# 1900–01 Football League

The 1900–01 season was the 13th 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 | Liverpool (C) | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 59 | 35 | 1.686 | 45 | |
| 2 | Sunderland | 34 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 57 | 26 | 2.192 | 43 | |
| 3 | Notts County | 34 | 18 | 4 | 12 | 54 | 46 | 1.174 | 40 | |
| 4 | Nottingham Forest | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 53 | 36 | 1.472 | 39 | |
| 5 | Bury | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 53 | 37 | 1.432 | 39 | |
| 6 | Newcastle United | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 42 | 37 | 1.135 | 38 | |
| 7 | Everton | 34 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 55 | 42 | 1.310 | 37 | |
| 8 | The Wednesday | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 52 | 42 | 1.238 | 36 | |
| 9 | Blackburn Rovers | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 39 | 47 | 0.830 | 33 | |
| 10 | Bolton Wanderers | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 39 | 55 | 0.709 | 33 | |
| 11 | Manchester City | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 48 | 58 | 0.828 | 32 | |
| 12 | Derby County | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 55 | 42 | 1.310 | 31 | |
| 13 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 34 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 39 | 55 | 0.709 | 31 | |
| 14 | Sheffield United | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 35 | 52 | 0.673 | 31 | |
| 15 | Aston Villa | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 45 | 51 | 0.882 | 30 | |
| 16 | Stoke | 34 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 46 | 57 | 0.807 | 27 | |
| 17 | Preston North End (R) | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 49 | 75 | 0.653 | 25 | Relegation to the Second Division |
| 18 | West Bromwich Albion (R) | 34 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 35 | 62 | 0.565 | 22 | Relegation to the Second Division |

### Results

| Home \ Away | AST | BLB | BOL | BRY | DER | EVE | LIV | MCI | NEW | NOT | NTC | PNE | SHU | STK | SUN | WED | WBA | WOL |
| Aston Villa | | 3–3 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 7–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| Blackburn Rovers | 2–2 | | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Bolton Wanderers | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 |
| Bury | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 6–1 | 0–1 |
| Derby County | 3–0 | 4–0 | 4–2 | 5–2 | | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 4–5 |
| Everton | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 3–3 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 5–2 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 |
| Liverpool | 5–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 |
| Manchester City | 4–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–4 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 |
| Newcastle United | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–5 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| Nottingham Forest | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 1–2 | | 5–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 |
| Notts County | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | | 6–1 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 |
| Preston North End | 0–2 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 3–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 |
| Sheffield United | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | | 0–4 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Stoke | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 0–1 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| Sunderland | 0–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 6–1 | | 1–0 | 3–0 | 7–2 |
| The Wednesday | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| West Bromwich Albion | 0–1 | 1–1 | 7–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–6 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 1–2 |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | |

### Maps
## Second Division

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Grimsby Town (C, P) | 34 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 60 | 33 | 1.818 | 49 | Promotion to the First Division |
| 2 | Small Heath (P) | 34 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 57 | 24 | 2.375 | 48 | Promotion to the First Division |
| 3 | Burnley | 34 | 20 | 4 | 10 | 53 | 29 | 1.828 | 44 | |
| 4 | New Brighton Tower | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 57 | 38 | 1.500 | 42 | Dissolved |
| 5 | Glossop | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 51 | 33 | 1.545 | 38 | |
| 6 | Middlesbrough | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 50 | 40 | 1.250 | 37 | |
| 7 | Woolwich Arsenal | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 39 | 35 | 1.114 | 36 | |
| 8 | Lincoln City | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 43 | 39 | 1.103 | 33 | |
| 9 | Burslem Port Vale | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 45 | 47 | 0.957 | 33 | |
| 10 | Newton Heath | 34 | 14 | 4 | 16 | 42 | 38 | 1.105 | 32 | |
| 11 | Leicester Fosse | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 39 | 37 | 1.054 | 32 | |
| 12 | Blackpool | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 33 | 58 | 0.569 | 31 | |
| 13 | Gainsborough Trinity | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 45 | 60 | 0.750 | 30 | |
| 14 | Chesterfield Town | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 46 | 58 | 0.793 | 28 | |
| 15 | Barnsley | 34 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 47 | 60 | 0.783 | 27 | |
| 16 | Walsall (R) | 34 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 40 | 56 | 0.714 | 27 | Not re-elected |
| 17 | Stockport County | 34 | 11 | 3 | 20 | 38 | 68 | 0.559 | 25 | Re-elected |
| 18 | Burton Swifts | 34 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 34 | 66 | 0.515 | 20 | Re-elected |

### Results

| Home \ Away | BAR | BLP | BUR | BPV | BRS | CHF | GAI | GLP | GRI | LEI | LIN | MID | NBR | NWH | SMH | STP | WAL | ARS |
| Barnsley | | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 6–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| Blackpool | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Burnley | 4–0 | 4–0 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 |
| Burslem Port Vale | 3–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | | 4–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| Burton Swifts | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | | 0–4 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Chesterfield | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 2–2 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Gainsborough Trinity | 4–2 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Glossop | 2–1 | 6–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| Grimsby Town | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 6–1 | 5–2 | 5–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 4–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Leicester Fosse | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 5–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 1–0 |
| Lincoln City | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–3 |
| Middlesbrough | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 9–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| New Brighton Tower | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 |
| Newton Heath | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Small Heath | 3–1 | 10–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 6–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Stockport County | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–5 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 4–1 | 3–1 |
| Walsall | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–5 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | | 1–0 |
| Woolwich Arsenal | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | |