# 1901–02 Football League

The 1901–02 season was the 14th 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 conceded 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) | 34 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 50 | 35 | 1.429 | 44 | |
| 2 | Everton | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 53 | 35 | 1.514 | 41 | |
| 3 | Newcastle United | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 48 | 34 | 1.412 | 37 | |
| 4 | Blackburn Rovers | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 52 | 48 | 1.083 | 36 | |
| 5 | Nottingham Forest | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 43 | 43 | 1.000 | 35 | |
| 6 | Derby County | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 39 | 41 | 0.951 | 35 | |
| 7 | Bury | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 44 | 38 | 1.158 | 34 | |
| 8 | Aston Villa | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 42 | 40 | 1.050 | 34 | |
| 9 | The Wednesday | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 48 | 52 | 0.923 | 34 | |
| 10 | Sheffield United | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 53 | 48 | 1.104 | 33 | |
| 11 | Liverpool | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 42 | 38 | 1.105 | 32 | |
| 12 | Bolton Wanderers | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 51 | 56 | 0.911 | 32 | |
| 13 | Notts County | 34 | 14 | 4 | 16 | 51 | 57 | 0.895 | 32 | |
| 14 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 46 | 57 | 0.807 | 32 | |
| 15 | Grimsby Town | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 44 | 60 | 0.733 | 32 | |
| 16 | Stoke | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 45 | 55 | 0.818 | 31 | |
| 17 | Small Heath (R) | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 47 | 45 | 1.044 | 30 | Relegation to the Second Division |
| 18 | Manchester City (R) | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 42 | 58 | 0.724 | 28 | Relegation to the Second Division |

### Results

| Home \ Away | AST | BLB | BOL | BRY | DER | EVE | GRI | LIV | MCI | NEW | NOT | NTC | SHU | SMH | STK | SUN | WED | WOL |
| Aston Villa | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 |
| Blackburn Rovers | 4–0 | | 2–0 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 6–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Bolton Wanderers | 2–2 | 4–0 | | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 |
| Bury | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Derby County | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 |
| Everton | 2–3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 0–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 6–1 |
| Grimsby Town | 4–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 3–0 |
| Liverpool | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | | 4–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 7–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 |
| Manchester City | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–3 | | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 3–0 |
| Newcastle United | 2–1 | 0–3 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | | 3–0 | 8–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| Nottingham Forest | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Notts County | 0–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | | 4–0 | 6–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 6–1 | 5–3 |
| Sheffield United | 6–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | | 1–4 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 |
| Small Heath | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 6–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 5–1 | | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Stoke | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 |
| Sunderland | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 1–2 | 2–0 |
| The Wednesday | 1–0 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | | 1–1 |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | |

### Maps
## Second Division

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | West Bromwich Albion (C, P) | 34 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 82 | 29 | 2.828 | 55 | Promotion to the First Division |
| 2 | Middlesbrough (P) | 34 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 90 | 24 | 3.750 | 51 | Promotion to the First Division |
| 3 | Preston North End | 34 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 71 | 32 | 2.219 | 42 | |
| 4 | Woolwich Arsenal | 34 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 50 | 26 | 1.923 | 42 | |
| 5 | Lincoln City | 34 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 45 | 35 | 1.286 | 41 | |
| 6 | Bristol City | 34 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 52 | 35 | 1.486 | 40 | |
| 7 | Doncaster Rovers | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 49 | 58 | 0.845 | 34 | |
| 8 | Glossop | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 36 | 40 | 0.900 | 32 | |
| 9 | Burnley | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 41 | 45 | 0.911 | 30 | |
| 10 | Burton United | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 46 | 54 | 0.852 | 30 | |
| 11 | Barnsley | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 51 | 63 | 0.810 | 30 | |
| 12 | Burslem Port Vale | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 43 | 59 | 0.729 | 29 | |
| 13 | Blackpool | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 40 | 56 | 0.714 | 29 | |
| 14 | Leicester Fosse | 34 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 38 | 56 | 0.679 | 29 | |
| 15 | Newton Heath | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 38 | 53 | 0.717 | 28 | |
| 16 | Chesterfield Town | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 47 | 68 | 0.691 | 28 | Re-elected |
| 17 | Stockport County | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 36 | 72 | 0.500 | 23 | Re-elected |
| 18 | Gainsborough Trinity | 34 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 80 | 0.375 | 19 | Re-elected |

### Results

| Home \ Away | BAR | BLP | BRI | BRN | BPV | BRT | CHF | DON | GAI | GLP | LEI | LIN | MID | NWH | PNE | STP | WBA | WOO |
| Barnsley | | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 2–7 | 3–2 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 |
| Blackpool | 2–1 | | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 |
| Bristol City | 3–1 | 3–0 | | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 5–2 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 |
| Burnley | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | | 4–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 7–0 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Burslem Port Vale | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 |
| Burton United | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 5–2 | 3–0 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–6 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 |
| Chesterfield | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–3 | 3–1 | | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 8–1 | 0–3 | 1–3 |
| Doncaster Rovers | 0–1 | 4–3 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 4–1 | | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Gainsborough Trinity | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 4–1 | | 2–1 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| Glossop | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| Leicester Fosse | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | | 3–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 |
| Lincoln City | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Middlesbrough | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 7–1 | 6–0 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 5–0 | 0–0 | | 5–0 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| Newton Heath | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | | 0–2 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| Preston North End | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 8–0 | 0–3 | 5–1 | | 4–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 |
| Stockport County | 2–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–2 | | 0–2 | 0–0 |
| West Bromwich Albion | 3–1 | 7–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 7–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | | 2–1 |
| Woolwich Arsenal | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | |