The Football League 1921-1922
The Football League resumed after the Great War in 1919 amid considerable pressure to create a truly nation competition. In 1920 the Third Division was formed, consisting of all the clubs from the Southern League First Division except for Cardiff City (who were elected straight into Division Two). Grimsby Town, who failed re-election took Cardiff's place in the Third Division. The following season twenty leading clubs from the north of England and Wales were invited or elected to form Division Three (North) while the Third Division became Division Three (South). Only the champions of each division were promoted to the Second Division each season.
Division One |
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Arsenal |
Aston Villa |
Birmingham |
Blackburn Rovers |
Bolton Wanderers |
Bradford City |
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Burnley |
Cardiff City |
Chelsea |
Everton |
Huddersfield Town |
Liverpool |
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Manchester City |
Manchester United |
Middlesbrough |
Newcastle United |
Oldham Athletic |
Preston North End |
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Sheffield United |
Sunderland |
Tottenham Hotspur |
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Division Two |
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Barnsley |
Blackpool |
Bradford Park Avenue |
Bristol City |
Bury |
Clapton Orient |
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Coventry City |
Crystal Palace |
Derby County |
Fulham |
Hull City |
Leeds United |
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Leicester City |
Nottingham Forest |
Notts County |
Port Vale |
Rotherham County |
South Shields |
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Stoke |
Wednesday |
West Ham United |
Wolverhampton W |
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Division Three (South) |
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Aberdare Athletic |
Brentford |
Brighton & Hove Alb |
Bristol Rovers |
Charlton Athletic |
Exeter City |
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Gillingham |
Luton Town |
Merthyr Town |
Millwall |
Newport County |
Northampton Town |
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Norwich City |
Plymouth Argyle |
Portsmouth |
Queens Park Rangers |
Reading |
Southampton |
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Southend United |
Swansea Town |
Swindon Town |
Watford |
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Division Three (North)
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Accrington Stanley |
Ashington |
Barrow |
Chesterfield |
Crewe Alexandra |
Darlington |
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Durham City |
Grimsby Town |
Halifax Town |
Hartlepools United |
Lincoln City |
Nelson |
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Rochdale |
Southport |
Stalybridge Celtic |
Stockport County |
Tranmere Rovers |
Walsall |
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Wigan Borough |
Wrexham |
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