Football League Division One
30 March 1901 |
Team |
P
|
Pts |
Sunderland |
30 |
39 |
Nottingham Forest |
29 |
37 |
Liverpool |
28 |
34 |
Notts County |
29 |
34 |
Bury |
29 |
33 |
Everton |
28 |
31 |
Newcastle
United |
27 |
30 |
The Wednesday |
28 |
29 |
Aston Villa |
29 |
29 |
Blackburn Rovers |
30 |
29 |
Sheffield
United |
30 |
29 |
Derby County |
31 |
27 |
Bolton Wanderers |
29 |
27 |
Manchester
City |
30 |
26 |
Wolverhampton Wanderers |
28 |
26 |
Stoke |
31 |
23 |
Preston North End |
32 |
23 |
West Bromwich Albion |
28 |
20 |
Division One
matches played on
30 March 1901:
ASTON VILLA
0-0 SHEFFIELD UNITED
9,000 (Villa Park,
Birmingham)
Villa were without Albert Wilkes, who was playing against Scotland at
Crystal Palace, as were Sheffield United's Bennett, and Needham (who had
a penalty saved).
BOLTON WANDERERS 1-0
BLACKBURN ROVERS
Tracey
6,053 (Burnden Park, Bolton)
Bolton were without John Sutcliffe, who was playing against Scotland at
Crystal Palace, as was Blackburn's Fred Blackburn, who scored the
opening goal on his international debut, against Scotland.
DERBY COUNTY 4-1 STOKE
Wombwell, Arkesden, May 2 (Leech)
5,000 (Baseball Ground, Derby)
Derby were without Steve Bloomer, who scored
England's equaliser against Scotland at Crystal Palace.
LIVERPOOL 3-0 NEWCASTLE UNITED
Hunter 2,
Raybould
10,000 (Anfield,
Liverpool)
Liverpool were without Alex Raisbeck, who was
playing for Scotland at Crystal Palace, whilst Newcastle were without
Andy Aitken, who was making his debut for Scotland.
PRESTON NORTH END
3-1 BURY
Darroch o.g., Pratt, Becton (McLuckie)
3,000 (Deepdale, Preston)
SUNDERLAND 3-0
WEST BROMWICH ALBION
Hogg, Leslie 2
10,500 (Roker Park, Sunderland)
THE WEDNESDAY 3-1 EVERTON
nk, Chapman, Spiksley (Taylor)
3,000 (Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield)
WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS 1-0 MANCHESTER CITY
Pheasant
3,000 (Molineux, Wolverhampton)
Having won three League Championships with
Sunderland, manager, Tom Watson now led Liverpool's charge to catch his
old club. The Reds won six of their last seven games to win their first
title, with Watson becoming the first manager to win it with two
different clubs.
Football League Division Two
30 March 1901 |
Team |
P
|
Pts |
Grimsby Town |
29 |
45 |
Burnley |
28 |
39 |
Small Heath |
26 |
38 |
New Brighton Tower |
29 |
36 |
Middlesbrough |
27 |
30 |
Woolwich Arsenal |
29 |
30 |
Glossop |
28 |
29 |
Burslem Port Vale |
31 |
29 |
Newton Heath |
29 |
28 |
Leicester Fosse |
31 |
28 |
Lincoln City |
29 |
27 |
Gainsborough Trinity |
29 |
27 |
Blackpool |
29 |
27 |
Walsall |
29 |
24 |
Chesterfield Town |
28 |
21 |
Barnsley |
29 |
21 |
Stockport County |
29 |
21 |
Burton Swifts |
29 |
18 |
Division Two
matches played on
30 March 1901:
BURNLEY 4-0
BARNSLEY
Jenkinson, Bowes, McLintock pen., Watkins
2,000 (Turf Moor, Burnley)
BURSLEM PORT VALE
4-0 BURTON SWIFTS
Price 2, Capes, Simpson
300 (Athletic Ground, Stoke)
CHESTERFIELD TOWN
3-3 GRIMSBY TOWN
Gooing, Thacker, o.g. (nk)
3,000 (Recreation Ground, Chesterfield)
GLOSSOP 6-0 BLACKPOOL
2,000 (North Road, Glossop)
LEICESTER FOSSE 5-0 WALSALL
Brown 3, Langham, Swift
2,500 (Filbert Street, Leicester)
LINCOLN CITY 3-1
SMALL HEATH
nk (McMillan)
3,000 (Sincil Bank, Lincoln)
MIDDLESBROUGH 1-1 WOOLWICH ARSENAL
Robertson (Main)
6,000 (Linthorpe Road, Middlesbrough)
NEW BRIGHTON
TOWER 3-2 GAINSBOROUGH TRINITY
2,000 (Tower Athletic Ground, New Brighton)
NEWTON HEATH 3-1 STOCKPORT COUNTY
Leigh, H.Morgan, Schofield (Stansfield)
4,000 (Bank Street, Manchester
Burnley moved up to second in their efforts to
gain immediate promotion back up to the First Division, but it was Small
Heath that would eventually secure the runners-up spot to Grimsby.
IN OTHER NEWS...
Oxford beat Cambridge
in the Universities' Boat Race in very poor wet and windy conditions,
but it was an exciting finish and Oxford won by less than a length.
It was on 31 March
1901 that the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in the Black Sea
caused a tsunami that caused severe damage to the coasts of both
Bulgaria and Romania.