1901–02 Football League

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 conceded 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

4th English title Manchester City (18 goals) (26 October 1901) (12 April 1902) Manchester City 1–4 Small Heath (14 September 1901) Sheffield United 1–4 Small Heath (15 February 1902) 0–3: five matches (26 October 1901) Notts County 5–3 Wolverhampton Wanderers (28 March 1902) Nottingham Forest Sunderland Manchester City Aston Villa 1–0 Small Heath (26 December 1901) Blackburn Rovers 2–0 Bolton Wanderers (7 December 1901) Wolverhampton Wanderers 3–0 Newcastle United (10 March 1902) Nottingham Forest 0–2 Newcastle United (19 March 1902) Derby County 1–0 Sunderland (5 April 1902) The Wednesday 1–1 Everton (5 April 1902) Bury 2–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers (12 April 1902) Blackburn Rovers 3–1 Derby County (19 April 1902)

Results

• Liverpool's 7-0 victory over Stoke City was mainly due to the visiting team eating rancid fish before the game. Players were physically ill, and only seven players took the field for the second half.

Maps

Aston Villa Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Bury Derby County Everton Grimsby Town Manchester City Liverpool Newcastle Nottingham Forest Notts County Sheffield United Small Heath (Birmingham) Stoke Sunderland The Wednesday (Sheffield) Wolverhampton Wanderers

Second Division

Middlesbrough (23 goals) (28 December 1901) (23 November 1901) (22 February 1902) West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion Stockport County

Results

Maps

Barnsley Blackpool Bristol City Burnley Burslem Port Vale Burton United Chesterfield Doncaster Rovers Gainsborough Trinity Glossop Leicester Fosse Lincoln City Middlesbrough Newton Heath (Manchester) Preston North End Stockport County West Bromwich Albion Woolwich Arsenal

Attendances

Source:

Division One

References

Sources

• Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane's, London & Sydney, 1980.

References

1. "Liverpool Stoke 7-0".
2. "English League Leading Goalscorers". [[Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation]].
3. https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/eng/aveeng1902.htm