1906–07 Football League

The 1906–07 season was the 19th season of The Football League.

The Football League

Season	1906–07
Champions	Newcastle United
Relegated	Burton United
Resigned	Burslem Port Vale
← 1905–06 1907–08 →

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	1906–07
Champions	Newcastle United 2nd English title
Relegated	Derby County Stoke
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,148 (3.02 per match)
Top goalscorer	Alex Young (30 goals)[1]
Biggest home win	Everton 9–1 Manchester City (3 September 1906)
Biggest away win	Manchester City 1–4 Woolwich Arsenal (1 September 1906) Sheffield United 1–4 Manchester City (23 March 1907)
Highest scoring	Everton 9–1 Manchester City (3 September 1906) Sunderland 5–5 Liverpool (19 January 1907)
Longest winning run	6 matches Everton
Longest unbeaten run	13 matches Bristol City
Longest losing run	5 matches Bury Derby County Liverpool Preston North End The Wednesday
Highest attendance	60,000 Birmingham 3–2 Aston Villa (19 January 1907)
Lowest attendance	1,000 Manchester United 2–0 Sunderland (25 March 1907)
Average attendance	16,294
← 1905–06 1907–08 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Relegation
1	Newcastle United (C)	38	22	7	9	74	46	1.609	51
2	Bristol City	38	20	8	10	66	47	1.404	48
3	Everton	38	20	5	13	70	46	1.522	45
4	Sheffield United	38	17	11	10	57	55	1.036	45
5	Aston Villa	38	19	6	13	78	52	1.500	44
6	Bolton Wanderers	38	18	8	12	59	47	1.255	44
7	Woolwich Arsenal	38	20	4	14	66	59	1.119	44
8	Manchester United	38	17	8	13	53	56	0.946	42
9	Birmingham	38	15	8	15	52	52	1.000	38
10	Sunderland	38	14	9	15	65	66	0.985	37
11	Middlesbrough	38	15	6	17	56	63	0.889	36
12	Blackburn Rovers	38	14	7	17	56	59	0.949	35
13	The Wednesday	38	12	11	15	49	60	0.817	35
14	Preston North End	38	14	7	17	44	57	0.772	35
15	Liverpool	38	13	7	18	64	65	0.985	33
16	Bury	38	13	6	19	58	68	0.853	32
17	Manchester City	38	10	12	16	53	77	0.688	32
18	Notts County	38	8	15	15	46	50	0.920	31
19	Derby County (R)	38	9	9	20	41	59	0.695	27	Relegation to the Second Division
20	Stoke (R)	38	8	10	20	41	64	0.641	26

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

Results

Home \ Away	AST	BIR	BLB	BOL	BRI	BRY	DER	EVE	LIV	MCI	MUN	MID	NEW	NTC	PNE	SHU	STK	SUN	WED	WOO
Aston Villa		4–1	4–2	0–2	3–2	3–1	2–0	2–1	4–0	4–1	2–0	2–3	0–0	0–0	3–0	5–1	1–0	2–2	8–1	2–2
Birmingham	3–2		2–0	4–2	2–2	3–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	4–0	1–1	0–0	2–4	2–0	3–0	0–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	5–1
Blackburn Rovers	2–1	1–0		2–3	0–1	4–1	5–1	2–1	1–1	4–0	2–4	4–1	4–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–1	0–2	2–3
Bolton Wanderers	1–2	2–3	5–2		1–2	1–0	1–0	1–3	3–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	4–2	0–0	3–0	6–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	3–0
Bristol City	2–4	0–0	3–0	1–2		2–0	3–0	2–1	3–1	2–0	1–2	3–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	3–3	4–0	1–1	2–0	1–3
Bury	0–3	1–0	0–0	2–3	1–1		1–0	1–2	1–3	3–1	1–2	1–1	3–2	3–0	2–0	2–1	2–0	2–3	0–0	4–1
Derby County	0–1	1–1	2–3	0–1	1–3	2–1		5–2	0–1	2–2	2–2	1–0	0–0	3–0	3–0	3–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	0–0
Everton	1–2	3–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	2–0		0–0	9–1	3–0	5–1	3–0	2–2	1–0	4–2	3–0	4–1	2–0	2–1
Liverpool	5–2	2–0	0–2	0–2	2–4	2–2	2–0	1–2		5–4	0–1	2–4	4–1	5–1	6–1	2–2	1–0	1–2	1–2	4–0
Manchester City	4–2	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	2–2	2–2	3–1	1–0		3–0	3–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	0–2	2–2	2–3	0–1	1–4
Manchester United	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–2	0–0	2–4	1–1	3–0	0–0	1–1		3–1	1–3	0–0	3–0	2–0	4–1	2–0	5–0	1–0
Middlesbrough	1–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	3–1	4–1	2–2	0–1	2–3	2–0		0–3	2–0	2–1	0–1	5–0	2–1	1–3	5–3
Newcastle United	3–2	2–0	3–1	4–0	3–0	3–2	2–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	5–0	4–0		4–3	2–1	0–0	1–0	4–2	5–1	1–0
Notts County	1–1	2–2	1–2	0–0	2–3	1–2	4–0	0–1	2–0	0–0	3–0	2–2	1–0		0–0	4–0	2–2	0–0	2–2	4–1
Preston North End	2–0	2–0	1–0	3–1	3–1	3–2	1–0	1–1	3–1	1–3	2–0	4–2	2–2	0–0		2–1	2–2	2–0	1–0	0–3
Sheffield United	0–0	2–0	3–0	2–1	1–1	3–0	2–0	4–1	1–0	1–4	0–2	1–1	0–0	2–1	3–1		2–0	3–2	2–1	4–2
Stoke	0–2	3–0	1–1	3–0	0–3	3–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	3–0	1–2	0–2	1–2	1–1	0–2	1–1		2–2	1–1	2–0
Sunderland	2–1	4–1	1–0	1–2	3–3	3–5	0–2	1–0	5–5	1–1	4–1	4–2	2–0	3–1	1–0	1–2	3–1		1–1	2–3
The Wednesday	2–1	0–1	3–1	2–0	3–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–3	3–1	5–2	0–2	2–2	1–3	2–1	2–2	0–1	2–1		1–1
Woolwich Arsenal	3–1	2–1	2–0	2–2	1–2	3–1	3–2	3–1	2–1	4–1	4–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	2–1	0–1	1–0

