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] Tottenham Hotspur became the first and only non-League club to date, to win the FA Cup - winning 3-1 in a replay against Sheffield United of the First Division.

Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour.