The 1901–02 season was the 14th season of The 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
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
Second Division
Results
Maps
Attendances Source:
Division One No. Club Average 1 Aston Villa FC 19,580 2 Manchester City FC 16,825 3 Everton FC 16,030 4 Liverpool FC 14,715 5 Newcastle United FC 14,450 6 Birmingham City FC 13,265 7 Sunderland AFC 12,905 8 Sheffield United FC 12,880 9 Bolton Wanderers FC 10,200 10 The Wednesday 9,765 11 Notts County FC 9,430 12 Derby County FC 9,050 13 Nottingham Forest FC 8,605 14 Blackburn Rovers FC 7,950 15 Bury FC 7,870 16 Stoke City FC 7,280 17 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 6,525 18 Grimsby Town FC 5,955
See also 1901–02 in English football 1901 in association football 1902 in association football
References
Sources Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane's, London & Sydney, 1980.