West Ham played their first game in the Second Division against Lincoln City, drawing 1-1 at Upton Park.
https://www.whufc.com/club/history/greatest-matches/west-ham-united-1-lincoln-city-1
The image below shows The Hammers first programme as a Football League team.
image: https://www.whufc.com/sites/default/files/inline-images/1919-v-lincoln-programme.jpg
The Second Division was expanded from 20 clubs in 1914-15 to 22 and the First Division also expanded to 22. Glossop disappeared from the league in this change over, Coventry was included, as were Rotherham County.
Leicester lost the appendage "Fosse" during the War gap.
Port Vale, Stoke, South Shields were added and Tottenham dropped down from Division One. So 44 teams started the new era and in 1919-20 a Third Division was added as the country settled down.
In 1924, on this day, Crystal Palace their first game at Selhurst Park, playing (Sheffield) Wednesday, which the Yorkshire team won 1-0. This was a Second Division match and at the end of the season Palace were relegated to Division Three with Coventry. Wednesday came 14th. By now the Third Divisions North and South had been introduced.
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