Good Friday 1931-04-03

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Blackpool	1	0	Derby County	Bloomfield Road	22,993
Longden	Lineups
Grimsby Town	4	1	Middlesbrough	Blundell Park	19,821
Cooper, Coleman 2, Prior	Lineups		Camsell
Liverpool	1	1	Manchester United	Anfield Road	27,782
Hodgson	Lineups		Wilson
Manchester City	3	0	Blackburn Rovers	Maine Road	24,392
Brook 2, Toseland	Lineups
Newcastle United	1	1	Huddersfield Town	St James' Park	24,262
Lindsay	Lineups		Whittam
Portsmouth	1	1	Arsenal	Fratton Park	31,398	Largest home gate 1930-31
Easson	Lineups		Bastin
Sunderland	1	0	Birmingham	Roker Park	18,180
Wood	Lineups
West Ham United	1	4	Bolton Wanderers	Upton Park	19,116
Wood	Lineups		Milsom 2, Gibson, Blackmore
Footnotes
Manchester United relegated

				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	36	11	4	2	56	24	12	5	2	56	31	2.036	55	D	W	W	L	W	1931-04-04	Chelsea	H
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	2	Manchester City	37	13	1	5	40	27	4	7	7	29	35	1.113	42	W	D	W	L	D	1931-04-04	Huddersfield Town	H
5	-1	Derby County	35	10	6	2	46	26	6	3	8	34	38	1.25	41	L	W	D	D	W	1931-04-04	Middlesbrough	H
6	-1	Portsmouth	36	8	7	3	37	26	7	4	7	35	36	1.161	41	D	L	L	W	W	1931-04-04	Aston Villa	H
7	0	Huddersfield Town	36	8	7	3	40	26	7	3	8	33	35	1.197	40	D	D	W	W	L	1931-04-04	Manchester City	A
8	0	Liverpool	36	10	5	3	44	24	4	6	8	35	46	1.129	39	D	W	L	D	D	1931-04-04	Sheffield United	A
9	0	Middlesbrough	37	12	4	3	51	25	4	2	12	30	53	1.038	38	L	L	W	W	L	1931-04-04	Derby County	A
10	0	Blackburn Rovers	37	13	3	3	49	23	1	5	12	25	52	0.987	36	L	D	W	L	L	1931-04-04	Newcastle United	H
11	0	Newcastle United	36	9	2	8	40	41	6	3	8	32	33	0.973	35	D	W	W	L	L	1931-04-04	Blackburn Rovers	A
12	0	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	Grimsby Town	37	11	2	5	47	27	4	2	13	26	54	0.901	34	W	W	W	L	W	1931-04-04	Leeds United	A
14	-1	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
15	2	Sunderland	36	10	4	4	56	35	2	5	11	21	44	0.975	33	W	L	L	W	L	1931-04-04	Manchester United	H
16	-2	West Ham United	36	10	3	6	53	39	3	3	11	19	42	0.889	32	L	L	L	L	W	1931-04-04	Leicester City	A
17	-1	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
18	1	Bolton Wanderers	36	9	6	3	35	23	2	3	13	21	49	0.778	31	W	D	L	W	L	1931-04-04	Birmingham	A
19	1	Blackpool	36	8	5	5	38	37	3	3	12	24	69	0.585	30	W	L	W	W	W	1931-04-04	Sheffield Wednesday	H
20	-2	Birmingham	36	8	3	6	32	25	2	6	11	18	41	0.758	29	L	L	L	L	W	1931-04-04	Bolton Wanderers	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	37	5	5	8	22	31	0	2	17	20	71	0.412	17	D	L	D	L	L	1931-04-04	Sunderland	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bristol City	0	1	Everton	Ashton Gate	36,985	Largest home gate 1930-31
	Lineups		Stein
Burnley	6	1	Oldham Athletic	Turf Moor	11,563
Jenkins, Jones, Beel 2, Page, Brown	Lineups		Johnstone
Bury	3	1	Barnsley	Gigg Lane	8,093
Smith JR 3	Lineups		Harston
Millwall	1	0	Southampton	The Den, New Cross	17,892
Forsyth	Lineups
Plymouth Argyle	1	3	Charlton Athletic	Home Park	23,554
Black	Lineups		Horton, Beach, Astley
Port Vale	1	0	West Bromwich Albion	Recreation Ground	18,043	Largest home gate 1930-31
Littlewood	Lineups
Preston North End	2	4	Nottingham Forest	Deepdale	13,496
Reid, Scott	Lineups		Dent 2, Dickinson (p), Stocks
Reading	7	3	Stoke City	Elm Park	12,157
Bacon 6, Barley	Lineups		Armitage (p), Kirkham 2
Tottenham Hotspur	2	2	Cardiff City	White Hart Lane	41,547
Hunt, Cook	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	36	16	1	1	68	24	10	3	5	40	28	2.077	56	W	L	L	W	L	1931-04-04	Bradford	H
2	0	Tottenham Hotspur	36	14	4	1	59	17	7	1	9	23	29	1.783	47	D	D	W	W	W	1931-04-04	Port Vale	A
3	0	West Bromwich Albion	35	11	2	4	30	11	6	7	5	38	31	1.619	43	L	D	D	W	D	1931-04-04	Nottingham Forest	H
4	3	Port Vale	36	13	2	3	35	16	5	2	11	26	39	1.109	40	W	W	D	L	L	1931-04-04	Tottenham Hotspur	H
5	4	Burnley	36	10	5	3	51	29	4	6	8	22	39	1.074	39	W	D	D	D	D	1931-04-04	Charlton Athletic	A
6	-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
7	-2	Southampton	36	10	4	4	39	20	6	2	10	26	33	1.226	38	L	W	L	W	W	1931-04-04	Barnsley	A
8	-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
9	-1	Preston North End	36	11	3	4	51	28	4	4	10	24	32	1.25	37	L	L	L	W	D	1931-04-04	Bradford City	A
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	2	Millwall	36	12	2	4	46	23	4	2	12	23	47	0.986	36	W	W	L	W	D	1931-04-04	Plymouth Argyle	A
12	-1	Stoke City	36	9	6	3	29	14	5	2	11	25	52	0.818	36	L	W	L	D	W	1931-04-04	Bury	A
13	1	Bury	36	13	3	3	43	17	3	0	14	23	53	0.943	35	W	L	L	L	W	1931-04-04	Stoke City	H
14	-2	Oldham Athletic	37	11	4	3	36	24	3	3	13	15	43	0.761	35	L	W	D	W	L	1931-04-04	Swansea Town	A
15	0	Charlton Athletic	36	10	3	5	31	28	4	4	10	18	45	0.671	35	W	L	W	L	W	1931-04-04	Burnley	H
16	1	Nottingham Forest	36	9	6	2	43	27	2	3	14	24	45	0.931	31	W	W	L	W	L	1931-04-04	West Bromwich Albion	A
17	-1	Bristol City	36	9	5	5	26	22	3	2	12	16	48	0.6	31	L	W	W	L	D	1931-04-04	Reading	H
18	3	Reading	36	11	1	6	44	26	1	4	13	23	57	0.807	29	W	W	L	W	L	1931-04-04	Bristol City	A
19	-1	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
20	-1	Barnsley	36	10	3	5	34	20	0	6	12	15	50	0.7	29	L	L	W	D	D	1931-04-04	Southampton	H
21	-1	Plymouth Argyle	36	7	3	8	34	29	3	4	11	22	45	0.757	27	L	L	W	D	D	1931-04-04	Millwall	H
22	0	Cardiff City	36	7	4	6	31	25	1	2	16	15	55	0.575	22	D	L	W	L	L	1931-04-04	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barrow	2	3	Wrexham	Holker Street	7,127
Millar, Walker	Lineups		Bamford T 2, Taylor
Carlisle United	1	2	Rotherham United	Brunton Park	5,790
Sharp	Lineups		Gray, Beynon
Doncaster Rovers	2	0	Stockport County	Belle Vue	4,306
Gladwin, Smith R	Lineups
Hartlepools United	1	1	Darlington	Victoria Park	2,528
Simmons	Lineups		Wellock
Lincoln City	4	1	Halifax Town	Sincil Bank	10,728
Lax, March 2, Halliday	Lineups		Pape
Nelson	2	1	Wigan Borough	Seedhill Ground	1,666
Tebb, Raisbeck	Lineups		Johnson
New Brighton	1	1	Hull City	Sandheys Park	4,524
Whewell	Lineups		Duncan D
Rochdale	1	6	Accrington Stanley	Spotland	3,024
Williams	Lineups		Broome 4, Agar, Riley
Southport	3	1	Crewe Alexandra	Haig Avenue	4,690
Hills 2, McConnell	Lineups		Partridge
Tranmere Rovers	2	0	Chesterfield	Prenton Park	15,715	Largest home gate 1930-31
Urmson 2	Lineups
York City	4	3	Gateshead	Fulfordgate	4,352
Beck, Fenoughty, McCabe, Laycock	Lineups		Talbot, McNaughton 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	35	15	3	1	54	15	8	3	5	33	28	2.023	52	W	D	W	L	W	1931-04-04	Carlisle United	H
2	0	Tranmere Rovers	36	15	3	0	69	21	8	3	7	38	41	1.726	52	W	D	W	W	W	1931-04-04	Hull City	A
3	0	Chesterfield	36	15	1	1	48	17	5	5	9	28	34	1.49	46	L	W	D	W	L	1931-04-04	Nelson	A
4	1	Wrexham	36	14	3	1	50	22	4	6	8	29	34	1.411	45	W	W	L	W	D	1931-04-04	Doncaster Rovers	A
5	-1	Stockport County	36	15	2	1	48	13	4	4	10	18	36	1.347	44	L	D	W	L	W	1931-04-04	Rochdale	H
6	0	Southport	35	12	3	2	46	17	6	4	8	32	36	1.472	43	W	W	L	W	D	1931-04-04	Halifax Town	A
7	0	Carlisle United	36	11	4	3	58	25	7	1	10	29	41	1.318	41	L	W	W	W	L	1931-04-04	Lincoln City	A
8	0	Gateshead	35	11	3	3	36	18	2	9	7	22	36	1.074	38	L	W	W	L	W	1931-04-04	Crewe Alexandra	H
9	0	Wigan Borough	35	12	3	2	43	22	5	1	12	24	52	0.905	38	L	W	L	L	D	1931-04-04	Rotherham United	H
10	0	Hull City	34	7	7	2	48	19	7	2	9	29	32	1.51	37	D	L	W	L	L	1931-04-04	Tranmere Rovers	H
11	0	York City	36	13	2	2	51	26	3	3	13	25	46	1.056	37	W	L	W	W	W	1931-04-04	Hartlepools United	A
12	1	Accrington Stanley	37	13	1	5	45	27	1	5	12	31	73	0.76	34	W	D	L	W	D	1931-04-04	New Brighton	A
13	-1	Barrow	37	11	4	4	40	21	2	2	14	19	60	0.728	32	L	W	L	W	L	1931-04-04	Darlington	A
14	0	Darlington	35	7	4	6	36	25	4	4	10	22	27	1.115	30	D	L	D	L	W	1931-04-04	Barrow	H
15	2	Doncaster Rovers	36	8	7	4	37	17	3	1	13	20	41	0.983	30	W	L	W	L	D	1931-04-04	Wrexham	H
16	2	Rotherham United	35	8	3	5	43	27	3	5	11	28	48	0.947	30	W	W	D	W	L	1931-04-04	Wigan Borough	A
17	-2	New Brighton	37	11	3	5	33	25	1	3	14	12	42	0.672	30	D	L	W	L	W	1931-04-04	Accrington Stanley	H
18	-2	Halifax Town	36	9	5	4	26	14	2	2	14	21	63	0.61	29	L	L	W	D	L	1931-04-04	Southport	H
19	0	Crewe Alexandra	36	11	1	6	48	33	1	2	15	11	52	0.694	27	L	W	L	L	W	1931-04-04	Gateshead	A
20	0	Rochdale	36	8	1	9	38	46	3	4	11	17	50	0.573	27	L	L	L	W	L	1931-04-04	Stockport County	A
21	0	Hartlepools United	35	9	2	8	43	34	1	3	12	15	36	0.829	25	D	L	L	L	W	1931-04-04	York City	H
22	0	Nelson	36	6	7	6	27	31	0	0	17	12	59	0.433	19	W	L	L	L	L	1931-04-04	Chesterfield	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Brentford	3	1	Southend United	Griffin Park	6,027
Lane B, Blakemore, Robson	Lineups		Shankly
Brighton & Hove Albion	5	0	Newport County	Goldstone Ground	5,992
Wilson, Walker 2, Nicol 2	Lineups
Crystal Palace	3	1	Swindon Town	Selhurst Park	12,283
Turner, Simpson 2	Lineups		Eddleston
Fulham	1	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Craven Cottage	7,375
Hammond	Lineups
Gillingham	3	5	Exeter City	Priestfield Road	6,408
Collins, Bethell, Harbot	Lineups		Varco, Doncaster, Houghton 2, Purcell
Notts County	6	1	Walsall	Meadow Lane	11,858
Andrews 3, Fenner 2, Keetley	Lineups		Eyres
Queens Park Rangers	4	2	Clapton Orient	Loftus Road	7,374
Whatmore, Sheppard, Goddard 2 (1p)	Lineups		Fowler, Cropper
Thames Association	2	0	Norwich City	West Ham Greyhound Stadium	3,000
Perry 2	Lineups
Watford	4	1	Coventry City	Vicarage Road	5,541
Barnett, White, Davison, Lowe	Lineups		Baker

				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	36	15	3	1	56	12	8	5	4	37	27	2.385	54	W	D	W	W	L	1931-04-04	Brentford	H
2	0	Southend United	36	14	0	3	50	23	6	4	9	22	30	1.358	44	L	W	W	W	W	1931-04-04	Thames Association	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	36	12	3	4	55	27	6	3	8	25	31	1.379	42	W	W	L	W	L	1931-04-04	Notts County	A
5	0	Crystal Palace	35	14	1	2	61	18	4	4	10	28	44	1.435	41	W	W	L	W	L	1931-04-04	Clapton Orient	A
6	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	35	12	3	3	39	16	3	8	6	20	30	1.283	41	W	W	L	L	L	1931-04-04	Swindon Town	A
7	-1	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
8	0	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	2	Fulham	36	13	3	3	42	19	3	3	11	23	45	1.016	38	W	L	L	L	W	1931-04-04	Exeter City	H
10	-1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	36	9	6	3	34	19	4	5	9	31	45	1.016	37	L	L	W	D	W	1931-04-04	Torquay United	H
11	-1	Swindon Town	36	14	3	1	58	23	3	0	15	17	53	0.987	37	L	L	W	L	W	1931-04-04	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
12	1	Exeter City	36	9	6	2	42	31	5	2	12	26	49	0.85	36	W	W	L	L	W	1931-04-04	Fulham	A
13	-1	Coventry City	35	10	2	5	50	23	4	4	10	17	33	1.196	34	L	D	W	L	D	1931-04-04	Gillingham	H
14	1	Queens Park Rangers	36	12	0	6	51	23	3	3	12	19	46	1.014	33	W	L	L	L	W	1931-04-04	Bristol Rovers	H
15	1	Watford	36	9	4	6	40	25	4	2	11	27	41	1.015	32	W	L	W	L	W	1931-04-04	Northampton Town	H
16	-2	Gillingham	36	8	6	5	36	28	3	4	10	19	41	0.797	32	L	W	L	D	L	1931-04-04	Coventry City	A
17	0	Clapton Orient	34	10	3	5	39	26	2	3	11	12	42	0.75	30	L	L	W	D	L	1931-04-04	Crystal Palace	H
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	36	6	4	7	37	34	5	3	11	31	52	0.791	29	L	W	L	L	W	1931-04-04	Newport County	H
20	0	Thames Association	36	11	4	3	30	18	1	1	16	19	64	0.598	29	W	L	W	L	D	1931-04-04	Southend United	H
21	0	Newport County	36	9	3	5	39	26	1	1	17	23	75	0.614	24	L	D	W	W	L	1931-04-04	Walsall	A
22	0	Norwich City	36	8	6	3	32	18	0	1	18	9	51	0.594	23	L	L	W	L	D	1931-04-04	Luton Town	H