# 1900–01 in English football

The 1900–01 season was the 30th season of competitive football in England.

## Events

Stockport County played their first season in the football league. Blackpool also returned to the league, at the expenses of Loughborough and Luton Town.
Despite a run of four victories at the start of the season, Aston Villa finished fourth from bottom.
Tottenham Hotspur became the first and only non-League club to date, to win the FA Cup - winning 3-1 in a replay against Sheffield United of the First Division.

## Honours

| Competition | Winner |
| First Division | Liverpool (1) |
| Second Division | Grimsby Town |
| FA Cup | Tottenham Hotspur (1) |
| Home Championship | England |
Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition

## League tables
### First Division

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 |

### Second Division

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 |