1911–12 Football League

The 1911–12 season was the 24th season of The Football League.

The Football League

Season	1911–12
Champions	Blackburn Rovers
Relegated	Gainsborough Trinity
New Team in League	Grimsby Town
← 1910–11 1912–13 →

Blackburn Rovers won the First Division title for the first time.

Bury and Preston North End were relegated to the Second Division, and their places in the First Division were taken by Derby County and Chelsea.

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 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

First Division

Season	1911–12
Champions	Blackburn Rovers 1st English title
Relegated	Preston North End Bury
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,057 (2.78 per match)
Top goalscorer	David McLean George Holley Harry Hampton (25 goals each)[1]
Biggest home win	The Wednesday 8–0 Sunderland (26 December 1911)
Biggest away win	Sheffield United 0–5 Bolton Wanderers (9 September 1911)
Highest scoring	Sheffield United 7–3 Bradford City (4 March 1912)
← 1910–11 1912–13 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Relegation
1	Blackburn Rovers (C)	38	20	9	9	60	43	1.395	49
2	Everton	38	20	6	12	46	42	1.095	46
3	Newcastle United	38	18	8	12	64	50	1.280	44
4	Bolton Wanderers	38	20	3	15	54	43	1.256	43
5	The Wednesday	38	16	9	13	69	49	1.408	41
6	Aston Villa	38	17	7	14	76	63	1.206	41
7	Middlesbrough	38	16	8	14	56	45	1.244	40
8	Sunderland	38	14	11	13	58	51	1.137	39
9	West Bromwich Albion	38	15	9	14	43	47	0.915	39
10	Woolwich Arsenal	38	15	8	15	55	59	0.932	38
11	Bradford City	38	15	8	15	46	50	0.920	38
12	Tottenham Hotspur	38	14	9	15	53	53	1.000	37
13	Manchester United	38	13	11	14	45	60	0.750	37
14	Sheffield United	38	13	10	15	63	56	1.125	36
15	Manchester City	38	13	9	16	56	58	0.966	35
16	Notts County	38	14	7	17	46	63	0.730	35
17	Liverpool	38	12	10	16	49	55	0.891	34
18	Oldham Athletic	38	12	10	16	46	54	0.852	34
19	Preston North End (R)	38	13	7	18	40	57	0.702	33	Relegation to the Second Division
20	Bury (R)	38	6	9	23	32	59	0.542	21

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	AST	BLB	BOL	BRA	BRY	EVE	LIV	MCI	MUN	MID	NEW	NTC	OLD	PNE	SHU	SUN	TOT	WED	WBA	WOO
Aston Villa		0–3	0–1	0–0	5–2	3–0	5–0	3–1	6–0	2–1	2–0	5–1	6–1	1–0	1–0	1–3	2–2	2–3	0–3	4–1
Blackburn Rovers	3–1		2–0	3–1	2–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	2–2	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	3–0	1–0	2–2	0–0	0–0	4–1	4–0
Bolton Wanderers	3–0	2–0		2–0	1–0	1–2	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	0–2	3–0	2–1	3–0	0–3	3–0	1–0	4–2	2–0	2–2
Bradford City	2–1	1–0	1–0		1–0	1–0	0–2	4–1	0–1	2–1	1–1	2–3	0–0	0–1	1–0	2–1	3–0	5–1	4–1	1–1
Bury	1–1	1–2	1–3	2–0		1–2	2–2	1–2	0–1	0–2	2–1	0–1	1–1	0–0	3–1	0–2	2–1	2–2	1–0	3–1
Everton	1–1	1–3	1–0	1–0	1–1		2–1	1–0	4–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	3–2	1–0	2–2	1–0	3–0	1–0
Liverpool	1–2	1–2	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–3		2–2	3–2	1–1	0–1	3–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	2–1	1–2	1–1	1–3	4–1
Manchester City	2–6	3–0	3–1	4–0	2–0	4–0	2–3		0–0	2–0	1–1	4–0	1–3	0–0	0–0	2–0	2–1	4–0	0–2	3–3
Manchester United	3–1	3–1	2–0	0–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	0–0		3–4	0–2	2–0	3–1	0–0	1–0	2–2	1–2	3–1	1–2	2–0
Middlesbrough	1–2	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	3–2	3–1	3–0		1–1	4–0	3–0	4–2	1–1	3–3	2–0	1–1	1–0	0–2
Newcastle United	6–2	4–2	5–2	0–2	3–2	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–3	0–1		3–2	1–1	1–0	2–2	3–1	2–0	0–2	0–0	1–2
Notts County	2–0	1–3	3–2	0–0	2–0	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–1	2–1	1–4		1–1	1–2	2–0	3–1	2–2	1–0	2–0	3–1
Oldham Athletic	1–2	0–1	3–1	3–0	2–0	3–0	0–1	4–1	2–2	2–0	2–4	1–2		1–0	2–3	0–0	2–1	1–0	3–1	0–0
Preston North End	4–1	2–2	1–2	2–2	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	0–0	0–3	2–1	2–1	0–1		3–0	0–3	0–1	2–3	1–1	0–1
Sheffield United	0–1	1–1	0–5	7–3	4–0	2–1	3–1	6–2	6–1	1–1	2–1	1–3	4–0	4–2		1–2	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–1
Sunderland	2–2	3–0	0–1	1–1	1–0	4–0	1–2	1–1	5–0	1–0	1–2	5–0	4–2	3–0	0–0		1–1	0–0	3–2	1–0
Tottenham Hotspur	2–1	0–2	1–0	2–3	2–1	0–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–1	1–2	2–2	4–0	6–2	1–1	0–0		3–1	1–0	5–0
The Wednesday	3–0	1–1	0–1	4–2	2–1	1–3	2–2	3–0	3–0	0–2	1–2	3–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	8–0	4–0		4–1	3–0
West Bromwich Albion	2–2	2–0	0–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	3–1	3–1	2–1	0–0	0–2	0–1	1–0	2–0	1–5		1–1
Woolwich Arsenal	2–2	5–1	3–0	2–0	1–0	0–1	2–2	2–0	2–1	3–1	2–0	0–3	1–1	4–1	3–1	3–0	3–1	0–2	0–2

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Woolwich Arsenal

Tottenham

Locations of the Football League First Division London teams

Aston Villa

Blackburn Rovers

Bolton

Bradford City

Bury

Everton

Liverpool

Manchester City

Manchester United

Middlesbrough

Newcastle

Notts County

Oldham

Sheffield United

Preston North End

Sunderland

The Wednesday (Sheffield)

Tottenham

West Bromwich Albion

Woolwich Arsenal

Locations of the Football League First Division teams

Second Division

Football League
Second Division

Season	1911–12
Champions	Derby County (1st title)
Failed re-election	Gainsborough Trinity
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,032 (2.72 per match)
Top goalscorer	Bert Freeman (Burnley), 32[1]
Biggest home win	Wolverhampton Wanderers – Hull City 8–0 (4 Nov 1911)
Biggest away win	Leeds City – Burnley 1–5 (9 Dec 1911) Birmingham – Derby County 0–4 (16 Sept 1911)
Highest scoring	Fulham – Leeds City 7–2 (23 Mar 1912)
← 1910–11 1912–13 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Derby County (C, P)	38	23	8	7	74	28	2.643	54	Promotion to the First Division
2	Chelsea (P)	38	24	6	8	64	34	1.882	54
3	Burnley	38	22	8	8	77	41	1.878	52
4	Clapton Orient	38	21	3	14	61	44	1.386	45
5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	16	10	12	57	33	1.727	42
6	Barnsley	38	15	12	11	45	42	1.071	42
7	Hull City	38	17	8	13	54	51	1.059	42
8	Fulham	38	16	7	15	66	58	1.138	39
9	Grimsby Town	38	15	9	14	48	55	0.873	39
10	Leicester Fosse	38	15	7	16	49	66	0.742	37
11	Bradford (Park Avenue)	38	13	9	16	44	45	0.978	35
12	Birmingham	38	14	6	18	55	59	0.932	34
13	Bristol City	38	14	6	18	41	60	0.683	34
14	Blackpool	38	13	8	17	32	52	0.615	34
15	Nottingham Forest	38	13	7	18	46	48	0.958	33
16	Stockport County	38	11	11	16	47	54	0.870	33
17	Huddersfield Town	38	13	6	19	50	64	0.781	32
18	Glossop	38	8	12	18	42	56	0.750	28
19	Leeds City	38	10	8	20	50	78	0.641	28	Re-elected
20	Gainsborough Trinity (R)	38	5	13	20	30	64	0.469	23	Failed re-election and demoted

