Final League Table -
Division I
Teams in a silver box denotes a player
representing England in 1907-08
Teams in
italics were
relegated to the second division for the following season |
|
Team |
P |
Home |
Away |
₧
|
|
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
|
Manchester United |
38 |
15 |
1 |
3 |
43 |
19 |
8 |
5 |
6 |
38 |
29 |
52 |
|
Aston Villa |
38 |
9 |
6 |
4 |
47 |
24 |
8 |
3 |
8 |
30 |
35 |
43 |
|
Manchester City |
38 |
12 |
5 |
2 |
36 |
19 |
4 |
6 |
9 |
26 |
35 |
43 |
|
Newcastle United |
38 |
11 |
4 |
4 |
41 |
24 |
4 |
8 |
7 |
24 |
30 |
42 |
|
The Wednesday |
38 |
14 |
0 |
5 |
50 |
25 |
5 |
4 |
10 |
23 |
39 |
42 |
|
Middlesbrough |
38 |
12 |
2 |
5 |
32 |
16 |
5 |
5 |
9 |
22 |
29 |
41 |
|
Bury |
38 |
8 |
7 |
4 |
29 |
22 |
6 |
4 |
9 |
29 |
39 |
39 |
|
Liverpool |
38 |
11 |
2 |
6 |
43 |
24 |
5 |
4 |
10 |
25 |
37 |
38 |
|
Nottingham Forest |
38 |
11 |
6 |
2 |
42 |
21 |
2 |
5 |
12 |
17 |
41 |
37 |
|
Bristol City |
38 |
8 |
7 |
4 |
29 |
21 |
4 |
5 |
10 |
29 |
40 |
36 |
|
Everton |
38 |
11 |
4 |
4 |
34 |
24 |
4 |
2 |
13 |
24 |
40 |
36 |
|
Preston North End |
38 |
9 |
7 |
3 |
33 |
18 |
3 |
5 |
11 |
14 |
35 |
36 |
|
Chelsea |
38 |
8 |
3 |
8 |
30 |
35 |
6 |
5 |
8 |
23 |
27 |
36 |
|
Blackburn Rovers |
38 |
10 |
7 |
2 |
35 |
23 |
2 |
5 |
12 |
16 |
40 |
36 |
|
Woolwich Arsenal |
38 |
9 |
8 |
2 |
32 |
18 |
3 |
4 |
12 |
19 |
45 |
36 |
|
Sunderland |
38 |
11 |
2 |
6 |
53 |
31 |
5 |
1 |
13 |
25 |
44 |
35 |
|
Sheffield
United |
38 |
8 |
6 |
5 |
27 |
22 |
4 |
5 |
10 |
25 |
36 |
35 |
|
Notts County |
38 |
9 |
3 |
7 |
24 |
19 |
4 |
5 |
10 |
15 |
32 |
34 |
|
Bolton Wanderers |
38 |
10 |
3 |
6 |
35 |
26 |
4 |
2 |
13 |
17 |
32 |
33 |
|
Birmingham |
38 |
6 |
6 |
7 |
22 |
28 |
3 |
6 |
10 |
18 |
32 |
30 |
|
Manchester
United recorded a
ten-match winning run from 21 September 1907:
Sheffield U. (h) 2-1, Chelsea (a) 4-1,
Nottingham F. (h) 4-0, Newcastle (a) 6-1, Blackburn (a) 5-1, Bolton (h) 2-1,
Birmingham (a) 4-3, Everton (h) 4-3, Sunderland (a) 2-1, Woolwich Arsenal
(h) 4-2, before losing 2-0 at The Wednesday on 30 November 1907.
Derby County,
Leicester Fosse and West
Bromwich Albion, from the second division, also each had a player
representing England. |
|
How The League Was Won 1907-08 Season |
|
Timeline |
34 Saturdays from 7 September 1907 to 25 April 1908, plus
Christmas Day (Wednesday, 25th December 1907), Boxing Day (Thursday, 26th December 1907),
New Year's Day (Wednesday, 1 January 1908), Good Friday,
17 April 1908 and Easter Monday, 20 April 1908
With no
games allowed in August, there
were seven opening games on Monday, 2 September 1907, followed, two
days later, by two games
on the Wednesday and eight more on the next three Mondays. There was
one game played on the first Thursday in October and one on the
first Monday in December, with three additional games played during
the festive week and one on the first Thursday in
January. In March, there were four games played on Mondays and five
on
Wednesdays,
and
games played on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays in April. The
FA Cup took precedence on six weekends from the first round on 11
January 1908 to the
final on 25 April 1908 (a week later than the previous season, to
avoid Easter).
There were three weeks between the first three rounds and before the
semi-finals, two before the fourth round, and four before the final. Last
league game was Chelsea 1-2 Notts County on Wednesday, 29 April 1908.
|
Wednesday, 8 April 1908 |
Everton 1 Manchester United 3
Goodison Park, Liverpool
(17,000)
Young ~
Halse, Turnbull (pen), Wall |
With the Wednesday suffering a crushing defeat, United's win at
Everton virtually sealed the title for them. They had been the
outstanding team all season and could now only be caught if they
lost every one of their last six games. Newcastle, the defending
champions, had their hopes extinguished by Aston Villa in a 5-2
home defeat, leaving The Wednesday and Manchester City as the
only two teams mathematically capable of catching United, though
they would have to win all of their five remaining games and
overhaul United's superior goal average. |
Middlesbrough 6 The Wednesday 1
Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough
(15,000)
Wilcox, Bloomer
(2), Common, Cail, Thackeray
Wilson |
|
Saturday, 11 April 1908 |
Bolton
Wanderers 2
The Wednesday 1
Burnden
Park, Bolton
(15,000)
Shepherd,
Stokes
~ Bradshaw |
An extremely lethargic performance by United saw George Wall
miss a second-half penalty, but the result was a big boost to
their opponents, who went on to escape relegation. The defeats
of both of their rivals meant that United were crowned
champions, even in defeat, although Newcastle beat Liverpool and
reduced their lead to eight points. Aston Villa, at this point
lying fifth in the table, won six of their last seven games
(including away to the champions) and took the runners-up spot
on goal average from Manchester City. |
Manchester United 0 Notts County 1
Bank Street, Manchester
(14,000)
Dodd 87 |
Nottingham Forest 3
Manchester City 1
City
Ground,
Nottingham
(5,000)
Morris (3)
~ Dorsett |
|
|
The Elite League 1907-08 Season
(games between the top four) |
For the third year in succession, only Newcastle United retained their top-four placing from the
previous season. Bristol City, Everton and Sheffield United all
dropped out of the top four.
Games played between the top two:-
|
Monday, 2 September 1907 |
Aston Villa 1 Manchester United 4
Villa Park, Birmingham
(15,000)
Hampton
(pen)
~
Wall, Meredith (2), Bannister |
|
Monday, 20 April 1908 |
Manchester United 1
Aston Villa 2
Bank
Street, Manchester
(10,000)
Picken
~
Hall (2 (1 pen)) |
Manchester
United also beat Aston Villa 2-0 at Villa Park in the FA Cup
third round. |
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The Continuous League
1888-1908
(first twenty seasons) |
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Aston Villa increased their lead to 36 points. This was the
third season
of 38 games each, following three of 22, one of 26, six of thirty,
and seven of 34 games each. Sunderland, no longer, had the highest
average points per game, with Aston Villa, once again, registering a
higher score.
Newcastle maintained their nine-point lead, but
Aston Villa moved into second.
The first two seasons were of 34 games each. Newcastle increased
their lead to 16 points. |
|
Champions: Manchester United |
Manager:
Ernest
Mangnall
|
|
1907-08
Most Goals
by England Players |
|
Name |
Played |
Goals |
|
George Wall |
36 |
19 |
Enoch West of Nottingham
Forest
was top scorer with 26.
Second
on the list were Bolton's
Albert Shepherd and Manchester United's Sandy Turnbull, a Scotsman, with 25.
|
|
England and the Football
League 1907-08 Season |
|
England's impact on the Football League |
Of the 33 playing positions used
during the active 1907-08 season, Football League players provided
27 of them, and of the eleven goals scored, League players scored
seven of them.
Including the tour at the end of the season, ten of the twenty first division clubs were
represented, plus Derby County, Leicester Fosse and West Bromwich Albion from the second division.
16 Football League games had a direct impact on
two of England's games, on 15 February and 4 April.
As a
result, on 15 February, England took Blackburn's Bob Crompton, Bristol City's Billy Wedlock, Chelsea's
George Hilsdon and Jimmy Windridge, Derby's Ben Warren, Manchester
United's George Wall, Newcastle's Jock Rutherford, West Brom's Jesse
Pennington, and Andy Ducat of Woolwich Arsenal. On
4 April, Crompton, Hilsdon, Rutherford, Warren, Wedlock
and Windridge were again absent from league action, as
were Bolton's Sam Greenhalgh, Liverpool's Sam Hardy, Sunderland's
Arthur Bridgett,
The Wednesday's Frank Bradshaw, and Jesse Pennington of West Bromwich Albion. |
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