1912–13 Football League

Football League
Second Division
Season	1912–13
Champions	Preston North End (2nd title)
Failed re-election	(none)
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,123 (2.96 per match)
Top goalscorer	Bert Freeman (Burnley), 31
Biggest home win	Fulham – Stockport 7–0 (8 Mar 1913)
Biggest away win	Bristol City – Bury 1–5 (26 Apr 1913)
Highest scoring	Bristol City – Stockport 7–2 (18 Jan 1913)
	← 1911–12 1913–14 →

Football League
First Division
Season	1912–13
Champions	Sunderland (5th English title)
Relegated	Woolwich Arsenal,; Notts County
FA Cup winners	Aston Villa (5th FA Cup title)
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,153 (3.03 per match)
Top goalscorer	David McLean (The Wednesday), 30
Biggest home win	Aston Villa – The Wednesday 10–0 (5 Oct 1912)
Biggest away win	Bradford City – Sunderland 0–5 (2 Nov 1912)
Highest scoring	Aston Villa – The Wednesday 10–0 (5 Oct 1912)
	← 1911–12 1913–14 →

The Football League
Season	1912–13
Champions	Sunderland
	← 1911–12 1913–14 →

The 1912–13 season was the 25th 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	Sunderland	38	14	2	3	47	17	11	2	6	39	26	86	43	2.000	+43	54
2	Aston Villa	38	13	4	2	57	21	6	8	5	29	31	86	52	1.654	+34	50
3	The Wednesday	38	12	4	3	44	23	9	3	7	31	32	75	55	1.364	+20	49
4	Manchester United	38	13	3	3	41	14	6	5	8	28	29	69	43	1.605	+26	46
5	Blackburn Rovers	38	10	5	4	54	21	6	8	5	25	22	79	43	1.837	+36	45
6	Manchester City	38	12	3	4	34	15	6	5	8	19	22	53	37	1.432	+16	44
7	Derby County	38	10	2	7	40	29	7	6	6	29	37	69	66	1.045	+3	42
8	Bolton Wanderers	38	10	6	3	36	20	6	4	9	26	43	62	63	0.984	–1	42
9	Oldham Athletic	38	11	7	1	33	12	3	7	9	17	43	50	55	0.909	–5	42
10	West Bromwich Albion	38	8	7	4	30	20	5	5	9	27	30	57	50	1.140	+7	38
11	Everton	38	8	2	9	28	31	7	5	7	20	23	48	54	0.889	–6	37
12	Liverpool	38	12	2	5	40	24	4	3	12	21	47	61	71	0.859	–10	37
13	Bradford City	38	10	5	4	33	22	2	6	11	17	38	50	60	0.833	–10	35
14	Newcastle United	38	8	5	6	30	23	5	3	11	17	24	47	47	1.000	±0	34
15	Sheffield United	38	10	5	4	36	24	4	1	14	20	46	56	70	0.800	–14	34
16	Middlesbrough	38	6	9	4	29	22	5	1	13	26	47	55	69	0.797	–14	32
17	Tottenham Hotspur	38	9	3	7	28	25	3	3	13	17	47	45	72	0.625	–27	30
18	Chelsea	38	7	2	10	29	40	4	4	11	22	33	51	73	0.699	–22	28
19	Notts County	38	6	4	9	19	20	1	5	13	9	36	28	56	0.500	–28	23
20	Woolwich Arsenal	38	1	8	10	11	31	2	4	13	15	43	26	74	0.351	–48	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
	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	Preston North End	38	13	5	1	34	12	6	10	3	22	21	56	33	1.697	+23	53
2	Burnley	38	13	4	2	58	23	8	4	7	30	30	88	53	1.660	+35	50
3	Birmingham	38	11	6	2	39	18	7	4	8	20	26	59	44	1.341	+15	46
4	Barnsley	38	15	3	1	46	18	4	4	11	11	29	57	47	1.213	+10	45
5	Huddersfield Town	38	13	5	1	49	12	4	4	11	17	28	66	40	1.650	+26	43
6	Leeds City	38	12	3	4	45	22	3	7	9	25	42	70	64	1.094	+6	40
7	Grimsby Town	38	10	8	1	32	11	5	2	12	19	39	51	50	1.020	+1	40
8	Lincoln City	38	10	6	3	31	16	5	4	10	19	36	50	52	0.962	–2	40
9	Fulham	38	13	5	1	47	16	4	0	15	18	39	65	55	1.182	+10	39
10	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	10	6	3	34	16	4	4	11	22	38	56	54	1.037	+2	38
11	Bury	38	10	6	3	29	14	5	2	12	24	43	53	57	0.930	–4	38
12	Hull City	38	12	2	5	42	19	3	4	12	18	37	60	56	1.071	+4	36
13	Bradford Park Avenue	38	12	4	3	47	18	2	4	13	13	42	60	60	1.000	±0	36
14	Clapton Orient	38	8	6	5	25	20	2	8	9	9	27	34	47	0.723	–13	34
15	Leicester Fosse	38	12	2	5	34	20	1	5	13	16	45	50	65	0.769	–15	33
16	Bristol City	38	7	9	3	32	25	2	6	11	14	47	46	72	0.639	–26	33
17	Nottingham Forest	38	9	3	7	35	25	3	5	11	23	34	58	59	0.983	–1	32
18	Glossop	38	11	2	6	34	26	1	6	12	15	42	49	68	0.721	–19	32
19	Stockport County	38	8	4	7	32	23	0	6	13	24	55	56	78	0.718	–22	26
20	Blackpool	38	8	4	7	22	22	1	4	14	17	47	39	69	0.565	–30	26

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Final league tables

First Division

Results

Maps

Second Division

Results

Maps

See also

References