First Division 1914/15

Everton won the 1914/15 First Division with 46 points, 1 point ahead of Oldham Athletic. Tottenham Hotspur was relegated. The season's 380 matches produced 1,201 goals, 3.16 a game.

Everton

Champions

1,201

Goals

3.16

Goals a game

51%

Home wins

Final table


1	EvertonEverton	38	19	8	11	76	47	+29	46
2	Oldham AthleticOldham	38	17	11	10	70	56	+14	45
3	Blackburn RoversBlackburn	38	18	7	13	83	61	+22	43
4	BurnleyBurnley	38	18	7	13	61	47	+14	43
5	Manchester CityMan City	38	15	13	10	49	39	+10	43
6	Sheffield UnitedSheffield Utd	38	15	13	10	49	41	+8	43
7	Sheffield WednesdaySheffield Wed	38	15	13	10	61	54	+7	43
8	SunderlandSunderland	38	18	5	15	81	72	+9	41
9	Bradford Park AvenueBradford Park Avenue	38	17	7	14	69	65	+4	41
10	West Bromwich AlbionWest Brom	38	15	10	13	49	43	+6	40
11	Bradford CityBradford City	38	13	14	11	55	49	+6	40
12	MiddlesbroughMiddlesbrough	38	13	12	13	62	74	-12	38
13	LiverpoolLiverpool	38	14	9	15	65	75	-10	37
14	Aston VillaAston Villa	38	13	11	14	62	72	-10	37
15	Newcastle UnitedNewcastle	38	11	10	17	46	48	-2	32
16	Notts CountyNotts County	38	9	13	16	41	57	-16	31
17	Bolton WanderersBolton	38	11	8	19	68	84	-16	30
18	Manchester UnitedMan United	38	9	12	17	46	62	-16	30
19	ChelseaChelsea	38	8	13	17	51	65	-14	29
20	Tottenham HotspurTottenham	38	8	12	18	57	90	-33	28

▌ Champions ▌ Relegated. Two points for a win, one for a draw; clubs level on points are split by goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded), as they were then. Sort and filter it on the all-time table →

The 1914/15 title race

The top four's points, match day by match day. Pick other clubs or measures on the race chart →

Points, Wed 28 Apr 1915

Everton

Oldham

Blackburn

Burnley

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1914/15 · Wed 28 Apr 1915

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The 1914/15 scoreline grid

Every result of the season, home goals along the bottom and away goals up the side. Each square counts the matches that finished that way; ringed squares are results the English top flight had never seen before this season. Select a square to see those matches.

Away goals

1 1 1 1 1

1 4 1 1

3 10 7 8 3 2

7 28 18 13 7 2 2 1

12 42 31 20 13 6 1 1

36 27 24 23 9 5 2 1

Home goals

Times it's happened

Never

Once

3–4

5–9

10–19

20+

First-ever results

One result in 1914/15 had never happened in the English top flight before, counting home and away separately:

February 13, 1915Middlesbrough 7–5 TottenhamFirst 7–5 home win

Biggest wins

March 1, 1915Sheffield Wed 7–0 Bolton7-goal home win

November 21, 1914Everton 7–1 Sunderland6-goal home win

December 26, 1914Aston Villa 1–7 Bolton6-goal away win

September 26, 1914Sheffield Wed 6–0 Bradford Park Avenue6-goal home win

November 28, 1914Blackburn 6–0 Burnley6-goal home win

Highest-scoring matches

February 13, 1915Middlesbrough 7–5 Tottenham12 goals

October 31, 1914Liverpool 7–2 Tottenham9 goals

November 28, 1914Liverpool 3–6 Aston Villa9 goals

February 1, 1915Oldham 4–5 Sunderland9 goals

November 21, 1914Everton 7–1 Sunderland8 goals

Most common results

#11–1 draw42 · 11%

#20–0 draw36 · 9%

#32–1 home win31 · 8%

#41–2 away win28 · 7%

#51–0 home win27 · 7%

How 1914/15 compares

At 3.16 goals a game, 1914/15 was the 37th highest-scoring of the 93 old First Division seasons (the average is 3.07). Home sides won 51% of matches, against 52% across all seasons; 27% were draws and 22% away wins.

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