1921–22 Football League

The 1921–22 season was the 30th season of The Football League.

The Football League

Season	1921–22
Champions	Liverpool
← 1920–21 1922–23 →

This year the Third Division was divided into North and South sections. The Third Division South was mainly the continuation of the Third Division of the previous season, while most of the teams in the Third Division North were newcomers in the league.

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	1921–22
Champions	Liverpool (3rd English title)
Relegated	Bradford City Manchester United
Matches played	462
Top goalscorer	Andy Wilson (Middlesbrough), 31 [3]
Biggest home win	Aston Villa – Bradford City 7–1 (12 Nov 1921) Huddersfield –Preston North End 6–0 (22 Apr 1922)
Biggest away win	Birmingham – Newcastle 0–4 (21 Jan 1922)
Highest scoring	Cardiff City – Bradford City 6–3 (21 Jan 1922)
← 1920–21 1922–23 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Liverpool	42	15	4	2	43	15	7	9	5	20	21	+27	57	League Champions
2	Tottenham Hotspur	42	15	3	3	43	17	6	6	9	22	22	+26	51
3	Burnley	42	16	3	2	49	18	6	2	13	23	36	+18	49
4	Cardiff City	42	13	2	6	40	26	6	8	7	21	27	+8	48	Welsh Cup winners
5	Aston Villa	42	16	3	2	50	19	6	0	15	24	36	+19	47
6	Bolton Wanderers	42	12	4	5	40	24	8	3	10	28	35	+9	47
7	Newcastle United	42	11	5	5	36	19	7	5	9	23	26	+14	46
8	Middlesbrough	42	12	6	3	46	19	4	8	9	33	50	+10	46
9	Chelsea	42	9	6	6	17	16	8	6	7	23	27	−3	46
10	Manchester City	42	13	7	1	44	21	5	2	14	21	49	−5	45
11	Sheffield United	42	11	3	7	32	17	4	7	10	27	37	+5	40
12	Sunderland	42	13	4	4	46	23	3	4	14	14	39	−2	40
13	West Bromwich Albion	42	8	6	7	26	23	7	4	10	25	40	−12	40
14	Huddersfield Town	42	12	3	6	33	14	3	6	12	20	40	−1	39	FA Cup Winners
15	Blackburn Rovers	42	7	6	8	35	31	6	6	9	19	26	−3	38
16	Preston North End	42	12	7	2	33	20	1	5	15	9	45	−23	38
17	Arsenal	42	10	6	5	27	19	5	1	15	20	37	−9	37
18	Birmingham	42	9	2	10	25	29	6	5	10	23	31	−12	37
19	Oldham Athletic	42	8	7	6	21	15	5	4	12	17	35	−12	37
20	Everton	42	10	7	4	42	22	2	5	14	15	33	+2	36
21	Bradford City	42	8	5	8	28	30	3	5	13	20	42	−24	32	Relegated
22	Manchester United	42	7	7	7	25	26	1	5	15	16	47	−32	28

Source: [4]

Results

Home \ Away	ARS	AST	BIR	BLB	BOL	BRA	BUR	CAR	CHE	EVE	HUD	LIV	MCI	MUN	MID	NEW	OLD	PNE	SHU	SUN	TOT	WBA
Arsenal		2–0	5–2	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–3	1–0	0–1	3–1	2–2	2–1	0–1	1–0	1–2	1–2	1–0	2–2
Aston Villa	2–0		1–1	1–1	2–1	7–1	2–0	2–1	1–4	2–1	2–0	1–1	4–0	3–1	6–2	1–0	2–0	2–0	5–3	2–0	2–1	0–1
Birmingham	0–1	1–0		1–0	1–1	1–0	2–3	0–1	5–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	3–1	0–1	4–3	0–4	3–0	0–2	2–1	1–0	0–3	0–2
Blackburn Rovers	0–1	1–2	1–1		1–2	3–1	3–2	1–3	1–1	2–2	2–0	0–0	3–1	3–0	2–2	0–2	3–2	3–0	2–3	1–2	1–1	2–3
Bolton Wanderers	1–0	1–0	1–2	1–1		3–3	0–1	1–2	0–2	1–0	3–1	1–3	5–0	1–0	4–2	3–2	5–1	2–2	3–1	1–1	1–0	2–0
Bradford City	0–2	3–2	1–2	1–1	4–3		0–4	1–0	0–1	3–1	4–0	0–0	1–2	2–1	0–2	2–3	3–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	0–4	1–1
Burnley	1–0	2–1	3–1	1–2	2–0	4–0		1–1	5–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	5–2	4–2	3–1	2–0	0–1	3–3	2–1	2–0	1–0	4–2
Cardiff City	4–3	0–4	3–1	1–3	1–2	6–3	4–2		2–0	2–1	0–0	2–0	0–2	3–1	3–1	1–0	0–1	3–0	1–1	2–0	0–1	2–0
Chelsea	0–2	1–0	1–2	1–0	0–3	1–0	4–1	1–0		1–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–2	1–0	1–2	1–1
Everton	1–1	3–2	2–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	0–1	2–3		6–2	1–1	2–2	5–0	4–1	2–3	2–2	0–0	1–1	3–0	0–0	1–2
Huddersfield Town	2–0	1–0	1–0	3–0	3–0	1–2	1–0	0–1	2–0	1–2		0–1	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–2	1–0	6–0	1–1	1–2	1–1	2–0
Liverpool	4–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	0–2	2–1	2–1	5–1	1–1	1–1	2–0		3–2	2–1	4–0	1–0	2–0	4–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–2
Manchester City	2–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	2–3	3–2	2–0	1–1	0–0	2–1	2–1	1–1		4–1	2–2	1–0	2–1	2–0	2–2	3–0	3–3	6–1
Manchester United	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	0–0	3–1		3–5	0–1	0–3	1–1	3–2	3–1	2–1	2–3
Middlesbrough	4–2	5–0	1–1	0–1	4–2	1–2	4–1	0–0	0–1	3–1	5–1	3–1	4–1	2–0		1–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	3–0	0–0	3–2
Newcastle United	3–1	1–2	0–1	2–0	2–1	1–2	2–1	0–0	1–0	3–0	1–2	1–1	5–1	3–0	0–0		1–1	3–1	2–1	2–2	0–2	3–0
Oldham Athletic	2–1	3–1	0–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	2–1	0–3	0–0	1–1	4–0	0–1	1–1	0–1	0–0		2–0	0–2	3–0	1–0	1–0
Preston North End	3–2	1–0	2–2	2–1	3–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	3–2	1–1	2–0	0–0		3–0	1–1	1–2	0–3
Sheffield United	4–1	2–3	1–2	0–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	0–2	1–2	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	3–0	6–1	1–1	1–0	3–0		4–1	1–0	0–0
Sunderland	1–0	1–4	2–1	3–1	6–2	0–0	3–2	4–1	1–2	1–2	2–2	3–0	2–3	2–1	1–1	0–0	5–1	1–0	1–0		2–0	5–0
Tottenham Hotspur	2–0	3–1	2–1	2–1	1–2	1–0	1–1	4–1	0–0	2–0	1–0	0–1	3–1	2–2	2–4	4–0	3–1	5–0	2–1	1–0		2–0
West Bromwich Albion	0–3	0–1	1–0	0–2	0–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	2–2	1–1	3–2	1–4	2–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–1	2–0	3–0	2–1	3–0

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

First Division maps

Arsenal

Chelsea

Tottenham

Locations of the Football League First Division London teams

Arsenal

Aston Villa

Birmingham

Blackburn Rovers

Bolton

Bradford City

Burnley

Cardiff City

Chelsea

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

Second Division

Football League
Second Division

Season	1921–22
Champions	Nottingham Forest (2nd title)
Relegated	Bradford Park Avenue Bristol City
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,061 (2.3 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jimmy Broad (Stoke), 25 [3]
Biggest home win	Hull – Stoke 7–1 (12 Nov 1921) Fulham – Hull 6–0 (17 Sept 1921)
Biggest away win	The Wednesday – Nottingham Forest 0–4 (4 Feb 1922)
Highest scoring	Hull – Stoke 7–1 (12 Nov 1921)
← 1920–21 1922–23 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GR	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Nottingham Forest	42	13	7	1	29	9	9	5	7	22	21	1.700	56	Division Champions, promoted
2	Stoke	42	9	11	1	31	11	9	5	7	29	33	1.364	52	Promoted
3	Barnsley	42	14	5	2	43	18	8	3	10	24	34	1.288	52
4	West Ham United	42	15	3	3	39	13	5	5	11	13	26	1.333	48
5	Hull City	42	13	5	3	36	13	6	5	10	15	28	1.244	48
6	South Shields	42	11	7	3	25	13	6	5	10	18	25	1.132	46
7	Fulham	42	14	5	2	41	8	4	4	13	16	30	1.500	45
8	Leeds United	42	10	8	3	31	12	6	5	10	17	26	1.263	45
9	Leicester City	42	11	6	4	30	16	3	11	7	9	18	1.147	45
10	The Wednesday	42	12	4	5	31	24	3	10	8	16	26	0.940	44
11	Bury	42	11	3	7	35	19	4	7	10	19	36	0.982	40
12	Derby County	42	11	3	7	34	22	4	6	11	26	42	0.938	39
13	Notts County	42	10	7	4	34	18	2	8	11	13	33	0.922	39
14	Crystal Palace	42	9	6	6	28	20	4	7	10	17	31	0.882	39
15	Clapton Orient	42	12	4	5	33	18	3	5	13	10	32	0.860	39
16	Rotherham County	42	8	9	4	17	7	6	2	13	15	36	0.744	39
17	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	8	7	6	28	19	5	4	12	16	30	0.898	37
18	Port Vale	42	10	5	6	28	19	4	3	14	15	38	0.754	36
19	Blackpool	42	11	1	9	33	27	4	4	13	11	30	0.772	35
20	Coventry City	42	8	5	8	31	21	4	5	12	20	39	0.850	34
21	Bradford Park Avenue	42	10	5	6	32	22	2	4	15	14	40	0.742	33	Relegated
22	Bristol City	42	10	3	8	25	18	2	6	13	12	40	0.638	33

Source:

