1919–20 Football League

The Football League
Season 1919–20
Champions West Bromwich Albion
Relegated Lincoln City

The 1919–1920 season was the 28th season of The Football League.

In 1919, the First Division was extended from 20 to 22 clubs. During previous expansions, the relegated clubs from the previous season were re-elected, while the top Second Division sides were promoted as usual.

Therefore Derby and Preston, the two top Second Division sides in 1915 (there had been a break for the war) did move on up. Chelsea, who had finished 19th that season, were, as expected, re-elected.

But the reason for Chelsea's escape were somewhat arbitrary. In 1915, Manchester United had, to avoid relegation, fixed their last game against Liverpool. They won 2–0 and sent Chelsea into the relegation places instead, but Liverpool chairman John McKenna must have felt some guilt, because at the League's AGM in 1919 he gave a speech insisting on the continued presence in the top flight of the Stamford Bridge club.

For some reason however, he also suggested that lowly Arsenal, who had finished fifth in the Second, should be rewarded for their long service to the League. They should replace the team which came 20th in 1915, he argued. Arsenal has never been relegated from the top flight of the English game ever since. The relegated club were Tottenham Hotspur.

In Second Division, Port Vale took over from Leeds City after 4 October 1919, when Leeds were disbanded by F.A. order following alleged irregular practices. Port Vale then inherited Leeds’ record up to that date.[1]

After the season, Grimsby Town were relegated to the newly formed Third Division. Lincoln City was not re-elected to Second Division and Leeds United was elected to replace it. Cardiff City were elected to take the second available place in Second Division.

Final league tables

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[2] and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79,[1] 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.

During the first five seasons of the league, that is, until the season 1893–94, re-election process concerned the clubs which finished in the bottom four of the league. From the 1894–95 season and until the 1920–21 season the re-election process was required of the clubs which finished in the bottom three of the league.

First Division

Football League
First Division
Season 1919–20
Champions West Bromwich Albion (1st English title)
Relegated Notts County,
The Wednesday
Matches played 462
Goals scored 1332 (2.88 per match)
Top goalscorer Fred Morris (West Bromwich Albion), 37 [3]
Biggest home win West Brom – Notts County 8–0 (25 Oct 1919)
Biggest away win Burnley – Bradford Park Avenue 2–6 (22 Nov 1919)
Preston North End –Bradford City 1–5 (1 Sep 1919)
Bradford Park Avenue – West Brom 0–4 (3 Apr 1920)
Derby County – West Brom 0–4 (20 Dec 1919)
Highest scoring Manchester City –Blackburn 8–2 (8 Nov 1919)
Pos Team Pld W D L F A W D L F A F A GA GD Pts
1West Bromwich Albion421713652111373926104472.213+5760
2Burnley4213534327849223265591.102+1651
3Chelsea42153333107212234156511.098+549
4Liverpool4212543518759242659441.341+1548
5Sunderland42172245165214274372591.220+1348
6Bolton Wanderers4211373529867373672651.108+747
7Manchester City42145252274413193571621.145+945
8Newcastle United42115531136411132644391.128+543
9Aston Villa42113749367311263775731.027+242
10Arsenal42115532214710243756580.966–242
11Bradford Park Avenue428673126768293760630.952–342
12Manchester United426872017768343354501.080+440
13Middlesbrough42105635235511264261650.938–440
14Sheffield United42145243202316164959690.855–1040
15Bradford City42106536254512183854630.857–939
16Everton428674229489273969681.015+138
17Oldham Athletic42124533193414163349520.942–338
18Derby County421254361817131139 47570.825–1038
19Preston North End4296635275412224657730.781–1638
20Blackburn Rovers42114648302712164764770.831–1337
21Notts County4298439253414174956740.757–1836
22The Wednesday42641114231515144128640.438–3623

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against;
GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Key
League Champions
FA Cup Winners
Relegated

Results

Home ╲ Away ARS AST BLBBOLBRABPABURCHEDEREVELIVMCIMUNMIDNEWNTCOLDPNESHUSUNWEDWBA
Arsenal 0–1 0–1 2–2 1–2 3–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–2 0–3 2–1 0–1 3–1 3–2 0–0 3–0 3–2 3–1 1–0
Aston Villa 2–1 1–2 3–6 3–1 1–0 2–2 5–2 2–2 2–2 0–1 0–1 2–0 5–3 4–0 3–1 3–0 2–4 4–0 0–3 3–1 2–4
Blackburn Rovers 2–2 5–1 2–2 4–1 3–3 2–3 3–1 2–0 3–2 0–2 1–4 5–0 0–2 2–0 1–1 0–1 4–0 4–0 3–0 1–0 1–5
Bolton Wanderers 2–2 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–2 3–0 0–2 0–3 6–2 3–5 2–1 0–3 1–0 1–0 4–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–2
Bradford City 1–1 3–1 3–1 0–1 0–0 2–1 3–1 3–1 3–3 1–3 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 3–4 1–1 2–2 1–2 2–0 1–1 3–0
Bradford Park Avenue 0–0 6–1 5–2 2–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–2 1–2 2–1 1–4 1–1 0–1 0–1 2–0 3–3 1–0 2–2 3–0 0–4
Burnley 2–1 0–0 3–1 2–1 1–1 2–6 2–3 2–0 5–0 1–2 2–0 2–1 5–3 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–2 2–1 2–0 2–2
Chelsea 3–1 2–1 2–1 2–3 1–0 4–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 3–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 4–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–0
Derby County 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–2 3–0 0–0 0–2 5–0 2–1 3–0 0–0 1–1 1–2 1–0 3–1 1–1 2–0 5–1 3–1 2–1 0–4
Everton 2–3 1–1 3–0 3–3 4–1 2–0 2–2 2–3 4–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 5–2 4–0 1–2 0–2 0–1 3–0 1–3 1–1 2–5
Liverpool 2–3 2–1 3–0 2–0 2–1 3–3 0–1 0–1 3–0 3–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 3–0 2–2 1–2 2–0 3–2 1–0 0–0
Manchester City 4–1 2–2 8–2 1–4 1–0 4–1 3–1 1–0 3–1 1–1 2–1 3–3 1–0 0–0 4–1 3–1 1–0 3–3 1–0 4–2 2–3
Manchester United 0–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–2 0–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 5–1 3–0 2–0 0–0 1–2
Middlesbrough 1–0 1–4 2–2 1–3 4–0 1–2 4–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 3–2 0–2 1–1 0–1 5–2 1–0 4–1 1–0 0–2 3–0 0–0
Newcastle United 3–1 2–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 4–0 0–0 3–0 0–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 2–1 2–3 1–1 0–2
Notts County 2–2 2–1 5–0 2–2 5–2 0–2 2–0 0–1 2–2 1–1 1–0 4–1 0–2 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–2 2–2 2–2 3–1 2–0
Oldham Athletic 3–0 0–3 0–0 2–0 0–1 2–2 1–0 1–0 3–0 4–1 1–1 1–3 0–3 1–2 1–0 0–0 4–1 4–0 2–1 1–0 2–1
Preston North End 1–1 3–0 0–0 1–1 1–5 0–3 0–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–3 3–1 2–3 2–0 2–1 2–0 5–2 3–0 0–1
Sheffield United 2–0 1–2 2–0 3–2 0–0 2–2 1–3 3–1 0–0 1–1 3–2 3–1 2–2 5–1 2–1 3–0 1–0 2–1 3–1 3–0 1–0
Sunderland 1–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 3–0 3–2 2–1 2–3 0–1 2–1 3–0 1–1 2–0 3–1 3–0 1–0 3–2 2–1 4–1
The Wednesday 1–2 0–1 0–0 0–2 1–0 0–1 3–1 0–2 2–0 1–0 2–2 0–0 1–3 0–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 2–1 0–2 0–3
West Bromwich Albion 1–0 1–2 5–2 4–1 4–1 3–1 4–1 4–0 3–0 4–3 1–1 2–0 2–1 4–1 3–0 8–0 3–1 4–1 0–2 4–0 1–3

Source:
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Locations of the Football League First Division London teams

Second Division

Football League
Second Division
Season 1919–20
Champions Tottenham Hotspur (1st title)
Relegated Grimsby Town
Failed re-election Lincoln City
Matches played 462
Goals scored 1285 (2.78 per match)
Top goalscorer Sammy Taylor (Huddersfield Town), 35 [3]
Biggest home win Birmingham – Nottingham Forest 8–0 (10 Mar 1920)
Biggest away win Barnsley – Birmingham 0–5 (14 Feb 1920)
Leicester City – Bury 0–5 (10 Apr 1920)
Highest scoring Hull – Wolverhampton 10–3 (27 Dec 1919)
Pos Team Pld W D L F A W D L F A F A GA GD Pts
1Tottenham Hotspur421920601113444221102323.188+7070
2Huddersfield Town42164158131245392597382.553+5964
3Birmingham42143454161056311885342.500+5156
4Blackpool4213444018867252965471.383+1852
5Bury42144335156411252960441.364+1648
6Fulham42116436188310253261501.220+1147
7West Ham United42143434145610132647401.175+747
8Bristol City429933018489162546431.070+343
9South Shields42135347182712113058481.208+1042
10Stoke42133537155313233960541.111+642
11Hull City42134453235214254978721.083+642
12Barnsley4295741286510202761551.109+640
13Port Vale[4]42113735275511243559620.952–340
14Leicester City4286726297410153241610.672–2040
15Clapton Orient42143434172316174251590.864–838
16Stockport County42114634243513183752610.852–937
17Rotherham County42104732273414195651830.614–3234
18Nottingham Forest4294823222514205143730.589–3031
19Wolverhampton Wanderers4284941322613144855800.688–2530
20Coventry City4277720262415154735730.479–3829
21Lincoln City[5]42867273013171771441010.436–5727
22Grimsby Town[6]4284923242118115134750.453–4125
  1. 1 2 Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
  2. ↑ "England 1919-20". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 5 February 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
  3. 1 2 "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.
  4. ↑ Leeds City were expelled from the league after 8 games; Port Vale, formerly Burslem Port Vale, took their place and inherited their record.
  5. ↑ Lincoln City were not re-elected, but they returned to the league later, for the season 1921–22, surfacing this time in 3rd Division North, after
    having been absent only for one season.
  6. ↑ Grimsby Town participated in the Football League Third Division during the following season.

