England Team

Scotland Team

The 36th meeting between England and Scotland took place on Saturday, on the ground of the Newcastle United Club, and ended in a draw of one goal all.

A considerable amount of dissatisfaction arose in Scotland when the Scottish Football Selection Committee decided to have only two players in their team identified with Scotch club football, and more especially was this the case in Glasgow, when for the first time in the history of the game that city was unrepresented. As birth is the qualification for international honours in Association football, the Association were quite justified in selecting nine players from English clubs ; but it is certain that if this course is carried on in the future this match will lose much of its true international character. From the Scottish point of view this is the great match of the year, and as there are still a large number of first-class professionals in Scotland, the disappointment there is quite easily understood.

Although Scotland had rather the better of the game at Newcastle, there was not much to choose between the sides, as England seemed rather more dangerous than their opponents when near goal, and the point secured by Scotland was due to Crompton, the English full back, putting the ball through his own goal. This was two minutes after the start...

A few minutes before change of ends Woodward passed neatly to Bloomer, and the famous forward sent in a low hard shot from quite 25 yards out, and McBride was completely beaten, and so, rather unexpectedly, the sides crossed over with the score one goal all...

In international matches this year Wales have the best record, having won two games and drawn one. England come second with one win and two drawn games. - The Times - Monday 8th April, 1907

Football League Division One 6 April 1907
Team	P	Pts
Newcastle United	36	50
Everton	33	42
Aston Villa	35	42
Sheffield United	35	42
Bristol City	34	40
Woolwich Arsenal	33	40
Bolton Wanderers	36	40
Manchester United	35	38
Birmingham	35	37
Preston North End	37	34
Sunderland	34	33
Liverpool	34	32
The Wednesday	33	31
Manchester City	35	31
Middlesbrough	33	29
Blackburn Rovers	34	28
Bury	35	27
Notts County	32	25
Derby County	35	25
Stoke	34	22

 

Division One matches played on 6 April 1907:

BIRMINGHAM 1-0 EVERTON
Green
11,000 (St Andrew's, Birmingham)

Everton were without Harold Hardman, who was playing against Scotland at Newcastle, and George Wilson, who was playing for Scotland.

BLACKBURN ROVERS 0-2 THE WEDNESDAY
(Bradshaw, Foxall)
6,000 (Ewood Park, Blackburn)

Blackburn were without Bob Crompton, who was England's captain at Newcastle and gave Scotland the lead with an own goal, whilst Wednesday were without James Stewart, who was also playing against Scotland, and Andrew Wilson, who was playing for Scotland.

BOLTON WANDERERS 1-0 MIDDLESBROUGH
Marsh
10,000 (Burnden Park, Bolton)

Bolton were without Walter White, who was making his Scotland debut against England at Newcastle, whilst Middlesbrough were without Steve Bloomer, who scored England's equaliser, Alf Common, who was a reserve for England, and Andy Aitken, who was playing for Scotland.

BRISTOL CITY 2-4 ASTON VILLA
Maxwell, Burton (Hall, Hampton 3)
18,000 (Ashton Gate. Bedminster)

Bristol City were without Billy Wedlock, who was playing against Scotland at Newcastle.

LIVERPOOL 2-0 DERBY COUNTY
Hewitt 2
6,000 (Anfield, Liverpool)

Liverpool were without Sam Hardy, who was in goal against Scotland at Newcastle, and Alex Raisbeck, who was playing for Scotland, whilst Derby were without Ben Warren, who was also playing against Scotland.

MANCHESTER UNITED 1-1 MANCHESTER CITY
Roberts (Dorsett pen.)
40,000 (Bank Street, Manchester)

United were without Dick Duckworth, who was a reserve for England against Scotland at Newcastle, whilst City were without George Stewart, who was playing for Scotland.

NOTTS COUNTY 1-0 NEWCASTLE UNITED
Jones
12,000 (City Ground, Nottingham)

Newcastle were without Rutherford and Veitch, who were playing against Scotland at Newcastle, and Peter McWilliam, who was playing for Scotland.

