Saturday 1931-03-28

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

Cup and International Matches

Home International						Venue	Gate	Notes
	Scotland	2	0	England		Hampden Park, Glasgow	129,810
	Stevenson, McGrory	Lineups

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Aston Villa	4	1	Blackpool	Villa Park	27,245
Waring 3, Houghton	Lineups		Longden
Bolton Wanderers	1	1	Manchester City	Burnden Park	17,398
Blackmore	Lineups		Brook
Chelsea	1	0	Leeds United	Stamford Bridge	25,446
Gallacher	Lineups
Grimsby Town	4	1	Birmingham	Blundell Park	10,994
Coleman 3, Prior	Lineups		Fillingham
Huddersfield Town	1	1	Blackburn Rovers	Leeds Road	8,144
Gorman OG	Lineups		Cunliffe
Liverpool	3	1	Portsmouth	Anfield Road	17,155
McDougall, Clark, Wright	Lineups		Ross
Manchester United	1	2	Sheffield United	Old Trafford	5,420
Hopkinson	Lineups		Dunne, Oxley
Middlesbrough	2	5	Arsenal	Ayresome Park	23,476
Elkes, Cameron	Lineups		Lambert 3, Jack 2
Newcastle United	2	0	Sunderland	St James' Park	33,419
Bedford 2	Lineups
Sheffield Wednesday	4	0	Leicester City	Hillsborough	10,525
Rimmer 2, Ball 2	Lineups
West Ham United	0	1	Derby County	Upton Park	16,658
	Lineups		Randall

