1908–09 in English football

The 1908–09 season was the 38th season of competitive football in England.

Overview

Tottenham Hotspur played their first ever season in the Football League, gaining promotion to the First Division in the process. Spurs, along with Bradford Park Avenue entered the Second Division to replace Lincoln City and Stoke.

This year started a new competition: the Charity Shield; a match between the champion of the Professional League vs. the champion of the Amateur League. The first championship went to Manchester United, in a replayed final against Queens Park Rangers.

Events

• December 5, 1908 - Sunderland defeat Newcastle United 9-1, after the game was tied 1-1 at half-time. Newcastle's defeat is still the biggest by a club who would win the League in the same season.^[1]

Honours

Competition	Winner
First Division	Newcastle United (3)
Second Division	Bolton Wanderers
FA Cup	Manchester United (1)
Charity Shield	Manchester United
Home Championship	England

Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition

League table

First Division

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Newcastle United	38	24	5	9	65	41	1.585	53
2	Everton	38	18	10	10	82	57	1.439	46
3	Sunderland	38	21	2	15	78	63	1.238	44
4	Blackburn Rovers	38	14	13	11	61	50	1.220	41
5	The Wednesday	38	17	6	15	67	61	1.098	40
6	Woolwich Arsenal	38	14	10	14	52	49	1.061	38
7	Aston Villa	38	14	10	14	58	56	1.036	38
8	Bristol City	38	13	12	13	45	58	0.776	38
9	Middlesbrough	38	14	9	15	59	53	1.113	37
10	Preston North End	38	13	11	14	48	44	1.091	37
11	Chelsea	38	14	9	15	56	61	0.918	37
12	Sheffield United	38	14	9	15	51	59	0.864	37
13	Manchester United	38	15	7	16	58	68	0.853	37
14	Nottingham Forest	38	14	8	16	66	57	1.158	36
15	Notts County	38	14	8	16	51	48	1.063	36
16	Liverpool	38	15	6	17	57	65	0.877	36
17	Bury	38	14	8	16	63	77	0.818	36
18	Bradford City	38	12	10	16	47	47	1.000	34
19	Manchester City	38	15	4	19	67	69	0.971	34
20	Leicester Fosse	38	8	9	21	54	102	0.529	25

Second Division

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Bolton Wanderers	38	24	4	10	59	28	2.107	52
2	Tottenham Hotspur	38	20	11	7	67	32	2.094	51
3	West Bromwich Albion	38	19	13	6	56	27	2.074	51
4	Hull City	38	19	6	13	63	39	1.615	44
5	Derby County	38	16	11	11	55	41	1.341	43
6	Oldham Athletic	38	17	6	15	55	43	1.279	40
7	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	14	11	13	56	48	1.167	39
8	Glossop	38	15	8	15	57	53	1.075	38
9	Gainsborough Trinity	38	15	8	15	49	70	0.700	38
10	Fulham	38	13	11	14	58	48	1.208	37
11	Birmingham	38	14	9	15	58	61	0.951	37
12	Leeds City	38	14	7	17	43	53	0.811	35
13	Grimsby Town	38	14	7	17	41	54	0.759	35
14	Burnley	38	13	7	18	51	58	0.879	33
15	Clapton Orient	38	12	9	17	37	49	0.755	33
16	Bradford Park Avenue	38	13	6	19	51	59	0.864	32
17	Barnsley	38	11	10	17	48	57	0.842	32
18	Stockport County	38	14	3	21	39	71	0.549	31
19	Chesterfield[2]	38	11	8	19	37	67	0.552	30
20	Blackpool	38	9	11	18	46	68	0.676	29

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; Pts = Points

National team

The England national football team had a very successful season, with victory in the 1909 British Home Championship due to a whitewash of the other Home Nations and three heavy victories during a tour of Central Europe for the second year running.

Results

England  v  Ireland

13 February 1909

England	4–0	Ireland
Vivian Woodward 2, George Hilsdon 2 (1P)

Park Avenue, Bradford

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England  v  Wales

15 March 1909

England	2–0	Wales
George Holley, Bert Freeman

City Ground, Nottingham

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England  v  Scotland

3 April 1909

England	2–0	Scotland
George Wall 2

The Crystal Palace, London

European tour

Players

The players chosen for the tour were:

Name	Position	Club	Appearances	Goals
Bridgett, ArthurArthur Bridgett	LW	Sunderland	3	1
Crompton, BobBob Crompton	RB	Blackburn Rovers	3	0
Fleming, HaroldHarold Fleming	FW	Swindon Town	2	3
Halse, HaroldHarold Halse	FW	Manchester United	1	2
Hardy, SamSam Hardy	GK	Liverpool	3	0
Holley, GeorgeGeorge Holley	FW	Sunderland	3	4
Lintott, EvelynEvelyn Lintott	LH	Bradford City	2	0
Pennington, JesseJesse Pennington	LB	West Bromwich Albion	3	0
Pentland, FredFred Pentland	RW	Middlesbrough	3	0
Richards, GeorgeGeorge Richards	LH	Derby County	1	0
Warren, BenBen Warren	RH	Chelsea	3	1
Wedlock, BillyBilly Wedlock	CH	Bristol City	3	0
Woodward, VivianVivian Woodward[3]	CF	Tottenham Hotspur	3	9

Key

• GK — Goalkeeper
• RB — Right back
• LB — Left back
• CB — Centre back
• CH — Centre half
• LH — Left half
• RH — Right half
• RW — Right winger
• LW — Left winger
• FW — Forward
• CF — Centre forward

Match details

Hungary  v  England

29 May 1909

Hungary	2–4	England
Ákos Késmárky, József Grósz	(Summary)	Vivian Woodward 2, Harold Fleming, Arthur Bridgett

Millenáris Sporttelep, Budapest Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Christiaan J Groothoff (Holland)

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Hungary  v  England

31 May 1909

Hungary	2–8	England
Imre Schlosser, Árpád Mészáros	(Summary)	Vivian Woodward 4, Harold Fleming 2, George Holley 2

Millenáris Sporttelep, Budapest Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Hugo Meisl (Austria)

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Austria  v  England

1 June 1909

Austria	1–8	England
Leopold Neubauer	(Summary)	Vivian Woodward 3, George Holley 2, Harold Halse 2, Ben Warren

Hohe Warte Stadium, Vienna Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Ferenc M Schubert (Hungary)

References

1. "RECORD SCORES". footballsite.co.uk. Retrieved 6 July 2012..
2. Failed to be re-elected to the Football League
3. Captain