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

Maps

Aston Villa

Birmingham

Blackburn Rovers

Bolton

Bristol City

Bury

Derby County

Everton

Liverpool

Manchester City

Manchester United

Middlesbrough

Newcastle

Notts County

Sheffield United

Preston North End

Stoke

Sunderland

The Wednesday (Sheffield)

Woolwich Arsenal

Locations of the Football League First Division teams

Second Division

Football League
Second Division

Season	1906–07
Champions	Nottingham Forest (1st title)
Failed re-election	Burton United
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,155 (3.04 per match)
Top goalscorer	Fred Shinton (West Bromwich Albion), 28 [1]
Biggest home win	Chelsea–Glossop 9–2 (1 Sept 1906)
Biggest away win	Lincoln City – Chelsea 0–5 (16 Feb 1907)
Highest scoring	Chelsea–Glossop 9–2 (1 Sept 1906)
Longest winning run	7 matches Nottingham Forest (20 Oct 1906 – 1 Dec 1906)
Longest unbeaten run	17 matches Nottingham Forest (19 Jan 1907 – 24 Apr 1907)
Longest losing run	5 matches Barnsley (8 Sep 1906 – 6 Oct 1906) Lincoln City (10 Nov 1906 – 8 Dec 1906) (1 Apr 1907 – 24 Apr 1907) Leeds City (27 Oct 1906 – 24 Nov 1906)
← 1905–06 1907–08 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Nottingham Forest	38	16	2	1	43	13	12	2	5	31	23	2.056	60	Division Champions
2	Chelsea	38	18	0	1	55	10	8	5	6	25	24	2.353	57	Promoted
3	Leicester Fosse	38	15	3	1	44	12	5	5	9	18	27	1.590	48
4	West Bromwich Albion	38	15	2	2	62	15	6	3	10	21	30	1.844	47
5	Bradford City	38	14	2	3	46	21	7	3	9	24	32	1.321	47
6	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	13	4	2	49	16	4	3	12	17	37	1.245	41
7	Burnley	38	12	4	3	45	13	5	2	12	17	34	1.319	40
8	Barnsley	38	14	2	3	56	21	1	6	12	17	34	1.327	38
9	Hull City	38	11	2	6	41	20	4	5	10	24	37	1.140	37
10	Leeds City	38	10	5	4	38	26	3	5	11	17	37	0.873	36
11	Grimsby Town	38	13	2	4	34	16	3	1	15	23	46	0.919	35
12	Stockport County	38	8	8	3	26	12	4	3	12	16	40	0.808	35
13	Blackpool	38	9	4	6	25	19	2	7	10	8	32	0.647	33
14	Gainsborough Trinity	38	12	3	4	33	20	2	2	15	12	52	0.625	33
15	Glossop	38	10	4	5	32	21	3	2	14	21	58	0.671	32
16	Burslem Port Vale[a]	38	11	5	3	45	26	1	2	16	15	57	0.723	31	Failed re-election
17	Clapton Orient	38	9	7	3	25	13	2	1	16	20	54	0.672	30
18	Chesterfield Town	38	10	3	6	36	26	1	4	14	14	40	0.758	29	Re-elected
19	Lincoln City	38	10	2	7	29	24	2	2	15	17	49	0.630	28
20	Burton United[b]	38	7	3	9	24	23	1	4	14	10	45	0.500	23	Failed re-election

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. Burslem Port Vale resigned from the Football League due to financial difficulties.
2. Burton United failed to be re-elected to the Football League, and the club was disbanded in 1910. Fulham and Oldham Athletic replaced these clubs the following season.

Results

Home \ Away	BAR	BLP	BRA	BRN	BPV	BRT	CHE	CHF	CLA	GAI	GLP	GRI	HUL	LEE	LEI	LIN	NOT	STP	WBA	WOL
Barnsley		3–2	3–1	5–0	3–2	6–1	3–1	2–1	3–2	6–0	3–0	1–1	4–2	3–0	2–2	6–2	0–1	3–1	0–1	0–1
Blackpool	2–3		1–0	2–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–3	1–0	4–1	4–3	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–2	0–1	2–1	1–2
Bradford City	2–0	3–0		3–1	3–2	2–3	6–3	1–0	5–2	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–2	3–1	3–0	1–2	1–0	4–0	2–3
Burnley	2–2	2–1	0–1		6–0	4–0	1–1	0–0	3–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	4–2	1–2	5–0	5–1	2–1	3–0	0–1	3–0
Burslem Port Vale	2–2	3–0	2–3	4–4		0–0	2–0	2–2	3–2	1–0	4–1	3–2	2–1	1–2	1–2	4–2	4–2	5–0	2–1	0–0
Burton United	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–1	2–0		2–1	3–1	2–1	0–0	1–2	2–3	1–2	0–2	0–1	3–4	0–2	0–1	2–0	4–1
Chelsea	2–1	3–0	5–1	2–0	2–1	1–0		7–1	2–1	4–1	9–2	2–0	3–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	4–0
Chesterfield	3–2	0–1	3–4	0–1	4–2	2–0	0–0		2–1	7–0	1–3	1–3	3–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	0–2	2–2	3–2
Clapton Orient	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–2		3–1	3–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	4–0
Gainsborough Trinity	1–1	2–0	4–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	3–1		2–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–2	2–1	2–3	3–1	2–4	1–0
Glossop	2–1	0–0	1–2	1–0	4–0	2–2	0–1	3–1	3–0	3–1		1–0	2–4	2–0	2–2	2–1	0–2	2–3	0–0	2–1
Grimsby Town	1–0	0–0	0–2	1–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	3–1	1–2	2–0	2–1		1–3	4–0	0–1	4–0	3–1	3–1	2–1	2–1
Hull City	2–0	3–0	0–3	1–1	4–1	3–0	0–1	2–0	2–0	2–4	5–0	4–2		2–1	1–1	1–2	1–2	3–0	0–1	5–1
Leeds City	2–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	2–0	3–1	0–1	1–0	3–2	4–0	1–4	4–3	2–2		1–1	1–1	1–4	6–1	3–2	2–0
Leicester Fosse	2–1	5–1	1–0	2–0	4–1	3–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	3–1	2–2	2–0	3–0	2–2		3–0	1–2	1–0	3–0	2–0
Lincoln City	1–0	0–1	0–2	1–2	4–0	2–0	0–5	1–0	3–0	4–0	2–1	2–1	0–1	1–1	2–2		1–2	3–1	2–1	0–4
Nottingham Forest	0–0	3–0	3–0	2–0	2–2	2–0	3–1	3–1	4–0	3–1	2–0	0–3	2–1	3–0	2–1	3–1		2–1	3–1	1–0
Stockport County	0–0	0–0	2–1	2–1	3–0	2–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–2	5–0	3–0	1–1	2–2	1–0	1–0	0–0		0–1	0–0
West Bromwich Albion	3–1	3–0	3–0	3–2	3–0	5–1	1–2	5–2	5–0	5–0	5–1	6–1	3–0	5–0	0–1	2–1	3–1	1–1		1–1
Wolverhampton Wanderers	5–1	1–1	1–1	3–0	6–2	3–0	1–2	2–1	6–1	1–0	4–0	5–0	1–1	3–2	1–0	3–0	2–0	1–1	0–3

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

Barnsley

Blackpool

Bradford City

Burnley

Burslem Port Vale

Burton United

Chelsea

Chesterfield

Clapton Orient

Gainsborough Trinity

Glossop

Grimsby Town

Hull

Leeds City

Leicester Fosse

Lincoln City

Nottingham Forest

West Bromwich Albion

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Stockport County

Locations of the Football League Second Division teams

See also

• 1906–07 in English football
• 1906 in association football
• 1907 in association football

Footnotes

References

1. "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 31 October 2010.