1920–21 Arsenal F.C. season

Arsenal
1920–21 season
Chairman	Henry Norris
Manager	Leslie Knighton
Stadium	Highbury
First Division	9th
FA Cup	1st Round
	← 1919–20 1921–22 →

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

Results

Arsenal's score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result
28 August 1920	Aston Villa	A	0–5
30 August 1920	Manchester United	H	2–0
4 September 1920	Aston Villa	H	0–1
6 September 1920	Manchester United	A	1–1
11 September 1920	Manchester City	H	2–1
18 September 1920	Manchester City	A	1–3
25 September 1920	Middlesbrough	H	2–2
2 October 1920	Middlesbrough	A	1–2
9 October 1920	Bolton Wanderers	H	0–0
16 October 1920	Bolton Wanderers	A	1–1
23 October 1920	Derby County	A	1–1
30 October 1920	Derby County	H	2–0
6 November 1920	Blackburn Rovers	A	2–2
13 November 1920	Blackburn Rovers	H	2–0
20 November 1920	Huddersfield Town	A	4–0
27 November 1920	Huddersfield Town	H	2–0
4 December 1920	Chelsea	A	2–1
11 December 1920	Chelsea	H	1–1
18 December 1920	Bradford City	A	1–3
25 December 1920	Everton	A	4–2
27 December 1920	Everton	H	1–1
1 January 1921	Bradford City	H	1–2
15 January 1921	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1–2
22 January 1921	Tottenham Hotspur	H	3–2
29 January 1921	Sunderland	H	1–2
5 February 1921	Sunderland	A	1–5
12 February 1921	Oldham Athletic	A	1–1
19 February 1921	Oldham Athletic	H	2–2
26 February 1921	Preston North End	A	1–0
12 March 1921	Burnley	A	0–1
19 March 1921	Burnley	H	1–1
26 March 1921	Sheffield United	H	2–6
28 March 1921	West Bromwich Albion	H	2–1
29 March 1921	West Bromwich Albion	A	4–3
2 April 1921	Sheffield United	A	1–1
9 April 1921	Bradford Park Avenue	H	2–1
16 April 1921	Bradford Park Avenue	A	1–0
23 April 1921	Newcastle United	H	1–1
25 April 1921	Preston North End	H	2–1
30 April 1921	Newcastle United	A	0–1
2 May 1921	Liverpool	H	0–0
7 May 1921	Liverpool	A	0–3

Final League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Burnley	42	17	3	1	56	16	6	10	5	23	20	79	36	2.194	+43	59
2	Manchester City	42	19	2	0	50	13	5	4	12	20	37	70	50	1.400	+20	54
3	Bolton Wanderers	42	15	6	0	53	17	4	8	9	24	36	77	53	1.453	+24	52
4	Liverpool	42	11	7	3	41	17	7	8	6	22	18	63	35	1.800	+28	51
5	Newcastle United	42	14	3	4	43	18	6	7	8	23	27	66	45	1.467	+21	50
6	Tottenham Hotspur	42	15	2	4	46	16	4	7	10	24	32	70	48	1.458	+22	47
7	Everton	42	9	8	4	40	26	8	5	8	26	29	66	55	1.200	+11	47
8	Middlesbrough	42	10	6	5	29	21	7	6	8	24	32	53	53	1.000	±0	46
9	Arsenal	42	9	8	4	31	25	6	6	9	28	38	59	63	0.937	–4	44
10	Aston Villa	42	11	4	6	39	21	7	3	11	24	49	63	70	0.900	–7	43
11	Blackburn Rovers	42	7	9	5	36	27	6	6	9	21	32	57	59	0.966	–2	41
12	Sunderland	42	11	4	6	34	19	3	9	9	23	41	57	60	0.950	–3	41
13	Manchester United	42	9	4	8	34	26	6	6	9	30	42	64	68	0.941	–4	40
14	West Bromwich Albion	42	8	7	6	31	23	5	7	9	23	35	54	58	0.931	–4	40
15	Bradford City	42	7	9	5	38	28	5	6	10	23	35	61	63	0.968	–2	39
16	Preston North End	42	10	4	7	38	25	5	5	11	23	40	61	65	0.938	–4	39
17	Huddersfield Town	42	11	4	6	26	16	4	5	12	16	33	42	49	0.857	–7	39
18	Chelsea	42	9	7	5	35	24	4	6	11	13	34	48	58	0.828	–10	39
19	Oldham Athletic	42	6	9	6	23	26	3	6	12	26	60	49	86	0.570	–37	33
20	Sheffield United	42	5	11	5	22	19	1	7	13	20	49	42	68	0.618	–26	30
21	Derby County	42	3	12	6	21	23	2	4	15	11	35	32	58	0.552	–26	26
22	Bradford Park Avenue	42	6	5	10	29	35	2	3	16	14	41	43	76	0.566	–33	24

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against;
GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Key
	League Champions
	FA Cup Winners
	Relegated

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	8 January 1921	Queen's Park Rangers	A	0–2

References

^ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/arsenal/1920-1921/results

[1] ttp://www.statto.com/football/teams/arsenal/1920-1921/results

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