Results

Home \ Away	BAR	BLP	BPA	BRI	Bury	CLA	COV	CRY	DER	FUL	HUL	LEE	LEI	NOT	NTC	PTV	ROT	SSH	STK	WED	WHU	WOL
Barnsley		3–2	2–0	1–1	3–0	4–0	0–1	3–1	2–1	2–1	4–1	2–2	0–0	2–0	3–0	3–2	0–1	2–1	2–2	2–0	1–1	2–1
Blackpool	1–0		1–1	2–0	0–1	2–0	2–1	1–3	4–2	0–2	0–1	1–3	2–0	2–1	1–2	0–1	3–1	4–0	3–2	0–2	3–1	1–3
Bradford Park Avenue	2–3	0–0		2–1	1–1	3–1	1–2	0–0	5–1	1–2	1–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	4–2	1–0	2–4	2–1	2–0	0–0
Bristol City	3–0	0–1	1–0		2–0	2–1	0–2	1–2	1–2	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	2–2	2–1	1–2	0–1	2–0	3–1	0–1	2–0
Bury	1–2	3–0	2–2	5–0		0–0	3–2	1–2	2–0	1–0	4–0	2–1	0–1	1–2	1–0	5–2	0–0	1–0	0–1	1–2	0–1	2–1
Clapton Orient	2–1	3–0	1–0	0–1	3–1		4–0	0–0	3–2	4–2	0–2	4–2	0–0	1–2	2–1	2–0	1–2	0–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–0
Coventry City	0–1	0–1	2–2	1–1	1–2	1–2		1–1	1–2	2–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	0–1	4–2	4–1	4–0	0–1	0–1	2–2	2–0	3–1
Crystal Palace	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	4–1	1–0	1–1		3–1	2–0	0–2	1–2	1–0	4–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–2	0–2	2–2	1–2	1–1
Derby County	1–0	1–0	1–3	5–1	1–0	3–0	1–0	2–0		1–1	0–0	2–0	0–1	1–2	1–1	3–2	4–0	0–2	2–4	0–1	3–1	2–3
Fulham	0–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	0–1	2–0	5–0	1–1	2–2		6–0	0–1	0–0	2–0	4–0	1–0	4–0	3–0	2–1	3–1	2–0	1–0
Hull City	1–3	2–0	3–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	2–1		1–0	5–2	0–1	2–0	2–0	0–1	1–1	7–1	0–0	0–0	2–0
Leeds United	4–0	0–0	3–0	3–0	2–0	2–0	5–2	0–0	2–1	2–0	0–2		3–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	0–2	0–0	1–2	1–1	0–0	0–0
Leicester City	1–0	1–0	2–1	4–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–2	0–1	0–0		2–2	3–0	3–0	1–0	1–0	3–4	1–1	2–1	0–1
Nottingham Forest	1–1	0–0	4–1	1–0	1–2	2–0	1–0	2–1	3–0	0–0	3–2	1–0	0–0		0–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	3–1	2–0	2–0	0–0
Notts County	1–4	2–1	3–0	0–2	1–1	0–0	1–1	3–2	1–2	3–0	2–0	4–1	0–0	1–1		1–2	2–0	2–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	4–0
Port Vale	2–3	1–0	1–0	3–1	5–2	3–0	1–2	3–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–2	0–0		1–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	2–1	0–2
Rotherham County	0–0	0–1	2–0	0–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	0–1	3–0	0–1		1–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–0
South Shields	5–2	2–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	3–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	2–0		1–1	0–0	1–0	0–2
Stoke	1–0	1–1	0–1	3–0	1–0	0–0	2–2	5–1	1–1	3–0	0–0	3–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	2–1		1–1	2–0	3–0
The Wednesday	2–3	5–1	2–1	1–0	4–1	0–0	3–2	1–0	1–1	1–4	0–0	2–1	1–0	0–4	0–0	2–0	1–0	0–3	0–1		2–1	3–1
West Ham United	4–0	0–2	1–0	3–0	3–2	1–2	3–0	2–0	3–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	3–0	1–2	1–1	3–0	2–0		2–0
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–0	4–0	5–0	2–2	1–1	0–2	1–0	0–1	0–3	0–0	0–2	0–0	1–1	2–0	1–2	2–0	3–1	3–2	1–1	0–0	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.

Second Division maps

Crystal Palace

Clapton Orient

Fulham

West Ham

Locations of the Football League Second Division London teams

Barnsley

Blackpool

Bradford Park Avenue

Bristol City

Bury

Coventry

Crystal P.

Derby County

Fulham

Clapton Orient

Hull

Leeds U.

Leicester City

Nottingham Forest

Notts County

Port Vale

Rotherham

South Shields

Stoke

The Wednesday (Sheffield)

West Ham

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Locations of the Football League Second Division teams

Third Division North

Football League
Third Division North

Season	1921–22
Champions	Stockport County (1st title)
Failed re-election	None
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,150 (3.03 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jimmy Carmichael (Grimsby Town), 37 [3]
← 1920–21 1922–23 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Stockport County (C, P)	38	13	5	1	36	10	11	3	5	24	11	+39	56	Division Champions, promoted
2	Darlington	38	15	2	2	52	7	7	4	8	29	30	+44	50
3	Grimsby Town	38	15	4	0	54	15	6	4	9	18	32	+25	50
4	Hartlepools United	38	10	6	3	33	11	7	2	10	19	28	+13	42
5	Accrington Stanley	38	15	1	3	50	15	4	2	13	23	42	+16	41
6	Crewe Alexandra	38	13	1	5	39	21	5	4	10	21	35	+4	41
7	Stalybridge Celtic	38	14	3	2	42	15	4	2	13	20	48	−1	41
8	Walsall	38	15	2	2	52	17	3	1	15	14	48	+1	39
9	Southport	38	11	6	2	39	12	3	4	12	16	32	+11	38
10	Ashington	38	13	2	4	42	22	4	2	13	17	44	−7	38
11	Durham City	38	14	0	5	43	20	3	3	13	25	47	+1	37
12	Wrexham	38	12	4	3	40	17	2	5	12	11	39	−5	37
13	Chesterfield	38	12	2	5	33	15	4	1	14	15	52	−19	35
14	Lincoln City	38	11	2	6	32	20	3	4	12	16	39	−11	34
15	Barrow	38	11	2	6	29	18	3	3	13	13	36	−12	33
16	Nelson	38	7	6	6	27	23	6	1	12	21	43	−18	33
17	Wigan Borough	38	9	4	6	32	28	2	5	12	14	44	−26	31
18	Tranmere Rovers	38	7	5	7	41	25	2	6	11	10	36	−10	29
19	Halifax Town	38	9	4	6	37	28	1	5	13	19	48	−20	29	Re-elected
20	Rochdale	38	9	2	8	34	24	2	2	15	18	53	−25	26

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted.

Results

Home \ Away	ACC	ASH	BRW	CHF	CRE	DAR	DUR	GRI	HAL	HAR	LIN	NEL	ROC	SOU	STL	STP	TRA	WAL	WIG	WRE
Accrington Stanley		3–0	3–0	3–1	2–0	1–0	5–1	1–0	1–2	4–1	2–0	4–1	4–0	1–2	4–1	1–3	3–0	3–3	4–0	1–0
Ashington	2–1		0–2	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	3–1	4–1	4–2	4–0	7–3	2–2	2–3	2–0	1–0	2–3	3–1	2–2
Barrow	3–1	2–0		1–0	1–2	0–2	0–1	2–2	1–1	0–1	2–0	0–2	1–0	2–1	2–1	0–2	2–0	3–0	2–0	5–2
Chesterfield	0–1	0–1	2–0		1–1	0–3	2–1	4–1	2–0	2–1	3–0	1–2	2–1	2–1	4–0	0–1	3–0	1–0	1–1	3–0
Crewe Alexandra	2–1	1–2	2–1	1–3		7–3	3–2	1–2	2–1	2–0	0–2	2–1	2–0	1–0	5–1	0–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	3–0
Darlington	3–0	5–0	3–0	7–0	0–1		2–2	2–0	2–0	0–0	4–2	0–1	2–1	3–0	3–0	1–0	4–0	5–0	3–0	3–0
Durham City	3–1	1–0	2–0	3–1	4–2	3–7		1–2	3–1	0–1	2–0	2–0	0–2	2–0	3–1	0–2	3–0	2–0	6–0	3–0
Grimsby Town	2–1	6–1	4–0	2–2	3–0	3–1	5–2		4–1	2–0	3–1	3–1	3–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	5–1	3–1	1–1	2–0
Halifax Town	2–1	2–0	3–2	1–2	5–5	5–1	3–2	2–0		3–0	1–2	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–3	1–0	0–2	1–3	1–2	0–0
Hartlepools United	2–1	2–1	3–1	7–0	1–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	4–0		1–1	6–1	5–3	1–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–1
Lincoln City	1–1	4–1	1–0	2–1	2–3	0–2	3–0	0–2	3–1	1–1		0–2	1–2	3–1	2–1	0–1	4–1	1–0	3–0	1–0
Nelson	0–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–2	1–1	3–5	3–0	0–0	0–4	0–0		4–1	3–2	1–0	2–2	0–0	1–0	1–2	4–0
Rochdale	6–3	2–1	0–1	0–1	2–0	0–2	1–0	0–2	3–3	0–1	0–2	2–2		0–1	2–1	0–1	2–1	7–0	4–2	3–0
Southport	1–1	0–0	1–0	3–0	2–0	3–1	1–1	7–1	3–0	3–0	0–0	0–1	2–1		5–1	2–1	1–1	3–0	1–1	1–2
Stalybridge Celtic	3–1	2–0	3–0	6–0	2–2	1–0	4–3	3–0	2–1	1–3	2–0	2–0	1–0	0–0		0–4	4–0	2–0	0–0	4–1
Stockport County	2–1	3–2	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	4–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	2–2	3–0	3–0	2–1	4–0		0–0	3–1	3–0	0–0
Tranmere Rovers	2–4	2–3	2–2	2–0	4–1	0–1	3–3	2–2	2–2	1–2	4–0	4–0	7–0	0–1	4–1	0–2		0–1	2–0	0–0
Walsall	6–1	6–2	3–1	2–1	1–0	0–1	2–0	2–1	4–1	3–1	3–0	2–0	4–0	4–1	2–2	0–2	2–0		4–1	2–2
Wigan Borough	0–1	1–1	1–2	1–2	2–0	3–3	2–0	1–1	4–3	1–0	3–1	1–4	3–2	3–2	0–2	0–1	0–0	4–2		2–1
Wrexham	2–1	2–0	0–0	6–1	1–0	1–1	3–1	0–1	5–1	0–2	3–1	4–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–0	1–3	4–0	3–2

