1920s in film, Events
The 1920s saw a vast expansion of Hollywood film making and worldwide film attendance. Throughout the decade, film production increasingly focused on the feature film rather than the "short" or "two-reeler." This is a change that had begun with works like the long D. W. Griffith epics of the mid-1910s and became the primary style by the 1920s. In Hollywood, numerous small studios were taken over and made a part of larger studios, creating the Studio System that would run the American, Spanish, and Polish pool, open to the public film making until the 1960s. MGM (founded in the middle of the decade) and Paramount Pictures were the highest-grossing studios during the period, with 20th Century Fox, Universal Pictures, United Artists, and Warner Brothers making up a large part of the remaining market.


1920s in film, Events
The 1920s was also the decade of the "Picture Palaces": large urban theaters that could seat 1-2,000 guests at a time, with full orchestral accompaniment and very decorative design (often a mix of Italian, Spanish, and Baroque styles). These picture palaces were often owned by the film studios and used to premier and first-run their major films.


1920s in film, Events
Key genres such as the swashbuckler, horror, and modern romantic comedy flourished during the decade. Stars such as Douglas Fairbanks, Ramon Novarro, Pola Negri, Nazimova, Greta Garbo, Mary Pickford, Lillian Gish, Francis X. Bushman, Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd, Lon Chaney, Rudolph Valentino, John Gilbert, Clara Bow, Gloria Swanson, Joan Crawford, George O'Brien, and John Barrymore created some of their most memorable roles and films during the period.


1920s in film, Events
Stylistically, the influence of German Expressionism, Soviet Montage Editing, and realism made profound aesthetic changes to film over the course of the decade. A more artistic approach to composition on the screen shifted filmmaking away from its earlier obsession with showing the world "as it is." By the mid-to-late-1920s, the silent "art film" was on the rise with some of the greatest silent film achievements, such as Josef von Sternberg's Underworld and The Last Command, King Vidor's The Crowd, and F. W. Murnau's Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans. Erich von Stroheim's ultra-realist films such as Greed also had a big influence.


1920s in film, Events
The transition to sound-on-film technology occurred mid-decade with the talkies developed in 1926-1927, following experimental techniques begun in the late 1910s. Fox Studios and the Warner Brothers were crucial in the development and acceptance of the technology of sound in motion pictures.


1920s in film, Events
With sound, the concept of the musical appeared immediately, as in The Jazz Singer of 1927, because silent films had been accompanied by music for years when projected in theaters. Sound also greatly changed the Hollywood approach to storytelling, with more dependence on dialogue and less creative use of the visual element.


1920s in film, Events
Also, in 1927, the International Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was formed. Later, "International" was removed from the name. Today, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, is most famous for its annual presentation of the Academy Awards, also known as the "Oscars".


1920s in jazz
The period from the end of the First World War until the start of the Depression in 1929 is known as the "Jazz Age". Jazz had become popular music in America, although older generations considered the music immoral and threatening to cultural values. Dances such as the Charleston and the Black Bottom were very popular during the period, and jazz bands typically consisted of seven to twelve musicians. Important orchestras in New York were led by Fletcher Henderson, Paul Whiteman and Duke Ellington.


1920s in jazz
Many New Orleans jazzmen had moved to Chicago during the late 1910s in search of employment; among others, the New Orleans Rhythm Kings, King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band and Jelly Roll Morton recorded in the city. However, Chicago's importance as a center of jazz music started to diminish toward the end of the 1920s in favor of New York.


1920s in jazz
In the early years of jazz, record companies were often eager to decide what songs were to be recorded by their artists. Popular numbers in the 1920s were pop hits such as "Sweet Georgia Brown", "Dinah" and "Bye Bye Blackbird". The first jazz artist to be given some liberty in choosing his material was Louis Armstrong, whose band helped popularize many of the early standards in the 1920s and 1930s.


1920s in jazz
Some compositions written by jazz artists have endured as standards, including Fats Waller's "Honeysuckle Rose" and "Ain't Misbehavin'". The most recorded 1920s standard is Hoagy Carmichael and Mitchell Parish's "Stardust". Several songs written by Broadway composers in the 1920s have become standards, such as George and Ira Gershwin's "The Man I Love" (1924), Irving Berlin's "Blue Skies" (1927) and Cole Porter's "What Is This Thing Called Love?" (1929). However, it was not until the 1930s that musicians became comfortable with the harmonic and melodic sophistication of Broadway tunes and started including them regularly in their repertoire.


1920s in jazz, 1920
In 1920, the jazz age was underway and was indirectly fueled by prohibition of alcohol. In Chicago, the jazz scene was developing rapidly, aided by the immigration of over 40 prominent New Orleans jazzmen to the city, continuous throughout much of the 1920s, including The New Orleans Rhythm Kings who began playing at Friar's Inn.


1920s in jazz, 1920
However, in 1920, the cabaret business began in New York City and the growing number of speakeasies developing in the cellars of New York City provided many aspiring jazz musicians with new venues which gradually saw many musicians who had moved to Chicago ending up in on the east coast. It is important to note that Classic Blues became very prominent from 1920 after Mamie Smith recorded Crazy Blues and grew in popularity along with jazz.


1920s in jazz, 1920
In 1920, Paul Whiteman and his band recorded "Whispering" in New York City, in a subgenre known as symphonic jazz. Meanwhile, in New York City Adrian Rollini began playing bass saxophone with the California Ramblers and would later in the decade play with Bix Beiderbecke. Duke Ellington had developed in a successful band leader and Louis Armstrong began to amaze audiences with New Orleans Jazz.


1920s in jazz, 1922
In 1922, Chicago and New York City were becoming the most important centres for jazz, and jazz was becoming very profitable for jazz managers such as Paul Whiteman who by 1922 managed some 28 different jazz ensembles on the East Coast, earning more than $1 million in 1922.


1920s in jazz, 1922
Yet as a form of music it was still not appreciated by many critics, including Anne Faulkner, who passed off jazz as "a destructive dissonance," asking if the music "put the sin in syncopation"and Henry van Dyke who described jazz as "an unmitigated cacophony, a species of music invented by demons for the torture of imbeciles."


1920s in jazz, 1922
Chicago in 1922 in particular was attracting bands such as Joe "King" Oliver's Creole Jazz Band at the Lincoln Gardens, joined by Louis Armstrong on 8 August 1922 and the Austin High Gang featuring Frank Teschemacher (clarinet), Jimmy McPartland (cornet), Richard McPartland (guitar and banjo) and Lawrence "Bud" Freeman (sax) who began playing at the Friar's Inn in Chicago.


1920s in jazz, 1922
Meanwhile, on the New York scene, Duke Ellington arrived in New York City with Sonny Greer and banjo player Elmer Snowden and met his idol James P. Johnson, Fats Waller who had begun to make a name for himself with his piano rolls and Willie "The Lion" Smith. Coleman Hawkins, already well noted for his high level of profiency joined Mamie Smith's Jazz Hounds and were later hired in New York by Fletcher Henderson.


1920s in jazz, 1922
Jazz began to emerge in the Soviet Union with the "First Eccentric Orchestra of the Russian Federated Socialist Republic – Valentin Parnakh's Jazz Band ".


1920s in jazz, 1924
In 1924, the improvised solo had become an integral part of most jazz performances Jazz was becoming increasingly popular in New Orleans, Kansas City, Chicago and New York City and 1924 was something of a benchmark of jazz being seen as a serious musical form. John Alden Carpenter made a statement insisting that jazz was now 'our contemporary popular music', and Irving Berlin made a statement that jazz was the "rhythmic beat of our everyday lives," and the music's "swiftness is interpretive of our verve and speed". Leopold Stokowski, the conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1924, publicly embraced jazz as a musical art form and delivered praise to various jazz musicians. In 1924, George Gershwin wrote Rhapsody in Blue, widely regarded as one of the finest compositions of the 20th century.


1920s in jazz, 1924
Black jazz entrepreneur and producer Clarence Williams successfully recorded groups in the New Orleans area, among them Sidney Bechet and Louis Armstrong. Williams, like Armstrong soon moved from New Orleans and opened a record store in Chicago. In Chicago, Earl Hines formed a group and incidentally inhabited the neighboring apartment to Armstrong while he was in Chicago. Also in Chicago, trumpeter Tommy Ladnier begins playing in Joe Oliver's band. Meanwhile, Bechet soon moved to New England with Ellington during the summer of 1924, playing dances and later New York City.


1920s in jazz, 1924
In 1924, in jazz, ensembles in the Kansas City area began play a style with a four even beat ground beat as opposed to a New Orleans two beat ground beat behind a 4/4 melody. Charlie Parker grew up in Kansas City listening to this style of jazz.


1920s in jazz, 1924
In 1924, Django Reinhardt became a guitarist and began playing the clubs of Paris. Noted Classic Blues singer Bessie Smith began to achieve major fame.


1920s in jazz, 1924
In October 1924, Louis Armstrong joined Fletcher Henderson's band in New York City upon his wife's insistence. They began performing at the Roseland Ballroom on 51st street and Broadway in Manhattan. His new style of jazz playing greatly influenced the style of other New York musicians such as Coleman Hawkins and Duke Ellington. Ellington and his Washingtonians performed at the Hollywood Club on 49th street and Broadway, while Bix Beiderbecke and the Wolverines, renamed Personality Kids performed at the Cinderella Ballroom on 41st street and Broadway. On 5 December 1924, a 17-year-old Jimmy McPartland replaced Beiderbecke in the Wolverines (Personality Kids) band and violinist Dave Harmon joins.


1920s in sociology
The following events related to sociology occurred in the 1920s.


1920–1922 Jabal al-Gharbi civil war
The 1920-22 Jabal al-Gharbi civil war was a conflict which occurred in the Nafusa Mountains and surrounding areas, in what is today the country of Libya, fought between local tribal leaders competing for political offices in the Tripolitanian Republic.


1920–1924 Pacific hurricane seasons
The 1920–1924 Pacific hurricane seasons all began during late spring in the northeast Pacific Ocean and the central Pacific. They ended in late fall.


1920–1924 Pacific hurricane seasons
Before the satellite age started in the 1960s, data on east Pacific hurricanes is extremely unreliable. In a few years, there are no reported cyclones although many systems certainly formed.


1920–1924 Pacific hurricane seasons, 1920
Three known tropical cyclones formed this year in the eastern Pacific proper. One of them existed from September 10 to 13. It passed close to the southern tip of the Baja California Peninsula but never made landfall.


1920–1924 Pacific hurricane seasons, 1921
Nine tropical cyclones are known this year in the eastern Pacific proper.


1920–1924 Pacific hurricane seasons, 1921
I. After crossing central Baja California, a tropical cyclone moved northward into southwestern Arizona on August 20, causing up to 2 inches (51 mm) of rain.


1920–1924 Pacific hurricane seasons, 1921
II. A system stayed at sea from September 25 to 30. It paralleled the coast of Mexico without making landfall. The remnants of this tropical cyclone moved northeastward through Baja California and Arizona, producing up to 4 inches (100 mm) of rain in the desert region.


1920–1924 Pacific hurricane seasons, 1921
III. and IV. Two possible tropical cyclones exited in the central Pacific during the month of October. The first developed on October 5 near Hawaii, and moved northward until being absorbed by an extratropical storm over the Aleutian Islands. The second was observed on October 17 well to the northeast of Hawaii. For both of these systems, it is unknown what, if any, tropical characteristics they had. It is possible they were Kona-type storms due to their locations.


1920–1924 Pacific hurricane seasons, 1922
I. One of them was an extremely unusual hurricane that formed between February 6 and 18 and hassled a ship moving between San Pedro and Panama City. This is the only Eastern Pacific hurricane to form in the month of February.


1920–1924 Pacific hurricane seasons, 1922
II. Another cyclone paralleled the coast of Mexico from August 27 to 30. It passed south of the Revilla Gigedo Islands but otherwise stayed at sea.


1920–1924 Pacific hurricane seasons, 1922
III. A "tropical hurricane" formed offshore western Mexico on September 9, and moved northwest, parallel but well offshore the coast, dissipating on September 13.


1920–1924 Pacific hurricane seasons, 1922
IV. A tropical cyclone was tracked from October 14 to 16. It moved northeast and made landfall near Mazatlán.


1920–1924 Pacific hurricane seasons, 1923
Five known tropical cyclones existed in the eastern Pacific proper this year.


1920–1924 Pacific hurricane seasons, 1923
I. The initial low pressure area formed on August 20 well southwest of Hawaii. Moving generally westward, it was a small hurricane on August 23 when it was last noted. This storm is known as the Vega Cyclone, named after the USS Vega (AK-17) which reported the storm.


1920–1924 Pacific hurricane seasons, 1923
II. A tropical storm formed on October 12. After moving north, it made landfall near Salina Cruz. It crossed the Isthmus of Tehuantepec and emerged into the Bay of Campeche. It strengthened into Atlantic hurricane 3 and eventually made landfall in Louisiana as a weak Category 2.


1920–1924 Pacific hurricane seasons, 1924
Three known tropical cyclones formed this year in the eastern Pacific proper.


1920–1924 Pacific hurricane seasons, 1924
I. One was detected on September 2. It stayed at sea and was lost track of on September 8.


1920–1924 Pacific hurricane seasons, 1924
II. Another system was discovered on September 6. It moved in a generally northerly direction. It dissipated on September 9 after making landfall about midway between Acapulco and a place called "C. Corrigules". However, weather associated with it crossed into the Gulf of Mexico.


1920–1938 Pacific typhoon seasons
The following is a list of Pacific typhoon seasons from 1920 to 1938. Data from these years was extremely unreliable, so there were many more typhoons that did not hit land and were not detected by ships. The average from these times was 23 tropical storms, which now would be considered a well-below-average season.


1920–1938 Pacific typhoon seasons, 1920
In 1920, there were 20 tropical cyclones in the western Pacific Ocean.


1920–1938 Pacific typhoon seasons, 1921
In 1921, there were 24 tropical cyclones in the western Pacific Ocean.


1920–1938 Pacific typhoon seasons, 1922
In 1922, there were 24 tropical cyclones in the western Pacific Ocean.


1920–1938 Pacific typhoon seasons, 1922
On July 27, a typhoon struck southwestern China near Shantou, killing an estimated 100,000 people.


1920–1938 Pacific typhoon seasons, 1923
In 1923, there were 26 tropical cyclones in the western Pacific Ocean.


1920–1938 Pacific typhoon seasons, 1923
On August 12, a typhoon struck China, killing 100 people around Hong Kong.


1920–1938 Pacific typhoon seasons, 1923
In September, a typhoon struck the Japanese island of Honshu, killing 3,000 people and leaving US$10 million in damage.


1920–1938 Pacific typhoon seasons, 1924
In 1924, there were 25 tropical cyclones in the western Pacific Ocean.


1920–1938 Pacific typhoon seasons, 1925
In 1925, there were 22 tropical cyclones in the western Pacific Ocean.


1920–1938 Pacific typhoon seasons, 1926
In 1926, there were 19 tropical cyclones in the western Pacific Ocean.


1920–1938 Pacific typhoon seasons, 1928
In 1928, there were 22 tropical cyclones in the western Pacific Ocean.


1920–1938 Pacific typhoon seasons, 1929
In 1929, there were 22 tropical cyclones in the western Pacific Ocean.


1920–1938 Pacific typhoon seasons, 1930
In 1930, there were 25 tropical cyclones in the western Pacific Ocean.


1920–1938 Pacific typhoon seasons, 1932
In 1932, there were 27 tropical cyclones in the western Pacific Ocean.


1920–1938 Pacific typhoon seasons, 1932
In late April, a typhoon moved across the Sulu Archipelago in the southern Philippines, killing 147 people.


1920–1938 Pacific typhoon seasons, 1933
In 1933, there were 29 tropical cyclones in the western Pacific Ocean.


1920–1938 Pacific typhoon seasons, 1934
In 1934, there were 29 tropical cyclones in the western Pacific Ocean.


1920–1938 Pacific typhoon seasons, 1934
In July, a typhoon killed four people when it struck Luzon in the Philippines. Another typhoon in November struck Samar, killing 85 people.


1920–1938 Pacific typhoon seasons, 1934
In September, a typhoon struck Muroto, killing 3,066 people and leaving US$300 million in damage.


1920–1938 Pacific typhoon seasons, 1934
In October, another typhoon impacted Philippines. It killed five people and caused property damages in Manila.


1920–1938 Pacific typhoon seasons, 1935
In 1935, there were 24 tropical cyclones in the western Pacific Ocean.


1920–1938 Pacific typhoon seasons, 1936
In 1936, there were 24 tropical cyclones in the western Pacific Ocean.


1920–1938 Pacific typhoon seasons, 1936
On August 28, a typhoon struck South Korea, killing 1,104 people.


1920–1938 Pacific typhoon seasons, 1937
In 1937, there were 22 tropical cyclones in the western Pacific Ocean. This was a very deadly season.


1920–1938 Pacific typhoon seasons, 1937
On September 2, a powerful typhoon struck Hong Kong, killing about 11,000 people.


1920–1938 Pacific typhoon seasons, 1937
In November, a typhoon struck Luzon, killing 38 people. In the same month, another typhoon killed 231 people.


1920–1938 Pacific typhoon seasons, 1938
In 1938, there were 31 tropical cyclones in the western Pacific Ocean.


1920–1938 Pacific typhoon seasons, 1938
In October, a typhoon killed 33 people in Luzon, mostly from a shipwreck. A typhoon in December killed 305 people in the Philippines.


1920–21 Aberdeen F.C. season
Aberdeen F.C. competed in the Scottish Football League and Scottish Cup in season 1920–21.


1920–21 Aberdeen F.C. season, Overview
Aberdeen finished in 11th place out of 22 clubs in the Scottish Football League, an improvement on the previous season's finish of 17th. In the cup, they lost out to local rivals Dundee after a second replay in the third round. Peter Fisher finished as the club's top scorer with 14 goals.


1920–21 Arsenal F.C. season
The 1920–21 season was Arsenal's 2nd consecutive season in the top division of English football.


1920–21 Austrian First Class
The 1920–21 Austrian First Class season was the tenth season of top-tier football in Austria. Once again the league expanded to 13 teams with SK Rapid Wien getting their seventh title by six points over second place SV Amateure.


1920–21 Belgian First Division, Overview
It was contested by 12 teams, and Daring Club won the championship. As the number of clubs was to be increased from 12 to 14, only one club was relegated to the Promotion Division, with three clubs promoted.


1920–21 Beşiktaş J.K. season
The 1920–21 season was the 2nd official football season for the club. They competed against 9 other teams in the İstanbul Sports League. As the defending champions, they came 1st place in their group and defeated Darüssafaka in the final, earning their 2nd ever championship.


1920–21 Beşiktaş J.K. season, Season
In the İstanbul Sports League there were 2 groups: Group A and Group B. Beşiktaş was in group A.


1920–21 Birmingham F.C. season
The 1920–21 Football League season was Birmingham Football Club's 25th in the Football League and their 17th in the Second Division. Needing to beat Port Vale away on the last day of the season to maintain their position ahead of Cardiff City and clinch the division title for the second time, they did so, thus earning promotion to the First Division for the 1921–22 season. They also took part in the FA Cup, entering at the first round proper and losing in that round to Luton Town.


1920–21 Birmingham F.C. season
Twenty-four players made at least one appearance in nationally organised first-team competition, and there were eleven different goalscorers. Forward Johnny Crosbie was ever-present over the 43-match season. Harry Hampton was leading scorer with 16 goals, all of which came in the league. A 19-year-old called Joe Bradford scored on his competitive debut on Christmas Day at West Ham United; he went on to set goalscoring records for the club of 467 goals, 414 in the league, was their leading scorer for twelve consecutive seasons from 1922 to 1933, and scored seven times in twelve appearances for England.


1920–21 Birmingham F.C. season
Off the field, the club bought the freehold of the St Andrew's Ground in 1921 for around £7,000.


1920–21 Blackpool F.C. season
The 1920–21 season was Blackpool F.C. 's twentieth season (seventeenth consecutive) in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing fourth.


1920–21 Blackpool F.C. season
Blackpool defender Horace Fairhurst suffered a head injury during Blackpool's game against Barnsley at Oakwell on 27 December 1920. He died at home eleven days later as a result of the injury.


1920–21 Blackpool F.C. season
Jimmy Heathcote was the club's top scorer, with eighteen goals.


1920–21 Blackpool F.C. season, Season synopsis
Although Blackpool matched the previous season's fourth-placed finishing position, this campaign's League season got off to a slow start, picking up only two points from a possible eight from their opening four games. A victory, 4–0 at home to Coventry City on 11 September, got them on their way. Two wins in their next three games followed.


1920–21 Blackpool F.C. season, Season synopsis
At the halfway point, they had 25 points to their name. They acquired another 25 in the second half, but a loss and three draws in their final four fixtures saw them unable to keep pace with Birmingham and Cardiff City.


1920–21 Blackpool F.C. season, Season synopsis
For the second straight season, Blackpool exited the FA Cup in Round Two.


1920–21 Blackpool F.C. season, Player statistics, Appearances, League
Mingay 13, Fairhurst 20, Tulloch 40, Keenan 42, Halstead 1, Howard 8, Charles 33, Heathcote 40, Ratcliffe 13, McGinn 24, Donachie 19, Benton 39, Popplewell 1, Barrass 32, Burke 7, Gavin 18, Brown 1, Richardson 29, Bainbridge 2, Rooks 17, Mee 29, Baker 12, Hunter 2, Reid 3, Lovett 2, Marsh 1, Leaver 3, Bedford 10


1920–21 Blackpool F.C. season, Player statistics, Appearances, FA Cup
Tulloch 2, Keenan 3, Charles 3, Heathcote 3, Ratcliffe 2, McGinn 3, Benton 3, Barrass 3, Gavin 3, Richardson 3, Mee 3, Rooks 2


1920–21 Blackpool F.C. season, Player statistics, Goals, League
Heathcote 18, Barrass 9, Bedford 7, Benton 6, Keenan 3, Charles 3, Ratcliffe 2, Mee 2, Reid 2, Donachie 1, Rooks 1


1920–21 Bradford City A.F.C. season
The 1920–21 Bradford City A.F.C. season was the 14th in the club's history.


1920–21 Bradford City A.F.C. season
The club finished 15th in Division One, and reached the 2nd round of the FA Cup.


1920–21 Brentford F.C. season
During the 1920–21 English football season, Brentford competed in the Football League Third Division. It was Brentford's inaugural season in the Football League and ended with the club successfully applying for re-election.


1920–21 Brentford F.C. season, Season summary
After 18 seasons as members of the Southern League, Brentford were named as founder members of the new Football League Third Division for the 1920–21 campaign. In preparation, 11 new players were signed and £2,000 was spent on improvements to Griffin Park. Despite flirting with a position in mid-table during August and September 1920, the club endured a torrid season, sinking to the re-election places by October and largely remaining there for the rest of the season. The FA Cup was exited in the first round. Brentford successfully applied for re-election to the Football League at the end of the season without going to a poll. Three directors resigned after the season, due to a deficit of nearly £6,000 (equivalent to £268,200 in 2021).


1920–21 Brentford F.C. season, Season summary
The goalscoring of former Arsenal forward Harry King provided one of the rare bright spots of the season, with his 18 goals accounting for nearly half that of the team's total. King also became the first Brentford player to register a Football League hat-trick in a 5–0 thrashing of Grimsby Town on 28 March 1921, the Bees' biggest win of the season. The result established the club record for the highest winning margin in a Football League match, which would stand until broken in September 1929.


1920–21 Brentford F.C. season, Season summary
Secretary manager Fred Halliday stood down after the season and reverted to an administrative role within the club. Management adviser Billy Brawn also stepped down. Brentford's 9 league victories during the season is the joint-fewest in the club's history and Jimmy Hodson became the club's record-oldest player when he appeared in the final match of the season at age 40 years, 8 months and two days.


1920–21 British Home Championship
The 1920–21 British Home Championship was a football tournament played between the British Home Nations during the 1920–21 season. The second tournament played since the hiatus of the First World War, the 1921 competition was dominated by Scotland, who won the first of seven championships they would claim throughout the decade. England and reigning champions Wales came joint second as goal difference was not at this stage used to separate teams.


1920–21 British Home Championship
England and Ireland kicked off the competition in October 1920, with England gaining an early advantage through a 2–0 victory. Action resumed the following February when Scotland beat current champions Wales at home and then Ireland away, to top the table. Wales and England both needed victory in their match to have a chance of catching Scotland, but both sides nullified each other and the result was a scoreless draw, requiring an English victory over the Scots in their final game to beat Scotland's lead. In the final games played simultaneously on 9 April, Wales beat Ireland to elevate themselves into joint second place as England crashed 3–0 to a superior Scottish side in Glasgow, thus making Scotland British Champions.


1920–21 Buffalo Bulls men's basketball team
The 1920–21 Buffalo Bulls men's basketball team represented the University of Buffalo during the 1920–21 NCAA college men's basketball season. The head coach was Art Powell, coaching his sixth season with the Bulls.


1920–21 Burnley F.C. season
The 1920–21 season was the 32nd season of competitive football played by Burnley Football Club. Burnley began the season confidently, despite not having played a match for almost four months before their first league fixture of the season. After losing their first three games, Burnley embarked on a 30-match unbeaten league run from 4 September 1920 until 26 March 1921, winning the Football League First Division and becoming English champions for the first time in their history. Burnley's unbeaten run stood as a Football League record for over 80 years, until it was bettered by Arsenal in the 2003–04 season. Burnley ended the 1920–21 season on 59 points, having won 23 games, drawn 13, and lost 6.


1920–21 Burnley F.C. season
The team reached the third round of the FA Cup, defeating Leicester City away and Queens Park Rangers at home, before unexpectedly losing away to Second Division side Hull City. Burnley won the East Lancashire Charity Cup, beating Blackburn Rovers 8–2 over two legs, but fared poorly in the Lancashire Senior Cup, losing to Manchester City. As league champions, Burnley qualified for the Charity Shield, in which they were beaten 0–2 by FA Cup winners Tottenham Hotspur. Burnley also played two friendly matches during the season. The first, against Blackburn Rovers, marked the opening of Accrington Stanley's new stadium; the other was a benefit match for Patsy Gallacher, against a representative team from the Scottish Football League.


1920–21 Burnley F.C. season
Burnley used 23 different players during the season and had nine different goalscorers. Their top scorer was Scottish forward Joe Anderson, with 31 competitive goals, including 25 in the league. Eight new players were signed by Burnley during the course of the season, and nine were released. Match attendances were the highest they had ever been at Turf Moor, with an average gate of over 30,000. The highest attendance of the campaign was a crowd of 42,653, who saw Burnley beat Bolton Wanderers 3–1 on 26 February 1921; the lowest was 22,000, for the match against Sunderland on the final day of the season.


1920–21 Burnley F.C. season, Background and pre-season
The 1920–21 campaign was the second season of competitive football in England after the First World War. Burnley's chairman, Harry Windle, had been elected to the position in 1909, and manager John Haworth was marking his 11th consecutive year in charge. After finishing as runners-up to West Bromwich Albion in the Football League First Division the previous season, there was a sense of eager anticipation within the club before the season began. Team captain Tommy Boyle claimed that his side was capable of building on its success of the previous season and winning the league championship, despite Burnley not having won a trophy since their FA Cup victory in 1914.


1920–21 Burnley F.C. season, Background and pre-season
Burnley did not play any pre-season friendly games other than a practice match between the first team and the reserves, which was watched by a crowd of around 10,000 at Turf Moor. The team's last competitive match had ended in a 0–2 defeat against Manchester United in the Lancashire Senior Cup on 8 May 1920, almost four months earlier. The strip for 1920–21 was very little changed from that of the previous season; the claret jersey with light blue sleeves and a light blue stripe around the collar was kept along with the white shorts, but the claret socks were replaced by black.


1920–21 Burnley F.C. season, Transfers
The nucleus of the Burnley team remained unchanged from the previous campaign. Eight new players signed for the club, and eleven left during the season. New signings included goalkeeper Frank Birchenough from West Ham United and defender Bob McGrory from Dumbarton. Also brought in were George Richardson from non-league side Horden Athletic and Tom Brophy from St Helens Town. West Bromwich Albion's Len Moorwood was also signed in October 1920 to provide further goalkeeping backup. Attackers Richard Cragg, Billy Clarkson and Patrick Norris were among those who left the club in pre-season. Defender Tom Bamford, who had not played a match for Burnley since before the First World War thanks to the emergence of Len Smelt, also left the club and joined Rochdale in September 1920.


1920–21 Burnley F.C. season, Transfers
Transfer activity continued after the season began. Inside forward Jack Lane was brought in from Cradley Heath in December 1920, followed by defender John Pearson from the same club two months later. Winger George Douglas was signed from Leicester City in February 1921. Thomas Jackson, who had made only one first-team appearance for Burnley, left the club in January 1921 to sign for Scottish side Dundee.


1920–21 Burnley F.C. season, Transfers
Two players who had been signed at the beginning of the season left Burnley in April 1921; Bob McGrory moved to Stoke City on a free transfer and Frank Birchenough was released after playing two league matches. Bert Freeman left Burnley at the end of the season after nine years service, by which time he had become the club's all-time leading goalscorer.


1920–21 Burnley F.C. season, Transfers
FW = Forward, MF = Midfielder, GK = Goalkeeper, DF = Defender


1920–21 Burnley F.C. season, League campaign
Burnley's league campaign began on 28 August 1920 with a home match against Bradford City, who had finished 15th in the league in 1919–20. The season began inauspiciously for Burnley, beaten 1–4, but the match did see eventual top scorer Joe Anderson score the first of his 25 league goals of the campaign. Two further away defeats followed, 0–1 at Huddersfield Town and 0–2 at Bradford City, leaving Burnley at the bottom of the league table. This run of defeats was Burnley's worst start to a league season since 1906–07, when they also lost their opening three matches.


1920–21 Burnley F.C. season, League campaign
Manager Haworth subsequently made several changes to the team; goalkeeper Jerry Dawson and defender Tommy Boyle were reinstated, while Bert Freeman and James Lindsay were dropped in favour of Billy Nesbitt and Benny Cross respectively. Burnley picked up their first win on 6 September 1920, beating Huddersfield Town 3–0 at Turf Moor; the goalscorers were Bob Kelly, Tommy Boyle, and Billy Nesbitt. They went on to defeat Middlesbrough 2–1 at home, and to draw with them 0–0 at Ayresome Park. On 25 September 1920, four players scored in a 4–0 victory against a weakened Chelsea team, giving Burnley their third successive home win.


1920–21 Burnley F.C. season, League campaign
October began with a 1–1 draw with Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, after which the team recorded four straight wins throughout the remainder of the month. Burnley achieved home and away victories against Bradford (Park Avenue), before repeating the feat in the next two matches against Tottenham Hotspur. Burnley beat Tottenham 2–1 on 23 October 1920, then achieved a 2–0 victory the following week, the first time in the season that any team had been able to prevent Tottenham from scoring in a league match.


1920–21 Burnley F.C. season, League campaign
The team's performance at White Hart Lane was met with disapproval from the correspondent from the Daily Mail, who wrote that Burnley set out to stifle their opponents and in doing so "spoilt the match". Burnley carried on their winning streak into November, with goals from Bob Kelly, Tommy Boyle and Benny Cross helping the side to defeat Newcastle United 3–1 at home and 2–1 away to lift them to second place in the league. The home fixture was marred by tragedy when a charabanc transporting supporters from Grassington overturned, killing five people.


1920–21 Burnley F.C. season, League campaign
After the next game, a 2–2 draw with Oldham Athletic at Boundary Park on 20 November 1920, Burnley moved to the top of the table on goal average, 11 weeks after having been at the bottom. In the return match at Turf Moor a week later, Oldham were comfortably beaten 7–1; Bob Kelly scored four goals, and the others were added by Tommy Boyle and Benny Cross.


1920–21 Burnley F.C. season, League campaign
A win and a draw against Liverpool, followed by a 2–0 victory over Preston North End, took Burnley into the Christmas period three points clear at the top of the league. The convincing 6–0 win over Sheffield United on Christmas Day, in which forward Joe Anderson scored four times, set a new club record unbeaten streak of 17 games, beating the record set during the 1897–98 campaign. Burnley continued their good form into 1921, beating Preston North End away before achieving two victories against local rivals Blackburn Rovers.


1920–21 Burnley F.C. season, League campaign
The first of these wins, a 4–1 success, was watched by 41,534 spectators, the biggest home crowd of the season until then. The victory was followed by a 3–1 away win a week later. On 5 February 1921, Anderson scored five goals in a "brilliant" performance against Aston Villa as Burnley recorded their second 7–1 win of the season. The result saw Burnley equal the Football League record of 22 matches unbeaten, held by Sheffield United and Preston North End. A new league unbeaten record was set with a 0–0 draw with Aston Villa four days later.


1920–21 Burnley F.C. season, League campaign
Despite losing George Halley to an illness which forced him to miss the remainder of the season, Burnley secured a late home win over Derby County in the following game, sending Derby to the bottom of the league table. February ended with a 3–1 victory against Bolton Wanderers in front of a crowd of 42,653, the largest league attendance ever at Turf Moor at the time. The team took four points from the next three matches. Burnley firstly drew 1–1 away against a Bolton Wanderers team who were unbeaten at home, before a then-record crowd of 54,609 at Burnden Park, before beating Arsenal at Turf Moor. The following week Burnley secured an away draw at Arsenal, despite their opponents attacking for much of the game.


1920–21 Burnley F.C. season, League campaign
A late Benny Cross goal gave Burnley a 1–0 win over Manchester United at Turf Moor, extending the team's unbeaten record to 30 matches. In the next match, Burnley lost a league fixture for the first time since 4 September 1920 when they were beaten 0–3 by Manchester City at Hyde Road. City were also challenging for the league title and eventually finished as runners-up. More than 37,000 spectators attended the match and several people were injured as the stadium became overcrowded. Burnley followed up the setback with successive wins over Manchester City and Manchester United to take the total number of league wins in the season to 23. The team suffered its fifth league defeat of the campaign on 9 April 1921, losing 0–2 away at West Bromwich Albion.


1920–21 Burnley F.C. season, League campaign
Burnley played West Bromwich Albion again seven days later, drawing 1–1. The team went into the match against Everton on 23 April 1921 needing a draw to clinch the league championship. Everton took the lead 15 minutes into the game, but Benny Cross scored the equalising goal three minutes later, and Burnley held on to become English champions for the first time in their history. Local newspapers were effusive in their praise of the Burnley side, calling them "the greatest team that ever was".


1920–21 Burnley F.C. season, League campaign
The draw with Everton was succeeded by another 1–1 stalemate against the same team at Turf Moor. In the penultimate game, Burnley were beaten 0–1 away at Sunderland, their sixth and final league defeat of the season. The campaign ended with a 2–2 draw against Sunderland on 7 May 1921 in front of a season-lowest crowd of 22,000. The draw took Burnley to a tally of 59 points, five points clear of second-placed Manchester City, and one short of West Bromwich Albion's then-record total of 60 points set in 1919–20.


1920–21 Burnley F.C. season, League campaign
At half time during the final match of the season, the championship trophy was paraded around the Turf Moor pitch accompanied by a marching band. After the full-time whistle was blown, supporters swarmed the pitch to celebrate the team's success. The Football League president, John McKenna, made the official presentation of the trophy to the Burnley captain Boyle and congratulated the side on their achievement, particularly praising "their splendid training and their beautiful football". Medals were awarded to the manager John Haworth, the club trainer Charlie Bates and the eleven players who had featured in the match against Sunderland. Three more medals were later awarded to Mosscrop, Taylor and Basnett.


1920–21 Burnley F.C. season, Other first team matches
Burnley's first match outside the league in the 1920–21 season was a friendly on 22 September 1920 against a Blackburn Rovers XI to mark the opening of Accrington Stanley's new stadium at Peel Park. Burnley won the game 10–1 with seven goals from Joe Anderson in addition to strikes from James Lindsay, Walter Weaver and Thomas Jackson. Burnley's opening game in the FA Cup was an away tie at Leicester City on 8 January 1921.


1920–21 Burnley F.C. season, Other first team matches
Bob Kelly scored for the fourth game in succession and Joe Anderson scored four goals as Burnley won the match 7–3, the first time the team had scored seven goals in a competitive match away from home. After the match, the Athletic News described Burnley as the best team in the country.


1920–21 Burnley F.C. season, Other first team matches
Following the win over Leicester City, Burnley were drawn against Queens Park Rangers at Turf Moor in the Second Round. Despite a good performance by their opponents, Burnley progressed to the Third Round with a 4–2 win, in which Bob Kelly struck twice in the first half and Joe Anderson scored either side of half time. In the Third Round, Burnley were handed an away tie at Hull City, who at the time were struggling in the Football League Second Division and had won only two matches in the previous five months. Despite being without first-team regulars George Halley and Joe Anderson through injury, Burnley were expected to win comfortably, not having lost since 4 September 1920. Hull City played above all expectations and Burnley suffered a 0–3 defeat after being 0–1 behind at half time.


1920–21 Burnley F.C. season, Other first team matches
In April 1921, Burnley won the East Lancs Charity Cup for the second consecutive season, beating Blackburn Rovers 8–2 on aggregate over two legs. The first leg was won 6–2 at Turf Moor thanks to goals from Eddie Mosscrop, Joe Anderson, Benny Cross and a hat-trick from Bob Kelly, before strikes from Joe Anderson and James Lindsay gave Burnley a 2–0 win at Ewood Park. This success was followed by a 2–1 friendly victory over a Scottish Football League XI in a benefit match for Celtic winger Patsy Gallacher.


1920–21 Burnley F.C. season, Other first team matches
Burnley also participated in the Lancashire Senior Cup; the league matches against Blackburn Rovers and Preston North End also counted as group stage matches in the competition. The team won all four of these games to qualify for the semi-finals, where they were drawn against Manchester City. The game on 9 May 1921 ended in a 0–2 defeat for Burnley, and their opponents went on to win the trophy that year.


1920–21 Burnley F.C. season, Other first team matches
As champions of the Football League, Burnley qualified for the Charity Shield, then known as the Dewar Shield. Burnley's opponents were Tottenham Hotspur, who had finished sixth in the First Division and beaten Wolverhampton Wanderers in the FA Cup final. In what was the last match of the 1920–21 campaign, Burnley fell to a 0–2 loss at White Hart Lane on 16 May 1921. The match was not without controversy, as the Burnley players claimed that the second goal should have been disallowed despite the Tottenham goalscorer being onside, maintaining that the whistle had already been blown by the referee.


1920–21 Burnley F.C. season, Player details
Burnley manager John Haworth used 23 different players during the 1920–21 season, and there were nine different goalscorers. The team played in a 2–3–5 formation throughout the campaign, with two fullbacks, three halfbacks, two outside forwards, two inside forwards and a centre forward. Billy Watson played the highest number of games, appearing in all 45 First Division and FA Cup matches. Billy Nesbitt and Joe Anderson each played 43 times. Anderson was the top goalscorer for Burnley in the campaign with 31 competitive goals, including 25 in the league, the highest total since Bert Freeman's 36 goals in 1912–13.


1920–21 Burnley F.C. season, Player details
With a tally of 23 goals, Bob Kelly was the second-highest scorer, followed by Benny Cross with 15, including the goal that won the title for Burnley. Club captain Tommy Boyle was the highest-scoring defender, with seven goals in 38 league appearances. Winger Billy Nesbitt scored five times during the season.


1920–21 Burnley F.C. season, Player details
England international goalkeeper Jerry Dawson missed three games, two because of an injury sustained in the opening match. Centre forward Bert Freeman, who had become the first ever Burnley player to score 100 league goals, and held the club record for most goals in a season, played only four matches. His final appearance for Burnley came in the FA Cup Third Round defeat to Hull City.


1920–21 Burnley F.C. season, Player details
Several players made bit-part contributions to the campaign; Tom Brophy and Bob McGrory each made just three first-team appearances and Frank Birchenough, George Douglas, Jack Lane, Len Moorwood and Bill Taylor played in two matches or fewer. George Richardson and John Pearson, both new signings in the 1920–21 season, failed to make a first-team appearance for Burnley during the campaign. Thomas Jackson was a squad member until January 1921, but he did not play any games for Burnley in the 1920–21 campaign.


1920–21 Burnley F.C. season, Player details, Player statistics
FW = Forward, MF = Midfielder, GK = Goalkeeper, DF = Defender


1920–21 Burnley F.C. season, Aftermath
The Burnley board had planned a tour of Spain to take place during the summer of 1921 after the culmination of the league campaign. However, the trip had to be cancelled when the club received notice from the Spanish Football Federation that one of their intended opponents, Barcelona, had been suspended from all matches. Further tours of Norway and France were then arranged, but these also had to be abandoned after the Football Association refused to grant permission. At the end of the season five players were given free transfers by the club; Len Smelt and Frank Birchenough, who had both played for Burnley during the campaign, and three reserve players. Moreover, two players–Bert Freeman and George Thompson–were placed on the transfer list by the manager.


1920–21 Burnley F.C. season, Aftermath
Burnley's 30-game unbeaten streak during the 1920–21 season stood as a Football League record for 83 years until it was surpassed by Arsenal, who completed the entire season without losing in the 2003–04 campaign. After the defeat to Bradford City on 28 August 1920, Burnley did not lose another match at Turf Moor until 11 February 1922, when they were beaten 1–2 by Blackburn Rovers.


1920–21 Burnley F.C. season, Aftermath
In the same match, the halfback line of Tommy Boyle, George Halley and Billy Watson—used in 25 first-team games during 1920–21—was seen for the final time, having played together for the first time in September 1913. The majority of the championship-winning team remained intact going into the 1921–22 season, although players such as David Taylor and Walter Weaver found themselves less involved in first-team matches.


