Top Flight Football League Club Position Ladders 1898-99 to 1907-08 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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# | 1898-99 (11) | Pts | 1899-1900 (12) | Pts | 1900-01 (13) | Pts | 1901-02 (14) | Pts | 1902-03 (15) | Pts | 1903-04 (16) | Pts | 1904-05 (17) | Pts | 1905-06 (18) | Pts | 1906-07 (19) | Pts | 1907-08 (20) | Pts | # | ||||||||||
1 | Aston Villa | 45 | Aston Villa | 50 | Liverpool | 45 | Sunderland | 44 | The Wednesday | 42 | The Wednesday | 47 | Newcastle United | 48 | Liverpool | 51 | Newcastle United | 51 | Manchester United | 52 | 1 | ||||||||||
2 | Liverpool | 43 | Sheffield United | 48 | Sunderland | 43 | Everton | 41 | Aston Villa | 41 | Manchester City | 44 | Everton | 47 | Preston North End | 47 | Bristol City | 48 | Aston Villa | 43 | 2 | ||||||||||
3 | Burnley | 39 | Sunderland | 41 | Notts County | 40 | Newcastle United | 37 | Sunderland | 41 | Everton | 43 | Manchester City | 46 | The Wednesday | 44 | Everton | 45 | Manchester City | 43 | 3 | ||||||||||
4 | Everton | 38 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 39 | Nottingham Forest | 39 | Blackburn Rovers | 36 | Sheffield United | 39 | Newcastle United | 42 | Aston Villa | 42 | Newcastle United | 43 | Sheffield United | 45 | Newcastle United | 42 | 4 | ||||||||||
5 | Notts County | 37 | Newcastle United | 36 | Bury | 39 | Nottingham Forest | 35 | Liverpool | 38 | Aston Villa | 41 | Sunderland | 40 | Manchester City | 43 | Aston Villa | 44 | The Wednesday | 42 | 5 | ||||||||||
6 | Blackburn Rovers | 36 | Derby County | 36 | Newcastle United | 38 | Derby County | 35 | Stoke | 37 | Sunderland | 39 | Sheffield United | 40 | Bolton Wanderers | 41 | Bolton Wanderers | 44 | Middlesbrough | 41 | 6 | ||||||||||
7 | Sunderland | 36 | Manchester City | 34 | Everton | 37 | Bury | 34 | West Bromwich Albion | 36 | Sheffield United | 38 | Small Heath | 39 | Birmingham | 41 | Woolwich Arsenal | 44 | Bury | 39 | 7 | ||||||||||
8 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 35 | Nottingham Forest | 34 | The Wednesday | 36 | Aston Villa | 34 | Bury | 35 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 36 | Preston North End | 36 | Aston Villa | 40 | Manchester United | 42 | Liverpool | 38 | 8 | ||||||||||
9 | Derby County | 35 | Stoke | 34 | Blackburn Rovers | 33 | The Wednesday | 34 | Derby County | 35 | Nottingham Forest | 31 | The Wednesday | 33 | Blackburn Rovers | 40 | Birmingham | 38 | Nottingham Forest | 37 | 9 | ||||||||||
10 | Bury | 35 | Liverpool | 33 | Bolton Wanderers | 33 | Sheffield United | 33 | Nottingham Forest | 35 | Middlesbrough | 30 | Woolwich Arsenal | 33 | Stoke | 39 | Sunderland | 37 | Bristol City | 36 | 10 | ||||||||||
11 | Nottingham Forest | 33 | Everton | 33 | Manchester City | 32 | Liverpool | 32 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 33 | Small Heath | 30 | Derby County | 32 | Everton | 37 | Middlesbrough | 36 | Everton | 36 | 11 | ||||||||||
12 | Stoke | 33 | Bury | 32 | Derby County | 31 | Bolton Wanderers | 32 | Everton | 32 | Bury | 29 | Stoke | 30 | Woolwich Arsenal | 37 | Blackburn Rovers | 35 | Preston North End | 36 | 12 | ||||||||||
13 | Newcastle United | 30 | West Bromwich Albion | 30 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 31 | Notts County | 32 | Middlesbrough | 32 | Notts County | 29 | Blackburn Rovers | 27 | Sheffield United | 36 | The Wednesday | 35 | Chelsea | 36 | 13 | ||||||||||
14 | West Bromwich Albion | 30 | Blackburn Rovers | 30 | Sheffield United | 31 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 32 | Newcastle United | 32 | Derby County | 28 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 26 | Sunderland | 35 | Preston North End | 35 | Woolwich Arsenal | 36 | 14 | ||||||||||
15 | Preston North End | 29 | Notts County | 29 | Aston Villa | 30 | Grimsby Town | 32 | Notts County | 31 | Blackburn Rovers | 28 | Middlesbrough | 26 | Derby County | 35 | Liverpool | 33 | Blackburn Rovers | 36 | 15 | ||||||||||
16 | Sheffield United | 29 | Preston North End | 28 | Stoke | 27 | Stoke | 31 | Blackburn Rovers | 29 | Stoke | 27 | Nottingham Forest | 25 | Notts County | 34 | Bury | 32 | Sunderland | 35 | 16 | ||||||||||
17 | Bolton Wanderers | 25 | Burnley | 27 | Preston North End | 25 | Small Heath | 30 | Grimsby Town | 25 | Liverpool | 26 | Bury | 24 | Bury | 32 | Manchester City | 32 | Sheffield United | 35 | 17 | ||||||||||
18 | The Wednesday | 24 | Glossop | 18 | West Bromwich Albion | 22 | Manchester City | 28 | Bolton Wanderers | 19 | West Bromwich Albion | 24 | Notts County | 18 | Middlesbrough | 31 | Notts County | 31 | Notts County | 34 | 18 | ||||||||||
Nottingham Forest | 31 | Derby County | 27 | Bolton Wanderers | 33 | 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wolverhampton Wanderers | 23 | Stoke | 26 | Birmingham | 30 | 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manchester City | The Wednesday | Grimsby Town | West Bromwich Albion | Manchester City | Preston North End | Liverpool | Bristol City | Nottingham Forest | Bradford City | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Glossop | Bolton Wanderers | Small Heath | Middlesbrough | Small Heath | Woolwich Arsenal | Bolton Wanderers | Manchester United | Chelsea | Leicester Fosse |