# 1909–10 Football League

The 1909–10 season was the 22nd season of The Football League.

## 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 that 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 for the clubs that finished in the bottom three of the league.

## First Division

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Relegation |
| 1 | Aston Villa (C) | 38 | 23 | 7 | 8 | 84 | 42 | 2.000 | 53 | |
| 2 | Liverpool | 38 | 21 | 6 | 11 | 78 | 57 | 1.368 | 48 | |
| 3 | Blackburn Rovers | 38 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 73 | 55 | 1.327 | 45 | |
| 4 | Newcastle United | 38 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 70 | 56 | 1.250 | 45 | |
| 5 | Manchester United | 38 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 69 | 61 | 1.131 | 45 | |
| 6 | Sheffield United | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 62 | 41 | 1.512 | 42 | |
| 7 | Bradford City | 38 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 64 | 47 | 1.362 | 42 | |
| 8 | Sunderland | 38 | 18 | 5 | 15 | 66 | 51 | 1.294 | 41 | |
| 9 | Notts County | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 67 | 59 | 1.136 | 40 | |
| 10 | Everton | 38 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 51 | 56 | 0.911 | 40 | |
| 11 | The Wednesday | 38 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 60 | 63 | 0.952 | 39 | |
| 12 | Preston North End | 38 | 15 | 5 | 18 | 52 | 58 | 0.897 | 35 | |
| 13 | Bury | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 62 | 66 | 0.939 | 33 | |
| 14 | Nottingham Forest | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 54 | 72 | 0.750 | 33 | |
| 15 | Tottenham Hotspur | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 53 | 69 | 0.768 | 32 | |
| 16 | Bristol City | 38 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 45 | 60 | 0.750 | 32 | |
| 17 | Middlesbrough | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 56 | 73 | 0.767 | 31 | |
| 18 | Woolwich Arsenal | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 37 | 67 | 0.552 | 31 | |
| 19 | Chelsea (R) | 38 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 47 | 70 | 0.671 | 29 | Relegation to the Second Division |
| 20 | Bolton Wanderers (R) | 38 | 9 | 6 | 23 | 44 | 71 | 0.620 | 24 | Relegation to the Second Division |

### Results

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

### Maps
## Second Division

| Pos | Team | Pld | HW | HD | HL | HGF | HGA | AW | AD | AL | AGF | AGA | GAv | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Manchester City | 38 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 51 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 30 | 23 | 2.025 | 54 | Division Champions |
| 2 | Oldham Athletic | 38 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 47 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 32 | 30 | 2.026 | 53 | Promoted |
| 3 | Hull City | 38 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 52 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 27 | 1.739 | 53 | |
| 4 | Derby County | 38 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 46 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 32 | 1.532 | 53 | |
| 5 | Leicester Fosse | 38 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 60 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 19 | 38 | 1.362 | 44 | |
| 6 | Glossop | 38 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 42 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 39 | 1.123 | 43 | |
| 7 | Fulham | 38 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 30 | 1.186 | 41 | |
| 8 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 38 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 51 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 41 | 1.016 | 40 | |
| 9 | Barnsley | 38 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 48 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 44 | 1.051 | 39 | |
| 10 | Bradford Park Avenue | 38 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 47 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 31 | 1.085 | 38 | |
| 11 | West Bromwich Albion | 38 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 30 | 23 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 28 | 33 | 1.036 | 37 | |
| 12 | Blackpool | 38 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 26 | 34 | 0.962 | 36 | |
| 13 | Stockport County | 38 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 37 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 27 | 1.064 | 34 | |
| 14 | Burnley | 38 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 43 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 40 | 1.016 | 34 | |
| 15 | Lincoln City | 38 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 24 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 45 | 0.609 | 31 | |
| 16 | Clapton Orient | 38 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 45 | 0.617 | 30 | |
| 17 | Leeds City | 38 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 30 | 33 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 47 | 0.575 | 27 | |
| 18 | Gainsborough Trinity | 38 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 54 | 0.440 | 26 | |
| 19 | Grimsby Town | 38 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 31 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 19 | 58 | 0.649 | 24 | Failed re-election |
| 20 | Birmingham | 38 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 28 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 52 | 0.538 | 23 | Re-elected |
* ↑ New club in the league
* ↑ Grimsby Town failed re-election, and Huddersfield Town entered the Football League in their place the following season, for the first time.

### Results

| Home \ Away | BAR | BIR | BLP | BPA | BUR | CLA | DER | FUL | GAI | GLP | GRI | HUL | LEE | LEI | LIN | MCI | OLD | STP | WBA | WOL |
| Barnsley | | 5–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 7–1 |
| Birmingham | 2–1 | | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Blackpool | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Bradford Park Avenue | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 6–1 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–6 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 2–3 |
| Burnley | 2–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 5–2 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 4–2 |
| Clapton Orient | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 |
| Derby County | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 5–2 | 1–0 | | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 |
| Fulham | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 |
| Gainsborough Trinity | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 2–0 | | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 |
| Glossop | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 6–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 |
| Grimsby Town | 7–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 5–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | | 2–3 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| Hull City | 1–0 | 7–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 5–1 | | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 2–2 |
| Leeds City | 0–7 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–3 | 3–5 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Leicester Fosse | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 6–0 | 2–3 | 9–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 6–2 | | 4–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Lincoln City | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 3–1 | | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 |
| Manchester City | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 6–2 | | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 6–0 |
| Oldham Athletic | 5–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 6–1 | 1–0 | | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 |
| Stockport County | 5–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 1–5 | 0–0 | 6–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| West Bromwich Albion | 4–3 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 4–3 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 0–1 |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 8–1 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | |