1911–12 Football League
Blackburn Rovers won the First Division title for the first time.Bury and Preston North End were relegated to the Second Division, and their places in the First Division were taken by Derby County and Chelsea.In case one or more teams had the same goal difference, this system favoured those teams who had scored fewer goals.The goal average system was eventually scrapped beginning with the 1976–77 season.During the first six seasons of the league, (up to the 1893–94 season), re-election process concerned the clubs which finished in the bottom four of the league.