1908–09 in English football

The 1908-09 season was the 38th season of competitive football in England.

Overview

Tottenham Hotspur played their first ever season in the Football League, gaining promotion to the First Division in the process. Spurs, along with Bradford Park Avenue entered the Second Division to replace Lincoln City and Stoke.

This year started a new competition: the Charity Shield; a match between the champion of the Professional League vs. the champion of the Amateur League. The first championship went to Manchester United, in a replayed final against Queens Park Rangers.

Events

Honours

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; Pts = Points

National team

The England national football team had a very successful season, with victory in the 1909 British Home Championship due to a whitewash of the other Home Nations and three heavy victories during a tour of Central Europe for the second year running.

Results

footballbox
date = February 13, 1909
team1 = fb-rt|ENG
score = 4–0
team2 = fb|IRE
goals1 = Vivian Woodward 2, George Hilsdon 2 (1P)
goals2 =
stadium = Park Avenue, Bradford ----footballbox
date = March 15, 1909
team1 = fb-rt|ENG
score = 2–0
team2 = fb|WAL
goals1 = George Holley, Bert Freeman
goals2 =
stadium = City Ground, Nottingham ----footballbox
date = April 3, 1909
team1 = fb-rt|ENG
score = 2–0
team2 = fb|SCO
goals1 = George Wall 2
goals2 =
stadium = The Crystal Palace, London

European tour

Players

The players chosen for the tour were:

Key

* GK — Goalkeeper
* RB — Right back
* LB — Left back
* CB — Centre back
* CH — Centre half
* LH — Left half
* RH — Right half
* RW — Right winger
* LW — Left winger
* FW — Forward
* CF — Centre forward

Match details

footballbox
date = May 29, 1909
team1 = fb-rt|Hungary|1867
score = 2–4
report= [http://www.englandstats.com/matchreport.php?mid=102 (Summary)]
team2 = fb|ENG
goals1 = Ákos Késmárky, József Grósz
goals2 = Vivian Woodward 2, Harold Fleming, Arthur Bridgett
stadium = Millenáris Sporttelep, Budapest
referee = Christiaan J Groothoff (Holland)
attendance = 10,000----footballbox
date = May 31, 1909
team1 = fb-rt|Hungary|1867
score = 2–8
report= [http://www.englandstats.com/matchreport.php?mid=103 (Summary)]
team2 = fb|ENG
goals1 = Imre Schlosser, Árpád Mészáros
goals2 = Vivian Woodward 4, Harold Fleming 2, George Holley 2
stadium = Millenáris Sporttelep, Budapest
referee = Hugo Meisl (Austria)
attendance = 11,000----footballbox
date = June 1, 1909
team1 = fb-rt|Austria|empire
score = 1–8
report= [http://www.englandstats.com/matchreport.php?mid=104 (Summary)]
team2 = fb|ENG
goals1 = Leopold Neubauer
goals2 = Vivian Woodward 3, George Holley 2, Harold Halse 2, Ben Warren
stadium = Hohe Warte Stadium, Vienna
referee = Ferenc M Schubert (Hungary)
attendance = 3,000

Footnotes