1914–15 Football League

The Football League
Season	1914–15
Champions	Everton
← 1913–14 1919–20 →

The 1914–1915 season was the 27th season of The Football League.

Final league tables

The tables below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website^[1] and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79,^[2] with home and away statistics separated.

Beginning with the season 1894–95, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded), or more properly put, goal ratio. In case one or more teams had the same goal difference, this system favoured those teams who had scored fewer goals. The goal average system was eventually scrapped beginning with the 1976–77 season.

Since the goal average was used for this purpose for such a long time, it is presented in the tables below even for the seasons prior to 1894–95, and since the goal difference is a more informative piece of information for a modern reader than the goal average, the goal difference is added in this presentation after the goal average.

From the 1894–95 season and until the 1920–21 season the re-election process was required of the clubs which finished in the bottom three of the league.^[2]

First Division

Football League
First Division
Season	1914–15
Champions	Everton (2nd English title)
Relegated	Tottenham Hotspur
FA Cup winners	Sheffield United (3rd FA Cup title)
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1201 (3.16 per match)
Top goalscorer	Bobby Parker (Everton), 35 ^[3]
Biggest home win	The Wednesday – Bolton 7–0 (1 Mar 1915)
Biggest away win	Aston Villa – Bolton 1–7 (26 Dec 1914) Tottenham – Sunderland 0–6 (19 Dec 1914)
Highest scoring	Middlesbrough –Tottenham 7–5 (13 Feb 1915)
← 1913–14 1919–20 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Everton	38	8	5	6	44	29	11	3	5	32	18	76	47	1.617	+29	46
2	Oldham Athletic	38	11	5	3	46	25	6	6	7	24	31	70	56	1.250	+14	45
3	Blackburn Rovers	38	11	4	4	51	27	7	3	9	32	34	83	61	1.361	+22	43
4	Burnley	38	12	1	6	38	18	6	6	7	23	29	61	47	1.298	+14	43
5	Manchester City	38	9	7	3	29	15	6	6	7	20	24	49	39	1.256	+10	43
6	Sheffield United	38	11	5	3	28	13	4	8	7	21	28	49	41	1.195	+8	43
7	The Wednesday	38	10	7	2	43	23	5	6	8	18	31	61	54	1.130	+7	43
8	Sunderland	38	11	3	5	46	30	7	2	10	35	42	81	72	1.125	+9	41
9	Bradford Park Avenue	38	11	4	4	40	20	6	3	10	29	45	69	65	1.062	+4	41
10	West Bromwich Albion	38	11	5	3	31	9	4	5	10	18	34	49	43	1.140	+6	40
11	Bradford City	38	11	7	1	40	18	2	7	10	15	31	55	49	1.122	+6	40
12	Middlesbrough	38	10	6	3	42	24	3	6	10	20	50	62	74	0.838	–12	38
13	Liverpool	38	11	5	3	45	34	3	4	12	20	41	65	75	0.867	–10	37
14	Aston Villa	38	10	5	4	39	32	3	6	10	23	40	62	72	0.861	–10	37
15	Newcastle United	38	8	4	7	29	23	3	6	10	17	25	46	48	0.958	–2	32
16	Notts County	38	8	7	4	28	18	1	6	12	13	39	41	57	0.719	–16	31
17	Bolton Wanderers	38	8	5	6	35	27	3	3	13	33	57	68	84	0.810	–16	30
18	Manchester United	38	8	6	5	27	19	1	6	12	19	43	46	62	0.742	–16	30
19	Chelsea^[4]	38	8	6	5	32	25	0	7	12	19	40	51	65	0.785	–14	29
20	Tottenham Hotspur^[5]	38	7	7	5	30	29	1	5	13	27	61	57	90	0.633	–33	28

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

Key
	League Champions
	FA Cup Winners
	Relegated

Results

Home ╲ Away	Aston Villa !AST	Blackburn Rovers !BLB	Bolton Wanderers !BOL	Bradford City !BRA	Bradford Park Avenue !BPA	Burnley !BUR	Chelsea !CHE	Everton !EVE	Liverpool !LIV	Manchester City !MCI	Manchester United !MUN	Middlesbrough !MID	Newcastle United !NEW	Notts County !NTC	Oldham Athletic !OLD	Sheffield United !SHU	Sunderland !SUN	Tottenham Hotspur !TOT	The Wednesday !WED	West Bromwich Albion !WBA
Aston Villa !Aston Villa		2–1	1–7	0–0	1–2	3–3	2–1	1–5	6–2	4–1	3–3	5–0	2–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–3	3–1	0–0	2–1
Blackburn Rovers !Blackburn Rovers	1–2		2–2	2–1	2–2	6–0	3–2	2–1	4–2	0–1	3–3	4–0	2–3	5–1	4–1	1–2	3–1	4–1	1–1	2–1
Bolton Wanderers !Bolton Wanderers	2–2	3–2		3–5	3–2	3–1	3–1	0–0	0–1	2–3	3–0	4–0	0–0	1–2	2–0	0–1	1–1	4–2	0–3	1–1
Bradford City !Bradford City	3–0	3–0	4–2		3–2	0–0	2–2	0–1	3–2	0–0	4–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–0	1–1	3–1	2–2	1–0	5–0
Bradford Park Avenue !Bradford Park Avenue	2–2	1–2	1–2	3–0		2–2	3–0	1–2	1–0	3–1	5–0	2–0	1–0	3–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	5–1	1–1	1–4
Burnley !Burnley	2–1	3–2	5–0	0–1	2–0		2–0	1–0	3–0	1–2	3–0	4–0	2–0	0–0	2–3	1–2	2–1	3–1	2–3	0–2
Chelsea !Chelsea	3–1	1–3	2–1	2–0	0–1	1–4		2–0	3–1	0–0	1–3	2–2	0–3	4–1	2–2	1–1	3–0	1–1	0–0	4–1
Everton !Everton	0–0	1–3	5–3	1–1	4–1	0–2	2–2		1–3	4–1	4–2	2–3	3–0	4–0	3–4	0–0	7–1	1–1	0–1	2–1
Liverpool !Liverpool	3–6	3–0	4–3	2–1	2–1	3–0	3–3	0–5		3–2	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–2	2–1	2–1	7–2	2–1	3–1
Manchester City !Manchester City	1–0	1–3	2–1	4–1	2–3	1–0	2–1	0–1	1–1		1–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–0	2–1	4–0	4–0
Manchester United !Manchester United	1–0	2–0	4–1	1–0	1–2	0–2	2–2	1–2	2–0	0–0		2–2	1–0	2–2	1–3	1–2	3–0	1–1	2–0	0–0
Middlesbrough !Middlesbrough	1–1	1–4	0–0	3–0	1–3	1–1	3–0	5–1	3–0	1–0	1–1		1–1	1–0	4–1	2–2	2–3	7–5	3–1	2–0
Newcastle United !Newcastle United	3–0	2–1	1–2	1–0	1–1	1–2	2–0	0–1	0–0	2–1	2–0	1–2		1–1	1–2	4–3	2–5	4–0	0–0	1–2
Notts County !Notts County	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	2–0	0–0	3–1	0–2	4–2	5–1	1–0		2–1	3–1	2–1	1–2	1–2	1–1
Oldham Athletic !Oldham Athletic	3–3	3–2	5–3	1–0	6–2	1–2	0–0	1–1	0–2	0–0	1–0	5–1	1–0	2–0		3–0	4–5	4–1	5–2	1–1
Sheffield United !Sheffield United	3–0	1–2	3–1	1–1	3–2	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	3–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	3–0		1–1	1–1	0–1	2–0
Sunderland !Sunderland	4–0	5–1	4–3	1–1	3–3	2–1	2–1	0–3	2–2	0–2	1–0	4–1	2–4	3–1	1–2	3–2		5–0	3–1	1–2
Tottenham Hotspur !Tottenham Hotspur	0–2	0–4	4–2	0–0	3–0	1–3	1–1	1–3	1–1	2–2	2–0	3–3	0–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	0–6		6–1	2–0
The Wednesday !The Wednesday	5–2	1–1	7–0	3–3	6–0	0–0	3–2	1–4	2–1	2–1	1–0	3–1	2–1	0–0	2–2	1–1	1–2	3–2		0–0
West Bromwich Albion !West Bromwich Albion	2–0	0–0	3–0	3–0	1–0	3–0	2–0	1–2	4–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	2–0	4–1	0–0	1–1	1–2	3–2	0–0

Source:
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

The Wednesday (Sheffield)

