The Football League 1901-02
| Season | 1903–04 |
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| Champions | Sunderland |
| Relegated | none |
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1902–03 →
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| Season | 1901–02 |
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| Champions | Sunderland (4th English title) |
| Relegated |
Manchester City Small Heath |
| FA Cup winners | Sheffield United (2nd FA Cup title) |
| Matches played | 306 |
| Goals scored | 840 (2.75 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Jimmy Settle (Everton), 18 |
| Biggest home win | Newcastle –Notts County 8–0 (26 Oct 1901) |
| Biggest away win |
Blackburn –Manchester City 1–4 (12 Apr 1902) Manchester City –Birmingham 1–4 (14 Sept 1901) Sheffield United –Birmingham 1–4 (15 Feb 1902) 0–3: five different matches |
| Highest scoring |
Newcastle –Notts County 8–0 (26 Oct 1901) Notts County –Wolverhampton 5–3 (28 Mar 1902) |
| Longest winning run | 5 matches Nottingham Forest (18 Jan 1902 – 19 Mar 1902) |
| Longest unbeaten run | 10 matches Sunderland (23 Nov 1901 – 15 Feb 1902) |
| Longest losing run | 5 matches Manchester City F.C. (2 Sep 1901 – 12 Oct 1902) |
| Highest attendance | 50,000 Aston Villa - Birmingham City (26 Dec 1901) |
| Lowest attendance | 2,000 Blackburn Rovers -Bolton Wanderers (7 Dec 1901) Wolverhampton Wanderers - Newcastle (10 Mar 1902) Nottingham Forest - Newcastle (19 Mar 1902) Derby County - Sunderland (5 Apr 1902) The Wednesday - Everton (5 Apr 1902) Bury - Wolverhampton Wanderers (12 Apr 1902) Blackburn Rovers - Derby County (19 Apr 1902) |
| Average attendance | 11,209 |
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1902–03 →
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| Season | 1901–02 |
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| Champions | West Bromwich Albion (1st title) |
| Failed re-election | none |
| Matches played | 306 |
| Goals scored | 885 (2.89 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Chippy Simmons (West Brom), 23 |
| Biggest home win | Preston North End –Lincoln City 8–0 (28 Dec 1901) |
| Biggest away win | Burton United –Lincoln City 0–6 (23 Nov 1901) |
| Highest scoring | Barnsley –Middlesbrough 2–7 (22 Feb 1902) |
| Longest winning run | 10 matches West Bromwich Albion (7 Dec 1901 – 1 Feb 1902) |
| Longest unbeaten run | 17 matches West Bromwich Albion (7 Dec 1901 – 29 Mar 1902) |
| Longest losing run | 6 matches (8 Feb 1902 – 22 Mar 1902) |
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1902–03 →
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The 1901–1902 season was the 14th season of The Football League.
The tables below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79, with home and away statistics separated.
Beginning with the season 1894–95, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded), or more properly put, goal ratio. 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.
Since the goal average was used for this purpose for such a long time, it is presented in the tables below even for the seasons prior to 1894–95, and since the goal difference is a more informative piece of information for a modern reader than the goal average, the goal difference is added in this presentation after the goal average.
During the first five seasons of the league, that is until the season 1893–94, 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.
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against;
GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
Source: [1]
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against;
GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
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