Final League Table -
Division I
Teams in a silver box denotes a player
representing England in 1910-11
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 |
14 |
4 |
1 |
47 |
18 |
8 |
4 |
7 |
25 |
22 |
52 |
|
Aston Villa |
38 |
15 |
3 |
1 |
50 |
18 |
7 |
4 |
8 |
19 |
23 |
51 |
|
Sunderland |
38 |
10 |
6 |
3 |
44 |
22 |
5 |
9 |
5 |
23 |
26 |
45 |
|
Everton |
38 |
12 |
3 |
4 |
34 |
17 |
7 |
4 |
8 |
16 |
19 |
45 |
|
Bradford City |
38 |
13 |
1 |
5 |
33 |
16 |
7 |
4 |
8 |
18 |
26 |
45 |
|
The Wednesday |
38 |
10 |
5 |
4 |
24 |
15 |
7 |
3 |
9 |
23 |
33 |
42 |
|
Oldham Athletic |
38 |
13 |
4 |
2 |
30 |
12 |
3 |
5 |
11 |
14 |
29 |
41 |
|
Newcastle United |
38 |
8 |
7 |
4 |
37 |
18 |
7 |
3 |
9 |
24 |
25 |
40 |
|
Sheffield
United |
38 |
8 |
3 |
8 |
27 |
21 |
7 |
5 |
7 |
22 |
22 |
38 |
|
Woolwich Arsenal |
38 |
9 |
6 |
4 |
24 |
14 |
4 |
6 |
9 |
17 |
35 |
38 |
|
Notts County |
38 |
9 |
6 |
4 |
21 |
16 |
5 |
4 |
10 |
16 |
29 |
38 |
|
Blackburn Rovers |
38 |
12 |
2 |
5 |
40 |
14 |
1 |
9 |
9 |
22 |
40 |
37 |
|
Liverpool |
38 |
11 |
3 |
5 |
38 |
19 |
4 |
4 |
11 |
15 |
34 |
37 |
|
Preston North End |
38 |
8 |
5 |
6 |
25 |
19 |
4 |
6 |
9 |
15 |
30 |
35 |
|
Tottenham Hotspur |
38 |
10 |
5 |
4 |
40 |
23 |
3 |
1 |
15 |
12 |
40 |
32 |
|
Middlesbrough |
38 |
9 |
5 |
5 |
31 |
21 |
2 |
5 |
12 |
18 |
42 |
32 |
|
Manchester City |
38 |
7 |
5 |
7 |
26 |
26 |
2 |
8 |
9 |
17 |
32 |
31 |
|
Bury |
38 |
8 |
9 |
2 |
27 |
18 |
1 |
2 |
16 |
16 |
53 |
29 |
|
Bristol City |
38 |
8 |
4 |
7 |
23 |
21 |
3 |
1 |
15 |
20 |
45 |
27 |
|
Nottingham Forest |
38 |
5 |
4 |
10 |
28 |
31 |
4 |
3 |
12 |
27 |
44 |
25 |
|
Aston
Villa recorded a nine-match winning run from 15 October 1910:
Manchester C. (h) 2-1, Everton (a) 1-0, The
Wednesday (h) 2-1, Bristol C. (a) 2-1, Newcastle (h) 3-2, Tottenham (a) 2-1,
Middlesbrough (h) 5-0, Preston (a) 1-0, Notts C. (h) 3-1, before losing 2-0
at Manchester United on 17 December 1910.
United's biggest winning sequence was of five matches. Villa extended their
unbeaten home record to 37 league matches at Villa Park before Preston beat
them, just two days short of a full two years since their last home league
defeat (coincidentally, against Preston).
Chelsea and West
Bromwich Albion, from the second division, each also had a player
representing England. |
|
How The League Was Won 1910-11 Season |
|
Timeline |
35 Saturdays from 3 September 1910 to 29 April 1911, plus
Boxing Day (Monday, 26th December 1910), Tuesday, 27th December
1910, Monday, 2nd January 1911, Good Friday, 14 April 1911 and Easter Monday,
17 April 1911
With no
games allowed in August, there
were six opening games on Thursday, 1 September 1910, plus one
additional
game on a Monday in September and one on a Thursday in October. There was one game played on
the last Wednesday of the year and two on the first Tuesday in
January. Two
games were played on Mondays in February, and one on the last day of
the month, a Tuesday. In March, games were played across
Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and they were played on every day
of the week (apart from Sundays) in April. The
FA Cup took precedence on six weekends from the first round on 14
January 1911 to the
final on 22 April 1911.
There were three weeks between the first two rounds and before the
semi-finals, two before the
third and fourth rounds, and four before the final. Last
league games were on Saturday, 29 April 1911.
|
Monday,
24 April 1911 |
Blackburn Rovers 0 Aston Villa 0
Ewood
Park, Blackburn
(20,000)
Villa had edged ahead of Manchester United, two days
earlier, with a dramatic 4-2 victory against them in a game in
which a player from each side was sent off. With a slightly
better goal average and two games left, as opposed to United's
one, they were in pole position, but their games were both away
and against difficult opponents. They moved a point clear at
Blackburn, but Charlie Wallace had a penalty saved by Jimmy
Ashcroft and it meant that they would have to win their last
game at Liverpool to be sure of retaining the title. Villa's
goal average was 1.79, whilst United's was 1.72, so if Villa
could draw at Anfield, United would have to put, at least, three
goals past Sunderland at home to snatch the title, but they
would only need a point if Villa suffered a two-goal defeat at
Liverpool. |
|
Saturday, 29 April 1911 |
Liverpool 3 Aston Villa 1
Anfield, Liverpool
(25,000)
Orr
25, 35, McDonald 90 ~
Walters 42 |
When Sunderland took the lead at Old Trafford, in the 23rd
minute, Villa's chances soared, but within 17 minutes, United
were in front and Villa were two goals down. Villa then pulled a
goal back and were a goal away from a point until the last
minute, but United were relentless and maintained a lead that
would have still won them the title on goal average, even if
Villa had equalised. There was just a point between them at the
end. |
Manchester United 5 Sunderland 1
Old
Trafford, Manchester
(12,000)
Turnbull,
West,
Halse
(2),
Milton OG
~ Holley |
|
|
The Elite League 1910-11 Season
(games between the top four) |
Only Aston Villa retained their
top-four placing
from the previous season. Blackburn Rovers, Liverpool and Newcastle
United all dropped out of the top four.
Games played between the top two:-
|
Saturday, 17 December 1910 |
Manchester United 2 Aston Villa 0
Old Trafford, Manchester
(20,000)
Turnbull, West |
|
Saturday, 22 April 1911 |
Aston Villa 4 Manchester
United 2
Villa Park,
Birmingham
(25,000)
Bache, Hampton,
Henshall,
Wallace
(pen)
Halse (2 (1
pen)) |
Manchester United also beat Aston Villa 2-1 in the FA Cup
second round at Old Trafford. |
|
The Continuous League
1888-1911
(first 23 seasons) |
|
Aston Villa increased their lead to 47 points. This was the
sixth season
of 38 games each, following three of 22, one of 26, six of thirty,
and seven of 34 games each.
Aston Villa reduced Newcastle's lead to five points.
Aston Villa reduced Newcastle's lead to two points. |
|
Champions: Manchester United |
Manager:
Ernest
Mangnall
1910-11
Most Appearances
by England Players |
|
Name |
Played |
Goals |
|
Charlie Roberts |
33 |
1 |
|
George Wall |
26 |
5 |
|
Harold Halse |
23 |
9 |
|
Harold Halse, Charlie Roberts
and George Wall
did not play for England in 1910-11. |
|
1910-11
Most Goals
by England Players |
|
Name |
Played |
Goals |
|
Harold Halse |
23 |
9 |
Albert Shepherd of Newcastle
was top scorer with 25.
Second
on the list was Sunderland's
Tim Coleman, with 21, followed by five players on 19; Villa's Harry
Hampton, Bury's Billy Hibbert, Billy Minter of Spurs, Liverpool's
Jack Parkinson and Enoch West of Manchester United.
|
|
England and the Football
League 1910-11 Season |
|
England's impact on the Football League |
Of the 33 playing positions used
during the active 1910-11 season, Football League players provided
27 of them, and of the six goals scored, League players scored five of them.
Seven of the twenty first division clubs were
represented, plus Chelsea and West Bromwich Albion from the second division.
14 Football League games had a direct impact on
two of England's games, on 11 February and 1 April.
As a
result, on 11 February, England took Blackburn's Bob Crompton and
Jock Simpson, Bristol City's Billy
Wedlock, Chelsea's Ben Warren, Middlesbrough's Tim Williamson,
Newcastle's Albert Shepherd, Oldham's George Woodger, Sheffield
United's Robert Evans and Albert Sturgess, and
Jesse Pennington of West
Bromwich Albion.
On
1 April, Crompton, Evans, Pennington, Simpson, Sturgess, Warren and Wedlock
were again absent from their clubs, as
were Aston Villa's Joe Bache and
Sunderland's George Holley. |
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