Thursday 1930-12-25

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division North
Third Division South

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Birmingham	0	1	Leeds United	St Andrew's	24,991
	Lineups		Furness
Blackburn Rovers	1	0	Derby County	Ewood Park	29,734	Largest home gate 1930-31
Bruton J	Lineups
Blackpool	2	1	Sheffield United	Bloomfield Road	18,575
McMahon, Upton	Lineups		Dunne
Bolton Wanderers	3	1	Manchester United	Burnden Park	22,262
Blackmore 2, Gibson	Lineups		Reid
Chelsea	0	2	Aston Villa	Stamford Bridge	40,990
	Lineups		Waring, Walker
Grimsby Town	0	0	Liverpool	Blundell Park	18,564
	Lineups
Manchester City	1	4	Arsenal	Maine Road	56,750	Largest home gate 1930-31
Tilson	Lineups		Bastin, Jack, Lambert, Hulme
Sunderland	2	5	Leicester City	Roker Park	32,618
Eden, Leonard	Lineups		Hine 3, Barry 2
West Ham United	4	3	Portsmouth	Upton Park	27,718
Gibbins 2, James, Norris	Lineups		Easson 2, Weddle

				Home					Away
Ptn		First Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	1	Arsenal	20	5	2	1	23	13	8	3	1	35	17	1.933	31	W	L	D	W	W	1930-12-26	Manchester City	H
2	-1	Sheffield Wednesday	20	6	2	1	32	9	6	3	2	26	22	1.871	29	L	W	W	W	W	1930-12-26	Middlesbrough	A
3	2	Aston Villa	21	7	2	1	36	18	4	3	4	21	26	1.295	27	W	L	W	W	D	1930-12-26	Chelsea	H
4	2	West Ham United	21	9	2	1	38	17	2	3	4	13	25	1.214	27	W	L	W	W	W	1930-12-26	Portsmouth	A
5	-2	Derby County	21	6	4	1	29	14	4	2	4	22	21	1.457	26	L	W	L	W	L	1930-12-26	Blackburn Rovers	H
6	-2	Portsmouth	21	4	4	1	22	14	5	3	4	28	25	1.282	25	L	D	L	L	D	1930-12-26	West Ham United	H
7	4	Leicester City	21	7	2	2	28	20	3	0	7	20	33	0.906	22	W	W	L	L	L	1930-12-26	Sunderland	H
8	-1	Huddersfield Town	20	4	6	0	28	12	3	1	6	22	27	1.282	21	L	W	L	D	L	1930-12-26	Newcastle United	H
9	3	Blackburn Rovers	21	8	2	1	32	13	1	1	8	16	30	1.116	21	W	W	L	W	W	1930-12-26	Derby County	A
10	3	Liverpool	20	6	1	3	26	15	2	3	5	19	29	1.023	20	D	L	D	L	W	1930-12-26	Grimsby Town	H
11	-3	Chelsea	21	6	1	3	22	10	2	3	6	13	27	0.946	20	L	D	W	L	L	1930-12-26	Aston Villa	A
12	-2	Middlesbrough	20	6	3	1	24	12	2	1	7	17	32	0.932	20	L	W	W	W	L	1930-12-26	Sheffield Wednesday	H
13	-4	Manchester City	21	7	0	5	22	21	1	4	4	12	17	0.895	20	L	W	L	W	D	1930-12-26	Arsenal	A
14	0	Sheffield United	21	5	4	2	26	19	1	3	6	13	22	0.951	19	L	W	L	L	L	1930-12-26	Blackpool	H
15	0	Birmingham	21	6	2	3	24	15	0	5	5	9	23	0.868	19	L	W	L	W	L	1930-12-26	Leeds United	A
16	0	Sunderland	21	5	2	4	34	30	1	4	5	13	27	0.825	18	L	W	L	W	D	1930-12-26	Leicester City	A
17	0	Newcastle United	20	4	1	5	25	28	3	2	5	16	21	0.837	17	W	W	L	L	L	1930-12-26	Huddersfield Town	A
18	1	Bolton Wanderers	20	6	2	3	21	16	1	1	7	9	23	0.769	17	W	L	W	L	W	1930-12-26	Manchester United	A
19	1	Blackpool	21	4	3	4	23	29	2	2	6	14	35	0.578	17	W	W	L	L	L	1930-12-26	Sheffield United	A
20	-2	Grimsby Town	20	5	1	4	21	12	2	1	7	12	21	1	16	D	L	W	W	L	1930-12-26	Liverpool	A
21	0	Leeds United	21	5	1	4	30	18	2	1	8	15	28	0.978	16	W	W	L	W	L	1930-12-26	Birmingham	H
22	0	Manchester United	21	2	2	5	13	23	0	0	12	13	48	0.366	6	L	L	W	L	D	1930-12-26	Bolton Wanderers	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barnsley	0	0	West Bromwich Albion	Oakwell	10,217
	Lineups
Bradford City	2	2	Stoke City	Valley Parade	22,962
Hallows 2	Lineups		Wilson, Liddle
Burnley	1	0	Preston North End	Turf Moor	31,000	Largest home gate 1930-31
Beel	Lineups
Bury	2	2	Everton	Gigg Lane	23,369	Largest home gate 1930-31
Amos, Robbie	Lineups		Dean, Dunn
Millwall	1	1	Bradford	The Den, New Cross	13,053
Horton	Lineups		Taylor
Nottingham Forest	1	1	Reading	City Ground	12,279
German	Lineups		Bacon
Oldham Athletic	2	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Boundary Park	18,166
Adlam, Dyson	Lineups
Port Vale	1	1	Charlton Athletic	Recreation Ground	15,827
Roberts	Lineups		Lennox
Swansea Town	5	2	Bristol City	Vetch Field	11,062
Williams R 2, Bell 2, Easton	Lineups		Mercer, Vials
Tottenham Hotspur	1	3	Southampton	White Hart Lane	36,652
O'Callaghan	Lineups		McIlwaine 2, Coates

				Home					Away
Ptn		Second Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Everton	21	8	1	1	38	14	6	3	2	23	19	1.848	32	D	W	L	W	L	1930-12-27	Plymouth Argyle	H
2	0	West Bromwich Albion	21	7	0	3	17	7	5	4	2	27	17	1.833	28	D	W	L	W	W	1930-12-26	Barnsley	H
3	3	Burnley	21	7	2	2	32	17	4	3	3	16	24	1.171	27	W	L	W	L	D	1930-12-26	Preston North End	A
4	-1	Tottenham Hotspur	21	9	2	1	43	12	3	0	6	10	16	1.893	26	L	W	W	L	W	1930-12-26	Southampton	A
5	-1	Preston North End	21	8	1	1	34	13	3	3	5	19	19	1.656	26	L	D	W	L	W	1930-12-26	Burnley	H
6	-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	21	8	0	2	31	10	5	0	6	19	23	1.515	26	L	L	W	W	W	1930-12-26	Oldham Athletic	H
7	0	Port Vale	21	8	1	2	26	11	3	2	5	15	22	1.242	25	D	W	L	W	L	1930-12-26	Charlton Athletic	A
8	3	Southampton	21	6	3	1	20	5	3	2	6	13	20	1.32	23	W	L	W	L	W	1930-12-26	Tottenham Hotspur	H
9	-1	Bury	21	8	3	0	32	8	2	0	8	13	33	1.098	23	D	D	L	W	L	1930-12-27	Burnley	H
10	-1	Stoke City	21	6	3	1	19	6	3	2	6	13	30	0.889	23	D	L	W	D	W	1930-12-26	Bradford City	H
11	-1	Bradford	21	7	2	0	34	12	2	2	8	17	27	1.308	22	D	L	W	L	W	1930-12-26	Millwall	H
12	0	Oldham Athletic	21	7	1	2	22	15	2	2	7	11	22	0.892	21	W	D	L	L	W	1930-12-26	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
13	0	Swansea Town	21	8	2	1	28	15	0	3	7	6	24	0.872	21	W	W	L	W	L	1930-12-26	Bristol City	A
14	0	Bradford City	21	5	3	4	21	20	1	2	6	9	20	0.75	17	D	D	D	W	L	1930-12-26	Stoke City	A
15	0	Charlton Athletic	21	5	2	4	20	17	1	3	6	11	26	0.721	17	D	D	W	L	D	1930-12-26	Port Vale	H
16	1	Nottingham Forest	21	3	5	2	25	22	1	3	7	15	26	0.833	16	D	D	D	L	L	1930-12-26	Reading	A
17	2	Barnsley	20	5	2	4	12	11	0	4	5	7	22	0.576	16	D	L	D	W	L	1930-12-26	West Bromwich Albion	A
18	-2	Bristol City	21	6	3	2	17	14	0	1	9	9	35	0.531	16	L	D	L	D	L	1930-12-26	Swansea Town	H
19	1	Millwall	21	5	2	3	26	17	1	1	9	14	33	0.8	15	D	L	D	D	W	1930-12-26	Bradford	A
20	-2	Plymouth Argyle	20	4	2	4	18	14	2	1	7	10	25	0.718	15	W	W	W	L	D	1930-12-26	Cardiff City	H
21	0	Cardiff City	21	4	3	3	25	18	1	1	9	8	30	0.688	14	W	L	D	L	L	1930-12-26	Plymouth Argyle	A
22	0	Reading	21	4	1	5	15	17	0	2	9	10	42	0.424	11	D	D	L	L	W	1930-12-26	Nottingham Forest	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate	Notes
Accrington Stanley	3	0	Wigan Borough	Peel Park	4,155
Riley 2, Agar	Lineups
Chesterfield	4	0	Wrexham	Saltergate Recreation Ground	7,781
Binks, Pynegar 3	Lineups
Crewe Alexandra	6	2	Barrow	Gresty Road	3,863
Smelt, Millington, Swindells 2, Harris 2	Lineups		Miller, Millar
Doncaster Rovers	0	0	New Brighton	Belle Vue	3,717
	Lineups
Halifax Town	1	1	Hull City	The Shay	7,496
Cooper	Lineups		Raleigh
Hartlepools United	4	0	Nelson	Victoria Park	4,518
Thompson 2, Thornton, Podwell	Lineups
Rotherham United	4	6	Tranmere Rovers	Millmoor	7,328
Sellars, Orr, Hick 2	Lineups		Watts 2, Dixon 2, Kennedy J 2
Southport	4	0	Rochdale	Haig Avenue	6,157	Largest home gate 1930-31
Waterston 2, Cowen, Wilson	Lineups
Stockport County	3	1	Gateshead	Edgeley Park	10,663
Newton F 3	Lineups		Barkas
York City	4	0	Carlisle United	Fulfordgate	4,663
Gardner 2, Beck, Laycock	Lineups

				Home					Away
Ptn		Third Division North	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Lincoln City	19	9	1	1	31	9	4	2	2	15	13	2.091	29	W	D	W	L	D	1930-12-26	Darlington	H
2	0	Chesterfield	20	8	1	0	25	5	4	3	4	24	23	1.75	28	W	D	W	W	L	1930-12-26	Wrexham	A
3	0	Stockport County	20	11	1	0	36	8	2	1	5	10	21	1.586	28	W	W	L	W	W	1930-12-27	Hull City	A
4	0	Tranmere Rovers	20	8	1	0	36	13	5	1	5	24	29	1.429	28	W	L	W	L	W	1930-12-26	Rotherham United	H
5	1	Hull City	20	4	4	2	22	13	6	1	3	21	18	1.387	25	D	W	L	D	L	1930-12-26	Halifax Town	H
6	-1	Wrexham	20	8	1	0	30	10	2	3	6	17	23	1.424	24	L	L	W	L	W	1930-12-26	Chesterfield	H
7	0	Carlisle United	19	6	0	1	26	8	5	1	6	20	22	1.533	23	L	W	D	W	W	1930-12-26	York City	H
8	0	Wigan Borough	19	8	0	1	26	12	3	1	6	13	23	1.114	23	L	W	L	L	W	1930-12-26	Accrington Stanley	H
9	0	Southport	19	5	2	2	21	12	4	0	6	14	21	1.061	20	W	L	W	W	W	1930-12-26	Rochdale	A
10	3	Accrington Stanley	21	8	0	3	26	16	0	3	7	15	44	0.683	19	W	L	W	D	L	1930-12-26	Wigan Borough	A
11	-1	Gateshead	19	5	2	3	21	16	1	4	4	8	17	0.879	18	L	D	W	L	L	1930-12-27	Doncaster Rovers	A
12	2	Doncaster Rovers	19	4	5	3	24	14	2	0	5	10	13	1.259	17	D	D	W	W	W	1930-12-26	New Brighton	A
13	-2	Darlington	19	4	1	5	23	17	3	2	4	14	13	1.233	17	W	L	L	W	W	1930-12-26	Lincoln City	A
14	2	York City	19	6	1	1	23	7	2	0	9	16	34	0.951	17	W	L	L	L	W	1930-12-26	Carlisle United	A
15	-3	Rotherham United	20	4	2	3	26	17	2	3	6	18	31	0.917	17	L	L	D	L	D	1930-12-26	Tranmere Rovers	A
16	-1	Halifax Town	19	6	3	3	19	11	0	2	5	7	26	0.703	17	D	L	D	W	L	1930-12-26	Hull City	A
17	2	Hartlepools United	19	6	0	4	27	19	1	1	7	12	21	0.975	15	W	W	L	W	L	1930-12-26	Nelson	A
18	-1	Rochdale	19	5	0	4	29	27	1	2	7	9	27	0.704	14	L	L	L	W	L	1930-12-26	Southport	H
19	2	Crewe Alexandra	20	6	0	4	29	20	1	0	9	5	34	0.63	14	W	L	L	L	L	1930-12-27	Accrington Stanley	H
20	0	New Brighton	20	4	2	4	16	19	1	2	7	7	22	0.561	14	D	W	W	W	L	1930-12-26	Doncaster Rovers	H
21	-3	Barrow	21	3	3	3	13	10	2	1	9	13	40	0.52	14	L	D	W	W	L	1930-12-27	Tranmere Rovers	A
22	0	Nelson	19	3	3	4	15	16	0	0	9	7	29	0.489	9	L	W	L	D	L	1930-12-26	Hartlepools United	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate	Notes
Brentford	8	2	Crystal Palace	Griffin Park	11,770	Largest home gate 1930-31
Lane J 3, Lane B 3, Berry 2	Lineups		Crilly (p), Clarke
Bristol Rovers	3	3	Brighton & Hove Albion	Eastville	13,000	Largest home gate 1930-31
Dinsdale, Dix, Young	Lineups		Farrell, Kirkwood, Wilson
Coventry City	3	3	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Highfield Road	18,724
Lake 2, Alsop	Lineups		Whitehouse 2, Hayward
Gillingham	3	1	Thames Association	Priestfield Road	6,325
White, Bethell, Jamieson	Lineups		Holmes
Luton Town	3	1	Torquay United	Kenilworth Road	7,553
Rennie 2, Bryce	Lineups		Hill
Newport County	4	0	Exeter City	Somerton Park	3,264
Pearce 2, Gittins, Davies	Lineups
Norwich City	2	0	Clapton Orient	The Nest, Rosary Road	9,701
Hunt, Williams	Lineups
Queens Park Rangers	4	1	Notts County	Loftus Road	14,501	Largest home gate 1930-31
Burns 3, Goddard	Lineups		Maw
Southend United	2	1	Northampton Town	Kursaal Ground	10,068	Largest home gate 1930-31
Shankly, Allon OG	Lineups		Boyle
Swindon Town	4	1	Fulham	County Ground	4,670
Kirby (p), Morris 2, Richardson	Lineups		Barrett
Walsall	2	2	Watford	Fellows Park	6,842
Cooper 2	Lineups		Pick 2

				Home					Away
Ptn		Third Division South	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Notts County	21	8	3	0	33	8	5	3	2	21	18	2.077	32	L	W	L	D	D	1930-12-26	Queens Park Rangers	H
2	1	Southend United	21	9	0	1	32	14	4	2	5	14	16	1.533	28	W	W	W	W	L	1930-12-26	Northampton Town	A
3	-1	Northampton Town	20	5	2	1	11	4	6	3	3	23	13	2	27	L	L	W	W	D	1930-12-26	Southend United	H
4	0	Crystal Palace	20	7	1	0	38	11	3	4	5	20	31	1.381	25	L	D	W	D	W	1930-12-26	Brentford	H
5	1	Brentford	21	6	2	3	35	20	4	2	4	16	17	1.378	24	W	L	L	W	L	1930-12-26	Crystal Palace	A
6	1	Swindon Town	21	9	2	1	37	15	2	0	7	8	24	1.154	24	W	W	L	W	W	1930-12-26	Fulham	A
7	-2	Brighton & Hove Albion	20	6	2	1	14	7	2	6	3	14	18	1.12	24	D	D	W	W	W	1930-12-26	Bristol Rovers	H
8	0	Fulham	20	7	3	1	24	11	2	1	6	11	28	0.897	22	L	W	L	L	D	1930-12-26	Swindon Town	H
9	3	Queens Park Rangers	20	8	0	3	37	13	1	2	6	13	24	1.351	20	W	W	D	W	W	1930-12-26	Notts County	A
10	0	Coventry City	19	6	1	4	36	20	2	3	3	9	14	1.324	20	D	W	W	W	L	1930-12-26	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
11	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	21	4	4	3	16	11	3	2	5	20	31	0.857	20	D	D	W	L	L	1930-12-26	Coventry City	H
12	-3	Torquay United	21	7	1	2	30	17	2	1	8	15	36	0.849	20	L	L	W	L	L	1930-12-26	Luton Town	H
13	2	Gillingham	20	5	4	2	24	12	1	3	5	11	19	1.129	19	W	L	D	D	D	1930-12-26	Thames Association	A
14	0	Bristol Rovers	21	5	2	2	22	16	2	3	7	16	34	0.76	19	D	L	W	W	L	1930-12-26	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
15	-2	Clapton Orient	19	7	1	2	29	13	0	3	6	4	20	1	18	L	W	W	W	D	1930-12-26	Norwich City	H
16	1	Watford	20	5	1	5	21	16	2	2	5	16	24	0.925	17	D	L	L	L	W	1930-12-26	Walsall	H
17	1	Luton Town	20	5	3	1	21	10	1	2	8	6	24	0.794	17	W	L	L	L	D	1930-12-26	Torquay United	A
18	-2	Exeter City	20	4	4	1	20	14	2	1	8	14	33	0.723	17	L	L	L	L	W	1930-12-26	Newport County	H
19	1	Norwich City	20	5	3	2	20	9	0	1	9	5	28	0.676	14	W	W	L	L	L	1930-12-26	Clapton Orient	A
20	-1	Walsall	19	3	4	4	25	24	1	1	6	11	25	0.735	13	D	D	D	W	D	1930-12-26	Watford	A
21	1	Newport County	20	5	1	4	24	17	0	1	9	16	44	0.656	12	W	L	W	L	L	1930-12-26	Exeter City	A
22	-1	Thames Association	20	5	2	2	14	9	0	0	11	8	42	0.431	12	L	W	L	W	L	1930-12-26	Gillingham	H