1930–31 Football League

The 1930–1931 season was the 39th season of The Football League.

1 Final league tables^[1]^[2]
2 First Division
3 First Division Results
4 Second Division
5 Second Division Results
6 Third Division North
7 Third Division North Results
8 Third Division South
9 Third Division South Results
10 Records
11 See also
12 References

Final league tables^[1]^[2]

The tables below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website^[1] and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79,^[2] with home and away statistics separated.

Match results are drawn from The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website^[1] and Rothmans^[2] for the First Division and from Rothmans for the Second Division and for the two Third Divisions.

Note: Beginning with the season 1894–95, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded), or more properly put, goal ratio. In case one or more teams had the same goal difference, this system favoured those teams who had scored fewer goals. The goal average system was eventually scrapped beginning with the 1976–77 season.

Since the goal average was used for this purpose for such a long time, it is presented in the tables below even for the seasons prior to 1894–95, and since the goal difference is a more informative piece of information for a modern reader than the goal average, the goal difference is added in this presentation after the goal average.

During the first five seasons of the league, that is, until the season 1893–94, re-election process concerned the clubs which finished in the bottom four of the league. From the 1894–95 season and until the 1920–21 season the re-election process was required of the clubs which finished in the bottom three of the league. From the 1922–23 season on it was required of the bottom two teams of both Third Division North and Third Division South.^[2]

^ ^a ^b ^c "England 1930-31". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. http://www.rsssf.com/engpaul/FLA/1930-31.html. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.

First Division

Football League, First Division
Season	1930–31
Champions	Arsenal (1st English title)
Relegated	Leeds United Manchester United
FA Cup winners	West Bromwich Albion (2nd Division) (3rd FA Cup title)
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1823 (3.95 per match)
Top goalscorer	Tom Waring (Aston Villa), 49 ^[1]
Biggest home win	Huddersfield Town – Blackpool 10–1 (13 Dec 1930)
Biggest away win	Manchester United – Huddersfield Town 0–6 (10 Sept 1930)
Highest scoring	Sunderland – Liverpool 6–5 (6 Dec 1930) Manchester United – Newcastle 4–7 (13 Sept 1930) Newcastle – Portsmouth 4–7 (15 Nov 1930)
Longest winning run	?
Longest unbeaten run	?
Longest losing run	?
Highest attendance	?
Lowest attendance	?
Average attendance	?
← 1929–30 1931–32 →

Locations of the Football League First Division 1930–1931 teams

Arsenal

Chelsea

West Ham

Locations of the Football League First Division London teams 1930–1931

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Arsenal	42	14	5	2	67	27	14	5	2	60	32	127	59	2.153	+ 68	66	^[2]^[3]
2	Aston Villa	42	17	3	1	86	34	8	6	7	42	44	128	78	1.641	+ 50	59	^[2]
3	Sheffield Wednesday	42	14	3	4	65	32	8	5	8	37	43	102	75	1.360	+ 27	52	^[2]
4	Portsmouth	42	11	7	3	46	26	7	6	8	38	41	84	67	1.254	+ 17	49
5	Huddersfield Town	42	10	8	3	45	27	8	4	9	36	38	81	65	1.246	+ 16	48
6	Derby County	42	12	6	3	56	31	6	4	11	38	48	94	79	1.190	+ 15	46
7	Middlesbrough	42	13	5	3	57	28	6	3	12	41	62	98	90	1.089	+ 8	46
8	Manchester City	42	13	2	6	41	29	5	8	8	34	41	75	70	1.071	+ 5	46
9	Liverpool	42	11	6	4	48	28	4	6	11	38	57	86	85	1.012	+ 1	42
10	Blackburn Rovers	42	14	3	4	54	28	3	5	13	29	56	83	84	0.988	– 1	42
11	Sunderland	42	12	4	5	61	38	4	5	12	28	47	89	85	1.047	+ 4	41
12	Chelsea	42	13	4	4	42	19	2	6	13	22	48	64	67	0.955	– 3	40
13	Grimsby Town	42	13	2	6	55	31	4	3	14	27	56	82	87	0.943	– 5	39
14	Bolton Wanderers	42	12	6	3	45	26	3	3	15	23	55	68	81	0.840	– 13	39
15	Sheffield United	42	10	7	4	49	31	4	3	14	29	53	78	84	0.929	– 6	38
16	Leicester City	42	12	4	5	50	38	4	2	15	30	57	80	95	0.842	– 15	38
17	Newcastle United	42	9	2	10	41	45	6	4	11	37	42	78	87	0.897	– 9	36
18	West Ham United	42	11	3	7	56	44	3	5	13	23	50	79	94	0.840	– 15	36
19	Birmingham	42	11	3	7	37	28	2	7	12	18	42	55	70	0.786	– 15	36
20	Blackpool	42	8	7	6	41	44	3	3	15	30	81	71	125	0.568	– 54	32
21	Leeds United	42	10	3	8	49	31	2	4	15	19	50	68	81	0.840	– 13	31
22	Manchester United	42	6	6	9	30	37	1	2	18	23	78	53	115	0.461	– 62	22

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against;
GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Key
	League Champions
	Relegated

First Division Results

Home \ Away¹	ARS	AST	BIR	BLB	BLP	BOL	CHE	DER	GRI	HUD	LEE	LEI	LIV	MNC	MNU	MID	NEW	POR	SHE	SHW	SUN	WHU
Arsenal		5–2	1–1	3–2	7–1	5–0	2–1	6–3	9–1	0–0	3–1	4–1	3–1	3–1	4–1	5–3	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–3	1–1
Aston Villa	5–1		1–1	5–2	4–1	3–1	3–3	4–6	2–0	6–1	4–3	4–2	4–2	4–2	7–0	8–1	4–3	2–2	4–0	2–0	4–2	6–1
Birmingham City	2–4	0–4		4–1	1–1	0–2	6–2	1–2	4–1	2–0	0–1	2–1	2–0	3–2	0–0	1–2	1–1	2–1	3–1	2–0	1–0	0–2
Blackburn Rovers	2–2	0–2	2–1		5–0	2–2	2–0	1–0	5–2	5–3	3–1	3–0	3–3	0–1	4–1	4–5	1–0	1–2	2–1	5–2	3–0	1–0
Blackpool	1–4	2–2	0–1	1–1		3–3	2–1	1–0	3–1	1–1	3–7	5–4	1–3	2–2	5–1	3–2	0–0	2–2	2–1	0–4	3–1	1–3
Bolton Wanderers	1–4	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–0		1–1	1–2	4–2	1–0	2–0	4–1	2–0	1–1	3–1	3–0	0–3	3–1	6–2	2–2	2–2	4–2
Chelsea	1–5	0–2	1–0	3–2	3–0	0–1		1–1	5–0	1–2	1–0	1–0	2–2	2–0	6–2	4–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	5–0	2–1
Derby County	4–2	1–1	0–0	1–1	3–2	4–1	6–2		1–0	4–1	4–1	1–0	2–2	1–1	6–1	1–2	1–5	5–1	4–3	2–3	4–1	1–1
Grimsby Town	0–1	1–2	4–1	2–0	6–2	4–1	0–1	5–3		2–1	2–0	8–2	0–0	3–5	2–1	4–1	2–2	0–3	2–1	2–3	2–1	4–0
Huddersfield Town	1–1	1–6	1–0	1–1	10–1	3–2	1–1	3–0	2–2		3–0	4–1	2–1	1–1	3–0	2–2	0–3	1–3	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0
Leeds United	1–2	0–2	3–1	4–2	2–2	3–1	2–3	3–1	0–0	1–2		1–3	1–2	4–2	5–0	7–0	1–0	2–2	4–0	2–3	0–3	3–0
Leicester City	2–7	4–1	2–1	3–1	6–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	0–1	1–2	4–0		3–2	3–2	5–4	0–3	3–1	3–1	2–2	2–5	1–1	1–1
Liverpool	1–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	5–2	7–2	3–1	0–0	1–1	1–4	2–0	3–1		0–2	1–1	3–1	4–2	3–1	6–1	1–2	2–4	2–0
Manchester City	1–4	3–1	4–2	3–0	2–4	3–0	2–0	4–3	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–2	1–1		4–1	4–2	2–0	1–3	0–4	2–0	2–0	1–1
Manchester United	1–2	3–4	2–0	0–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–2	0–6	0–0	0–0	4–1	1–3		4–4	4–7	0–1	1–2	4–1	1–1	1–0
Middlesbrough	2–5	3–1	1–1	4–1	5–1	3–0	2–2	4–1	2–1	2–3	5–0	2–2	3–3	4–1	3–1		3–1	0–1	4–1	2–0	1–0	2–2
Newcastle United	1–3	2–0	2–2	2–3	0–2	4–0	1–0	2–5	1–2	1–1	4–1	5–2	0–4	0–1	4–3	0–5		4–7	1–0	1–2	2–0	4–2
Portsmouth	1–1	5–0	2–2	3–0	4–3	1–0	1–1	2–0	4–3	2–2	1–1	2–1	4–0	1–1	4–1	1–0	1–2		2–3	2–4	1–1	2–0
Sheffield United	1–1	3–4	3–1	1–1	5–1	2–0	4–0	3–3	2–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	4–1	2–2	3–1	4–2	3–1	3–1		1–1	3–3	1–2
Sheffield Wednesday	1–2	3–0	9–1	1–3	7–1	1–0	1–1	3–2	4–1	2–1	2–1	4–0	3–5	1–1	3–0	3–2	2–1	2–2	1–3		7–2	5–3
Sunderland	1–4	1–1	1–0	8–2	2–4	3–1	2–0	1–3	3–2	4–2	4–0	2–5	6–5	3–3	1–2	1–1	5–0	0–0	2–1	5–1		6–1
West Ham United	2–4	5–5	1–2	4–3	3–2	1–4	4–1	0–1	3–4	2–1	1–1	2–0	7–0	2–0	5–1	0–3	3–2	4–3	4–1	3–3	0–3

Source: [1]
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second Division

Football League, Second Division
Season	1930–31
Champions	Everton (1st title)
Relegated	Cardiff City Reading
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1608 (3.48 per match)
Top goalscorer	Dixie Dean (Everton), 39 ^[1]
Biggest home win	Everton – Plymouth Argyle 9–1 (27 Dec 1930)
Biggest away win	Charlton – Everton 0–7 (7 Feb 1931)
Highest scoring	Millwall – Preston North End 5–7 (4 Oct 1930)
Longest winning run	?
Longest unbeaten run	?
Longest losing run	?
Highest attendance	?
Lowest attendance	?
Average attendance	?
← 1929–30 1931–32 →

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Locations of the Football League Second Division 1930–1931 teams

Charlton Athletic

Millwall

Tottenham

Locations of the Football League Second Division London teams 1930–1931

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Everton	42	18	1	2	76	31	10	4	7	45	35	121	66	1.833	+ 55	61	^[2]
2	West Bromwich Albion	42	14	3	4	40	16	8	7	6	43	33	83	49	1.694	+ 34	54
3	Tottenham Hotspur	42	15	5	1	64	20	7	2	12	24	35	88	55	1.600	+ 33	51
4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	15	2	4	56	25	6	3	12	28	42	84	67	1.254	+ 17	47
5	Port Vale	42	15	3	3	39	16	6	2	13	28	45	67	61	1.098	+ 6	47
6	Bradford Park Avenue	42	15	4	2	71	24	3	6	12	26	42	97	66	1.470	+ 31	46
7	Preston North End	42	12	5	4	55	31	5	6	10	28	33	83	64	1.297	+ 19	45
8	Burnley	42	13	5	3	55	30	4	6	11	26	47	81	77	1.052	+ 4	45
9	Southampton	42	13	4	4	46	22	6	2	13	28	40	74	62	1.194	+ 12	44
10	Bradford City	42	12	5	4	39	26	5	5	11	22	37	61	63	0.968	– 2	44
11	Stoke City	42	11	6	4	34	17	6	4	11	30	54	64	71	0.901	– 7	44
12	Oldham Athletic	42	13	5	3	45	28	3	5	13	16	44	61	72	0.847	– 11	42
13	Bury	42	14	3	4	44	20	5	0	16	31	62	75	82	0.915	– 7	41
14	Millwall	42	12	4	5	47	25	4	3	14	24	55	71	80	0.888	– 9	39
15	Charlton Athletic	42	11	4	6	35	33	4	5	12	24	53	59	86	0.686	– 27	39
16	Bristol City	42	11	5	5	29	23	4	3	14	25	59	54	82	0.659	– 28	38
17	Nottingham Forest	42	12	6	3	54	35	2	3	16	26	50	80	85	0.941	– 5	37
18	Plymouth Argyle	42	10	3	8	47	33	4	5	12	29	51	76	84	0.905	– 8	36
19	Barnsley	42	13	3	5	42	23	0	6	15	17	56	59	79	0.747	– 20	35
20	Swansea Town	42	11	5	5	40	29	1	5	15	11	45	51	74	0.689	– 23	34
21	Reading	42	11	2	8	47	33	1	4	16	25	63	72	96	0.750	– 24	30
22	Cardiff City	42	7	6	8	32	31	1	3	17	15	56	47	87	0.540	– 40	25

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against;
GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	FA Cup Winners, also promoted
	Relegated

Second Division Results

Home \ Away¹	BAR	BRA	BPA	BRI	BUR	BRY	CAR	CHA	EVE	MIL	NOT	OLD	PLY	PVA	PRE	REA	SOT	STO	SWA	TOT	WBA	WOL
Barnsley		2–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	2–1	4–0	5–0	1–1	2–3	3–1	1–2	0–4	5–2	1–1	3–2	3–1	4–2	1–0	0–1	0–0	3–0
Bradford City	1–0		0–4	1–1	2–3	3–1	2–1	3–2	0–3	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	6–1	4–3	2–2	3–0	2–0	2–3	4–1
Bradford Park Avenue	1–0	1–2		5–2	4–1	5–1	3–0	3–2	4–1	6–0	4–1	4–0	7–1	5–1	2–2	1–3	1–1	2–2	5–1	4–1	3–1	1–1
Bristol City	2–1	0–1	2–0		1–1	4–2	1–0	3–0	0–1	1–2	1–4	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	0–3
Burnley	2–2	1–1	3–2	4–2		0–2	1–0	1–1	5–2	2–1	5–2	6–1	2–2	1–2	1–0	8–1	3–2	1–2	2–2	1–0	2–1	4–2
Bury	3–1	3–1	3–1	6–0	2–1		3–0	0–1	2–2	5–0	1–0	1–3	2–0	0–3	3–0	2–2	1–0	0–3	2–0	2–0	2–2	1–0
Cardiff City	2–0	1–1	0–3	0–1	4–0	1–3		0–2	1–2	4–4	1–1	0–0	4–1	2–1	0–0	5–0	0–1	3–2	1–0	0–0	3–6	0–3
Charlton Athletic	1–1	2–1	3–1	0–0	2–1	3–2	4–1		0–7	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–3	3–1	1–3	2–1	3–1	1–2	3–0	1–0	0–4	1–2
Everton	5–2	4–2	4–2	1–3	3–2	3–2	1–1	7–1		2–0	2–0	6–4	9–1	2–3	2–1	3–2	2–1	5–0	5–1	4–2	2–1	4–0
Millwall	4–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	6–0	1–3		5–1	1–0	4–1	0–1	5–7	4–0	1–0	1–3	3–1	2–3	2–0	1–1
Nottingham Forest	3–3	4–1	1–0	6–1	3–3	3–0	3–1	4–3	2–2	2–1		4–1	1–1	1–0	1–4	1–1	3–1	3–0	3–0	2–2	1–6	3–4
Oldham Athletic	0–0	3–0	2–0	1–3	3–1	3–2	4–2	0–3	3–3	3–1	3–1		2–1	3–3	2–0	1–1	2–1	3–1	2–1	1–2	2–2	2–0
Plymouth Argyle	4–0	0–2	0–0	5–3	1–2	3–6	5–1	1–3	2–3	5–0	1–0	1–1		2–1	1–2	3–1	2–3	1–2	0–0	2–0	5–1	3–2
Port Vale	5–2	1–0	8–2	1–0	0–0	0–1	2–0	1–1	1–3	3–2	3–2	2–0	2–1		1–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	3–0	1–0	0–1
Preston North End	1–1	4–2	1–1	2–2	2–0	3–0	7–0	4–1	2–1	1–3	2–4	1–0	2–1	1–3		3–3	5–0	5–1	0–0	2–1	2–3	5–4
Reading	6–1	0–0	3–0	4–1	3–1	3–4	3–0	2–0	0–2	2–1	5–2	1–3	1–2	0–3	1–4		1–1	7–3	1–0	1–2	0–3	3–0
Southampton	4–0	4–1	2–3	5–1	1–1	5–0	0–1	3–0	2–1	3–1	0–0	1–0	3–3	2–0	2–1	3–2		2–1	1–2	0–3	1–1	2–0
Stoke City	0–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	3–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	2–3	1–0	4–0	0–0	1–0	3–1	2–1	1–3		5–0	2–1	0–1	1–2
Swansea Town	1–0	1–2	2–1	5–2	1–1	5–2	3–2	1–1	2–5	4–1	3–2	0–0	2–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	0–1	1–2		1–2	1–1	1–1
Tottenham Hotspur	4–2	3–1	3–2	4–1	8–1	3–1	2–2	5–0	1–0	4–1	2–1	4–0	1–1	5–0	0–0	7–1	1–3	3–0	1–1		2–2	1–0
West Bromwich Albion	5–0	1–0	1–1	3–0	2–0	2–0	3–2	3–2	1–2	0–0	2–1	2–0	1–2	4–1	2–0	1–0	1–2	4–0	0–0	0–2		2–1
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–0	0–1	1–1	0–1	2–4	7–0	4–1	1–1	3–1	2–0	4–2	3–0	4–3	3–0	2–0	3–1	3–2	5–1	3–1	3–1	1–4

Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Third Division North

Football League, Third Division North
Season	1930–31
Champions	Chesterfield (1st title)
Failed re-election	Nelson
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1714 (3.71 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jimmy McConnell (Carlisle United), 37 ^[1]
Biggest home win	?
Biggest away win	?
Highest scoring	?
Longest winning run	?
Longest unbeaten run	?
Longest losing run	?
Highest attendance	?
Lowest attendance	?
Average attendance	?
← 1929–30 1931–32 →

Locations of the Football League Third Division North teams 1930–1931

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Chesterfield	42	19	1	1	66	22	7	5	9	36	35	102	57	1.789	+ 45	58	^[2]
2	Lincoln City	42	16	3	2	60	19	9	4	8	42	40	102	59	1.729	+ 43	57	^[2]
3	Wrexham	42	16	4	1	61	25	5	8	8	33	37	94	62	1.516	+ 32	54
4	Tranmere Rovers	42	16	3	2	73	26	8	3	10	38	48	111	74	1.500	+ 37	54	^[2]
5	Southport	42	15	3	3	52	19	7	6	8	36	37	88	56	1.571	+ 32	53
6	Hull City	42	12	7	2	64	20	8	3	10	35	35	99	55	1.800	+ 44	50
7	Stockport County	42	15	5	1	54	19	5	4	12	23	42	77	61	1.262	+ 16	49
8	Carlisle United	42	13	4	4	68	32	7	1	13	30	49	98	81	1.210	+ 17	45
9	Gateshead	42	14	4	3	46	22	2	9	10	25	51	71	73	0.973	– 2	45
10	Wigan Borough	42	14	4	3	48	25	5	1	15	28	61	76	86	0.884	– 10	43
11	Darlington	42	9	6	6	44	30	7	4	10	27	29	71	59	1.203	+ 12	42
12	York City	42	15	3	3	59	30	3	3	15	26	52	85	82	1.037	+ 3	42
13	Accrington Stanley	42	14	2	5	51	31	1	7	13	33	77	84	108	0.778	– 24	39
14	Rotherham United	42	9	6	6	50	34	4	6	11	31	49	81	83	0.976	– 2	38
15	Doncaster Rovers	42	9	8	4	40	18	4	3	14	25	47	65	65	1.000	± 0	37
16	Barrow	42	13	4	4	45	23	2	3	16	23	66	68	89	0.764	– 21	37
17	Halifax Town	42	11	6	4	30	16	2	3	16	25	73	55	89	0.618	– 34	35
18	Crewe Alexandra	42	13	2	6	52	35	1	4	16	14	58	66	93	0.710	– 27	34
19	New Brighton	42	12	4	5	36	25	1	3	17	13	51	49	76	0.645	– 27	33
20	Hartlepools United	42	10	2	9	47	37	2	4	15	20	49	67	86	0.779	– 19	30
21	Rochdale	42	9	1	11	42	50	3	5	13	20	57	62	107	0.579	– 45	30
22	Nelson¹	42	6	7	8	28	40	0	0	21	15	73	43	113	0.381	– 70	19

¹Nelson lost their bid for re-election, and were replaced by Chester in the following season.

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against;
GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	Welsh Cup winners
	New club in the league (none)
	Re-elected
	Failed re-election

Third Division North Results

Home \ Away¹	ACC	BRW	CRL	CHS	CRE	DAR	DON	GAT	HAL	HAR	HUL	LIN	NEL	NWB	ROC	ROT	SOU	STP	TRA	WIG	WRE	YOR
Accrington Stanley (1891)		3–1	3–0	1–3	3–1	2–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	0–2	1–3	5–3	3–1	3–0	2–3	3–2	2–0	2–2	5–2	3–0	1–3	4–2
Barrow	0–0		7–2	0–3	2–0	3–2	3–1	0–0	3–1	4–0	3–0	3–2	2–1	4–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–3	4–1	2–3	1–2
Carlisle United	7–3	0–1		0–0	4–1	2–1	1–1	2–2	6–2	3–0	1–5	3–6	8–1	2–0	7–1	1–2	4–3	5–1	3–0	6–1	1–1	2–0
Chesterfield	7–3	3–1	2–1		2–0	2–1	2–1	8–1	7–0	3–0	0–4	3–2	2–1	1–0	4–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	5–1	3–1	4–0	3–1
Crewe Alexandra	2–1	6–2	3–5	2–1		2–2	2–1	6–2	0–1	2–1	3–4	2–0	4–2	1–3	3–1	2–3	0–0	1–0	1–2	3–2	2–1	5–1
Darlington	1–1	3–2	3–0	5–1	1–2		0–0	2–2	4–1	4–2	2–4	0–1	2–1	3–1	1–1	2–2	2–3	1–2	2–0	2–3	1–1	3–0
Doncaster Rovers	6–1	0–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	1–2		1–1	3–3	1–1	0–2	0–1	2–0	0–0	4–0	3–3	0–0	2–0	6–0	5–1	1–1	0–2
Gateshead	4–0	4–1	1–0	3–3	2–2	1–1	2–1		3–1	0–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	4–0	0–2	2–0	2–3	2–1	3–0	4–2	4–3	2–1
Halifax Town	1–1	4–0	1–5	1–1	4–0	1–0	0–2	3–0		3–1	1–1	3–2	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	3–0	2–1	0–1	0–0	0–0
Hartlepool United	3–3	3–2	3–5	1–3	2–0	1–1	0–2	2–3	2–1		1–3	0–3	4–0	4–1	4–0	4–2	0–2	1–2	1–2	6–1	2–1	3–0
Hull City	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–1	5–1	1–1	8–2	4–0	10–0	5–0		1–3	4–0	3–0	3–1	2–2	5–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	2–3	3–1
Lincoln City	5–2	5–0	5–1	1–1	3–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	4–1	1–0	3–0		2–0	4–0	5–0	1–3	3–3	6–1	1–3	2–0	3–2	4–1
Nelson	4–2	0–3	1–2	0–5	1–1	3–1	2–0	2–2	3–2	1–1	0–2	1–2		2–2	0–0	0–0	1–4	1–1	0–4	2–1	2–0	2–5
New Brighton	0–0	3–1	2–0	3–1	3–0	1–5	2–1	0–0	3–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	2–0		2–1	3–1	1–2	0–2	1–3	0–2	1–1	5–3
Rochdale	1–6	4–2	1–3	2–3	1–0	1–2	3–5	0–1	2–3	1–2	1–0	4–2	5–4	2–0		6–1	0–4	1–0	1–3	0–4	4–3	2–2
Rotherham United	8–1	6–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–2	3–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	3–0	2–0	1–3		3–3	3–4	4–6	5–2	1–4	2–1
Southport	3–3	3–2	1–2	3–0	3–1	0–1	2–1	1–0	5–2	2–0	1–0	1–2	8–1	3–0	4–0	4–1		2–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–0
Stockport County	4–1	6–0	3–0	2–1	2–0	0–1	2–2	3–1	3–0	3–1	3–2	4–2	1–0	2–0	2–2	5–2	2–0		1–1	4–1	2–2	0–0
Tranmere	8–0	5–0	2–0	2–0	0–0	1–2	1–2	2–1	2–2	5–4	4–0	3–3	7–1	3–3	7–3	4–2	3–1	3–0		5–1	2–1	4–1
Wigan Borough	3–2	2–1	1–2	1–5	6–0	2–0	3–0	3–3	3–0	3–2	3–1	0–1	3–1	1–1	3–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	4–3		1–1	3–1
Wrexham	6–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	7–0	2–0	4–1	5–1	3–2	2–0	2–0	2–2	5–1	2–1	1–1	3–2	2–4	3–2	2–2	2–0		3–2
York City	3–1	4–2	4–0	2–2	4–3	2–1	4–2	4–3	4–1	4–2	3–2	1–1	3–0	4–1	3–0	1–1	3–1	1–2	3–1	2–3	0–1

Third Division South

Football League, Third Division South
Season	1931–32
Champions	Notts County (1st title)
Failed re-election	Newport County
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1669 (3.61 per match)
Top goalscorer	Peter Simpson (Crystal Palace), 46 ^[1]
Biggest home win	?
Biggest away win	?
Highest scoring	?
Longest winning run	?
Longest unbeaten run	?
Longest losing run	?
Highest attendance	?
Lowest attendance	?
Average attendance	?
← 1929–30 1931–32 →

Locations of the Football League Third Division South teams 1930–1931

Locations of the Football League Third Division South London teams 1930–1931

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Notts County	42	16	4	1	58	13	8	7	6	39	33	97	46	2.109	+ 51	59
2	Crystal Palace	42	17	2	2	71	20	5	5	11	36	51	107	71	1.507	+ 36	51	^[2]
3	Brentford	42	14	3	4	62	30	8	3	10	28	34	90	64	1.406	+ 26	50
4	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	13	5	3	45	20	4	10	7	23	33	68	53	1.283	+ 15	49
5	Southend United	42	16	0	5	53	26	6	5	10	23	34	76	60	1.267	+ 16	49
6	Northampton Town	42	10	6	5	37	20	8	6	7	40	39	77	59	1.305	+ 18	48
7	Luton Town	42	15	3	3	61	17	4	5	12	15	34	76	51	1.490	+ 25	46
8	Queens Park Rangers	42	15	0	6	57	23	5	3	13	25	52	82	75	1.093	+ 7	43
9	Fulham	42	15	3	3	49	21	3	4	14	28	54	77	75	1.027	+ 2	43
10	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	42	11	7	3	39	22	4	6	11	33	51	72	73	0.986	– 1	43
11	Torquay United	42	13	5	3	56	26	4	4	13	24	58	80	84	0.952	– 4	43
12	Swindon Town	42	15	5	1	68	29	3	1	17	21	65	89	94	0.947	– 5	42
13	Exeter City	42	12	6	3	55	35	5	2	14	29	55	84	90	0.933	– 6	42
14	Coventry City	42	11	4	6	55	28	5	5	11	20	37	75	65	1.154	+ 10	41
15	Bristol Rovers	42	12	3	6	49	36	4	5	12	26	56	75	92	0.815	– 17	40
16	Gillingham	42	10	6	5	40	29	4	4	13	21	47	61	76	0.803	– 15	38
17	Walsall ^{[notes 1]}	42	9	5	7	44	38	5	4	12	34	57	78	95	0.821	– 17	37
18	Watford	42	9	4	8	41	29	5	3	13	31	46	72	75	0.960	– 3	35
19	Clapton Orient	42	12	3	6	47	33	2	4	15	16	58	63	91	0.692	– 28	35
20	Thames	42	12	5	4	34	20	1	3	17	20	73	54	93	0.581	– 39	34
21	Newport County	42	10	5	6	45	31	1	1	19	24	80	69	111	0.622	– 42	28	^{[notes 2]}
22	Norwich City	42	10	7	4	37	20	0	1	20	10	56	47	76	0.618	– 29	28

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against;
GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

^ Walsall was transferred to Third Division North for the following season.
^ Newport County appears to have failed in the re-elections process this year, but they were back in the league for the 1932–1933 season.

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	New club in the league
	Re-elected
	Failed re-election

Third Division South Results

Home \ Away¹	BOU	BRE	B&H	BRO	CLA	COV	CPA	EXE	FUL	GIL	LUT	NPC	NOR	NOR	NTC	QPR	STD	SWI	THA	TOR	WAL	WAT
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic		1–0	1–2	4–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	3–1	2–1	2–1	0–0	4–2	1–3	4–1	2–1	2–0	0–0	4–1	3–3	2–2	0–2	1–1
Brentford	1–2		3–2	4–0	3–0	1–2	8–2	2–1	4–1	1–1	0–1	3–2	0–4	3–1	2–2	5–3	3–1	5–2	6–1	0–0	6–1	2–1
Brighton & Hove Albion	3–1	1–0		4–0	3–1	2–0	1–1	3–2	1–1	5–0	2–0	5–0	1–1	1–0	1–3	1–1	1–2	1–0	2–4	3–0	3–3	1–0
Bristol Rovers	2–5	2–5	3–3		4–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	5–1	2–0	1–4	3–0	2–2	3–0	2–3	4–1	4–0	3–1	1–2	1–5
Clapton Orient	0–0	3–0	1–0	3–1		3–3	3–2	2–3	2–0	0–2	3–2	3–1	2–2	2–0	1–4	2–3	3–1	2–3	2–1	4–0	2–5	4–0
Coventry City	3–3	0–1	0–0	5–1	4–0		3–5	3–1	2–1	1–2	1–2	6–4	0–1	3–0	1–2	2–0	0–0	4–0	7–1	6–1	2–1	2–2
Crystal Palace	1–0	5–1	0–1	0–2	3–1	1–0		7–2	5–2	5–0	5–1	7–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	4–0	3–1	3–1	2–1	5–0	6–3	6–1
Exeter City	4–1	4–0	2–2	0–3	6–1	2–3	4–3		3–2	3–0	1–1	3–0	3–3	1–0	3–3	2–0	1–1	3–1	4–3	2–2	2–5	2–1
Fulham	1–0	1–1	0–1	6–2	2–0	0–0	2–0	4–2		1–1	2–1	0–1	4–2	1–0	3–1	0–2	1–0	6–1	4–2	3–0	5–2	3–2
Gillingham	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	2–0	6–2	3–5	3–2		4–0	4–1	0–2	2–1	0–5	2–2	1–0	0–1	3–1	2–3	2–0	4–2
Luton Town	2–3	1–1	2–2	4–1	0–1	2–0	1–2	3–1	5–0	4–1		3–1	4–0	1–0	3–0	5–1	2–1	4–0	8–0	3–1	0–0	4–1
Newport County	7–3	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	4–0	1–3	1–3	3–1		5–2	3–0	2–3	2–3	3–1	3–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	0–2
Northampton Town	2–2	1–2	2–1	1–1	0–0	0–3	0–0	1–0	4–2	0–1	0–0	1–0		3–1	0–0	6–0	4–0	3–0	4–1	0–3	3–0	2–3
Norwich City	2–1	3–0	2–2	1–3	2–0	2–2	2–1	1–2	1–1	4–0	1–0	4–1	1–1		2–2	1–1	0–1	2–0	0–0	3–0	3–1	0–1
Notts County	2–0	1–0	2–2	3–0	5–0	4–1	2–2	1–2	6–1	2–1	1–0	5–0	2–2	4–0		2–0	1–1	2–0	4–0	2–0	6–1	1–0
Queens Park Rangers	3–0	3–1	4–1	2–0	4–2	2–0	4–0	7–2	0–2	1–0	3–1	7–1	0–2	3–1	4–1		0–2	1–2	3–0	1–2	3–0	2–3
Southend	4–0	0–1	0–2	4–0	2–0	2–0	2–4	5–1	2–4	3–2	0–2	6–2	2–1	2–0	2–1	2–0		5–3	1–0	6–3	2–0	1–0
Swindon Town	4–1	3–2	1–1	3–1	5–1	4–0	4–4	2–1	4–1	5–2	0–0	4–4	5–1	5–2	1–2	4–1	1–1		3–0	4–0	4–3	2–1
Thames	1–4	2–0	0–0	1–2	3–0	1–2	0–2	1–0	0–0	2–2	1–0	3–1	2–1	2–0	0–0	1–0	3–0	3–2		1–1	4–1	3–2
Torquay United	4–4	0–3	3–1	3–3	5–2	0–0	3–1	0–0	3–1	3–0	1–1	3–0	3–0	2–0	1–4	6–2	3–1	5–0	5–1		0–1	3–1
Walsall	3–3	1–4	0–0	4–2	4–2	1–2	2–1	2–1	2–0	2–2	0–1	1–0	2–6	7–0	2–1	0–2	1–3	2–2	6–0	0–4		2–2
Watford	2–0	1–3	5–0	2–2	1–2	4–1	0–2	0–1	2–2	1–0	1–0	6–2	1–2	2–2	0–1	0–4	1–3	3–0	1–0	6–0	2–2

