Third Division 1920-1921

Third Division 1920-1921
Competizione	Third Division
Sport	Calcio
Edizione	1ª
Organizzatore	Football League
Date	dal 28 agosto 1920 al 7 maggio 1921
Luogo	Inghilterra  Galles
Partecipanti	22
Formula	girone all'italiana A/R
Risultati
Vincitore	Crystal Palace (1º titolo)
Statistiche
Miglior marcatore	J.Conner E.Smith G.Whitworth (28 ex aequo)
Incontri disputati	462
Gol segnati	1 133 (2,45 per incontro)
Cronologia della competizione
1921-1922

La Third Division 1920-1921 è stato il 1º campionato inglese di calcio di terza divisione.

I membri fondatori di questo nuovo torneo istituito dalla Football League furono 21 club provenienti dalla Southern League Division One 1919-20 ed il Grimsby Town, retrocesso dalla Second Division. Ad aggiudicarsi il titolo fu il Crystal Palace, che venne così promosso nella categoria superiore.

Squadre partecipanti

Brighton & H.A.

Bristol Rovers

Exeter City

Gillingham

Grimsby Town

Luton Town

Merthyr; Town

Newport County

Northampton Town

Norwich City

Plymouth Argyle

Portsmouth

Reading

Southampton

Southend United

Swansea Town

Swindon Town

Watford

Londra

A Londra:
Brentford
Crystal Palace
Millwall
QPR

Ubicazione delle squadre della Third Division 1920-21.

Squadra	Città	Stadio	Stagione precedente
Brentford	Londra	Griffin Park	15º posto in Southern League Division One
Brighton & Hove Albion	Brighton	Goldstone Ground	16º posto in Southern League Division One
Bristol Rovers	Bristol	Eastville Stadium	17º posto in Southern League Division One
Crystal Palace	Londra	The Nest	3º posto in Southern League Division One
Exeter City	Exeter	St James Park	10º posto in Southern League Division One
Gillingham	Gillingham	Priestfield Stadium	22º posto in Southern League Division One
Grimsby Town	Grimsby	Blundell Park	22º posto in Second Division, retrocesso
Luton Town	Luton	Kenilworth Road	20º posto in Southern League Division One
Merthyr Town	Merthyr Tydfil	Penydarren Park	21º posto in Southern League Division One
Millwall	Londra	The Den	14º posto in Southern League Division One
Newport County	Newport	Somerton Park	18º posto in Southern League Division One
Northampton Town	Northampton	County Ground	19º posto in Southern League Division One
Norwich City	Norwich	The Nest	12º posto in Southern League Division One
Plymouth Argyle	Plymouth	Home Park	5º posto in Southern League Division One
Portsmouth	Portsmouth	Fratton Park	1º posto in Southern League Division One
Queens Park Rangers	Londra	Loftus Road	6º posto in Southern League Division One
Reading	Reading	Elm Park	2º posto in Southern League Division One
Southampton	Southampton	The Dell	8º posto in Southern League Division One
Southend Utd	Southend on Sea	Kursaal Ground	11º posto in Southern League Division One
Swansea Town	Swansea	Vetch Field	9º posto in Southern League Division One
Swindon Town	Swindon	County Ground	13º posto in Southern League Division One
Watford	Watford	Cassio Road	2º posto in Southern League Division One

Classifica finale

	Pos.	Squadra	Pt	G	V	N	P	GF	GS	QR
	1	Crystal Palace	59	42	24	11	7	70	34	2.059
	2	Southampton	54	42	19	16	7	64	28	2.286
	3	QPR	53	42	22	9	11	61	32	1.906
	4	Swindon Town	52	42	21	10	11	73	49	1.490
	5	Swansea Town	51	42	18	15	9	56	45	1.244
	6	Watford	48	42	20	8	14	51	34	1.341
	7	Millwall	47	42	18	11	13	42	30	1.400
	8	Merthyr Town	45	42	15	15	12	60	49	1.224
	9	Luton Town	44	42	16	12	14	61	56	1.089
	10	Bristol Rovers	43	42	18	7	17	68	57	1.193
	11	Plymouth	43	42	11	21	10	35	24	1.029
	12	Portsmouth	39	42	12	15	15	46	48	0.958
	13	Grimsby Town	39	42	15	9	18	49	59	0.831
	14	Northampton Town	38	42	15	8	19	59	75	0.787
	15	Newport County	37	42	14	9	19	43	64	0.672
	16	Norwich City	36	42	10	16	16	44	53	0.830
	17	Southend Utd	36	42	14	8	20	44	61	0.721
	18	Brighton	36	42	14	8	20	42	61	0.689
	19	Exeter City	35	42	10	15	17	39	54	0.722
	20	Reading	31	42	12	7	23	42	59	0.712
	21	Brentford	30	42	9	12	21	42	67	0.627
	22	Gillingham	28	42	8	12	22	34	74	0.459

Legenda:

      Promosso in Second Division 1921-1922.

      Rieletto nella Football League.

Regolamento:

Due punti a vittoria, uno a pareggio, zero a sconfitta.

A parità di punti le squadre venivano classificate secondo il quoziente reti.

