1907–08 in English football


The 1907–08 season was the 37th season of competitive football in England. Manchester United were Football League champions for the first time, while Bradford City won the Second Division and Wolverhampton Wanderers won the FA Cup. The Home Championship was shared between England and Scotland.

FA Cup

won the FA Cup for the second time, beating Newcastle United 3–1 in the final.

Football League

and Oldham Athletic replaced Burslem Port Vale and Burton United in the Football League.

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National team

The England national football team were joint winners in the 1908 British Home Championship. England and Scotland shared the trophy, having each beaten Wales and Ireland in their opening matches before drawing 1–1 with each other in the final game.
England began the strongest side, although all four teams played well in their opening games, both Ireland and Wales running their opponents close. In the second matches however, England and Scotland's quality told, as England beat Wales 7–1 in Wrexham and Ireland succumbed 5–0 in Dublin.
England followed this tournament by becoming the first Home Nation to play a non-British nation with a tour of Central Europe, playing against Austria twice Hungary and Bohemia. In October the England amateur team followed this by winning gold in the football tournament at the 1908 Olympics, held in London.

Results

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European tour

England undertook their first matches against opposition outside the Home Nations, with a summer tour of four games against Central European opposition.

Players

The players chosen for the tour were:
NamePositionClubAppearancesGoals
GKLeicester Fosse40
CFSheffield Wednesday13
LWSunderland42
CBBirmingham City30
RBBlackburn Rovers40
LHLuton Town40
CFChelsea38
LBWest Bromwich Albion10
RWNewcastle United43
RHDerby County41
CHBristol City40
FWChelsea45
FWTottenham Hotspur46

Key
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