1920–21 Football League Third Division
| Season | 1920–21 |
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| Champions | Burnley |
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1921–22 →
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| Season | 1920–21 |
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| Champions | Burnley (1st English title) |
| Relegated |
Derby County, Bradford Park Avenue |
| FA Cup winners | Tottenham Hotspur (2nd FA Cup title) |
| Matches played | 462 |
| Goals scored | 1,276 (2.76 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Joe Smith (Bolton Wanderers), 38 |
| Biggest home win |
Burnley 7–1 Aston Villa (5 February 1921) Burnley 7–1 Oldham (27 November 1920) Burnley 6–0 Sheffield United (25 December 1920) Liverpool 6–0 Preston North End (25 September 1920) |
| Biggest away win |
Arsenal 2–6 Sheffield United (26 March 1921) Aston Villa 1–5 Sunderland (12 February 1921) Chelsea 0–4 Tottenham (16 October 1920) Huddersfield Town 0–4 Arsenal (20 November 1920) |
| Highest scoring |
Newcastle United 6–3 Manchester United (1 January 1921) |
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1921–22 →
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| Season | 1920–21 |
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| Champions | Birmingham (2nd title) |
| Relegated | |
| Matches played | 462 |
| Goals scored | 1,061 (2.3 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Sydney (Syd) Puddefoot (West Ham), 29 |
| Biggest home win | West Ham – Coventry 7–0 (1 Jan 1921) |
| Biggest away win | Rotherham – Bury 0–5 (11 Dec 1921) |
| Highest scoring | Rotherham – South Shields 5–4 (2 Oct 1920) |
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1921–22 →
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| Season | 1920–21 |
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| 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 |
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The 1920–1921 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.
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.
The tables and results below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79, with home and away statistics separated.
Beginning with the season 1894–95, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded), or more properly put, goal ratio. 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.
Since the goal average was used for this purpose for such a long time, it is presented in the tables below even for the seasons prior to 1894–95, and since the goal difference is a more informative piece of information for a modern reader than the goal average, the goal difference is added in this presentation after the goal average.
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