FA Cup Top 25 Ranking as at 1908-09
| Pos |  |
Club | Div | Pld | Won | Draw | Lost | FG | AG | Diff | No of RD 1 | First | Last | 1908-09 | Previous |
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| 1 | 0 | Aston Villa | D 1 | 109 | 65 | 19 | 25 | 309 | 161 | 148 | 30 | 1879-80 | 1908-09 | Rd 1 |  |
| 2 | 0 | Blackburn Rovers | D 1 | 101 | 62 | 14 | 25 | 276 | 112 | 164 | 30 | 1879-80 | 1908-09 | Rd 3 | |
| 3 | 0 | The Wednesday | D 1 | 98 | 56 | 16 | 26 | 209 | 121 | 88 | 28 | 1880-81 | 1908-09 | Rd 3 | |
| 4 | 1 | Nottingham Forest | D 1 | 107 | 55 | 22 | 30 | 227 | 139 | 88 | 31 | 1878-79 | 1908-09 | Rd 4 | |
| 5 | -1 | West Bromwich Albion | D 2 | 91 | 55 | 13 | 23 | 192 | 101 | 91 | 25 | 1883-84 | 1908-09 | Rd 2 | |
| 6 | 0 | Notts County | D 1 | 95 | 46 | 18 | 31 | 250 | 136 | 114 | 32 | 1877-78 | 1908-09 | Rd 1 | |
| 7 | 0 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | D 2 | 84 | 44 | 16 | 24 | 178 | 110 | 68 | 26 | 1883-84 | 1908-09 | Rd 1 | |
| 8 | 3 | Derby County | D 2 | 79 | 41 | 13 | 25 | 163 | 121 | 42 | 25 | 1884-85 | 1908-09 | SF | |
| 9 | -1 | Old Etonians | NL | 58 | 39 | 9 | 10 | 161 | 76 | 85 | 12 | 1873-74 | 1887-88 | |
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| 10 | -1 | Everton | D 1 | 71 | 38 | 14 | 19 | 145 | 82 | 63 | 21 | 1886-87 | 1908-09 | Rd 2 | |
| 11 | -1 | Preston North End | D 1 | 73 | 38 | 13 | 22 | 213 | 82 | 131 | 25 | 1883-84 | 1908-09 | Rd 2 | |
| 12 | 0 | Bolton Wanderers | D 2 | 79 | 36 | 18 | 25 | 168 | 125 | 43 | 26 | 1881-82 | 1908-09 | Rd 1 | |
| 13 | 0 | Royal Engineers | NL | 56 | 33 | 7 | 16 | 144 | 67 | 77 | 17 | 1871-72 | 1887-88 | |
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| 14 | 0 | Swifts | NL | 53 | 30 | 8 | 15 | 123 | 76 | 47 | 16 | 1873-74 | 1889-90 | ||
| 15 | 0 | Old Carthusians | NL | 39 | 29 | 0 | 10 | 135 | 52 | 83 | 11 | 1879-80 | 1889-90 | |
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| 16 | 0 | Stoke | NL | 66 | 28 | 14 | 24 | 117 | 102 | 15 | 24 | 1883-84 | 1908-09 | Rd 1 | |
| 17 | 0 | Darwen | NL | 53 | 28 | 8 | 17 | 145 | 85 | 60 | 17 | 1877-78 | 1895-96 | ||
| 18 | 0 | Oxford University | NL | 41 | 27 | 7 | 7 | 99 | 33 | 66 | 8 | 1872-73 | 1879-80 | |
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| 19 | 4 | Sunderland | D 1 | 59 | 26 | 10 | 23 | 108 | 88 | 20 | 24 | 1884-85 | 1908-09 | Rd 4 | |
| 20 | 5 | Newcastle United | D 1 | 51 | 26 | 8 | 17 | 93 | 61 | 32 | 17 | 1892-93 | 1908-09 | SF | |
| 21 | -2 | Clapham Rovers | NL | 44 | 26 | 4 | 14 | 149 | 55 | 94 | 16 | 1871-72 | 1886-87 | |
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| 22 | -2 | Sheffield United | D 1 | 59 | 25 | 16 | 18 | 93 | 96 | -3 | 20 | 1889-90 | 1908-09 | Rd 1 | |
| 23 | -2 | Southampton | NL | 54 | 25 | 14 | 15 | 86 | 71 | 15 | 15 | 1894-95 | 1908-09 | Rd 1 | |
| 24 | -2 | Liverpool | D 1 | 50 | 24 | 10 | 16 | 81 | 67 | 14 | 16 | 1893-94 | 1908-09 | Rd 2 | |
| 25 | -1 | Bury | D 1 | 43 | 24 | 6 | 13 | 94 | 45 | 49 | 15 | 1887-88 | 1908-09 | Rd 2 | |
| 27 | 8 | Manchester United | D 1 | 42 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 78 | 77 | 1 | 16 | 1886-87 | 1908-09 | Winner | |
| 49 | 40 | Bristol City | D 1 | 25 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 31 | 28 | 3 | 9 | 1898-99 | 1908-09 | Final |
