The
1920–
21 season was the 29th season of
The Football League
The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, it is the oldest football league in the world, and was the top-level football league in England from ...
.
The
Football League Third Division
The Football League Third Division was the third tier of the English football league system in 1920–21 Football League, 1920–21 and again from 1958–59 Football League, 1958 until 1991–92 Football League, 1992. When the FA Premier League ...
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
Grimsby Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, England, that competes in , the fourth level of the English football league system.
Nicknamed "the Mariners", the club was f ...
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
Results
Maps
Second Division
Results
Maps
Third Division
Results
Maps
See also
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1920–21 in English football
The 1920–21 season was the 46th season of competitive football (soccer), football in England.
Overview
The Football League Third Division is introduced, expanding the League's operational radius south of Birmingham. Cardiff City F.C., Cardif ...
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1920 in association football
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1921 in association football
References
*Ian Laschke: ''Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79''. Macdonald and Jane's, London & Sydney, 1980.
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English Football League seasons