Football League Third Division North
Organising body | The Football League |
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Founded | 1921 |
Folded | 1958 |
Country | England |
Other club(s) from | Wales |
Number of teams | 20 (1921–1923) 22 (1923–1950) 24 (1950–1958) |
Level on pyramid | 3 |
Promotion to | Second Division |
Domestic cup(s) | FA Cup |
League cup(s) | Third Division North Cup (1933–1939, 1945–1946) |
Last champions | Scunthorpe United (1957–58) |
Most championships | Doncaster Rovers, Lincoln City (3 titles) |
The Third Division North of
The Third Division South had been created in 1921 from the Third Division formed the previous year made up of 22 teams drawn mostly from the
The original 20 teams were: Stockport County,
Only one promotion place was available each season from the Third Division North to the
Its final season was 1957–58, after which the North and South sections were merged to form a single Third Division and the Fourth Division. The top 12 clubs in Division Three North, except for the Champions Scunthorpe United, went into the new Third Division, and the bottom 12 clubs went into the Fourth Division.
Tournaments between Third Division North and South
From 1934 to the outbreak of World War II there was a short-lived knockout competition Football League Third Division North Cup.
From the 1954–55 season until the 1957–58 season, there was a
Past champions
Season | Champions |
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1921–22 | Stockport County |
1922–23 | Nelson |
1923–24 | Wolverhampton Wanderers |
1924–25 | Darlington |
1925–26 | Grimsby Town |
1926–27 | Stoke City |
1927–28 | Bradford Park Avenue
|
1928–29 | Bradford City |
1929–30 | Port Vale |
1930–31 | Chesterfield |
1931–32 | Lincoln City |
1932–33 | Hull City |
1933–34 | Barnsley |
1934–35 | Doncaster Rovers |
1935–36 | Chesterfield |
1936–37 | Stockport County |
1937–38 | Tranmere Rovers |
1938–39 | Barnsley |
1939–40 | League abandoned due to World War II |
1940–46 | League suspended due to World War II |
1946–47 | Doncaster Rovers |
1947–48 | Lincoln City |
1948–49 | Hull City |
1949–50 | Doncaster Rovers |
1950–51 | Rotherham United |
1951–52 | Lincoln City |
1952–53 | Oldham Athletic
|
1953–54 | Port Vale |
1954–55 | Barnsley |
1955–56 | Grimsby Town |
1956–57 | Derby County |
1957–58 | Scunthorpe United |
See also
References
- ^ "Four new clubs for the Football League". The Coventry Evening Telegraph. 3 June 1950. p. 11. Retrieved 8 May 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Bigger English League". Belfast Telegraph. Belfast. 3 June 1950. p. 5. Retrieved 8 May 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.