# 1914–15 Football League

The 1914–15 season was the 27th season of The Football League. It was the final season before football was suspended at the outbreak of World War I.

## 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 | Everton (C) | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 76 | 47 | 1.617 | 46 | |
| 2 | Oldham Athletic | 38 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 70 | 56 | 1.250 | 45 | |
| 3 | Blackburn Rovers | 38 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 83 | 61 | 1.361 | 43 | |
| 4 | Burnley | 38 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 61 | 47 | 1.298 | 43 | |
| 5 | Manchester City | 38 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 49 | 39 | 1.256 | 43 | |
| 6 | Sheffield United | 38 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 49 | 41 | 1.195 | 43 | |
| 7 | The Wednesday | 38 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 61 | 54 | 1.130 | 43 | |
| 8 | Sunderland | 38 | 18 | 5 | 15 | 81 | 72 | 1.125 | 41 | |
| 9 | Bradford Park Avenue | 38 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 69 | 65 | 1.062 | 41 | |
| 10 | West Bromwich Albion | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 49 | 43 | 1.140 | 40 | |
| 11 | Bradford City | 38 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 55 | 49 | 1.122 | 40 | |
| 12 | Middlesbrough | 38 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 62 | 74 | 0.838 | 38 | |
| 13 | Liverpool | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 65 | 75 | 0.867 | 37 | |
| 14 | Aston Villa | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 62 | 72 | 0.861 | 37 | |
| 15 | Newcastle United | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 46 | 48 | 0.958 | 32 | |
| 16 | Notts County | 38 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 41 | 57 | 0.719 | 31 | |
| 17 | Bolton Wanderers | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 68 | 84 | 0.810 | 30 | |
| 18 | Manchester United | 38 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 46 | 62 | 0.742 | 30 | |
| 19 | Chelsea | 38 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 51 | 65 | 0.785 | 29 | |
| 20 | Tottenham Hotspur (R) | 38 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 57 | 90 | 0.633 | 28 | Relegation to the Second Division |

### Results

| Home \ Away | AST | BLB | BOL | BRA | BPA | BUR | CHE | EVE | LIV | MCI | MUN | MID | NEW | NTC | OLD | SHU | SUN | TOT | WED | WBA |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | |

### Maps
## Second Division

| Pos | Team | Pld | HW | HD | HL | HGF | HGA | AW | AD | AL | AGF | AGA | GAv | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Derby County | 38 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 40 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 31 | 22 | 2.152 | 53 | Division Champions, Promoted |
| 2 | Preston North End | 38 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 41 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 26 | 1.452 | 50 | Promoted |
| 3 | Barnsley | 38 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 20 | 41 | 1.000 | 47 | |
| 4 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 38 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 47 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 30 | 39 | 1.481 | 45 | |
| 5 | Arsenal | 38 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 52 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 1.683 | 43 | Promoted |
| 6 | Birmingham | 38 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 44 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 26 | 1.590 | 43 | |
| 7 | Hull City | 38 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 36 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 29 | 31 | 1.204 | 43 | |
| 8 | Huddersfield Town | 38 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 36 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 25 | 29 | 1.452 | 42 | |
| 9 | Clapton Orient | 38 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 36 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 31 | 1.042 | 41 | |
| 10 | Blackpool | 38 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 40 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 18 | 35 | 1.018 | 39 | |
| 11 | Bury | 38 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 39 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 22 | 37 | 1.089 | 38 | |
| 12 | Fulham | 38 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 35 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 1.128 | 37 | |
| 13 | Bristol City | 38 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 38 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 24 | 37 | 1.107 | 37 | |
| 14 | Stockport County | 38 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 33 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 21 | 41 | 0.900 | 37 | |
| 15 | Leeds City | 38 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 40 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 25 | 39 | 1.016 | 32 | |
| 16 | Lincoln City | 38 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 29 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 42 | 0.708 | 31 | |
| 17 | Grimsby Town | 38 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 24 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 52 | 0.632 | 31 | |
| 18 | Nottingham Forest | 38 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 32 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 53 | 0.558 | 29 | |
| 19 | Leicester Fosse | 38 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 31 | 41 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 16 | 47 | 0.534 | 24 | Re-elected |
| 20 | Glossop | 38 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 54 | 0.356 | 18 | Failed re-election |
* 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.
* ↑ Glossop failed to be re-elected to the Football League, never to return again, and Stoke were elected in their place at the Football League's AGM in 1915. In March 1919 Coventry City, South Shields, Rotherham County and West Ham United joined the Second Division.

### Results

| Home \ Away | ARS | BAR | BIR | BLP | BRI | BRY | CLA | DER | FUL | GLP | GRI | HUD | HUL | LEE | LEI | LIN | NOT | PNE | STP | WOL |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | |

### Maps
## Attendances
### First Division

| # | Football club | Home games | Average attendance |
| 1 | Manchester City | 19 | 20,205 |
| 2 | Chelsea FC | 19 | 18,540 |
| 3 | Everton FC | 19 | 18,530 |
| 4 | Liverpool FC | 19 | 16,805 |
| 5 | The Wednesday | 19 | 16,120 |
| 6 | Sheffield United | 19 | 14,735 |
| 7 | Newcastle United | 19 | 14,545 |
| 8 | Aston Villa | 19 | 13,680 |
| 9 | Bolton Wanderers | 19 | 13,580 |
| 10 | Bradford City | 19 | 13,365 |
| 11 | Tottenham Hotspur | 19 | 13,270 |
| 12 | Bradford FC | 19 | 13,195 |
| 13 | Blackburn Rovers | 19 | 12,740 |
| 14 | Manchester United | 19 | 11,950 |
| 15 | Burnley FC | 19 | 11,415 |
| 16 | West Bromwich Albion | 19 | 10,945 |
| 17 | Sunderland AFC | 19 | 10,230 |
| 18 | Notts County | 19 | 9,970 |
| 19 | Middlesbrough FC | 19 | 9,060 |
| 20 | Oldham Athletic | 19 | 9,045 |