Football
League Second Division 1919/20
| Pos | Club | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | GA | Pts | Notes |
| 1st | Tottenham Hotspur | 42 | 32 | 6 | 4 | 102 | 32 | 3.188 | 70 | ▲Champions |
| 2nd | Huddersfield Town | 42 | 28 | 8 | 6 | 97 | 38 | 2.553 | 64 | ▲Runners Up |
| 3rd | Birmingham | 42 | 24 | 8 | 10 | 85 | 34 | 2.500 | 56 | - |
| 4th | Blackpool | 42 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 65 | 47 | 1.383 | 52 | - |
| 5th | Bury | 42 | 20 | 8 | 14 | 60 | 44 | 1.364 | 48 | - |
| 6th | Fulham | 42 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 61 | 50 | 1.220 | 47 | - |
| 7th | West Ham United | 42 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 47 | 40 | 1.175 | 47 | - |
| 8th | Bristol City | 42 | 13 | 17 | 12 | 46 | 43 | 1.070 | 43 | - |
| 9th | South Shields | 42 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 58 | 48 | 1.208 | 42 | - |
| 10th | Stoke | 42 | 18 | 6 | 18 | 60 | 54 | 1.111 | 42 | - |
| 11th | Hull City | 42 | 18 | 6 | 18 | 78 | 72 | 1.083 | 42 | - |
| 12th | Barnsley | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 61 | 55 | 1.109 | 40 | - |
| 13th | Port Vale* | 42 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 59 | 62 | 0.952 | 40 | - |
| 14th | Leicester City | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 41 | 61 | 0.672 | 40 | - |
| 15th | Clapton Orient | 42 | 16 | 6 | 20 | 51 | 59 | 0.864 | 38 | - |
| 16th | Stockport County | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 52 | 61 | 0.852 | 37 | - |
| 17th | Rotherham County | 42 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 51 | 83 | 0.614 | 34 | - |
| 18th | Nottingham Forest | 42 | 11 | 9 | 22 | 43 | 73 | 0.589 | 31 | - |
| 19th | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 42 | 10 | 10 | 22 | 55 | 80 | 0.688 | 30 | - |
| 20th | Coventry City | 42 | 9 | 11 | 22 | 35 | 73 | 0.479 | 29 | - |
| 21st | Lincoln City | 42 | 9 | 9 | 24 | 44 | 101 | 0.436 | 27 | ▼Not Re Elected |
| 22nd | Grimsby Town | 42 | 10 | 5 | 27 | 34 | 75 | 0.453 | 25 | ▼Relegated |
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Election for League Membership |
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| The bottom two clubs were required to seek re-election to the League. They were joined in the vote for League membership by 3 non-league clubs. | ||
| Votes | Club | End Result |
| 31 | Leeds United | ▲Elected to the League |
| 23 | Cardiff City | ▲Elected to the League |
| 20 | Grimsby Town | ▼Not Re Elected to the League |
| 7 | Lincoln City | ▼Not Re Elected to the League |
| 3 | Walsall | Not Elected to the League |
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End of Season Notes |
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* Leeds City were Expelled from the Football League after 8 matches played and Port Vale were invited to take over their playing record and remaining fixtures. |
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▼Notts County were Relegated from the Football League First Division |
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▼The Wednesday were Relegated from the Football League First Division |
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▲Tottenham Hotspur were Promoted to the Football League First Division |
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▲Huddersfield Town were Promoted to the Football League First Division |
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▼Lincoln City were not Re-Elected to the Football League and joined the Midland League |
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▼Grimsby Town were Relegated to the Football League Third Division after the vote |
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▲Leeds United were Elected to the Football League Second Division |
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▲Cardiff City were Elected to the Football League Second Division |
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- A New Division (Third Division) was added to the Football League which included the entire Southern Football League First Division and Grimsby Town who were initially failed Election to the League, the new members are listed below |
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Election for League Membership - new Third Division |
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| The Following clubs were Elected to the Football League in its new Third Division (all but Grimsby Town) were taken from the Southern Football League. | ||
| Invitied | Club | End Result |
| Accepted | Brentford | ▲Elected to the League |
| Accepted | Brighton & Hove Albion | ▲Elected to the League |
| Accepted | Bristol Rovers | ▲Elected to the League |
| Accepted | Crystal Palace | ▲Elected to the League |
| Acceoted | Exeter City | ▲Elected to the League |
| Accepted | Gillingham | ▲Elected to the League |
| Accepted | Grimsby Town | ▲Elected to the League |
| Accepted | Luton Town | ▲Elected to the League |
| Accepted | Merthyr Town | ▲Elected to the League |
| Acceoted | Millwall | ▲Elected to the League |
| Accepted | Newport County | ▲Elected to the League |
| Accepted | Northampton Town | ▲Elected to the League |
| Accepted | Norwich City | ▲Elected to the League |
| Accepted | Plymouth Argyle | ▲Elected to the League |
| Acceoted | Portsmouth | ▲Elected to the League |
| Accepted | Queens Park Rangers | ▲Elected to the League |
| Accepted | Reading | ▲Elected to the League |
| Accepted | Southampton | ▲Elected to the League |
| Accepted | Southend United | ▲Elected to the League |
| Accepted | Swansea Town | ▲Elected to the League |
| Accepted | Swindon Town | ▲Elected to the League |
| Acceoted | Watford | ▲Elected to the League |