Football League First Division 1920/21

Football League First Division 1920/21
master	Burnley FC
Cup winners	Tottenham Hotspur
Relegated	Derby County , Bradford Park Avenue
Teams	22nd
Games	462
Gates	1,276  (ø 2.76 per game)
Top scorer	Joe Smith ( Bolton Wanderers )
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Football League Second Division 1920/21 ↓

The Football League First Division 1920/21 was the 29th season of the highest English football league . It began on August 21, 1920 and ended on May 7, 1921.

The Burnley won with five points ahead of Manchester City for the first time in their history the English Championship. Both newly promoted Huddersfield Town and Tottenham Hotspur could hold the class; instead, Derby County and Bradford Park Avenue had to move into the Second Division . These two clubs should be replaced in the following season by the two second division promoted Cardiff City and FC Birmingham .

A total of 588 players were used, with Bradford Park Avenue, Burnley FC and Everton FC with 23 the fewest and Oldham Athletic, Derby County and Sunderland AFC with 32 the most players in league games. 202 newcomers opposed 173 footballers, who last came into play in the 1920/21 season. 12 players were able to play all 42 league games in their club.

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Quota	Points	EgS
1.	Burnley FC	42	23	13	6th	079:360	2.19	59:25	23
2.	Manchester City	42	24	6th	12	070:500	1.40	54:30	29
3.	Bolton Wanderers	42	19th	14th	9	077:530	1.45	52:32	26th
4th	Liverpool FC	42	18th	15th	9	063:350	1.80	51:33	25th
5.	Newcastle United	42	20th	10	12	066:450	1.47	50:34	25th
6th	Tottenham Hotspur (N)	42	19th	9	14th	070:480	1.46	47:37	24
7th	Everton FC	42	17th	13	12	066:550	1.20	47:37	23
8th.	Middlesbrough FC	42	17th	12	13	053:530	1.00	46:38	27
9.	Arsenal FC	42	15th	14th	13	059:630	0.94	44:40	27
10.	Aston Villa (P)	42	18th	7th	17th	063:700	0.90	43:41	30th
11.	Blackburn Rovers	42	13	15th	14th	057:590	0.97	41:43	24
12.	Sunderland AFC	42	14th	13	15th	057:600	0.95	41:43	32
13.	Manchester United	42	15th	10	17th	064:680	0.94	40:44	28
14th	West Bromwich Albion (M)	42	13	14th	15th	054:580	0.93	40:44	25th
15th	Bradford City	42	12	15th	15th	061:630	0.97	39:45	30th
16.	Preston North End	42	15th	9	18th	061:650	0.94	39:45	30th
17th	Huddersfield Town (N)	42	15th	9	18th	042:490	0.86	39:45	26th
18th	Chelsea FC	42	13	13	16	048:580	0.83	39:45	29
19th	Oldham Athletic	42	9	15th	18th	049:860	0.57	33:51	32
20th	Sheffield United	42	6th	18th	18th	042:680	0.62	30:54	28
21st	Derby County	42	5	16	21st	032:580	0.55	26:58	32
22nd	Bradford Park Avenue	42	8th	8th	26th	043:760	0.57	24:60	23

English master

Relegation to the Football League Second Division

(M)	English champion 1919/20
(P)	FA Cup winner 1919/20
(N)	Newcomers from the Football League Second Division 1919/20
EgS	used players

Results table

The home teams are listed in the left column.

	ARS	AST	BLA	BOL	BRA	BPA	BUR	CHE	OF THE	EVE	HUD	LIV	MNC	MNU	MID	NEW	OLD	PNE	SHU	SUN	DEAD	WBA
Arsenal FC		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 FC	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 FC	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 FC	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 FC	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 FC	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 AFC	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

List of goalscorers

	player	society	Gates	Sp
1	Joe Smith	Bolton Wanderers	38	41
2	Tommy Browell	Manchester City	31	42
3	Billy Walker	Aston Villa	27	37
=	Charlie Buchan	Sunderland FC	=	39
5	George Elliott	Middlesbrough FC	26th	36
6th	Joe Anderson	Burnley FC	25th	41
7th	Frank Roberts	Bolton Wanderers	24	42
8th	Harry Chambers	Liverpool FC	22nd	40
=	David McLean	Bradford Park Avenue	=	40
10	Bob Kelly	Burnley FC	20th	37

The Burnley FC championship team

The following list lists all players who played in a league game for Burnley FC during the 1920/21 season. It must be noted that in English football a minimum number of games is usually required in order to receive the official championship medal. Since there was uncertainty about the specific regulation before the introduction of the Premier League, all players who presumably did not receive a championship medal due to their low contribution were marked with an asterisk (*). The number of missions and the goals scored are given in brackets.

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Burnley FC

Joe Anderson (41/25) | Alf Basnett (15/0) | Frank Birchenough * (2/0) | Tommy Boyle (38/7) | Tom Brophy * (3/0) | Benny Cross (37/14) | Jerry Dawson (39/0) | George Douglas * (2/0) | Bert Freeman * (3/0) | George Halley (26/0) | Cliff Jones (31/0) | Bob Kelly (37/20) | Jack Lane * (1/0) | James Linday * (8/2) | Bob McGrory * (3/0) | Len Moorwood * (1/0) | Eddie Mosscrop (14/1) | Billy Nesbitt (40/5) | Len Smelt (39/0) | Bill Taylor * (2/0) | David Taylor (11/0) | Billy Watson (42/2) | Walter Weaver (27/2). Trainer: John Haworth

Change of players during the season

player	from club	Games	to club	Games
Stan Fazackerley	Sheffield United	10	Everton FC	20th
Jimmy Harrop	Aston Villa	20th	Sheffield United	06th
Jimmy Marshall	Bradford City	04th	Oldham Athletic	31
Tommy Meehan	Manchester United	15th	Chelsea FC	19th
Tom Miller	Liverpool FC	04th	Manchester United	26th
Clem Stephenson	Aston Villa	21st	Huddersfield Town	09
Bill Taylor	Burnley FC	02	Oldham Athletic	16
George Waddell	Bradford City	02	Preston North End	32
Stan Davies	Preston North End	10	Everton FC	10
Charlie Rance	Tottenham Hotspur	14th	Derby County	10

Special occurrences

• Joe Anderson scored five goals for Burnley FC against Aston Villa on February 5, 1921.

literature

• Michael Joyce: Football League Players' Records, 1888 to 1939. SoccerData, Beeston 2002, ISBN 1-899468-63-3 .
• Edward Lee, Ray Simpson: Burnley. A Complete Record, 1882-1991. Breedon, Derby 1991, ISBN 0-907969-90-9 ( Breedon Books Sport ).

Individual evidence

1. ^ Cross table of the English Football League First Division 1920/1921 (Fussballdaten.de)