1900–01 in English football

Stockport County played their first season in the football league. Blackpool also returned to the league, at the expenses of Loughborough and Luton Town.^{[citation needed]}

Despite a run of four victories at the start of the season, Aston Villa finished fourth from bottom.^{[citation needed]}

Honours

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	Qualification or relegation
1	Liverpool	34	19	7	8	59	35	1.686	45	League Champions
2	Sunderland	34	15	13	6	57	26	2.192	43
3	Notts County	34	18	4	12	54	46	1.174	40
4	Nottingham Forest	34	16	7	11	53	36	1.472	39
5	Bury	34	16	7	11	53	37	1.432	39
6	Newcastle United	34	14	10	10	42	37	1.135	38
7	Everton	34	16	5	13	55	42	1.310	37
8	The Wednesday	34	13	10	11	52	42	1.238	36
9	Blackburn Rovers	34	12	9	13	39	47	0.830	33
10	Bolton Wanderers	34	13	7	14	39	55	0.709	33
11	Manchester City	34	13	6	15	48	58	0.828	32
12	Derby County	34	12	7	15	55	42	1.310	31
13	Wolverhampton Wanderers	34	9	13	12	39	55	0.709	31
14	Sheffield United	34	12	7	15	35	52	0.673	31
15	Aston Villa	34	10	10	14	45	51	0.882	30
16	Stoke	34	11	5	18	46	57	0.807	27
17	Preston North End	34	9	7	18	49	75	0.653	25	Relegated
18	West Bromwich Albion	34	7	8	19	35	62	0.565	22	Relegated

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Grimsby Town	34	20	9	5	60	33	1.818	49	Division Champions
2	Small Heath	34	19	10	5	57	24	2.375	48	Promoted
3	Burnley	34	20	4	10	53	29	1.828	44
4	New Brighton Tower	34	17	8	9	57	38	1.500	42	Disbanded
5	Glossop	34	15	8	11	51	33	1.545	38
6	Middlesbrough	34	15	7	12	50	40	1.250	37
7	Woolwich Arsenal	34	15	6	13	39	35	1.114	36
8	Lincoln City	34	13	7	14	43	39	1.103	33
9	Burslem Port Vale	34	11	11	12	45	47	0.957	33
10	Newton Heath	34	14	4	16	42	38	1.105	32
11	Leicester Fosse	34	11	10	13	39	37	1.054	32
12	Blackpool^[a]	34	12	7	15	33	58	0.569	31
13	Gainsborough Trinity	34	10	10	14	45	60	0.750	30
14	Chesterfield Town	34	9	10	15	46	58	0.793	28
15	Barnsley	34	11	5	18	47	60	0.783	27
16	Walsall	34	7	13	14	40	56	0.714	27	Failed re-election^[b]
17	Stockport County^[a]	34	11	3	20	38	68	0.559	25	Re-elected
18	Burton Swifts	34	8	4	22	34	66	0.515	20^[c]	Re-elected

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ ^a ^b New club in the league
^ Walsall failed re-election to the league and did not return until the 1921–22 season, when they joined the Third Division North.
^ Burton Swifts merged in 1901 with Burton Wanderers to form Burton United, which continued in the league the following season.