Season 1907-08

[ Results Summary ]

Football League Division One

  P  W  D  L  F  A
Home 19 8 3 8 30 35
Away 19 6 5 8 23 27
Total 38 14 8 16 53 62
Date Opponents Att Result Scorers
7th Sep 1907 Sheffield Utd (H) 25000 2-4 Hilsdon, Windridge
14th Newcastle Utd (A) 35000 0-1  
21st Nottm Forest (A) 20000 0-6  
23rd Newcastle Utd (H) 20000 2-0 Bridgeman, Windridge
28th Manchester Utd (H) 30000 1-4 Hilsdon
5th Oct 1907 Blackburn Rovers (A) 10000 0-2  
12th Bolton Wanderers (H) 35000 1-3 Hilsdon
19th Birmingham City (A) 20000 1-1 Hilsdon
26th Everton (H) 50000 2-1 Windridge (2)
2nd Nov 1907 Sunderland (A) 13000 0-3  
9th Woolwich Arsenal (H) 55000 2-1 Hilsdon (2)
16th Sheffield Wed (A) 22000 1-3 Hilsdon
23rd Bristol City (H) 20000 4-1 Hilsdon (4)
30th Notts County (A) 12000 0-2  
2nd Dec 1907 Blackburn Rovers (H) 18000 1-0 Whitehouse
7th Manchester City (H) 50000 2-2 Brawn, Hilsdon
14th Preston NE (A) 8000 4-2 Brawn, Rouse (2), Stark
21st Bury (H) 35000 3-4 Hilsdon (2), Lindsay (og)
25th Liverpool (A) 30000 4-1 Henderson, Hilsdon (2), Windridge
26th Middlesbrough (H) 40000 1-0 Rouse
28th Aston Villa (A) 30000 0-0  
1st Jan 1908 Middlesbrough (A) 30000 1-3 Brawn
4th Sheffield Utd (A) 5000 3-0 Hilsdon, Windridge (2)
18th Nottm Forest (H) 35000 0-4  
25th Manchester Utd (A) 25184 0-1  
8th Feb 1908 Bolton Wanderers (A) 18000 2-1 Hilsdon, Windridge
15th Birmingham City (H) 30000 2-2 Brawn, Fairgray
29th Sunderland (H) 32000 2-1 Rouse (2)
7th Mar 1908 Woolwich Arsenal (A) 30000 0-0  
14th Sheffield Wed (H) 30000 3-1 Hilsdon, Stark, Windridge
21st Bristol City (A) 15000 0-0  
1st Apr 1908 Everton (A) 10000 3-0 Hilsdon (3)
4th Manchester City (A) 40000 3-0 Humphreys, Jackson (og), Rouse
11th Preston NE (H) 40000 0-0  
18th Bury (A) 11000 1-1 Hilsdon
20th Liverpool (H) 40000 0-2  
25th Aston Villa (H) 30000 1-3 Birnie
29th Notts County (H) 10000 1-2 Hilsdon

Gate Statistics (Football League Division One)

Venue Lowest Highest Total / Games Average
Home 10000 (Notts County) 55000 (Woolwich Arsenal) 625000 / 19 32895
Away 5000 (Sheffield Utd) 40000 (Manchester City) 384184 / 19 20220
All 5000 (Sheffield Utd, Away) 55000 (Woolwich Arsenal, Home) 1009184 / 38 26557

Football League Division One

Pos   Team   P   W   D   L   F   A   Pts   GD
1 Manchester Utd 38 23 6 9 81 48 52 +33
2 Aston Villa 38 17 9 12 77 59 43 +18
3 Manchester City 38 16 11 11 62 54 43 +8
4 Newcastle Utd 38 15 12 11 65 54 42 +11
5 Sheffield Wed 38 19 4 15 73 64 42 +9
6 Middlesbrough 38 17 7 14 54 45 41 +9
7 Bury 38 14 11 13 58 61 39 -3
8 Liverpool 38 16 6 16 68 61 38 +7
9 Nottm Forest 38 13 11 14 59 62 37 -3
10 Bristol City 38 12 12 14 58 61 36 -3
11 Everton 38 15 6 17 58 64 36 -6
12 Preston NE 38 12 12 14 47 53 36 -6
13 Chelsea 38 14 8 16 53 62 36 -9
14= Blackburn Rovers 38 12 12 14 51 63 36 -12
14= Woolwich Arsenal 38 12 12 14 51 63 36 -12
16 Sunderland 38 16 3 19 78 75 35 +3
17 Sheffield Utd 38 12 11 15 52 58 35 -6
18 Notts County 38 13 8 17 39 51 34 -12
19 Bolton Wanderers 38 14 5 19 52 58 33 -6
20 Birmingham City 38 9 12 17 40 60 30 -20

FA Cup

P  W  D  L  F  A
2 1 0 1 9 2
Match Date Opponents Att Result Scorers
1st Round 11th Jan 1908 Worksop Town (H) 18995 9-1 Bridgeman, Hilsdon (6), Windridge (2)
2nd Round 1st Feb 1908 Manchester Utd (A) 25184 0-1  

Goal Scorers

Key

  League   Football League Division One

Player Total League FA Cup
George Hilsdon 30 24 6
Jimmy Windridge 11 9 2
Fred Rouse 6 6  
Billy Brawn 4 4  
James Stark 2 2  
William Bridgeman 2 1 1
Edward Birnie 1 1  
Norman Fairgray 1 1  
George Henderson 1 1  
Percy Humphreys 1 1  
Ben Whitehouse 1 1  
Total 60 51 9

Appearances

Key

  League   Football League Division One

The first number is the number of appearances
as a starter; the second number is the number
of appearances as a substitute.

Player Total League FA Cup
Edward Birnie 38/- 36/- 2/-
George Hilsdon 35/- 33/- 2/-
Jock Cameron 34/- 32/- 2/-
James Stark 32/- 30/- 2/-
Tommy Miller 31/- 30/- 1/-
Jimmy Windridge 31/- 29/- 2/-
Norman Fairgray 28/- 28/-  
Billy Brawn 28/- 26/- 2/-
Jack Whitley 26/- 24/- 2/-
Bob McRoberts 21/- 20/- 1/-
Fred Rouse 21/- 20/- 1/-
William Bridgeman 20/- 18/- 2/-
George Henderson 15/- 14/- 1/-
Bob Whiting 14/- 14/-  
George Key 13/- 13/-  
Percy Humphreys 11/- 11/-  
Ben Whitehouse 11/- 10/- 1/-
Martin Moran 10/- 10/-  
Frank Lyon 6/- 6/-  
Robert Mackie 6/- 6/-  
James Frost 3/- 3/-  
John Kirwan 2/- 2/-  
Augustus Harding 2/- 1/- 1/-
Peter Proudfoot 1/- 1/-  
Joseph Walton 1/- 1/-  
Games Played 40 38 2