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      MIDLAND LEAGUE  1919/20
      P W D L F A Pts
      1 Chesterfield Municipal 34 24 5 5 78 35 53
      2 Sheffield United Reserves 34 20 11 3 73 28 51
      3 Scunthorpe & Lindsey Un. 34 18 7 9 71 39 43
      4 Worksop Town 34 20 3 11 71 53 43
      5 Mexborough 34 18 6 10 60 45 42
      6 Sheffield Wednesday Res. 34 16 6 12 50 44 38
      7 Rotherham Town 34 14 8 12 83 71 36
      8 Castleford Town 34 14 8 12 53 46 36
      9 Hull City Reserves 34 16 2 16 74 59 34
      10 Grimsby Town Reserves 34 14 5 15 66 64 33
      11 Rotherham County Res. 34 13 5 16 60 57 31
      Season Results 12 Leeds United 34 11 9 14 56 55 31 Promoted
      13 Notts County Reserves 34 10 11 13 50 56 31
      14 Halifax Town 34 13 4 17 52 70 30
      15 Lincoln City Reserves 34 8 7 19 43 83 23
      16 Barnsley Reserves 34 6 9 19 46 72 21
      17 Silverwood Colliery 34 6 7 21 38 89 19
      18 Gainsborough Trinity 34 7 3 24 37 95 17
     
     

Following a scandal based on illegal payments, Leeds City were expelled from the Football League on October 19th and immediately disbanded. They played their last Football League fixture away to Wolves on October 4th 1919 but rather than their results being expunged and the division being completed one team short Port Vale took over over their fixture list and completed the season. Port Vale had applied to join the League in their own right prior to the start of the season but had finished one vote off from being elected. Leeds City Reserves competed in the Midland League and like their first team, disbanded. The newly-formed Leeds United club, formed after the demise of Leeds City, were invited to take over the fixtures of Leeds City Reserves and were elected to the Midland League on 31st October. They applied to join the Football League at the end of their first season and on 31st May 1920 they were elected to the Second Division  with the voting being as follows -
     
31 votes Leeds United Elected to the Football League Promoted
23 Cardiff City Elected to the Football League
20 Grimsby Town* Not re-elected to the League
7 Lincoln City Not re-elected to the League
3 Walsall Not elected to the League
* although not re-elected to Division 2, Grimsby Town were admitted to the newly-formed Football League Division 3.