Risultati

Tabellone

	BRE	BHA	BRI	CRY	EXE	GIL	GRI	LUT	MER	MIL	NEW	NOR	NOW	PLY	POR	QPR	REA	SOU	STD	SWA	SWI	WAT
Brentford	––––	2-0	0-0	0-4	0-0	3-3	5-0	1-0	0-0	1-0	2-2	1-1	3-1	0-0	1-2	0-2	3-2	1-1	2-2	1-2	0-1	1-0
Brighton	4-0		2-0	0-2	1-1	1-0	1-3	1-1	0-0	1-0	1-0	3-2	2-0	1-0	3-0	2-1	2-2	1-1	1-0	1-1	0-3	0-3
Bristol Rovers	2-1	3-1		2-1	5-0	2-0	2-0	5-0	1-1	1-2	3-2	4-2	2-2	2-0	2-2	3-0	3-2	1-2	2-1	1-2	3-1	2-0
Crystal Palace	4-2	3-2	3-0		2-1	4-1	2-0	2-1	3-0	3-2	2-0	5-1	1-0	0-0	3-0	0-0	2-0	1-1	2-3	0-1	1-0	2-2
Exeter City	3-0	1-0	1-0	1-1		2-1	1-1	1-0	3-3	4-0	0-1	4-0	1-1	1-1	0-0	0-1	0-1	1-0	0-0	1-2	1-0	1-2
Gillingham	1-3	1-0	1-0	0-1	2-1		2-1	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-4	2-5	0-0	0-1	1-1	1-2	1-0	1-1	1-1	2-1	1-1	1-1
Grimsby Town	2-0	2-2	3-1	1-0	2-0	2-0		0-1	1-1	0-2	1-1	2-0	1-1	1-1	0-3	2-1	2-0	3-0	1-0	0-2	3-0	3-0
Luton Town	2-0	3-2	1-2	2-2	3-0	5-0	3-1		1-0	0-0	2-2	3-1	4-0	1-1	2-2	2-1	6-0	1-1	4-0	3-0	2-0	1-0
Merthyr Town	3-1	4-1	2-2	2-1	7-1	6-1	3-1	4-1		0-1	1-2	1-0	0-0	0-0	2-1	3-1	1-0	1-1	2-0	0-3	2-2	2-0
Millwall	0-0	0-1	2-0	0-1	2-0	4-0	0-1	0-0	0-0		1-0	1-0	2-0	0-0	1-0	0-0	2-0	0-1	4-2	0-2	5-0	1-0
Newport County	3-1	0-4	0-2	0-1	2-0	1-0	2-1	2-0	0-3	3-1		1-1	2-0	0-0	1-0	1-3	0-1	0-0	1-1	1-1	0-1	0-2
Northampton Town	6-2	1-0	1-2	2-2	3-3	2-0	4-1	1-0	2-2	0-2	0-2		1-0	1-1	1-0	0-3	1-0	2-0	1-0	2-0	1-2	0-1
Norwich City	0-0	3-0	1-1	0-1	0-0	2-1	0-0	3-0	0-0	2-0	3-0	3-3		0-0	2-2	2-0	2-0	0-1	3-1	1-1	3-2	1-1
Plymouth Argyle	1-0	5-0	2-1	0-1	0-0	3-1	0-0	1-0	2-1	0-2	5-1	0-2	1-1		2-0	1-0	1-1	0-0	0-0	1-0	0-0	0-2
Portsmouth	0-2	3-0	1-0	0-0	2-1	2-2	2-1	3-0	0-0	0-0	0-2	2-0	2-1	1-1		0-0	2-2	0-1	3-0	3-0	1-1	1-0
Quuens Park Rangers	1-0	4-0	2-1	3-0	2-1	0-1	2-0	4-1	4-2	0-0	2-0	1-2	2-0	4-0	0-0		2-0	0-0	2-0	1-1	1-0	1-2
Reading	2-1	0-1	2-1	1-0	0-1	1-2	4-1	0-1	2-0	0-1	4-0	4-0	0-1	1-1	1-0	0-0		0-4	1-1	1-3	2-3	0-0
Southampton	3-0	1-0	4-0	1-1	3-0	3-0	0-1	1-1	5-0	1-1	0-0	3-1	1-0	1-0	2-0	2-2	1-2		3-0	3-0	4-0	4-1
Southend United	4-1	2-0	1-0	0-2	0-0	1-0	3-1	1-1	0-1	1-2	2-1	1-2	3-1	2-1	2-1	1-0	1-0	1-0		1-2	1-3	4-1
Swansea Town	1-1	0-0	2-2	0-0	2-1	2-0	3-1	1-1	1-0	0-0	1-2	2-2	5-2	3-0	0-0	1-3	2-1	1-1	2-0		1-1	2-1
Swindon Town	1-0	2-0	2-1	1-3	1-1	1-1	0-0	9-1	3-0	4-1	5-0	2-1	4-2	1-1	5-2	0-1	2-0	3-2	3-0	0-0		2-0
Watford	1-0	1-0	2-1	1-1	0-0	3-1	4-2	1-0	1-0	1-0	5-1	7-1	2-0	1-1	3-2	0-2	1-2	0-0	3-0	3-0	0-1

Voci correlate

• First Division 1920-1921
• Second Division 1920-1921
• FA Cup 1920-1921
• FA Charity Shield 1921

Collegamenti esterni

• (EN) Season 1920–21 su English Football League Tables, su englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk.
• (EN) Football League 1920-1921 su rsssf.com., su rsssf.com.
• (EN) English League Leading Goalscorers su RSSSF, su rsssf.com.