Season 1930-31

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division North
Third Division South
Re-elections
Lower League Key

FA Cup Final 1931						Venue	Gate	Notes

Cup Competition
D 2	West Bromwich Albion	2	1	Birmingham	D 1	Wembley Stadium (Empire Stadium), London	90,368
	Richardson WG 2			Bradford

FA Cup Semi-Finals 1931						Venue	Gate	Notes
D 1	Birmingham	2	0	Sunderland	D 1	Elland Road, Leeds	43,570
	Curtis 2
D 2	West Bromwich Albion	1	0	Everton	D 2	Old Trafford, Manchester	69,241
	Glidden

Final Table for Season 1930-31

				Home					Away
First Division
Ptn		First Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	FA Cup
1	13	Arsenal	42	14	5	2	67	27	14	5	2	60	32	2.153	66	Rd 4
2	2	Aston Villa	42	17	3	1	86	34	8	6	7	42	44	1.641	59	Rd 3
3	-2	Sheffield Wednesday	42	14	3	4	65	32	8	5	8	37	43	1.360	52	Rd 4
4	9	Portsmouth	42	11	7	3	46	26	7	6	8	38	41	1.254	49	Rd 5
5	5	Huddersfield Town	42	10	8	3	45	27	8	4	9	36	38	1.246	48	Rd 3
6	-4	Derby County	42	12	6	3	56	31	6	4	11	38	48	1.190	46	Rd 3
7	9	Middlesbrough	42	13	5	3	57	28	6	3	12	41	62	1.089	46	Rd 3
8	-5	Manchester City	42	13	2	6	41	29	5	8	8	34	41	1.071	46	Rd 3
9	3	Liverpool	42	11	6	4	48	28	4	6	11	38	57	1.012	42	Rd 3
10	-4	Blackburn Rovers	42	14	3	4	54	28	3	5	13	29	56	0.988	42	Rd 5
11	-2	Sunderland	42	12	4	5	61	38	4	5	12	28	47	1.047	41	SF
12	D 2	Chelsea	42	13	4	4	42	19	2	6	13	22	48	0.955	40	Rd 6
13	5	Grimsby Town	42	13	2	6	55	31	4	3	14	27	56	0.943	39	Rd 5
14	1	Bolton Wanderers	42	12	6	3	45	26	3	3	15	23	55	0.840	39	Rd 4
15	5	Sheffield United	42	10	7	4	49	31	4	3	14	29	53	0.929	38	Rd 5
16	-8	Leicester City	42	12	4	5	50	38	4	2	15	30	57	0.842	38	Rd 3
17	2	Newcastle United	42	9	2	10	41	45	6	4	11	37	42	0.897	36	Rd 4
18	-11	West Ham United	42	11	3	7	56	44	3	5	13	23	50	0.840	36	Rd 3
19	-8	Birmingham	42	11	3	7	37	28	2	7	12	18	42	0.786	36	Final
20	D 2	Blackpool	42	8	7	6	41	44	3	3	15	30	81	0.568	32	Rd 4
21	-16	Leeds United	42	10	3	8	49	31	2	4	15	19	50	0.840	31	Rd 5
22	-5	Manchester United	42	6	6	9	30	37	1	2	18	23	78	0.461	22	Rd 4

				Home					Away
Second Division
Ptn		Second Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	FA Cup
1	D 1	Everton	42	18	1	2	76	31	10	4	7	45	35	1.833	61	SF
2	4	West Bromwich Albion	42	14	3	4	40	16	8	7	6	43	33	1.694	54	Win
3	9	Tottenham Hotspur	42	15	5	1	64	20	7	2	12	24	35	1.600	51	Rd 4
4	5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	15	2	4	56	25	6	3	12	28	42	1.254	47	Rd 6
5	D 3N	Port Vale	42	15	3	3	39	16	6	2	13	28	45	1.098	47	Rd 4
6	-2	Bradford	42	15	4	2	71	24	3	6	12	26	42	1.470	46	Rd 5
7	9	Preston North End	42	12	5	4	55	31	5	6	10	28	33	1.297	45	Rd 3
8	D 1	Burnley	42	13	5	3	55	30	4	6	11	26	47	1.052	45	Rd 4
9	-2	Southampton	42	13	4	4	46	22	6	2	13	28	40	1.194	44	Rd 3
10	8	Bradford City	42	12	5	4	39	26	5	5	11	22	37	0.968	44	Rd 4
11	0	Stoke City	42	11	6	4	34	17	6	4	11	30	54	0.901	44	Rd 3
12	-9	Oldham Athletic	42	13	5	3	45	28	3	5	13	16	44	0.847	42	Rd 3
13	-8	Bury	42	14	3	4	44	20	5	0	16	31	62	0.915	41	Rd 4
14	0	Millwall	42	12	4	5	47	25	4	3	14	24	55	0.888	39	Rd 3
15	-2	Charlton Athletic	42	11	4	6	35	33	4	5	12	24	53	0.686	39	Rd 3
16	4	Bristol City	42	11	5	5	29	23	4	3	14	25	59	0.659	38	Rd 3
17	-7	Nottingham Forest	42	12	6	3	54	35	2	3	16	26	50	0.941	37	Rd 3
18	D 3S	Plymouth Argyle	42	10	3	8	47	33	4	5	12	29	51	0.905	36	Rd 3
19	-2	Barnsley	42	13	3	5	42	23	0	6	15	17	56	0.747	35	Rd 5
20	-5	Swansea Town	42	11	5	5	40	29	1	5	15	11	45	0.689	34	Rd 3
21	-2	Reading	42	11	2	8	47	33	1	4	16	25	63	0.750	30	Rd 3
22	-14	Cardiff City	42	7	6	8	32	31	1	3	17	15	56	0.540	25	Rd 3

				Home					Away
Third Division North
Ptn		Third Division North	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	FA Cup
1	3	Chesterfield	42	19	1	1	66	22	7	5	9	36	35	1.789	58	Rd 1
2	3	Lincoln City	42	16	3	2	60	19	9	4	8	42	40	1.729	57	Rd 2
3	14	Wrexham	42	16	4	1	61	25	5	8	8	33	37	1.516	54	Rd 3
4	8	Tranmere Rovers	42	16	3	2	73	26	8	3	10	38	48	1.500	54	Rd 1
5	4	Southport	42	15	3	3	52	19	7	6	8	36	37	1.571	53	Rd 6
6	D 2	Hull City	42	12	7	2	64	20	8	3	10	35	35	1.800	50	Rd 3
7	-5	Stockport County	42	15	5	1	54	19	5	4	12	23	42	1.262	49	Rd 2
8	7	Carlisle United	42	13	4	4	68	32	7	1	13	30	49	1.210	45	Rd 3
9	11	Gateshead	42	14	4	3	46	22	2	9	10	25	51	0.973	45	Rd 3
10	8	Wigan Borough	42	14	4	3	48	25	5	1	15	28	61	0.884	43	Rd 1
11	-8	Darlington	42	9	6	6	44	30	7	4	10	27	29	1.203	42	Rd 1
12	-6	York City	42	15	3	3	59	30	3	3	15	26	52	1.037	42	Rd 3
13	3	Accrington Stanley	42	14	2	5	51	31	1	7	13	33	77	0.778	39	Rd 2
14	6	Rotherham United	42	9	6	6	50	34	4	6	11	31	49	0.976	38	Rd 1
15	-1	Doncaster Rovers	42	9	8	4	40	18	4	3	14	25	47	1.000	37	Rd 2
16	6	Barrow	42	13	4	4	45	23	2	3	16	23	66	0.764	37	Rd 1
17	4	Halifax Town	42	11	6	4	30	16	2	3	16	25	73	0.618	35	Rd 2
18	-7	Crewe Alexandra	42	13	2	6	52	35	1	4	16	14	58	0.710	34	Rd 2
19	-6	New Brighton	42	12	4	5	36	25	1	3	17	13	51	0.645	33	Rd 1
20	-12	Hartlepools United	42	10	2	9	47	37	2	4	15	20	49	0.779	30	Rd 1
21	-11	Rochdale	42	9	1	11	42	50	3	5	13	20	57	0.579	30	Rd 1
22	-3	Nelson	42	6	7	8	28	40	0	0	21	15	73	0.381	19	Rd 2

