Saturday 1931-01-03

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Birmingham	1	2	Derby County	St Andrew's	14,555
Curtis	Lineups		Bowers 2
Blackpool	1	1	Blackburn Rovers	Bloomfield Road	16,294
Hampson	Lineups		Bruton L
Bolton Wanderers	1	0	Huddersfield Town	Burnden Park	15,665
McKay	Lineups
Grimsby Town	2	2	Newcastle United	Blundell Park	10,565
Bestall (p), Prior	Lineups		Boyd, Hutchison
Leicester City	3	2	Manchester City	Filbert Street	12,998
Chandler, Hine 2 (1p)	Lineups		Halliday 2
Liverpool	3	1	Middlesbrough	Anfield Road	21,133
Hodgson 2, Done	Lineups		Pease
Manchester United	1	0	Chelsea	Old Trafford	8,966
Warburton	Lineups
Sheffield Wednesday	1	3	Sheffield United	Hillsborough	33,322
Ball	Lineups		Dunne, Oxley, Tunstall
Sunderland	0	0	Portsmouth	Roker Park	24,100
	Lineups
West Ham United	5	5	Aston Villa	Upton Park	18,810
Barrett, Yews, Gibbins 2, Harris	Lineups		Beresford 2, Walker, Brown, Houghton (p)

				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	0	Arsenal	22	7	2	1	33	15	8	3	1	35	17	2.125	35	W	W	W	L	D	1931-01-17	Sunderland	H
2	0	Sheffield Wednesday	25	8	2	2	38	15	7	3	3	28	25	1.65	35	L	W	W	W	L	1931-01-17	Grimsby Town	H
3	1	Derby County	24	7	5	1	31	15	5	2	4	24	22	1.486	31	W	W	D	L	W	1931-01-17	Sheffield United	H
4	-1	Aston Villa	25	8	3	1	46	21	4	4	5	26	33	1.333	31	D	L	W	D	W	1931-01-17	Bolton Wanderers	H
5	0	Portsmouth	24	5	5	1	25	15	5	4	4	28	25	1.325	29	D	D	W	L	D	1931-01-17	Leicester City	H
6	0	West Ham United	24	9	3	1	43	22	2	3	6	13	29	1.098	28	D	L	L	W	L	1931-01-17	Chelsea	A
7	0	Middlesbrough	25	9	3	1	31	13	2	1	9	20	38	1	26	L	W	L	W	W	1931-01-17	Blackpool	H
8	2	Sheffield United	24	7	4	2	34	21	2	3	6	16	23	1.136	25	W	W	W	L	W	1931-01-17	Derby County	A
9	4	Leicester City	24	8	3	2	32	23	3	0	8	20	34	0.912	25	W	L	D	W	W	1931-01-17	Portsmouth	A
10	1	Blackburn Rovers	25	8	3	2	35	17	1	3	8	18	32	1.082	24	D	L	D	D	W	1931-01-17	Leeds United	H
11	3	Liverpool	23	7	2	3	30	17	2	4	5	22	32	1.061	24	W	D	D	D	L	1931-01-14	Bolton Wanderers	A
12	-4	Manchester City	25	8	0	5	24	21	2	4	6	16	23	0.909	24	L	W	W	L	L	1931-01-17	Birmingham	H
13	-4	Huddersfield Town	24	5	6	1	30	15	3	1	8	23	30	1.178	23	L	L	W	L	L	1931-01-17	Liverpool	H
14	-2	Chelsea	24	7	1	3	27	10	2	4	7	16	31	1.049	23	L	W	D	L	D	1931-01-17	West Ham United	H
15	0	Newcastle United	24	5	1	6	28	30	4	3	5	21	23	0.925	22	D	W	L	W	W	1931-01-17	Manchester United	H
16	0	Leeds United	24	6	1	4	33	19	2	3	8	16	29	1.021	20	D	D	W	W	W	1931-01-17	Blackburn Rovers	A
17	0	Sunderland	24	5	3	4	34	30	1	5	6	14	30	0.8	20	D	L	D	L	W	1931-01-17	Arsenal	A
18	1	Bolton Wanderers	23	7	2	3	22	16	1	2	8	10	27	0.744	20	W	L	D	W	L	1931-01-14	Liverpool	H
19	-1	Birmingham	24	6	2	4	25	17	0	5	7	11	29	0.783	19	L	L	L	L	W	1931-01-17	Manchester City	A
20	0	Grimsby Town	24	5	2	4	23	14	2	2	9	14	29	0.86	18	D	L	L	D	D	1931-01-17	Sheffield Wednesday	A
21	0	Blackpool	24	4	4	4	24	30	2	2	8	16	47	0.519	18	D	L	L	W	W	1931-01-17	Middlesbrough	A
22	0	Manchester United	25	3	4	5	15	24	0	0	13	13	55	0.354	10	W	D	L	D	L	1931-01-17	Newcastle United	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Bradford City	1	0	Barnsley	Valley Parade	13,392
Scriven	Lineups
Burnley	3	2	Southampton	Turf Moor	10,712
Prest, McCluggage, Beel	Lineups		Haines 2
Millwall	6	0	Charlton Athletic	The Den, New Cross	14,387
Readman 2, Wadsworth 2, Swallow, Landells	Lineups
Nottingham Forest	1	0	Bradford	City Ground	3,819
Dent	Lineups
Oldham Athletic	3	1	Stoke City	Boundary Park	11,305
Johnstone, Dyson, Gray	Lineups		Kirkham
Plymouth Argyle	3	6	Bury	Home Park	19,749
Grozier, Chester OG, Bowden	Lineups		Smith JR 3, Amos, Grass, Robbie
Port Vale	1	0	Bristol City	Recreation Ground	7,411
Griffiths	Lineups
Preston North End	3	3	Reading	Deepdale	11,717
Bargh 2, Tremelling	Lineups		Darnell, Gilhespy, McPherson
Swansea Town	2	5	Everton	Vetch Field	19,604
Williams R, Easton	Lineups		Dean 2, Critchley, Johnson, Stein
Tottenham Hotspur	1	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	White Hart Lane	26,221
Cook	Lineups
West Bromwich Albion	3	2	Cardiff City	The Hawthorns	13,792
Sandford, Carter, Richardson WG	Lineups		McCambridge 2

				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	24	10	1	1	50	17	7	3	2	28	21	2.053	38	W	W	W	D	W	1931-01-17	West Bromwich Albion	H
2	0	West Bromwich Albion	24	9	0	3	25	9	5	5	2	28	18	1.963	33	W	D	W	D	W	1931-01-17	Everton	A
3	0	Tottenham Hotspur	24	10	2	1	44	12	5	0	6	15	17	2.034	32	W	W	W	L	W	1931-01-17	Bradford	A
4	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	24	10	0	2	38	12	5	0	7	19	24	1.583	30	L	W	W	L	L	1931-01-17	Preston North End	H
5	0	Preston North End	24	9	2	1	39	16	3	3	6	20	21	1.595	29	D	L	W	L	D	1931-01-17	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
6	0	Burnley	24	8	2	2	35	19	4	3	5	17	28	1.106	29	W	L	L	W	L	1931-01-17	Reading	A
7	2	Bury	24	9	3	0	34	9	3	0	9	21	39	1.146	27	W	L	W	D	D	1931-01-17	Swansea Town	H
8	2	Port Vale	24	9	1	2	27	11	3	2	7	18	30	1.098	27	W	L	L	D	W	1931-01-17	Cardiff City	A
9	-2	Bradford	24	9	2	0	44	12	2	2	9	17	28	1.525	26	L	W	W	D	L	1931-01-17	Tottenham Hotspur	H
10	-2	Southampton	24	7	3	2	22	9	3	2	7	15	23	1.156	25	L	W	L	W	L	1931-01-17	Plymouth Argyle	H
11	0	Stoke City	24	6	4	2	22	10	3	2	7	14	33	0.837	24	L	L	D	D	L	1931-01-17	Nottingham Forest	H
12	0	Oldham Athletic	25	8	2	2	26	17	2	2	9	11	29	0.804	24	W	D	L	L	W	1931-01-17	Millwall	A
13	0	Swansea Town	24	8	2	2	30	20	0	3	9	7	27	0.787	21	L	L	L	W	W	1931-01-17	Bury	A
14	0	Charlton Athletic	24	7	2	4	25	19	1	3	7	11	32	0.706	21	L	W	W	D	D	1931-01-17	Barnsley	A
15	2	Bradford City	24	6	3	4	22	20	1	3	7	11	23	0.767	20	W	L	D	D	D	1931-01-17	Bristol City	A
16	3	Millwall	24	6	2	3	32	17	2	1	10	17	41	0.845	19	W	W	L	D	L	1931-01-17	Oldham Athletic	H
17	-2	Plymouth Argyle	24	5	2	5	26	21	3	1	8	15	34	0.745	19	L	W	L	W	W	1931-01-17	Southampton	A
18	-2	Bristol City	24	7	4	2	20	16	0	1	10	9	36	0.558	19	L	D	W	L	D	1931-01-17	Bradford City	H
19	1	Nottingham Forest	24	4	5	2	26	22	1	3	9	19	35	0.789	18	W	L	L	D	D	1931-01-17	Stoke City	A
20	-2	Barnsley	24	6	2	5	17	17	0	4	7	7	28	0.533	18	L	L	W	L	D	1931-01-17	Charlton Athletic	H
21	0	Cardiff City	24	5	3	3	26	18	1	1	11	11	38	0.661	16	L	W	L	W	L	1931-01-17	Port Vale	H
22	0	Reading	25	5	1	6	21	21	0	4	9	14	46	0.522	15	D	D	L	W	D	1931-01-17	Burnley	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate	Notes
Accrington Stanley	1	3	Wrexham	Peel Park	2,871
Agar	Lineups		Parden 2, Taylor
Barrow	7	2	Carlisle United	Holker Street	6,670
Allen, Walker 2, Millar 2, Briggs 2	Lineups		Armes, McConnell
Chesterfield	3	1	York City	Saltergate Recreation Ground	4,760
Lee 2, Bell T	Lineups		Laycock
Darlington	2	1	Nelson	Feethams Ground	2,585
Mitchell, Hill	Lineups		Raisbeck
Gateshead	1	0	Hull City	Redheugh Park	7,450
Maycock	Lineups
Halifax Town	0	1	Wigan Borough	The Shay	4,148
	Lineups		Murray
New Brighton	1	0	Hartlepools United	Sandheys Park	2,892
Oakes	Lineups
Rochdale	1	0	Crewe Alexandra	Spotland	2,326
Stott	Lineups
Rotherham United	3	0	Doncaster Rovers	Millmoor	4,132
Hick 3	Lineups
Southport	1	1	Tranmere Rovers	Haig Avenue	5,978
Robinson (p)	Lineups		Dixon
Stockport County	4	2	Lincoln City	Edgeley Park	14,804	Largest home gate 1930-31
Newton F 3 (1p), Webster	Lineups		Cartwright, Dinsdale

				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	23	11	1	1	36	9	5	2	3	18	17	2.077	35	L	W	W	W	W	1931-01-15	Carlisle United	A
2	1	Chesterfield	24	10	1	0	33	7	4	4	5	25	25	1.813	33	W	W	D	L	W	1931-01-10	Nelson	H
3	1	Stockport County	23	12	1	0	40	10	3	2	5	13	22	1.656	33	W	W	D	W	W	1931-01-10	Rochdale	A
4	-2	Tranmere Rovers	24	10	1	0	45	15	5	2	6	26	35	1.42	33	D	L	W	W	W	1931-01-17	Accrington Stanley	H
5	2	Wigan Borough	23	10	0	1	31	14	4	1	7	15	29	1.07	29	W	L	W	W	L	1931-01-10	Rotherham United	A
6	-1	Hull City	23	5	5	2	33	14	6	1	4	21	19	1.636	28	L	D	W	D	W	1931-01-17	Doncaster Rovers	H
7	2	Wrexham	23	9	1	1	34	15	3	3	6	20	24	1.385	28	W	L	W	L	L	1931-01-14	Doncaster Rovers	H
8	0	Southport	23	6	3	2	30	14	6	0	6	22	23	1.405	27	D	W	W	W	W	1931-01-13	Halifax Town	H
9	-3	Carlisle United	23	7	2	1	29	9	5	1	7	22	29	1.342	27	L	D	D	W	L	1931-01-15	Lincoln City	H
10	0	Gateshead	22	7	2	3	24	17	1	5	4	9	18	0.943	23	W	W	D	L	D	1931-01-17	Lincoln City	A
11	0	Hartlepools United	23	8	0	4	35	21	1	2	8	13	23	1.091	20	L	W	W	D	W	1931-01-17	Stockport County	H
12	3	Rotherham United	23	5	2	3	29	17	2	4	7	21	36	0.943	20	W	D	L	L	L	1931-01-10	Wigan Borough	H
13	3	Darlington	23	5	1	6	25	19	3	2	6	14	16	1.114	19	W	L	L	L	W	1931-01-10	Barrow	A
14	-2	Doncaster Rovers	23	4	6	3	25	15	2	1	7	12	19	1.088	19	L	D	D	L	D	1931-01-14	Wrexham	A
15	2	Rochdale	23	6	0	5	30	31	2	3	7	12	29	0.7	19	W	W	D	L	L	1931-01-10	Stockport County	H
16	-3	Accrington Stanley	25	8	0	5	29	22	0	3	9	18	49	0.662	19	L	L	L	L	W	1931-01-10	New Brighton	H
17	-3	York City	23	6	2	1	24	8	2	0	12	18	41	0.857	18	L	L	D	L	W	1931-01-17	Barrow	H
18	2	New Brighton	24	6	2	5	19	22	1	2	8	7	26	0.542	18	W	L	L	W	D	1931-01-10	Accrington Stanley	A
19	-1	Halifax Town	22	6	3	4	19	12	0	2	7	8	38	0.54	17	L	L	L	D	L	1931-01-13	Southport	A
20	-1	Crewe Alexandra	22	7	0	4	31	21	1	0	10	5	35	0.643	16	L	W	W	L	L	1931-01-17	Darlington	H
21	0	Barrow	23	4	3	3	20	12	2	1	10	13	45	0.579	16	W	L	L	D	W	1931-01-10	Darlington	H
22	0	Nelson	23	3	5	4	16	17	0	0	11	9	39	0.446	11	L	L	D	D	L	1931-01-10	Chesterfield	A

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Bristol Rovers	2	5	Brentford	Eastville	9,000
Attwood 2	Lineups		Lane B 3, Berry 2
Coventry City	4	0	Clapton Orient	Highfield Road	7,013
Lake, Richards 2, Ball	Lineups
Exeter City	2	2	Brighton & Hove Albion	St James Park	5,000
Varco, Wilkinson OG	Lineups		Nicol 2
Fulham	3	1	Notts County	Craven Cottage	11,606
Watkins, Temple 2	Lineups		Andrews
Gillingham	2	3	Torquay United	Priestfield Road	3,381
Death, Loasby	Lineups		Keeling 2, Bell
Luton Town	1	2	Crystal Palace	Kenilworth Road	6,051
Rennie	Lineups		Simpson, Butler
Newport County	5	2	Northampton Town	Somerton Park	2,977
Pearce 2, Gittins, Brown, Bagley	Lineups		Dawes, Bowen
Queens Park Rangers	3	1	Norwich City	Loftus Road	6,553
Goddard 2, Rounce	Lineups		Sargeant
Swindon Town	2	1	Watford	County Ground	3,958
Woodward OG, Eddleston	Lineups		James
Walsall	6	0	Thames Association	Fellows Park	6,000
Hurst 2, Eyres 3, Cooper	Lineups

				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	24	10	3	0	39	9	5	3	3	22	21	2.033	36	L	W	W	L	W	1931-01-17	Swindon Town	H
2	1	Crystal Palace	23	9	1	0	46	13	4	4	5	22	32	1.511	31	W	W	W	L	D	1931-01-17	Bristol Rovers	H
3	-1	Northampton Town	23	6	3	1	16	5	6	3	4	25	18	1.783	30	L	D	W	L	L	1931-01-15	Watford	H
4	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	23	8	2	1	23	7	2	7	3	16	20	1.444	29	D	W	W	D	D	1931-01-17	Queens Park Rangers	H
5	0	Southend United	23	9	0	1	32	14	4	2	7	15	23	1.27	28	L	L	W	W	W	1931-01-10	Thames Association	H
6	0	Fulham	23	9	3	1	33	13	2	2	6	13	30	1.07	27	W	D	W	L	W	1931-01-14	Exeter City	A
7	0	Brentford	24	6	2	4	35	21	5	2	5	22	24	1.267	26	W	L	L	W	L	1931-01-17	Newport County	H
8	1	Swindon Town	24	10	2	1	39	16	2	0	9	10	34	0.98	26	W	L	L	W	W	1931-01-17	Notts County	A
9	1	Torquay United	24	8	2	2	34	18	3	1	8	18	38	0.929	25	W	W	D	L	L	1931-01-17	Exeter City	H
10	-2	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	23	6	4	3	22	12	3	2	5	20	31	0.977	24	W	W	D	D	W	1931-01-17	Watford	A
11	1	Queens Park Rangers	23	9	0	3	40	14	1	2	8	13	27	1.293	22	W	L	L	W	W	1931-01-14	Bristol Rovers	A
12	1	Coventry City	22	7	1	4	40	20	2	3	5	10	20	1.25	22	W	L	L	D	W	1931-01-10	Gillingham	A
13	-2	Exeter City	23	5	5	1	25	16	3	1	8	16	34	0.82	22	D	W	W	L	L	1931-01-14	Fulham	H
14	1	Gillingham	23	5	4	3	26	15	1	4	6	13	26	0.951	20	L	L	D	W	L	1931-01-10	Coventry City	H
15	-1	Clapton Orient	22	8	1	3	33	18	0	3	7	4	24	0.881	20	L	L	W	L	W	1931-01-17	Fulham	H
16	0	Luton Town	23	5	3	2	22	12	2	3	8	8	25	0.811	20	L	W	D	W	L	1931-01-10	Norwich City	H
17	0	Bristol Rovers	24	5	2	3	24	21	2	4	8	17	39	0.683	20	L	D	L	D	L	1931-01-14	Queens Park Rangers	H
18	0	Watford	23	5	3	5	25	20	2	2	6	17	26	0.913	19	L	D	D	D	L	1931-01-15	Northampton Town	A
19	0	Walsall	22	4	4	4	31	24	2	2	6	18	29	0.925	18	W	W	D	D	D	1931-01-17	Norwich City	A
20	0	Thames Association	23	6	3	2	17	11	0	0	12	8	48	0.424	15	L	W	D	L	W	1931-01-10	Southend United	A
21	1	Newport County	23	6	1	4	29	19	0	1	11	16	50	0.652	14	W	L	L	W	L	1931-01-17	Brentford	A
22	-1	Norwich City	23	5	3	3	21	11	0	1	11	6	33	0.614	14	L	L	L	W	W	1931-01-10	Luton Town	A