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against;
GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Key
Division Champions, promoted
Promoted
New club in the league (see also Coventry City)
Re-elected
Relegated
Failed re-election

Results

Note: Port Vale takes over from Leeds City and then inherits the latter’s record up to that date.

Home ╲ Away BAR BIR BLPBRIBRYCLACOVFULGRIHUDHULLEELEILINNOTPTVROTSSHSTPSTKTOTWHUWOL
Barnsley 0–5 1–1 0–0 1–3 2–1 1–0 4–1 0–1 3–3 2–3 0–1 5–3 2–2 1–0 4–0 0–1 0–0 1–2 3–0 7–0 4–1
Birmingham City 0–0 4–2 1–0 0–2 2–1 4–1 2–0 4–0 4–2 4–1 0–1 7–0 8–0 3–0 2–2 4–0 1–1 2–1 0–1 0–1 2–0
Blackpool 0–2 3–0 0–0 1–0 3–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 0–3 2–1 4–2 3–0 6–0 3–2 5–1 0–3 1–0 3–1 0–1 0–0 1–1
Bristol City 3–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–3 3–1 2–1 2–2 0–0 6–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 3–1 1–0 1–2 1–2 0–0 1–1
Bury 2–0 1–0 1–2 0–1 3–0 2–2 2–2 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 3–0 1–1 2–1 4–1 2–1 0–2 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–0
Clapton Orient 2–0 2–1 3–0 1–0 2–1 2–2 0–1 3–0 0–1 2–2 3–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–2 4–0 2–1 2–1 0–4 1–0 0–0
Coventry City 1–0 1–3 0–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 0–1 2–0 0–2 0–1 0–4 1–2 2–0 4–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–2 0–5 0–0 1–0
Fulham 1–1 1–2 1–2 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 2–2 1–0 5–0 3–0 1–0 4–0 3–0 1–0 4–1 0–0 1–4 1–2 1–1
Grimsby Town 1–1 0–3 1–1 2–2 1–2 2–0 0–1 0–2 1–0 2–1 1–2 2–2 1–0 2–0 0–1 3–1 0–3 2–0 2–0 0–1 0–1
Huddersfield Town 4–1 0–0 1–3 1–0 5–0 2–1 5–0 3–0 3–0 2–0 0–0 4–2 2–1 4–1 7–1 2–2 5–0 3–0 1–1 2–0 2–0
Hull City 3–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 4–2 3–1 0–1 2–0 4–1 1–4 1–1 5–1 5–2 2–0 1–0 3–0 4–1 3–0 1–3 1–1 10–3
Leeds City 1–0 3–0 1–2 1–1
Leicester City 0–0 1–0 2–3 2–1 0–5 1–1 1–0 3–2 2–0 0–4 3–2 4–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–2 3–1 2–4 0–0 1–2
Lincoln City 0–4 2–2 0–3 0–0 2–1 2–1 4–1 0–1 2–0 1–3 2–0 0–3 1–4 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–4 4–0
Nottingham Forest 0–1 1–2 2–0 1–2 1–0 2–1 2–1 0–3 2–0 1–2 0–2 0–0 2–1 0–1 4–1 0–0 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–1 1–0
Port Vale 0–2 1–3 3–1 2–2 4–2 3–4 2–1 0–0 1–2 1–0 4–1 4–2 1–0 2–0 0–3 0–1 1–0
Rotherham County 1–0 0–3 1–2 2–2 1–2 3–1 4–3 1–1 3–1 1–3 1–2 1–0 3–0 2–0 2–2 1–0 1–0 1–3 1–1 0–1 2–0
South Shields 0–0 1–0 6–0 0–2 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–2 7–1 2–0 2–2 5–2 2–0 6–2 3–2 2–2 0–3 3–0 0–0
Stockport County 1–0 2–1 0–0 2–3 1–1 3–1 1–1 2–1 1–2 1–2 3–1 0–2 3–0 0–0 0–4 4–1 1–0 3–1 1–2 1–0 4–1
Stoke 2–0 0–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 6–1 1–0 3–0 0–1 3–1 3–0 1–3 0–2 0–0 3–0 0–0 2–1 1–3 2–1 3–0
Tottenham Hotspur 4–0 0–0 2–2 2–0 2–1 2–1 4–1 4–0 3–1 2–0 4–0 4–0 6–1 5–2 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 4–2
West Ham United 0–2 1–2 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–1 2–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 5–1 3–1 2–1 1–0 3–0 1–1 2–1 4–0
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–4 0–2 0–3 3–1 0–1 1–2 2–0 2–1 6–1 2–3 4–2 2–4 1–1 4–0 4–0 0–1 0–0 2–2 4–0 1–3 1–1

Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Locations of the Football League Second Division London teams

See also

References

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