				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	35	11	4	2	56	24	12	4	2	55	30	2.056	54	W	W	L	W	D	1931-04-03	Portsmouth	A
2	0	Aston Villa	36	14	3	1	74	29	7	6	5	40	36	1.754	51	W	D	W	W	W	1931-04-04	Portsmouth	A
3	0	Sheffield Wednesday	35	12	2	3	56	25	7	4	7	32	40	1.354	44	W	L	W	L	L	1931-04-04	Blackpool	A
4	1	Derby County	34	10	6	2	46	26	6	3	7	34	37	1.27	41	W	D	D	W	L	1931-04-03	Blackpool	A
5	-1	Portsmouth	35	8	6	3	36	25	7	4	7	35	36	1.164	40	L	L	W	W	W	1931-04-03	Arsenal	H
6	0	Manchester City	36	12	1	5	37	27	4	7	7	29	35	1.065	40	D	W	L	D	W	1931-04-03	Blackburn Rovers	H
7	0	Huddersfield Town	35	8	7	3	40	26	7	2	8	32	34	1.2	39	D	W	W	L	D	1931-04-03	Newcastle United	A
8	1	Liverpool	35	10	4	3	43	23	4	6	8	35	46	1.13	38	W	L	D	D	W	1931-04-03	Manchester United	H
9	-1	Middlesbrough	36	12	4	3	51	25	4	2	11	29	49	1.081	38	L	W	W	L	W	1931-04-03	Grimsby Town	A
10	0	Blackburn Rovers	36	13	3	3	49	23	1	5	11	25	49	1.028	36	D	W	L	L	W	1931-04-03	Manchester City	A
11	1	Newcastle United	35	9	1	8	39	40	6	3	8	32	33	0.973	34	W	W	L	L	W	1931-04-03	Huddersfield Town	H
12	-1	Chelsea	35	11	2	4	37	17	2	6	10	20	42	0.966	34	W	W	L	W	L	1931-04-04	Arsenal	A
13	2	Sheffield United	35	8	6	4	42	28	4	3	10	27	39	1.03	33	W	L	L	L	L	1931-04-04	Liverpool	H
14	-1	West Ham United	35	10	3	5	52	35	3	3	11	19	42	0.922	32	L	L	L	W	L	1931-04-03	Bolton Wanderers	H
15	2	Grimsby Town	36	10	2	5	43	26	4	2	13	26	54	0.863	32	W	W	L	W	L	1931-04-03	Middlesbrough	H
16	-2	Leicester City	35	10	3	5	44	35	4	1	12	26	48	0.843	32	L	D	W	L	L	1931-04-04	West Ham United	H
17	-1	Sunderland	35	9	4	4	55	35	2	5	11	21	44	0.962	31	L	L	W	L	W	1931-04-03	Birmingham	H
18	0	Birmingham	35	8	3	6	32	25	2	6	10	18	40	0.769	29	L	L	L	W	D	1931-04-03	Sunderland	A
19	0	Bolton Wanderers	35	9	6	3	35	23	1	3	13	17	48	0.732	29	D	L	W	L	D	1931-04-03	West Ham United	A
20	0	Blackpool	35	7	5	5	37	37	3	3	12	24	69	0.575	28	L	W	W	W	L	1931-04-03	Derby County	H
21	0	Leeds United	36	8	2	7	42	28	2	3	14	18	47	0.8	25	L	W	L	L	W	1931-04-04	Grimsby Town	H
22	0	Manchester United	36	5	5	8	22	31	0	1	17	19	70	0.406	16	L	D	L	L	D	1931-04-03	Liverpool	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bradford	3	0	Cardiff City	Park Avenue	6,557
Spooner, Crayston 2	Lineups
Burnley	1	1	Bradford City	Turf Moor	7,082
Jenkins	Lineups		Hallows
Millwall	1	0	Bury	The Den, New Cross	15,490
Landells	Lineups
Nottingham Forest	3	0	Swansea Town	City Ground	6,609
Dickinson 2, Stocks	Lineups
Oldham Athletic	2	1	Plymouth Argyle	Boundary Park	8,458
Johnstone, Dyson	Lineups		Bowden
Preston North End	1	3	Port Vale	Deepdale	7,696
Tremelling	Lineups		Griffiths 2, Littlewood
Reading	6	1	Barnsley	Elm Park	7,320
McNeil, Bacon 2, Davies 2, Allan	Lineups		Dixon (p)
Southampton	3	0	Charlton Athletic	The Dell	8,700
Haines, Morgan OG, Watson	Lineups
Stoke City	2	0	Everton	Victoria Ground	12,300
Liddle, Bussey	Lineups
Tottenham Hotspur	2	2	West Bromwich Albion	White Hart Lane	49,921	Largest home gate 1930-31
O'Callaghan, Smailes	Lineups		Sandford, Glidden
Wolverhampton Wanderers	0	1	Bristol City	Molineux	9,596
	Lineups		Vials

