The 1919–1920 season was the 45th season of competitive

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, and the first following the end of

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Honours

Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition

Football League

Following the War

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grew from 40 to 44 teams. The failure of

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to be re-elected to the league meant that five new clubs joined the league. A resurrected Stoke, along with Coventry City,

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, Rotherham County and

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joined the Second Division. Six of the seven players banned for their involvement in the 1915 British football betting scandal were re-instated in recognition of their service to the country during

. Sandy Turnbull's re-instatement was posthumous as he had been killed in the war. Enoch West, who had fought his ban more vigorously than the others, was denied re-instatement.

Honours

Football League

First Division

Second Division

Southern League

Southern League First Division

References