| Season | 1929–30 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Sheffield Wednesday |
| Relegated | Merthyr Town |
| New Team in League | York City |
1930–31 → | |
The1929–30 season was the 38th season ofThe Football League.
The tables and results below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found atThe Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website[1] and inRothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79,[2] with home and away statistics separated.
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. From the 1922–23 season onwards, re-election was required of the bottom two teams of both Third Division North and Third Division South.[2]
| Season | 1929–30 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Sheffield Wednesday 4thEnglish title |
| Relegated | Burnley Everton |
| Matches | 462 |
| Goals | 1,758 (3.81 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Vic Watson (41 goals)[3] |
| Biggest home win | Blackburn Rovers 7–0Middlesbrough (1 January 1930) Arsenal 8–1Sheffield United (12 April 1930) |
| Biggest away win | Liverpool 0–6Sunderland (19 April 1930) |
| Highest scoring | Blackburn Rovers 7–5Birmingham (28 September 1929) Sheffield United 5–7Blackburn Rovers (3 March 1930) Leicester City 6–6Arsenal (21 April 1930) |
1930–31 → | |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sheffield Wednesday(C) | 42 | 26 | 8 | 8 | 105 | 57 | 1.842 | 60 | |
| 2 | Derby County | 42 | 21 | 8 | 13 | 90 | 82 | 1.098 | 50 | |
| 3 | Manchester City | 42 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 91 | 81 | 1.123 | 47 | |
| 4 | Aston Villa | 42 | 21 | 5 | 16 | 92 | 83 | 1.108 | 47 | |
| 5 | Leeds United | 42 | 20 | 6 | 16 | 79 | 63 | 1.254 | 46 | |
| 6 | Blackburn Rovers | 42 | 19 | 7 | 16 | 99 | 93 | 1.065 | 45 | |
| 7 | West Ham United | 42 | 19 | 5 | 18 | 86 | 79 | 1.089 | 43 | |
| 8 | Leicester City | 42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 86 | 90 | 0.956 | 43 | |
| 9 | Sunderland | 42 | 18 | 7 | 17 | 76 | 80 | 0.950 | 43 | |
| 10 | Huddersfield Town | 42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 63 | 69 | 0.913 | 43 | |
| 11 | Birmingham | 42 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 67 | 62 | 1.081 | 41 | |
| 12 | Liverpool | 42 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 63 | 79 | 0.797 | 41 | |
| 13 | Portsmouth | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 66 | 62 | 1.065 | 40 | |
| 14 | Arsenal | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 78 | 66 | 1.182 | 39 | |
| 15 | Bolton Wanderers | 42 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 74 | 74 | 1.000 | 39 | |
| 16 | Middlesbrough | 42 | 16 | 6 | 20 | 82 | 84 | 0.976 | 38 | |
| 17 | Manchester United | 42 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 67 | 88 | 0.761 | 38 | |
| 18 | Grimsby Town | 42 | 15 | 7 | 20 | 73 | 89 | 0.820 | 37 | |
| 19 | Newcastle United | 42 | 15 | 7 | 20 | 71 | 92 | 0.772 | 37 | |
| 20 | Sheffield United | 42 | 15 | 6 | 21 | 91 | 96 | 0.948 | 36 | |
| 21 | Burnley(R) | 42 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 79 | 97 | 0.814 | 36 | Relegation to theSecond Division |
| 22 | Everton(R) | 42 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 80 | 92 | 0.870 | 35 |
| Home \ Away | ARS | AST | BIR | BLB | BOL | BUR | DER | EVE | GRI | HUD | LEE | LEI | LIV | MCI | MUN | MID | NEW | POR | SHU | SHW | SUN | WHU |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arsenal | 2–4 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 6–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 8–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | |
| Aston Villa | 5–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 5–2 | 4–1 | 5–3 | 3–4 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–3 | |
| Birmingham | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–2 | |
| Blackburn Rovers | 1–1 | 2–0 | 7–5 | 3–1 | 8–3 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 5–4 | 7–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 5–3 | 3–3 | |
| Bolton Wanderers | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 2–3 | 7–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 4–1 | |
| Burnley | 2–2 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 6–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 0–3 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 1–1 | |
| Derby County | 4–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 5–4 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 4–3 | |
| Everton | 1–1 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 4–5 | 3–3 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–4 | 4–1 | 1–2 | |
| Grimsby Town | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 5–3 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–5 | 0–1 | 2–2 | |
| Huddersfield Town | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | |
| Leeds United | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 1–3 | |
| Leicester City | 6–6 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 5–4 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 6–1 | 0–5 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | |
| Liverpool | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–6 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–6 | 3–1 | |
| Manchester City | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 4–3 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 4–3 | |
| Manchester United | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 2–5 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 1–5 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 4–2 | |
| Middlesbrough | 1–1 | 2–3 | 5–1 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 1–5 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | |
| Newcastle United | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 3–5 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–0 | |
