Saturday 1931-03-14

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

Cup and International Matches

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aston Villa	5	1	Arsenal	Villa Park	60,997	Largest home gate 1930-31
Waring 2, Walker, Houghton 2	Lineups		Jack
Bolton Wanderers	6	2	Sheffield United	Burnden Park	13,113
Butler, Blackmore 3, Gibson 2	Lineups		Dunne, Gibson S
Chelsea	3	2	Blackburn Rovers	Stamford Bridge	32,623
Gallacher, Crawford, Odell (p)	Lineups		Bruton L 2
Huddersfield Town	1	3	Portsmouth	Leeds Road	11,594
Mangnall	Lineups		Easson, Weddle, Cook
Liverpool	0	0	Derby County	Anfield Road	29,043
	Lineups
Middlesbrough	4	1	Manchester City	Ayresome Park	12,661
Warren 2, Pease, Cameron	Lineups		Cowan
Newcastle United	0	2	Blackpool	St James' Park	13,303
	Lineups		Hampson, Rattray
Sheffield Wednesday	2	1	Leeds United	Hillsborough	14,562
Rimmer, Menzies OG	Lineups		Wainscoat

				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	33	10	4	2	54	24	11	4	2	50	28	2	50	L	W	D	W	W	1931-03-21	Sheffield Wednesday	H
2	0	Aston Villa	34	13	3	1	70	28	7	5	5	39	35	1.73	48	W	W	W	W	W	1931-03-21	Derby County	A
3	0	Sheffield Wednesday	33	11	2	3	52	25	7	4	6	32	38	1.333	42	W	L	L	L	D	1931-03-21	Arsenal	A
4	0	Derby County	32	10	5	2	45	25	5	3	7	33	37	1.258	38	D	W	L	L	W	1931-03-21	Aston Villa	H
5	1	Portsmouth	32	8	6	2	35	23	6	4	6	33	33	1.214	38	W	W	W	D	L	1931-03-16	Manchester United	A
6	-1	Manchester City	34	11	1	5	35	27	4	6	7	28	34	1.033	37	L	D	W	W	D	1931-03-21	Chelsea	H
7	0	Liverpool	33	9	4	3	40	22	4	6	7	33	43	1.123	36	D	D	W	W	W	1931-03-21	Leicester City	A
8	1	Middlesbrough	34	12	4	2	49	20	3	2	11	27	48	1.118	36	W	L	W	D	W	1931-03-21	Birmingham	A
9	-1	Huddersfield Town	32	7	6	3	37	25	6	2	8	30	34	1.136	34	L	D	W	W	L	1931-03-16	Sunderland	H
10	0	Blackburn Rovers	34	12	3	3	44	21	1	4	11	24	48	0.986	33	L	L	W	D	W	1931-03-21	Grimsby Town	H
11	0	West Ham United	32	10	3	3	51	32	3	3	10	19	39	0.986	32	W	L	L	L	L	1931-03-16	Birmingham	H
12	0	Sheffield United	33	8	6	3	42	26	3	3	10	25	38	1.047	31	L	L	L	W	L	1931-03-21	Huddersfield Town	H
13	3	Chelsea	32	9	2	4	35	17	2	6	9	20	40	0.965	30	W	L	L	L	D	1931-03-21	Manchester City	A
14	-1	Newcastle United	33	8	1	8	37	40	5	3	8	30	32	0.931	30	L	L	W	W	L	1931-03-21	Portsmouth	A
15	-1	Sunderland	31	8	4	4	52	34	2	5	8	20	38	1	29	W	D	L	W	W	1931-03-16	Huddersfield Town	A
16	-1	Leicester City	32	9	3	5	41	33	4	0	11	26	44	0.87	29	L	L	L	L	W	1931-03-21	Liverpool	H
17	0	Grimsby Town	33	8	2	5	37	24	4	2	12	24	49	0.836	28	W	L	L	W	W	1931-03-21	Blackburn Rovers	A
18	1	Bolton Wanderers	33	9	5	3	34	22	1	3	12	16	45	0.746	28	W	L	D	D	L	1931-03-21	Sunderland	A
19	-1	Birmingham	31	8	3	5	31	23	1	6	8	15	34	0.807	27	D	L	W	W	D	1931-03-16	West Ham United	A
20	0	Blackpool	33	6	5	5	32	36	3	3	11	23	65	0.545	26	W	W	L	D	L	1931-03-21	Manchester United	H
21	0	Leeds United	34	7	2	7	39	28	2	3	13	18	46	0.77	23	L	L	W	L	L	1931-03-21	West Ham United	H
22	0	Manchester United	32	5	4	6	21	28	0	1	16	18	65	0.419	15	D	L	W	L	L	1931-03-16	Portsmouth	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Bradford	5	1	Bury	Park Avenue	9,077
Rhodes 2, McMillan, Davis, Dickinson	Lineups		Smith JR (p)
Burnley	2	2	Barnsley	Turf Moor	7,877
Storer, Bowsher	Lineups		Curran, Harvey
Millwall	3	1	Swansea Town	The Den, New Cross	17,651
Forsyth, Landells, Swallow	Lineups		Easton
Nottingham Forest	1	0	Port Vale	City Ground	9,281
Simpson	Lineups
Preston North End	4	1	Charlton Athletic	Deepdale	9,474
Farrell 3, Scott	Lineups		Horton
Reading	3	0	Cardiff City	Elm Park	9,555
Bacon, McPherson, Featherby	Lineups
Southampton	5	1	Bristol City	The Dell	10,463
Mackie 2, Haines 2, Jepson	Lineups		Vials
Stoke City	0	0	Plymouth Argyle	Victoria Ground	8,490
	Lineups
Tottenham Hotspur	3	1	Bradford City	White Hart Lane	32,976
Harper 2, Smailes	Lineups		Moore