Tottenham

West Bromwich Albion

Locations of the Football League First Division teams

Chelsea

Tottenham

Locations of the Football League First Division London teams

Second Division

Football League
Second Division
Season	1914–15
Champions	Derby County (2nd title)
Failed re-election	Glossop
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1135 (2.99 per match)
Top goalscorer	Joe Lane (Blackpool), 28 ^[3]
Biggest home win	Birmingham – Glossop 11–1 (6 Jan 1915)
Biggest away win	Leicester Fosse – Derby County 0–6 (28 Dec 1914)
Highest scoring	Birmingham – Glossop 11–1 (6 Jan 1915)
← 1913–14 1919–20 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Derby County^[6]	38	14	3	2	40	11	9	4	6	31	22	71	33	2.152	+38	53
2	Preston North End^[6]	38	14	4	1	41	16	6	6	7	20	26	61	42	1.452	+19	50
3	Barnsley	38	16	2	1	31	10	6	1	12	20	41	51	51	1.000	±0	47
4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	12	4	3	47	13	7	3	9	30	39	77	52	1.481	+25	45
5	Arsenal^[6]^[7]^[8]	38	15	1	3	52	13	4	4	11	17	28	69	41	1.683	+28	43
6	Birmingham ^[7]	38	13	3	3	44	13	4	6	9	18	26	62	39	1.590	+23	43
7	Hull City	38	12	2	5	36	23	7	3	9	29	31	65	54	1.204	+11	43
8	Huddersfield Town	38	12	4	3	36	13	5	4	10	25	29	61	42	1.452	+19	42
9	Clapton Orient	38	12	5	2	36	17	4	4	11	14	31	50	48	1.042	+2	41
10	Blackpool	38	11	3	5	40	22	6	2	11	18	35	58	57	1.018	+1	39
11	Bury	38	11	5	3	39	19	4	3	12	22	37	61	56	1.089	+5	38
12	Fulham	38	12	0	7	35	20	3	7	9	18	27	53	47	1.128	+6	37
13	Bristol City	38	11	2	6	38	19	4	5	10	24	37	62	56	1.107	+6	37
14	Stockport County	38	12	4	3	33	19	3	3	13	21	41	54	60	0.900	–6	37
15	Leeds City	38	9	3	7	40	25	5	1	13	25	39	65	64	1.016	+1	32
16	Lincoln City	38	9	4	6	29	23	2	5	12	17	42	46	65	0.708	–19	31
17	Grimsby Town	38	10	4	5	36	24	1	5	13	12	52	48	76	0.632	–28	31
18	Nottingham Forest	38	9	7	3	32	24	1	2	16	11	53	43	77	0.558	–34	29
19	Leicester Fosse	38	6	4	9	31	41	4	0	15	16	47	47	88	0.534	–41	24
20	Glossop^[9]	38	5	5	9	21	33	1	1	17	10	54	31	87	0.356	–56	18

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

Key
	Division Champions
	Promoted
	New club in the league (none)
	Re-elected
	Failed re-election

