# 1921–22 Football League

The 1921–22 season was the 30th season of The Football League.
This year the Third Division was divided into North and South sections. Third Division South continued the single new Third Division of the previous season. Two new clubs were placed in Third Division South, while 18 of 20 newcomers were placed in Third Division North, as the number of Football League clubs increased from 66 to 86.

## 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 and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79, with home and away statistics separated.

## First Division

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Relegation |
| 1 | Liverpool (C) | 42 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 63 | 36 | 1.750 | 57 | |
| 2 | Tottenham Hotspur | 42 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 65 | 39 | 1.667 | 51 | |
| 3 | Burnley | 42 | 22 | 5 | 15 | 72 | 54 | 1.333 | 49 | |
| 4 | Cardiff City | 42 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 61 | 53 | 1.151 | 48 | |
| 5 | Aston Villa | 42 | 22 | 3 | 17 | 74 | 55 | 1.345 | 47 | |
| 6 | Bolton Wanderers | 42 | 20 | 7 | 15 | 68 | 59 | 1.153 | 47 | |
| 7 | Newcastle United | 42 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 59 | 45 | 1.311 | 46 | |
| 8 | Middlesbrough | 42 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 79 | 69 | 1.145 | 46 | |
| 9 | Chelsea | 42 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 40 | 43 | 0.930 | 46 | |
| 10 | Manchester City | 42 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 65 | 70 | 0.929 | 45 | |
| 11 | Sheffield United | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 59 | 54 | 1.093 | 40 | |
| 12 | Sunderland | 42 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 60 | 62 | 0.968 | 40 | |
| 13 | West Bromwich Albion | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 51 | 63 | 0.810 | 40 | |
| 14 | Huddersfield Town | 42 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 53 | 54 | 0.981 | 39 | |
| 15 | Blackburn Rovers | 42 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 54 | 57 | 0.947 | 38 | |
| 16 | Preston North End | 42 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 42 | 65 | 0.646 | 38 | |
| 17 | Arsenal | 42 | 15 | 7 | 20 | 47 | 56 | 0.839 | 37 | |
| 18 | Birmingham | 42 | 15 | 7 | 20 | 48 | 60 | 0.800 | 37 | |
| 19 | Oldham Athletic | 42 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 38 | 50 | 0.760 | 37 | |
| 20 | Everton | 42 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 57 | 55 | 1.036 | 36 | |
| 21 | Bradford City (R) | 42 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 48 | 72 | 0.667 | 32 | Relegation to the Second Division |
| 22 | Manchester United (R) | 42 | 8 | 12 | 22 | 41 | 73 | 0.562 | 28 | Relegation to the Second Division |

### Results

| Home \ Away | ARS | AST | BIR | BLB | BOL | BRA | BUR | CAR | CHE | EVE | HUD | LIV | MCI | MUN | MID | NEW | OLD | PNE | SHU | SUN | TOT | WBA |
| Arsenal | | 2–0 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| Aston Villa | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 7–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 6–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 5–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Birmingham | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 4–3 | 0–4 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–2 |
| Blackburn Rovers | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 |
| Bolton Wanderers | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | | 3–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Bradford City | 0–2 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–3 | | 0–4 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 1–1 |
| Burnley | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | | 1–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 |
| Cardiff City | 4–3 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 6–3 | 4–2 | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 |
| Chelsea | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Everton | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | | 6–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Huddersfield Town | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Liverpool | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 3–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Manchester City | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 6–1 |
| Manchester United | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | | 3–5 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 |
| Middlesbrough | 4–2 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 |
| Newcastle United | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 |
| Oldham Athletic | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Preston North End | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 |
| Sheffield United | 4–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 6–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Sunderland | 1–0 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 6–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 5–0 |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 2–0 |
| West Bromwich Albion | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | |

### First Division maps
## Second Division

| Pos | Team | Pld | HW | HD | HL | HGF | HGA | AW | AD | AL | AGF | AGA | GAv | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Nottingham Forest | 42 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 29 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 21 | 1.700 | 56 | Champions, promoted |
| 2 | Stoke | 42 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 31 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 33 | 1.364 | 52 | Promoted |
| 3 | Barnsley | 42 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 43 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 24 | 34 | 1.288 | 52 | |
| 4 | West Ham United | 42 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 39 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 26 | 1.333 | 48 | |
| 5 | Hull City | 42 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 36 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 28 | 1.244 | 48 | |
| 6 | South Shields | 42 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 25 | 1.132 | 46 | |
| 7 | Fulham | 42 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 41 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 30 | 1.500 | 45 | |
| 8 | Leeds United | 42 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 31 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 26 | 1.263 | 45 | |
| 9 | Leicester City | 42 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 30 | 16 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 1.147 | 45 | |
| 10 | The Wednesday | 42 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 24 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 26 | 0.940 | 44 | |
| 11 | Bury | 42 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 35 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 36 | 0.982 | 40 | |
| 12 | Derby County | 42 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 34 | 22 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 26 | 42 | 0.938 | 39 | |
| 13 | Notts County | 42 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 34 | 18 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 33 | 0.922 | 39 | |
| 14 | Crystal Palace | 42 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 20 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 31 | 0.882 | 39 | |
| 15 | Clapton Orient | 42 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 32 | 0.860 | 39 | |
| 16 | Rotherham County | 42 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 36 | 0.744 | 39 | |
| 17 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 42 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 28 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 30 | 0.898 | 37 | |
| 18 | Port Vale | 42 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 38 | 0.754 | 36 | |
| 19 | Blackpool | 42 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 33 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 30 | 0.772 | 35 | |
| 20 | Coventry City | 42 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 31 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 39 | 0.850 | 34 | |
| 21 | Bradford Park Avenue | 42 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 32 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 40 | 0.742 | 33 | Relegated |
| 22 | Bristol City | 42 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 25 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 12 | 40 | 0.638 | 33 | Relegated |

### Results

| Home \ Away | BAR | BLP | BPA | BRI | Bury | CLA | COV | CRY | DER | FUL | HUL | LEE | LEI | NOT | NTC | PTV | ROT | SSH | STK | WED | WHU | WOL |
| Barnsley | | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Blackpool | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 |
| Bradford Park Avenue | 2–3 | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Bristol City | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 |
| Bury | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 5–0 | | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| Clapton Orient | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | | 4–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Coventry City | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| Crystal Palace | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Derby County | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 |
| Fulham | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | | 6–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Hull City | 1–3 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 5–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 7–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Leeds United | 4–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Leicester City | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Nottingham Forest | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Notts County | 1–4 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 |
| Port Vale | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 |
| Rotherham County | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| South Shields | 5–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Stoke | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| The Wednesday | 2–3 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| West Ham United | 4–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | | 2–0 |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2–0 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | |

### Second Division maps
## Third Division North

| Pos | Team | Pld | HW | HD | HL | HGF | HGA | AW | AD | AL | AGF | AGA | GAv | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Stockport County (C, P) | 38 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 36 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 11 | 2.857 | 56 | Division Champions, promoted |
| 2 | Darlington | 38 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 52 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 29 | 30 | 2.189 | 50 | |
| 3 | Grimsby Town | 38 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 54 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 32 | 1.532 | 50 | |
| 4 | Hartlepools United | 38 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 33 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 19 | 28 | 1.333 | 42 | |
| 5 | Accrington Stanley | 38 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 50 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 23 | 42 | 1.281 | 41 | |
| 6 | Crewe Alexandra | 38 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 39 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 35 | 1.071 | 41 | |
| 7 | Stalybridge Celtic | 38 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 42 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 20 | 48 | 0.984 | 41 | |
| 8 | Walsall | 38 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 52 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 14 | 48 | 1.015 | 39 | |
| 9 | Southport | 38 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 39 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 32 | 1.250 | 38 | |
| 10 | Ashington | 38 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 42 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 17 | 44 | 0.894 | 38 | |
| 11 | Durham City | 38 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 43 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 25 | 47 | 1.015 | 37 | |
| 12 | Wrexham | 38 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 40 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 39 | 0.911 | 37 | |
| 13 | Chesterfield | 38 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 33 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 52 | 0.716 | 35 | |
| 14 | Lincoln City | 38 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 32 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 39 | 0.814 | 34 | |
| 15 | Barrow | 38 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 29 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 36 | 0.778 | 33 | |
| 16 | Nelson | 38 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 21 | 43 | 0.727 | 33 | |
| 17 | Wigan Borough | 38 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 32 | 28 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 44 | 0.639 | 31 | |
| 18 | Tranmere Rovers | 38 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 41 | 25 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 36 | 0.836 | 29 | |
| 19 | Halifax Town | 38 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 37 | 28 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 48 | 0.737 | 29 | Re-elected |
| 20 | Rochdale | 38 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 34 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 18 | 53 | 0.675 | 26 | Re-elected |
* ↑ relegated
* 1 2 3 4 New club in the league; elected from North Eastern League
* ↑ from the single Third Division of the previous season
* 1 2 3 New club in the league; elected from Lancashire Combination
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 New club in the league; elected from Central League
* 1 2 New club in the league; elected from Birmingham & District League
* 1 2 New club in the league; elected from Midland League
* ↑ Returned after one season absence, spent in the Midland League

