Easter Monday 1931-04-06

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	1	1	Portsmouth	Highbury	40,490
James	Lineups		Smith J
Birmingham	1	0	Sunderland	St Andrew's	11,207
Gregg	Lineups
Bolton Wanderers	4	2	West Ham United	Burnden Park	20,229
Gibson, Blackmore, Butler, Cadwell OG	Lineups		Barrett, Gamble
Chelsea	1	0	Leicester City	Stamford Bridge	26,157
Pearson	Lineups
Derby County	3	2	Blackpool	Baseball Ground	12,149
Bowers 2, Crooks	Lineups		Hampson 2
Manchester United	4	1	Liverpool	Old Trafford	8,058
Reid 2, McLenahan, Rowley	Lineups		Scott A
Sheffield United	1	1	Leeds United	Bramall Lane	12,948
Milburn J OG	Lineups		Copping

				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	38	12	5	2	59	26	12	5	2	56	31	2.018	58	D	W	D	W	W	1931-04-11	Grimsby Town	A
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	0	Portsmouth	38	9	7	3	42	26	7	5	7	36	37	1.238	44	D	W	D	L	L	1931-04-11	Sheffield Wednesday	A
5	2	Derby County	37	11	6	3	50	30	6	3	8	34	38	1.235	43	W	L	L	W	D	1931-04-11	Chelsea	A
6	-1	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
7	-1	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
8	0	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	0	Liverpool	38	10	5	3	44	24	4	6	10	37	54	1.038	39	L	L	D	W	L	1931-04-11	Sunderland	H
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	0	Sheffield United	37	9	7	4	47	30	4	3	10	27	39	1.072	36	D	W	W	L	L	1931-04-07	Leeds United	A
12	2	Chelsea	37	12	2	4	38	17	2	6	11	21	44	0.967	36	W	L	W	W	L	1931-04-07	Leicester City	A
13	-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
14	-1	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
15	3	Bolton Wanderers	38	10	6	3	39	25	3	3	13	23	49	0.838	35	W	W	W	D	L	1931-04-11	Leeds United	H
16	-1	Sunderland	38	10	4	5	57	37	2	5	12	21	45	0.951	33	L	L	W	L	L	1931-04-11	Liverpool	A
17	-1	West Ham United	38	10	3	6	53	39	3	4	12	22	47	0.872	33	L	D	L	L	L	1931-04-11	Blackpool	H
18	-1	Leicester City	37	10	4	5	45	36	4	1	13	26	49	0.835	33	L	D	L	D	W	1931-04-07	Chelsea	H
19	1	Birmingham	38	9	3	7	33	27	2	6	11	18	41	0.75	31	W	L	L	L	L	1931-04-11	Huddersfield Town	A
20	-1	Blackpool	38	8	5	6	38	41	3	3	13	26	72	0.566	30	L	L	W	L	W	1931-04-11	West Ham United	A
21	0	Leeds United	38	8	3	7	42	28	2	4	14	19	48	0.803	27	D	D	L	W	L	1931-04-07	Sheffield United	H
22	0	Manchester United	39	6	5	8	26	32	1	2	17	22	72	0.462	21	W	W	D	L	D	1931-04-11	Blackburn Rovers	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	2	1	Bury	Oakwell	6,684
Proudfoot, Curran	Lineups		Porter
Bradford	1	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Park Avenue	7,712
Crayston	Lineups		Barraclough
Cardiff City	0	0	Tottenham Hotspur	Ninian Park	6,666
	Lineups
Charlton Athletic	1	3	Plymouth Argyle	The Valley	12,675
Peters	Lineups		Bowden, Bird, Grozier
Everton	1	3	Bristol City	Goodison Park	23,058
Dean	Lineups		Mercer 2, Elliott
Nottingham Forest	1	4	Preston North End	City Ground	13,213
Stocks	Lineups		Tremelling 2, Scott, Reid
Oldham Athletic	3	1	Burnley	Boundary Park	12,346
Taylor, Johnstone 2	Lineups		Bowsher
Southampton	3	1	Millwall	The Dell	12,137
Keeping, McIlwaine, Fraser	Lineups		Landells
Stoke City	2	1	Reading	Victoria Ground	10,939
Sale, Archibald	Lineups		Bacon
Swansea Town	1	2	Bradford City	Vetch Field	8,309
Gunn	Lineups		Keetley, Hallows
West Bromwich Albion	4	1	Port Vale	The Hawthorns	23,806
Glidden, Richardson WG 2, Wood	Lineups		Griffiths

				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	38	17	1	2	73	29	10	3	5	40	28	1.982	58	L	W	W	L	L	1931-04-11	Oldham Athletic	A
2	0	Tottenham Hotspur	38	14	4	1	59	17	7	2	10	23	32	1.673	48	D	L	D	D	W	1931-04-11	Plymouth Argyle	H
3	0	West Bromwich Albion	37	13	2	4	36	13	6	7	5	38	31	1.682	47	W	W	L	D	D	1931-04-11	Burnley	A
4	0	Port Vale	38	14	2	3	38	16	5	2	12	27	43	1.102	42	L	W	W	W	D	1931-04-11	Southampton	A
5	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	37	14	0	4	50	20	6	1	12	26	40	1.267	41	D	W	L	W	L	1931-04-07	Bradford	H
6	2	Preston North End	38	11	3	4	51	28	5	5	10	28	33	1.295	40	W	D	L	L	L	1931-04-11	Swansea Town	H
7	2	Southampton	38	11	4	4	42	21	6	2	11	27	36	1.211	40	W	L	L	W	L	1931-04-11	Port Vale	H
8	2	Bradford City	37	11	4	4	36	26	5	4	9	22	33	0.983	40	W	D	D	W	L	1931-04-07	Swansea Town	H
9	2	Stoke City	38	10	6	3	31	15	6	2	11	28	52	0.881	40	W	W	L	W	L	1931-04-11	Bristol City	H
10	-3	Bradford	37	13	3	2	63	21	3	4	12	24	40	1.426	39	D	L	W	L	W	1931-04-07	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
11	-5	Burnley	38	10	5	3	51	29	4	6	10	24	44	1.027	39	L	L	W	D	D	1931-04-11	West Bromwich Albion	H
12	2	Oldham Athletic	39	12	4	3	39	25	3	4	13	15	43	0.794	38	W	D	L	W	D	1931-04-11	Everton	H
13	-1	Charlton Athletic	38	11	3	6	34	32	4	4	10	18	45	0.675	37	L	W	W	L	W	1931-04-11	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
14	-1	Millwall	38	12	2	4	46	23	4	2	14	24	55	0.897	36	L	L	W	W	L	1931-04-11	Cardiff City	H
15	0	Bury	38	13	3	4	43	20	3	0	15	24	55	0.893	35	L	L	W	L	L	1931-04-11	Nottingham Forest	A
16	0	Bristol City	38	10	5	5	27	22	4	2	12	19	49	0.648	35	W	W	L	W	W	1931-04-11	Stoke City	A
17	1	Barnsley	38	12	3	5	39	22	0	6	12	15	50	0.75	33	W	W	L	L	W	1931-04-11	Bradford	A
18	-1	Nottingham Forest	38	9	6	3	44	31	2	3	15	25	47	0.885	31	L	L	W	W	L	1931-04-11	Bury	H
19	1	Plymouth Argyle	38	8	3	8	39	29	4	4	11	25	46	0.853	31	W	W	L	L	W	1931-04-11	Tottenham Hotspur	A
20	-1	Swansea Town	37	10	4	5	38	28	1	4	13	10	37	0.738	30	L	D	L	L	L	1931-04-07	Bradford City	A
21	0	Reading	38	11	1	6	44	26	1	4	15	24	60	0.791	29	L	L	W	W	L	1931-04-11	Bradford City	H
22	0	Cardiff City	38	7	5	7	31	28	1	2	16	15	55	0.554	23	D	L	D	L	W	1931-04-11	Millwall	A

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Chesterfield	4	1	Rochdale	Saltergate Recreation Ground	5,089
Pynegar 3, Binks	Lineups		Tippett
Crewe Alexandra	0	0	Southport	Gresty Road	4,133
	Lineups
Darlington	4	2	Hartlepools United	Feethams Ground	4,478
Wellock 2, Mitchell, Westgarth	Lineups		Pedwell, Simmons
Halifax Town	3	2	Lincoln City	The Shay	4,616
Bain 2, Davies	Lineups		Halliday, Whalley
Hull City	3	0	New Brighton	Anlaby Road	5,891
Duncan A 2, Alexander	Lineups
Rotherham United	1	0	Carlisle United	Millmoor	4,814
Beynon	Lineups
Stockport County	2	2	Doncaster Rovers	Edgeley Park	3,707
Newton F 2	Lineups		Emery (p), Gladwin
Tranmere Rovers	2	1	Gateshead	Prenton Park	7,875
Dixon, Kennedy J	Lineups		Kennedy
Wigan Borough	3	1	Nelson	Springfield Park	2,943
Welsby, Jepson 2	Lineups		Seabrook OG
Wrexham	1	1	Barrow	Racecourse Ground	7,301
Mustard	Lineups		Reid
York City	3	1	Accrington Stanley	Fulfordgate	4,933
Fenoughty, McCabe, Laycock	Lineups		Haworth J
Footnotes
Nelson to apply for re-election

				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	37	16	3	1	59	16	8	3	6	35	31	2	54	L	W	W	D	W	1931-04-11	York City	A
2	0	Tranmere Rovers	38	16	3	0	71	22	8	3	8	38	42	1.703	54	W	L	W	D	W	1931-04-11	Doncaster Rovers	H
3	0	Chesterfield	38	16	1	1	52	18	6	5	9	33	34	1.635	50	W	W	L	W	D	1931-04-11	Wigan Borough	H
4	0	Wrexham	38	14	4	1	51	23	4	7	8	30	35	1.397	47	D	D	W	W	L	1931-04-11	Gateshead	H
5	0	Stockport County	38	15	4	1	52	17	4	4	10	18	36	1.321	46	D	D	L	D	W	1931-04-11	Crewe Alexandra	A
6	0	Southport	37	12	3	2	46	17	6	6	8	32	36	1.472	45	D	D	W	W	L	1931-04-11	Darlington	H
7	1	Hull City	36	9	7	2	52	19	7	2	9	29	32	1.588	41	W	W	D	L	W	1931-04-11	Carlisle United	A
8	-1	Carlisle United	38	11	4	3	58	25	7	1	12	30	47	1.222	41	L	L	L	W	W	1931-04-11	Hull City	H
9	1	Wigan Borough	37	13	4	2	46	23	5	1	12	24	52	0.933	41	W	D	L	W	L	1931-04-11	Chesterfield	A
10	-1	Gateshead	37	11	4	3	38	20	2	9	8	23	38	1.052	39	L	D	L	W	W	1931-04-11	Wrexham	A
11	0	York City	38	14	2	2	54	27	3	3	14	25	49	1.039	39	W	L	W	L	W	1931-04-11	Lincoln City	H
12	0	Accrington Stanley	39	13	1	5	45	27	1	6	13	32	76	0.748	35	L	D	W	D	L	1931-04-11	Halifax Town	H
13	0	Darlington	37	9	4	6	43	29	4	4	10	22	27	1.161	34	W	W	D	L	D	1931-04-11	Southport	A
14	2	Rotherham United	37	9	3	5	44	27	3	6	11	28	48	0.96	33	W	D	W	W	D	1931-04-11	Hartlepools United	H
15	-1	Barrow	39	11	4	4	40	21	2	3	15	22	64	0.729	33	D	L	L	W	L	1931-04-11	Nelson	H
16	-1	Doncaster Rovers	38	8	8	4	38	18	3	2	13	22	43	0.984	32	D	D	W	L	W	1931-04-11	Tranmere Rovers	A
17	1	Halifax Town	38	10	6	4	29	16	2	2	14	21	63	0.633	32	W	D	L	L	W	1931-04-11	Accrington Stanley	A
18	-1	New Brighton	39	11	4	5	33	25	1	3	15	12	45	0.643	31	L	D	D	L	W	1931-04-11	Rochdale	A
19	0	Crewe Alexandra	38	11	2	6	48	33	1	3	15	13	54	0.701	29	D	D	L	W	L	1931-04-11	Stockport County	H
20	0	Rochdale	38	8	1	9	38	46	3	5	12	20	56	0.569	28	L	D	L	L	L	1931-04-11	New Brighton	H
21	0	Hartlepools United	37	10	2	8	46	34	1	3	13	17	40	0.851	27	L	W	D	L	L	1931-04-11	Rotherham United	A
22	0	Nelson	38	6	7	7	27	36	0	0	18	13	62	0.408	19	L	L	W	L	L	1931-04-11	Barrow	A

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	2	1	Fulham	Dean Court	4,573
Eyre, Scott	Lineups		Murphy
Bristol Rovers	3	1	Torquay United	Eastville	5,863
Attwood, Dix, Muir	Lineups		Clayson
Clapton Orient	2	3	Queens Park Rangers	Lea Bridge Road	5,804
Jack, Harris OG	Lineups		Wiles H, Goddard, Rounce
Exeter City	3	0	Gillingham	St James Park	7,146
Baugh (p), Varco, Houghton	Lineups
Luton Town	4	0	Northampton Town	Kenilworth Road	12,292	Largest home gate 1930-31
Rennie, Clark, Slicer, Yardley	Lineups
Newport County	2	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Somerton Park	3,346
Gittins, Thomas	Lineups
Norwich City	0	0	Thames Association	The Nest, Rosary Road	13,380	Largest home gate 1930-31
	Lineups
Southend United	0	1	Brentford	Kursaal Ground	9,969
	Lineups		Berry
Swindon Town	4	4	Crystal Palace	County Ground	4,842
Whipp, Morris 2, Kirby	Lineups		Turner, Simpson 3
Walsall	2	1	Notts County	Fellows Park	5,187
Bradford W, Brookes	Lineups		Maw
Footnotes
Notts County champions & promoted

				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	38	16	3	1	57	12	8	5	5	38	29	2.317	56	L	W	W	D	W	1931-04-11	Crystal Palace	A
2	0	Northampton Town	37	9	4	4	30	14	8	6	6	39	34	1.438	44	L	W	D	D	W	1931-04-07	Luton Town	H
3	1	Brentford	38	12	3	4	55	27	7	3	9	26	32	1.373	44	W	L	W	W	L	1931-04-11	Watford	H
4	-1	Southend United	38	14	0	4	50	24	6	4	10	22	33	1.263	44	L	L	L	W	W	1931-04-11	Clapton Orient	H
5	1	Crystal Palace	37	14	1	2	61	18	4	5	11	34	51	1.377	42	D	L	W	W	L	1931-04-11	Notts County	H
6	-1	Brighton & Hove Albion	37	12	3	3	39	16	3	9	7	21	33	1.224	42	L	D	W	W	L	1931-04-11	Fulham	H
7	2	Luton Town	38	13	3	3	50	17	4	4	11	13	31	1.313	41	W	L	W	L	W	1931-04-07	Northampton Town	A
8	2	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	38	10	7	3	38	22	4	5	9	31	45	1.03	40	W	D	L	L	W	1931-04-11	Northampton Town	A
9	-2	Fulham	38	14	3	3	46	21	3	3	12	24	47	1.029	40	L	W	W	L	L	1931-04-11	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
10	-2	Torquay United	38	12	4	3	51	26	4	4	11	24	50	0.987	40	L	D	W	L	W	1931-04-11	Swindon Town	H
11	0	Swindon Town	38	14	5	1	63	28	3	0	15	17	53	0.988	39	D	D	L	L	W	1931-04-11	Torquay United	A
12	0	Exeter City	38	10	6	2	45	31	5	2	13	28	53	0.869	38	W	L	W	W	L	1931-04-11	Coventry City	H
13	0	Queens Park Rangers	38	13	0	6	53	23	4	3	12	22	48	1.056	37	W	W	W	L	L	1931-04-11	Newport County	A
14	0	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	0	Gillingham	38	8	6	5	36	28	4	4	11	21	45	0.781	34	L	W	L	W	L	1931-04-11	Walsall	H
16	2	Walsall	38	8	4	7	40	35	5	3	11	31	52	0.816	33	W	W	L	W	L	1931-04-11	Gillingham	A
17	-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
18	-1	Clapton Orient	36	11	3	6	44	31	2	3	11	12	42	0.767	32	L	W	L	L	W	1931-04-11	Southend United	A
19	1	Bristol Rovers	38	9	3	6	41	35	3	5	12	24	55	0.722	32	W	L	L	L	W	1931-04-11	Norwich City	H
20	-1	Thames Association	38	12	4	3	33	18	1	2	16	19	64	0.634	32	D	W	W	L	W	1931-04-11	Luton Town	A
21	1	Newport County	38	10	3	5	41	26	1	1	18	23	76	0.627	26	W	L	L	D	W	1931-04-11	Queens Park Rangers	H
22	-1	Norwich City	38	9	7	3	33	18	0	1	18	9	51	0.609	26	D	W	L	L	W	1931-04-11	Bristol Rovers	A