The Evolution of The Football League 1919-1937

1919–20
2 Divisions, 44  teams
In	Out	Re elected	Not Elected
Coventry City	Leeds City (expelled)		Chesterfield Town
Port Vale			Rochdale
Rotherham County			Southport
South Shields
Stoke
West Ham United
1920-21
3 Divisions, 66  teams
In	Out	Re elected	Not Elected
Leeds United	Lincoln City		Walsall
Cardiff City
Brentford
Brighton & Hove Albion
Bristol Rovers
Crystal Palace
Exeter City
Gillingham
Luton Town
Merthyr Town
Millwall
Newport County
Northampton Town
Norwich City
Plymouth Argyle
Portsmouth
Queens Park Rangers
Reading
Southampton
Southend United
Swansea Town
Swindon Town
Watford
1921-22
4 Divisions, 86 teams  (there was a Northern and Southern section to the third division)
In	Out	Re elected	Not Elected
Aberdare Athletic		Brentford	Aberaman Athletic*
Accrington Stanley		Gillingham	Abertillery Town
Ashington			Barry
Barrow			Bath City
Charlton Athletic			Blyth Spartans
Chesterfield Town			Bridgend Town
Crewe Alexandra			Castleford Town
Darlington			Doncaster Rovers
Durham City			Gainsborough Trinity
Halifax Town			Lancaster Town
Hartlepools United			Pontypridd
Lincoln City			Rotherham Town
Nelson			Scunthorpe & Lindsey United
Rochdale			South Liverpool
Southport			Wakefield City
Stalybridge Celtic			West Stanley
Tranmere Rovers			*withdrew
Walsall
Wigan Borough
Wrexham
1922-23
In	Out	Re elected	Not Elected
		Exeter City	Bath City
		Halifax Town	Doncaster Rovers
		Rochdale	Llanelly
		Southend United	New Brighton
			Pontypridd
			York City
1923-24
4 Divisions, 88 teams
In	Out	Re elected	Not Elected
Boscombe (changed their name to Bournemouth United then Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic)	Stalybridge Celtic (resigned)	Aberdare Athletic	Llanelly
Doncaster Rovers		Ashington	Nuneaton Town
New Brighton		Durham City	Pontypridd
		Newport County	Torquay United
			Wallasey United
1924-25
4 Divisions, 88 teams
In	Out	Re elected	Not Elected
		Barrow	No applications
		Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic
		Hartlepools United
		Queens Park Rangers
1925-26
4 Divisions, 88 teams
In	Out	Re elected	Not Elected
		Brentford	Blyth Spartans
		Merthyr Town	Mansfield Town
		Rotherham County	Mid Rhondda
		Tranmere Rovers
1926-27
4 Divisions, 88 teams
In	Out	Re elected	Not Elected
		Barrow	Blyth Spartans
		Charlton Athletic	Carlisle United
		Queens Park Rangers	Mansfield Town
		Walsall
1927-28
4 Divisions, 88 teams
In	Out	Re elected	Not Elected
Torquay United	Aberdare Athletic	Accrington Stanley	Blyth Spartans
		Barrow	Carlisle United
		Watford	Ebbw Vale
			Kettering Town
			Mansfield Town
			Yeovil & Petters United
			York City
1928-29
4 Divisions, 88 teams
In	Out	Re elected	Not Elected
Carlisle United	Durham City	Nelson	Argonauts
		Merthyr Town	Chester
		Torquay United	Kettering Town
			Peterborough & Fletton United
			York City
1929-30
4 Divisions, 88 teams
In	Out	Re elected	Not Elected
York City	Ashington	Exeter City	Argonauts
		Gillingham	Aldershot Town
		Hartlepools	Chester
			Connah’s Quay & Shotton
			Kettering Town
			Llanelly
			Manchester Central
			Mansfield Town
			Prescot Cables
			Rhyl
			Thames Association
			Workington
1930-31
4 Divisions, 88 teams
In	Out	Re elected	Not Elected
Thames Association	Merthyr Town	Barrow	Aldershot Town
		Gillingham	Argonauts
		Halifax Town	Llanelly
			Manchester Central
			Mansfield Town
			Prescot Cables
1931-32
In	Out	Re elected	Not Elected
Chester	Nelson	Norwich City	Aldershot Town
Mansfield Town	Newport County	Rochdale	Manchester Central
			Merthyr Town
1932-33
4 Divisions, 88 teams
In	Out	Re elected	Not Elected
Aldershot Town	Thames Association	Gillingham	Guildford City
Newport County	Wigan Borough (resigned)	Rochdale	Llanelly
			Merthyr Town
			Rhyl
			Wigan Athletic
1933-34
4 Divisions, 88 teams
In	Out	Re elected	Not Elected
		Darlington	Folkestone
		New Brighton	Llanelly
		Newport County	Merthyr Town
		Swindon Town	Nuneaton Town
			Scarborough
1934-35
4 Divisions, 88 teams
In	Out	Re elected	Not Elected
		Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic	Folkestone
		Cardiff City
		Rochdale
		Rotherham United
1935-36
4 Divisions, 88 teams
In	Out	Re elected	Not Elected
		Carlisle United	Bath City
		Newport County	Folkestone
		Southend United	Shrewsbury Town
		Southport