1924–25 Football League

Football League
Second Division
Season	1924–25
Champions	Leicester City (1st title)
Relegated	Coventry City; Crystal Palace
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,068 (2.31 per match)
Top goalscorer	Arthur Chandler (Leicester), 33
Biggest home win	Leicester –Port Vale 7–0 (25 Dec 1924)
Biggest away win	Oldham –Chelsea 0–5 (6 Sept 1924); Wolverhampton –Portsmouth 0–5 (14 Feb 1925)
Highest scoring	Leicester –Port Vale 7–0 (25 Dec 1924); Derby County –Portsmouth 6–1 (3 Jan 1925); Leicester –The Wednesday 6–1 (7 Feb 1925); South Shields –Barnsley 5–2 (24 Jan 1925); Hull –Barnsley 5–2 (11 Oct 1924)
	← 1923–24 1925–26 →

Football League
First Division
Season	1924–25
Champions	Huddersfield Town (2nd English title)
Relegated	Nottingham Forest; Preston North End
FA Cup winners	Sheffield United (4th FA Cup title)
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,192 (2.58 per match)
Top goalscorer	Frank Roberts (Manchester City), 31
Biggest home win	Blackburn – Birmingham 7–1 (2 Apr 1925); Bolton – Blackburn 6–0 (22 Apr 1925); Leeds United – Aston Villa 6–0 (25 Dec 1924)
Biggest away win	Arsenal – Huddersfield 0–5 (14 Feb 1925); Sheffield United – Manchester City 0–5 (27 Sept 1924)
Highest scoring	Burnley – West Ham United 5–4 (28 Feb 1925)
	← 1923–24 1925–26 →

The Football League
Season	1924–25
Champions	Huddersfield Town
	← 1923–24 1925–26 →

The 1924–25 season was the 33rd season of The Football League.

Final league tables

The tables and results 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 1922–23 season on, Re-election was required of the bottom two teams of both Third Division North and Third Division South.^[2]

First Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Huddersfield Town	42	10	8	3	31	10	11	8	2	38	18	69	28	2.464	+41	58
2	West Bromwich Albion	42	13	6	2	40	17	10	4	7	18	17	58	34	1.706	+24	56
3	Bolton Wanderers	42	18	2	1	61	13	4	9	8	15	21	76	34	2.235	+42	55
4	Liverpool	42	13	5	3	43	20	7	5	9	20	35	63	55	1.145	+8	50
5	Bury	42	13	4	4	35	20	4	11	6	19	31	54	51	1.059	+3	49
6	Newcastle United	42	11	6	4	43	18	5	10	6	18	24	61	42	1.452	+19	48
7	Sunderland	42	13	6	2	39	14	6	4	11	25	37	64	51	1.255	+13	48
8	Birmingham	42	10	8	3	27	17	7	4	10	22	36	49	53	0.925	–4	46
9	Notts County	42	11	6	4	29	12	5	7	9	13	19	42	31	1.355	+11	45
10	Manchester City	42	11	7	3	44	29	6	2	13	32	39	76	68	1.118	+8	43
11	Cardiff City	42	11	5	5	35	19	5	6	10	21	32	56	51	1.098	+5	43
12	Tottenham Hotspur	42	9	8	4	32	16	6	4	11	20	27	52	43	1.209	+9	42
13	West Ham United	42	12	7	2	37	12	3	5	13	25	48	62	60	1.033	+2	42
14	Sheffield United	42	10	5	6	34	25	3	8	10	21	38	55	63	0.873	–8	39
15	Aston Villa	42	10	7	4	34	25	3	6	12	24	46	58	71	0.817	–13	39
16	Blackburn Rovers	42	7	6	8	31	26	4	7	10	22	40	53	66	0.803	–13	35
17	Everton	42	11	4	6	25	20	1	7	13	15	40	40	60	0.667	–20	35
18	Leeds United	42	9	8	4	29	17	2	4	15	17	42	46	59	0.780	–13	34
19	Burnley	42	7	8	6	28	31	4	4	13	18	44	46	75	0.613	–29	34
20	Arsenal	42	12	3	6	33	17	2	2	17	13	41	46	58	0.793	–12	33
21	Preston North End	42	8	2	11	29	35	2	4	15	8	39	37	74	0.500	–37	26
22	Nottingham Forest	42	5	6	10	17	23	1	6	14	12	42	29	65	0.446	–36	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	Leicester City	42	15	4	2	58	9	9	7	5	32	23	90	32	2.813	+58	59
2	Manchester United	42	17	3	1	40	6	6	8	7	17	17	57	23	2.478	+34	57
3	Derby County	42	15	3	3	49	15	7	8	6	22	21	71	36	1.972	+35	55
4	Portsmouth	42	7	13	1	28	14	8	5	8	30	36	58	50	1.160	+8	48
5	Chelsea	42	11	8	2	31	12	5	7	9	20	25	51	37	1.378	+14	47
6	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	14	1	6	29	19	6	5	10	26	32	55	51	1.078	+4	46
7	Southampton	42	12	8	1	29	10	1	10	10	11	26	40	36	1.111	+4	44
8	Port Vale	42	12	4	5	34	19	5	4	12	14	37	48	56	0.857	–8	42
9	South Shields	42	9	6	6	33	21	3	11	7	9	17	42	38	1.105	+4	41
10	Hull City	42	12	6	3	40	14	3	5	13	10	35	50	49	1.020	+1	41
11	Clapton Orient	42	8	7	6	22	13	6	5	10	20	29	42	42	1.000	0	40
12	Fulham	42	11	6	4	26	15	4	4	13	15	41	41	56	0.732	–15	40
13	Middlesbrough	42	6	10	5	22	21	4	9	8	14	23	36	44	0.818	–8	39
14	The Wednesday	42	12	3	6	36	23	3	5	13	14	33	50	56	0.893	–6	38
15	Barnsley	42	8	8	5	30	23	5	4	12	16	36	46	59	0.780	–13	38
16	Bradford City	42	11	6	4	26	13	2	6	13	11	37	37	50	0.740	–13	38
17	Blackpool	42	8	5	8	37	26	6	4	11	28	35	65	61	1.066	+4	37
18	Oldham Athletic	42	9	5	7	24	21	4	6	11	11	30	35	51	0.686	–16	37
19	Stockport County	42	10	6	5	26	15	3	5	13	11	42	37	57	0.649	–20	37
20	Stoke	42	7	8	6	22	17	5	3	13	12	29	34	46	0.739	–12	35
21	Crystal Palace	42	8	4	9	23	19	4	6	11	15	35	38	54	0.704	–16	34
22	Coventry City	42	10	6	5	32	26	1	3	17	13	58	45	84	0.536	–39	31

