Saturday 1931-04-25

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

FA Cup Last Matches

Cup and International Matches

FA Cup Final						Venue	Gate	Notes
D 2	West Bromwich Albion	2	1	Birmingham	D 1	Wembley Stadium (Empire Stadium), London	90,368
	Richardson WG 2	Lineups		Bradford

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aston Villa	4	2	Manchester City	Villa Park	13,272
Chester, Beresford, Waring, Houghton	Lineups		Toseland, Wrightson
Bolton Wanderers	4	1	Leicester City	Burnden Park	8,962
Blackmore, Gibson 2, Butler	Lineups		Chandler
Chelsea	2	0	Portsmouth	Stamford Bridge	19,521
Gallacher, Odell (p)	Lineups
Grimsby Town	6	2	Blackpool	Blundell Park	8,042
Coleman 3, Craven, Prior, Marshall	Lineups		Longden, Hampson
Huddersfield Town	3	0	Derby County	Leeds Road	5,325
Davies 2, Kelly R	Lineups
Middlesbrough	4	1	Sheffield United	Ayresome Park	7,471	*
Pease, Bruce 2, Cameron	Lineups		Radford
Newcastle United	1	3	Arsenal	St James' Park	21,747
Lang	Lineups		Jones, Hulme 2
Sheffield Wednesday	1	3	Blackburn Rovers	Hillsborough	5,102
Rimmer	Lineups		Bruton J 2, Britton
West Ham United	0	3	Sunderland	Upton Park	10,118
	Lineups		Devine, Keeton, Gurney
Notes
Match kicked off 19 minutes late when Sheffield United missed a rail connection

				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	41	13	5	2	62	27	14	5	2	60	32	2.068	64	W	W	W	D	W	1931-05-02	Bolton Wanderers	H
2	0	Aston Villa	41	17	3	1	86	34	8	6	6	42	41	1.707	59	W	W	W	W	L	1931-05-02	Sheffield Wednesday	A
3	0	Sheffield Wednesday	41	13	3	4	62	32	8	5	8	37	43	1.32	50	L	W	L	D	D	1931-05-02	Aston Villa	H
4	2	Huddersfield Town	41	10	8	3	45	27	8	4	8	35	36	1.27	48	W	D	W	D	W	1931-05-02	Grimsby Town	A
5	-1	Portsmouth	41	10	7	3	43	26	7	6	8	38	41	1.209	47	L	W	D	D	W	1931-05-02	Blackburn Rovers	H
6	-1	Derby County	41	12	6	3	56	31	6	4	10	37	45	1.224	46	L	L	W	D	W	1931-05-02	Leeds United	A
7	1	Middlesbrough	41	13	5	3	57	28	6	2	12	37	58	1.093	45	W	W	D	W	L	1931-05-02	Manchester United	A
8	-1	Manchester City	41	13	2	6	41	29	5	7	8	32	39	1.074	45	L	D	W	L	W	1931-05-02	Blackpool	A
9	0	Blackburn Rovers	41	14	3	4	54	28	3	5	12	29	53	1.025	42	W	L	W	W	L	1931-05-02	Portsmouth	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	Sunderland	41	11	4	5	59	37	4	5	12	28	47	1.036	39	W	W	W	L	L	1931-05-02	Sheffield United	H
12	2	Chelsea	41	13	3	4	41	18	2	6	13	22	48	0.955	39	W	L	D	L	W	1931-05-02	Newcastle United	H
13	2	Bolton Wanderers	41	12	6	3	45	26	3	3	14	23	50	0.895	39	W	L	W	W	W	1931-05-02	Arsenal	A
14	-3	Sheffield United	41	10	7	4	49	31	4	3	13	28	51	0.939	38	L	W	L	L	D	1931-05-02	Sunderland	A
15	-3	Leicester City	41	12	4	5	50	38	4	2	14	29	55	0.849	38	L	W	D	W	L	1931-05-02	Birmingham	A
16	2	Grimsby Town	41	12	2	6	53	30	4	3	14	27	56	0.93	37	W	L	L	D	W	1931-05-02	Huddersfield Town	H
17	-1	West Ham United	41	11	3	7	56	44	3	5	12	23	48	0.859	36	L	D	W	L	D	1931-05-02	Liverpool	A
18	-1	Newcastle United	41	9	2	10	41	45	6	3	11	36	41	0.895	35	L	L	L	L	L	1931-05-02	Chelsea	A
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	41	8	6	6	39	42	3	3	15	30	81	0.561	31	L	D	L	L	L	1931-05-02	Manchester City	H
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
Bradford	5	1	Swansea Town	Park Avenue	4,372
Scott 2, Crayston 2, McMillan	Lineups		Williams R
Burnley	1	0	Cardiff City	Turf Moor	4,125
Beel	Lineups
Millwall	0	1	Port Vale	The Den, New Cross	8,188
	Lineups		Roberts
Nottingham Forest	4	3	Charlton Athletic	City Ground	3,342
Dickinson 3, Dent	Lineups		Astley 2, Peters
Oldham Athletic	3	0	Bradford City	Boundary Park	4,858
Johnstone, Dyson 2 (1p)	Lineups
Preston North End	2	2	Bristol City	Deepdale	6,135
Bargh, Crawford	Lineups		Brinton, Elliott
Reading	3	4	Bury	Elm Park	5,104
Ritchie, McPherson, Darnell	Lineups		Eggleston 2, Smith JR, Richards OG
Southampton	2	1	Everton	The Dell	9,528
Wilson 2	Lineups		Dean
Tottenham Hotspur	4	2	Barnsley	White Hart Lane	20,762
Harper 2, Hunt 2	Lineups		Henderson, Ashton
Wolverhampton Wanderers	4	3	Plymouth Argyle	Molineux	3,569
Martin 2, Deacon J, Phillips	Lineups		Leslie, Bowden, Roberts
Footnotes
Reading relegated

				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	41	18	1	2	76	31	10	4	6	44	33	1.875	61	L	W	D	L	W	1931-05-02	Preston North End	A
2	1	Tottenham Hotspur	41	15	5	1	64	20	7	2	11	24	34	1.63	51	W	L	D	D	L	1931-05-02	Burnley	A
3	-1	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
4	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	41	15	2	4	56	25	6	2	12	27	41	1.258	46	W	D	D	D	D	1931-05-02	Millwall	A
5	1	Bradford	41	15	3	2	69	22	3	6	12	26	42	1.484	45	W	D	W	D	D	1931-05-02	Stoke City	H
6	1	Port Vale	41	14	3	3	38	16	6	2	13	28	45	1.082	45	W	D	L	L	W	1931-05-02	Bradford City	H
7	3	Southampton	41	13	4	4	46	22	6	2	12	27	37	1.237	44	W	L	W	W	L	1931-05-02	Nottingham Forest	A
8	-3	Bradford City	41	12	5	4	39	26	5	5	10	22	36	0.984	44	L	D	D	W	W	1931-05-02	Port Vale	A
9	0	Preston North End	41	11	5	4	53	30	5	6	10	28	33	1.286	43	D	D	D	W	D	1931-05-02	Everton	H
10	1	Burnley	41	12	5	3	54	30	4	6	11	26	47	1.039	43	W	L	W	L	L	1931-05-02	Tottenham Hotspur	H
11	-3	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
12	0	Oldham Athletic	42	13	5	3	45	28	3	5	13	16	44	0.847	42	W	D	D	W	D	End of Season		#
13	2	Bury	41	14	3	4	44	20	4	0	16	28	61	0.889	39	W	W	L	L	L	1931-05-02	Cardiff City	A
14	-1	Charlton Athletic	41	11	4	6	35	33	4	5	11	22	50	0.687	39	L	D	D	L	W	1931-05-02	West Bromwich Albion	A
15	-1	Millwall	41	12	3	5	46	24	4	3	14	24	55	0.886	38	L	D	D	L	L	1931-05-02	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
16	0	Bristol City	41	11	5	5	29	23	4	3	13	22	54	0.662	38	D	W	L	W	W	1931-05-02	Plymouth Argyle	A
17	2	Nottingham Forest	41	11	6	3	51	34	2	3	16	26	50	0.917	35	W	L	W	L	L	1931-05-02	Southampton	H
18	-1	Barnsley	41	13	3	5	42	23	0	6	14	17	55	0.756	35	L	W	L	W	W	1931-05-02	Swansea Town	A
19	-1	Plymouth Argyle	41	9	3	8	42	30	4	5	12	29	51	0.877	34	L	W	D	W	W	1931-05-02	Bristol City	H
20	0	Swansea Town	41	10	5	5	39	29	1	5	15	11	45	0.676	32	L	D	D	L	L	1931-05-02	Barnsley	H
21	0	Reading	42	11	2	8	47	33	1	4	16	25	63	0.75	30	L	L	L	D	L	End of Season		#
22	0	Cardiff City	41	7	6	7	31	28	1	3	17	15	56	0.548	25	L	D	D	D	L	1931-05-02	Bury	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Accrington Stanley	5	3	Lincoln City	Peel Park	3,844
Riley 3, Agar, Whyte	Lineups		Whalley 2, Dinsdale
Barrow	3	1	Doncaster Rovers	Holker Street	4,638
Walker, Allen, Parker	Lineups		Gladwin
Carlisle United	6	2	Halifax Town	Brunton Park	2,160
Hutchison 2, McConnell 2, Watson, Sharp	Lineups		Strang, McFarlane
Chesterfield	8	1	Gateshead	Saltergate Recreation Ground	5,733
Pynegar 3, Binks, Lee, Bell T, Schofield (p), Thornewell	Lineups		McNaughton
Crewe Alexandra	3	2	Wigan Borough	Gresty Road	2,028
French 2, Green	Lineups		Welsby, Dorrans
Rochdale	1	2	Hartlepools United	Spotland	1,586
Tippett	Lineups		Simmons, Thompson
Rotherham United	3	4	Stockport County	Millmoor	2,813
Gray, Hick, Beynon	Lineups		Lincoln, Matthews C, Newton F, Webster
Southport	1	0	Hull City	Haig Avenue	2,846
Waterston	Lineups
Tranmere Rovers	1	2	Darlington	Prenton Park	5,766
Kennedy J	Lineups		Siddle, Mitchell
Wrexham	5	1	Nelson	Racecourse Ground	1,413
Taylor 3, Bamford T 2	Lineups		Tebb
York City	4	1	New Brighton	Fulfordgate	1,735
McCabe 2, Brewis, Millar	Lineups		Lewis
Footnotes
Chesterfield champions & promoted

				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	Chesterfield	42	19	1	1	66	22	7	5	9	36	35	1.789	58	W	W	W	W	W	End of Season		#
2	0	Lincoln City	41	16	3	2	60	19	8	4	8	41	40	1.712	55	L	L	L	D	L	1931-05-02	Wigan Borough	A
3	0	Tranmere Rovers	41	16	3	2	73	26	8	3	9	38	45	1.563	54	L	L	L	W	L	1931-05-02	Carlisle United	A
4	0	Wrexham	41	16	4	1	61	25	4	8	8	32	37	1.5	52	W	D	W	D	D	1931-05-02	York City	A
5	0	Southport	41	14	3	3	50	19	7	6	8	36	37	1.536	51	W	W	W	L	D	1931-05-02	Hartlepools United	H
6	1	Stockport County	42	15	5	1	54	19	5	4	12	23	42	1.262	49	W	D	L	L	D	End of Season		#
7	-1	Hull City	40	11	7	2	60	20	8	2	10	34	34	1.741	47	L	W	W	W	W	1931-04-27	Rotherham United	A
8	2	Carlisle United	41	12	4	4	65	32	7	1	13	30	49	1.173	43	W	L	L	L	L	1931-05-02	Tranmere Rovers	H
9	-1	Gateshead	41	13	4	3	43	21	2	9	10	25	51	0.944	43	L	W	W	L	L	1931-05-02	Halifax Town	H
10	-1	Wigan Borough	41	14	4	2	48	24	5	1	15	28	61	0.894	43	L	L	W	L	W	1931-05-02	Lincoln City	H
11	0	York City	41	15	3	2	59	29	3	3	15	26	52	1.049	42	W	L	D	W	L	1931-05-02	Wrexham	H
12	0	Darlington	41	9	5	6	44	30	7	4	10	27	29	1.203	41	W	W	D	W	W	1931-05-02	Doncaster Rovers	H
13	0	Accrington Stanley	42	14	2	5	51	31	1	7	13	33	77	0.778	39	W	D	D	L	D	End of Season		#
14	2	Barrow	42	13	4	4	45	23	2	3	16	23	66	0.764	37	W	L	W	D	L	End of Season		#
15	-1	Doncaster Rovers	41	9	8	4	40	18	4	2	14	25	47	1	36	L	W	W	D	D	1931-05-02	Darlington	A
16	-1	Rotherham United	40	9	4	6	48	32	4	6	11	31	49	0.975	36	L	W	D	W	D	1931-04-27	Hull City	H
17	0	Halifax Town	41	11	6	4	30	16	2	3	15	24	70	0.628	35	L	W	D	W	D	1931-05-02	Gateshead	A
18	1	Crewe Alexandra	41	13	2	6	52	35	1	3	16	13	57	0.707	33	W	L	W	D	D	1931-05-02	Rotherham United	A
19	-1	New Brighton	42	12	4	5	36	25	1	3	17	13	51	0.645	33	L	W	L	L	D	End of Season		#
20	1	Hartlepools United	41	10	2	9	47	37	2	4	14	20	47	0.798	30	W	L	L	D	L	1931-05-02	Southport	A
21	-1	Rochdale	42	9	1	11	42	50	3	5	13	20	57	0.579	30	L	L	L	W	L	End of Season		#
22	0	Nelson	41	6	7	8	28	40	0	0	20	15	69	0.394	19	L	L	L	L	L	1931-05-02	Hull City	A

