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1920–21 Football League

29th season of the Football League

Field	Value
competition	The Football League
season	[1920–21](1920-21-in-english-football)
winners	Burnley
continentalcup2	New clubs in League
continentalcup2 qualifiers	23 (see tables)
prevseason	[1919–20](1919-20-football-league)
nextseason	[1921–22](1921-22-football-league)

The 1920–21 season was the 29th season of The Football League.

The Football League Third Division was introduced, in effect the Third Division South of the following season, when Third Division North was introduced. This expanded the League's operational radius all the way to the south coast of England, as the number of member clubs increased from 44 to 66.

Team changes

The new Third Division was formed by clubs of the Southern Football League Division One of the previous season, except for Cardiff City. Cardiff City became the first Welsh club to enter the League, and since they were the strongest club in Wales in the era, they were invited directly into the Second Division. Grimsby Town took its place in the new Third Division, thereby being the first club relegated to the League's third tier. Leeds United were also elected into the Second Division to replace Leeds City after its debacle. Lincoln City were not re-elected to the Second Division and thus Port Vale's Second Division place was formalized as well.

Final league tables

Beginning in the 1894–95 season, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded). 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. 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.

First Division

1st English title Bradford Park Avenue (38 goals) (25 September 1920) Burnley 7–1 Oldham Athletic (27 November 1920) Burnley 6–0 Sheffield United (25 December 1920) Burnley 7–1 Aston Villa (5 February 1921) (16 October 1920) Huddersfield Town 0–4 Arsenal (20 November 1920) Aston Villa 1–5 Sunderland (12 February 1921) Arsenal 2–6 Sheffield United (26 March 1921) (1 January 1921)

Results

Maps

Arsenal Aston Villa Blackburn Rovers Bolton Bradford City Bradford Park Avenue Burnley Chelsea Derby County Everton Huddersfield Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Middlesbrough Newcastle Oldham Preston North End Sheffield United Sunderland Tottenham West Bromwich Albion

Arsenal Chelsea Tottenham

Second Division

Results

Maps

Barnsley Birmingham Blackpool Bristol City Bury Cardiff City Coventry Fulham Clapton Orient Hull Leeds United Leicester Fosse Nottingham Forest Notts County Port Vale Rotherham South Shields Stockport County Stoke The Wednesday (Sheffield) West Ham Wolverhampton Wanderers

Clapton Orient Fulham West Ham

Third Division

Third Division Ernie Simms (Luton Town), 28 George Whitworth (Northampton Town), 28

Results

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Maps

Brentford Brighton & Hove Bristol Rovers Crystal P. Exeter City Gillingham Grimsby Town Luton Town Merthyr Town Millwall Newport County Northampton Town Norwich City Portsmouth Plymouth Argyle QPR Reading Southampton Southend Swansea Town Swindon Watford

Brentford Crystal Palace Millwall Queens Park Rangers Watford

Attendances

Source:

Division One

No.	Club	Average
1	Newcastle United FC	41,265
2	Chelsea FC	38,520
3	Everton FC	37,215
4	Tottenham Hotspur FC	36,010
5	Arsenal FC	35,540
6	Manchester United	35,525
7	Liverpool FC	35,440
8	Aston Villa FC	35,145
9	Bolton Wanderers FC	34,400
10	Burnley FC	31,535
11	Manchester City FC	31,120
12	Sunderland AFC	28,765
13	Blackburn Rovers FC	27,930
14	West Bromwich Albion FC	27,915
15	Sheffield United FC	26,920
16	Middlesbrough FC	23,845
17	Bradford City AFC	22,585
18	Huddersfield Town AFC	22,240
19	Preston North End FC	21,310
20	Oldham Athletic FC	18,075
21	Derby County FC	16,235
22	Bradford Park Avenue AFC	16,005

References

Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane's, London & Sydney, 1980.

References

"English League Leading Goalscorers". [[Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation]].
"Season 1920–21". English Football League Tables.
https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/eng/aveeng1921.htm

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