Football League Third Division 1920/21

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Football League Third Division 1920/21
Football League logo until 1988
master Crystal Palace
Climbers Crystal Palace
Relegated none
Teams 22nd
Games 462
Gates 1,133  (ø 2.45 per game)
Top scorer Jack Conner ( Crystal Palace ) / Ernie Simms ( Luton Town ) / George Whitworth ( Northampton Town )
^ Football League Second Division 1920/21

The Football League Third Division 1920/21 was the first season of the third highest English football league . Third division champion was Crystal Palace , which also rose as the only club in the Football League Second Division . Relegated from the Third Division had none and the Reading FC , the FC Brentford and the FC Gillingham received in the re-election process of the League Association sufficient number of votes to be able to participate in the following season 1921/22 again in the Third Division. The third division split into two seasons from the 1921/22 season. These included the Football League Third Division North , which initially had 20 clubs, and the Football League Third Division South with 22 participating clubs. Therefore, in addition to the relegated second division Stockport County , 20 newcomers came to the third division, all of which, with the exception of two clubs, formed the new northern season (Stockport County and Grimsby Town were added).

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Quota Points
 1. Crystal Palace  42  24  11  7th 070:340 2.06 59:25
 2. Southampton FC  42  19th  16  7th 064:280 2.29 54:30
 3. Queens Park Rangers  42  22nd  9  11 061:320 1.91 53:31
 4th Swindon Town  42  21st  10  11 073:490 1.49 52:32
 5. WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Swansea Town  42  18th  15th  9 056:450 1.24 51:33
 6th Watford FC  42  20th  8th  14th 059:440 1.34 48:36
 7th Millwall FC  42  18th  11  13 042:300 1.40 47:37
 8th. WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Merthyr Town  42  15th  15th  12 060:490 1.22 45:39
 9. Luton Town  42  16  12  14th 061:560 1.09 44:40
10. Bristol Rovers  42  18th  7th  17th 068:570 1.19 43:41
11. Plymouth Argyle  42  11  21st  10 035:340 1.03 43:41
12. Portsmouth FC  42  12  15th  15th 046:480 0.96 39:45
13. Grimsby Town (A)  42  15th  9  18th 049:590 0.83 39:45
14th Northampton Town  42  15th  8th  19th 059:750 0.79 38:46
15th WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Newport County  42  14th  9  19th 043:640 0.67 37:47
16. Norwich City  42  10  16  16 044:530 0.83 36:48
17th Southend United  42  14th  8th  20th 044:610 0.72 36:48
18th Brighton & Hove Albion  42  14th  8th  20th 042:610 0.69 36:48
19th Exeter City  42  10  15th  17th 039:540 0.72 35:49
20th Reading FC  42  12  7th  23 042:590 0.71 31:53
21st Brentford FC  42  9  12  21st 042:670 0.63 30:54
22nd Gillingham FC  42  8th  12  22nd 034:740 0.46 28:56
  • Third division champion and promoted to the Football League Second Division 1921/22
    • (A) Relegated from the Football League Second Division 1919/20

    Results table

    The home teams are listed in the left column.

    BRE BHA BRR CRY EXE GIL GRI LUT MER Mil NPC NHT NOR PLY POR QPR REA SOT SEU SWA SWI WAT
    Brentford FC 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 FC 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 FC 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 FC 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 FC 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 FC 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 FC 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

    List of goalscorers

    player society Gates
    1 ScotlandScotland Jack Conner Crystal Palace 28
    = EnglandEngland Ernie Simms Luton Town =
    = EnglandEngland George Whitworth Northampton Town =

    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)