# 1930–31 Football League

The 1930–31 season was the 39th 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 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.
Eight 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 Football League history.
Arsenal scored 60 away goals, the most to this day, while the 128 goals scored by Aston Villa remains a top flight record, and a record for any 42 game season.

## First Division

| 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 the Second Division |
| 22 | Manchester United (R) | 42 | 7 | 8 | 27 | 53 | 115 | 0.461 | 22 | Relegation to the Second Division |

### Results

| 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 | |

### Maps
## Second Division

| 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 the First Division |
| 2 | West Bromwich Albion (P) | 42 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 83 | 49 | 1.694 | 54 | Promotion to the First Division |
| 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 the Third Division South |
| 22 | Cardiff City (R) | 42 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 47 | 87 | 0.540 | 25 | Relegation to the Third Division South |

### Results

| 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 | |

### Maps
## Third Division North

| Pos | Team | Pld | HW | HD | HL | HGF | HGA | AW | AD | AL | AGF | AGA | GAv | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Chesterfield (C, P) | 42 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 66 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 36 | 35 | 1.789 | 58 | Promoted |
| 2 | Lincoln City | 42 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 60 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 42 | 40 | 1.729 | 57 | |
| 3 | Wrexham | 42 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 61 | 25 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 33 | 37 | 1.516 | 54 | Welsh Cup winners |
| 4 | Tranmere Rovers | 42 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 73 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 38 | 48 | 1.500 | 54 | |
| 5 | Southport | 42 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 52 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 36 | 37 | 1.571 | 53 | |
| 6 | Hull City | 42 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 64 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 35 | 35 | 1.800 | 50 | |
| 7 | Stockport County | 42 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 54 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 23 | 42 | 1.262 | 49 | |
| 8 | Carlisle United | 42 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 68 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 30 | 49 | 1.210 | 45 | |
| 9 | Gateshead | 42 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 46 | 22 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 25 | 51 | 0.973 | 45 | |
| 10 | Wigan Borough | 42 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 48 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 28 | 61 | 0.884 | 43 | |
| 11 | Darlington | 42 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 44 | 30 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 27 | 29 | 1.203 | 42 | |
| 12 | York City | 42 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 59 | 30 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 26 | 52 | 1.037 | 42 | |
| 13 | Accrington Stanley | 42 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 51 | 31 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 33 | 77 | 0.778 | 39 | |
| 14 | Rotherham United | 42 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 50 | 34 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 31 | 49 | 0.976 | 38 | |
| 15 | Doncaster Rovers | 42 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 40 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 25 | 47 | 1.000 | 37 | |
| 16 | Barrow | 42 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 45 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 23 | 66 | 0.764 | 37 | |
| 17 | Halifax Town | 42 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 30 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 25 | 73 | 0.618 | 35 | |
| 18 | Crewe Alexandra | 42 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 52 | 35 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 58 | 0.710 | 34 | |
| 19 | New Brighton | 42 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 51 | 0.645 | 33 | |
| 20 | Hartlepools United | 42 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 47 | 37 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 20 | 49 | 0.779 | 30 | |
| 21 | Rochdale | 42 | 9 | 1 | 11 | 42 | 50 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 57 | 0.579 | 30 | Re-elected |
| 22 | Nelson | 42 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 28 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 15 | 73 | 0.381 | 19 | Failed re-election |
* ↑ Nelson lost their bid for re-election, and were replaced by Chester in the following season.

### Results

| 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 | |

### Maps
## Third Division South

| Pos | Team | Pld | HW | HD | HL | HGF | HGA | AW | AD | AL | AGF | AGA | GAv | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Notts County (C, P) | 42 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 58 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 39 | 33 | 2.109 | 59 | Promoted |
| 2 | Crystal Palace | 42 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 71 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 36 | 51 | 1.507 | 51 | |
| 3 | Brentford | 42 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 62 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 28 | 34 | 1.406 | 50 | |
| 4 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 42 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 45 | 20 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 23 | 33 | 1.283 | 49 | |
| 5 | Southend United | 42 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 53 | 26 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 34 | 1.267 | 49 | |
| 6 | Northampton Town | 42 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 37 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 40 | 39 | 1.305 | 48 | |
| 7 | Luton Town | 42 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 61 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 34 | 1.490 | 46 | |
| 8 | Queens Park Rangers | 42 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 57 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 25 | 52 | 1.093 | 43 | |
| 9 | Fulham | 42 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 49 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 28 | 54 | 1.027 | 43 | |
| 10 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 42 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 39 | 22 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 33 | 51 | 0.986 | 43 | |
| 11 | Torquay United | 42 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 56 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 24 | 58 | 0.952 | 43 | |
| 12 | Swindon Town | 42 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 68 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 21 | 65 | 0.947 | 42 | |
| 13 | Exeter City | 42 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 55 | 35 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 29 | 55 | 0.933 | 42 | |
| 14 | Coventry City | 42 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 55 | 28 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 37 | 1.154 | 41 | |
| 15 | Bristol Rovers | 42 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 49 | 36 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 26 | 56 | 0.815 | 40 | |
| 16 | Gillingham | 42 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 40 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 21 | 47 | 0.803 | 38 | |
| 17 | Walsall | 42 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 44 | 38 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 34 | 57 | 0.821 | 37 | Transferred to the Third Division North |
| 18 | Watford | 42 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 41 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 31 | 46 | 0.960 | 35 | |
| 19 | Clapton Orient | 42 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 47 | 33 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 58 | 0.692 | 35 | |
| 20 | Thames | 42 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 34 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 73 | 0.581 | 34 | |
| 21 | Newport County | 42 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 45 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 24 | 80 | 0.622 | 28 | Failed re-election |
| 22 | Norwich City | 42 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 37 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 56 | 0.618 | 28 | Re-elected |
* ↑ New club in the league; elected from Southern League
* ↑ 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.

### Results

| 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 | |

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## Records

* For these and other records, see: