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Johnny Campbell 
(Aston Villa)
24 goals		   Results 1 Aston Villa 30 20 5 5 78 45 45
    2 Derby County 30 17 7 6 68 35 41
    Results 3 Everton 30 16 7 7 66 43 39
    4 Bolton Wanderers 30 16 5 9 49 37 37
    Results 5 Sunderland 30 15 7 8 52 41 37
    Results 6 Stoke 30 15 0 15 56 47 30
    7 Sheffield Wednesday 30 12 5 13 44 53 29
    8 Blackburn Rovers 30 12 5 13 40 50 29
    9 Preston North End 30 11 6 13 44 48 28
    Results 10 Burnley 30 10 7 13 48 44 27
    11 Bury 30 12 3 15 50 54 27
    12 Sheffield United 30 10 6 14 40 50 26
    Results 13 Nottingham Forest 30 11 3 16 42 57 25
    Results 14 Wolverhampton Wanderers 30 10 1 19 61 65 21
    15 Small Heath 30 8 4 18 39 79 20 Relegated
    16 West Bromwich Albion 30 6 7 17 30 59 19 Test Series
   
   

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      Test Matches Test Series
     

Promotion and relegation between the two division was again decided by a series of Test Matches but there was a change of format from that used in the previous three seasons. The top two clubs in Division 2 and the bottom two in Division 1 met in a mini-league. Each club played four matches - home and away matches against the two sides from the other division. At the conclusion of the matches the first and second sides in the league played in Division 1 and the third and fourth sides in Division 2.
     
     
Sat Apr

18

 Liverpool

4

 - 0 Small Heath
Sat Apr 18 Manchester City 1 - 1 WBA
Mon Apr 20 Small Heath 0 - 0 Liverpool
Mon Apr 20 WBA 6 - 1 Manchester City
Sat Apr 25 Liverpool 2 - 0 WBA
Sat Apr 25 Manchester City 3 - 0 Small Heath
Mon Apr 27 Small Heath 8 - 0 Manchester City
Mon  Apr 27 WBA 2 - 0 Liverpool
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 

 
P W D L F A Pts
Liverpool 4 2 1 1 6 2 5
West Bromwich Albion 4 2 1 1 9 4 5
Small Heath 4 1 1 2 8 7 3
Manchester City 4 1 1 2 5 15 3

 

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No League club could do it until the 1981/82 season but York City were the first to do it - in 1983/84. Fulham were the first club to do it twice while a Premier League club didn't manage it until 2017/18. What?

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