### Results

| Home \ Away | ACC | ASH | BRW | CHF | CRE | DAR | DUR | GRI | HAL | HAR | LIN | NEL | ROC | SOU | STL | STP | TRA | WAL | WIG | WRE |
| Accrington Stanley | | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 4–0 | 1–0 |
| Ashington | 2–1 | | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 7–3 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 2–2 |
| Barrow | 3–1 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 5–2 |
| Chesterfield | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| Crewe Alexandra | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | | 7–3 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| Darlington | 3–0 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 7–0 | 0–1 | | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| Durham City | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 3–7 | | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 3–0 |
| Grimsby Town | 2–1 | 6–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 5–2 | | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Halifax Town | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 5–5 | 5–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| Hartlepools United | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 7–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | | 1–1 | 6–1 | 5–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Lincoln City | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | | 0–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| Nelson | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–5 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 0–0 | | 4–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 |
| Rochdale | 6–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 7–0 | 4–2 | 3–0 |
| Southport | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 7–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | | 5–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Stalybridge Celtic | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 6–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 0–4 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 |
| Stockport County | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 |
| Tranmere Rovers | 2–4 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 7–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 0–2 | | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Walsall | 6–1 | 6–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | | 4–1 | 2–2 |
| Wigan Borough | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 4–2 | | 2–1 |
| Wrexham | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 3–2 | |
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### Maps
## Third Division South

| Pos | Team | Pld | HW | HD | HL | HGF | HGA | AW | AD | AL | AGF | AGA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Southampton | 42 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 50 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 13 | +47 | 61 | Division Champions, promoted |
| 2 | Plymouth Argyle | 42 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 43 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 20 | +39 | 61 | |
| 3 | Portsmouth | 42 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 38 | 18 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 24 | 21 | +23 | 53 | |
| 4 | Luton Town | 42 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 47 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 26 | +29 | 52 | |
| 5 | Queens Park Rangers | 42 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 36 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 32 | +9 | 49 | |
| 6 | Swindon Town | 42 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 40 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 32 | 39 | +12 | 45 | |
| 7 | Watford | 42 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 34 | 21 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 20 | 27 | +6 | 44 | |
| 8 | Aberdare Athletic | 42 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 38 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 33 | +6 | 44 | |
| 9 | Brentford | 42 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 41 | 17 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 26 | +9 | 43 | |
| 10 | Swansea Town | 42 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 40 | 19 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 28 | +3 | 41 | |
| 11 | Merthyr Town | 42 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 33 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 41 | −11 | 40 | |
| 12 | Millwall | 42 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 32 | −4 | 38 | |
| 13 | Reading | 42 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 32 | −7 | 38 | |
| 14 | Bristol Rovers | 42 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 32 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 20 | 43 | −15 | 38 | |
| 15 | Norwich City | 42 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 29 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 21 | 45 | −12 | 37 | |
| 16 | Charlton Athletic | 42 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 37 | −13 | 37 | |
| 17 | Northampton Town | 42 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 54 | −24 | 37 | |
| 18 | Gillingham | 42 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 36 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 40 | −13 | 36 | |
| 19 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 42 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 33 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 32 | −6 | 35 | |
| 20 | Newport County | 42 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 22 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 22 | 43 | −17 | 34 | |
| 21 | Exeter City | 42 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 29 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 30 | −21 | 34 | Re-elected |
| 22 | Southend United | 42 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 23 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 11 | 51 | −40 | 27 | Re-elected |
* 1 2 New club in the league; elected from Southern League

### Results

| Home \ Away | ADE | BRE | B&HA | BRR | CHA | EXE | GIL | LUT | MER | MIL | NPC | NOR | NWC | PLY | POR | QPR | REA | SOU | STD | SWA | SWI | WAT |
| Aberdare Athletic | | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 6–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 |
| Brentford | 2–1 | | 4–0 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 5–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| Brighton & Hove Albion | 1–2 | 2–1 | | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 7–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Bristol Rovers | 5–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | | 4–2 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–4 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Charlton Athletic | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 4–5 | 1–0 |
| Exeter City | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–3 |
| Gillingham | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | | 0–1 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 5–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| Luton Town | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 7–0 | | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Merthyr Town | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 |
| Millwall | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Newport County | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 4–0 | 0–0 |
| Northampton Town | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | | 3–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Norwich City | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Plymouth Argyle | 3–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| Portsmouth | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 6–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 |
| Queens Park Rangers | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 6–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Reading | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 0–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Southampton | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 5–0 | 8–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 5–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| Southend United | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–4 |
| Swansea Town | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 8–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 1–3 | 3–0 |
| Swindon Town | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 6–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 6–1 | 1–0 | | 0–3 |
| Watford | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | |