# 1912–13 Football League

The 1912–13 season was the 25th season of The Football League, a league of professional association football clubs in England and Wales.

## 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 | Sunderland (C) | 38 | 25 | 4 | 9 | 86 | 43 | 2.000 | 54 | |
| 2 | Aston Villa | 38 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 86 | 52 | 1.654 | 50 | |
| 3 | The Wednesday | 38 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 75 | 55 | 1.364 | 49 | |
| 4 | Manchester United | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 69 | 43 | 1.605 | 46 | |
| 5 | Blackburn Rovers | 38 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 79 | 43 | 1.837 | 45 | |
| 6 | Manchester City | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 53 | 37 | 1.432 | 44 | |
| 7 | Derby County | 38 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 69 | 66 | 1.045 | 42 | |
| 8 | Bolton Wanderers | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 62 | 63 | 0.984 | 42 | |
| 9 | Oldham Athletic | 38 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 50 | 55 | 0.909 | 42 | |
| 10 | West Bromwich Albion | 38 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 57 | 50 | 1.140 | 38 | |
| 11 | Everton | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 48 | 54 | 0.889 | 37 | |
| 12 | Liverpool | 38 | 16 | 5 | 17 | 61 | 71 | 0.859 | 37 | |
| 13 | Bradford City | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 50 | 60 | 0.833 | 35 | |
| 14 | Newcastle United | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 47 | 47 | 1.000 | 34 | |
| 15 | Sheffield United | 38 | 14 | 6 | 18 | 56 | 70 | 0.800 | 34 | |
| 16 | Middlesbrough | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 55 | 69 | 0.797 | 32 | |
| 17 | Tottenham Hotspur | 38 | 12 | 6 | 20 | 45 | 72 | 0.625 | 30 | |
| 18 | Chelsea | 38 | 11 | 6 | 21 | 51 | 73 | 0.699 | 28 | |
| 19 | Notts County (R) | 38 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 28 | 56 | 0.500 | 23 | Relegation to the Second Division |
| 20 | Woolwich Arsenal (R) | 38 | 3 | 12 | 23 | 26 | 74 | 0.351 | 18 | Relegation to the Second Division |

### Results

| Home \ Away | AST | BLB | BOL | BRA | CHE | DER | EVE | LIV | MCI | MUN | MID | NEW | NTC | OLD | SHU | SUN | TOT | WED | WBA | WOO |
| Aston Villa | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 7–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 10–0 | 2–4 | 4–1 |
| Blackburn Rovers | 2–2 | | 6–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 7–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 6–1 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 1–1 |
| Bolton Wanderers | 2–3 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 |
| Bradford City | 1–1 | 0–2 | 4–1 | | 2–2 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–5 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| Chelsea | 1–2 | 1–6 | 2–3 | 0–3 | | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| Derby County | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 4–0 | 3–1 | | 1–4 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 0–3 | 5–0 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 4–1 |
| Everton | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | | 0–2 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–6 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 |
| Liverpool | 2–0 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | | 1–2 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–5 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| Manchester City | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | | 0–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Manchester United | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | | 2–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Middlesbrough | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 3–4 | 0–0 | 3–2 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| Newcastle United | 2–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| Notts County | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Oldham Athletic | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Sheffield United | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | | 1–3 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 |
| Sunderland | 3–1 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 7–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 2–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 4–1 |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 3–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 5–3 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | | 2–4 | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| The Wednesday | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 6–0 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | | 3–2 | 2–0 |
| West Bromwich Albion | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | | 2–1 |
| Woolwich Arsenal | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 2–5 | 1–0 | |

