1920
The Football League was extended to forty-four clubs after the
war, and Division III (South) was formed in 1920. The International
board ruled that in British championship matches goalkeepers
should wear yellow jerseys.
The Republic of Czechoslovakia was formed, and a Czech international
side reached the final of the Olympic Games competition, before
walking off while losing to Belgium 2-0 after one of their players
had been sent off. The Royal Belgian FA was formed the same
year.
In League games, the minimum admittance charge was raised from
sixpence to one shilling after the war, the next change being
a threepence raise in 1942-3. In 1965-6, the four shilling minimum
was brought into effect. 1923
The now legendary ‘White Horse Final’ was held
at Wembley, with over 150,000 people there, including King
George V, to watch Bolton Wanderers beat West Ham 2-0.
1924
A. Chandler set a record by scoring in 16 consecutive League
matched for Leicester in Division Two. The Laws were also
altered that year, with the Scottish FA proposing that goals
could be scored from corners, which, after much confusion,
was altered to state that the corner taker could only have
one kick. Also in 1924, in the Cup, Barrow and Gillingham
had to meet five times, a total of nine and a half hours,
before Barrow won 2-1.
1925
The new offside rule caused chaos in the League, with Aston
Villa beating Burnley 10-0 through the use of defenders strategically
putting the whole attack offside at the opportune moment.
The new rule also stated that a player could not be offside
in his own half.
1926
The first radio broadcast of a football match was made in
England: Arsenal v. Sheffield United. And the record for youngest
player in the football league went to Albert Geldard, who
made his Second Division debut at the age of 15 years 156
days.
1927
Dixie Dean set a League record of 60 goals in a season for
Everton. He also went on to score 37 hat tricks in his 18-season
career.
1929
The record for the oldest Englishman to play in the Football
League went to R. Suter, who played in goal for Halifax v.
Darlington aged 50 years 9 months. The same year, England
lost their first professional match abroad to Spain 4-3
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