| Season | 1930–31 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Arsenal |
| Relegated | Nelson, Newport County |
| New Team in League | Thames |
1931–32 → | |
The1930–31 season was the 39th 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, re-election was required of the bottom two teams of both Third Division North and Third Division South.[2]
Eight teams,Arsenal,Aston Villa,Sheffield Wednesday (1st Div),Everton (2nd Div.),Chesterfield,Lincoln City,Tranmere Rovers (3rd Div. North) andCrystal Palace (3rd Div. South) all scored over 100 goals. This is the most in Football League history.[citation needed]
Arsenal scored 60 away goals, the most to this day[citation needed], while the 128 goals scored byAston Villa remains a top flight record, and a record for any 42 game season.
| Season | 1930–31 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Arsenal 1stEnglish title |
| Relegated | Leeds United Manchester United |
| Matches | 462 |
| Goals | 1,823 (3.95 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Tom Waring (49 goals)[3] |
| Biggest home win | Huddersfield Town 10–1Blackpool (13 December 1930) |
| Biggest away win | Manchester United 0–6Huddersfield Town (10 September 1930) |
| Highest scoring | Manchester United 4–7Newcastle United (13 September 1930) Newcastle United 4–7Portsmouth (15 November 1930) Sunderland 6–5Liverpool (6 December 1930) |
1931–32 → | |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arsenal(C) | 42 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 127 | 59 | 2.153 | 66 | |
| 2 | Aston Villa | 42 | 25 | 9 | 8 | 128 | 78 | 1.641 | 59 | |
| 3 | Sheffield Wednesday | 42 | 22 | 8 | 12 | 102 | 75 | 1.360 | 52 | |
| 4 | Portsmouth | 42 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 84 | 67 | 1.254 | 49 | |
| 5 | Huddersfield Town | 42 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 81 | 65 | 1.246 | 48 | |
| 6 | Derby County | 42 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 94 | 79 | 1.190 | 46 | |
| 7 | Middlesbrough | 42 | 19 | 8 | 15 | 98 | 90 | 1.089 | 46 | |
| 8 | Manchester City | 42 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 75 | 70 | 1.071 | 46 | |
| 9 | Liverpool | 42 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 86 | 85 | 1.012 | 42 | |
| 10 | Blackburn Rovers | 42 | 17 | 8 | 17 | 83 | 84 | 0.988 | 42 | |
| 11 | Sunderland | 42 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 89 | 85 | 1.047 | 41 | |
| 12 | Chelsea | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 64 | 67 | 0.955 | 40 | |
| 13 | Grimsby Town | 42 | 17 | 5 | 20 | 82 | 87 | 0.943 | 39 | |
| 14 | Bolton Wanderers | 42 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 68 | 81 | 0.840 | 39 | |
| 15 | Sheffield United | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 78 | 84 | 0.929 | 38 | |
| 16 | Leicester City | 42 | 16 | 6 | 20 | 80 | 95 | 0.842 | 38 | |
| 17 | Newcastle United | 42 | 15 | 6 | 21 | 78 | 87 | 0.897 | 36 | |
| 18 | West Ham United | 42 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 79 | 94 | 0.840 | 36 | |
| 19 | Birmingham | 42 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 55 | 70 | 0.786 | 36 | |
| 20 | Blackpool | 42 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 71 | 125 | 0.568 | 32 | |
| 21 | Leeds United(R) | 42 | 12 | 7 | 23 | 68 | 81 | 0.840 | 31 | Relegation to theSecond Division |
| 22 | Manchester United(R) | 42 | 7 | 8 | 27 | 53 | 115 | 0.461 | 22 |
| Home \ Away | ARS | AST | BIR | BLB | BLP | BOL | CHE | DER | GRI | HUD | LEE | LEI | LIV | MCI | MUN | MID | NEW | POR | SHU | 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 | 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 |
| Season | 1930–31 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Everton |
| Promoted | Everton West Bromwich Albion |
| Relegated | Reading Cardiff City |
