1901–02 Football League

14th season of the Football League

Football league season

The Football League
Season	1901–02
Champions	Sunderland
Relegated	none
New Clubs in League	Bristol City, Doncaster Rovers
← 1900–01 1902–03 →

The 1901–02 season was the 14th season of The Football League.

Final league tables

Beginning in the 1894–95 season, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded). 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.

During the first six seasons of the league, (up to the 1893–94 season), 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.

First Division

Football league season

First Division
Season	1901–02
Champions	Sunderland 4th English title
Relegated	Small Heath Manchester City
Matches played	306
Goals scored	840 (2.75 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jimmy Settle (18 goals)
Biggest home win	Newcastle United 8–0 Notts County (26 October 1901)
Biggest away win	Blackburn Rovers 1–4 Manchester City (12 April 1902) Manchester City 1–4 Small Heath (14 September 1901) Sheffield United 1–4 Small Heath (15 February 1902) 0–3: five matches
Highest scoring	Newcastle United 8–0 Notts County (26 October 1901) Notts County 5–3 Wolverhampton Wanderers (28 March 1902)
Longest winning run	5 matches Nottingham Forest
Longest unbeaten run	10 matches Sunderland
Longest losing run	5 matches Manchester City
Highest attendance	50,000 Aston Villa 1–0 Small Heath (26 December 1901)
Lowest attendance	2,000 Blackburn Rovers 2–0 Bolton Wanderers (7 December 1901) Wolverhampton Wanderers 3–0 Newcastle United (10 March 1902) Nottingham Forest 0–2 Newcastle United (19 March 1902) Derby County 1–0 Sunderland (5 April 1902) The Wednesday 1–1 Everton (5 April 1902) Bury 2–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers (12 April 1902) Blackburn Rovers 3–1 Derby County (19 April 1902)
Average attendance	11,209
← 1900–01 1902–03 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Relegation
1	Sunderland (C)	34	19	6	9	50	35	1.429	44
2	Everton	34	17	7	10	53	35	1.514	41
3	Newcastle United	34	14	9	11	48	34	1.412	37
4	Blackburn Rovers	34	15	6	13	52	48	1.083	36
5	Nottingham Forest	34	13	9	12	43	43	1.000	35
6	Derby County	34	13	9	12	39	41	0.951	35
7	Bury	34	13	8	13	44	38	1.158	34
8	Aston Villa	34	13	8	13	42	40	1.050	34
9	The Wednesday	34	13	8	13	48	52	0.923	34
10	Sheffield United	34	13	7	14	53	48	1.104	33
11	Liverpool	34	10	12	12	42	38	1.105	32
12	Bolton Wanderers	34	12	8	14	51	56	0.911	32
13	Notts County	34	14	4	16	51	57	0.895	32
14	Wolverhampton Wanderers	34	13	6	15	46	57	0.807	32
15	Grimsby Town	34	13	6	15	44	60	0.733	32
16	Stoke	34	11	9	14	45	55	0.818	31
17	Small Heath (R)	34	11	8	15	47	45	1.044	30	Relegation to the Second Division
18	Manchester City (R)	34	11	6	17	42	58	0.724	28	Relegation to the Second Division

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	AST	BLB	BOL	BRY	DER	EVE	GRI	LIV	MCI	NEW	NOT	NTC	SHU	SMH	STK	SUN	WED	WOL
Aston Villa		1–1	1–0	2–0	3–2	1–1	4–1	0–1	2–2	0–0	3–0	2–0	1–2	1–0	0–0	0–1	4–1	2–1
Blackburn Rovers	4–0		2–0	0–3	3–1	3–1	2–0	1–1	1–4	0–0	1–0	4–2	2–1	3–1	6–1	0–1	2–0	2–0
Bolton Wanderers	2–2	4–0		2–2	2–1	1–3	4–0	1–0	3–3	3–1	3–0	1–1	1–0	4–0	2–1	0–0	3–1	2–2
Bury	0–0	2–0	2–2		2–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	3–0	4–0	1–1	3–0	1–2	2–0	4–2	1–0	2–0	2–1
Derby County	1–0	1–1	1–2	1–0		3–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	3–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–2	3–1
Everton	2–3	0–2	1–0	1–1	2–0		0–1	4–0	3–1	0–0	1–0	0–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	5–0	6–1
Grimsby Town	4–1	2–1	4–1	2–0	1–1	0–2		1–1	3–2	3–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–2	3–3	3–1	3–0
Liverpool	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–2	2–2	2–2		4–0	0–1	0–2	0–1	1–0	3–1	7–0	0–1	1–2	4–1
Manchester City	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	2–0	3–0	2–3		2–0	3–1	1–0	4–0	1–4	2–2	0–3	0–3	3–0
Newcastle United	2–1	0–3	4–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	5–1	1–0	3–0		3–0	8–0	1–1	2–0	5–1	0–1	2–1	3–1
Nottingham Forest	1–1	3–0	4–1	2–1	3–1	4–0	0–1	1–1	3–1	0–2		1–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	2–0
Notts County	0–3	3–0	2–1	2–1	3–2	0–2	3–0	2–2	2–0	0–2	3–0		4–0	6–1	1–1	2–0	6–1	5–3
Sheffield United	6–0	4–1	2–0	3–1	3–0	0–0	2–2	2–1	5–0	1–0	2–2	3–0		1–4	1–1	0–1	3–0	0–0
Small Heath	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–0	5–1	0–1	6–0	0–0	1–0	3–1	1–1	0–0	5–1		1–1	2–3	1–1	1–2
Stoke	1–0	2–2	4–0	1–2	1–1	1–2	2–0	1–0	3–0	0–0	1–1	3–0	3–2	1–0		3–0	1–2	3–0
Sunderland	1–0	3–2	2–1	3–0	1–0	2–4	3–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	4–0	2–1	3–1	1–1	2–0		1–2	2–0
The Wednesday	1–0	0–1	5–1	4–1	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	2–1	0–0	0–2	4–0	1–0	1–2	3–1	1–1		1–1
Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–2	3–1	1–2	1–0	0–0	2–1	2–0	3–1	0–0	3–0	2–0	3–1	1–1	2–1	4–1	4–2	1–0

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [1]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Small Heath (Birmingham)

Stoke

Sunderland

The Wednesday (Sheffield)

Wolverhampton Wanderers

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Locations of the Football League First Division teams

Second Division

Football league season

Second Division
Season	1901–02
Champions	West Bromwich Albion
Promoted	West Bromwich Albion Middlesbrough
Matches played	306
Goals scored	885 (2.89 per match)
Top goalscorer	Chippy Simmons (23 goals)^[1]
Biggest home win	Preston North End 8–0 Lincoln City (28 December 1901)
Biggest away win	Burton United 0–6 Lincoln City (23 November 1901)
Highest scoring	Barnsley 2–7 Middlesbrough (22 February 1902)
Longest winning run	10 matches West Bromwich Albion
Longest unbeaten run	17 matches West Bromwich Albion
Longest losing run	6 matches Stockport County
← 1900–01 1902–03 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	West Bromwich Albion (C, P)	34	25	5	4	82	29	2.828	55	Promotion to the First Division
2	Middlesbrough (P)	34	23	5	6	90	24	3.750	51	Promotion to the First Division
3	Preston North End	34	18	6	10	71	32	2.219	42
4	Woolwich Arsenal	34	18	6	10	50	26	1.923	42
5	Lincoln City	34	14	13	7	45	35	1.286	41
6	Bristol City	34	17	6	11	52	35	1.486	40
7	Doncaster Rovers	34	13	8	13	49	58	0.845	34
8	Glossop	34	10	12	12	36	40	0.900	32
9	Burnley	34	10	10	14	41	45	0.911	30
10	Burton United	34	11	8	15	46	54	0.852	30
11	Barnsley	34	12	6	16	51	63	0.810	30
12	Burslem Port Vale	34	10	9	15	43	59	0.729	29
13	Blackpool	34	11	7	16	40	56	0.714	29
14	Leicester Fosse	34	12	5	17	38	56	0.679	29
15	Newton Heath	34	11	6	17	38	53	0.717	28
16	Chesterfield Town	34	11	6	17	47	68	0.691	28	Re-elected
17	Stockport County	34	8	7	19	36	72	0.500	23
18	Gainsborough Trinity	34	4	11	19	30	80	0.375	19

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Results

Home \ Away	BAR	BLP	BRI	BRN	BPV	BRT	CHF	DON	GAI	GLP	LEI	LIN	MID	NWH	PNE	STP	WBA	WOO
Barnsley		2–0	2–2	2–2	4–0	3–2	3–2	3–0	2–0	1–4	2–3	2–2	2–7	3–2	0–4	3–1	0–2	2–0
Blackpool	2–1		0–2	2–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	3–1	3–0	1–1	4–0	3–0	0–2	2–4	1–4	1–0	2–2	1–3
Bristol City	3–1	3–0		1–0	4–0	0–2	5–2	3–0	4–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	4–0	2–0	3–0	1–2	0–3
Burnley	2–0	2–0	0–1		4–1	0–0	0–0	7–0	6–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–2	1–0	0–3	3–0	0–0	0–0
Burslem Port Vale	2–1	0–1	3–0	1–1		2–1	4–2	2–2	1–1	1–0	3–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–3	1–0
Burton United	2–1	1–1	2–2	5–2	3–0		0–1	1–1	5–0	1–1	2–0	0–6	3–2	0–0	1–1	3–2	1–3	2–0
Chesterfield	1–2	3–1	1–0	3–0	4–3	3–1		0–0	2–0	1–0	3–3	0–1	0–0	3–0	2–0	8–1	0–3	1–3
Doncaster Rovers	0–1	4–3	3–0	3–0	3–3	2–0	4–1		3–0	1–2	2–1	1–1	0–0	4–0	4–0	2–0	2–0	1–0
Gainsborough Trinity	0–0	3–0	2–0	1–1	2–3	1–4	0–0	4–1		2–1	3–3	2–2	1–4	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–2
Glossop	1–1	3–1	1–2	0–0	0–1	2–1	3–1	3–1	0–0		1–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	3–1	2–1	1–2	0–1
Leicester Fosse	2–0	1–0	0–1	2–1	0–1	4–0	3–0	1–0	2–0	1–1		3–1	0–2	3–2	1–0	1–1	0–3	2–1
Lincoln City	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	4–0	0–0	3–0	1–0	2–0		2–1	2–0	2–1	5–0	1–0	0–0
Middlesbrough	2–1	2–1	2–0	3–0	3–0	5–0	7–1	6–0	3–1	5–0	5–0	0–0		5–0	2–1	6–0	1–2	1–0
Newton Heath	1–0	0–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	3–1	2–0	6–0	3–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	1–2		0–2	3–3	1–2	0–1
Preston North End	4–0	1–1	0–0	3–1	2–0	1–0	5–0	3–0	4–1	2–2	5–0	8–0	0–3	5–1		4–0	1–2	2–0
Stockport County	2–3	3–1	1–1	1–2	4–2	2–0	3–0	1–2	2–1	0–0	2–0	2–1	1–3	1–0	0–2		0–2	0–0
West Bromwich Albion	3–1	7–2	2–2	3–0	3–1	2–1	4–0	2–2	7–0	0–1	1–0	4–1	2–0	4–0	3–1	3–0		2–1
Woolwich Arsenal	2–1	0–0	2–0	4–0	3–1	0–1	3–2	1–0	5–0	4–0	2–0	2–0	0–3	2–0	0–0	3–0	2–1

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Newton Heath (Manchester)

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Locations of the Football League Second Division teams

References

^ "English League Leading Goalscorers". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 31 October 2010.

Sources

Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane's, London & Sydney, 1980.

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First Division	Aston Villa Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Bury Derby County Everton Grimsby Town Liverpool Manchester City Newcastle United Nottingham Forest Notts County Sheffield United Small Heath Stoke Sunderland The Wednesday Wolverhampton Wanderers
Second Division	Barnsley Blackpool Bristol City Burnley Burslem Port Vale Burton United Chesterfield Doncaster Rovers Gainsborough Trinity Glossop Leicester Fosse Lincoln City Newton Heath Middlesbrough Preston North End Stockport County West Bromwich Albion Woolwich Arsenal
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