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1920-21

First Division

Finished 10th of 22 · P42 W18 D7 L17 · 63 scored, 70 conceded

Results

Date		Opponent	Score
28 Aug 1920	H	Arsenal	5–0	W
30 Aug 1920	A	Manchester City	1–3	L
4 Sept 1920	A	Arsenal	1–0	W
6 Sept 1920	H	Manchester City	3–1	W
11 Sept 1920	H	Tottenham Hotspur	4–2	W
15 Sept 1920	A	Bolton Wanderers	0–5	L
18 Sept 1920	A	Tottenham Hotspur	2–1	W
25 Sept 1920	H	Oldham Athletic	3–0	W
2 Oct 1920	A	Oldham Athletic	1–1	D
9 Oct 1920	H	Preston North End	1–0	W
16 Oct 1920	A	Preston North End	1–6	L
23 Oct 1920	H	Sheffield United	4–0	W
30 Oct 1920	A	Sheffield United	0–0	D
6 Nov 1920	H	West Bromwich Albion	0–0	D
13 Nov 1920	A	West Bromwich Albion	1–2	L
20 Nov 1920	H	Bradford Park Avenue	4–1	W
27 Nov 1920	A	Bradford Park Avenue	0–4	L
4 Dec 1920	A	Newcastle United	1–2	L
11 Dec 1920	H	Newcastle United	0–0	D
18 Dec 1920	A	Liverpool	1–4	L
25 Dec 1920	H	Manchester United	3–4	L
27 Dec 1920	A	Manchester United	3–1	W
1 Jan 1921	H	Liverpool	0–2	L
15 Jan 1921	H	Everton	1–3	L
22 Jan 1921	A	Everton	1–1	D
5 Feb 1921	A	Burnley	1–7	L
9 Feb 1921	H	Burnley	0–0	D
12 Feb 1921	H	Sunderland	1–5	L
23 Feb 1921	A	Sunderland	1–0	W
26 Feb 1921	H	Bradford City	1–2	L
7 Mar 1921	A	Bradford City	0–3	L
12 Mar 1921	H	Huddersfield Town	0–0	D
19 Mar 1921	A	Huddersfield Town	0–1	L
26 Mar 1921	A	Middlesbrough	4–1	W
28 Mar 1921	H	Chelsea	3–0	W
29 Mar 1921	A	Chelsea	1–5	L
2 Apr 1921	H	Middlesbrough	0–1	L
9 Apr 1921	A	Blackburn Rovers	1–0	W
16 Apr 1921	H	Blackburn Rovers	3–0	W
23 Apr 1921	A	Derby County	3–2	W
30 Apr 1921	H	Derby County	1–0	W
7 May 1921	H	Bolton Wanderers	2–0	W

Scores are shown Villa first. League matches only; cup ties not included.

Final table

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Burnley	42	23	13	6	79	36	+43	59
2	Manchester City	42	24	6	12	70	50	+20	54
3	Bolton Wanderers	42	19	14	9	77	53	+24	52
4	Liverpool	42	18	15	9	63	35	+28	51
5	Newcastle United	42	20	10	12	66	45	+21	50
6	Tottenham Hotspur	42	19	9	14	70	48	+22	47
7	Everton	42	17	13	12	66	55	+11	47
8	Middlesbrough	42	17	12	13	53	53	0	46
9	Arsenal	42	15	14	13	59	63	-4	44
10	Aston Villa	42	18	7	17	63	70	-7	43
11	Blackburn Rovers	42	13	15	14	57	59	-2	41
12	Sunderland	42	14	13	15	57	60	-3	41
13	Manchester United	42	15	10	17	64	68	-4	40
14	West Bromwich Albion	42	13	14	15	54	58	-4	40
15	Bradford City	42	12	15	15	61	63	-2	39
16	Preston North End	42	15	9	18	61	65	-4	39
17	Huddersfield Town	42	15	9	18	42	49	-7	39
18	Chelsea	42	13	13	16	48	58	-10	39
19	Oldham Athletic	42	9	15	18	49	86	-37	33
20	Sheffield United	42	6	18	18	42	68	-26	30
21	Derby County	42	5	16	21	32	58	-26	26
22	Bradford Park Avenue	42	8	8	26	43	76	-33	24

Positions decided on goal average, as the rules of the day had it. Two points for a win.

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Sources: engsoccerdata (1888–2025) and football-data.co.uk (recent seasons), compiled by the Villa Blog results pipeline.