| Portsmouth | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 7–1 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 3–1 | |
| Sheffield United | 4–1 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 5–7 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 7–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 4–2 | |
| Sheffield Wednesday | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 6–3 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 7–2 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | |
| Sunderland | 0–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 5–2 | 2–4 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–4 | 4–2 | |
| West Ham United | 3–2 | 5–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 5–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 5–3 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Season | 1929–30 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Blackpool |
| Promoted | Blackpool Chelsea |
| Relegated | Hull City Notts County |
| Matches | 462 |
| Goals | 1,513 (3.27 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Jimmy Hampson (45 goals)[3] |
| Biggest home win | Blackpool 7–1Bristol City (26 October 1929) Oldham Athletic 6–0Wolverhampton Wanderers (9 November 1929) Bradford Park Avenue 6–0Millwall (3 March 1930) |
| Biggest away win | Nottingham Forest 0–5Southampton (28 September 1929) |
| Highest scoring | Preston North End 4–6Blackpool (19 October 1929) West Bromwich Albion7–3Wolverhampton Wanderers (28 December 1929) |
1930–31 → | |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blackpool(C, P) | 42 | 27 | 4 | 11 | 98 | 67 | 1.463 | 58 | Promotion to theFirst Division |
| 2 | Chelsea(P) | 42 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 74 | 46 | 1.609 | 55 | |
| 3 | Oldham Athletic | 42 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 90 | 51 | 1.765 | 53 | |
| 4 | Bradford (Park Avenue) | 42 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 91 | 70 | 1.300 | 50 | |
| 5 | Bury | 42 | 22 | 5 | 15 | 78 | 67 | 1.164 | 49 | |
| 6 | West Bromwich Albion | 42 | 21 | 5 | 16 | 105 | 73 | 1.438 | 47 | |
| 7 | Southampton | 42 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 77 | 76 | 1.013 | 45 | |
| 8 | Cardiff City | 42 | 18 | 8 | 16 | 61 | 59 | 1.034 | 44 | |
| 9 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 42 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 77 | 79 | 0.975 | 41 | |
| 10 | Nottingham Forest | 42 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 55 | 69 | 0.797 | 41 | |
| 11 | Stoke City | 42 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 74 | 72 | 1.028 | 40 | |
| 12 | Tottenham Hotspur | 42 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 59 | 61 | 0.967 | 39 | |
| 13 | Charlton Athletic | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 59 | 63 | 0.937 | 39 | |
| 14 | Millwall | 42 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 57 | 73 | 0.781 | 39 | |
| 15 | Swansea Town | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 57 | 61 | 0.934 | 37 | |
| 16 | Preston North End | 42 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 65 | 80 | 0.813 | 37 | |
| 17 | Barnsley | 42 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 56 | 71 | 0.789 | 36 | |
| 18 | Bradford City | 42 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 60 | 77 | 0.779 | 36 | |
| 19 | Reading | 42 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 54 | 67 | 0.806 | 35 | |
| 20 | Bristol City | 42 | 13 | 9 | 20 | 61 | 83 | 0.735 | 35 | |
| 21 | Hull City(R) | 42 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 51 | 78 | 0.654 | 35 | Relegation to theThird Division North |
| 22 | Notts County(R) | 42 | 9 | 15 | 18 | 54 | 70 | 0.771 | 33 | Relegation to theThird Division South |
| Home \ Away | BAR | BLP | BRA | BPA | BRI | BRY | CAR | CHA | CHE | HUL | MIL | NOT | NTC | OLD | PNE | REA | SOU | STK | SWA | TOT | WBA | WOL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barnsley | 2–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | |
| Blackpool | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 7–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–3 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | |
| Bradford City | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–5 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | |
| Bradford Park Avenue | 4–4 | 5–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 6–0 | 5–1 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 5–2 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 0–0 | |
| Bristol City | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 5–3 | 3–1 | 2–6 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | |
| Bury | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | |
| Cardiff City | 1–0 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | |
| Charlton Athletic | 2–0 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 4–4 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | |
| Chelsea | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 5–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | |
| Hull City | 2–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | |
| Millwall | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–5 | 2–1 | 4–0 | |
| Nottingham Forest | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 5–0 | 0–5 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 5–2 | |
| Notts County | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | |
| Oldham Athletic | 3–2 | 1–2 | 6–1 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 5–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 6–0 | |
| Preston North End | 3–1 | 4–6 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | |
| Reading | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–6 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | |
| Southampton | 4–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | |
| Stoke City | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 6–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 3–0 | |
| Swansea Town | 0–2 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 2–1 | 6–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 4–2 | |
| West Bromwich Albion | 4–2 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 7–1 | 6–1 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 2–3 | 6–2 | 4–3 | 7–3 | |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 3–0 | 1–2 | 6–0 | 4–4 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–4 |
| Season | 1929–30 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Port Vale (1st title) |
| Failed re-election | None |
| Matches | 462 |
| Goals | 1,681 (3.64 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Frank Newton (Stockport County), 36[3] |
1930–31 → | |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Promotion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Port Vale(C, P) | 42 | 30 | 7 | 5 | 103 | 37 | 2.784 | 67 | Promotion to theSecond Division |
| 2 | Stockport County | 42 | 28 | 7 | 7 | 106 | 44 | 2.409 | 63 | |
| 3 | Darlington | 42 | 22 | 6 | 14 | 108 | 73 | 1.479 | 50 | |
| 4 | Chesterfield | 42 | 22 | 6 | 14 | 76 | 56 | 1.357 | 50 | |
| 5 | Lincoln City | 42 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 83 | 61 | 1.361 | 48 | |
| 6 | York City | 42 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 77 | 64 | 1.203 | 46 | |
| 7 | South Shields[a] | 42 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 77 | 74 | 1.041 | 46 | |
| 8 | Hartlepools United | 42 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 81 | 74 | 1.095 | 45 | |
| 9 | Southport | 42 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 81 | 74 | 1.095 | 43 | |
| 10 | Rochdale | 42 | 18 | 7 | 17 | 89 | 91 | 0.978 | 43 | |
| 11 | Crewe Alexandra | 42 | 17 | 8 | 17 | 82 | 71 | 1.155 | 42 | |
| 12 | Tranmere Rovers | 42 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 83 | 86 | 0.965 | 41 | |
| 13 | New Brighton | 42 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 69 | 79 | 0.873 | 40 | |
| 14 | Doncaster Rovers | 42 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 62 | 69 | 0.899 | 39 | |
| 15 | Carlisle United | 42 | 16 | 7 | 19 | 90 | 101 | 0.891 | 39 | |
| 16 | Accrington Stanley | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 84 | 81 | 1.037 | 37 | |
| 17 | Wrexham | 42 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 67 | 88 | 0.761 | 34 | |
| 18 | Wigan Borough | 42 | 13 | 7 | 22 | 60 | 88 | 0.682 | 33 | |
| 19 | Nelson | 42 | 13 | 7 | 22 | 51 | 80 | 0.638 | 33 | |
| 20 | Rotherham United | 42 | 11 | 8 | 23 | 67 | 113 | 0.593 | 30 | |
| 21 | Halifax Town | 42 | 10 | 8 | 24 | 44 | 79 | 0.557 | 28 | Re-elected |
| 22 | Barrow | 42 | 11 | 5 | 26 | 41 | 98 | 0.418 | 27 |
| Home \ Away | ACC | BRW | CRL | CHF | CRE | DAR | DON | HAL | HAR | LIN | NEL | NWB | PTV | ROC | ROT | SOU | SSH | STP | TRA | WIG | WRE | YOR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accrington Stanley | 3–1 | 7–2 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 7–1 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 0–2 | 6–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | |
| Barrow | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–3 | 0–0 | |
| Carlisle United | 2–1 | 7–1 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 1–5 | 4–3 | 5–0 | 5–1 | 2–2 | |
| Chesterfield | 4–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 5–0 | 3–0 | |
| Crewe Alexandra | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 6–1 | 6–1 | 5–4 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | |
| Darlington | 2–4 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–4 | 3–0 | 6–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 6–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 8–1 | 2–1 | 8–3 | 1–2 | 7–2 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 5–2 | |
| Doncaster Rovers | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 0–3 | |
| Halifax Town | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | |
| Hartlepool | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 2–5 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–8 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 3–1 | |
| Lincoln City | 3–3 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 5–3 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 8–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | |
| Nelson | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 3–1 | |
| New Brighton | 5–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | |
| Port Vale | 5–2 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 3–3 | 7–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | |
| Rochdale | 4–0 | 6–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–4 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 5–4 | 4–2 | |
| Rotherham United | 2–4 | 7–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 6–3 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 2–5 | |
| Southport | 2–0 | 0–2 | 4–3 | 5–1 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 7–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–4 | 1–1 | 5–3 | 1–0 | |
| South Shields | 2–2 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–5 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 1–5 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | |
| Stockport County | 1–0 | 5–0 | 7–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 6–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 6–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 6–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | |
| Tranmere | 2–2 | 5–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 7–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 1–5 | 2–2 | 5–4 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–4 | |
| Wigan Borough | 2–1 | 2–0 | 8–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | |
| Wrexham | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–5 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 8–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | |
| York City | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 6–0 | 3–0 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 |
| Season | 1929–30 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Plymouth Argyle (1st title) |
| Failed re-election | Merthyr Town |
| Matches | 462 |
| Goals | 1,632 (3.53 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | George Goddard (Queens Park Rangers), 37[3] |
1930–31 → | |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plymouth Argyle(C, P) | 42 | 30 | 8 | 4 | 98 | 38 | 2.579 | 68 | Promotion to theSecond Division |
| 2 | Brentford | 42 | 28 | 5 | 9 | 94 | 44 | 2.136 | 61 | |
| 3 | Queens Park Rangers | 42 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 80 | 68 | 1.176 | 51 | |
| 4 | Northampton Town | 42 | 21 | 8 | 13 | 82 | 58 | 1.414 | 50 | |
| 5 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 42 | 21 | 8 | 13 | 87 | 63 | 1.381 | 50 | |
| 6 | Coventry City | 42 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 88 | 73 | 1.205 | 47 | |
| 7 | Fulham | 42 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 87 | 83 | 1.048 | 47 | |
| 8 | Norwich City | 42 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 88 | 77 | 1.143 | 46 | |
| 9 | Crystal Palace | 42 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 81 | 74 | 1.095 | 46 | |
| 10 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 42 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 72 | 61 | 1.180 | 43 | |
| 11 | Southend United | 42 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 69 | 59 | 1.169 | 43 | |
| 12 | Clapton Orient | 42 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 55 | 62 | 0.887 | 41 | |
| 13 | Luton Town | 42 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 64 | 78 | 0.821 | 40 | |
| 14 | Swindon Town | 42 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 73 | 83 | 0.880 | 38 | |
| 15 | Watford | 42 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 60 | 73 | 0.822 | 38 | |
| 16 | Exeter City | 42 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 67 | 73 | 0.918 | 35 | |
| 17 | Walsall | 42 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 71 | 78 | 0.910 | 34 | |
| 18 | Newport County | 42 | 12 | 10 | 20 | 74 | 85 | 0.871 | 34 | |
| 19 | Torquay United | 42 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 64 | 94 | 0.681 | 31 | |
| 20 | Bristol Rovers | 42 | 11 | 8 | 23 | 67 | 93 | 0.720 | 30 | |
| 21 | Gillingham | 42 | 11 | 8 | 23 | 51 | 80 | 0.638 | 30 | Re-elected |
| 22 | Merthyr Town(R) | 42 | 6 | 9 | 27 | 60 | 135 | 0.444 | 21 | Failed re-election and demoted to theSouthern League |
| Home \ Away | B&BA | BRE | B&HA | BRR | CLA | COV | CRY | EXE | FUL | GIL | LUT | MER | NPC | NOR | NWC | PLY | QPR | STD | SWI | TOR | WAL | WAT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | |
| Brentford | 1–0 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 5–0 | 6–2 | 5–0 | |
| Brighton & Hove Albion | 4–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 6–3 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | |
| Bristol Rovers | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | |
| Clapton Orient | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | |
| Coventry City | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | |
| Crystal Palace | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 1–1 | |
| Exeter City | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 5–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 6–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 6–4 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | |
| Fulham | 3–3 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 6–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 5–4 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 6–1 | |
| Gillingham | 1–5 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 5–0 | 5–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | |
| Luton Town | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | |
| Merthyr Town | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–8 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 5–2 | 0–2 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 1–5 | 0–3 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | |
| Newport County | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 10–0 | 2–1 | 4–4 | 0–2 | 4–5 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | |
| Northampton Town | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 6–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
| Norwich City | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 10–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 4–3 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–5 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | |
| Plymouth Argyle | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 6–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 6–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | |
| Queens Park Rangers | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–5 | 8–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | |
| Southend | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 6–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | |
| Swindon Town | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 6–3 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | |
| Torquay United | 7–0 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 0–5 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–4 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 4–0 | |
| Walsall | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 5–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 7–0 | 1–2 | |
| Watford | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 4–3 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–4 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 |