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

[edit] Overview

[edit] Events

Following the War the 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.

[edit] Honours

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

Competition	Winner	Runner-up
First Division	West Bromwich Albion	Burnley
Second Division	Tottenham Hotspur	Huddersfield Town
FA Cup	Aston Villa	Huddersfield Town
Home Championship	Wales	England & Scotland

[edit] League table

[edit] First Division

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	West Bromwich Albion	42	28	4	10	104	47	2.213	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

[edit] Second Division

		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