1907-08 in English football
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The 1907-08 season was the 37th season of competitive football in England.
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[edit] Overview
[edit] Events
Fulham and Oldham Athletic replaced Burslem Port Vale and Burton United in the Football League.
[edit] Honours
Competition | Winner |
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First Division | Manchester United |
Second Division | Bradford City |
FA Cup | Wolverhampton Wanderers |
Home Championship | Shared by England & Scotland |
[edit] League table
[edit] First Division
P | W | D | L | F | A | GA | Pts | ||
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1 | Manchester United | 38 | 23 | 6 | 9 | 81 | 48 | 1.688 | 52 |
2 | Aston Villa | 38 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 77 | 59 | 1.305 | 43 |
3 | Manchester City | 38 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 62 | 54 | 1.148 | 43 |
4 | Newcastle United | 38 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 65 | 54 | 1.204 | 42 |
5 | The Wednesday | 38 | 19 | 4 | 15 | 73 | 64 | 1.141 | 42 |
6 | Middlesbrough | 38 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 54 | 45 | 1.200 | 41 |
7 | Bury | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 58 | 61 | 0.951 | 39 |
8 | Liverpool | 38 | 16 | 6 | 16 | 68 | 61 | 1.115 | 38 |
9 | Nottingham Forest | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 59 | 62 | 0.952 | 37 |
10 | Bristol City | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 58 | 61 | 0.951 | 36 |
11 | Everton | 38 | 15 | 6 | 17 | 58 | 64 | 0.906 | 36 |
12 | Preston North End | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 47 | 53 | 0.887 | 36 |
13 | Chelsea | 38 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 53 | 62 | 0.855 | 36 |
14 | Woolwich Arsenal | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 51 | 63 | 0.810 | 36 |
14 | Blackburn Rovers | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 51 | 63 | 0.810 | 36 |
16 | Sunderland | 38 | 16 | 3 | 19 | 78 | 75 | 1.040 | 35 |
17 | Sheffield United | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 52 | 58 | 0.897 | 35 |
18 | Notts County | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 39 | 51 | 0.765 | 34 |
19 | Bolton Wanderers | 38 | 14 | 5 | 19 | 52 | 58 | 0.897 | 33 |
20 | Birmingham | 38 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 40 | 60 | 0.667 | 30 |
[edit] Second Division
P | W | D | L | F | A | GA | Pts | ||
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1 | Bradford City | 38 | 24 | 6 | 8 | 90 | 42 | 2.143 | 54 |
2 | Leicester Fosse | 38 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 72 | 47 | 1.532 | 52 |
3 | Oldham Athletic | 38 | 22 | 6 | 10 | 76 | 42 | 1.810 | 50 |
4 | Fulham | 38 | 22 | 5 | 11 | 82 | 49 | 1.673 | 49 |
5 | West Bromwich Albion | 38 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 61 | 39 | 1.564 | 47 |
6 | Derby County | 38 | 21 | 4 | 13 | 77 | 45 | 1.711 | 46 |
7 | Burnley | 38 | 20 | 6 | 12 | 67 | 50 | 1.340 | 46 |
8 | Hull City | 38 | 21 | 4 | 13 | 73 | 62 | 1.177 | 46 |
9 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 50 | 45 | 1.111 | 37 |
10 | Stoke[1] | 38 | 16 | 5 | 17 | 57 | 52 | 1.096 | 37 |
11 | Gainsborough Trinity | 38 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 47 | 71 | 0.662 | 35 |
12 | Leeds City | 38 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 53 | 65 | 0.815 | 32 |
13 | Stockport County | 38 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 48 | 67 | 0.716 | 32 |
14 | Clapton Orient | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 40 | 65 | 0.615 | 32 |
15 | Blackpool | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 51 | 58 | 0.879 | 31 |
16 | Barnsley | 38 | 12 | 6 | 20 | 54 | 68 | 0.794 | 30 |
17 | Glossop | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 54 | 74 | 0.730 | 30 |
18 | Grimsby Town | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 43 | 71 | 0.606 | 30 |
19 | Chesterfield | 38 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 46 | 92 | 0.500 | 23 |
20 | Lincoln City[2] | 38 | 9 | 3 | 26 | 46 | 83 | 0.554 | 21 |
P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; Pts = Points
[edit] National team
The England national football team were joint winners in the 1908 British Home Championship. England and Scotland shared the trophy, having each beaten Wales and Ireland in their opening matches before drawing 1-1 with each other in the final game.
England began the strongest side, although all four teams played well in their opening games, both Ireland and Wales running their opponents close. In the second matches however, England and Scotland's quality told, as England beat Wales 7-1 in Wrexham and Ireland succumbed 5-0 in Dublin.
England followed this tournament by becoming the first Home Nation to play a non-British nation with a tour of Central Europe, playing against Austria twice Hungary and Bohemia. In October the England amateur team followed this by winning gold in the football tournament at the 1908 Olympics, held in London.
[edit] Results
February 15, 1908 | Ireland | 1–3 | England | Solitude Ground, Belfast Attendance: 22,600 Referee: Tom Robertson (Scotland) |
Denis Hannon | (Summary) | George Hilsdon 2, Vivian Woodward |
March 16, 1908 | Wales | 1–7 | England | Racecourse Ground, Wrexham Attendance: 7,000 Referee: David Phillips (Scotland) |
Billy Davies | (Summary) | Vivian Woodward 3, George Hilsdon 2, Jimmy Windridge, Billy Wedlock |
April 4, 1908 | Scotland | 1–1 | England | Hampden Park, Glasgow Attendance: 121,452[3] Referee: James Mason (England) |
Andrew Wilson | (Summary) | Jimmy Windridge |
[edit] European tour
England undertook their first matches against opposition outside the Home Nations, with a summer tour of four games against Central European opposition.
[edit] Players
The players chosen for the tour were:
Name | Position | Club | Appearances | Goals |
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Horace Bailey | GK | Leicester Fosse | 4 | 0 |
Frank Bradshaw | CF | Sheffield Wednesday | 1 | 3 |
Arthur Bridgett | LW | Sunderland | 4 | 2 |
Walter Corbett | CB | Birmingham City | 3 | 0 |
Bob Crompton | RB | Blackburn Rovers | 4 | 0 |
Robert Hawkes | LH | Luton Town | 4 | 0 |
George Hilsdon | CF | Chelsea | 3 | 8 |
Jesse Pennington | LB | West Bromwich Albion | 1 | 0 |
Jock Rutherford | RW | Newcastle United | 4 | 3 |
Ben Warren | RH | Derby County | 4 | 1 |
Billy Wedlock | CH | Bristol City | 4 | 0 |
Jimmy Windridge | FW | Chelsea | 4 | 5 |
Vivian Woodward[4] | FW | Tottenham Hotspur | 4 | 6 |
[edit] Key
- GK — Goalkeeper
- RB — Right back
- LB — Left back
- CB — Centre back
- CH — Centre half
- LH — Left half
- RH — Right half
- RW — Right winger
- LW — Left winger
- FW — Forward
- CF — Centre forward
[edit] Match details
June 6, 1908 | Austria | 1–6 | England | Cricketer Platz, Vienna Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Christiaan J Groothoff (Holland) |
Wilhelm Schmieger | (Summary) | George Hilsdon 2, Jimmy Windridge 2, Arthur Bridgett, Vivian Woodward |
June 8, 1908 | Austria | 1–11 | England | Hohe Warte Stadium, Vienna Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Ede Herczog (Hungary) |
Friedrich Hirschl | (Summary) | Vivian Woodward 4, Frank Bradshaw 3, Arthur Bridgett, Ben Warren, Jock Rutherford, Jimmy Windridge |
June 10, 1908 | Hungary | 0–7 | England | Millenáris Sporttelep, Budapest Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Hugo Meisl (Austria) |
(Summary) | George Hilsdon 4, Jock Rutherford, Jimmy Windridge, Vivian Woodward |
June 13, 1908 | Bohemia | 0–4 | England | Letná stadium, Prague Attendance: 12,000 Referee: John Lewis (England) |
(Summary) | George Hilsdon 2 (1P), Jock Rutherford, Jimmy Windridge |
[edit] Footnotes
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