1921–22 Football League

The 1921–22 season was the 30th season of The Football League.

The Football League

Season	1921–22
Champions	Liverpool
New clubs in League	20 (see tables)
← 1920–21 1922–23 →

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^[1] and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79,^[2] with home and away statistics separated.

First Division

First Division

Season	1921–22
Champions	Liverpool 3rd English title
Relegated	Bradford City Manchester United
Matches played	462
Top goalscorer	Andy Wilson (31 goals)[3]
← 1920–21 1922–23 →

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

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

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

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

First Division maps

Arsenal

Chelsea

Tottenham

Locations of the Football League First Division London teams

Arsenal

Aston Villa

Birmingham

Blackburn Rovers

Bolton

Bradford City

Burnley

Cardiff City

Chelsea

Everton

Huddersfield

Liverpool

Manchester City

Manchester United

Middlesbrough

Newcastle

Oldham

Preston North End

Sheffield United

Sunderland

Tottenham

West Bromwich Albion

Locations of the Football League First Division teams

Second Division

Football League
Second Division

Season	1921–22
Champions	Nottingham Forest (2nd title)
Relegated	Bradford Park Avenue Bristol City
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,061 (2.3 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jimmy Broad (Stoke), 25 [3]
← 1920–21 1922–23 →

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second Division maps

Crystal Palace

Clapton Orient

Fulham

West Ham

Locations of the Football League Second Division London teams

Barnsley

Blackpool

Bradford Park Avenue

Bristol City

Bury

Coventry

Crystal P.

Derby County

Fulham

Clapton Orient

Hull

Leeds U.

Leicester City

Nottingham Forest

Notts County

Port Vale

Rotherham

South Shields

Stoke

The Wednesday (Sheffield)

West Ham

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Locations of the Football League Second Division teams

Third Division North

Football League
Third Division North

Season	1921–22
Champions	Stockport County (1st title)
Failed re-election	None
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,150 (3.03 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jimmy Carmichael (Grimsby Town), 37 [3]
← 1920–21 1922–23 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Stockport County[a] (C, P)	38	13	5	1	36	10	11	3	5	24	11	2.857	56	Division Champions, promoted
2	Darlington[b]	38	15	2	2	52	7	7	4	8	29	30	2.189	50
3	Grimsby Town[c]	38	15	4	0	54	15	6	4	9	18	32	1.532	50
4	Hartlepools United[b]	38	10	6	3	33	11	7	2	10	19	28	1.333	42
5	Accrington Stanley[d]	38	15	1	3	50	15	4	2	13	23	42	1.281	41
6	Crewe Alexandra[e]	38	13	1	5	39	21	5	4	10	21	35	1.071	41
7	Stalybridge Celtic[e]	38	14	3	2	42	15	4	2	13	20	48	0.984	41
8	Walsall[f]	38	15	2	2	52	17	3	1	15	14	48	1.015	39
9	Southport[e]	38	11	6	2	39	12	3	4	12	16	32	1.250	38
10	Ashington[b]	38	13	2	4	42	22	4	2	13	17	44	0.894	38
11	Durham City[b]	38	14	0	5	43	20	3	3	13	25	47	1.015	37
12	Wrexham[f]	38	12	4	3	40	17	2	5	12	11	39	0.911	37
13	Chesterfield[g]	38	12	2	5	33	15	4	1	14	15	52	0.716	35
14	Lincoln City[h]	38	11	2	6	32	20	3	4	12	16	39	0.814	34
15	Barrow[d]	38	11	2	6	29	18	3	3	13	13	36	0.778	33
16	Nelson[e]	38	7	6	6	27	23	6	1	12	21	43	0.727	33
17	Wigan Borough[d]	38	9	4	6	32	28	2	5	12	14	44	0.639	31
18	Tranmere Rovers[e]	38	7	5	7	41	25	2	6	11	10	36	0.836	29
19	Halifax Town[g]	38	9	4	6	37	28	1	5	13	19	48	0.737	29	Re-elected
20	Rochdale[e]	38	9	2	8	34	24	2	2	15	18	53	0.675	26

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted
Notes:

1. relegated
2. New club in the league; elected from North Eastern League
3. from the single Third Division of the previous season
4. New club in the league; elected from Lancashire Combination
5. New club in the league; elected from Central League
6. New club in the league; elected from Birmingham & District League
7. New club in the league; elected from Midland League
8. 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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Source:^[4]

Maps

Accrington Stanley

Ashington

Barrow

Chesterfield

Crewe Alexandra

Darlington

Durham City

Grimsby Town

Halifax Town

Hartlepools United

Lincoln City

Nelson

Rochdale

Stalybridge

Stockport County

Southport

Tranmere Rovers

Walsall

Wigan Borough

Wrexham

Locations of the Football League Third Division North teams

Third Division South

Football League
Third Division South

Season	1921–22
Champions	Southampton (1st title)
Failed re-election	None
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,118 (2.42 per match)
Top goalscorer	Frank Richardson (Plymouth Argyle), 31 [3]
← 1920–21 1922–23 →

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[a]	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[a]	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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. 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

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Brentford

Charlton Athletic

Millwall

Queens Park Rangers

Watford

Locations of the Football League Third Division South London teams

Aberdare

Brentford

Brighton & Hove

Bristol Rovers

Charlton

Exeter City

Gillingham

Luton Town

Merthyr Town

Millwall

Newport County

Northampton Town

Norwich City

Portsmouth

Plymouth Argyle

QPR

Reading

Southampton

Southend United

Swansea Town

Swindon

Watford

Locations of the Football League Third Division South teams

See also

• 1921 in association football
• 1922 in association football

References

1. "England 1921-22". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
2. Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
3. "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.
4. Ian Laschke (1980). Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s.