Original sentence: As a result, for the next few seasons they carried on in the Lancashire Combination, becoming - along with Chorley (who won the Lancashire Combination in 1920-21 - one of the more successful non-league sides in the North of England, beating several league teams along the way.At the end of the 1920-21 season Lancaster finished in a higher league position than Hartlepool United, Accrington Stanley, Ashington, Durham City, Halifax Town, Wigan Borough, Nelson and Stalybridge Celtic, all clubs who were accepted into the Third Division North.Lancaster did carry on from where they left off after the war, and after a succession of healthy league positions in the now-single-division Lancashire Combination the club applied for entry to become founder members of the newly-formed Football League Third Division North for its inaugural 1921-22 season; however, the club was to be denied admittance despite in the decisive 1920-21 season registering a better league position and attracting better crowds in the Lancashire Combination than many of the other clubs who were admitted did in their respective leagues
Edited sentence: For the record, at the end of the 1920-21 season Lancaster finished in a higher league position than Hartlepool United, Accrington Stanley, Ashington, Durham City, Halifax Town, Wigan Borough, Nelson and Stalybridge Celtic, all clubs who were accepted into the Third Division North which just goes to show how unlucky Lancaster were not to gain entry into the Football league.However for the next few seasons they carried on in the Lancashire Combination becoming along with Chorley (who were even more unfortunate not to gain Football league status having won the Lancashire Combination in 1920-21) one of the more successful non-league sides in the North of England beating several league teams along the way.However the club was to be denied admittance despite in the decisive 1920-21 season registering a better league position and attracting better crowds in the Lancashire Combination than many of the other clubs who were admitted did in their respective leagues.I can only imagine that ground standard may have been a deciding factor.Lancaster did though carry on from where they left off after the war and after a succession of healthy league positions in the now single division Lancashire Combination the club applied for entry to become founder members of the newly formed Football League Third Division North for its inaugural 1921-22 season.One cannot help thinking things may have been different had Lancaster's City status already been in place