| Matches | 462 |
| Goals | 1,608 (3.48 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Dixie Dean (39 goals)[3] |
| Biggest home win | Everton 9–1Plymouth Argyle (27 December 1930) |
| Biggest away win | Charlton Athletic 0–7Everton (7 February 1931) |
| Highest scoring | Millwall 5–7Preston North End (4 October 1930) |
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Everton(C, P) | 42 | 28 | 5 | 9 | 121 | 66 | 1.833 | 61 | Promotion to theFirst Division |
| 2 | West Bromwich Albion(P) | 42 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 83 | 49 | 1.694 | 54 | |
| 3 | Tottenham Hotspur | 42 | 22 | 7 | 13 | 88 | 55 | 1.600 | 51 | |
| 4 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 42 | 21 | 5 | 16 | 84 | 67 | 1.254 | 47 | |
| 5 | Port Vale | 42 | 21 | 5 | 16 | 67 | 61 | 1.098 | 47 | |
| 6 | Bradford (Park Avenue) | 42 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 97 | 66 | 1.470 | 46 | |
| 7 | Preston North End | 42 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 83 | 64 | 1.297 | 45 | |
| 8 | Burnley | 42 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 81 | 77 | 1.052 | 45 | |
| 9 | Southampton | 42 | 19 | 6 | 17 | 74 | 62 | 1.194 | 44 | |
| 10 | Bradford City | 42 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 61 | 63 | 0.968 | 44 | |
| 11 | Stoke City | 42 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 64 | 71 | 0.901 | 44 | |
| 12 | Oldham Athletic | 42 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 61 | 72 | 0.847 | 42 | |
| 13 | Bury | 42 | 19 | 3 | 20 | 75 | 82 | 0.915 | 41 | |
| 14 | Millwall | 42 | 16 | 7 | 19 | 71 | 80 | 0.888 | 39 | |
| 15 | Charlton Athletic | 42 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 59 | 86 | 0.686 | 39 | |
| 16 | Bristol City | 42 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 54 | 82 | 0.659 | 38 | |
| 17 | Nottingham Forest | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 80 | 85 | 0.941 | 37 | |
| 18 | Plymouth Argyle | 42 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 76 | 84 | 0.905 | 36 | |
| 19 | Barnsley | 42 | 13 | 9 | 20 | 59 | 79 | 0.747 | 35 | |
| 20 | Swansea Town | 42 | 12 | 10 | 20 | 51 | 74 | 0.689 | 34 | |
| 21 | Reading(R) | 42 | 12 | 6 | 24 | 72 | 96 | 0.750 | 30 | Relegation to theThird Division South |
| 22 | Cardiff City(R) | 42 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 47 | 87 | 0.540 | 25 |
| Home \ Away | BAR | BRA | BPA | BRI | BUR | BRY | CAR | CHA | EVE | MIL | NOT | OLD | PLY | PTV | PNE | REA | SOU | STK | 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 F.C. | 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 |
| Season | 1930–31 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Chesterfield (1st title) |
| Failed re-election | Nelson |
| Matches | 462 |
| Goals | 1,714 (3.71 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Jimmy McConnell (Carlisle United), 37[3] |
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chesterfield(C, P) | 42 | 26 | 6 | 10 | 102 | 57 | 1.789 | 58 | Promotion to theSecond Division |
| 2 | Lincoln City | 42 | 25 | 7 | 10 | 102 | 59 | 1.729 | 57 | |
| 3 | Wrexham | 42 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 94 | 62 | 1.516 | 54 | |
| 4 | Tranmere Rovers | 42 | 24 | 6 | 12 | 111 | 74 | 1.500 | 54 | |
| 5 | Southport | 42 | 22 | 9 | 11 | 88 | 56 | 1.571 | 53 | |
| 6 | Hull City | 42 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 99 | 55 | 1.800 | 50 | |
| 7 | Stockport County | 42 | 20 | 9 | 13 | 77 | 61 | 1.262 | 49 | |
| 8 | Carlisle United | 42 | 20 | 5 | 17 | 98 | 81 | 1.210 | 45 | |
| 9 | Gateshead | 42 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 71 | 73 | 0.973 | 45 | |
| 10 | Wigan Borough | 42 | 19 | 5 | 18 | 76 | 86 | 0.884 | 43 | |
| 11 | Darlington | 42 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 71 | 59 | 1.203 | 42 | |
