Saturday 1931-04-04

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	2	1	Chelsea	Highbury	53,867
Hulme, Bastin	Lineups		Gallacher
Birmingham	0	2	Bolton Wanderers	St Andrew's	18,083
	Lineups		Gibson, Westwood
Blackburn Rovers	1	0	Newcastle United	Ewood Park	12,381
Bruton L	Lineups
Blackpool	0	4	Sheffield Wednesday	Bloomfield Road	23,391
	Lineups		Burgess 3, Johnson
Derby County	1	2	Middlesbrough	Baseball Ground	13,871
Bowers	Lineups		Camsell, Cameron
Leeds United	0	0	Grimsby Town	Elland Road	14,951
	Lineups
Leicester City	1	1	West Ham United	Filbert Street	13,808
Chandler	Lineups		Gamble
Manchester City	0	1	Huddersfield Town	Maine Road	27,094
	Lineups		Whittam
Portsmouth	5	0	Aston Villa	Fratton Park	26,677
Easson 2, Smith J, Thackeray, Weddle	Lineups
Sheffield United	4	1	Liverpool	Bramall Lane	15,579
Dunne 4	Lineups		Barton
Sunderland	1	2	Manchester United	Roker Park	13,590
Leonard	Lineups		Hopkinson, Reid

				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	37	12	4	2	58	25	12	5	2	56	31	2.036	57	W	D	W	W	L	1931-04-06	Portsmouth	H
2	0	Aston Villa	37	14	3	1	74	29	7	6	6	40	41	1.629	51	L	W	D	W	W	1931-04-07	Newcastle United	H
3	0	Sheffield Wednesday	36	12	2	3	56	25	8	4	7	36	40	1.415	46	W	W	L	W	L	1931-04-07	Huddersfield Town	A
4	2	Portsmouth	37	9	7	3	42	26	7	4	7	35	36	1.242	43	W	D	L	L	W	1931-04-06	Arsenal	A
5	2	Huddersfield Town	37	8	7	3	40	26	8	3	8	34	35	1.213	42	W	D	D	W	W	1931-04-07	Sheffield Wednesday	H
6	-2	Manchester City	38	13	1	6	40	28	4	7	7	29	35	1.095	42	L	W	D	W	L	1931-04-11	Newcastle United	A
7	-2	Derby County	36	10	6	3	47	28	6	3	8	34	38	1.227	41	L	L	W	D	D	1931-04-06	Blackpool	H
8	1	Middlesbrough	38	12	4	3	51	25	5	2	12	32	54	1.051	40	W	L	L	W	W	1931-04-11	Leicester City	H
9	-1	Liverpool	37	10	5	3	44	24	4	6	9	36	50	1.081	39	L	D	W	L	D	1931-04-06	Manchester United	A
10	0	Blackburn Rovers	38	14	3	3	50	23	1	5	12	25	52	1	38	W	L	D	W	L	1931-04-11	Manchester United	A
11	3	Sheffield United	36	9	6	4	46	29	4	3	10	27	39	1.074	35	W	W	L	L	L	1931-04-06	Leeds United	H
12	-1	Newcastle United	37	9	2	8	40	41	6	3	9	32	34	0.96	35	L	D	W	W	L	1931-04-07	Aston Villa	A
13	0	Grimsby Town	38	11	2	5	47	27	4	3	13	26	54	0.901	35	D	W	W	W	L	1931-04-11	Arsenal	H
14	-2	Chelsea	36	11	2	4	37	17	2	6	11	21	44	0.951	34	L	W	W	L	W	1931-04-06	Leicester City	H
15	0	Sunderland	37	10	4	5	57	37	2	5	11	21	44	0.963	33	L	W	L	L	W	1931-04-06	Birmingham	A
16	0	West Ham United	37	10	3	6	53	39	3	4	11	20	43	0.89	33	D	L	L	L	L	1931-04-06	Bolton Wanderers	A
17	0	Leicester City	36	10	4	5	45	36	4	1	12	26	48	0.845	33	D	L	D	W	L	1931-04-06	Chelsea	A
18	0	Bolton Wanderers	37	9	6	3	35	23	3	3	13	23	49	0.806	33	W	W	D	L	W	1931-04-06	West Ham United	H
19	0	Blackpool	37	8	5	6	38	41	3	3	12	24	69	0.564	30	L	W	L	W	W	1931-04-06	Derby County	A
20	0	Birmingham	37	8	3	7	32	27	2	6	11	18	41	0.735	29	L	L	L	L	L	1931-04-06	Sunderland	H
21	0	Leeds United	37	8	3	7	42	28	2	3	14	18	47	0.8	26	D	L	W	L	L	1931-04-06	Sheffield United	A
22	0	Manchester United	38	5	5	8	22	31	1	2	17	22	72	0.427	19	W	D	L	D	L	1931-04-06	Liverpool	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	3	1	Southampton	Oakwell	5,307
Wallbanks Jon 2, Curran	Lineups		Jepson
Bradford City	0	0	Preston North End	Valley Parade	14,329
	Lineups
Bristol City	1	0	Reading	Ashton Gate	12,055
Homer	Lineups
Bury	0	3	Stoke City	Gigg Lane	6,919
	Lineups		Liddle, Kirkham 2
Cardiff City	0	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Ninian Park	6,659
	Lineups		Bottrill, Deacon J, Martin
Charlton Athletic	2	1	Burnley	The Valley	12,688
Lennox, Peters	Lineups		Kelly
Everton	4	2	Bradford	Goodison Park	32,213
Dean 2, Martin, Stein	Lineups		Crayston, McMillan
Plymouth Argyle	5	0	Millwall	Home Park	16,685
Black, Bowden 2, Bird, Grozier	Lineups
Port Vale	3	0	Tottenham Hotspur	Recreation Ground	14,290
Griffiths 2, Round (p)	Lineups
Swansea Town	0	0	Oldham Athletic	Vetch Field	7,959
	Lineups
West Bromwich Albion	2	1	Nottingham Forest	The Hawthorns	19,054
Wood 2	Lineups		Dickinson (p)
Footnotes
Everton champions & promoted

				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	37	17	1	1	72	26	10	3	5	40	28	2.074	58	W	W	L	L	W	1931-04-06	Bristol City	H
2	0	Tottenham Hotspur	37	14	4	1	59	17	7	1	10	23	32	1.673	47	L	D	D	W	W	1931-04-06	Cardiff City	A
3	0	West Bromwich Albion	36	12	2	4	32	12	6	7	5	38	31	1.628	45	W	L	D	D	W	1931-04-06	Port Vale	H
4	0	Port Vale	37	14	2	3	38	16	5	2	11	26	39	1.164	42	W	W	W	D	L	1931-04-06	West Bromwich Albion	A
5	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	36	14	0	4	50	20	6	0	12	25	39	1.271	40	W	L	W	L	W	1931-04-06	Bradford	A
6	-1	Burnley	37	10	5	3	51	29	4	6	9	23	41	1.057	39	L	W	D	D	D	1931-04-06	Oldham Athletic	A
7	-1	Bradford	36	13	2	2	62	20	3	4	12	24	40	1.433	38	L	W	L	W	D	1931-04-06	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
8	1	Preston North End	37	11	3	4	51	28	4	5	10	24	32	1.25	38	D	L	L	L	W	1931-04-06	Nottingham Forest	A
9	-2	Southampton	37	10	4	4	39	20	6	2	11	27	36	1.179	38	L	L	W	L	W	1931-04-06	Millwall	H
10	0	Bradford City	36	11	4	4	36	26	4	4	9	20	32	0.966	38	D	D	W	L	W	1931-04-06	Swansea Town	A
11	1	Stoke City	37	9	6	3	29	14	6	2	11	28	52	0.864	38	W	L	W	L	D	1931-04-06	Reading	H
12	3	Charlton Athletic	37	11	3	5	33	29	4	4	10	18	45	0.689	37	W	W	L	W	L	1931-04-06	Plymouth Argyle	H
13	-2	Millwall	37	12	2	4	46	23	4	2	13	23	52	0.92	36	L	W	W	L	W	1931-04-06	Southampton	A
14	0	Oldham Athletic	38	11	4	3	36	24	3	4	13	15	43	0.761	36	D	L	W	D	W	1931-04-06	Burnley	H
15	-2	Bury	37	13	3	4	43	20	3	0	14	23	53	0.904	35	L	W	L	L	L	1931-04-06	Barnsley	A
16	1	Bristol City	37	10	5	5	27	22	3	2	12	16	48	0.614	33	W	L	W	W	L	1931-04-06	Everton	A
17	-1	Nottingham Forest	37	9	6	2	43	27	2	3	15	25	47	0.919	31	L	W	W	L	W	1931-04-06	Preston North End	H
18	2	Barnsley	37	11	3	5	37	21	0	6	12	15	50	0.732	31	W	L	L	W	D	1931-04-06	Bury	H
19	0	Swansea Town	36	10	4	4	37	26	1	4	13	10	37	0.746	30	D	L	L	L	L	1931-04-06	Bradford City	H
20	1	Plymouth Argyle	37	8	3	8	39	29	3	4	11	22	45	0.824	29	W	L	L	W	D	1931-04-06	Charlton Athletic	A
21	-3	Reading	37	11	1	6	44	26	1	4	14	23	58	0.798	29	L	W	W	L	W	1931-04-06	Stoke City	A
22	0	Cardiff City	37	7	4	7	31	28	1	2	16	15	55	0.554	22	L	D	L	W	L	1931-04-06	Tottenham Hotspur	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Darlington	3	2	Barrow	Feethams Ground	2,838
Wellock, Mitchell, Hurst	Lineups		Watt, Millar
Doncaster Rovers	1	1	Wrexham	Belle Vue	4,824
Smith R	Lineups		Lewis
Gateshead	2	2	Crewe Alexandra	Redheugh Park	4,735
Sinclair, McNaughton	Lineups		French 2
Halifax Town	0	0	Southport	The Shay	4,987
	Lineups
Hartlepools United	3	0	York City	Victoria Park	3,329
Pedwell, Simmons, Robinson	Lineups
Hull City	1	0	Tranmere Rovers	Anlaby Road	7,516
Mills	Lineups
Lincoln City	5	1	Carlisle United	Sincil Bank	9,011
Lax 2, Halliday, March, Worthy	Lineups		McConnell
Nelson	0	5	Chesterfield	Seedhill Ground	1,827
	Lineups		Martin OG, Thornewell, Bell T 3
New Brighton	0	0	Accrington Stanley	Sandheys Park	2,323
	Lineups
Stockport County	2	2	Rochdale	Edgeley Park	5,046
Lincoln 2	Lineups		Cowan, Tippett
Wigan Borough	0	0	Rotherham United	Springfield Park	3,891
	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	36	16	3	1	59	16	8	3	5	33	28	2.091	54	W	W	D	W	L	1931-04-06	Halifax Town	A
2	0	Tranmere Rovers	37	15	3	0	69	21	8	3	8	38	42	1.698	52	L	W	D	W	W	1931-04-06	Gateshead	H
3	0	Chesterfield	37	15	1	1	48	17	6	5	9	33	34	1.588	48	W	L	W	D	W	1931-04-06	Rochdale	H
4	0	Wrexham	37	14	3	1	50	22	4	7	8	30	35	1.404	46	D	W	W	L	W	1931-04-06	Barrow	H
5	0	Stockport County	37	15	3	1	50	15	4	4	10	18	36	1.333	45	D	L	D	W	L	1931-04-06	Doncaster Rovers	H
6	0	Southport	36	12	3	2	46	17	6	5	8	32	36	1.472	44	D	W	W	L	W	1931-04-06	Crewe Alexandra	A
7	0	Carlisle United	37	11	4	3	58	25	7	1	11	30	46	1.239	41	L	L	W	W	W	1931-04-06	Rotherham United	A
8	2	Hull City	35	8	7	2	49	19	7	2	9	29	32	1.529	39	W	D	L	W	L	1931-04-06	New Brighton	H
9	-1	Gateshead	36	11	4	3	38	20	2	9	7	22	36	1.071	39	D	L	W	W	L	1931-04-06	Tranmere Rovers	A
10	-1	Wigan Borough	36	12	4	2	43	22	5	1	12	24	52	0.905	39	D	L	W	L	L	1931-04-06	Nelson	H
11	0	York City	37	13	2	2	51	26	3	3	14	25	49	1.013	37	L	W	L	W	W	1931-04-06	Accrington Stanley	H
12	0	Accrington Stanley	38	13	1	5	45	27	1	6	12	31	73	0.76	35	D	W	D	L	W	1931-04-06	York City	A
13	1	Darlington	36	8	4	6	39	27	4	4	10	22	27	1.13	32	W	D	L	D	L	1931-04-06	Hartlepools United	H
14	-1	Barrow	38	11	4	4	40	21	2	2	15	21	63	0.726	32	L	L	W	L	W	1931-04-06	Wrexham	A
15	0	Doncaster Rovers	37	8	8	4	38	18	3	1	13	20	41	0.983	31	D	W	L	W	L	1931-04-06	Stockport County	A
16	0	Rotherham United	36	8	3	5	43	27	3	6	11	28	48	0.947	31	D	W	W	D	W	1931-04-06	Carlisle United	H
17	0	New Brighton	38	11	4	5	33	25	1	3	14	12	42	0.672	31	D	D	L	W	L	1931-04-06	Hull City	A
18	0	Halifax Town	37	9	6	4	26	14	2	2	14	21	63	0.61	30	D	L	L	W	D	1931-04-06	Lincoln City	H
19	0	Crewe Alexandra	37	11	1	6	48	33	1	3	15	13	54	0.701	28	D	L	W	L	L	1931-04-06	Southport	H
20	0	Rochdale	37	8	1	9	38	46	3	5	11	19	52	0.582	28	D	L	L	L	W	1931-04-06	Chesterfield	A
21	0	Hartlepools United	36	10	2	8	46	34	1	3	12	15	36	0.871	27	W	D	L	L	L	1931-04-06	Darlington	A
22	0	Nelson	37	6	7	7	27	36	0	0	17	12	59	0.411	19	L	W	L	L	L	1931-04-06	Wigan Borough	A

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	2	2	Torquay United	Dean Court	5,381
