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1901–02 in English football

10th season of competitive football in England

Field	Value
country	England
season	1901–02
division1	[First Division](1901-02-football-league-first-division)
champions1	Sunderland
division2	[Second Division](1901-02-football-league-second-division)
champions2	West Bromwich Albion
division3	[Southern League](1901-02-southern-football-league)
champions3	Portsmouth
division4	[Northern League](1901-02-northern-football-league)
champions4	Bishop Auckland
division5	The Combination
champions5	Wrexham
division6	[Western League](1901-02-western-football-league)
champions6	Portsmouth
domestic	[FA Cup](1901-02-fa-cup)
dchampions	Sheffield United
domestic2	[Sheriff of London Charity Shield](1901-sheriff-of-london-charity-shield)
dchampions2	Aston Villa
prevseason	1900–01
nextseason	1902–03
flagicon	yes

The 1901–02 season was the 31st season of competitive football in England.

League changes

Doncaster Rovers and Bristol City replaced Walsall and New Brighton Tower in the Football League.

Burton United were formed by a merger of Burton Swifts with former League side Burton Wanderers.

Bristol City were the third southern team to compete in the league, after Arsenal and Luton Town.

Events

9 January 1902 – Newton Heath, the Manchester based Second Division club, are on the brink of closure and expulsion from the Football League after being issued with a winding up order. The club is £2,600 in debt.
28 April 1902 – Newton Heath, after being saved by new owner John Henry Davies, are renamed Manchester United.

Honours

Competition	Winner
[First Division](1901-02-football-league)	Sunderland (4)
[Second Division](1901-02-football-league)	West Bromwich Albion
[FA Cup](1902-fa-cup-final)	Sheffield United (2)
[Home Championship](1902-british-home-championship)

Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition

Football League

Main article: 1901–02 Football League

[[Football League First Division|First Division]]

Main article: 1901–02 Football League#First Division

[[Football League Second Division|Second Division]]

Main article: 1901–02 Football League#Second Division

References

(12 February 2010). "Drasdo repeats green and gold message". Manchester Evening News.
"History of Manchester United". United Online Unofficial website of Manchester United.

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