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(Redirected from 1920-21 Football League) 29th season of the Football League

Football league season

The Football League
Season	1920–21
Champions	Burnley
New clubs in League	23 (see tables)
← 1919–20 1921–22 →

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

Football league season

First Division
Season	1920–21
Champions	Burnley 1st English title
Relegated	Derby County Bradford Park Avenue
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,276 (2.76 per match)
Top goalscorer	Joe Smith (38 goals)
Biggest home win	Liverpool 6–0 Preston North End (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)
Biggest away win	Chelsea 0–4 Tottenham Hotspur (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)
Highest scoring	Newcastle United 6–3 Manchester United (1 January 1921)
← 1919–20 1921–22 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Relegation
1	Burnley (C)	42	23	13	6	79	36	2.194	59
2	Manchester City	42	24	6	12	70	50	1.400	54
3	Bolton Wanderers	42	19	14	9	77	53	1.453	52
4	Liverpool	42	18	15	9	63	35	1.800	51
5	Newcastle United	42	20	10	12	66	45	1.467	50
6	Tottenham Hotspur	42	19	9	14	70	48	1.458	47
7	Everton	42	17	13	12	66	55	1.200	47
8	Middlesbrough	42	17	12	13	53	53	1.000	46
9	Arsenal	42	15	14	13	59	63	0.937	44
10	Aston Villa	42	18	7	17	63	70	0.900	43
11	Blackburn Rovers	42	13	15	14	57	59	0.966	41
12	Sunderland	42	14	13	15	57	60	0.950	41
13	Manchester United	42	15	10	17	64	68	0.941	40
14	West Bromwich Albion	42	13	14	15	54	58	0.931	40
15	Bradford City	42	12	15	15	61	63	0.968	39
16	Preston North End	42	15	9	18	61	65	0.938	39
17	Huddersfield Town	42	15	9	18	42	49	0.857	39
18	Chelsea	42	13	13	16	48	58	0.828	39
19	Oldham Athletic	42	9	15	18	49	86	0.570	33
20	Sheffield United	42	6	18	18	42	68	0.618	30
21	Derby County (R)	42	5	16	21	32	58	0.552	26	Relegation to the Second Division
22	Bradford Park Avenue (R)	42	8	8	26	43	76	0.566	24	Relegation to the Second Division

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

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 class=notpageimage| Locations of the Football League First Division teams

Arsenal Chelsea Tottenham class=notpageimage| Locations of the Football League First Division London teams

Second Division

Football league season

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 United), 29
Biggest home win	West Ham United – Coventry City 7–0 (1 Jan 1921)
Biggest away win	Rotherham County – Bury 0–5 (11 Dec 1921)
Highest scoring	Rotherham County – South Shields 5–4 (2 Oct 1920)
← 1919–20 1921–22 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	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	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	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:
Notes:

New club in the league; elected from Southern League
New club in the league; elected from Midland 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 class=notpageimage| Locations of the Football League Second Division teams

Clapton Orient Fulham West Ham class=notpageimage| Locations of the Football League Second Division London teams

Third Division

Football league season

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
← 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	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
21	Brentford	42	7	9	5	27	23	2	3	16	15	44	0.627	30	Re-elected
22	Gillingham	42	6	9	6	19	24	2	3	16	15	50	0.459	28	Re-elected

Source: fchd.info
Notes:

relegated from 2nd Div. All others new club in the league; elected from Southern League

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 class=notpageimage| Locations of the Football League Third Division teams

Brentford Crystal Palace Millwall Queens Park Rangers Watford class=notpageimage| Locations of the Football League Third Division South London teams

References

^ "English League Leading Goalscorers". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
"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.

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