| Season | 1931–32 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Everton |
| Relegated | Thames |
| Folded | Wigan Borough |
| New Clubs in League | Mansfield Town, Chester City |
1932–33 → | |
The1931–32 season was the 40th 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.
Starting with the 1894–95 season, clubs that finished level on points were separated by goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded), more accurately referred to as goal ratio. If one or more teams had the same goal average, the system favored teams that had conceded fewer goals. The goal average system was eventually discontinued beginning with the 1976–77 season. From the 1922–23 season onward, re-election was required for the bottom two teams in both the Third Division North and Third Division South.[2]
| Season | 1931–32 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Everton 4thEnglish title |
| Relegated | Grimsby Town West Ham United |
| Matches | 462 |
| Goals | 1,727 (3.74 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Dixie Dean (44 goals)[3] |
| Biggest home win | Everton 8–1Newcastle United (31 October 1931) Everton 9–2Leicester City (28 November 1931) Bolton Wanderers 8–1Liverpool (7 March 1932) |
| Biggest away win | Blackburn Rovers 1–6Sheffield Wednesday (29 April 1932) |
| Highest scoring | Everton 9–3Sheffield Wednesday (17 October 1931) |
1932–33 → | |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Everton(C) | 42 | 26 | 4 | 12 | 116 | 64 | 1.813 | 56 | |
| 2 | Arsenal | 42 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 90 | 48 | 1.875 | 54 | |
| 3 | Sheffield Wednesday | 42 | 22 | 6 | 14 | 96 | 82 | 1.171 | 50 | |
| 4 | Huddersfield Town | 42 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 80 | 63 | 1.270 | 48 | |
| 5 | Aston Villa | 42 | 19 | 8 | 15 | 104 | 72 | 1.444 | 46 | |
| 6 | West Bromwich Albion | 42 | 20 | 6 | 16 | 77 | 55 | 1.400 | 46 | |
| 7 | Sheffield United | 42 | 20 | 6 | 16 | 80 | 75 | 1.067 | 46 | |
| 8 | Portsmouth | 42 | 19 | 7 | 16 | 62 | 62 | 1.000 | 45 | |
| 9 | Birmingham | 42 | 18 | 8 | 16 | 78 | 67 | 1.164 | 44 | |
| 10 | Liverpool | 42 | 19 | 6 | 17 | 81 | 93 | 0.871 | 44 | |
| 11 | Newcastle United | 42 | 18 | 6 | 18 | 80 | 87 | 0.920 | 42 | |
| 12 | Chelsea | 42 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 69 | 73 | 0.945 | 40 | |
| 13 | Sunderland | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 67 | 73 | 0.918 | 40 | |
| 14 | Manchester City | 42 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 83 | 73 | 1.137 | 38 | |
| 15 | Derby County | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 71 | 75 | 0.947 | 38 | |
| 16 | Blackburn Rovers | 42 | 16 | 6 | 20 | 89 | 95 | 0.937 | 38 | |
| 17 | Bolton Wanderers | 42 | 17 | 4 | 21 | 72 | 80 | 0.900 | 38 | |
| 18 | Middlesbrough | 42 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 64 | 89 | 0.719 | 38 | |
| 19 | Leicester City | 42 | 15 | 7 | 20 | 74 | 94 | 0.787 | 37 | |
| 20 | Blackpool | 42 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 65 | 102 | 0.637 | 33 | |
| 21 | Grimsby Town(R) | 42 | 13 | 6 | 23 | 67 | 98 | 0.684 | 32 | Relegation to theSecond Division |
| 22 | West Ham United(R) | 42 | 12 | 7 | 23 | 62 | 107 | 0.579 | 31 |
| Home \ Away | ARS | AST | BIR | BLB | BLP | BOL | CHE | DER | EVE | GRI | HUD | LEI | LIV | MCI | MID | NEW | POR | SHU | SHW | SUN | WBA | WHU |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arsenal | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | |
| Aston Villa | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–5 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 7–0 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 6–1 | 2–1 | 7–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 5–2 | |
| Birmingham | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–5 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | |
| Blackburn Rovers | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 5–3 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 6–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 0–3 | 5–3 | 1–2 | 1–6 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 2–4 | |
| Blackpool | 1–5 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 7–2 | |
| Bolton Wanderers | 1–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 5–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 8–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | |
| Chelsea | 2–1 | 3–6 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 3–2 | |
| Derby County | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 5–1 | |
| Everton | 1–3 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 7–2 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 9–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 8–1 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 9–3 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 6–1 | |
| Grimsby Town | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | |
| Huddersfield Town | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 6–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | |
| Leicester City | 1–2 | 3–8 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 3–2 | 5–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | |
| Liverpool | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 0–3 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 7–2 | 4–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 2–2 | |
| Manchester City | 1–3 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 7–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–5 | 0–1 | |
| Middlesbrough | 2–5 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–3 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | |
| Newcastle United | 3–2 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 5–3 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 5–3 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 2–2 | |
| Portsmouth | 0–3 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | |
| Sheffield United | 4–1 | 5–4 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 1–5 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 6–0 | |
| Sheffield Wednesday | 1–3 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 7–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–5 | 6–1 | |
| Sunderland | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 2–5 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | |
| West Bromwich Albion | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 5–6 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | |
| West Ham United | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–5 |
| Season | 1931–32 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Wolverhampton Wanderers |
| Promoted | Wolverhampton Wanderers Leeds United |
| Relegated | Barnsley Bristol City |
| Matches | 462 |
| Goals | 1,567 (3.39 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Cyril Pearce (35 goals)[3] |
| Biggest home win | Bradford City 9–1Barnsley (2 January 1932) |
| Biggest away win | Southampton 0–6Plymouth Argyle (5 December 1931) Port Vale 1–7Wolverhampton Wanderers (12 December 1931) |
| Highest scoring | Tottenham Hotspur 9–3Port Vale (21 November 1931) |
1932–33 → | |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers(C, P) | 42 | 24 | 8 | 10 | 115 | 49 | 2.347 | 56 | Promotion to theFirst Division |
| 2 | Leeds United(P) | 42 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 78 | 54 | 1.444 | 54 | |
| 3 | Stoke City | 42 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 69 | 48 | 1.438 | 52 | |
| 4 | Plymouth Argyle | 42 | 20 | 9 | 13 | 100 | 66 | 1.515 | 49 | |
| 5 | Bury | 42 | 21 | 7 | 14 | 70 | 58 | 1.207 | 49 | |
| 6 | Bradford (Park Avenue) | 42 | 21 | 7 | 14 | 72 | 63 | 1.143 | 49 | |
| 7 | Bradford City | 42 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 80 | 61 | 1.311 | 45 | |
| 8 | Tottenham Hotspur | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 87 | 78 | 1.115 | 43 | |
| 9 | Millwall | 42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 61 | 61 | 1.000 | 43 | |
| 10 | Charlton Athletic | 42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 61 | 66 | 0.924 | 43 | |
| 11 | Nottingham Forest | 42 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 77 | 72 | 1.069 | 42 | |
| 12 | Manchester United | 42 | 17 | 8 | 17 | 71 | 72 | 0.986 | 42 | |
| 13 | Preston North End | 42 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 75 | 77 | 0.974 | 42 | |
| 14 | Southampton | 42 | 17 | 7 | 18 | 66 | 77 | 0.857 | 41 | |
| 15 | Swansea Town | 42 | 16 | 7 | 19 | 73 | 75 | 0.973 | 39 | |
| 16 | Notts County | 42 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 75 | 75 | 1.000 | 38 | |
| 17 | Chesterfield | 42 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 64 | 86 | 0.744 | 37 | |
| 18 | Oldham Athletic | 42 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 62 | 84 | 0.738 | 36 | |
| 19 | Burnley | 42 | 13 | 9 | 20 | 59 | 87 | 0.678 | 35 | |
| 20 | Port Vale | 42 | 13 | 7 | 22 | 58 | 89 | 0.652 | 33 | |
| 21 | Barnsley(R) | 42 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 55 | 91 | 0.604 | 33 | Relegation to theThird Division North |
| 22 | Bristol City(R) | 42 | 6 | 11 | 25 | 39 | 78 | 0.500 | 23 | Relegation to theThird Division South |
| Home \ Away | BAR | BRA | BPA | BRI | BUR | BRY | CHA | CHF | LEE | MUN | MIL | NOT | NTC | OLD | PLY | PTV | PNE | SOU | STK | SWA | TOT | WOL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barnsley | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 2–2 | |
| Bradford City | 9–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 5–2 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | |
| Bradford Park Avenue | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–5 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | |
| Bristol City | 4–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–6 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | |
| Burnley | 5–3 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–5 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | |
| Bury | 7–1 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | |
| Charlton Athletic | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–5 | 3–2 | |
| Chesterfield | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 1–2 | |
| Leeds United | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | |
| Manchester United | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–5 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | |
| Millwall | 2–0 | 6–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | |
| Nottingham Forest | 1–2 | 2–1 | 6–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 6–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | |
| Notts County | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–6 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 1–4 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | |
| Oldham Athletic | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 2–1 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 5–2 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | |
| Plymouth Argyle | 3–0 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 8–1 | 5–1 | 3–4 | 5–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 3–3 | |
| Port Vale | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 1–7 | |
| Preston North End | 1–2 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 5–2 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | |
| Southampton | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–6 | 5–1 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | |
| Stoke City | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–4 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | |
| Swansea Town | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 4–2 | 1–5 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 9–3 | 4–0 | 5–2 | 3–3 | 6–2 | 3–3 | |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2–0 | 3–1 | 6–0 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 6–0 | 3–1 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 7–0 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 7–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 |
| Season | 1931–32 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Lincoln City (1st title) |
| Failed re-election | None |
| Folded | Wigan Borough |
| Matches | 432 |
| Goals | 1,555 (3.6 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Allan Hall (Lincoln City), 42[3] |
1932–33 → | |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Promotion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lincoln City(C, P) | 40 | 26 | 5 | 9 | 106 | 47 | 2.255 | 57 | Promotion to theSecond Division |
| 2 | Gateshead | 40 | 25 | 7 | 8 | 94 | 48 | 1.958 | 57 | |
| 3 | Chester | 40 | 21 | 8 | 11 | 78 | 60 | 1.300 | 50 | |
| 4 | Tranmere Rovers | 40 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 107 | 58 | 1.845 | 49 | |
| 5 | Barrow | 40 | 24 | 1 | 15 | 86 | 59 | 1.458 | 49 | |
| 6 | Crewe Alexandra | 40 | 21 | 6 | 13 | 95 | 66 | 1.439 | 48 | |
| 7 | Southport | 40 | 18 | 10 | 12 | 58 | 53 | 1.094 | 46 | |
| 8 | Hull City | 40 | 20 | 5 | 15 | 82 | 53 | 1.547 | 45 | |
| 9 | York City | 40 | 18 | 7 | 15 | 76 | 81 | 0.938 | 43 | |
| 10 | Wrexham | 40 | 18 | 7 | 15 | 64 | 69 | 0.928 | 43 | |
| 11 | Darlington | 40 | 17 | 4 | 19 | 66 | 69 | 0.957 | 38 | |
| 12 | Stockport County | 40 | 13 | 11 | 16 | 55 | 53 | 1.038 | 37 | |
| 13 | Hartlepools United | 40 | 16 | 5 | 19 | 78 | 100 | 0.780 | 37 | |
| 14 | Accrington Stanley | 40 | 15 | 6 | 19 | 75 | 80 | 0.938 | 36 | |
| 15 | Doncaster Rovers | 40 | 16 | 4 | 20 | 59 | 80 | 0.738 | 36 | |
| 16 | Walsall | 40 | 16 | 3 | 21 | 57 | 85 | 0.671 | 35 | |
| 17 | Halifax Town | 40 | 13 | 8 | 19 | 61 | 87 | 0.701 | 34 | |
| 18 | Carlisle United | 40 | 11 | 11 | 18 | 64 | 79 | 0.810 | 33 | |
| 19 | Rotherham United | 40 | 14 | 4 | 22 | 63 | 72 | 0.875 | 32 | |
| 20 | New Brighton | 40 | 8 | 8 | 24 | 38 | 76 | 0.500 | 24 | |
| 21 | Rochdale | 40 | 4 | 3 | 33 | 48 | 135 | 0.356 | 11 | Re-elected |
| 22 | Wigan Borough | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | Resigned from the league and folded[a] |
| Home \ Away | ACC | BRW | CRL | CHE | CRE | DAR | DON | GAT | HAL | HAR | HUL | LIN | NWB | ROC | ROT | SOU | STP | TRA | WAL | WIG | WRE | YOR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accrington Stanley | 2–0 | 5–3 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | ||
| Barrow | 3–0 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–4 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 7–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | ||
| Carlisle United | 3–0 | 3–1 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | ||
| Chester | 1–0 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 7–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 4–0 | 2–5 | 3–0 | |
| Crewe Alexandra | 3–1 | 3–2 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–5 | 4–3 | 6–0 | 4–3 | 8–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 3–0 | 8–1 | |
| Darlington | 4–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 6–3 | 2–1 | 0–6 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | |
| Doncaster Rovers | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 1–0 | ||
| Gateshead | 4–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 6–0 | ||
| Halifax Town | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–3 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | ||
| Hartlepool | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–5 | 4–3 | 0–1 | 7–2 | ||
| Hull City | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–4 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 2–3 | ||
| Lincoln City | 5–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 9–1 | 6–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 7–0 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | |
| New Brighton | 2–1 | 0–3 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | ||
| Rochdale | 2–2 | 0–6 | 4–3 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 3–6 | 3–5 | 3–2 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–6 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 3–5 | ||
| Rotherham United | 2–3 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 6–3 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | ||
| Southport | 4–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | ||
| Stockport County | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 3–2 | ||
| Tranmere | 8–1 | 6–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 4–3 | 5–2 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 9–1 | 6–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | ||
| Walsall | 5–5 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 2–3 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | |
| Wigan Borough | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Wrexham | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 5–3 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 | |
| York City | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 7–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 |
| Season | 1931–32 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Fulham (1st title) |
| Failed re-election | Thames |
| Matches | 462 |
| Goals | 1,694 (3.67 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Clarrie Bourton (Coventry City), 49[3] |
1932–33 → | |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fulham(C, P) | 42 | 24 | 9 | 9 | 111 | 62 | 1.790 | 57 | Promotion to theSecond Division |
| 2 | Reading | 42 | 23 | 9 | 10 | 97 | 67 | 1.448 | 55 | |
| 3 | Southend United | 42 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 77 | 53 | 1.453 | 53 | |
| 4 | Crystal Palace | 42 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 74 | 63 | 1.175 | 51 | |
| 5 | Brentford | 42 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 68 | 52 | 1.308 | 48 | |
| 6 | Luton Town | 42 | 20 | 7 | 15 | 95 | 70 | 1.357 | 47 | |
| 7 | Exeter City | 42 | 20 | 7 | 15 | 77 | 62 | 1.242 | 47 | |
| 8 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 42 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 73 | 58 | 1.259 | 46 | |
| 9 | Cardiff City | 42 | 19 | 8 | 15 | 87 | 73 | 1.192 | 46 | |
| 10 | Norwich City | 42 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 76 | 67 | 1.134 | 46 | |
| 11 | Watford | 42 | 19 | 8 | 15 | 81 | 79 | 1.025 | 46 | |
| 12 | Coventry City | 42 | 18 | 8 | 16 | 108 | 97 | 1.113 | 44 | |
| 13 | Queens Park Rangers | 42 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 79 | 73 | 1.082 | 42 | |
| 14 | Northampton Town | 42 | 16 | 7 | 19 | 69 | 69 | 1.000 | 39 | |
| 15 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 42 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 70 | 78 | 0.897 | 38 | |
| 16 | Clapton Orient | 42 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 77 | 90 | 0.856 | 35 | |
| 17 | Swindon Town | 42 | 14 | 6 | 22 | 70 | 84 | 0.833 | 34 | |
| 18 | Bristol Rovers | 42 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 65 | 92 | 0.707 | 34 | |
| 19 | Torquay United | 42 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 72 | 106 | 0.679 | 33 | |
| 20 | Mansfield Town | 42 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 75 | 108 | 0.694 | 32 | Transferred to theThird Division North |
| 21 | Gillingham | 42 | 10 | 8 | 24 | 40 | 82 | 0.488 | 28 | Re-elected |
| 22 | Thames | 42 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 53 | 109 | 0.486 | 23 | Resigned from the league and folded[a] |
| Home \ Away | B&BA | BRE | B&HA | BRR | CAR | CLA | COV | CRY | EXE | FUL | GIL | LUT | MAN | NOR | NWC | QPR | REA | STD | SWI | THA | TOR | WAT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 5–2 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 5–0 | 3–3 | |
| Brentford | 4–2 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | |
| Brighton & Hove Albion | 4–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 7–0 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | |
| Bristol Rovers | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 6–1 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 5–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | |
| Cardiff City | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 6–1 | 1–3 | 5–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 5–1 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 9–2 | 5–2 | 2–1 | |
| Clapton Orient | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | |
| Coventry City | 6–1 | 0–1 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 8–0 | 4–0 | 5–5 | 6–4 | 3–2 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 5–0 | |
| Crystal Palace | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 7–0 | 2–1 | |
| Exeter City | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–3 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 6–2 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | |
| Fulham | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 5–1 | 5–3 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 8–0 | 10–2 | 5–0 | |
| Gillingham | 1–4 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | |
| Luton Town | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–5 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 6–3 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 7–1 | 4–1 | 6–1 | 1–3 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 6–1 | 0–1 | |
| Mansfield Town | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 4–3 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 2–2 | 1–7 | 4–4 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 2–4 | 3–2 | |
| Northampton Town | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 6–0 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 3–2 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 6–1 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 1–1 | |
| Norwich City | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 6–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 7–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | |
| Queens Park Rangers | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 7–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 6–0 | 3–1 | 4–4 | |
| Reading | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | |
| Southend | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 3–0 | |
| Swindon Town | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 5–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | |
| Thames | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 5–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–4 | 6–3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | |
| Torquay United | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 8–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–4 | 2–3 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–6 | |
| Watford | 4–2 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 5–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 |