				Home					Away
Third Division South
Ptn		Third Division South	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	FA Cup
1	D 2	Notts County	42	16	4	1	58	13	8	7	6	39	33	2.109	59	Rd 4
2	7	Crystal Palace	42	17	2	2	71	20	5	5	11	36	51	1.507	51	Rd 4
3	-1	Brentford	42	14	3	4	62	30	8	3	10	28	34	1.406	50	Rd 4
4	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	13	5	3	45	20	4	10	7	23	33	1.283	49	Rd 4
5	6	Southend United	42	16	0	5	53	26	6	5	10	23	34	1.267	49	Rd 1
6	-2	Northampton Town	42	10	6	5	37	20	8	6	7	40	39	1.305	48	Rd 1
7	6	Luton Town	42	15	3	3	61	17	4	5	12	15	34	1.490	46	Rd 2
8	-5	Queens Park Rangers	42	15	0	6	57	23	5	3	13	25	52	1.093	43	Rd 3
9	-2	Fulham	42	15	3	3	49	21	3	4	14	28	54	1.027	43	Rd 3
10	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	42	11	7	3	39	22	4	6	11	33	51	0.986	43	Rd 1
11	8	Torquay United	42	13	5	3	56	26	4	4	13	24	58	0.952	43	Rd 3
12	2	Swindon Town	42	15	5	1	68	29	3	1	17	21	65	0.947	42	Rd 1
13	3	Exeter City	42	12	6	3	55	35	5	2	14	29	55	0.933	42	Rd 6
14	-8	Coventry City	42	11	4	6	55	28	5	5	11	20	37	1.154	41	Rd 2
15	5	Bristol Rovers	42	12	3	6	49	36	4	5	12	26	56	0.815	40	Rd 4
16	5	Gillingham	42	10	6	5	40	29	4	4	13	21	47	0.803	38	Rd 2
17	0	Walsall	42	9	5	7	44	38	5	4	12	34	57	0.821	37	Rd 3
18	-3	Watford	42	9	4	8	41	29	5	3	13	31	46	0.960	35	Rd 5
19	-7	Clapton Orient	42	12	3	6	47	33	2	4	15	16	58	0.692	35	Rd 1
20	NL	Thames Association	42	12	5	4	34	20	1	3	17	20	73	0.581	34	Rd 1
21	-3	Newport County	42	10	5	6	45	31	1	1	19	24	80	0.622	28	Rd 2
22	-14	Norwich City	42	10	7	4	37	20	0	1	20	10	56	0.618	28	Rd 2

Notes
1931 Election to the Third Division North of the Football League
Walsall transferred to Third Divison North
League	Clubs	Ave Gate	FA Cup	Ballot	Result
D 3N	Rochdale	3,162	Rd 1	40	Re-elected
CCL	Chester		EP	27	Elected
D 3N	Nelson	2,375	Rd 2	27	Failed
CCL	Manchester Central		Q4	4	Not Re-elected
SL	Merthyr Town		Rd 1	0	Failed
2nd Ballot
League	Clubs	Ave Gate	FA Cup	Ballot	Result
CCL	Chester		EP	28	Elected
D 3N	Nelson	2,375	Rd 2	20	Failed
1931 Election to the Third Division South of the Football League
League	Clubs	Ave Gate	FA Cup	Ballot	Result
D 3S	Norwich City	8,070	Rd 2	38	Re-elected
ML	Mansfield Town		Rd 1	25	Elected
D 3S	Newport County	2,840	Rd 2	19	Not Re-elected
SL	Aldershot		Rd 3	14	Failed
SL	Merthyr Town		Rd 1	2	Failed