 5 29 19 1 3 15 12 40 41 59 0.695 –18 27
20 Stoke 38 7 6 6 27 22 1 4 14 14 42 41 64 0.641 –23 26

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
League Champions
FA Cup Winners
Relegated

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Second Division

Football League
Second Division
Season1906–07
ChampionsNottingham Forest (1st title)
Failed re-electionBurton United
Matches played380
Goals scored1,155 (3.04 per match)
Top goalscorerFred Shinton (West Bromwich Albion), 28 [3]
Biggest home winChelseaGlossop 9–2 (1 Sept 1906)
Biggest away winLincoln CityChelsea 0–5 (16 Feb 1907)
Highest scoringChelseaGlossop 9–2 (1 Sept 1906)
Longest winning run7 matches
Nottingham Forest (20 Oct 1906 – 1 Dec 1906)
Longest unbeaten run17 matches
Nottingham Forest (19 Jan 1907 – 24 Apr 1907)
Longest losing run5 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)
Pos Team Pld W D L F A W D L F A F A GA GD Pts
1 Nottingham Forest 38 16 2 1 43 13 12 2 5 31 23 74 36 2.056 +38 60
2 Chelsea 38 18 0 1 55 10 8 5 6 25 24 80 34 2.353 +46 57
3 Leicester Fosse 38 15 3 1 44 12 5 5 9 18 27 62 39 1.590 +23 48
4 West Bromwich Albion 38 15 2 2 62 15 6 3 10 21 30 83 45 1.844 +38 47
5 Bradford City 38 14 2 3 46 21 7 3 9 24 32 70 53 1.321 +17 47
6 Wolverhampton Wanderers 38 13 4 2 49 16 4 3 12 17 37 66 53 1.245 +13 41
7 Burnley 38 12 4 3 45 13 5 2 12 17 34 62 47 1.319 +15 40
8 Barnsley 38 14 2 3 56 21 1 6 12 17 34 73 55 1.327 +18 38
9 Hull City 38 11 2 6 41 20 4 5 10 24 37 65 57 1.140 +8 37
10 Leeds City 38 10 5 4 38 26 3 5 11 17 37 55 63 0.873 –8 36
11 Grimsby Town 38 13 2 4 34 16 3 1 15 23 46 57 62 0.919 –5 35
12 Stockport County 38 8 8 3 26 12 4 3 12 16 40 42 52 0.808 –10 35
13 Blackpool 38 9 4 6 25 19 2 7 10 8 32 33 51 0.647 –18 33
14 Gainsborough Trinity 38 12 3 4 33 20 2 2 15 12 52 45 72 0.625 –27 33
15 Glossop 38 10 4 5 32 21 3 2 14 21 58 53 79 0.671 –26 32
16 Burslem Port Vale[nb 2] 38 11 5 3 45 26 1 2 16 15 57 60 83 0.723 –23 31
17 Clapton Orient 38 9 7 3 25 13 2 1 16 20 54 45 67 0.672 –22 30
18 Chesterfield 38 10 3 6 36 26 1 4 14 14 40 50 66 0.758 –16 29
19 Lincoln City 38 10 2 7 29 24 2 2 15 17 49 46 73 0.630 –27 28
20 Burton United[nb 3] 38 7 3 9 24 23 1 4 14 10 45 34 68 0.500 –34 23

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
Division Champions
Promoted
New club in the league (none)
Re-elected
Failed re-election

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See also

Footnotes

  1. ^ 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. Since the goal average was used for this purpose for such a long time, it is presented in the tables below even for the seasons prior to 1894–95, and since the goal difference is a more informative piece of information for a modern reader than the goal average, the goal difference is added in this presentation after the goal average. During the first five seasons of the league, that is until the season 1893–94, 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.
  2. ^ Burslem Port Vale resigned from the Football League due to financial difficulties.
  3. ^ Burton United failed to be re-elected to the Football League, and the club was disbanded in 1910. Fulham and Oldham Athletic
    replaced these clubs the following season.

References

  1. ^ "England 1906-07". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 5 February 2010. Retrieved 24 February 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
  3. ^ a b "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 31 October 2010.