Final League Table -
Division I
Teams in a silver box denotes a player
representing England in 1912-13
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 |
|
Sunderland |
38 |
14 |
2 |
3 |
47 |
17 |
11 |
2 |
6 |
39 |
26 |
54 |
|
Aston Villa |
38 |
13 |
4 |
2 |
57 |
21 |
6 |
8 |
5 |
29 |
31 |
50 |
|
The Wednesday |
38 |
12 |
4 |
3 |
44 |
23 |
9 |
3 |
7 |
31 |
32 |
49 |
|
Manchester United |
38 |
13 |
3 |
3 |
41 |
14 |
6 |
5 |
8 |
28 |
29 |
46 |
|
Blackburn Rovers |
38 |
10 |
5 |
4 |
54 |
21 |
6 |
8 |
5 |
25 |
22 |
45 |
|
Manchester City |
38 |
12 |
3 |
4 |
34 |
15 |
6 |
5 |
8 |
19 |
22 |
44 |
|
Derby
County |
38 |
10 |
2 |
7 |
40 |
29 |
7 |
6 |
6 |
29 |
37 |
42 |
|
Bolton Wanderers |
38 |
10 |
6 |
3 |
36 |
20 |
6 |
4 |
9 |
26 |
43 |
42 |
|
Oldham Athletic |
38 |
10 |
6 |
3 |
33 |
12 |
3 |
7 |
9 |
17 |
43 |
42 |
|
West Bromwich Albion |
38 |
8 |
7 |
4 |
30 |
20 |
5 |
5 |
9 |
27 |
30 |
38 |
|
Everton |
38 |
8 |
2 |
9 |
28 |
31 |
7 |
5 |
7 |
20 |
23 |
37 |
|
Liverpool |
38 |
12 |
2 |
5 |
40 |
24 |
4 |
3 |
12 |
21 |
47 |
37 |
|
Bradford City |
38 |
10 |
5 |
4 |
33 |
22 |
2 |
6 |
11 |
17 |
38 |
35 |
|
Newcastle United |
38 |
8 |
5 |
6 |
30 |
23 |
5 |
3 |
11 |
17 |
24 |
34 |
|
Sheffield
United |
38 |
10 |
5 |
4 |
36 |
24 |
4 |
1 |
14 |
20 |
46 |
34 |
|
Middlesbrough |
38 |
6 |
9 |
4 |
29 |
22 |
5 |
1 |
13 |
26 |
47 |
32 |
|
Tottenham Hotspur |
38 |
9 |
3 |
7 |
28 |
25 |
3 |
3 |
13 |
17 |
47 |
30 |
|
Chelsea |
38 |
7 |
2 |
10 |
29 |
40 |
4 |
4 |
11 |
22 |
33 |
28 |
|
Notts County |
38 |
6 |
4 |
9 |
19 |
20 |
1 |
5 |
13 |
9 |
36 |
23 |
|
Woolwich Arsenal |
38 |
1 |
8 |
10 |
11 |
31 |
2 |
4 |
13 |
15 |
43 |
18 |
|
Sunderland recorded a seven-match winning run from
15 March 1913:
Manchester U. (a) 3-1, Sheffield U. (h) 1-0,
Manchester C. (h) 1-0, Sheffield U. (a) 3-1, West Brom (h) 3-1, Everton (h)
3-1, Liverpool (a) 5-2, before drawing 1-1 at Aston Villa on 23 April 1913.
They also lost to Villa in the FA Cup Final, four days earlier.
Barnsley,
Burnley and Preston North End, from the second division, also had players
representing England. |
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How The League Was Won 1912-13 Season |
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Timeline |
34 Saturdays from 7 September 1912 to 26 April 1913, plus
Christmas Day (Wednesday, 25th December 1912), Boxing Day (Thursday, 26th December 1912),
New Year's Day (Wednesday, 1st January 1913), Good Friday, 21 March 1913 and Easter Monday,
24 March 1913
With no
games allowed in August, there
were six opening games on Monday, 2 September 1912, plus
two on the Wednesday, four on the next two Mondays and three on the
next two Wednesdays.
There was one game played on a Monday in October and one on a Monday
in November.
In December, there was one game played on the last Monday of the
year and one on the first Thursday in January. Games were also played on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays in February,
March and April. The
FA Cup took precedence on six weekends from the first round on 11 January 1913 to the
final on 19 April 1913.
There were three weeks between each round,
apart from two weeks before the fourth round. Last
league game was on Wednesday, 30 April 1913 (Sunderland
1-0 Bradford City).
|
Wednesday,
23 April 1913 |
Aston Villa 1 Sunderland 1
Villa
Park, Birmingham
(59,749)
Halse
~ Tinsley
Having beaten Sunderland, four days earlier, in the FA
Cup Final, Villa were able to parade the trophy to their adoring
fans and then set about beating them again in their quest to win
the 'double'. Sunderland had
won their last seven league games, though, and
were in no mood to roll over. They scored first in a
bad-tempered game that gave them the point that meant that Villa
could only catch them on goal average, with two games left.
Meanwhile, The Wednesday were only a point behind Sunderland,
but only had one game remaining. |
|
Saturday,
26 April 1913 |
Bolton Wanderers 1 Sunderland 3
Burnden
Park, Bolton
(14,000)
Jones
40
~ Mordue (pen) 10, Richardson
20, 24
Needing two more points to guarantee the title,
Sunderland were three up in 24 minutes and cruising to the
championship just seven days after losing the FA Cup Final. The
Wednesday lost their last game at Everton, so they would have
been out of it anyway, whilst Aston Villa won at Newcastle, but
it was too late for them. Villa also won their last game to
snatch the runners-up spot. |
|
|
The Elite League 1912-13 Season
(games between the top four) |
For the first time, none of the previous season's top four teams
managed to retain that status.
Blackburn Rovers, Bolton Wanderers, Everton and Newcastle United all dropped out of the top four.
Games played between the top two:-
|
Saturday, 23 November 1912 |
Sunderland 3 Aston Villa 1
Roker
Park,
Sunderland
(35,000)
Holley,
Buchan, Mordue
(pen) ~
Hampton |
|
Wednesday, 23 April 1913 |
Aston
Villa 1 Sunderland 1
Villa
Park, Birmingham
(59,749)
Halse
~ Tinsley |
Aston Villa beat Sunderland 1-0 in the FA Cup Final at
Crystal Palace. |
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The Continuous League
1888-1913
(first 25 seasons) |
|
Aston Villa increased their lead to 55 points. This was the
eighth season
of 38 games each, following three of 22, one of 26, six of thirty,
and seven of 34 games each.
Aston Villa moved above Newcastle.
Aston Villa increased their lead to ten points. |
Manager:
Bob
Kyle
|
|
Top scorer was Scottish international,
David McLean of The Wednesday, with thirty goals.
Third on the list was
Aston Villa's Harry Hampton, with 25.
|
|
England and the Football
League 1912-13 Season |
|
England's impact on the Football League |
Of the 33 playing positions used
during the active 1912-13 season, Football League players provided
31 of them, and of the six goals scored, League players scored five of them.
Eleven of the twenty first division clubs were
represented, plus Barnsley, Burnley and Preston North End from the second division.
14 Football League games had a direct impact on
two of England's games, on 15 February and 5 April.
As a
result, on 15 February, England took Aston Villa's Harold Halse,
Barnsley's George Utley, Blackburn's Bob Crompton, Bolton's Joe
Smith, Burnley's Tommy Boyle, Manchester United's George Wall,
Middlesbrough's George Elliott and Tim Williamson, Sheffield
United's Bob Benson, and Sunderland's Charlie Buchan, Frank Cuggy and Jackie Mordue.
On
5 April, Crompton and Elliott
were again absent from their clubs, as were Aston Villa's
Harry Hampton and Sam Hardy, Blackburn's Joe Hodkinson and Jock
Simpson, Burnley's Billy Watson, Preston's Joe McCall, Sunderland's
George Holley, The Wednesday's Tom Brittleton, and Jesse Pennington
of West Bromwich Albion. |
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