1920–21 Football League
Season | 1920–21 |
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Champions | Burnley |
← 1919–20 1921–22 → |
The 1920–1921 season was the 29th season of The Football League.
The Football League Third Division is introduced, in effect the Third Division South of the following season, when Third Division North is introduced. This expands the League's operational radius all the way to the south coast of England.
Cardiff City are the first Welsh club to enter the League, and since they are the strongest club in Wales in the era, they are invited directly into the Second Division. Grimsby Town takes its place in the new Third Division, thereby being the first club relegated to the League's third tier. Leeds United is also elected into the Second Division to replace Leeds City after its debacle. Lincoln City is not re-elected to the Second Division and thus Port Vale's Second Division place is formalized as well.
Final league tables
The tables and results below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website[1] and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79,[2] with home and away statistics separated.
Beginning with the season 1894–95, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded), or more properly put, goal ratio. 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.
Since the goal average was used for this purpose for such a long time, it is presented in the tables below even for the seasons prior to 1894–95, and since the goal difference is a more informative piece of information for a modern reader than the goal average, the goal difference is added in this presentation after the goal average.
During the first five seasons of the league, that is, until the season 1893–94, re-election process concerned the clubs which finished in the bottom four of the league. From the 1894–95 season and until the 1920–21 season the re-election process was required of the clubs which finished in the bottom three of the league.[2]
First Division
Season | 1920–21 |
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Champions | Burnley (1st English title) |
Relegated |
Derby County, Bradford Park Avenue |
FA Cup winners | Tottenham Hotspur (2nd FA Cup title) |
Matches played | 462 |
Goals scored | 1276 (2.76 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Joe Smith (Bolton Wanderers), 38 [3] |
Biggest home win |
Burnley – Aston Villa 7–1 (5 Feb 1921) Burnley – Oldham 7–1 (27 Nov 1920) Burnley – Sheffield United 6–0 (25 Dec 1920) Liverpool – Preston North End 6–0 (25 Sept 1920) |
Biggest away win |
Arsenal – Sheffield United 2–6 (26 Mar 1921) Aston Villa – Sunderland 1–5 (12 Feb 1921) Chelsea – Tottenham 0–4 (16 Oct 1920) Huddersfield Town – Arsenal 0–4 (20 Nov 1920) |
Highest scoring | Newcastle – Manchester United 6–3 (1 Jan 1921) |
← 1919–20 1921–22 → |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | F | A | GA | GD | Pts | ||||
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1 | Burnley | 42 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 56 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 79 | 36 | 2.194 | +43 | 59 | ||||
2 | Manchester City | 42 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 50 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 20 | 37 | 70 | 50 | 1.400 | +20 | 54 | ||||
3 | Bolton Wanderers | 42 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 53 | 17 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 24 | 36 | 77 | 53 | 1.453 | +24 | 52 | ||||
4 | Liverpool | 42 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 41 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 18 | 63 | 35 | 1.800 | +28 | 51 | ||||
5 | Newcastle United | 42 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 43 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 27 | 66 | 45 | 1.467 | +21 | 50 | ||||
6 | Tottenham Hotspur | 42 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 46 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 24 | 32 | 70 | 48 | 1.458 | +22 | 47 | ||||
7 | Everton | 42 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 40 | 26 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 26 | 29 | 66 | 55 | 1.200 | +11 | 47 | ||||
8 | Middlesbrough | 42 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 29 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 32 | 53 | 53 | 1.000 | ±0 | 46 | ||||
9 | Arsenal | 42 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 31 | 25 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 28 | 38 | 59 | 63 | 0.937 | –4 | 44 | ||||
10 | Aston Villa | 42 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 39 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 24 | 49 | 63 | 70 | 0.900 | –7 | 43 | ||||
11 | Blackburn Rovers | 42 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 36 | 27 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 32 | 57 | 59 | 0.966 | –2 | 41 | ||||
12 | Sunderland | 42 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 34 | 19 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 23 | 41 | 57 | 60 | 0.950 | –3 | 41 | ||||
13 | Manchester United | 42 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 34 | 26 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 30 | 42 | 64 | 68 | 0.941 | –4 | 40 | ||||
14 | West Bromwich Albion | 42 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 31 | 23 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 35 | 54 | 58 | 0.931 | –4 | 40 | ||||
15 | Bradford City | 42 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 38 | 28 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 35 | 61 | 63 | 0.968 | –2 | 39 | ||||
16 | Preston North End | 42 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 38 | 25 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 40 | 61 | 65 | 0.938 | –4 | 39 | ||||
17 | Huddersfield Town | 42 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 33 | 42 | 49 | 0.857 | –7 | 39 | ||||
18 | Chelsea | 42 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 35 | 24 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 34 | 48 | 58 | 0.828 | –10 | 39 | ||||
19 | Oldham Athletic | 42 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 23 | 26 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 26 | 60 | 49 | 86 | 0.570 | –37 | 33 | ||||
20 | Sheffield United | 42 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 49 | 42 | 68 | 0.618 | –26 | 30 | ||||
21 | Derby County | 42 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 21 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 35 | 32 | 58 | 0.552 | –26 | 26 | ||||
22 | Bradford Park Avenue | 42 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 29 | 35 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 41 | 43 | 76 | 0.566 | –33 | 24 |
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against;
GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
Key | |
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League Champions | |
FA Cup Winners | |
Relegated |
Results
Home ╲ Away | ARS | AST | BLB | BOL | BRA | BPA | BUR | CHE | DER | EVE | HUD | LIV | MCI | MUN | MID | NEW | OLD | PNE | SHU | SUN | TOT | WBA |
Arsenal | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–6 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | |
Aston Villa | 5–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 3–4 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–5 | 4–2 | 0–0 | |
Blackburn Rovers | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | |
Bolton Wanderers | 1–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 6–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 6–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | |
Bradford City | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–4 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 6–2 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | |
Bradford Park Avenue | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | |
Burnley | 1–0 | 7–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 7–1 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | |
Chelsea | 1–2 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 3–0 | |
Derby County | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | |
Everton | 2–4 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | |
Huddersfield Town | 0–4 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 5–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | |
Liverpool | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 5–2 | 6–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | |
Manchester City | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | |
Manchester United | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–4 | |
Middlesbrough | 2–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | |
Newcastle United | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 6–3 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 6–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | |
Oldham Athletic | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–5 | 0–3 | |
Preston North End | 0–1 | 6–1 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | |
Sheffield United | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | |
Sunderland | 5–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | |
Tottenham Hotspur | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | |
West Bromwich Albion | 3–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 |
Source:
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Maps
Second Division
Season | 1920–21 |
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Champions | Birmingham (2nd title) |
Relegated | Stockport County |
Matches played | 462 |
Goals scored | 1061 (2.3 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Sydney (Syd) Puddefoot (West Ham), 29 [3] |
Biggest home win | West Ham – Coventry 7–0 (1 Jan 1921) |
Biggest away win | Rotherham – Bury 0–5 (11 Dec 1921) |
Highest scoring | Rotherham – South Shields 5–4 (2 Oct 1920) |
← 1919–20 1921–22 → |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | F | A | GA | GD | Pts | ||||
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1 | Birmingham | 42 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 55 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 25 | 79 | 38 | 2.079 | +41 | 58 | ||||
2 | Cardiff City | 42 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 32 | 23 | 59 | 32 | 1.844 | +27 | 58 | ||||
3 | Bristol City | 42 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 49 | 29 | 1.690 | +20 | 51 | ||||
4 | Blackpool | 42 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 22 | 23 | 54 | 42 | 1.286 | +12 | 50 | ||||
5 | West Ham United | 42 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 38 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 19 | 51 | 30 | 1.700 | +21 | 48 | ||||
6 | Notts County | 42 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 23 | 55 | 40 | 1.375 | +15 | 47 | ||||
7 | Clapton Orient | 42 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 33 | 43 | 42 | 1.024 | +1 | 45 | ||||
8 | South Shields | 42 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 41 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 30 | 61 | 46 | 1.326 | +15 | 44 | ||||
9 | Fulham | 42 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 33 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 10 | 35 | 43 | 47 | 0.915 | –4 | 42 | ||||
10 | The Wednesday | 42 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 31 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 34 | 48 | 48 | 1.000 | ±0 | 41 | ||||
11 | Bury | 42 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 29 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 36 | 45 | 49 | 0.918 | –4 | 40 | ||||
12 | Leicester City | 42 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 26 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 35 | 39 | 46 | 0.848 | –7 | 40 | ||||
13 | Hull City | 42 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 19 | 35 | 43 | 53 | 0.811 | –10 | 40 | ||||
14 | Leeds United | 42 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 31 | 40 | 45 | 0.889 | –5 | 38 | ||||
15 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 42 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 34 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 15 | 42 | 49 | 66 | 0.742 | –17 | 38 | ||||
16 | Barnsley | 42 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 31 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 33 | 48 | 50 | 0.960 | –2 | 36 | ||||
17 | Port Vale | 42 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 28 | 19 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 30 | 43 | 49 | 0.878 | –6 | 36 | ||||
18 | Nottingham Forest | 42 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 37 | 26 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 29 | 48 | 55 | 0.873 | –7 | 36 | ||||
19 | Rotherham County | 42 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 23 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 32 | 37 | 53 | 0.698 | –16 | 36 | ||||
20 | Stoke | 42 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 40 | 46 | 56 | 0.821 | –10 | 35 | ||||
21 | Coventry City | 42 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 45 | 39 | 70 | 0.557 | –31 | 35 | ||||
22 | Stockport County | 42 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 24 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 12 | 51 | 42 | 75 | 0.560 | –33 | 30 |
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against;
GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
Key | |
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Division Champions, promoted | |
Promoted | |
New club in the league (see also Cardiff City) | |
Relegated |
Results
Home ╲ Away | BAR | BIR | BLP | BRI | BRY | CAR | CLA | COV | FUL | HUL | LEE | LEI | NOT | NTC | PTV | ROT | SSH | STP | STK | WED | WHU | WOL |
Barnsley | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | |
Birmingham City | 1–3 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | |
Blackpool | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | |
Bristol City | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
Bury | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | |
Cardiff City | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | |
Clapton Orient | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | |
Coventry City | 3–1 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 4–0 | |
Fulham | 1–0 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | |
Hull City | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | |
Leeds United | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | |
Leicester City | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | |
Nottingham Forest | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 6–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | |
Notts County | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | |
Port Vale | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 6–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–3 | |
Rotherham County | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–5 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 5–4 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | |
South Shields | 3–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 4–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | |
Stockport County | 3–2 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–5 | 6–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | |
Stoke City | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
The Wednesday | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 6–0 | |
West Ham United | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 7–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | |
Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 |
Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Maps
Third Division
Season | 1920–21 |
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Champions | Crystal Palace (1st title) |
Failed re-election | None |
Matches played | 462 |
Goals scored | 1133 (2.45 per match) |
Top goalscorer |
John Conner (Crystal Palace), 28 Ernie Simms (Luton Town), 28 George Whitworth (Northampton Town), 28 [3] |
← 1919–20 1921–22 → |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | F | A | GA | GD | Pts | ||||
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1 | Crystal Palace | 42 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 45 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 25 | 17 | 70 | 34 | 2.059 | +36 | 59 | ||||
2 | Southampton | 42 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 46 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 64 | 28 | 2.286 | +36 | 54 | ||||
3 | Queens Park Rangers | 42 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 38 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 21 | 61 | 32 | 1.906 | +29 | 53 | ||||
4 | Swindon Town | 42 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 51 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 32 | 73 | 49 | 1.490 | +24 | 52 | ||||
5 | Swansea Town | 42 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 32 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 26 | 56 | 45 | 1.244 | +11 | 51 | ||||
6 | Watford | 42 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 40 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 29 | 59 | 44 | .341 | +15 | 48 | ||||
7 | Millwall | 42 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 42 | 30 | 1.400 | +12 | 47 | ||||
8 | Merthyr Town | 42 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 46 | 20 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 29 | 60 | 49 | 1.224 | +11 | 45 | ||||
9 | Luton Town | 42 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 51 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 10 | 41 | 61 | 56 | 1.089 | +5 | 44 | ||||
10 | Bristol Rovers | 42 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 51 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 35 | 68 | 57 | 1.193 | +11 | 43 | ||||
11 | Plymouth Argyle | 42 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 13 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 35 | 34 | 1.029 | +1 | 43 | ||||
12 | Portsmouth | 42 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 28 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 34 | 46 | 48 | 0.958 | –2 | 39 | ||||
13 | Grimsby Town | 42 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 43 | 49 | 59 | 0.831 | –10 | 39 | ||||
14 | Northampton Town | 42 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 32 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 27 | 52 | 59 | 75 | 0.787 | –16 | 38 | ||||
15 | Newport County | 42 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 23 | 41 | 43 | 64 | 0.672 | –21 | 37 | ||||
16 | Norwich City | 42 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 31 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 39 | 44 | 53 | 0.830 | –9 | 36 | ||||
17 | Southend United | 42 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 32 | 20 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 12 | 41 | 44 | 61 | 0.721 | –17 | 36 | ||||
18 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 42 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 41 | 42 | 61 | 0.689 | –19 | 36 | ||||
19 | Exeter City | 42 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 27 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 39 | 39 | 54 | 0.722 | –15 | 35 | ||||
20 | Reading | 42 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 26 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 37 | 42 | 59 | 0.712 | –17 | 31 | ||||
21 | Brentford | 42 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 27 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 44 | 42 | 67 | 0.627 | –25 | 30 | ||||
22 | Gillingham | 42 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 50 | 34 | 74 | 0.459 | –40 | 28 |
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against;
GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
Key | |
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Division Champions, promoted | |
New club in the league: all except Grimsby Town | |
Re-elected | |
Failed re-election (none) |
Results
Home ╲ Away | BRE | BHA | BRO | CRY | EXE | GIL | GRI | LUT | MER | MIL | NPC | NOR | NOR | PLY | POR | QPR | REA | SOU | STD | SWA | SWI | WAT |
Brentford | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | |
Brighton & Hove Albion | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–3 | |
Bristol Rovers | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | |
Crystal Palace | 4–2 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | |
Exeter City | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | |
Gillingham | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 2–5 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | |
Grimsby Town | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | |
Luton Town | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | |
Merthyr Town | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 7–1 | 6–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 2–0 | |
Millwall | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 5–0 | 1–0 | |
Newport County | 3–1 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | |
Northampton Town | 6–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | |
Norwich City | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | |
Plymouth Argyle | 1–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 5–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | |
Portsmouth | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | |
Queens Park Rangers | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | |
Reading | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 0–0 | |
Southampton | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | |
Southend | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 4–1 | |
Swansea Town | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 5–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | |
Swindon Town | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 9–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | |
Watford | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 7–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 |
Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Maps
See also
References
- ↑ "England 1920-21". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 5 February 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
- 1 2 Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
- 1 2 3 "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.
- Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.