				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	35	16	1	1	68	24	9	3	5	39	28	2.058	54	L	L	W	L	W	1931-04-03	Bristol City	A
2	0	Tottenham Hotspur	35	14	3	1	57	15	7	1	9	23	29	1.818	46	D	W	W	W	L	1931-04-03	Cardiff City	H
3	0	West Bromwich Albion	34	11	2	4	30	11	6	7	4	38	30	1.659	43	D	D	W	D	L	1931-04-03	Port Vale	A
4	2	Bradford	35	13	2	2	62	20	3	4	11	22	36	1.5	38	W	L	W	D	L	1931-04-04	Everton	A
5	2	Southampton	35	10	4	4	39	20	6	2	9	26	32	1.25	38	W	L	W	W	L	1931-04-03	Millwall	A
6	-2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	35	14	0	4	50	20	5	0	12	22	39	1.22	38	L	W	L	W	L	1931-04-04	Cardiff City	A
7	1	Port Vale	35	12	2	3	34	16	5	2	11	26	39	1.091	38	W	D	L	L	W	1931-04-03	West Bromwich Albion	H
8	-3	Preston North End	35	11	3	3	49	24	4	4	10	24	32	1.304	37	L	L	W	D	W	1931-04-03	Nottingham Forest	H
9	0	Burnley	35	9	5	3	45	28	4	6	8	22	39	1	37	D	D	D	D	D	1931-04-03	Oldham Athletic	H
10	0	Bradford City	35	11	3	4	36	26	4	4	9	20	32	0.966	37	D	W	L	W	W	1931-04-04	Preston North End	H
11	0	Stoke City	35	9	6	3	29	14	5	2	10	22	45	0.864	36	W	L	D	W	D	1931-04-03	Reading	A
12	1	Oldham Athletic	36	11	4	3	36	24	3	3	12	14	37	0.82	35	W	D	W	L	L	1931-04-03	Burnley	A
13	2	Millwall	35	11	2	4	45	23	4	2	12	23	47	0.971	34	W	L	W	D	W	1931-04-03	Southampton	H
14	-2	Bury	35	12	3	3	40	16	3	0	14	23	53	0.913	33	L	L	L	W	L	1931-04-03	Barnsley	H
15	-1	Charlton Athletic	35	10	3	5	31	28	3	4	10	15	44	0.639	33	L	W	L	W	D	1931-04-03	Plymouth Argyle	A
16	2	Bristol City	35	9	5	4	26	21	3	2	12	16	48	0.609	31	W	W	L	D	W	1931-04-03	Everton	H
17	2	Nottingham Forest	35	9	6	2	43	27	1	3	14	20	43	0.9	29	W	L	W	L	W	1931-04-03	Preston North End	A
18	-2	Swansea Town	35	10	3	4	37	26	1	4	13	10	37	0.746	29	L	L	L	L	W	1931-04-04	Oldham Athletic	H
19	-2	Barnsley	35	10	3	5	34	20	0	6	11	14	47	0.716	29	L	W	D	D	L	1931-04-03	Bury	A
20	0	Plymouth Argyle	35	7	3	7	33	26	3	4	11	22	45	0.775	27	L	W	D	D	D	1931-04-03	Charlton Athletic	H
21	0	Reading	35	10	1	6	37	23	1	4	13	23	57	0.75	27	W	L	W	L	L	1931-04-03	Stoke City	H
22	0	Cardiff City	35	7	4	6	31	25	1	1	16	13	53	0.564	21	L	W	L	L	L	1931-04-03	Tottenham Hotspur	A

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Accrington Stanley	2	2	Stockport County	Peel Park	2,555
Riley 2	Lineups		Lambourne, Newton F
Barrow	3	1	Halifax Town	Holker Street	4,898
Walker 2, Reid	Lineups		Cooper
Carlisle United	3	0	Hartlepools United	Brunton Park	3,303
Armes, Davidson, Watson	Lineups
Chesterfield	2	1	Darlington	Saltergate Recreation Ground	3,591
Pynegar, Abel	Lineups		Wellock
Crewe Alexandra	2	1	Doncaster Rovers	Gresty Road	2,531
French, Smelt	Lineups		Atkin
Rochdale	0	1	Gateshead	Spotland	1,555
	Lineups		McNaughton
Rotherham United	3	0	Nelson	Millmoor	3,442
Parkin, Johnson, Beynon	Lineups
Southport	3	0	New Brighton	Haig Avenue	2,430
Waterston 2, McConnell	Lineups
Tranmere Rovers	3	3	Lincoln City	Prenton Park	15,402
Meston, Watts, Urmson	Lineups		Halliday 2, Lax
Wrexham	2	0	Hull City	Racecourse Ground	4,723
Bamford T 2	Lineups
York City	2	3	Wigan Borough	Fulfordgate	2,678
Beck, Laycock	Lineups		Jepson, Welsby 2

				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	34	14	3	1	50	14	8	3	5	33	28	1.976	50	D	W	L	W	D	1931-04-03	Halifax Town	H
2	0	Tranmere Rovers	35	14	3	0	67	21	8	3	7	38	41	1.694	50	D	W	W	W	W	1931-04-03	Chesterfield	H
3	0	Chesterfield	35	15	1	1	48	17	5	5	8	28	32	1.551	46	W	D	W	L	L	1931-04-03	Tranmere Rovers	A
4	0	Stockport County	35	15	2	1	48	13	4	4	9	18	34	1.404	44	D	W	L	W	L	1931-04-03	Doncaster Rovers	A
5	0	Wrexham	35	14	3	1	50	22	3	6	8	26	32	1.407	43	W	L	W	D	W	1931-04-03	Barrow	A
6	0	Southport	34	11	3	2	43	16	6	4	8	32	36	1.442	41	W	L	W	D	D	1931-04-03	Crewe Alexandra	H
7	0	Carlisle United	35	11	4	2	57	23	7	1	10	29	41	1.344	41	W	W	W	L	D	1931-04-03	Rotherham United	H
8	1	Gateshead	34	11	3	3	36	18	2	9	6	19	32	1.1	38	W	W	L	W	D	1931-04-03	York City	A
9	1	Wigan Borough	34	12	3	2	43	22	5	1	11	23	50	0.917	38	W	L	L	D	W	1931-04-03	Nelson	A
10	-2	Hull City	33	7	7	2	48	19	7	1	9	28	31	1.52	36	L	W	L	L	D	1931-04-03	New Brighton	A
11	0	York City	35	12	2	2	47	23	3	3	13	25	46	1.043	35	L	W	W	W	D	1931-04-03	Gateshead	H
12	1	Barrow	36	11	4	3	38	18	2	2	14	19	60	0.731	32	W	L	W	L	D	1931-04-03	Wrexham	H
13	-1	Accrington Stanley	36	13	1	5	45	27	0	5	12	25	72	0.707	32	D	L	W	D	W	1931-04-03	Rochdale	A
14	0	Darlington	34	7	4	6	36	25	4	3	10	21	26	1.118	29	L	D	L	W	D	1931-04-03	Hartlepools United	A
15	0	New Brighton	36	11	2	5	32	24	1	3	14	12	42	0.667	29	L	W	L	W	L	1931-04-03	Hull City	H
16	0	Halifax Town	35	9	5	4	26	14	2	2	13	20	59	0.63	29	L	W	D	L	D	1931-04-03	Lincoln City	A
17	0	Doncaster Rovers	35	7	7	4	35	17	3	1	13	20	41	0.948	28	L	W	L	D	L	1931-04-03	Stockport County	H
18	1	Rotherham United	34	8	3	5	43	27	2	5	11	26	47	0.932	28	W	D	W	L	L	1931-04-03	Carlisle United	A
19	1	Crewe Alexandra	35	11	1	6	48	33	1	2	14	10	49	0.707	27	W	L	L	W	L	1931-04-03	Southport	A
20	-2	Rochdale	35	8	1	8	37	40	3	4	11	17	50	0.6	27	L	L	W	L	L	1931-04-03	Accrington Stanley	H
21	0	Hartlepools United	34	9	1	8	42	33	1	3	12	15	36	0.826	24	L	L	L	W	L	1931-04-03	Darlington	H
22	0	Nelson	35	5	7	6	25	30	0	0	17	12	59	0.416	17	L	L	L	L	L	1931-04-03	Wigan Borough	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate	Notes
Brentford	3	0	Clapton Orient	Griffin Park	7,757
Lane B, Robson, Berry	Lineups
Brighton & Hove Albion	3	1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Goldstone Ground	5,524
Nicol 2, Walker	Lineups		Eyre
Bristol Rovers	1	2	Walsall	Eastville	6,000
Dix	Lineups		Mays, Shaw
Crystal Palace	2	1	Thames Association	Selhurst Park	12,071
Simpson, Butler	Lineups		Mann
Exeter City	3	1	Swindon Town	St James Park	4,121
Armfield, Baugh (p), Houghton	Lineups		Morris
Gillingham	3	2	Fulham	Priestfield Road	4,898
Bethell, Loasby, White	Lineups		Haley 2
Luton Town	5	1	Queens Park Rangers	Kenilworth Road	6,035
Yardley 2, Heslop 2, Slicer	Lineups		Sheppard
Newport County	1	1	Coventry City	Somerton Park	2,950
Gittins	Lineups		Baker
Northampton Town	0	0	Notts County	County Ground	14,284	Largest home gate 1930-31
	Lineups
Southend United	2	0	Norwich City	Kursaal Ground	5,638
Baron, Donoven	Lineups
Torquay United	3	1	Watford	Plainmoor	3,547
Fowler (p), Clayson, Trotter	Lineups		Barnett

				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	35	14	3	1	50	11	8	5	4	37	27	2.289	52	D	W	W	L	W	1931-04-03	Walsall	H
2	0	Southend United	35	14	0	3	50	23	6	4	8	21	27	1.42	44	W	W	W	W	D	1931-04-03	Brentford	A
3	0	Northampton Town	35	9	4	4	30	14	7	6	5	37	29	1.558	42	D	D	W	D	W	1931-04-04	Watford	A
4	0	Brentford	35	11	3	4	52	26	6	3	8	25	31	1.351	40	W	L	W	L	W	1931-04-03	Southend United	H
5	0	Crystal Palace	34	13	1	2	58	17	4	4	10	28	44	1.41	39	W	L	W	L	W	1931-04-03	Swindon Town	H
6	0	Luton Town	36	12	3	3	46	17	4	4	10	13	30	1.255	39	W	L	W	W	L	1931-04-04	Norwich City	A
7	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	34	11	3	3	34	16	3	8	6	20	30	1.174	39	W	L	L	L	L	1931-04-03	Newport County	H
8	2	Torquay United	36	12	4	3	51	26	4	3	10	21	45	1.014	39	W	L	W	D	W	1931-04-04	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
9	-1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	35	9	6	3	34	19	4	5	8	31	44	1.032	37	L	W	D	W	W	1931-04-03	Fulham	A
10	-1	Swindon Town	35	14	3	1	58	23	3	0	14	16	50	1.014	37	L	W	L	W	L	1931-04-03	Crystal Palace	A
11	0	Fulham	35	12	3	3	41	19	3	3	11	23	45	1	36	L	L	L	W	W	1931-04-03	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
12	0	Coventry City	34	10	2	5	50	23	4	4	9	16	29	1.269	34	D	W	L	D	L	1931-04-03	Watford	A
13	0	Exeter City	35	9	6	2	42	31	4	2	12	21	46	0.818	34	W	L	L	W	W	1931-04-03	Gillingham	A
14	3	Gillingham	35	8	6	4	33	23	3	4	10	19	41	0.813	32	W	L	D	L	L	1931-04-03	Exeter City	H
15	-1	Queens Park Rangers	35	11	0	6	47	21	3	3	12	19	46	0.985	31	L	L	L	W	L	1931-04-03	Clapton Orient	H
16	-1	Watford	35	8	4	6	36	24	4	2	11	27	41	0.969	30	L	W	L	W	W	1931-04-03	Coventry City	H
17	-1	Clapton Orient	33	10	3	5	39	26	2	3	10	10	38	0.766	30	L	W	D	L	W	1931-04-03	Queens Park Rangers	A
18	0	Bristol Rovers	36	8	3	6	38	34	3	5	11	24	53	0.713	30	L	L	W	L	L	1931-04-04	Queens Park Rangers	A
19	0	Walsall	35	6	4	7	37	34	5	3	10	30	46	0.838	29	W	L	L	W	L	1931-04-03	Notts County	A
20	0	Thames Association	35	10	4	3	28	18	1	1	16	19	64	0.573	27	L	W	L	D	W	1931-04-03	Norwich City	H
21	0	Newport County	35	9	3	5	39	26	1	1	16	23	70	0.646	24	D	W	W	L	L	1931-04-03	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
22	0	Norwich City	35	8	6	3	32	18	0	1	17	9	49	0.612	23	L	W	L	D	L	1931-04-03	Thames Association	A