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	BAR	BIR	BLP	BPA	BRI	BUR	CHE	CLA	DER	FUL	GAI	GLP	GRI	HUD	HUL	LEE	LEI	NOT	STP	WOL
Barnsley		1–0	1–0	1–0	4–1	1–1	0–2	2–1	0–2	2–2	4–0	1–0	2–2	0–0	1–2	3–4	0–0	1–0	2–1	2–1
Birmingham	1–3		2–1	2–3	0–0	4–0	1–4	4–0	0–4	1–3	2–2	2–0	2–2	1–0	5–1	4–3	4–0	4–2	2–0	3–1
Blackpool	0–0	1–0		0–4	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	3–1	0–0	2–0	1–2	3–1	3–2	3–0	1–1	2–0	0–1	1–0
Bradford Park Avenue	1–0	3–0	0–0		0–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	0–1	0–2	5–0	1–1	4–1	3–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	0–2
Bristol City	0–1	2–1	2–0	1–0		0–3	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	2–0	3–0	3–2	0–0	4–1	0–1	2–2	2–1	0–3
Burnley	3–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	4–2		2–2	1–0	0–0	5–1	2–0	4–0	1–1	3–0	5–1	4–2	3–0	2–0	4–1	2–1
Chelsea	2–1	0–2	4–1	1–0	2–2	0–2		3–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	4–1	3–1	1–0	4–2	2–1	2–0	0–0	4–0
Clapton Orient	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	4–0	1–2	1–4		3–0	4–0	3–0	2–1	1–0	2–1	4–0	2–1	4–1	0–2	4–2	1–0
Derby County	0–0	0–1	5–1	1–0	3–0	2–0	2–0	5–1		6–1	4–0	5–0	2–1	4–2	2–3	5–2	5–0	1–0	2–0	1–1
Fulham	2–2	2–1	3–0	2–0	2–1	3–4	0–1	0–2	0–0		7–1	0–2	1–3	3–1	0–1	7–2	4–1	2–0	3–1	1–1
Gainsborough Trinity	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–3	1–0	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–1		1–1	2–3	5–0	0–3	2–1	0–1	1–2	0–0	1–0
Glossop	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–0	3–0	1–3	1–2	3–3	3–1	1–1	1–1		5–2	2–3	1–1	2–1	6–0	0–0	1–1	0–1
Grimsby Town	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	3–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	0–3	1–0	3–3	0–0		1–2	1–0	1–2	4–0	1–4	2–2	0–0
Huddersfield Town	2–1	3–2	4–0	3–1	1–2	1–1	1–3	0–0	0–0	2–0	2–2	3–1	2–0		0–2	1–2	1–2	1–2	2–0	1–1
Hull City	0–0	4–0	3–0	5–1	3–0	4–1	1–0	0–2	0–0	2–3	1–1	2–0	1–0	0–1		1–0	4–1	2–1	0–2	3–0
Leeds City	3–2	0–0	1–0	1–2	3–1	1–5	0–0	0–2	0–1	0–2	0–0	2–1	1–2	2–0	0–0		2–1	3–1	1–1	1–1
Leicester Fosse	0–0	5–2	4–0	3–0	2–0	3–2	2–0	2–0	0–1	2–5	2–0	1–0	0–2	0–2	3–0	2–1		1–1	1–1	1–1
Nottingham Forest	0–2	0–1	2–1	2–1	2–0	0–1	2–3	3–0	1–3	1–1	2–0	0–1	1–0	3–0	0–0	2–1	4–1		1–2	0–0
Stockport County	1–1	2–0	1–2	1–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–1	4–0	2–1	0–3	3–0	3–0	3–1	1–1	3–3	2–3	2–2		1–2
Wolverhampton Wanderers	5–0	1–0	3–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	3–1	0–1	0–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–2	1–2	8–0	5–0	1–0	1–0	4–0

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Chelsea

Clapton Orient

Fulham

Locations of the Football League Second Division London teams

Barnsley

Birmingham

Blackpool

Bradford Park Avenue

Bristol City

Burnley

Chelsea

Derby County

Fulham

Grimsby Town

Clapton Orient

Gainsborough Trinity

Glossop

Huddersfield

Hull

Leeds C

Leicester Fosse

Nottingham Forest

Stockport County

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Locations of the Football League Second Division teams

See also

• 1911–12 in English football
• 1911 in association football
• 1912 in association football