Sherman, Eyre	Lineups		Trotter 2
Clapton Orient	3	2	Crystal Palace	Lea Bridge Road	7,414
Tricker, Jack 2	Lineups		Clarke, Butler
Coventry City	1	2	Gillingham	Highfield Road	7,031
Lake	Lineups		White, Pateman
Fulham	4	2	Exeter City	Craven Cottage	12,098
Haley 2, Barrett (p), Temple	Lineups		Purcell, Barber
Norwich City	1	0	Luton Town	The Nest, Rosary Road	7,903
Lochhead	Lineups
Notts County	1	0	Brentford	Meadow Lane	14,759
Keetley	Lineups
Queens Park Rangers	2	0	Bristol Rovers	Loftus Road	8,628
Rounce, Goddard	Lineups
Swindon Town	1	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	County Ground	6,123
Morris	Lineups		Walker
Thames Association	3	0	Southend United	West Ham Greyhound Stadium	3,201
McCarthy 2, Donnelly	Lineups
Walsall	1	0	Newport County	Fellows Park	3,321
Barnes	Lineups
Watford	1	2	Northampton Town	Vicarage Road	8,157
White	Lineups		Bowen, Wells

				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	37	16	3	1	57	12	8	5	4	37	27	2.41	56	W	W	D	W	W	1931-04-06	Walsall	A
2	1	Northampton Town	36	9	4	4	30	14	8	6	5	39	30	1.568	44	W	D	D	W	D	1931-04-06	Luton Town	A
3	-1	Southend United	37	14	0	3	50	23	6	4	10	22	33	1.286	44	L	L	W	W	W	1931-04-06	Brentford	H
4	0	Brentford	37	12	3	4	55	27	6	3	9	25	32	1.356	42	L	W	W	L	W	1931-04-06	Southend United	A
5	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	36	12	3	3	39	16	3	9	6	21	31	1.277	42	D	W	W	L	L	1931-04-06	Newport County	A
6	-1	Crystal Palace	36	14	1	2	61	18	4	4	11	30	47	1.4	41	L	W	W	L	W	1931-04-06	Swindon Town	A
7	2	Fulham	37	14	3	3	46	21	3	3	11	23	45	1.045	40	W	W	L	L	L	1931-04-06	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
8	0	Torquay United	37	12	4	3	51	26	4	4	10	23	47	1.014	40	D	W	L	W	D	1931-04-06	Bristol Rovers	A
9	-2	Luton Town	37	12	3	3	46	17	4	4	11	13	31	1.229	39	L	W	L	W	W	1931-04-06	Northampton Town	H
10	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	37	9	7	3	36	21	4	5	9	31	45	1.015	38	D	L	L	W	D	1931-04-06	Fulham	H
11	0	Swindon Town	37	14	4	1	59	24	3	0	15	17	53	0.987	38	D	L	L	W	L	1931-04-06	Crystal Palace	H
12	0	Exeter City	37	9	6	2	42	31	5	2	13	28	53	0.833	36	L	W	W	L	L	1931-04-06	Gillingham	H
13	1	Queens Park Rangers	37	13	0	6	53	23	3	3	12	19	46	1.043	35	W	W	L	L	L	1931-04-06	Clapton Orient	A
14	-1	Coventry City	36	10	2	6	51	25	4	4	10	17	33	1.172	34	L	L	D	W	L	1931-04-07	Watford	H
15	1	Gillingham	37	8	6	5	36	28	4	4	10	21	42	0.814	34	W	L	W	L	D	1931-04-06	Exeter City	A
16	-1	Watford	37	9	4	7	41	27	4	2	11	27	41	1	32	L	W	L	W	L	1931-04-07	Coventry City	A
17	0	Clapton Orient	35	11	3	5	42	28	2	3	11	12	42	0.771	32	W	L	L	W	D	1931-04-06	Queens Park Rangers	H
18	1	Walsall	37	7	4	7	38	34	5	3	11	31	52	0.802	31	W	L	W	L	L	1931-04-06	Notts County	H
19	1	Thames Association	37	12	4	3	33	18	1	1	16	19	64	0.634	31	W	W	L	W	L	1931-04-06	Norwich City	A
20	-2	Bristol Rovers	37	8	3	6	38	34	3	5	12	24	55	0.697	30	L	L	L	W	L	1931-04-06	Torquay United	H
21	1	Norwich City	37	9	6	3	33	18	0	1	18	9	51	0.609	25	W	L	L	W	L	1931-04-06	Thames Association	H
22	-1	Newport County	37	9	3	5	39	26	1	1	18	23	76	0.608	24	L	L	D	W	W	1931-04-06	Brighton & Hove Albion	H