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.

The first championship went to Manchester United, in a replayed final against Queens Park Rangers.

[citation needed] Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour.

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.