1907–08_in_English_football

1907–08 in English football

37th season of competitive football in England

The 1907–08 season was the 37th season of competitive football in England. Manchester United were Football League champions for the first time, while Bradford City won the Second Division and Wolverhampton Wanderers won the FA Cup. The Home Championship was shared between England and Scotland.

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Relegation
1	Manchester United (C)	38	23	6	9	81	48	1.688	52
2	Aston Villa	38	17	9	12	77	59	1.305	43
3	Manchester City	38	16	11	11	62	54	1.148	43
4	Newcastle United	38	15	12	11	65	54	1.204	42
5	The Wednesday	38	19	4	15	73	64	1.141	42
6	Middlesbrough	38	17	7	14	54	45	1.200	41
7	Bury	38	14	11	13	58	61	0.951	39
8	Liverpool	38	16	6	16	68	61	1.115	38
9	Nottingham Forest	38	13	11	14	59	62	0.952	37
10	Bristol City	38	12	12	14	58	61	0.951	36
11	Everton	38	15	6	17	58	64	0.906	36
12	Preston North End	38	12	12	14	47	53	0.887	36
13	Chelsea	38	14	8	16	53	62	0.855	36
14	Blackburn Rovers	38	12	12	14	51	63	0.810	36
15	Woolwich Arsenal	38	12	12	14	51	63	0.810	36
16	Sunderland	38	16	3	19	78	75	1.040	35
17	Sheffield United	38	12	11	15	52	58	0.897	35
18	Notts County	38	13	8	17	39	51	0.765	34
19	Bolton Wanderers (R)	38	14	5	19	52	58	0.897	33	Relegation to the Second Division
20	Birmingham (R)	38	9	12	17	40	60	0.667	30	Relegation to the Second Division

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Bradford City	38	24	6	8	90	42	2.143	54	Division champions
2	Leicester Fosse	38	21	10	7	72	47	1.532	52	Promoted
3	Oldham Athletic^{[lower-alpha 1]}	38	22	6	10	76	42	1.810	50
4	Fulham^{[lower-alpha 1]}	38	22	5	11	82	49	1.673	49
5	West Bromwich Albion	38	19	9	10	61	39	1.564	47
6	Derby County	38	21	4	13	77	45	1.711	46
7	Burnley	38	20	6	12	67	50	1.340	46
8	Hull City	38	21	4	13	73	62	1.177	46
9	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	15	7	16	50	45	1.111	37	FA Cup Winners
10	Stoke^{[lower-alpha 2]}	38	16	5	17	57	52	1.096	37	Resigned
11	Gainsborough Trinity	38	14	7	17	47	71	0.662	35
12	Leeds City	38	12	8	18	53	65	0.815	32
13	Stockport County	38	12	8	18	48	67	0.716	32
14	Clapton Orient	38	11	10	17	40	65	0.615	32
15	Blackpool	38	11	9	18	51	58	0.879	31
16	Barnsley	38	12	6	20	54	68	0.794	30
17	Glossop	38	11	8	19	54	74	0.730	30
18	Grimsby Town	38	11	8	19	43	71	0.606	30	Re-elected
19	Chesterfield Town	38	6	11	21	46	92	0.500	23	Re-elected
20	Lincoln City	38	9	3	26	46	83	0.554	21	Failed re-election

Name	Position	Club	Appearances	Goals
Horace Bailey	GK	Leicester Fosse	4	0
Frank Bradshaw	CF	Sheffield Wednesday	1	3
Arthur Bridgett	LW	Sunderland	4	2
Walter Corbett	CB	Birmingham City	3	0
Bob Crompton	RB	Blackburn Rovers	4	0
Robert Hawkes	LH	Luton Town	4	0
George Hilsdon	CF	Chelsea	3	8
Jesse Pennington	LB	West Bromwich Albion	1	0
Jock Rutherford	RW	Newcastle United	4	3
Ben Warren	RH	Derby County	4	1
Billy Wedlock	CH	Bristol City	4	0
Jimmy Windridge	FW	Chelsea	4	5
Vivian Woodward^[2]	FW	Tottenham Hotspur	4	6

1907–08 in English football