1907–08 Football League Explained

Continentalcup1:Resigned
Continentalcup2:New clubs in league
Nextseason:1908–09

The 1907–08 Football League season was the 20th season of The Football League.

This season saw the only occasion in history of the Football League where two teams have finished with exactly identical records (12 wins, 12 draws, 14 losses, 51 goals scored, 63 goals conceded), resulting in a tied 14th place between Woolwich Arsenal and Blackburn Rovers.

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

Competition:First Division
Season:1907–08
Winners:Manchester United
1st English title
Relegated:Bolton Wanderers
Birmingham
League Topscorer:Enoch West
(27 goals)
Biggest Home Win:
(23 November 1907)
Biggest Away Win:
(12 October 1907)
Highest Scoring:
(25 March 1908)
Matches:380
Total Goals:1176
Prevseason:1906–07
Nextseason:1908–09

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Second Division

Competition:Football League
Second Division
Season:1907–08
Winners:Bradford City (1st title)
League Topscorer:John Smith (Hull City), 27
Continentalcup2:Failed re-election
Matches:380
Total Goals:1187
Nextseason:1908–09

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See also

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