Results

Home ╲ Away	Arsenal !ARS	Barnsley !BAR	Birmingham City !BIR	Blackpool !BLP	Bristol City !BRI	Bury !BRY	Clapton Orient !CLA	Derby County !DER	Fulham !FUL	Glossop !GLP	Grimsby Town !GRI	Huddersfield Town !HUD	Hull City !HUL	Leeds City !LEE	Leicester Fosse !LEI	Lincoln City !LIN	Nottingham Forest !NOT	Preston North End !PNE	Stockport County !STP	Wolverhampton Wanderers !WOL
Arsenal !Arsenal		1–0	1–0	2–0	3–0	3–1	2–1	1–2	3–0	3–0	6–0	0–3	2–1	2–0	6–0	1–1	7–0	1–2	3–1	5–1
Barnsley !Barnsley	1–0		2–1	1–2	2–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–2	2–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	3–1	3–0	2–1	2–0	2–1
Birmingham City !Birmingham City	3–0	2–0		3–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–2	1–0	11–1	3–0	1–0	2–2	6–3	2–0	2–0	3–0	1–1	0–1	1–2
Blackpool !Blackpool	0–2	1–1	3–1		2–0	3–4	5–1	2–1	2–2	3–0	5–0	3–2	1–2	1–0	1–2	0–0	3–0	0–2	4–2	1–0
Bristol City !Bristol City	1–1	3–1	2–3	2–1		1–0	3–0	2–3	0–0	3–1	7–0	0–1	5–2	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–2	4–0	0–2	0–1
Bury !Bury	3–1	1–2	1–3	2–2	2–1		3–0	2–0	1–0	5–0	2–2	3–1	0–1	0–0	3–1	1–1	4–2	0–0	2–1	4–1
Clapton Orient !Clapton Orient	1–0	4–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–2		0–1	2–1	5–2	2–1	3–1	0–3	2–0	2–0	3–1	0–0	1–1	3–0	1–1
Derby County !Derby County	4–0	7–0	1–0	5–0	1–0	2–1	0–3		1–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	4–1	1–2	1–0	3–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	3–1
Fulham !Fulham	0–1	2–0	2–3	0–1	1–2	6–3	4–0	2–0		2–0	2–1	2–3	4–1	1–0	1–0	3–1	2–1	0–2	1–0	0–1
Glossop !Glossop	0–4	0–1	3–3	1–3	2–1	3–0	3–1	1–1	1–0		0–0	2–2	0–5	0–3	2–3	1–2	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–2
Grimsby Town !Grimsby Town	1–0	2–3	1–0	2–0	2–3	1–0	2–1	1–2	1–1	1–0		0–0	1–1	2–5	1–0	5–1	4–0	2–2	6–1	1–4
Huddersfield Town !Huddersfield Town	3–0	1–0	0–0	5–0	5–3	0–1	1–1	0–0	2–2	0–1	3–1		1–0	1–0	3–1	0–1	4–0	3–1	2–1	2–0
Hull City !Hull City	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–3	1–1	3–1	0–1	1–0	2–0	2–0	4–1	0–4		2–6	2–1	6–1	3–1	0–1	1–0	5–1
Leeds City !Leeds City	2–2	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	0–1	3–5	0–1	3–0	5–0	1–0	2–3		7–2	3–1	4–0	0–0	1–3	2–3
Leicester Fosse !Leicester Fosse	1–4	0–1	1–0	2–2	1–3	1–3	1–1	0–6	0–2	3–2	2–0	1–2	1–1	5–1		2–2	3–1	2–3	5–4	0–3
Lincoln City !Lincoln City	1–0	3–0	0–1	0–1	3–1	2–3	1–0	0–0	3–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	0–3	0–1	2–3		2–1	3–1	2–2	2–2
Nottingham Forest !Nottingham Forest	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	0–1	1–1	0–1	2–2	2–2	1–0	4–2	3–2	1–0	3–1	1–3	3–2		1–1	1–1	3–1
Preston North End !Preston North End	3–0	5–2	2–0	1–0	4–1	2–0	2–2	1–3	2–1	1–0	3–0	1–1	2–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	2–2		2–0	5–3
Stockport County !Stockport County	1–1	1–2	3–1	0–2	2–2	1–0	2–0	3–2	0–2	2–1	1–1	2–1	3–0	3–1	3–0	1–0	1–0	2–1		2–2
Wolverhampton Wanderers !Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–0	4–1	0–0	2–0	2–2	1–1	0–0	0–1	2–0	4–0	0–1	4–1	1–2	5–1	7–0	3–1	5–1	2–0	4–1

Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Locations of the Football League Second Division teams

Arsenal

Clapton Orient

Fulham

Locations of the Football League Second Division London teams

References

↑ "England 1914-15". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 5 February 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
1 2 Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
1 2 "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.
↑ Chelsea remained in the First Division after World War 1, as the number of teams in both divisions was expanded to 22.
↑ Tottenham Hotspur were relegated to the Second Division after WW I.
1 2 3 Derby County, Preston North End and Arsenal were promoted to First Division after WW I, as the number of teams in both
divisions was expanded to 22.
1 2 The official Football League records originally showed Birmingham in 5th place and Arsenal in 6th place. In 1975 it was discovered that an error in the calculation of Goal Average had been made and the table was corrected.
↑ It is said that Sir Henry Norris arranged for the Arsenal's promotion back to the First Division, in controversial circumstances.
↑ Glossop failed to be re-elected to the Football League, never to return again. A resurrected Stoke, along with Coventry City,
South Shields, Rotherham County and West Ham United joined the Second Division after the war.

External links

Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.

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Related events

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First Division

Aston Villa
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Burnley
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Middlesbrough
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Arsenal
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Clapton Orient
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Fulham
Glossop
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Hull City
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1914–15 Football League

Final league tables

First Division

Results

Maps

Second Division

Results

Maps

See also

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