				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	31	15	1	1	66	24	9	3	2	38	22	2.261	52	W	W	W	W	W	1931-03-16	Tottenham Hotspur	A
2	0	Tottenham Hotspur	32	13	2	1	54	13	6	1	9	21	28	1.829	41	W	L	L	D	W	1931-03-16	Everton	H
3	0	West Bromwich Albion	31	10	2	4	28	11	6	5	4	34	26	1.676	39	D	L	W	D	L	1931-03-21	Preston North End	H
4	1	Preston North End	33	11	3	2	48	21	4	4	9	24	30	1.412	37	W	D	W	W	L	1931-03-21	West Bromwich Albion	A
5	2	Bradford	33	12	2	2	59	20	3	4	10	22	34	1.5	36	W	D	L	L	L	1931-03-21	Bristol City	A
6	-2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	32	13	0	3	47	18	5	0	11	22	36	1.278	36	W	L	L	L	L	1931-03-21	Barnsley	A
7	1	Southampton	33	9	4	4	36	20	6	2	8	23	28	1.229	36	W	W	L	W	W	1931-03-21	Bradford City	A
8	-2	Port Vale	33	12	1	3	34	16	4	2	11	23	38	1.056	35	L	L	W	W	L	1931-03-21	Burnley	H
9	0	Burnley	33	9	4	3	44	27	4	5	8	22	39	1	35	D	D	D	D	L	1931-03-21	Port Vale	A
10	0	Bradford City	33	10	3	4	32	23	4	3	9	19	31	0.944	34	L	W	W	W	W	1931-03-21	Southampton	H
11	1	Stoke City	33	8	6	3	27	14	5	2	9	20	42	0.839	34	D	W	D	L	L	1931-03-21	Cardiff City	A
12	-1	Bury	33	12	3	2	39	13	3	0	13	23	52	0.954	33	L	W	L	W	L	1931-03-21	Oldham Athletic	H
13	1	Millwall	33	10	2	4	44	23	4	2	11	23	45	0.985	32	W	D	W	W	W	1931-03-21	Everton	A
14	-1	Charlton Athletic	33	9	3	5	29	27	3	4	9	15	41	0.647	31	L	W	D	W	W	1931-03-21	Reading	H
15	0	Oldham Athletic	33	10	3	3	32	21	2	3	12	11	36	0.754	30	L	L	D	W	L	1931-03-21	Bury	A
16	0	Swansea Town	33	10	3	3	36	24	1	4	12	10	34	0.793	29	L	L	W	D	W	1931-03-21	Tottenham Hotspur	H
17	2	Nottingham Forest	33	8	6	2	40	27	1	3	13	20	42	0.87	27	W	L	W	L	D	1931-03-21	Plymouth Argyle	A
18	0	Barnsley	33	9	3	5	31	20	0	6	10	13	41	0.721	27	D	D	L	W	L	1931-03-21	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
19	-2	Bristol City	33	8	5	4	24	21	2	2	12	15	48	0.565	27	L	D	W	L	W	1931-03-21	Bradford	H
20	0	Plymouth Argyle	33	6	3	7	32	26	3	4	10	21	43	0.768	25	D	D	D	L	L	1931-03-21	Nottingham Forest	H
21	0	Reading	33	9	1	6	31	22	1	4	12	22	55	0.688	25	W	L	L	W	W	1931-03-21	Charlton Athletic	A
22	0	Cardiff City	33	6	4	6	28	23	1	1	15	13	50	0.562	19	L	L	L	D	L	1931-03-21	Stoke City	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Accrington Stanley	2	0	Doncaster Rovers	Peel Park	2,571
Haworth J 2	Lineups
Barrow	1	0	Stockport County	Holker Street	7,814
Allen	Lineups
Carlisle United	8	1	Nelson	Brunton Park	3,468
Sharp 3, McConnell 3, Watson, Hutchison	Lineups		Harker
Chesterfield	1	0	New Brighton	Saltergate Recreation Ground	4,786
Pynegar	Lineups
Crewe Alexandra	2	0	Lincoln City	Gresty Road	4,459
Partridge, McConville OG	Lineups
Rochdale	1	0	Hull City	Spotland	3,465
Goldsmith OG	Lineups
Rotherham United	2	1	Halifax Town	Millmoor	4,045
Parkin 2	Lineups		Betteridge
Southport	1	0	Gateshead	Haig Avenue	3,644
Waterston	Lineups
Tranmere Rovers	5	1	Wigan Borough	Prenton Park	8,029
Watts, Dixon 2, Kennedy J, Urmson	Lineups		Jepson
Wrexham	2	0	Hartlepools United	Racecourse Ground	4,139
Bamford T, Taylor	Lineups
York City	2	1	Darlington	Fulfordgate	4,439
Fenoughty 2	Lineups		Hall T

				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	32	13	3	1	47	12	8	2	5	30	25	2.081	47	L	W	D	W	L	1931-03-21	Wrexham	H
2	0	Tranmere Rovers	33	14	2	0	64	18	7	3	7	36	40	1.724	47	W	W	W	L	W	1931-03-21	Hartlepools United	A
3	0	Chesterfield	33	14	1	1	46	16	5	4	8	27	31	1.553	43	W	L	L	W	L	1931-03-21	Halifax Town	A
4	1	Wrexham	33	13	3	1	48	22	3	6	7	24	29	1.412	41	W	D	W	D	D	1931-03-21	Lincoln City	A
5	-1	Stockport County	33	14	2	1	46	13	4	3	9	16	32	1.378	41	L	W	L	D	L	1931-03-21	Southport	H
6	0	Southport	32	10	3	2	40	16	6	4	7	32	34	1.44	39	W	D	D	D	W	1931-03-21	Stockport County	A
7	1	Carlisle United	33	10	4	2	54	23	6	1	10	27	40	1.286	37	W	L	D	L	D	1931-03-21	Wigan Borough	A
8	-1	Wigan Borough	32	12	3	1	42	20	4	1	11	20	48	0.912	36	L	D	W	W	L	1931-03-21	Carlisle United	H
9	0	Hull City	30	6	7	2	43	18	7	1	7	26	26	1.568	34	L	D	D	L	L	1931-03-18	York City	A
10	0	Gateshead	32	10	3	3	32	18	1	9	6	18	32	1	34	L	W	D	W	D	1931-03-21	Accrington Stanley	H
11	0	York City	32	11	2	1	42	18	2	3	13	20	44	1	31	W	D	W	D	L	1931-03-18	Hull City	H
12	0	Accrington Stanley	34	13	0	5	43	25	0	5	11	25	68	0.731	31	W	D	W	D	L	1931-03-21	Gateshead	A
13	1	Barrow	34	10	4	3	35	17	2	2	13	18	57	0.716	30	W	L	D	W	D	1931-03-21	New Brighton	A
14	-1	Darlington	32	7	3	6	34	23	4	3	9	20	24	1.149	28	L	W	D	D	W	1931-03-21	Rotherham United	H
15	0	New Brighton	34	10	2	5	29	23	1	3	13	12	39	0.661	27	L	W	L	W	L	1931-03-21	Barrow	H
16	2	Rochdale	33	8	1	7	37	39	3	4	10	17	46	0.635	27	W	L	L	L	W	1931-03-21	Doncaster Rovers	A
17	-1	Doncaster Rovers	33	6	7	4	31	17	3	1	12	19	39	0.893	26	L	D	L	W	L	1931-03-21	Rochdale	H
18	-1	Halifax Town	32	9	4	4	25	13	1	2	12	18	56	0.623	26	L	D	W	W	W	1931-03-21	Chesterfield	H
19	1	Rotherham United	32	7	3	5	40	27	2	4	11	24	45	0.889	25	W	L	L	L	L	1931-03-21	Darlington	A
20	1	Crewe Alexandra	32	10	1	5	46	31	1	2	13	9	44	0.733	25	W	L	D	L	L	1931-03-21	Hull City	A
21	-2	Hartlepools United	32	9	1	7	41	31	1	3	11	15	33	0.875	24	L	W	L	D	L	1931-03-21	Tranmere Rovers	H
22	0	Nelson	33	5	7	5	23	25	0	0	16	12	56	0.432	17	L	L	L	D	W	1931-03-21	York City	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate	Notes
Brentford	3	1	Norwich City	Griffin Park	9,013
Hannah OG, Robson, Wilkins	Lineups		Hunt
Brighton & Hove Albion	1	3	Notts County	Goldstone Ground	14,037	Largest home gate 1930-31
Walker	Lineups		Keetley 2, Andrews
Bristol Rovers	2	1	Fulham	Eastville	7,578
Attwood 2	Lineups		Barrett (p)
Crystal Palace	4	0	Queens Park Rangers	Selhurst Park	14,366
Clarke 2, Turner, Harry	Lineups
Exeter City	2	1	Watford	St James Park	5,211
Houghton, Armfield	Lineups		White
Gillingham	0	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Priestfield Road	5,023
	Lineups
Luton Town	2	0	Coventry City	Kenilworth Road	7,134
Brown, McNestry	Lineups
Newport County	3	1	Swindon Town	Somerton Park	2,872
Gittins 2, Pearce	Lineups		Kirby
Northampton Town	4	1	Thames Association	County Ground	5,587
Dawes 2, Odell, Boyle	Lineups		Le May F
Southend United	2	0	Walsall	Kursaal Ground	6,460
Pike, Shankly	Lineups
Torquay United	5	2	Clapton Orient	Plainmoor	3,672
Birkett, Trotter, Hutchinson, Clayson, Waller	Lineups		Fletcher, Cropper

				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	33	13	3	1	48	11	8	4	4	37	27	2.237	49	W	L	W	W	W	1931-03-21	Torquay United	H
2	0	Northampton Town	33	9	3	4	30	14	7	5	5	35	27	1.585	40	W	D	W	W	L	1931-03-21	Clapton Orient	A
3	1	Brentford	33	10	3	4	49	26	6	3	7	25	29	1.345	38	W	L	W	W	D	1931-03-21	Thames Association	A
4	1	Southend United	32	12	0	3	43	22	5	4	8	19	27	1.265	38	W	D	L	D	L	1931-03-18	Exeter City	H
5	2	Crystal Palace	32	12	1	2	56	16	4	4	9	27	42	1.431	37	W	L	W	L	L	1931-03-21	Norwich City	A
6	-3	Brighton & Hove Albion	32	10	3	3	31	15	3	8	5	20	25	1.275	37	L	L	L	D	W	1931-03-21	Watford	A
7	2	Torquay United	34	11	4	3	48	25	4	3	9	21	43	1.015	37	W	D	W	W	D	1931-03-21	Notts County	A
8	-2	Fulham	33	12	3	2	41	18	3	3	10	21	42	1.033	36	L	W	W	W	L	1931-03-21	Newport County	H
9	2	Luton Town	33	11	3	2	41	15	3	4	10	12	30	1.178	35	W	L	W	D	W	1931-03-21	Walsall	A
10	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	33	8	6	3	31	18	4	5	7	30	41	1.034	35	D	W	W	D	L	1931-03-21	Exeter City	H
11	-3	Swindon Town	33	13	3	1	53	21	3	0	13	15	47	1	35	L	W	L	D	W	1931-03-21	Gillingham	H
12	2	Exeter City	32	8	6	2	39	30	4	2	10	19	38	0.853	32	W	W	L	L	W	1931-03-18	Southend United	A
13	-1	Coventry City	32	9	2	5	45	22	4	3	9	15	28	1.2	31	L	D	L	L	W	1931-03-21	Bristol Rovers	H
14	-1	Queens Park Rangers	33	11	0	5	47	19	3	3	11	18	41	1.083	31	L	W	L	L	L	1931-03-21	Southend United	H
15	0	Gillingham	33	7	6	4	30	21	3	4	9	17	36	0.825	30	D	L	L	W	L	1931-03-21	Swindon Town	A
16	1	Bristol Rovers	34	8	3	5	37	32	3	5	10	23	48	0.75	30	W	L	L	D	W	1931-03-21	Coventry City	A
17	-1	Watford	33	7	4	6	31	24	4	2	10	26	38	0.919	28	L	W	W	D	L	1931-03-21	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
18	0	Walsall	33	6	4	6	37	33	4	3	10	28	45	0.833	27	L	W	L	L	W	1931-03-21	Luton Town	H
19	0	Clapton Orient	30	10	2	5	37	24	1	3	9	9	35	0.78	27	L	W	L	L	W	1931-03-21	Northampton Town	H
20	0	Thames Association	33	9	4	3	26	18	1	1	15	18	62	0.55	25	L	D	W	W	W	1931-03-21	Brentford	H
21	1	Newport County	33	9	2	5	38	25	0	1	16	22	70	0.632	21	W	L	L	L	L	1931-03-21	Fulham	A
22	-1	Norwich City	33	7	6	3	30	17	0	1	16	9	47	0.609	21	L	D	L	D	W	1931-03-21	Crystal Palace	H