### Maps
## Second Division

| Pos | Team | Pld | HW | HD | HL | HGF | HGA | AW | AD | AL | AGF | AGA | GAv | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | Preston North End | 38 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 34 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 22 | 21 | 1.697 | 53 | Division Champions |
| 2 | Burnley | 38 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 58 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 30 | 30 | 1.660 | 50 | Promoted |
| 3 | Birmingham | 38 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 39 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 26 | 1.341 | 46 | |
| 4 | Barnsley | 38 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 46 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 29 | 1.213 | 45 | |
| 5 | Huddersfield Town | 38 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 49 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 1.650 | 43 | |
| 6 | Leeds City | 38 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 45 | 22 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 25 | 42 | 1.094 | 40 | |
| 7 | Grimsby Town | 38 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 19 | 39 | 1.020 | 40 | |
| 8 | Lincoln City | 38 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 31 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 36 | 0.962 | 40 | |
| 9 | Fulham | 38 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 47 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 18 | 39 | 1.182 | 39 | |
| 10 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 38 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 34 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 22 | 38 | 1.037 | 38 | |
| 11 | Bury | 38 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 29 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 24 | 43 | 0.930 | 38 | |
| 12 | Hull City | 38 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 42 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 37 | 1.071 | 36 | |
| 13 | Bradford Park Avenue | 38 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 47 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 42 | 1.000 | 36 | |
| 14 | Clapton Orient | 38 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 20 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 27 | 0.723 | 34 | |
| 15 | Leicester Fosse | 38 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 34 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 45 | 0.769 | 33 | |
| 16 | Bristol City | 38 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 32 | 25 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 47 | 0.639 | 33 | |
| 17 | Nottingham Forest | 38 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 35 | 25 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 0.983 | 32 | |
| 18 | Glossop | 38 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 34 | 26 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 42 | 0.721 | 32 | |
| 19 | Stockport County | 38 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 32 | 23 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 24 | 55 | 0.718 | 26 | Re-elected |
| 20 | Blackpool | 38 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 47 | 0.565 | 26 | Re-elected |
* ↑ New club in the league

### Results

| Home \ Away | BAR | BIR | BLP | BPA | BRI | BUR | BRY | CLA | FUL | GLP | GRI | HUD | HUL | LEE | LEI | LIN | NOT | PNE | STP | WOL |
| Barnsley | | 1–0 | 5–3 | 4–0 | 7–1 | 1–4 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 |
| Birmingham | 3–1 | | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Blackpool | 0–1 | 2–0 | | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Bradford Park Avenue | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | | 4–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 5–1 |
| Bristol City | 3–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 3–3 | 1–5 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 7–2 | 3–1 |
| Burnley | 0–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 5–1 | 2–2 | | 3–1 | 5–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 3–5 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 4–2 |
| Bury | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Clapton Orient | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 0–0 |
| Fulham | 1–1 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 7–0 | 4–2 |
| Glossop | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 4–3 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–3 |
| Grimsby Town | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 |
| Huddersfield Town | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 6–0 | 0–2 | | 5–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–1 |
| Hull City | 0–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 1–3 | | 6–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 |
| Leeds City | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | | 5–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 |
| Leicester Fosse | 1–0 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 4–1 | 0–1 |
| Lincoln City | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 3–0 | | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 |
| Nottingham Forest | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 1–2 | | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Preston North End | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Stockport County | 0–3 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 6–0 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 5–1 |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 3–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | |

### Maps
## Attendances

Everton FC drew the highest average home attendance in the first edition of the Football League.
| # | Football club | Home games | Average attendance |
| 1 | Chelsea FC | 19 | 32,105 |
| 2 | Newcastle United | 19 | 25,211 |
| 3 | Tottenham Hotspur | 19 | 24,304 |
| 4 | Aston Villa | 19 | 23,939 |
| 5 | Manchester City | 19 | 22,947 |
| 6 | Manchester United | 19 | 22,680 |
| 7 | Liverpool FC | 19 | 21,601 |
| 8 | Bolton Wanderers | 19 | 20,164 |
| 9 | The Wednesday FC | 19 | 18,863 |
| 10 | Everton FC | 19 | 18,211 |
| 11 | Blackburn Rovers | 19 | 18,053 |
| 12 | Sunderland AFC | 19 | 17,711 |
| 13 | Sheffield United | 19 | 16,705 |
| 14 | West Bromwich Albion | 19 | 16,011 |
| 15 | Bradford City | 19 | 15,263 |
| 16 | Middlesbrough FC | 19 | 12,536 |
| 17 | Notts County | 19 | 12,053 |
| 18 | Derby County | 19 | 10,737 |
| 19 | Oldham Athletic | 19 | 10,289 |
| 20 | Woolwich Arsenal | 19 | 9,053 |