Saturday 1931-04-18

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	3	1	Liverpool	Highbury	39,143
Lambert, Bastin, Jack	Lineups		Roberts OG
Birmingham	2	0	Sheffield Wednesday	St Andrew's	16,441
Gregg, Curtis	Lineups
Blackburn Rovers	4	5	Middlesbrough	Ewood Park	6,917
McLean, Britton, Bruton J 2	Lineups		Pease 2, Warren, Camsell 2
Blackpool	1	1	Huddersfield Town	Bloomfield Road	15,111
Smalley	Lineups		Smith
Derby County	6	1	Manchester United	Baseball Ground	6,613
Bowers 4, Robson N, Crooks	Lineups		Spence
Leeds United	0	2	Aston Villa	Elland Road	10,388
	Lineups		Waring, Chester
Leicester City	3	1	Newcastle United	Filbert Street	12,148
Chandler, Adcock, Lochhead	Lineups		Bedford
Manchester City	1	1	West Ham United	Maine Road	13,737
Cowan	Lineups		Gibbins
Portsmouth	1	0	Bolton Wanderers	Fratton Park	12,519
Easson	Lineups
Sheffield United	2	1	Grimsby Town	Bramall Lane	9,103
Dunne, Tunstall	Lineups		Cooper
Sunderland	2	0	Chelsea	Roker Park	8,854
Gurney, Robinson G	Lineups
Footnotes
Arsenal champions

				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	40	13	5	2	62	27	13	5	2	57	31	2.052	62	W	W	D	W	D	1931-04-25	Newcastle United	A
2	0	Aston Villa	40	16	3	1	82	32	8	6	6	42	41	1.699	57	W	W	W	L	W	1931-04-25	Manchester City	H
3	0	Sheffield Wednesday	39	12	3	3	58	27	8	5	8	37	43	1.357	48	L	D	D	W	W	1931-04-20	Derby County	H
4	0	Portsmouth	40	10	7	3	43	26	7	6	7	38	39	1.246	47	W	D	D	W	D	1931-04-25	Chelsea	A
5	1	Derby County	39	12	6	3	56	31	6	4	8	35	39	1.3	46	W	D	W	L	L	1931-04-20	Sheffield Wednesday	A
6	-1	Huddersfield Town	40	9	8	3	42	27	8	4	8	35	36	1.222	46	D	W	D	W	D	1931-04-25	Derby County	H
7	0	Manchester City	40	13	2	6	41	29	5	7	7	30	35	1.109	45	D	W	L	W	D	1931-04-25	Aston Villa	A
8	0	Middlesbrough	40	12	5	3	53	27	6	2	12	37	58	1.059	43	W	D	W	L	L	1931-04-25	Sheffield United	H
9	0	Blackburn Rovers	40	14	3	4	54	28	2	5	12	26	52	1	40	L	W	W	L	D	1931-04-25	Sheffield Wednesday	A
10	0	Liverpool	41	10	6	4	46	28	4	6	11	38	57	0.988	40	L	D	L	L	L	1931-05-02	West Ham United	H
11	2	Sheffield United	40	10	7	4	49	31	4	3	12	27	47	0.974	38	W	L	L	D	W	1931-04-25	Middlesbrough	A
12	2	Leicester City	40	12	4	5	50	38	4	2	13	28	51	0.876	38	W	D	W	L	D	1931-04-25	Bolton Wanderers	A
13	2	Sunderland	40	11	4	5	59	37	3	5	12	25	47	1	37	W	W	L	L	W	1931-04-25	West Ham United	A
14	-3	Chelsea	40	12	3	4	39	18	2	6	13	22	48	0.924	37	L	D	L	W	L	1931-04-25	Portsmouth	H
15	-3	Bolton Wanderers	40	11	6	3	41	25	3	3	14	23	50	0.853	37	L	W	W	W	W	1931-04-25	Leicester City	H
16	2	West Ham United	40	11	3	6	56	41	3	5	12	23	48	0.888	36	D	W	L	D	L	1931-04-25	Sunderland	H
17	-1	Newcastle United	40	9	2	9	40	42	6	3	11	36	41	0.916	35	L	L	L	L	D	1931-04-25	Arsenal	H
18	-1	Grimsby Town	40	11	2	6	47	28	4	3	14	27	56	0.881	35	L	L	D	W	W	1931-04-25	Blackpool	H
19	0	Birmingham	41	10	3	7	35	27	2	7	12	18	42	0.768	34	W	D	L	W	L	1931-05-02	Leicester City	H
20	0	Blackpool	40	8	6	6	39	42	3	3	14	28	75	0.573	31	D	L	L	L	W	1931-04-25	Grimsby Town	A
21	0	Leeds United	41	9	3	8	46	30	2	4	15	19	50	0.813	29	L	L	W	D	D	1931-05-02	Derby County	H
22	0	Manchester United	41	6	5	9	26	33	1	2	18	23	78	0.441	21	L	L	W	W	D	1931-05-02	Middlesbrough	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	3	1	Nottingham Forest	Oakwell	3,672
Wallbanks Jon, Proudfoot, Barrington OG	Lineups		Scott
Bradford City	0	0	Millwall	Valley Parade	9,722
	Lineups
Bristol City	2	1	Tottenham Hotspur	Ashton Gate	15,149
Craig, Homer	Lineups		Hunt
Bury	1	0	Southampton	Gigg Lane	3,817
Smith JR	Lineups
Cardiff City	0	0	Preston North End	Ninian Park	4,082
	Lineups
Charlton Athletic	1	1	Oldham Athletic	The Valley	8,357
Pugsley	Lineups		Johnstone
Everton	3	2	Burnley	Goodison Park	19,144
Critchley, Johnson, Wood OG	Lineups		Beel, Prest
Plymouth Argyle	3	1	Reading	Home Park	20,804
Leslie, Bowden, Roberts	Lineups		McNeil
Port Vale	0	0	Stoke City	Recreation Ground	13,403
	Lineups
Swansea Town	1	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Vetch Field	9,132
Williams R	Lineups		Hartill
West Bromwich Albion	1	1	Bradford	The Hawthorns	20,979
Shaw (p)	Lineups		McMillan

				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	40	18	1	2	76	31	10	4	5	43	31	1.919	61	W	D	L	W	W	1931-04-25	Southampton	A
2	0	West Bromwich Albion	40	13	3	4	37	14	7	7	6	42	33	1.681	50	D	W	L	W	W	1931-04-30	Stoke City	A
3	0	Tottenham Hotspur	40	14	5	1	60	18	7	2	11	24	34	1.615	49	L	D	D	L	D	1931-04-25	Barnsley	H
4	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	40	14	2	4	52	22	6	2	12	27	41	1.254	44	D	D	D	D	W	1931-04-25	Plymouth Argyle	H
5	0	Bradford City	40	12	5	4	39	26	5	5	9	22	33	1.034	44	D	D	W	W	D	1931-04-25	Oldham Athletic	A
6	0	Bradford	40	14	3	2	64	21	3	6	12	26	42	1.429	43	D	W	D	D	L	1931-04-25	Swansea Town	H
7	1	Port Vale	40	14	3	3	38	16	5	2	13	27	45	1.066	43	D	L	L	W	W	1931-04-25	Millwall	A
8	1	Stoke City	40	11	6	3	34	16	6	3	11	28	52	0.912	43	D	W	W	W	L	1931-04-30	West Bromwich Albion	H
9	1	Preston North End	40	11	4	4	51	28	5	6	10	28	33	1.295	42	D	D	W	D	L	1931-04-25	Bristol City	H
10	-3	Southampton	40	12	4	4	44	21	6	2	12	27	37	1.224	42	L	W	W	L	L	1931-04-25	Everton	H
11	0	Burnley	40	11	5	3	53	30	4	6	11	26	47	1.026	41	L	W	L	L	W	1931-04-25	Cardiff City	H
12	0	Oldham Athletic	41	12	5	3	42	28	3	5	13	16	44	0.806	40	D	D	W	D	L	1931-04-25	Bradford City	H
13	0	Charlton Athletic	40	11	4	6	35	33	4	5	10	19	46	0.684	39	D	D	L	W	W	1931-04-25	Nottingham Forest	A
14	0	Millwall	40	12	3	4	46	23	4	3	14	24	55	0.897	38	D	D	L	L	W	1931-04-25	Port Vale	H
15	0	Bury	40	14	3	4	44	20	3	0	16	24	58	0.872	37	W	L	L	L	W	1931-04-25	Reading	A
16	0	Bristol City	40	11	5	5	29	23	4	2	13	20	52	0.653	37	W	L	W	W	L	1931-04-25	Preston North End	A
17	1	Barnsley	40	13	3	5	42	23	0	6	13	15	51	0.77	35	W	L	W	W	L	1931-04-25	Tottenham Hotspur	A
18	1	Plymouth Argyle	40	9	3	8	42	30	4	5	11	26	47	0.883	34	W	D	W	W	L	1931-04-25	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
19	-2	Nottingham Forest	40	10	6	3	47	31	2	3	16	26	50	0.901	33	L	W	L	L	W	1931-04-25	Charlton Athletic	H
20	0	Swansea Town	40	10	5	5	39	29	1	5	14	10	40	0.71	32	D	D	L	L	D	1931-04-25	Bradford	A
21	0	Reading	41	11	2	7	44	29	1	4	16	25	63	0.75	30	L	L	D	L	L	1931-04-25	Bury	H
22	0	Cardiff City	40	7	6	7	31	28	1	3	16	15	55	0.554	25	D	D	D	L	D	1931-04-25	Burnley	A

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Darlington	1	1	Accrington Stanley	Feethams Ground	1,108
Vine	Lineups		Riley
Doncaster Rovers	2	0	Carlisle United	Belle Vue	2,528
Smith R 2	Lineups
Gateshead	3	0	Tranmere Rovers	Redheugh Park	1,864
McNaughton, Meek 2	Lineups
Halifax Town	1	0	Rochdale	The Shay	2,875
McFarlane	Lineups
Hartlepools United	1	3	Chesterfield	Victoria Park	1,434
Thayne (p)	Lineups		Pynegar, Holmes, Bell T
Hull City	3	1	York City	Anlaby Road	4,432
Mills, Weldon, Duncan A	Lineups		Brewis
Lincoln City	1	3	Rotherham United	Sincil Bank	7,857
March	Lineups		Hick 3
Nelson	1	4	Southport	Seedhill Ground	1,323
Manock	Lineups		McConnell, Cowen, Waterston 2
New Brighton	3	0	Crewe Alexandra	Sandheys Park	1,879
Stevens 3	Lineups
Stockport County	2	2	Wrexham	Edgeley Park	2,953
Vincent (p), Newton F	Lineups		Mustard, Lewis
Wigan Borough	2	1	Barrow	Springfield Park	1,738
Dorrans, Rigby	Lineups		Millar

				Home					Away
Ptn		Third Division North	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Lincoln City	39	16	3	2	60	19	8	4	6	36	32	1.882	55	L	D	L	W	W	1931-04-22	Chesterfield	A
2	1	Chesterfield	40	17	1	1	55	19	7	5	9	36	35	1.685	54	W	W	W	W	L	1931-04-22	Lincoln City	H
3	-1	Tranmere Rovers	40	16	3	1	72	24	8	3	9	38	45	1.594	54	L	L	W	L	W	1931-04-25	Darlington	H
4	0	Wrexham	40	15	4	1	56	24	4	8	8	32	37	1.443	50	D	W	D	D	W	1931-04-25	Nelson	H
5	1	Southport	39	12	3	3	46	18	7	6	8	36	37	1.491	47	W	L	D	D	W	1931-04-21	Wigan Borough	H
6	-1	Stockport County	41	15	5	1	54	19	4	4	12	19	39	1.259	47	D	L	L	D	D	1931-04-25	Rotherham United	A
7	0	Hull City	38	10	7	2	55	20	8	2	9	34	33	1.679	45	W	W	W	W	D	1931-04-20	Hartlepools United	H
8	1	Gateshead	40	13	4	3	43	21	2	9	9	24	43	1.047	43	W	W	L	L	D	1931-04-25	Chesterfield	A
9	1	Wigan Borough	39	14	4	2	48	24	5	1	13	25	55	0.924	43	W	L	W	D	L	1931-04-21	Southport	A
10	-2	Carlisle United	40	11	4	4	59	30	7	1	13	30	49	1.127	41	L	L	L	L	L	1931-04-25	Halifax Town	H
11	0	York City	40	14	3	2	55	28	3	3	15	26	52	1.013	40	L	D	W	L	W	1931-04-25	New Brighton	H
12	0	Darlington	39	9	5	6	44	30	5	4	10	23	27	1.175	37	D	W	W	W	D	1931-04-21	Rochdale	A
13	0	Accrington Stanley	41	13	2	5	46	28	1	7	13	33	77	0.752	37	D	D	L	D	W	1931-04-25	Lincoln City	H
14	1	Doncaster Rovers	40	9	8	4	40	18	4	2	13	24	44	1.032	36	W	W	D	D	W	1931-04-25	Barrow	A
15	1	Rotherham United	39	9	4	5	45	28	4	6	11	31	49	0.987	36	W	D	W	D	W	1931-04-25	Stockport County	H
16	-2	Barrow	41	12	4	4	42	22	2	3	16	23	66	0.739	35	L	W	D	L	L	1931-04-25	Doncaster Rovers	H
17	0	Halifax Town	40	11	6	4	30	16	2	3	14	22	64	0.65	35	W	D	W	D	L	1931-04-25	Carlisle United	A
18	1	New Brighton	41	12	4	5	36	25	1	3	16	12	47	0.667	33	W	L	L	D	D	1931-04-25	York City	A
19	-1	Crewe Alexandra	40	12	2	6	49	33	1	3	16	13	57	0.689	31	L	W	D	D	L	1931-04-25	Wigan Borough	H
20	0	Rochdale	40	9	1	9	40	46	3	5	13	20	57	0.583	30	L	W	L	D	L	1931-04-21	Darlington	H
21	0	Hartlepools United	39	10	2	9	47	37	1	4	13	18	41	0.833	28	L	D	L	W	D	1931-04-20	Hull City	A
22	0	Nelson	40	6	7	8	28	40	0	0	19	14	64	0.404	19	L	L	L	L	W	1931-04-25	Wrexham	A

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	1	0	Brentford	Dean Court	3,662
Scott	Lineups
Clapton Orient	3	2	Luton Town	Lea Bridge Road	5,078
Tricker 2, Fowler	Lineups		Slicer, Clark
Coventry City	0	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Highfield Road	5,329
	Lineups
Fulham	3	0	Torquay United	Craven Cottage	8,840
Watkins 2, Webb	Lineups
Norwich City	4	1	Newport County	The Nest, Rosary Road	4,563
Burditt, O'Brien (p), Bell, Hunt	Lineups		Pearce
Notts County	1	1	Southend United	Meadow Lane	11,919
Haden	Lineups		Shankly
Queens Park Rangers	1	0	Gillingham	Loftus Road	6,890
Wiles H	Lineups
Swindon Town	5	1	Northampton Town	County Ground	3,330
Richardson, Cruickshank, Morris 3	Lineups		Wonnacott
Thames Association	1	2	Bristol Rovers	West Ham Greyhound Stadium	4,000
Donnelly (p)	Lineups		Attwood 2
Walsall	2	1	Exeter City	Fellows Park	2,316
Bradford W 2	Lineups		Houghton
Watford	0	2	Crystal Palace	Vicarage Road	5,377
	Lineups		Harry, Butler
Footnotes
Newport County to apply for re-election

				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	40	16	4	1	58	13	8	6	5	39	30	2.256	58	D	D	L	W	W	1931-04-25	Luton Town	A
2	2	Southend United	40	15	0	4	52	24	6	5	10	23	34	1.293	47	D	W	L	L	L	1931-04-25	Watford	H
3	0	Brentford	40	13	3	4	57	28	7	3	10	26	33	1.361	46	L	W	W	L	W	1931-04-25	Swindon Town	H
4	-2	Northampton Town	40	9	6	4	32	16	8	6	7	40	39	1.309	46	L	D	D	L	W	1931-04-25	Fulham	H
5	1	Crystal Palace	39	14	2	2	62	19	5	5	11	36	51	1.4	45	W	D	D	L	W	1931-04-20	Clapton Orient	H
6	-1	Luton Town	41	14	3	3	58	17	4	5	12	15	34	1.431	44	L	W	D	W	L	1931-04-25	Notts County	H
7	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	39	12	4	3	40	17	3	10	7	21	33	1.22	44	D	D	L	D	W	1931-04-22	Coventry City	H
8	2	Fulham	40	15	3	3	49	21	3	4	12	25	48	1.072	43	W	D	L	W	W	1931-04-25	Northampton Town	A
9	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	40	11	7	3	39	22	4	6	9	33	47	1.043	43	W	D	W	D	L	1931-04-25	Crystal Palace	A
10	-2	Torquay United	40	13	4	3	56	26	4	4	12	24	53	1.013	42	L	W	L	D	W	1931-04-25	Coventry City	H
11	1	Queens Park Rangers	40	14	0	6	54	23	5	3	12	25	50	1.082	41	W	W	W	W	W	1931-04-25	Exeter City	A
12	1	Swindon Town	40	15	5	1	68	29	3	0	16	17	58	0.977	41	W	L	D	D	L	1931-04-25	Brentford	A
13	-2	Exeter City	41	11	6	3	53	35	5	2	14	29	55	0.911	40	L	W	L	W	L	1931-04-25	Queens Park Rangers	H
14	0	Coventry City	39	10	4	6	53	27	5	4	10	20	35	1.177	38	D	W	D	L	L	1931-04-22	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
15	0	Gillingham	40	9	6	5	38	28	4	4	12	21	46	0.797	36	L	W	L	W	L	1931-04-25	Norwich City	H
16	0	Bristol Rovers	40	10	3	6	44	35	4	5	12	26	56	0.769	36	W	W	W	L	L	1931-04-25	Clapton Orient	H
17	1	Walsall	40	9	4	7	42	36	5	3	12	31	54	0.811	35	W	L	W	W	L	1931-04-25	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
18	1	Clapton Orient	39	12	3	6	47	33	2	3	13	13	50	0.723	34	W	L	L	L	W	1931-04-20	Crystal Palace	A
19	-2	Watford	40	9	4	8	41	29	4	3	12	30	45	0.959	33	L	L	D	L	W	1931-04-25	Southend United	A
20	0	Thames Association	40	12	4	4	34	20	1	2	17	19	72	0.576	32	L	L	D	W	W	1931-04-25	Newport County	A
21	1	Norwich City	40	10	7	3	37	19	0	1	19	9	54	0.63	28	W	L	D	W	L	1931-04-25	Gillingham	A
22	-1	Newport County	40	10	3	6	43	29	1	1	19	24	80	0.615	26	L	L	W	L	L	1931-04-25	Thames Association	H