# 1931–32 Football League

The 1931–32 season was the 40th season of The Football League.

## Final league tables

The tables and results below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79, 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 average, this system favoured those teams who had conceded fewer goals. The goal average system was eventually scrapped beginning with the 1976–77 season. From the 1922–23 season on re-election was required of the bottom two teams of both Third Division North and Third Division South.

## First Division

| 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 the Second Division |
| 22 | West Ham United (R) | 42 | 12 | 7 | 23 | 62 | 107 | 0.579 | 31 | Relegation to the Second Division |

### Results

| 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 | |

### Maps
## Second Division

| 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 the First Division |
| 2 | Leeds United (P) | 42 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 78 | 54 | 1.444 | 54 | Promotion to the First Division |
| 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 the Third Division North |
| 22 | Bristol City (R) | 42 | 6 | 11 | 25 | 39 | 78 | 0.500 | 23 | Relegation to the Third Division South |

### Results

| 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 | |

### Maps
## Third Division North

| Pos | Team | Pld | HW | HD | HL | HGF | HGA | AW | AD | AL | AGF | AGA | GAv | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | Lincoln City | 40 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 65 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 41 | 34 | 2.255 | 57 | Division Champions, promoted |
| 2 | Gateshead | 40 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 59 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 35 | 28 | 1.958 | 57 | |
| 3 | Chester | 40 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 54 | 22 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 38 | 1.300 | 50 | |
| 4 | Tranmere Rovers | 40 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 76 | 23 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 31 | 35 | 1.845 | 49 | |
| 5 | Barrow | 40 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 59 | 23 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 27 | 36 | 1.458 | 49 | |
| 6 | Crewe Alexandra | 40 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 64 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 31 | 42 | 1.439 | 48 | |
| 7 | Southport | 40 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 44 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 38 | 1.094 | 46 | |
| 8 | Hull City | 40 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 52 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 30 | 32 | 1.547 | 45 | |
| 9 | York City | 40 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 49 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 27 | 57 | 0.938 | 43 | |
| 10 | Wrexham | 40 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 42 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 44 | 0.928 | 43 | |
| 11 | Darlington | 40 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 41 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 25 | 42 | 0.957 | 38 | |
| 12 | Stockport County | 40 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 31 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 24 | 38 | 1.038 | 37 | |
| 13 | Hartlepools United | 40 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 47 | 37 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 31 | 63 | 0.780 | 37 | |
| 14 | Accrington Stanley | 40 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 56 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 60 | 0.938 | 36 | |
| 15 | Doncaster Rovers | 40 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 38 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 21 | 53 | 0.738 | 36 | |
| 16 | Walsall | 40 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 42 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 15 | 55 | 0.671 | 35 | |
| 17 | Halifax Town | 40 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 36 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 25 | 69 | 0.701 | 34 | |
| 18 | Carlisle United | 40 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 40 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 24 | 56 | 0.810 | 33 | |
| 19 | Rotherham United | 40 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 41 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 22 | 49 | 0.875 | 32 | |
| 20 | New Brighton | 40 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 53 | 0.500 | 24 | |
| 21 | Rochdale | 40 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 33 | 63 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 15 | 72 | 0.356 | 11 | Re-elected |
| - | Wigan Borough | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | |
* ↑ New club in the league; elected from Cheshire County League
* ↑ Walsall was transferred from Third Division South for this season.
* ↑ Wigan Borough resigned from the Football League on October 21 and folded. Their record (P12 W3 D1 L8 F12 A32 GA 0.375 Pts 7) was expunged.

### Results

| 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 | |
* Wigan Borough resigned mid-season and folded; their record was expunged. Their results are listed for informational purposes.

### Maps
## Third Division South

| Pos | Team | Pld | HW | HD | HL | HGF | HGA | AW | AD | AL | AGF | AGA | GAv | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Fulham | 42 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 72 | 27 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 39 | 35 | 1.790 | 57 | Division Champions, promoted |
| 2 | Reading | 42 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 65 | 21 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 32 | 46 | 1.448 | 55 | |
| 3 | Southend United | 42 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 41 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 36 | 35 | 1.453 | 53 | |
| 4 | Crystal Palace | 42 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 48 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 26 | 51 | 1.175 | 51 | |
| 5 | Brentford | 42 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 40 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 28 | 30 | 1.308 | 48 | |
| 6 | Luton Town | 42 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 62 | 25 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 33 | 45 | 1.357 | 47 | |
| 7 | Exeter City | 42 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 53 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 24 | 46 | 1.242 | 47 | |
| 8 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 42 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 42 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 31 | 37 | 1.259 | 46 | |
| 9 | Cardiff City | 42 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 62 | 29 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 25 | 44 | 1.192 | 46 | |
| 10 | Norwich City | 42 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 51 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 25 | 45 | 1.134 | 46 | |
| 11 | Watford | 42 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 49 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 32 | 52 | 1.025 | 46 | |
| 12 | Coventry City | 42 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 74 | 28 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 34 | 69 | 1.113 | 44 | |
| 13 | Queens Park Rangers | 42 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 50 | 30 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 29 | 43 | 1.082 | 42 | |
| 14 | Northampton Town | 42 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 48 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 21 | 43 | 1.000 | 39 | |
| 15 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 42 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 42 | 32 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 28 | 46 | 0.897 | 38 | |
| 16 | Clapton Orient | 42 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 41 | 35 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 36 | 55 | 0.856 | 35 | |
| 17 | Swindon Town | 42 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 47 | 31 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 23 | 53 | 0.833 | 34 | |
| 18 | Bristol Rovers | 42 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 46 | 30 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 62 | 0.707 | 34 | |
| 19 | Torquay United | 42 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 49 | 39 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 23 | 67 | 0.679 | 33 | |
| 20 | Mansfield Town | 42 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 54 | 45 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 63 | 0.694 | 32 | Transferred to the Third Division North |
| 21 | Gillingham | 42 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 26 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 56 | 0.488 | 28 | Re-elected |
| 22 | Thames | 42 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 35 | 35 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 18 | 74 | 0.486 | 23 | Thames decided not to seek re-election |
* ↑ New club in the league; elected from Midland League

### Results

| 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 | |