Darwen also joined from the Alliance but they conceded 112 goals and finished bottom.
[2] The table below is reproduced here in the exact form that it can be found at the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website[3] and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79,[4] with home and away statistics separated.
The goal average system was eventually scrapped beginning with the 1976–77 season.
West Bromwich Albion, although finishing in the bottom four teams, were not required to seek re-election as they were the FA Cup holders.
The other teams to participate in the Second Division were drawn from the Football Alliance except for Birmingham St. George's, who left and was replaced with Sheffield United of the Northern League.