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  Leading League goalscorer:
John Campbell 
(Sunderland)
22 goals

It's rare for a referee to be late arriving at a match but when Mr Kirkham's train was delayed the opening-day fixture between Sunderland and Derby County proved to be a unique encounter.
The Match of 3 Halves.

   Results 1 Sunderland 30 21 5 4 80 37 47
    Results 2 Everton 30 18 6 6 82 50 42
    Results 3 Aston Villa 30 17 5 8 82 43 39
    4 Preston North End 30 15 5 10 62 46 35
    5 Blackburn Rovers 30 11 10 9 59 49 32
    6 Sheffield United 30 14 4 12 57 55 32
    Results 7 Nottingham Forest 30 13 5 12 50 56 31
    8 Sheffield Wednesday 30 12 4 14 50 55 28
    Results 9 Burnley 30 11 4 15 44 56 26
    10 Bolton Wanderers 30 9 7 14 61 62 25
    Results 11 Wolverhampton Wanderers 30 9 7 14 43 63 25
    12 Small Heath 30 9 7 14 50 74 25
    13 West Bromwich Albion 30 10 4 16 51 66 24
    Results 14 Stoke 30 9 6 15 50 67 24 Test Series
    15 Derby County 30 7 9 14 45 68 23 Test Series
    Results 16 Liverpool 30 7 8 15 51 70 22 Relegated
   
     

The clubs on this page are listed in their original names. For the same information but with clubs in their modern names click here.
     
      Test Matches Test Series
     

Promotion and relegation was decided in a series of Test Matches between the bottom three clubs in Division 1 and the top three clubs in Division 2. The third from bottom club in Division 1 played the third club in Division 2, the second from bottom in Division 1 played the second club in Division 2 and the bottom club in Division 1 played the top club in Division 2 in one-off matches at neutral venues with the winners playing in Division 1 the following season and the losers in Division 2.
     
     
Sat Apr

27

 Bury

1

 - 0 Liverpool
  (played at Ewood Park, Blackburn Rovers FC)
Sat Apr 27 Derby County 2 - 1 Notts County
  (played at Filbert Street, Leicester Fosse FC)
Sat Apr 27 Stoke 3 - 0 Newton Heath
  (played in Burslem)
     
     
     
     
     
     

 


Kevin Keegan and family, a PR picture from the 1970s which was meant to show that footballers were just like the rest of us. It had to be said though that you probably needed to be a football superstar if you were going to be able to afford the weekly shampoo bill that must have put a strain on the Keegan finances!
Loads more photos (players and grounds)