1919–20 in English football

The 1919–1920 season was the 45th season of competitive football in England, and the first following the end of World War I.

Honours

Division One winners West Bromwich Albion pose with the League Championship trophy

Competition	Winner	Runner-up
Football League First Division[1]	West Bromwich Albion (1)	Burnley
Football League Second Division[2]	Tottenham Hotspur	Huddersfield Town
Southern League First Division[3]	Portsmouth	Watford
Southern League Second Division[3]	Mid Rhondda	Ton Petre
FA Cup[4]	Aston Villa (6*)	Huddersfield Town
Home Championship[5]	Wales	England &  Scotland

Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition

Football League

Following the War The Football League grew from 40 to 44 teams. The failure of Glossop to be re-elected to the league meant that five new clubs joined the league. A resurrected Stoke, along with Coventry City, South Shields, Rotherham County and West Ham United joined the Second Division.

Six of the seven players banned for their involvement in the 1915 British football betting scandal were re-instated in recognition of their service to the country during World War I. Sandy Turnbull's re-instatement was posthumous as he had been killed in the war. Enoch West, who had fought his ban more vigorously than the others, was denied re-instatement.

Football League First Division

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	West Bromwich Albion	42	28	4	10	104	47	2.212	60
2	Burnley	42	21	9	12	65	59	1.102	51
3	Chelsea	42	22	5	15	56	51	1.098	49
4	Liverpool	42	19	10	13	59	44	1.341	48
5	Sunderland	42	22	4	16	72	59	1.220	48
6	Bolton Wanderers	42	19	9	14	72	65	1.108	47
7	Manchester City	42	18	9	15	71	62	1.145	45
8	Newcastle United	42	17	9	16	44	39	1.128	43
9	Aston Villa	42	18	6	18	75	73	1.027	42
10	Arsenal	42	15	12	15	56	58	0.966	42
11	Bradford Park Avenue	42	15	12	15	60	63	0.952	42
12	Manchester United	42	13	14	15	54	50	1.080	40
13	Middlesbrough	42	15	10	17	61	65	0.938	40
14	Sheffield United	42	16	8	18	59	69	0.855	40
15	Bradford City	42	14	11	17	54	63	0.857	39
16	Everton	42	12	14	16	69	68	1.015	38
17	Oldham Athletic	42	15	8	19	49	52	0.942	38
18	Derby County	42	13	12	17	47	57	0.825	38
19	Preston North End	42	14	10	18	57	73	0.781	38
20	Blackburn Rovers	42	13	11	18	64	77	0.831	37
21	Notts County	42	12	12	18	56	74	0.757	36
22	The Wednesday	42	7	9	26	28	64	0.438	23

Football League Second Division

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Tottenham Hotspur	42	32	6	4	102	32	3.188	70
2	Huddersfield Town	42	28	8	6	97	38	2.553	64
3	Birmingham	42	24	8	10	85	34	2.500	56
4	Blackpool	42	21	10	11	65	47	1.383	52
5	Bury	42	20	8	14	60	44	1.364	48
6	Fulham	42	19	9	14	61	50	1.220	47
7	West Ham United	42	19	9	14	47	40	1.175	47
8	Bristol City	42	13	17	12	46	43	1.070	43
9	South Shields	42	15	12	15	58	48	1.208	42
10	Stoke	42	18	6	18	60	54	1.111	42
11	Hull City	42	18	6	18	78	72	1.083	42
12	Barnsley	42	15	10	17	61	55	1.109	40
13	Port Vale*	42	16	8	18	59	62	0.952	40
14	Leicester City	42	15	10	17	41	61	0.672	40
15	Clapton Orient	42	16	6	20	51	59	0.864	38
16	Stockport County	42	14	9	19	52	61	0.852	37
17	Rotherham County	42	13	8	21	51	83	0.614	34
18	Nottingham Forest	42	11	9	22	43	73	0.589	31
19	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	10	10	22	55	80	0.688	30
20	Coventry City	42	9	11	22	35	73	0.479	29
21	Lincoln City	42	9	9	24	44	101	0.436	27
22	Grimsby Town	42	10	5	27	34	75	0.453	25

* Leeds City were expelled from the league after 8 games; Port Vale, formerly Burslem Port Vale, took their place and inherited their record.

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

Southern League

Southern League First Division

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Portsmouth	42	23	12	7	73	27	2.704	58
2	Watford	42	26	6	10	69	42	1.643	58
3	Crystal Palace	42	22	12	8	69	43	1.605	56
4	Cardiff City	42	18	17	7	70	43	1.628	53
5	Plymouth Argyle	42	20	10	12	56	29	1.931	50
6	QPR	42	18	10	14	62	50	1.24	46
7	Reading	42	16	13	13	51	43	1.186	45
8	Southampton	42	18	8	16	72	63	1.143	44
9	Swansea Town	42	16	11	15	53	45	1.178	43
10	Exeter City	42	17	9	16	57	52	1.096	43
11	Southend United	42	13	17	12	46	48	0.958	43
12	Norwich City	42	15	11	16	64	57	1.123	41
13	Swindon Town	42	17	7	18	65	67	0.97	41
14	Millwall	42	14	12	16	52	55	0.945	40
15	Brentford	42	15	10	17	53	59	0.898	40
16	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	14	8	20	60	72	0.833	36
17	Bristol Rovers	42	11	13	18	62	78	0.795	35
18	Newport County	42	13	7	22	45	70	0.643	33
19	Northampton Town	42	12	9	21	64	103	0.621	33
20	Luton Town	42	10	10	22	51	76	0.671	30
21	Merthyr Town	42	9	11	22	47	79	0.595	30
22	Gillingham	42	10	7	25	34	74	0.459	27

References

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2. "English Division Two (old) 1919–1920 : Table". Statto.com. Retrieved 29 January 2010.
3. Dinant Abbink. "England: Southern League final tables". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 27 January 2010. Retrieved 29 January 2010.
4. "English FA Cup 1919–1920 : Results". Statto.com. Retrieved 29 January 2010.
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