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

Source:[5]

Maps

Accrington Stanley

Ashington

Barrow

Chesterfield

Crewe Alexandra

Darlington

Durham City

Grimsby Town

Halifax Town

Hartlepools United

Lincoln City

Nelson

Rochdale

Stalybridge

Stockport County

Southport

Tranmere Rovers

Walsall

Wigan Borough

Wrexham

Locations of the Football League Third Division North teams

Third Division South

Football League
Third Division South

Season	1921–22
Champions	Southampton (1st title)
Failed re-election	None
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,118 (2.42 per match)
Top goalscorer	Frank Richardson (Plymouth Argyle), 31 [3]
← 1920–21 1922–23 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Southampton	42	14	7	0	50	8	9	8	4	18	13	+47	61	Division Champions, promoted
2	Plymouth Argyle	42	17	4	0	43	4	8	7	6	20	20	+39	61
3	Portsmouth	42	13	5	3	38	18	5	12	4	24	21	+23	53
4	Luton Town	42	16	2	3	47	9	6	6	9	17	26	+29	52
5	Queens Park Rangers	42	13	7	1	36	12	5	6	10	17	32	+9	49
6	Swindon Town	42	10	7	4	40	21	6	6	9	32	39	+12	45
7	Watford	42	9	9	3	34	21	4	9	8	20	27	+6	44
8	Aberdare Athletic[lower-alpha 1]	42	11	6	4	38	18	6	4	11	19	33	+6	44
9	Brentford	42	15	2	4	41	17	1	9	11	11	26	+9	43
10	Swansea Town	42	11	8	2	40	19	2	7	12	10	28	+3	41
11	Merthyr Town	42	14	2	5	33	15	3	4	14	12	41	−11	40
12	Millwall	42	6	13	2	22	10	4	5	12	16	32	−4	38
13	Reading	42	10	5	6	28	15	4	5	12	12	32	−7	38
14	Bristol Rovers	42	8	8	5	32	24	6	2	13	20	43	−15	38
15	Norwich City	42	8	10	3	29	17	4	3	14	21	45	−12	37
16	Charlton Athletic[lower-alpha 1]	42	10	6	5	28	19	3	5	13	15	37	−13	37
17	Northampton Town	42	13	3	5	30	17	0	8	13	17	54	−24	37
18	Gillingham	42	11	4	6	36	20	3	4	14	11	40	−13	36
19	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	9	6	6	33	19	4	3	14	12	32	−6	35
20	Newport County	42	8	7	6	22	18	3	5	13	22	43	−17	34
21	Exeter City	42	7	5	9	22	29	4	7	10	16	30	−21	34	Re-elected
22	Southend United	42	7	5	9	23	23	1	6	14	11	51	−40	27

Source:
Notes:

1. New club in the league

Results

Home \ Away	ADE	BRE	B&HA	BRR	CHA	EXE	GIL	LUT	MER	MIL	NPC	NOR	NWC	PLY	POR	QPR	REA	SOU	STD	SWA	SWI	WAT
Aberdare Athletic		2–0	2–0	2–0	3–3	0–2	6–1	2–0	0–0	0–0	3–0	4–2	1–2	0–0	0–0	4–2	0–1	0–1	1–1	2–1	3–2	3–0
Brentford	2–1		4–0	4–2	0–2	5–2	0–1	0–2	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	3–1	2–2	5–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	3–0	3–0	1–1
Brighton & Hove Albion	1–2	2–1		3–1	2–0	3–1	0–1	1–1	1–3	0–1	3–0	7–0	0–2	1–1	3–0	2–1	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	2–1	1–1
Bristol Rovers	5–1	0–0	1–2		4–2	1–3	0–3	2–0	2–0	0–0	3–4	2–0	4–2	1–3	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–1
Charlton Athletic	2–1	1–1	1–0	2–0		1–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–2	2–1	0–0	1–2	1–1	0–1	1–2	4–0	1–0	4–5	1–0
Exeter City	0–1	1–0	0–3	2–2	1–0		1–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	2–2	2–0	2–0	0–2	1–4	0–1	1–3	0–0	4–1	1–1	1–4	1–3
Gillingham	3–1	0–0	1–0	3–2	2–0	3–0		0–1	5–0	0–1	0–2	3–2	5–2	1–2	1–2	1–2	2–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	2–2	1–1
Luton Town	1–2	3–0	2–0	1–2	2–0	4–0	7–0		3–0	1–0	4–0	3–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	3–1	0–1	0–0	3–0	3–0	2–1	1–1
Merthyr Town	0–1	2–0	2–1	0–2	1–0	0–0	2–0	2–0		3–1	2–1	2–1	3–0	0–1	2–1	2–0	2–0	0–1	2–2	1–0	4–1	1–2
Millwall	0–0	1–1	2–0	4–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	4–0		1–1	0–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	0–0	3–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Newport County	1–0	2–1	0–1	0–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	0–2	1–0		2–2	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	2–1	2–3	4–0	0–0
Northampton Town	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–2	1–0	2–3	3–1	2–0	2–0	0–3	2–0		3–0	1–3	0–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	0–2	0–1	2–1	1–0
Norwich City	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	2–0	0–0	2–0	0–1	2–0	3–1	2–2	2–0		1–1	2–1	0–0	4–1	2–2	1–1	3–2	1–2	1–1
Plymouth Argyle	3–0	4–1	3–1	1–0	3–0	0–0	3–0	2–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	1–1		0–0	4–0	2–0	1–0	4–0	3–1	1–0	3–0
Portsmouth	2–2	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	4–1	1–1	2–1	2–2	4–3	1–1	0–1	3–1		1–0	1–0	0–2	6–0	3–0	1–3	2–0
Queens Park Rangers	1–0	1–1	3–0	1–2	3–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	6–1	2–1	4–0	2–0	2–0	1–1		1–1	2–2	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–1
Reading	0–1	0–3	0–0	4–0	1–2	0–0	2–1	2–1	5–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	0–1	1–1	0–1		0–1	4–0	2–0	1–1	2–1
Southampton	1–0	0–0	3–0	1–0	6–0	2–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	4–2	5–0	8–0	2–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–0		5–0	1–1	3–1	2–0
Southend United	3–2	1–1	1–2	3–0	1–1	0–1	2–0	0–1	2–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–2	1–2	2–0	0–0		1–0	1–2	1–4
Swansea Town	1–2	1–0	2–1	8–1	0–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	3–2	3–0	2–2	2–2	1–1	3–0	2–2	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–1		1–3	3–0
Swindon Town	2–2	2–1	1–0	0–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	3–0	1–1	3–2	4–2	6–1	1–2	0–0	2–0	4–0	2–3	6–1	1–0		0–3
Watford	3–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–2	0–0	1–0	4–1	4–1	0–1	1–0	2–2	4–2	0–1	0–3	2–2	2–2	1–1	4–1	0–0	2–2

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

Charlton Athletic

Millwall

Queens Park Rangers

Watford

Locations of the Football League Third Division South London teams

Aberdare

Brentford

Brighton & Hove

Bristol Rovers

Charlton

Exeter City

Gillingham

Luton Town

Merthyr Town

Millwall

Newport County

Northampton Town

Norwich City

Portsmouth

Plymouth Argyle

QPR

Reading

Southampton

Southend United

Swansea Town

Swindon

Watford

Locations of the Football League Third Division South teams

See also

• 1921 in association football
• 1922 in association football

References

1. "England 1921-22". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
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 2010-10-31.
4. "Season 1921–22". English Football League Tables. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
5. Ian Laschke (1980). Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s.