1920–21 Football League

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

The Football League

Season	1920–21
Champions	Burnley
← 1919–20 1921–22 →

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.

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

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

Football League
First Division

Season	1920–21
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	1,276 (2.76 per match)
Top goalscorer	Joe Smith (Bolton Wanderers), 38 [3]
Biggest home win	Burnley 7–1 Aston Villa (5 February 1921) Burnley 7–1 Oldham (27 November 1920) Burnley 6–0 Sheffield United (25 December 1920) Liverpool 6–0 Preston North End (25 September 1920)
Biggest away win	Arsenal 2–6 Sheffield United (26 March 1921) Aston Villa 1–5 Sunderland (12 February 1921) Chelsea 0–4 Tottenham (16 October 1920) Huddersfield Town 0–4 Arsenal (20 November 1920)
Highest scoring	Newcastle United 6–3 Manchester United (1 January 1921)
← 1919–20 1921–22 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GR	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Burnley	42	17	3	1	56	16	6	10	5	23	20	2.194	59	League Champions
2	Manchester City	42	19	2	0	50	13	5	4	12	20	37	1.400	54
3	Bolton Wanderers	42	15	6	0	53	17	4	8	9	24	36	1.453	52
4	Liverpool	42	11	7	3	41	17	7	8	6	22	18	1.800	51
5	Newcastle United	42	14	3	4	43	18	6	7	8	23	27	1.467	50
6	Tottenham Hotspur	42	15	2	4	46	16	4	7	10	24	32	1.458	47	FA Cup Winners
7	Everton	42	9	8	4	40	26	8	5	8	26	29	1.200	47
8	Middlesbrough	42	10	6	5	29	21	7	6	8	24	32	1.000	46
9	Arsenal	42	9	8	4	31	25	6	6	9	28	38	0.937	44
10	Aston Villa	42	11	4	6	39	21	7	3	11	24	49	0.900	43
11	Blackburn Rovers	42	7	9	5	36	27	6	6	9	21	32	0.966	41
12	Sunderland	42	11	4	6	34	19	3	9	9	23	41	0.950	41
13	Manchester United	42	9	4	8	34	26	6	6	9	30	42	0.941	40
14	West Bromwich Albion	42	8	7	6	31	23	5	7	9	23	35	0.931	40
15	Bradford City	42	7	9	5	38	28	5	6	10	23	35	0.968	39
16	Preston North End	42	10	4	7	38	25	5	5	11	23	40	0.938	39
17	Huddersfield Town	42	11	4	6	26	16	4	5	12	16	33	0.857	39
18	Chelsea	42	9	7	5	35	24	4	6	11	13	34	0.828	39
19	Oldham Athletic	42	6	9	6	23	26	3	6	12	26	60	0.570	33
20	Sheffield United	42	5	11	5	22	19	1	7	13	20	49	0.618	30
21	Derby County	42	3	12	6	21	23	2	4	15	11	35	0.552	26	Relegated
22	Bradford Park Avenue	42	6	5	10	29	35	2	3	16	14	41	0.566	24

Source:

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:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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

Locations of the Football League First Division teams

Arsenal

Chelsea

Tottenham

Locations of the Football League First Division London teams

Second Division

Football League
Second Division

Season	1920–21
Champions	Birmingham (2nd title)
Relegated	Stockport County
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,061 (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	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GR	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Birmingham	42	16	4	1	55	13	8	6	7	24	25	2.079	58	Division Champions, promoted
2	Cardiff City[lower-alpha 1]	42	13	5	3	27	9	11	5	5	32	23	1.844	58	Promoted
3	Bristol City	42	14	3	4	35	12	5	10	6	14	17	1.690	51
4	Blackpool	42	12	3	6	32	19	8	7	6	22	23	1.286	50
5	West Ham United	42	13	5	3	38	11	6	5	10	13	19	1.700	48
6	Notts County	42	12	5	4	36	17	6	6	9	19	23	1.375	47
7	Clapton Orient	42	13	6	2	31	9	3	7	11	12	33	1.024	45
8	South Shields	42	13	4	4	41	16	4	6	11	20	30	1.326	44
9	Fulham	42	14	4	3	33	12	2	6	13	10	35	0.915	42
10	The Wednesday	42	9	7	5	31	14	6	4	11	17	34	1.000	41
11	Bury	42	10	8	3	29	13	5	2	14	16	36	0.918	40
12	Leicester City	42	10	8	3	26	11	2	8	11	13	35	0.848	40
13	Hull City	42	7	10	4	24	18	3	10	8	19	35	0.811	40
14	Leeds United[lower-alpha 1]	42	11	5	5	30	14	3	5	13	10	31	0.889	38
15	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	11	4	6	34	24	5	2	14	15	42	0.742	38
16	Barnsley	42	9	10	2	31	17	1	6	14	17	33	0.960	36
17	Port Vale	42	7	6	8	28	19	4	8	9	15	30	0.878	36
18	Nottingham Forest	42	9	6	6	37	26	3	6	12	11	29	0.873	36
19	Rotherham County	42	8	9	4	23	21	4	3	14	14	32	0.698	36
20	Stoke	42	9	5	7	26	16	3	6	12	20	40	0.821	35
21	Coventry City	42	8	6	7	24	25	4	5	12	15	45	0.557	35
22	Stockport County	42	8	6	7	30	24	1	6	14	12	51	0.560	30	Relegated

Source: [4]
Notes:

1. New club in the league

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	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	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.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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

Locations of the Football League Second Division teams

Clapton Orient

Fulham

West Ham

Locations of the Football League Second Division London teams

Third Division

Football League
Third Division

Season	1920–21
Champions	Crystal Palace (1st title)
Failed re-election	None
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,133 (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	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GR	Pts	Promotion
1	Crystal Palace	42	15	4	2	45	17	9	7	5	25	17	2.059	59	Division Champions, promoted
2	Southampton	42	14	5	2	46	10	5	11	5	18	18	2.286	54
3	Queens Park Rangers	42	14	4	3	38	11	8	5	8	23	21	1.906	53
4	Swindon Town	42	14	5	2	51	17	7	5	9	22	32	1.490	52
5	Swansea Town	42	9	10	2	32	19	9	5	7	24	26	1.244	51
6	Watford	42	14	4	3	40	15	6	4	11	19	29	1.341	48
7	Millwall	42	11	5	5	25	8	7	6	8	17	22	1.400	47
8	Merthyr Town	42	13	5	3	46	20	2	10	9	14	29	1.224	45
9	Luton Town	42	14	6	1	51	15	2	6	13	10	41	1.089	44
10	Bristol Rovers	42	15	3	3	51	22	3	4	14	17	35	1.193	43
11	Plymouth Argyle	42	10	7	4	25	13	1	14	6	10	21	1.029	43
12	Portsmouth	42	10	8	3	28	14	2	7	12	18	34	0.958	39
13	Grimsby Town[lower-alpha 1]	42	12	5	4	32	16	3	4	14	17	43	0.831	39
14	Northampton Town	42	11	4	6	32	23	4	4	13	27	52	0.787	38
15	Newport County	42	8	5	8	20	23	6	4	11	23	41	0.672	37
16	Norwich City	42	9	10	2	31	14	1	6	14	13	39	0.830	36
17	Southend United	42	13	2	6	32	20	1	6	14	12	41	0.721	36
18	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	11	6	4	28	20	3	2	16	14	41	0.689	36
19	Exeter City	42	9	7	5	27	15	1	8	12	12	39	0.722	35
20	Reading	42	8	4	9	26	22	4	3	14	16	37	0.712	31	Re-elected
21	Brentford	42	7	9	5	27	23	2	3	16	15	44	0.627	30
22	Gillingham	42	6	9	6	19	24	2	3	16	15	50	0.459	28

Source:
Notes:

1. New club in the league: all except Grimsby Town

Results

Home \ Away	BRE	B&HA	BRR	CRY	EXE	GIL	GRI	LUT	MER	MIL	NPC	NOR	NWC	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 United	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

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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

Locations of the Football League Third Division teams

Brentford

Crystal Palace

Millwall

Queens Park Rangers

Watford

Locations of the Football League Third Division South London teams

See also

• 1920–21 in English football
• 1920 in association football
• 1921 in association football

References

1. "England 1920-21". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 5 February 2010. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
2. Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
3. "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
4. "Season 1920–21". English Football League Tables. Retrieved 28 March 2019.

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