1909–10 Football League

Football League, Second Division
Season	1909–10
Champions	Manchester City (3rd title)
Failed re-election	Grimsby Town
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,166 (3.07 per match)
Top goalscorer	John Smith (Hull), 32
Biggest home win	Leicester Fosse – Gainsborough Trinity 9–1 (27 Dec 1909)
Biggest away win	Leeds City – Barnsley 0–7 (23 Oct 1909)
Highest scoring	Leicester Fosse – Gainsborough Trinity 9–1 (27 Dec 1909)
	← 1908–09 1910–11 →

Football League, First Division
Season	1909–10
Champions	Aston Villa (6th English title)
Relegated	Bolton Wanderers,; Chelsea
FA Cup winners	Newcastle United (1st FA Cup title)
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,194 (3.14 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jack Parkinson (Liverpool), 30
Biggest home win	Blackburn – Woolwich Arsenal 7–0 (2 Oct 1909)
Biggest away win	Middlesbrough – Bury 0–5 (12 Feb 1910)
Highest scoring	Liverpool – Newcastle 6–5 (4 Dec 1910)
	← 1908–09 1910–11 →

The Football League
Season	1909–10
Champions	Aston Villa
Relegated	Grimsby Town
	← 1908–09 1910–11 →

The 1909–1910 season was the 22nd season of The Football League.

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.

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.

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	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Aston Villa	38	17	2	0	62	19	6	5	8	22	23	84	42	2.000	+42	53
2	Liverpool	38	13	3	3	47	23	8	3	8	31	34	78	57	1.368	+21	48
3	Blackburn Rovers	38	13	6	0	47	17	5	3	11	26	38	73	55	1.327	+18	45
4	Newcastle United	38	11	3	5	33	22	8	4	7	37	34	70	56	1.250	+14	45
5	Manchester United	38	14	2	3	41	20	5	5	9	28	41	69	61	1.131	+8	45
6	Sheffield United	38	10	5	4	42	19	6	5	8	20	22	62	41	1.512	+21	42
7	Bradford City	38	12	3	4	38	17	5	5	9	26	30	64	47	1.362	+17	42
8	Sunderland	38	12	3	4	40	18	6	2	11	26	33	66	51	1.294	+15	41
9	Notts County	38	10	5	4	41	26	5	5	9	26	33	67	59	1.136	+8	40
10	Everton	38	8	6	5	30	28	8	2	9	21	28	51	56	0.911	–5	40
11	The Wednesday	38	11	4	4	38	28	4	5	10	22	35	60	63	0.952	–3	39
12	Preston North End	38	14	2	3	36	13	1	3	15	16	45	52	58	0.897	–6	35
13	Bury	38	8	3	8	35	30	4	6	9	27	36	62	66	0.939	–4	33
14	Nottingham Forest	38	4	7	8	19	34	7	4	8	35	38	54	72	0.750	–18	33
15	Tottenham Hotspur	38	10	6	3	35	23	1	4	14	18	46	53	69	0.768	–16	32
16	Bristol City	38	9	5	5	28	18	3	3	13	17	42	45	60	0.750	–15	32
17	Middlesbrough	38	8	4	7	34	36	3	5	11	22	37	56	73	0.767	–17	31
18	Woolwich Arsenal	38	6	5	8	17	19	5	4	10	20	48	37	67	0.552	–30	31
19	Chelsea	38	10	4	5	32	24	1	3	15	15	46	47	70	0.671	–23	29
20	Bolton Wanderers	38	7	2	10	31	34	2	4	13	13	37	44	71	0.620	–27	24

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Manchester City	38	15	2	2	51	17	8	6	5	30	23	81	40	2.025	+41	54
2	Oldham Athletic	38	15	2	2	47	9	8	5	6	32	30	79	39	2.026	+40	53
3	Hull City	38	13	4	2	52	19	10	3	6	28	27	80	46	1.739	+34	53
4	Derby County	38	15	2	2	46	15	7	7	5	26	32	72	47	1.532	+25	53
5	Leicester Fosse	38	15	2	2	60	20	5	2	12	19	38	79	58	1.362	+21	44
6	Glossop	38	14	1	4	42	18	4	6	9	22	39	64	57	1.123	+7	43
7	Fulham	38	9	7	3	28	13	5	6	8	23	30	51	43	1.186	+8	41
8	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	14	3	2	51	22	3	3	13	13	41	64	63	1.016	+1	40
9	Barnsley	38	15	3	1	48	15	1	4	14	14	44	62	59	1.051	+3	39
10	Bradford Park Avenue	38	12	1	6	47	28	5	3	11	17	31	64	59	1.085	+5	38
11	West Bromwich Albion	38	8	5	6	30	23	8	0	11	28	33	58	56	1.036	+2	37
12	Blackpool	38	7	7	5	24	18	7	1	11	26	34	50	52	0.962	–2	36
13	Stockport County	38	9	6	4	37	20	4	2	13	13	27	50	47	1.064	+3	34
14	Burnley	38	12	2	5	43	21	2	4	13	19	40	62	61	1.016	+1	34
15	Lincoln City	38	7	6	6	27	24	3	5	11	15	45	42	69	0.609	–27	31
16	Clapton Orient	38	10	4	5	26	15	2	2	15	11	45	37	60	0.617	–23	30
17	Leeds City	38	8	4	7	30	33	2	3	14	16	47	46	80	0.575	–34	27
18	Gainsborough Trinity	38	8	3	8	22	21	2	3	14	11	54	33	75	0.440	–42	26
19	Grimsby Town^[5]	38	8	3	8	31	19	1	3	15	19	58	50	77	0.649	–27	24
20	Birmingham	38	7	4	8	28	26	1	3	15	14	52	42	78	0.538	–36	23

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Final league tables

First Division

First Division results

First Division maps

Second Division

Second Division results

Second Division maps

See also

References