Records

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. http://www.rsssf.com/tablese/engtops.html#1947-1. Retrieved 2010-10-31.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h 8 teams, Arsenal, Aston Villa, Sheffield Wednesday (1st Div), Everton (2nd Div.), Chesterfield, Lincoln City, Tranmere Rovers
(3rd Div. North) and Crystal Palace (3rd Div. South) all scored over 100 goals. This is the most in the Football League history.
^ Arsenal scored 60 Away Goals, the most to this day.

For these and other records, see:^[1]

References

^ "Football League Records: Goals". The Football League. http://www.football-league.premiumtv.co.uk/page/RecordGoals/0,,10794,00.html. Retrieved 2007-02-13.

Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.

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1930–31 in English football

« 1929–30 1931–32 »

FA competitions	FA Cup (Qualifying Rounds, Final) • FA Charity Shield

Football League	Football League (First Division • Second Division • Third Division)

Related to national team	Home Championship

Club seasons

First Division	Arsenal · Aston Villa · Birmingham City · Blackpool · Blackburn Rovers · Bolton Wanderers · Chelsea · Derby County · Grimsby Town · Huddersfield Town · Leeds United · Leicester City · Liverpool · Manchester City · Manchester United · Middlesbrough · Newcastle United · Portsmouth · Sheffield United · Sheffield Wednesday · Sunderland · West Ham United

Second Division	Barnsley · Bradford City · Bradford Park Avenue · Bristol City · Burnley · Bury · Cardiff City · Charlton Athletic · Everton · Millwall · Nottingham Forest · Oldham Athletic · Preston North End · Plymouth Argyle · Port Vale · Reading · Southampton · Stoke City · Swansea Town · Tottenham Hotspur · West Bromwich Albion · Wolverhampton Wanderers

Third Division North	Accrington Stanley · Barrow · Carlisle United · Chesterfield · Crewe Alexandra · Darlington · Doncaster Rovers · Halifax Town · Hartlepools United · Hull City · Lincoln City · Nelson · New Brighton · Rochdale · Rotherham County · South Shields · Southport · Stockport County · Tranmere Rovers · Wigan Borough · Wrexham · York City

Third Division South	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic · Brentford · Brighton & Hove Albion · Bristol Rovers · Clapton Orient · Coventry City · Crystal Palace · Exeter City · Fulham · Gillingham · Luton Town · Newport County · Northampton Town · Norwich City · Notts County · Queens Park Rangers · Southend United · Swindon Town · Thames · Torquay United · Walsall · Watford

1930–31 in European football

Domestic leagues	Albania '30 '31 · Austria · Belgium · Bulgaria '30 '31 · Czechoslovakia · Denmark · England · Estonia '30 '31 · Finland '30 '31 · Germany '30 '31 · Greece · Hungary · Iceland '30 '31 · Italy · Latvia '30 '31 · Lithuania '30 '31 · Luxembourg · Malta · Netherlands · Northern Ireland · Poland '30 '31 · Republic of Ireland · Romania · Scotland · Spain · Sweden · Switzerland · Yugoslavia

Domestic cups	Albania · Austria · Belgium · Bulgaria · Cyprus · Czechoslovakia · Denmark · England · Faroe Islands '30 '31 · Finland '30 '31 · France · East Germany · West Germany · Greece · Hungary · Iceland '30 '31 · Israel · Italy · Liechtenstein · Luxembourg · Malta · Netherlands · Northern Ireland · Norway '30 '31 · Poland · Portugal · Republic of Ireland · Romania · San Marino · Scotland · Soviet Union · Spain · Sweden '30 '31 · Switzerland · Turkey · Wales

League cups	England · France · Israel · Northern Ireland · Republic of Ireland · Scotland

International competitions	Mitopa Cup

1930–31 Football League

Contents

Final league tables[1][2]

First Division

First Division Results

Second Division

Second Division Results

Third Division North

Third Division North Results

Third Division South

Third Division South Results

Records

See also

References

Final league tables^[1]^[2]