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The Third Division South had been formed the previous season (as simply the Third Division) with 22 teams mostly from the Southern League. It was decided that this gave the league too much of a southern bias, so the Third Division North was created to redress the balance. However, there was not a northern equivalent of the Southern League, so only 20 teams could be found, taken from several regional leagues: the Midland League , the Central League, the North Eastern League , the Lancashire Combination and the Birmingham Combination . A further two teams were added in 1923 to take the total to 22.
Only one promotion place was available each season from Third Division North to the Second Division, which made it very difficult to win promotion. Eight teams were ever-present in the division for the thirty years of its existence.
In 1958 the two regional Third Divisions were merged together, to create the new Third Division and Fourth Division.
| 1922 | Stockport County |
| 1923 | Nelson |
| 1924 | Wolverhampton WanderersWolverhampton Wanderers F. is a Wolverhampton-based football club playing at the Molineux. Molineux Stadium is situated on Waterloo Road and has four stands all named after players who have become legendary at the club Billy Wright, Steve Bull, Stan Culli |
| 1925Centuries: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s Years: 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 See also 1925 in aviation 1925 in film 1925 in literature 1925 in mu | DarlingtonDarlington F. are an English football team based in the English town of Darlington, currently playing in Football League Two. Their nickname is the Quakers, in reference to the religious movement that had a historic influence on the town. The club plays a |
| 1926Centuries: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s Years: 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 See also 1926 in aviation 1926 in film 1926 in literature 1926 in mu | Grimsby TownGrimsby Town F. are an English football club in Football League Two, who in 2004 finished towards the bottom of the league. The club is actually located at Blundell Park in Cleethorpes, the seaside town conurbation of Grimsby on the river Humber in the no |
| 1927Centuries: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s Years: 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 See also 1927 in aviation 1927 in film 1927 in literature 1927 in mu | Stoke CityStoke City F. known as Stoke F. until 1925) is a football club from Stoke-on-Trent in England. The club is reputedly the second oldest football league club in the world after Notts County F. claiming to have been formed in 1863 (disputed by some who claim |
| 1928 | Bradford Park Avenue |
| 1929 | Bradford City |
| 1930 | Port Vale |
| 1931 | Chesterfield |
| 1932 | Lincoln City |
| 1933 | Hull City |
| 1934 | Barnsley |
| 1935 | Doncaster Rovers |
| 1936 | Chesterfield |
| 1937 | Stockport County |
| 1938 | Tranmere Rovers |
| 1939 | Barnsley |
| 1947 | Doncaster Rovers |
| 1948 | Lincoln City |
| 1949 | Hull City |
| 1950 | Doncaster Rovers |
| 1951 | Rotherham United |
| 1952 | Lincoln City |
| 1953 | Oldham Athletic |
| 1954 | Port Vale |
| 1955 | Barnsley |
| 1956 | Grimsby Town |
| 1957 | Derby County |
| 1958 | Scunthorpe United |