1908–09 in English football#First Division

Tottenham Hotspur played their first ever season in the Football League, gaining promotion to the First Division in the process. Spurs, along with Bradford Park Avenue entered the Second Division to replace Lincoln City and Stoke.{{fact|date=July 2020}}

This year started a new competition: the Charity Shield; a match between the champion of the Professional League vs. the champion of the Amateur League. The first championship went to Manchester United, in a replayed final against Queens Park Rangers.{{fact|date=July 2020}}

• 5 December 1908– Sunderland defeat Newcastle United 9-1, after the game was tied 1-1 at half-time. This is the joint biggest away victory in the top division in Football League history. The win was even more remarkable as Newcastle were league champions that season winning the title by 7 points from Everton, conceding only 41 goals all season.{{Cite web|title=NUFC 1 v 9 SAFC – Magpies Routed By Black Cats – Ryehill Football|url=http://ryehillfootball.co.uk/stories/nufc-1-v-9-safc-magpies-routed-by-black-cats/|access-date=2021-02-27|language=en-US}}

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

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The England national football team had a very successful season, with victory in the 1909 British Home Championship due to a whitewash of the other Home Nations and three heavy victories during a tour of Central Europe for the second year running.

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date = 13 February 1909 |

team1 = {{fb-rt|ENG}} |

score = 4–0 |

team2 = {{fb|IRE}} |

goals1 = Vivian Woodward 2, George Hilsdon 2 (1P) |

goals2 =   |

stadium = Park Avenue, Bradford}}

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date = 15 March 1909 |

team1 = {{fb-rt|ENG}} |

score = 2–0 |

team2 = {{fb|WAL}} |

goals1 = George Holley, Bert Freeman |

goals2 =   |

stadium = City Ground, Nottingham}}

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date = 3 April 1909 |

team1 = {{fb-rt|ENG}} |

score = 2–0 |

team2 = {{fb|SCO}} |

goals1 = George Wall 2 |

goals2 =   |

stadium = The Crystal Palace, London}}

The players chosen for the tour were:

• GK — Goalkeeper
• RB — Right back
• LB — Left back
• CB — Centre back
• CH — Centre half
• LH — Left half
• RH — Right half
• RW — Right winger
• LW — Left winger
• FW — Forward
• CF — Centre forward

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|date = 29 May 1909

|team1 = {{fb-rt|Hungary|1867}}

|score = 2–4

|report=[http://www.englandstats.com/matchreport.php?mid=102 (Summary)]

|team2 = {{fb|ENG}}

|goals1 = Ákos Késmárky, József Grósz

|goals2 = Vivian Woodward 2, Harold Fleming, Arthur Bridgett

|stadium = Millenáris Sporttelep, Budapest

|referee = Christiaan J Groothoff (Holland)

|attendance = 10,000}}

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|date = 31 May 1909

|team1 = {{fb-rt|Hungary|1867}}

|score = 2–8

|report=[http://www.englandstats.com/matchreport.php?mid=103 (Summary)]

|team2 = {{fb|ENG}}

|goals1 = Imre Schlosser, Árpád Mészáros

|goals2 = Vivian Woodward 4, Harold Fleming 2,
George Holley 2

|stadium = Millenáris Sporttelep, Budapest

|referee = Hugo Meisl (Austria)

|attendance = 11,000}}

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|date = 1 June 1909

|team1 = {{fb-rt|Austria|empire}}

|score = 1–8

|report=[http://www.englandstats.com/matchreport.php?mid=104 (Summary)]

|team2 = {{fb|ENG}}

|goals1 = Leopold Neubauer

|goals2 = Vivian Woodward 3, George Holley 2, Harold Halse 2, Ben Warren

|stadium = Hohe Warte Stadium, Vienna

|referee = Ferenc M Schubert (Hungary)

|attendance = 3,000}}

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