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	Promoted
	Relegated

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Darlington	42	16	4	1	50	14	8	6	7	28	19	78	33	2.364	+45	58
2	Nelson	42	18	2	1	58	14	5	5	11	21	36	79	50	1.580	+29	53
3	New Brighton	42	17	3	1	56	16	6	4	11	19	34	75	50	1.500	+25	53
4	Southport	42	17	2	2	41	7	5	5	11	18	30	59	37	1.595	+22	51
5	Bradford Park Avenue	42	15	5	1	59	13	4	7	10	25	29	84	42	2.000	+42	50
6	Rochdale	42	17	2	2	53	16	4	5	12	22	37	75	53	1.415	+22	49
7	Chesterfield	42	14	3	4	42	15	3	8	10	18	29	60	44	1.364	+16	45
8	Lincoln City	42	13	4	4	39	19	5	4	12	14	39	53	58	0.914	–5	44
9	Halifax Town	42	11	5	5	36	22	5	6	10	20	30	56	52	1.077	+4	43
10	Ashington	42	13	4	4	41	24	3	6	12	27	52	68	76	0.895	–8	42
11	Wigan Borough	42	10	7	4	39	16	5	4	12	23	49	62	65	0.954	–3	41
12	Grimsby Town	42	10	6	5	38	21	5	3	13	22	39	60	60	1.000	0	39
13	Durham City	42	11	6	4	38	17	2	7	12	12	51	50	68	0.735	–18	39
14	Barrow	42	14	4	3	39	22	2	3	16	12	52	51	74	0.689	–23	39
15	Crewe Alexandra	42	11	7	3	35	24	2	6	13	18	54	53	78	0.679	–25	39
16	Wrexham	42	11	5	5	37	21	4	3	14	16	40	53	61	0.869	–8	38
17	Accrington Stanley	42	12	5	4	43	23	3	3	15	17	49	60	72	0.833	–12	38
18	Doncaster Rovers	42	12	5	4	36	17	2	5	14	18	48	54	65	0.831	–11	38
19	Walsall	42	10	6	5	27	16	3	5	13	17	37	44	53	0.830	–9	37
20	Hartlepools United	42	9	8	4	28	21	3	3	15	17	42	45	63	0.714	–18	35
21	Tranmere Rovers	42	11	3	7	40	29	3	1	17	19	49	59	78	0.756	–19	32
22	Rotherham County	42	6	5	10	27	31	1	2	18	15	57	42	88	0.477	–46	21

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	Welsh Cup winners
	New club in the league (none)
	Failed re-election (none)

Final league tables

First Division

Results

Maps

Second Division

Results

Maps

Third Division North

Results

Maps

Third Division South

Results

Maps

See also

References