STOKE 3-1 BURY
Chalmers, Gallimore, Arrowsmith (Hibbert)
3,000 (Victoria Ground, Stoke)

Liverpool were without Sam Hardy, who was keeping a clean sheet on his international debut against Ireland at Liverpool.

SUNDERLAND 2-3 WOOLWICH ARSENAL
Bridgett, Holley (Sands, Freeman 2)
12,000 (Roker Park, Sunderland)

Arsenal were without Jimmy Sharp, who was playing for Scotland against England at Newcastle.

Everton's chances of catching Newcastle were slipping away, though both suffered defeats. The Geordies secured the title, seven days later.

Football League Division Two 6 April 1907
Team	P	Pts
Nottingham Forest	35	54
Chelsea	35	51
Leicester Fosse	35	47
Wolverhampton Wanderers	36	41
Bradford City	34	41
West Bromwich Albion	31	40
Burnley	34	36
Hull City	35	35
Barnsley	33	34
Stockport County	35	34
Grimsby Town	34	32
Leeds City	35	32
Gainsborough Trinity	35	32
Blackpool	35	30
Clapton Orient	36	28
Glossop	34	28
Burslem Port Vale	35	27
Lincoln City	34	27
Chesterfield Town	36	25
Burton United	35	18

 

Division Two matches played on 6 April 1907:

BLACKPOOL 2-0 LINCOLN CITY
Grundy, Francis
2,000 (Bloomfield Road, Blackpool)

BRADFORD CITY 1-2 NOTTINGHAM FOREST
O'Rourke (Shearman 2)
18,000 (Valley Parade, Bradford)

CHELSEA 7-1 CHESTERFIELD TOWN
Robertson 2, Windridge 3, Hilsdon 2 (Taylor)
12,000 (Stamford Bridge, London)

CLAPTON ORIENT 1-1 LEEDS CITY
Martin (Lavery)
6,000 (Millfields Road, London)

GAINSBOROUGH TRINITY 0-2 BURNLEY
(R.Smith, Ogden)
3,000 (The Northolme, Gainsborough)

GLOSSOP 2-2 BURTON UNITED
Robertson, Galvin (Wileman, Wilkins)
2,000 (North Road, Glossop)

HULL CITY 4-2 GRIMSBY TOWN
J.Smith 2, Howe 2 (Swarbrick pen., Hakin)
10,000 (Anlaby Road, Hull)

STOCKPORT COUNTY 3-0 BURSLEM PORT VALE
Mitchell, Porter 2
1,000 (Edgeley Park, Stockport)

WEST BROMWICH ALBION 0-1 LEICESTER FOSSE
(Hubbard)
5,034 (The Hawthorns, West Bromwich)

West Brom were without Jesse Pennington, who was playing against Scotland at Newcastle.

WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS 5-1 BARNSLEY
Williams, Wooldridge 2, Bishop 2 pens. (Hellewell)
4,000 (Molineux, Wolverhampton)

 

Forest's victory secured their immediate return to the First Division, following the previous season's relegation. Only the crowd at the Manchester derby exceeded that at Bradford. Chelsea would follow them, seven days later, though Forest won the title.

IN OTHER NEWS...

It was on 7 April 1907 that Emmeline Pankhurst, the leader of the women's suffragette movement, gave an emotive speech at a demonstration in Hyde Park, London, in which she pointed out that men were only allowed to vote "because of the accident of birth" and, in response to barracking and gauding that "women should stay at home and cook the dinner instead of troubling themselves about votes, she said that the putting of a cross on a ballot paper once in five years would not seriously interfere with the cooking of the dinner. At the present time, through the mismanagement of men, the majority of the people had no dinners to cook". On the evening before, an inquest in Bournemouth had reached a verdict that a 38-year-old mother of seven had drowned herself and her infant son in a water tank after concluding that they could not afford to eat.

Source Notes

England Football Factbook: Cris Freddi
Scottish Football Association
Scotland - The Complete International Record: Richard Keir
Men Who Made Scotland: Andy Mitchell
London Hearts
original newspaper reports
FA Yearbooks 1950-60
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