| 12 | York City | 42 | 18 | 6 | 18 | 85 | 82 | 1.037 | 42 | |
| 13 | Accrington Stanley | 42 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 84 | 108 | 0.778 | 39 | |
| 14 | Rotherham United | 42 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 81 | 83 | 0.976 | 38 | |
| 15 | Doncaster Rovers | 42 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 65 | 65 | 1.000 | 37 | |
| 16 | Barrow | 42 | 15 | 7 | 20 | 68 | 89 | 0.764 | 37 | |
| 17 | Halifax Town | 42 | 13 | 9 | 20 | 55 | 89 | 0.618 | 35 | |
| 18 | Crewe Alexandra | 42 | 14 | 6 | 22 | 66 | 93 | 0.710 | 34 | |
| 19 | New Brighton | 42 | 13 | 7 | 22 | 49 | 76 | 0.645 | 33 | |
| 20 | Hartlepools United | 42 | 12 | 6 | 24 | 67 | 86 | 0.779 | 30 | |
| 21 | Rochdale | 42 | 12 | 6 | 24 | 62 | 107 | 0.579 | 30 | Re-elected |
| 22 | Nelson(R) | 42 | 6 | 7 | 29 | 43 | 113 | 0.381 | 19 | Failed re-election and demoted |
| Home \ Away | ACC | BRW | CRL | CHF | CRE | DAR | DON | GAT | HAL | HAR | HUL | LIN | NEL | NWB | ROC | ROT | SOU | STP | TRA | WIG | WRE | YOR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accrington Stanley | 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 | 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 |
| Season | 1930–31 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Notts County (1st title) |
| Failed re-election | Newport County |
| Matches | 462 |
| Goals | 1,669 (3.61 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Peter Simpson (Crystal Palace), 46[3] |
1931–32 → | |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Notts County(C, P) | 42 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 97 | 46 | 2.109 | 59 | Promotion to theSecond Division |
| 2 | Crystal Palace | 42 | 22 | 7 | 13 | 107 | 71 | 1.507 | 51 | |
| 3 | Brentford | 42 | 22 | 6 | 14 | 90 | 64 | 1.406 | 50 | |
| 4 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 42 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 68 | 53 | 1.283 | 49 | |
| 5 | Southend United | 42 | 22 | 5 | 15 | 76 | 60 | 1.267 | 49 | |
| 6 | Northampton Town | 42 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 77 | 59 | 1.305 | 48 | |
| 7 | Luton Town | 42 | 19 | 8 | 15 | 76 | 51 | 1.490 | 46 | |
| 8 | Queens Park Rangers | 42 | 20 | 3 | 19 | 82 | 75 | 1.093 | 43 | |
| 9 | Fulham | 42 | 18 | 7 | 17 | 77 | 75 | 1.027 | 43 | |
| 10 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 42 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 72 | 73 | 0.986 | 43 | |
| 11 | Torquay United | 42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 80 | 84 | 0.952 | 43 | |
| 12 | Swindon Town | 42 | 18 | 6 | 18 | 89 | 94 | 0.947 | 42 | |
| 13 | Exeter City | 42 | 17 | 8 | 17 | 84 | 90 | 0.933 | 42 | |
| 14 | Coventry City | 42 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 75 | 65 | 1.154 | 41 | |
| 15 | Bristol Rovers | 42 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 75 | 92 | 0.815 | 40 | |
| 16 | Gillingham | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 61 | 76 | 0.803 | 38 | |
| 17 | Walsall | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 78 | 95 | 0.821 | 37 | Transferred to theThird Division North |
| 18 | Watford | 42 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 72 | 75 | 0.960 | 35 | |
| 19 | Clapton Orient | 42 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 63 | 91 | 0.692 | 35 | |
| 20 | Thames | 42 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 54 | 93 | 0.581 | 34 | |
| 21 | Newport County(R) | 42 | 11 | 6 | 25 | 69 | 111 | 0.622 | 28 | Failed re-election and demoted to theSouthern League |
| 22 | Norwich City | 42 | 10 | 8 | 24 | 47 | 76 | 0.618 | 28 | Re-elected |
| Home \ Away | B&BA | BRE | B&HA | BRR | CLA | COV | CRY | EXE | FUL | GIL | LUT | NPC | NOR | NWC | 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 |