# 1907–08 Football League

The 1907–08 Football League season was the 20th season of The Football League.
This season saw the only occasion in history of the Football League where two teams have finished with exactly identical records (12 wins, 12 draws, 14 losses, 51 goals scored, 63 goals conceded), resulting in a tied 14th place between Woolwich Arsenal and Blackburn Rovers.

## Final league tables

Beginning in the 1894–95 season, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded). 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.
During the first six seasons of the league, (up to the 1893–94 season), re-election process concerned the clubs which finished in the bottom four of the league. 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.

## First Division

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Relegation |
| 1 | Manchester United (C) | 38 | 23 | 6 | 9 | 81 | 48 | 1.688 | 52 | |
| 2 | Aston Villa | 38 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 77 | 59 | 1.305 | 43 | |
| 3 | Manchester City | 38 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 62 | 54 | 1.148 | 43 | |
| 4 | Newcastle United | 38 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 65 | 54 | 1.204 | 42 | |
| 5 | The Wednesday | 38 | 19 | 4 | 15 | 73 | 64 | 1.141 | 42 | |
| 6 | Middlesbrough | 38 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 54 | 45 | 1.200 | 41 | |
| 7 | Bury | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 58 | 61 | 0.951 | 39 | |
| 8 | Liverpool | 38 | 16 | 6 | 16 | 68 | 61 | 1.115 | 38 | |
| 9 | Nottingham Forest | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 59 | 62 | 0.952 | 37 | |
| 10 | Bristol City | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 58 | 61 | 0.951 | 36 | |
| 11 | Everton | 38 | 15 | 6 | 17 | 58 | 64 | 0.906 | 36 | |
| 12 | Preston North End | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 47 | 53 | 0.887 | 36 | |
| 13 | Chelsea | 38 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 53 | 62 | 0.855 | 36 | |
| 14 | Blackburn Rovers | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 51 | 63 | 0.810 | 36 | |
| 15 | Woolwich Arsenal | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 51 | 63 | 0.810 | 36 | |
| 16 | Sunderland | 38 | 16 | 3 | 19 | 78 | 75 | 1.040 | 35 | |
| 17 | Sheffield United | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 52 | 58 | 0.897 | 35 | |
| 18 | Notts County | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 39 | 51 | 0.765 | 34 | |
| 19 | Bolton Wanderers (R) | 38 | 14 | 5 | 19 | 52 | 58 | 0.897 | 33 | Relegation to the Second Division |
| 20 | Birmingham (R) | 38 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 40 | 60 | 0.667 | 30 | Relegation to the Second Division |

### Results

| Home \ Away | AST | BIR | BLB | BOL | BRI | BRY | CHE | EVE | LIV | MCI | MUN | MID | NEW | NOT | NTC | PNE | SHU | SUN | WED | WOO |
| Aston Villa | | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–4 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 6–0 | 3–3 | 4–0 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 0–1 |
| Birmingham | 2–3 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–4 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| Blackburn Rovers | 2–0 | 1–0 | | 3–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–5 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Bolton Wanderers | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | | 1–2 | 3–6 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| Bristol City | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 |
| Bury | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 |
| Chelsea | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 3–4 | | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 |
| Everton | 1–0 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 6–1 | 0–3 | | 2–4 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Liverpool | 5–0 | 3–4 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 0–0 | | 0–1 | 7–4 | 0–1 | 1–5 | 0–0 | 6–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 |
| Manchester City | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 4–2 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 4–0 |
| Manchester United | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 4–0 | 3–1 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 4–2 |
| Middlesbrough | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 6–1 | 0–0 |
| Newcastle United | 2–5 | 8–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–6 | 1–1 | | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Nottingham Forest | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 6–0 | 5–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| Notts County | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | | 0–1 | 0–3 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 |
| Preston North End | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| Sheffield United | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | | 5–3 | 1–3 | 2–2 |
| Sunderland | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 6–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–5 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 7–2 | 4–3 | 4–1 | 4–1 | | 1–2 | 5–2 |
| The Wednesday | 2–3 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 5–3 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | | 6–0 |
| Woolwich Arsenal | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | |

### Maps
## Second Division

| Pos | Team | Pld | HW | HD | HL | HGF | HGA | AW | AD | AL | AGF | AGA | GAv | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Bradford City | 38 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 58 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 32 | 26 | 2.143 | 54 | Division champions |
| 2 | Leicester Fosse | 38 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 41 | 20 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 31 | 27 | 1.532 | 52 | Promoted |
| 3 | Oldham Athletic | 38 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 53 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 23 | 28 | 1.810 | 50 | |
| 4 | Fulham | 38 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 50 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 35 | 1.673 | 49 | |
| 5 | West Bromwich Albion | 38 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 38 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 26 | 1.564 | 47 | |
| 6 | Derby County | 38 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 50 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 27 | 32 | 1.711 | 46 | |
| 7 | Burnley | 38 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 44 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 23 | 36 | 1.340 | 46 | |
| 8 | Hull City | 38 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 50 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 23 | 39 | 1.177 | 46 | |
| 9 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 38 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 34 | 1.111 | 37 | FA Cup Winners |
| 10 | Stoke | 38 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 43 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 39 | 1.096 | 37 | Resigned |
| 11 | Gainsborough Trinity | 38 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 31 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 43 | 0.662 | 35 | |
| 12 | Leeds City | 38 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 33 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 20 | 47 | 0.815 | 32 | |
| 13 | Stockport County | 38 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 35 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 41 | 0.716 | 32 | |
| 14 | Clapton Orient | 38 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 52 | 0.615 | 32 | |
| 15 | Blackpool | 38 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 33 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 39 | 0.879 | 31 | |
| 16 | Barnsley | 38 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 41 | 31 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 37 | 0.794 | 30 | |
| 17 | Glossop | 38 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 36 | 26 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 18 | 48 | 0.730 | 30 | |
| 18 | Grimsby Town | 38 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 47 | 0.606 | 30 | Re-elected |
| 19 | Chesterfield Town | 38 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 33 | 38 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 54 | 0.500 | 23 | Re-elected |
| 20 | Lincoln City | 38 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 27 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 19 | 55 | 0.554 | 21 | Failed re-election |
* 1 2 New club in the league
* ↑ Stoke resigned from the Football League due to financial difficulties. Bradford Park Avenue and Tottenham Hotspur took the available places in the league the following season.

### Results

| Home \ Away | BAR | BLP | BRA | BUR | CHF | CLA | DER | FUL | GAI | GLP | GRI | HUL | LEE | LEI | LIN | OLD | STP | STK | WBA | WOL |
| Barnsley | | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 5–2 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 6–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 5–0 |
| Blackpool | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 |
| Bradford City | 2–0 | 3–0 | | 2–0 | 8–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 7–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 1–5 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 6–0 | 0–0 | 6–2 |
| Burnley | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Chesterfield | 1–3 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–4 | | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–7 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 4–3 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Clapton Orient | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 5–1 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| Derby County | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | | 0–1 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 6–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 |
| Fulham | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | | 6–0 | 6–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 6–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Gainsborough Trinity | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–5 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 3–3 | | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| Glossop | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | | 1–2 | 5–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Grimsby Town | 4–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 1–4 | 4–0 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 |
| Hull City | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 4–2 | | 4–1 | 3–2 | 5–3 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 |
| Leeds City | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 5–2 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–2 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| Leicester Fosse | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| Lincoln City | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 0–3 | | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 |
| Oldham Athletic | 1–0 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | | 5–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Stockport County | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 |
| Stoke | 4–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 6–1 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| West Bromwich Albion | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | | 1–0 |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | |

### Maps
## Attendances

| # | Football club | Home games | Average attendance |
| 1 | Chelsea FC | 19 | 31,965 |
| 2 | Newcastle United | 19 | 27,875 |
| 3 | Manchester City | 19 | 23,255 |
| 4 | Manchester United | 19 | 22,315 |
| 5 | Aston Villa | 19 | 19,520 |
| 6 | Everton FC | 19 | 17,630 |
| 7 | Sunderland AFC | 19 | 17,470 |
| 8 | Liverpool FC | 19 | 16,905 |
| 9 | Middlesbrough FC | 19 | 16,605 |
| 10 | Birmingham City | 19 | 15,265 |
| 11 | Bolton Wanderers | 19 | 14,515 |
| 12 | Woolwich Arsenal | 19 | 13,765 |
| 13 | The Wednesday | 19 | 13,500 |
| 14 | Blackburn Rovers | 19 | 13,270 |
| 15 | Bristol City | 19 | 13,245 |
| 16 | Sheffield United | 19 | 12,890 |
| 17 | Nottingham Forest | 19 | 12,840 |
| 18 | Bury FC | 19 | 11,880 |
| 19 | Preston North End | 19 | 10,870 |
| 20 | Notts County | 19 | 10,605 |