1920–21 Cardiff City F.C. season
The 1920–21 season was the 20th year of competitive football played by Cardiff City F.C. and the team's first in the Football League. In a ballot by members of their new league, Cardiff were voted into the Second Division and won their first match 5–2 against Stockport County. Cardiff finished the season tied on points with first-placed Birmingham, with 58 of a possible 84 points. The winner was therefore decided via goal average, with Cardiff placing second by a margin of 0.235. The two sides were both promoted to the First Division.


1920–21 Cardiff City F.C. season
Cardiff also reached the semi-final of the FA Cup, becoming the first Welsh side to do so and keeping six consecutive clean sheets in the process. The team caused two upsets by defeating First Division sides Sunderland and Chelsea in the first and fourth rounds respectively. They were eliminated from the competition by fellow Second Division side Wolverhampton Wanderers, losing 3–1 in a replay at Old Trafford. In the Welsh Cup, Cardiff were the holders entering the competition but were eliminated in the third round by Pontypridd after a fixture clash with a league match against Bristol City forced them to field a reserve side.


1920–21 Cardiff City F.C. season
During the season, Cardiff used 29 players in all competitions. Billy Hardy featured in more games than any other player, being ever present in both the league and FA Cup with 49 appearances. He missed only one senior match for the side, the club's Welsh Cup defeat. Forward Jimmy Gill, signed at the start of the season, was the club's top goalscorer. He scored 20 times in all competitions, finishing the campaign eight goals clear of the next highest scoring player, Arthur Cashmore.


1920–21 Cardiff City F.C. season
The club attracted an average home attendance at Ninian Park of more than 28,000 for their first season in the Football League, an increase from previous years in the Southern League. Home matches against Coventry City and Bristol City both recorded season-high league attendances of 42,000, although an FA Cup tie against Chelsea attracted 50,000.


1920–21 Cardiff City F.C. season, Background and preseason
In 1910, Cardiff City entered the Southern Football League, giving up their amateur status and becoming a professional football club that year. In the 1919–20 season they finished fourth in the Southern League's First Division. The Football League, a rival competition to the Southern League at the time, was expanding, and absorbed the teams from the Southern League's First Division to form a new Football League Third Division. The Southern League had suffered several blows in the years prior with London-based sides Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham United and Fulham all moving into the Football League.


1920–21 Cardiff City F.C. season, Background and preseason
Cardiff's founder Bartley Wilson, along with the club's committee, prepared an application to become one of two sides that would enter the Football League Second Division in place of the two teams that finished at the bottom of the league the previous season. Votes were cast on the decision by members of the Football League; Leeds United, looking to replace Leeds City, a team that had dropped out of the Football League after eight matches the previous year, led the ballot with 31 votes.


1920–21 Cardiff City F.C. season, Background and preseason
Cardiff were second with 23 votes, beating out their nearest rival, relegated side Grimsby Town by 3 votes. Lincoln City received only 7 votes while Rochdale and Chesterfield withdrew their applications before the voting. Cardiff's election meant that they were placed in a higher division than the three sides that had finished above them, Portsmouth, Watford and Crystal Palace. The decision proved controversial, particularly at Portsmouth, who had ended the season as champions. The Southern Football League also fined Cardiff £500 for providing insufficient notice of their departure from the competition.


1920–21 Cardiff City F.C. season, Background and preseason
Manager Fred Stewart, appointed in 1913, remained in charge. He maintained the core of his side from the previous season. The most prominent signing made before the start of the new campaign was forward Jimmy Gill, who was signed from The Wednesday for £750. Other new signings included Herbie Evans from local side Cardiff Corinthians, goalkeeper Ben Davies from Middlesbrough, Tom Sayles from Sheffield, Ernie Gault and Jack Page from Everton and Laurence Abrams from Chelsea.


1920–21 Cardiff City F.C. season, Background and preseason
Stewart also allowed defenders Patrick Cassidy and Kidder Harvey to leave the club, surprising many fans and local journalists given the two players' experience. The pair, alongside Billy Hardy, had formed part of the "holy three", as they were known by fans in the Southern League; however, the emergence of Fred Keenor hastened their departure.


1920–21 Cardiff City F.C. season, Background and preseason
The club announced a significant rise in ticket prices ahead of the new season, citing the increase in travelling and rail fares that would be required in the new division. At the annual general meeting on 16 August, plans for £20,000 worth of improvements to be made to the club's home ground, Ninian Park, to cope with spectator demand were authorised. Although the alterations would stretch into the season, the ground would have an initial capacity of 35,000 for the start of the campaign.


1920–21 Cardiff City F.C. season, Background and preseason
Dr. Alex Brownlee, the club chairman who presided over the meeting, left his post one month later and was replaced by Walter Riden. Cardiff held their only preseason fixture on 18 August, with the first team squad being split into two sides to face each other at Ninian Park, where they played out a 2–2 draw.


1920–21 Cardiff City F.C. season, Football League Second Division, August–December
Cardiff were handed an away fixture in their first Football League match, facing Stewart's former club Stockport County. Considered underdogs against the more experienced side, Cardiff secured a 5–2 victory with two goals from new signing Gill and one each from Jack Evans, Billy Grimshaw and Keenor. The performance led The Times to describe the win as "one of the best performances of the day" in the Football League. The team's second match was the first Football League tie held at Ninian Park as 25,000 fans witnessed a goalless draw with Clapton Orient.


1920–21 Cardiff City F.C. season, Football League Second Division, August–December
The first home victory at the ground came in the team's following match, when they recorded a 3–0 win over Stockport in the reverse fixture, a week after their first meeting. At the time, the Football League used Charles Sutcliffe's fixture system that paired club's home and away matches against the same side on consecutive weekends or in close proximity wherever possible. The club's previous season's top goalscorer Arthur Cashmore opened the scoring, becoming the first player to score a Football League goal at Ninian Park, before Grimshaw added a brace. Cardiff suffered their first defeat in the Football League in the reverse fixture against Clapton Orient on 6 September, losing 2–0.


1920–21 Cardiff City F.C. season, Football League Second Division, August–December
The side recovered to claim a win and a draw in consecutive fixtures against Birmingham in their following two matches, with Gill scoring in both games. Another set of successive fixtures followed against West Ham United with the two sides having identical records before the matches. In keeping with this form, both games ended in draws: the first match, at Ninian Park, ended 0–0, and the second resulted in a 1–1 draw with Gill maintaining his early season form by scoring his fifth goal of the campaign.


1920–21 Cardiff City F.C. season, Football League Second Division, August–December
Cardiff remained unbeaten throughout the rest of October, recording two 3–0 victories over Fulham, home and away, and a win and a draw against Notts County. After victory in the first fixture against Notts County, a match they were widely expected to struggle in, Cardiff led the division with 11 matches played. A subsequent draw and a loss against Leicester City allowed South Shields to overtake them.


1920–21 Cardiff City F.C. season, Football League Second Division, August–December
The return fixture against Leicester was won 2–0 following goals from Cashmore and Gill, in front of a joint season-low home crowd of 20,000. Soon after, Cardiff secured a 4–2 victory over Blackpool at Bloomfield Road. Prior to the victory, Cardiff broke their record transfer fee to sign Scottish international full back Jimmy Blair from The Wednesday for £3,500, also a record fee for a full back at the time. Blair made his debut for the club in the match, replacing Albert Barnett, and remained first choice throughout the rest of the season.


1920–21 Cardiff City F.C. season, Football League Second Division, August–December
After a 0–0 draw at home against Blackpool, Blair returned to face his former club Wednesday and helped his new side record consecutive 1–0 victories, with both matches being decided by goals from George West. Their form prompted The Times to report that the side were playing with "great determination" to win promotion to the First Division. The victories returned Cardiff to the top of the table and their position was further strengthened by a 2–1 win over Bury, despite rivals Birmingham recording their tenth win in a row.


1920–21 Cardiff City F.C. season, Football League Second Division, August–December
Cardiff defeated Coventry City 4–2 on Christmas Day in a match that recorded a joint season-high home attendance of 42,000 and left the side leading the division having lost only two matches in the first half of the campaign. However, a 1–0 defeat in the return fixture two days later allowed Bristol City to move into first place on goal average and Birmingham to move within one point of the pair at the end of the calendar year.


1920–21 Cardiff City F.C. season, Football League Second Division, January–May
Cardiff endured a poor start to 1921, losing 1–0 to Bury on New Year's Day and then drawing 0–0 with promotion rivals Bristol City on 15 January. With that draw, Birmingham overtook the pair to go top. Cardiff faced Bristol City again in their next fixture with goalkeeper Herbert Kneeshaw missing his first match of the season after suffering a cheek injury; his replacement, Ben Davies, went on to feature in all of the club's remaining fixtures. The match with Bristol City attracted an attendance of around 42,000, the joint highest home crowd of the season at Ninian Park.


1920–21 Cardiff City F.C. season, Football League Second Division, January–May
Although Cardiff defeated their Severnside rivals 1–0 with Barnett scoring the only goal, a loss to Stoke on 5 February saw Cardiff drop to third place. A 2–0 win over Barnsley, with goals from Gill and debutant Harry Nash, and a goalless draw with Stoke were not enough to stop the side slipping to fourth place soon after. In the team's last fixture in February, Cardiff defeated Nottingham Forest 2–1, leaving them tied with Bristol City and Blackpool for second place on 38 points and 2 points behind leaders Birmingham.


1920–21 Cardiff City F.C. season, Football League Second Division, January–May
Concerned about his side's lack of goals, Stewart, who had already signed Nash in an attempt to remedy the problem, brought in forward Fred Pagnam in March from First Division side Arsenal for £3,000. Although Pagnam scored on his debut as Cardiff defeated Barnsley 3–2, they suffered consecutive defeats for the first time during the campaign, losing 2–0 against Rotherham County and 2–1 against Port Vale in their next two fixtures. The defeats resulted in Cardiff falling five points behind leaders Birmingham, although their prolonged FA Cup run had left them with three games in hand.


1920–21 Cardiff City F.C. season, Football League Second Division, January–May
Two days after losing to Port Vale, Pagnam helped the side return to winning ways by scoring the only goal in a victory over Leeds United on 28 March, although the match was marred by Barnett suffering a broken leg that ended his season. In order to make up their games in hand, Cardiff played the return fixture against Leeds the following day. Pagnam again scored, this time alongside Keenor in a 2–1 win.


1920–21 Cardiff City F.C. season, Football League Second Division, January–May
These victories were the start of an improved run of form highlighted by Cardiff winning six of their following seven matches: having defeated Leeds, Cardiff drew 0–0 with Port Vale, and then won four consecutive matches, defeating Nottingham Forest 3–0 and recording 1–0 wins over South Shields (twice) and Rotherham.


1920–21 Cardiff City F.C. season, Football League Second Division, January–May
Their form brought them back into contention for the league title and, despite picking up only one point from two matches against Hull City at the end of April, Cardiff went into the final two league fixtures tied on points with league leaders Birmingham who led on goal average as determined by the number of goals scored being divided by the number of goals conceded. Bristol City were four points behind the pair, meaning each of them needed a point from their remaining two fixtures to guarantee promotion to the First Division.


1920–21 Cardiff City F.C. season, Football League Second Division, January–May
Cardiff's final two matches of the season were against Wolverhampton Wanderers, the side that had eliminated them from the semi-finals of the FA Cup two months earlier. In the first fixture, held at Ninian Park, 40,000 spectators witnessed Cardiff seal promotion with a 2–0 win, with Gill and Pagnam the scorers. Cardiff's promotion had already been guaranteed by a draw between The Wednesday and Bristol City earlier in the day and the club's directors let in much of the capacity crowd for free in celebration.


1920–21 Cardiff City F.C. season, Football League Second Division, January–May
Gill and Pagnam were on the scoresheet again, along with Nash, to record a 3–1 win in the reverse match on 7 May. Despite winning both fixtures, Cardiff ultimately finished second to Birmingham on goal average by 0.235. Their rivals' superior scoring record in home fixtures ultimately proved decisive with the champions scoring over 20 goals more than Cardiff in those matches.


1920–21 Cardiff City F.C. season, Football League Second Division, January–May
Keenor later described the confusion at the end of the final match as the team waited for news on which side had won the league, commenting "we waited anxiously in the dressing room for the result of the Birmingham match. It seemed hours before the result came through  ... this went on for 15 minutes, when a reporter walked in with the information that Birmingham were champions."


1920–21 Cardiff City F.C. season, Cup matches, FA Cup
Cardiff entered the FA Cup in the first round, being drawn against First Division side Sunderland. The match was played at Roker Park in front of a crowd of 41,923 on 8 January 1921. Cardiff caused an upset by winning 1–0 following a goal from George Beare. In a reversal of fortune in the following round, Cardiff were seen as favourites after being drawn against Third Division side Brighton & Hove Albion. They were unable to make their higher ranking count as they were held to a goalless draw at Brighton's Goldstone Ground. In the replay, a single goal from Cashmore was enough to see Cardiff through to the third round. A third consecutive away draw followed, as Cardiff defeated Third Division Southampton 1–0 at The Dell after a goal from Gill.


1920–21 Cardiff City F.C. season, Cup matches, FA Cup
The club's victory over Southampton meant that, for the first time in their history, Cardiff had reached the fourth round of the FA Cup. The team were drawn against First Division side Chelsea, who would be playing their eighth match in the competition, having been taken to two replays by both Reading and Plymouth Argyle in the first and third rounds respectively. Chelsea's difficulty in overcoming opponents in the previous rounds meant that the match was seen as a closer contest than the divisional gap suggested. A crowd of 50,000 attended the match at Ninian Park. After Cardiff took an early lead through Cashmore's second goal in the competition, they proceeded to defend resolutely throughout the remainder of the match, holding their lead for the rest of the game. Their defensive line of Blair, Charlie Brittain and Keenor received significant praise in match reports.


1920–21 Cardiff City F.C. season, Cup matches, FA Cup
Cardiff's victory over Chelsea resulted in the side becoming the first Welsh team ever to reach the semi-final stage in the competition's history. The draw for the semi-final saw Cardiff paired with fellow Second Division side Wolverhampton Wanderers. As semi-final ties are traditionally held at a neutral venue, the match was played at Anfield, the home ground of Liverpool, on 19 March. The match was also the first football game ever attended by King George V and Queen Mary. Their only daughter, Princess Mary, was also present at the match.


1920–21 Cardiff City F.C. season, Cup matches, FA Cup
The game was described in The Times as a defensive affair: fewer than half-a-dozen shots were taken, and the game ended in a goalless draw, necessitating a replay. This was blamed on the pitch, which was greasy because of the heavy rain that fell throughout the day, and which cut up badly as the game wore on. Wolves were adjudged to have been the stronger of the two sides while Evans was adjudged to be Cardiff's most impressive attacking player. Cardiff's defence was praised after recording their sixth consecutive clean sheet in the competition. Around 42,000 fans attended the fixture resulting in £3,500 of receipts in one of the highest gates the club drew during the season.


1920–21 Cardiff City F.C. season, Cup matches, FA Cup
The replay was held at Old Trafford, the home ground of Manchester United, four days later. Although Cardiff's defence had not conceded a goal in the competition to this point, they was breached after just 12 minutes. Wolves added a second goal before half-time; Cardiff pulled one goal back when they were awarded a penalty for handball that was converted by Keenor. This led to a brief upsurge in performance as the side looked for an equalising goal.


1920–21 Cardiff City F.C. season, Cup matches, FA Cup
A number of long shots were defended by Wolves who added a third goal soon after and ended the winners as the match finished 3–1. Around 45,000 spectators attended the replay, yielding gate receipts of £4,270. Wolves went on to lose the final 2–1 against First Division side Tottenham Hotspur at Stamford Bridge.


1920–21 Cardiff City F.C. season, Cup matches, Welsh Cup
Cardiff entered the competition as reigning holders having won the trophy for the second time in their history in April 1920 after defeating Wrexham 2–0. The side's first match was in the third round. They were drawn against Pontypridd. However, the match was scheduled for 15 January 1921, the same day that Cardiff were due to play Bristol City in the Second Division. Both matches went ahead on the same date with the first team playing in the league and a team made up of reserve and fringe players travelling to Pontypridd. The weakened side suffered a 2–1 defeat with Cardiff's goal being scored by Len Davies.


1920–21 Cardiff City F.C. season, Players
Manager Fred Stewart used a total of 29 players in all competitions during the season. Hardy made the most appearances of any player, featuring in all 42 league and 7 FA Cup matches; the only senior match he did not feature in was the club's fixture clash in the Welsh Cup. Bert Smith, Keenor, Gill and Brittain were the only other players to play 40 or more matches. The Welsh Cup fixture clash provided Len Hopkins, Tom Sayles and Tommy Wilmott with their only appearances of the season.


1920–21 Cardiff City F.C. season, Players
Gill was the club's top scorer, scoring 19 times in the Second Division and 1 goal in the FA Cup. Cashmore, the previous season's top scorer, was the only other player to reach double figures, scoring 12 times in all competitions. Despite joining the club with only three months of the season remaining, Pagnam was the third highest scorer having scored 8 goals in 14 appearances. In total, 11 players scored at least one goal during the campaign. Len Davies' goal against Pontypridd in the Welsh Cup was the first goal of his senior career. He would go on to become Cardiff's all-time leading goalscorer with 128 goals in all competitions.


1920–21 Cardiff City F.C. season, Players
FW = Forward, HB = Halfback, GK = Goalkeeper, DF = Defender


1920–21 Cardiff City F.C. season, Aftermath
By winning promotion, Cardiff became the first Welsh side to reach the top tier of the Football League. They also became only the second side to win promotion to the First Division in their first season in the Football League, equalling the feat of Tottenham Hotspur in 1909. The majority of the squad remained to form the core of the first team in the following seasons. Some players were displaced by new signings and departed within the first half of the 1921–22 season, including Cashmore, Beare and West. Pagnam also departed the following season as he was unable to reproduce his good form in the higher tier, failing to score in 13 appearances.


1920–21 Cardiff City F.C. season, Aftermath
A major increase in attendances following the move into the Football League and a long cup run significantly benefitted the club financially with the accounts being described as in "rude health" by the board. The club received praise for their performances through the campaign with the South Wales Echo writing "In all parts of the country Cardiff City is described as the team of the year and surely no other club has a better right to be so designated. Some of their performances have been really brilliant."


1920–21 Carnegie Tech Tartans men's ice hockey season
The 1920–21 Carnegie Tech Tartans men's ice hockey season was the 6th season of play for the program.


1920–21 Carnegie Tech Tartans men's ice hockey season, Season
After having remained dormant for a decade, Carnegie Tech revived its ice hockey program in 1920. They played two opponents twice each and as the team possessed very little experience with the game the team wasn't expected to win. They did, however, give Penn a challenge for the battle of Pennsylvania, pushing the Quakers into overtime in both games and earning a tie in their first match. With that surprising result, Carnegie Tech was looking forward to what a second season would bring.


1920–21 Celtic F.C. season
During the 1920–21 Scottish football season, Celtic competed in the Scottish Football League and the Scottish Cup.


1920–21 Challenge Cup
The 1920–21 Challenge Cup was the 21st staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.


1920–21 Challenge Cup, Final
Leigh defeated Halifax 13-0 in the final played at The Cliff, Broughton in front of a crowd of 25,000.


1920–21 Challenge Cup, Final
This was Leigh’s first Challenge Cup Final win in their first final appearance.


1920–21 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team
The 1920–21 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team represented the University of Cincinnati during the 1920–21 college men's basketball season. The head coach was Boyd Chambers, coaching his third season with the Bearcats.


1920–21 Colgate men's basketball team
The 1920–21 Colgate Raiders men's basketball team represented Colgate University during the 1920–21 college men's basketball season. The head coach was William Reid, coaching the Raiders in his second season. The team had finished with an overall record of 16–6. The team captain was Nels Anderson.


1920–21 Columbia Lions men's ice hockey season
The 1920–21 Columbia men's ice hockey season was the 20th season of play for the program.


1920–21 Columbia Lions men's ice hockey season, Season
After resigning from the Intercollegiate Hockey Association in 1912 the ice hockey team had difficulties scheduling games due to no longer having the St. Nicholas Rink as a venue. The team was unable to play a single game in either 1916 or 1917 and while a group of students did manage to play four games during the 1917–18 season, it was done informally and not as representatives of Columbia University. In 1920 an effort was made to revive the team and the 181st Street Ice Palace was secured as a practice facility. Once enough interest had been demonstrated and a team was formed, manager A. L. Walker Jr. put together a tentative schedule.


1920–21 Columbia Lions men's ice hockey season, Season
Columbia opened its season against Yale and, unsurprisingly for a team that hadn't played in six seasons, lost 5–7. The Lions took more than two weeks to play their next game and, once they did, they found themselves on a sheet of ice nearly double the size of their practice rink. In their game against Williams the team began well, leading 1–0 after the first, but slumped badly in the middle frame, allowing 5 goals and losing any chance they had at winning their first game of the season.


1920–21 Columbia Lions men's ice hockey season, Season
After letting another early lead slip away against Cornell a lineup change seemed to give Columbia the spark they needed and the Lions mauled Colgate 11–3, winning their first game in over six years.


1920–21 Connecticut Aggies men's basketball team
The 1920–21 Connecticut Aggies men's basketball team represented Connecticut Agricultural College, now the University of Connecticut, in the 1920–21 collegiate men's basketball season. The Aggies completed the season with a 7–9 overall record. The Aggies were members of the Athletic League of New England State Colleges, where they ended the season with a 3–3 record. The Aggies played their home games at Hawley Armory in Storrs, Connecticut, and were led by second-year head coach M.R. Swartz.


1920–21 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season
The 1920–21 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season was the 15th season of play for the program. The teams was coached by Nick Bawlf in his 1st season.


1920–21 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season, Season
After World War I, the continued interest in ice hockey prompted Cornell to restart its varsity program. The school brought in Nick Bawlf to head the program as well as the lacrosse and soccer teams, and he set about rebuilding the Big Red. The biggest impediment for the program, as it had been before the war, was the lack of an ice rink either on campus or otherwise. The team was forced to use Beebe Lake despite several attempts to build artificial rinks. Weather would be a constant source of frustration for the men's team for the next 37 years.


1920–21 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season, Season
Cornell's season began against Hamilton and, unsurprisingly, the team lost its first game in almost 5 years. The Big Red went scoreless but the did keep the game close, losing 0–2 in front of a good-sized crowd. In the game Cornell eschewed the rover position, deciding to go with the updated rules that had only six players on each side. The second game a week later had a much better result for the team. After small adjustments to the lineup, Cornell scored 10 goals in the 40-minute match to get their first win since 1916.


1920–21 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season, Season
After the win the team didn't play another game until mid-February due to semester exams. When the team rejoined several changes had been made. Their goaltender Whitehall had been replaced by Kaw while Rollo and McDonald were gone from the team. The changed didn't prevent the Big Red from winning as they defeated Colgate in their final home game and prepared for a renewal with a pair of old rivals. Pennsylvania was making their third attempt at a varsity team but now the squad had access to a home rink.


1920–21 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season, Season
Cornell played its first game at a proper ice rink when they arrived for a game at the Philadelphia Ice Palace. The two sides were evenly matched and finished regulation tied 3–3. Penn scored a goal in the waning minutes of overtime and Cornell couldn't produce the equalized with little time remained. Their final game of the year came a week later against Columbia, who were returning to the game after a longer layoff than Cornell. The game was close early but Cornell surged at the end, scoring 4 goals late to win 7–4, ending their season with a winning record.


1920–21 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season, Schedule and Results
† Cornell records list this game as a 7–3 victory, however, contemporary reports from both Cornell and Columbia's newspapers report a 7–4 score.


1920–21 Danish National Football Tournament
Statistics of Danish National Football Tournament in the 1920/1921 season.


1920–21 Division 2 Sydsvenska Serien
Division 2 Sydsvenska Serien 1920–21 was part of the 1920–21 Swedish football season.


1920–21 Divizia A
The 1920–21 Divizia A was the ninth season of Divizia A, the top-level football league of Romania.


1920–21 Divizia A
Many years it was recorded that Venus București was the champion in 1921, because of some reports found in the press o the time. However, Romanian journalist Romeo Ionescu uncovered that the actual winner was Unirea Tricolor București, after a victory in the championship final against Venus (3-2).


1920–21 Drexel Blue and Gold men's basketball team
The 1920–21 Drexel Blue and Gold men's basketball team represented Drexel Institute of Art, Science and Industry during the 1920–21 men's basketball season. The Blue and Gold, led by 1st year head coach William McAvoy, played their home games at Main Building.


1920–21 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team
The 1920–21 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team represented Duke University during the 1920–21 men's college basketball season. The head coach was Floyd Egan, coaching his first season with the Blue Devils. The team finished with an overall record of 9–6.


1920–21 Dumbarton F.C. season
The 1920–21 season was the 44th Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level, entering the Scottish Football League and the Scottish Cup. In addition Dumbarton entered the Dumbartonshire Cup and the Dumbartonshire Charity Cup.


1920–21 Dumbarton F.C. season, Scottish League
Dumbarton witnessed a slump in form finishing in 21st-place out of 22, with 24 points, well behind champions Rangers. In addition to an outflow of some of the team's talent, the inability to score was also a problem, and with just 41 goals to their credit, Dumbarton finishing up as lowest scorers in the league.


1920–21 Dumbarton F.C. season, Scottish League, Promotion/Relegation Election
The bottom two clubs - Dumbarton and St Mirren - retained their places in the Scottish League. Although the Scottish Second Division had not yet reformed, there was one applicant for promotion - Central League champions, Dunfermline Athletic. However they failed to find a proposer and seconder in the vote.


1920–21 Dumbarton F.C. season, Scottish Cup
Dumbarton reached the fourth round before losing out to Rangers.


1920–21 Dumbarton F.C. season, Dumbartonshire Cup
Dumbarton again failed to progress from the sectional stage of the Dumbartonshire Cup.


1920–21 Dumbarton F.C. season, Dumbartonshire Charity Cup
Following a draw with Vale of Leven in the semi final, a replay date could not be arranged and Dumbarton agreed to scratch from the competition.


1920–21 Dundee F.C. season
The 1920–21 season was the twenty-sixth season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in Division One. They would finish in 4th place for the second consecutive season. Dundee would also compete in the Scottish Cup, where they were knocked out in the Quarter-finals by Albion Rovers.


1920–21 Dundee Hibernian F.C. season
The 1920–21 season was the 11th year of football played by Dundee Hibernian. The team played in the  Central League. There had been only one division in the Scottish Football League since the suspension of the Second Division during the Great War. Due to the failure of a proposal to restore the Second Division, which Dundee Hibs had expected to be in, many of its prospective teams joined the Central as a rival competition. Dundee Hibs failed to qualify for the Scottish Cup, losing in the Qualifying Cup to local rivals Arbroath after two replays.


1920–21 Dundee Hibernian F.C. season, Match results
Dundee Hibernian played a total of ?? matches during the 1920–21 season.


1920–21 Dundee Hibernian F.C. season, Match results, Legend
All results are written with Dundee Hibernian's score first. Own goals in italics


1920–21 Eintracht Frankfurt season
The 1920–21 Eintracht Frankfurt season was the 21st season in the club's football history. It was the first full season under the name Eintracht after merging of Frankfurter FV and the gymnastics club Frankfurter Turngemeinde von 1861.


1920–21 Eintracht Frankfurt season
In 1920–21 the club played in the Kreisliga Nordmain, the top tier of German football. It was the club's 2nd season in the Kreisliga Nordmain.


1920–21 Eintracht Frankfurt season
The season ended up with Eintracht winning Kreisliga Nordmain for the second time in a row. In the northern section of the South German championship group Eintracht didn't qualify for the championship knockout stage.


1920–21 El Mokhtalat Club season
The 1920–21 season was Al-Mokhtalat SC's 10th season of football, The club won the 1920–21 Sultan Hussein Cup.


1920–21 FA Cup
The 1920–21 FA Cup was the 46th season of the world's oldest association football competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup (more usually known as the FA Cup). Tottenham Hotspur won the competition, beating Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–0 in the final at Stamford Bridge, London.


1920–21 FA Cup
Matches were scheduled to be played at the stadium of the team named first on the date specified for each round, which was always a Saturday. If scores were level after 90 minutes had been played, a replay would take place at the stadium of the second-named team later the same week. If the replayed match was drawn further replays would be held at neutral venues until a winner was determined. If scores were level after 90 minutes had been played in a replay, a 30-minute period of extra time would be played.


1920–21 FA Cup, Calendar
The format of the FA Cup for the season had two preliminary rounds, six qualifying rounds, four proper rounds, and the semi-finals and final.


1920–21 FA Cup, First round proper
52 of the 66 clubs from the First, Second and Third divisions joined the 12 clubs who came through the qualifying rounds.


1920–21 FA Cup, First round proper
Of those sides not receiving a bye to the first round proper, Second Division side Leeds United were entered at the First Qualifying Round stage, as their promotion to the second tier was agreed by election, rather than through promotion. However, the match was not played, and Harrogate were given a walkover. Three sides from the Third Division (Merthyr Town, Newport County and Gillingham) were entered at the fourth qualifying round. Six Third Division and four Second Division sides were entered at the sixth qualifying round stage. These were:


1920–21 FA Cup, First round proper
Of these, all of the Third Division sides and Clapton Orient proceeded to the first round proper, in addition to five non-league sides. 32 matches were scheduled to be played on Saturday, 8 January 1921. Six matches were drawn and went to replays in the following midweek fixture, of which one went to another replay.


1920–21 FA Cup, Second round proper
The 16 second round matches were played on Saturday, 29 January 1921. Five matches were drawn, with replays taking place in the following midweek fixture.


1920–21 FA Cup, Third round proper
The eight third round matches were scheduled for Saturday, 19 February 1921. One match was drawn and went to a replay in the following midweek fixture. This was also drawn, and so a second replay was played the following week.


1920–21 FA Cup, Fourth round proper
The four fourth round matches were scheduled for Saturday, 5 March 1921. There was one replay, between Hull City and Preston North End, played in the following midweek fixture.


1920–21 FA Cup, Semi-finals
The semi-final matches were played on Saturday, 19 March 1921. The Wolverhampton Wanderers–Cardiff City match was drawn and went to a replay four days later. Wolves won this, and went on to meet Tottenham Hotspur in the final.


1920–21 FA Cup, Final
The Final was contested by Tottenham Hotspur and Wolverhampton Wanderers at Stamford Bridge. Spurs won by a single goal, scored by Jimmy Dimmock, eight minutes into the second half. The cup was presented to the winning team by King George V.


1920–21 FA Cup qualifying rounds
The 1920–21 FA Cup was the 46th season of the world's oldest football knockout competition; the Football Association Challenge Cup, or FA Cup for short. The large number of clubs entering the tournament from lower down the English football league system meant that the competition started with a number of preliminary and qualifying rounds. The 12 victorious teams from the Sixth Round Qualifying progressed to the First Round Proper.


1920–21 FA Cup qualifying rounds, 1920–21 FA Cup
See 1920–21 FA Cup for details of the rounds from the First Round Proper onwards.


1920–21 FC Barcelona season
The 1920–21 season was the 22nd season for FC Barcelona.


1920–21 FC Basel season
The FC Basel 1920–21 season was their twenty-eighth season since the club's foundation on 15 November 1893. The club's chairman was Franz Rinderer who took over from Bernard Klingelfuss. FC Basel played their home games in the Landhof in the district Wettstein in Kleinbasel.


1920–21 FC Basel season, Overview
Walter Dietrich was team captain and acted as coach. Basel played a total of 40 matches in their 1919–20 season, scoring 80 goals and conceded 62. 14 of these matches plus the playoff were in the domestic league and the other 25 were friendly matches.


1920–21 FC Basel season, Overview
Of these 25 friendlies, 13 were played against German teams, one was against AS Strasbourg and one was against Juventus. The game against Juventus was played in the Olympique de la Pontaise. Just before the end of the season Basel made a tour of north Germany and played three games in four days against Hannover 96, Victoria Hamburg and Kieler SV Holstein. 10 were home games played in the Landhof and 15 were away games. 15 of these games ended with a victory, six were drawn and only four ended with a defeat. In these test games Basel scored a total of 60 goals and conceded 33. Otto Kuhn played in 24 of these games scoring 13 times and Karl Wüthrich played in 19 test games scoring 20 times, which means that these two players scored more than half of the team's goals.


1920–21 FC Basel season, Overview
The domestic league, Swiss Serie A 1920–21, was divided into three regional groups, East, Central and West, each group with eight teams. FC Basel and two other teams from Basel Nordstern and Old Boys were allocated to the Central group. The other teams playing in this group were the two teams from the capital, Young Boys Bern and FC Bern as well as Aarau, Luzern and Biel-Bienne.


1920–21 FC Basel season, Overview
As opposed to the good results in the friendly games, Basel played a very bad season. Eight of the first ten games ended in a defeat, in fact the first victory was the eleventh round match against FC Bern. Basel only moved off the last position in the league table because they won the playoff against Luzern. They ended the season in second last position with just six points. They only won two championship matches, drawing two and suffering ten defeats. In their 14 games Basel scored just 18 goals and conceded 29. Karl Wüthrich was the team's top league goal scorer with 8 goals. The reigning champions Young Boys won the group and continued to the finals. Despite the victory against Servette, the Young Boys lost 3–1 against Grasshopper Club who therefore became the new Swiss champions.


1920–21 FC Basel season, Players
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1920–21 Football League
The 1920–21 season was the 29th season of The Football League.


1920–21 Football League
The Football League Third Division was introduced, in effect the Third Division South of the following season, when Third Division North was introduced. This expanded the League's operational radius all the way to the south coast of England, as the number of member clubs increased from 44 to 66.


1920–21 Football League, Team changes
The new Third Division was formed by clubs of the Southern Football League Division One of the previous season, except for Cardiff City. Cardiff City became the first Welsh club to enter the League, and since they were the strongest club in Wales in the era, they were invited directly into the Second Division. Grimsby Town took its place in the new Third Division, thereby being the first club relegated to the League's third tier. Leeds United were also elected into the Second Division to replace Leeds City after its debacle. Lincoln City were not re-elected to the Second Division and thus Port Vale's Second Division place was formalized as well.


1920–21 Football League, Final league tables
The tables and results below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at  website and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79, with home and away statistics separated.


1920–21 Football League, Final league tables
Beginning with the season 1894–95, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded), or more properly put, goal ratio. In case one or more teams had the same goal difference, this system favoured those teams who had scored fewer goals. The goal average system was eventually scrapped beginning with the 1976–77 season. From the 1894–95 season and until the 1920–21 season the re-election process was required of the clubs which finished in the bottom three of the league.


1920–21 French Ice Hockey Championship
The 1920–21 French Ice Hockey Championship was the seventh edition of the French Ice Hockey Championship, the national ice hockey championship in France. Ice Skating Club de Paris won their second championship.


1920–21 French Rugby Union Championship
The 1920-21 French Rugby Union Championship 1920-21 was won by US Perpignan that beat Toulose in the final.


1920–21 French Rugby Union Championship
The Championship, organized before by USFSA (Union des sociétés françaises de sports athlétiques), for the first time was organized by the new  Fédération française de rugby.


1920–21 French Rugby Union Championship
The Championship was open at the better club of the French regions. After a preliminary round, the eliminatory consisted of semifinals and finals.


1920–21 French Rugby Union Championship, Other competitions
In the second division championship, the  Hendaye won the title winning against Lancey (Villard-Bonnot) - Narbonne 6 - 0.


1920–21 French Rugby Union Championship, Other competitions
In the third division the title went to White Devils (Perpignan) that beat the Gallia Club (Toulouse) 17 - 0.


1920–21 French Rugby Union Championship, Other competitions
In the fourth division championship the US Montréjeau beat the Réveil Basco-béarnais (Sucy en Brie) 8 - 3.


1920–21 French Rugby Union Championship, Other competitions
In the championship for "second XV", Perpignan beat Racing Paris 21 - 0, at Perpignan the April 3, 1921.


1920–21 Galatasaray S.K. season
The 1920–21 season was Galatasaray SK's 17th in existence and the club's 11th consecutive season in the Istanbul Football League.


1920–21 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team
The 1920–21 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team represented Georgetown University during the 1920–21 NCAA college basketball season. John O'Reilly coached the team in his seventh season as head coach. Georgetown was an independent and played its home games at Ryan Gymnasium on the Georgetown campus in Washington, D.C. and finished the season with a record of 10-4.


1920–21 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
On-campus Ryan Gymnasium, where the Hoyas had played their home games since the 1914-15 season, had no seating, accommodating fans on a standing-room only-basis on an indoor track above the court. This precluded the accommodation of significant crowds, providing the self-sustaining Basketball Association with little revenue with which to fund the team's travel expenses, and Georgetown averaged no more than three road games a year from the 1918-19 season thrtough the 1926-27 season in order to keep travel to a minimum. The 1920-21 team's only road trip outside of Washington was to play schools in Pennsylvania at the end of the season.


1920–21 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
The Hoyas' home winning streak at Ryan Gymnasium reached 34 games at the end of this season, dating back to a victory against Bucknell on the last day of the 1916-17 season; it would reach 52 before finally coming to an end during the 1923-24 season. Highlights of the home season at Ryan included Georgetown's upsets of Georgia Tech and North Carolina, two of the most highly regarded teams in the United States at the time. Georgetown also defeated crosstown rival George Washington twice this season, giving the Hoyas a 14-game winning streak against George Washington – 10 of the wins at Ryan Gymnasium – dating back to 1915.


1920–21 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
Junior forward Jack Flavin was the team's highest scorer, scoring about a third of the team's points. An excellent shooter, he averaged 12.5 points per gane, and scored a total of 175 points.


1920–21 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
Junior guard Andrew "Andy" Zazzali played in all 14 games, averaging 4.8 points per game and scoring a total of 65 points. He played an excellent defense during the season; over a stretch of five games that included games against nationally renowned St. John's, North Carolina, and Georgia Tech, his defense played a major role in holding opponents to an average of less than six points in the first half.


1920–21 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
Sophomore forward Paul Florence was the only new player on the team, which had finished with a 13-1 record the previous season. He was a very accurate shooter, and despite being surrounded by veterans led the team in its season-opening 10-game winning streak. He finished second in scoring, appearing in 12 games, scoring 72 points, and averaging 6.0 points per game for the season.


1920–21 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
The team won its first 10 games, nine of them at home and one across town against George Washington. It then finished the season by losing all four games on its only road trip to end with a 10-4 record.


1920–21 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
O'Reilly fell ill after this season and was unable to coach the Hoyas for the next two seasons. He returned to the head coaching position in time for the 1923-24 season.


1920–21 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Roster
Georgetown players did not wear numbers on their jerseys this season. The first numbered jerseys in Georgetown men's basketball history would not appear until the 1933-34 season.


1920–21 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Roster
Senior forward Bill Dudack later served as the Hoyas' head coach during the 1929-30 season.


1920–21 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, 1920–21 schedule and results
It was common practice at this time for colleges and universities to include non-collegiate opponents in their schedules, with the games recognized as part of their official record for the season, so the January 24, 1921, game against a United States Army team from Camp A. A. Humphreys in Virginia counted as part of Georgetown's won-loss record for 1920-21. It was not until 1952, after the completion of the 1951-52 season, that the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) ruled that colleges and universities could no longer count games played against non-collegiate opponents in their annual won-loss records.


1920–21 Gillingham F.C. season
The 1920–21 season was the first season in which football club Gillingham F.C. competed in the Football League. Gillingham had previously played in Division One of the Southern Football League, but in 1920 the Football League decided to add a third division to its existing set-up and did so by absorbing the entire Southern League Division One to form the new Football League Third Division.


1920–21 Gillingham F.C. season
Gillingham had finished bottom of the Southern League Division One the previous season and fared no better in the Football League, finishing bottom of the table after registering only eight wins in 42 matches.


1920–21 Gillingham F.C. season, Football League
Gillingham had played in the Southern Football League since its formation in 1894, apart from when the league was suspended due to the First World War, but had achieved minimal success and had finished bottom of Division One in the 1919–20 season. The club escaped relegation, however, as the clubs in the Southern League's top division were admitted en masse to the Football League to form the new Third Division.


1920–21 Gillingham F.C. season, Football League
In preparation for the new season the club signed a number of new players, including Wally Battiste from Grimsby Town, Tommy Hall from Newcastle United, Tom Thompson from Sunderland and Tom Gilbey from Darlington. Only five players who had represented the club in non-league football went on to make appearances in the Football League: Jock Robertson, Jack Branfield, Joseph Griffiths, Donald McCormick and Arthur Wood.


1920–21 Gillingham F.C. season, Football League
The club's first ever Football League match was against Southampton at Priestfield Stadium in front of a new club record crowd of approximately 12,000 fans, and ended in a 1–1 draw, with Tom Gilbey scoring the Gillingham goal. Four days later the team defeated Reading 2–1 away from home to register their first victory, and a week later repeated the feat at home, beating the Berkshire club 1–0 to give the club a record of two wins, one draw and one defeat from its first four matches. This was followed, however, by a run of six matches without a win, including a heavy 6–1 defeat against Merthyr Town.


1920–21 Gillingham F.C. season, Football League
After beating Exeter City in mid-October, Gillingham then played 12 consecutive matches without a win, including an emphatic 5–2 defeat at home to Northampton Town on Christmas Day. The winless streak came to an end when a George Needham goal gave the team a 1–0 win over Bristol Rovers on 29 January, but there then followed a sequence of five games in which the team could only manage a goalless draw and four defeats. The team staged a late rally in April, winning three of their last six matches, but it was not enough to avoid finishing the season bottom of the table.


1920–21 Gillingham F.C. season, Football League
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; Pts = Points