1930–31 Football League

The Football League

Season	1930–31
Champions	Arsenal
Relegated	Nelson, Newport County
New Team in League	Thames
← 1929–30 1931–32 →

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

First Division

Season	1930–31
Champions	Arsenal 1st English title
Relegated	Leeds United Manchester United
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,823 (3.95 per match)
Top goalscorer	Tom Waring (49 goals)
Biggest home win	Huddersfield Town 10–1 Blackpool (13 December 1930)
Biggest away win	Manchester United 0–6 Huddersfield Town (10 September 1930)
Highest scoring	Manchester United 4–7 Newcastle United (13 September 1930) Newcastle United 4–7 Portsmouth (15 November 1930) Sunderland 6–5 Liverpool (6 December 1930)
← 1929–30 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 the Second Division
22	Manchester United (R)	42	7	8	27	53	115	0.461	22

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

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

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [1]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Arsenal

Chelsea

West Ham

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Locations of the Football League First Division London teams

Arsenal

Aston Villa

Birmingham

Blackburn Rovers

Blackpool

Bolton

Chelsea

Derby County

Grimsby Town

Huddersfield

Leeds U.

Leicester City

Liverpool

Manchester City

Manchester United

Middlesbrough

Newcastle

Portsmouth

Sheffield United

Sunderland

Sheffield Wednesday

West Ham

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Locations of the Football League First Division teams

Second Division

Second Division

Season	1930–31
Champions	Everton
Promoted	Everton West Bromwich Albion
Relegated	Reading Cardiff City
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,608 (3.48 per match)
Top goalscorer	Dixie Dean (39 goals)
Biggest home win	Everton 9–1 Plymouth Argyle (27 December 1930)
Biggest away win	Charlton Athletic 0–7 Everton (7 February 1931)
Highest scoring	Millwall 5–7 Preston North End (4 October 1930)
← 1929–30 1931–32 →

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
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

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

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

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Charlton Athletic

Millwall

Tottenham

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Locations of the Football League Second Division London teams

Barnsley

Bradford City

Bradford Park Avenue

Bristol City

Burnley

Bury

Cardiff City

Charlton

Everton

Millwall

Nottingham Forest

Oldham

Plymouth Argyle

Port Vale

Preston North End

Reading

Southampton

Swansea Town

Stoke

Tottenham

West Bromwich Albion

Wolverhampton Wanderers

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Locations of the Football League Second Division teams

Third Division North

Football League
Third Division North

Season	1930–31
Champions	Chesterfield (1st title)
Failed re-election	Nelson
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,714 (3.71 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jimmy McConnell (Carlisle United), 37
← 1929–30 1931–32 →

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

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Division Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:

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

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Accrington Stanley

Barrow

Carlisle United

Chesterfield

Crewe Alexandra

Darlington

Doncaster

Gateshead

Halifax Town

Hartlepool

Hull

Lincoln City

Nelson

New Brighton

Rochdale

Rotherham

Southport

Stockport

Tranmere

Wigan Borough

Wrexham

York City

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Locations of the Football League Third Division North teams

Third Division South

Football League
Third Division South

Season	1930–31
Champions	Notts County (1st title)
Failed re-election	Newport County
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,669 (3.61 per match)
Top goalscorer	Peter Simpson (Crystal Palace), 46
← 1929–30 1931–32 →

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

Source:
(C) Division Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:

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

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Brentford

Clapton Orient

Crystal Palace

Fulham

Queens Park Rangers

Thames

Watford

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Locations of the Football League Third Division South London teams

Bournemouth

Brentford

Brighton & Hove

Bristol Rovers

Clapton Orient

Coventry

Crystal P.

Exeter City

Fulham

Gillingham

Luton Town

Newport County

Northampton Town

Norwich City

Notts County

QPR

Southend

Thames

Torquay

Swindon

Walsall

Watford

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Locations of the Football League Third Division South teams

Records

• For these and other records, see:

See also

• 1930-31 in English football
• 1930 in association football
• 1931 in association football

References

• Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.