1930–31 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

1st English title Manchester United (49 goals) (13 December 1930) (10 September 1930) (13 September 1930) Newcastle United 4–7 Portsmouth (15 November 1930) Sunderland 6–5 Liverpool (6 December 1930)

Results

Maps

Arsenal Chelsea West Ham

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

Second Division

West Bromwich Albion Cardiff City (39 goals) (27 December 1930) (7 February 1931) (4 October 1930)

Results

Maps

Charlton Athletic Millwall Tottenham

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

Third Division North

Third Division North

Results

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

Third Division South

Third Division South

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Results

|name_B&BA=Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic |match_B&BA_BRE=1–0 |match_B&BA_B&HA=1–2 |match_B&BA_BRR=4–0 |match_B&BA_CLA=1–1 |match_B&BA_COV=2–0 |match_B&BA_CRY=0–0 |match_B&BA_EXE=3–1 |match_B&BA_FUL=2–1 |match_B&BA_GIL=2–1 |match_B&BA_LUT=0–0 |match_B&BA_NPC=4–2 |match_B&BA_NOR=1–3 |match_B&BA_NWC=4–1 |match_B&BA_NTC=2–1 |match_B&BA_QPR=2–0 |match_B&BA_STD=0–0 |match_B&BA_SWI=4–1 |match_B&BA_THA=3–3 |match_B&BA_TOR=2–2 |match_B&BA_WAL=0–2 |match_B&BA_WAT=1–1

|match_BRE_B&BA=1–2 |match_BRE_B&HA=3–2

|name_B&HA=Brighton & Hove Albion |match_B&HA_B&BA=3–1 |match_B&HA_BRE=1–0 |match_B&HA_BRR=4–0 |match_B&HA_CLA=3–1 |match_B&HA_COV=2–0 |match_B&HA_CRY=1–1 |match_B&HA_EXE=3–2 |match_B&HA_FUL=1–1 |match_B&HA_GIL=5–0 |match_B&HA_LUT=2–0 |match_B&HA_NPC=5–0 |match_B&HA_NOR=1–1 |match_B&HA_NWC=1–0 |match_B&HA_NTC=1–3 |match_B&HA_QPR=1–1 |match_B&HA_STD=1–2 |match_B&HA_SWI=1–0 |match_B&HA_THA=2–4 |match_B&HA_TOR=3–0 |match_B&HA_WAL=3–3 |match_B&HA_WAT=1–0

|match_BRR_B&BA=2–5 |match_BRR_B&HA=3–3

|match_CLA_B&BA=0–0 |match_CLA_B&HA=1–0

|match_COV_B&BA=3–3 |match_COV_B&HA=0–0

|match_CRY_B&BA=1–0 |match_CRY_B&HA=0–1

|match_EXE_B&BA=4–1 |match_EXE_B&HA=2–2

|match_FUL_B&BA=1–0 |match_FUL_B&HA=0–1

|match_GIL_B&BA=0–0 |match_GIL_B&HA=0–0

|match_LUT_B&BA=2–3 |match_LUT_B&HA=2–2

|match_NPC_B&BA=7–3 |match_NPC_B&HA=2–0

|match_NOR_B&BA=2–2 |match_NOR_B&HA=2–1

|match_NWC_B&BA=2–1 |match_NWC_B&HA=2–2

|match_NTC_B&BA=2–0 |match_NTC_B&HA=2–2

|match_QPR_B&BA=3–0 |match_QPR_B&HA=4–1

|match_STD_B&BA=4–0 |match_STD_B&HA=0–2

|match_SWI_B&BA=4–1 |match_SWI_B&HA=1–1

|match_THA_B&BA=1–4 |match_THA_B&HA=0–0

|match_TOR_B&BA=4–4 |match_TOR_B&HA=3–1

|match_WAL_B&BA=3–3 |match_WAL_B&HA=0–0

|match_WAT_B&BA=2–0 |match_WAT_B&HA=5–0

Maps

Brentford Clapton Orient Crystal Palace Fulham Queens Park Rangers Thames Watford

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

Records

• For these and other records, see:

Attendances

Source:

Division One

References

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

References

1. "England 1930-31". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
2. Ian Laschke: ''Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79''. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
3. "English League Leading Goalscorers".
4. "Football League Records: Goals". The Football League.
5. https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/eng/aveeng1931.htm