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1914–15 in English football

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1914–15 in English football

The 1914–15 season was the 44th season of competitive football in England.

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Overview

The 1914 Charity Shield was not contested due to suspension of football during World War I

Events

  • Suspicious patterns of betting on the game between Liverpool and Manchester United led to allegations of match fixing and the 1915 British football betting scandal. Eventually seven players (three from United, four from Liverpool) were banned from football.
  • Tom Watson, Liverpool's manager for the last 19 years, died on 6 May 1915.

    • Honours

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

    Football League Second Division

    The official Football League records originally showed Birmingham in 5th place and Arsenal in 6th place. In 1975 it was discovered that an error in the calculation of Goal Average had been made and the table was corrected.

    Southern League Division 1

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

    References

    1914–15 in English football Wikipedia
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