1901–02 in English football

Football in England
Season	1901–02
Men's football
First Division	Sunderland
Second Division	West Bromwich Albion
Southern League	Portsmouth
Northern League	Bishop Auckland
The Combination	Wrexham
Western League	Portsmouth
FA Cup	Sheffield United
Sheriff of London Charity Shield	Aston Villa

The 1901–02 season was the 31st season of competitive football in England.

League changes

Burton United were formed by a merger of Burton Swifts with former League side Burton Wanderers.

Bristol City were the first non-London Southern side in the league.

9 January 1902 – Newton Heath, the Manchester based Second Division club, are on the brink of closure and expulsion from the Football League after being issued with a winding up order.^[1] The club is £2,600 in debt.^{[citation needed]}
28 April 1902 – Newton Heath, after being saved by new owner John Henry Davies, are renamed Manchester United.^[2]

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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Relegation
1	Sunderland (C)	34	19	6	9	50	35	1.429	44
2	Everton	34	17	7	10	53	35	1.514	41
3	Newcastle United	34	14	9	11	48	34	1.412	37
4	Blackburn Rovers	34	15	6	13	52	48	1.083	36
5	Nottingham Forest	34	13	9	12	43	43	1.000	35
6	Derby County	34	13	9	12	39	41	0.951	35
7	Bury	34	13	8	13	44	38	1.158	34
8	Aston Villa	34	13	8	13	42	40	1.050	34
9	The Wednesday	34	13	8	13	48	52	0.923	34
10	Sheffield United	34	13	7	14	53	48	1.104	33
11	Liverpool	34	10	12	12	42	38	1.105	32
12	Bolton Wanderers	34	12	8	14	51	56	0.911	32
13	Notts County	34	14	4	16	51	57	0.895	32
14	Wolverhampton Wanderers	34	13	6	15	46	57	0.807	32
15	Grimsby Town	34	13	6	15	44	60	0.733	32
16	Stoke	34	11	9	14	45	55	0.818	31
17	Small Heath (R)	34	11	8	15	47	45	1.044	30	Relegation to the Second Division
18	Manchester City (R)	34	11	6	17	42	58	0.724	28	Relegation to the Second Division

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	West Bromwich Albion (C, P)	34	25	5	4	82	29	2.828	55	Promotion to the First Division
2	Middlesbrough (P)	34	23	5	6	90	24	3.750	51	Promotion to the First Division
3	Preston North End	34	18	6	10	71	32	2.219	42
4	Woolwich Arsenal	34	18	6	10	50	26	1.923	42
5	Lincoln City	34	14	13	7	45	35	1.286	41
6	Bristol City	34	17	6	11	52	35	1.486	40
7	Doncaster Rovers	34	13	8	13	49	58	0.845	34
8	Glossop	34	10	12	12	36	40	0.900	32
9	Burnley	34	10	10	14	41	45	0.911	30
10	Burton United	34	11	8	15	46	54	0.852	30
11	Barnsley	34	12	6	16	51	63	0.810	30
12	Burslem Port Vale	34	10	9	15	43	59	0.729	29
13	Blackpool	34	11	7	16	40	56	0.714	29
14	Leicester Fosse	34	12	5	17	38	56	0.679	29
15	Newton Heath	34	11	6	17	38	53	0.717	28
16	Chesterfield Town	34	11	6	17	47	68	0.691	28	Re-elected
17	Stockport County	34	8	7	19	36	72	0.500	23
18	Gainsborough Trinity	34	4	11	19	30	80	0.375	19

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted