Football League Second Division 1920/21

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Football League Second Division 1920/21
Football League logo until 1988
master Birmingham FC
Climbers Birmingham FC, Cardiff City
Relegated Stockport County
Teams 22nd
Games 462
Gates 1,061  (ø 2.3 per game)
Top scorer Syd Puddefoot
( West Ham United )
← Football League Second Division 1919/20
^ Football League First Division 1920/21

The Football League Second Division 1920/21 was the 25th season of the Football League Second Division as the second highest English football league . It began on August 28, 1920 and ended on May 7, 1921.

Second division champions were the FC Birmingham and also the second-placed Cardiff City rose to the Football League First Division . For the two promoted teams in the following second division season 1920/11, the two first division clubs Derby County and Bradford Park Avenue, ranked in the table below, took the places. Stockport County had to relegate from the Second Division to the Football League Third Division . Instead of Stockport County came in the following season 1921/22 Third Division champion and promoted Crystal Palace in the Second Division.

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Quota Points
 1. Birmingham FC  42  24  10  8th 079:380 2.08 58:26
 2. WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Cardiff City (N)  42  24  8th  10 059:320 1.84 56:28
 3. Bristol City  42  19th  13  10 049:290 1.69 51:33
 4th Blackpool FC  42  20th  10  12 054:420 1.29 50:34
 5. West Ham United  42  19th  10  13 051:300 1.70 48:36
 6th Notts County (A)  42  18th  11  13 055:400 1.38 47:37
 7th Clapton Orient  42  16  13  13 043:420 1.02 45:39
 8th. South Shields FC  42  17th  10  15th 061:460 1.33 44:40
 9. Fulham FC  42  16  10  16 043:470 0.91 42:42
10. The Wednesday (A)  42  15th  11  16 048:480 1.00 41:43
11. Bury FC  42  15th  10  17th 045:490 0.92 40:44
12. Leicester City  42  12  16  14th 039:460 0.85 40:44
13. Hull City  42  10  20th  12 043:530 0.81 40:44
14th Leeds United (N)  42  14th  10  18th 040:450 0.89 38:46
15th Wolverhampton Wanderers  42  16  6th  20th 049:660 0.74 38:46
16. Barnsley FC  42  10  16  16 048:500 0.96 36:48
17th Port Vale  42  11  14th  17th 043:490 0.88 36:48
18th Nottingham Forest  42  12  12  18th 048:550 0.87 36:48
19th Rotherham County  42  12  12  18th 037:530 0.70 36:48
20th FC Stoke  42  12  11  19th 046:560 0.82 35:49
21st Coventry City  42  12  11  19th 039:700 0.56 35:49
22nd Stockport County  42  9  12  21st 042:750 0.56 30:54
  • Second division champion and promoted to the Football League First Division 1921/22
  • Promoted to the Football League First Division 1921/22
  • Relegation from the Football League Second Division
    • (A) Relegated from the Football League First Division 1919/20
    (N) Newcomers from the 1919/20 season

    Results table

    The home teams are listed in the left column.

    1920/21 BAR BIR BLP BRC BUY CAR CLO COV FUL HUL LEE LEI NOF NOC PVA ROC SOS STC STO WED WHU WOL
    Barnsley FC 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 FC 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 FC 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 FC 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 FC 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 FC 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
    FC 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

    List of goalscorers

    player society Gates
    1 EnglandEngland Syd Puddefoot West Ham United 29

    literature

    • Michael Joyce: Football League Players' Records, 1888 to 1939. SoccerData, Beeston 2002, ISBN 1-899468-63-3 .

    Web links

    References and footnotes

    1. ↑ English League Leading Goalscorers (RSSSF)
    2. ↑ Season 1920/21. In: wildstat.com. Retrieved April 3, 2018 .