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Brentford	5	2	Swindon Town	Griffin Park	4,327
Berry 2, Lane B, Robson 2	Lineups		Richardson, Morris
Brighton & Hove Albion	3	3	Walsall	Goldstone Ground	5,000
Nicol 2, Kirkwood	Lineups		Eyres 3
Bristol Rovers	4	1	Clapton Orient	Eastville	3,375
Armstrong 2, Dix, Attwood	Lineups		Tricker
Crystal Palace	1	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Selhurst Park	7,754
Clarke	Lineups
Exeter City	2	0	Queens Park Rangers	St James Park	3,280
Purcell, Varco	Lineups
Gillingham	2	1	Norwich City	Priestfield Road	2,693
White, Pateman	Lineups		Burditt
Luton Town	3	0	Notts County	Kenilworth Road	7,312
Yardley, Slicer, Heslop	Lineups
Newport County	1	1	Thames Association	Somerton Park	1,309
Bagley	Lineups		McCarthy
Northampton Town	4	2	Fulham	County Ground	2,753
Dawes 2, Boyle, Wonnacott	Lineups		Price 2
Southend United	1	0	Watford	Kursaal Ground	3,459
Crompton	Lineups
Torquay United	0	0	Coventry City	Plainmoor	3,270
	Lineups
Footnotes
Norwich City 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	41	16	4	1	58	13	8	6	6	39	33	2.109	58	L	D	D	L	W	1931-05-02	Thames Association	A
2	0	Crystal Palace	41	16	2	2	66	20	5	5	11	36	51	1.437	49	W	W	W	D	D	1931-05-02	Torquay United	H
3	0	Southend United	41	16	0	4	53	24	6	5	10	23	34	1.31	49	W	D	W	L	L	1931-05-02	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
4	0	Brentford	41	14	3	4	62	30	7	3	10	26	33	1.397	48	W	L	W	W	L	1931-05-02	Northampton Town	A
5	0	Northampton Town	41	10	6	4	36	18	8	6	7	40	39	1.333	48	W	L	D	D	L	1931-05-02	Brentford	H
6	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	41	13	5	3	45	20	3	10	7	21	33	1.245	47	D	W	D	D	L	1931-05-02	Southend United	A
7	0	Luton Town	42	15	3	3	61	17	4	5	12	15	34	1.49	46	W	L	W	D	W	End of Season		#
8	0	Fulham	41	15	3	3	49	21	3	4	13	27	52	1.041	43	L	W	D	L	W	1931-05-02	Coventry City	A
9	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	41	11	7	3	39	22	4	6	10	33	48	1.029	43	L	W	D	W	D	1931-05-02	Queens Park Rangers	A
10	0	Torquay United	41	13	5	3	56	26	4	4	12	24	53	1.013	43	D	L	W	L	D	1931-05-02	Crystal Palace	A
11	2	Exeter City	42	12	6	3	55	35	5	2	14	29	55	0.933	42	W	L	W	L	W	End of Season		#
12	-1	Queens Park Rangers	41	14	0	6	54	23	5	3	13	25	52	1.053	41	L	W	W	W	W	1931-05-02	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
13	-1	Swindon Town	41	15	5	1	68	29	3	0	17	19	63	0.946	41	L	W	L	D	D	1931-05-02	Walsall	A
14	0	Coventry City	41	10	4	6	53	27	5	5	11	20	37	1.141	39	D	L	D	W	D	1931-05-02	Fulham	H
15	0	Gillingham	41	10	6	5	40	29	4	4	12	21	46	0.813	38	W	L	W	L	W	1931-05-02	Bristol Rovers	A
16	0	Bristol Rovers	41	11	3	6	48	36	4	5	12	26	56	0.804	38	W	W	W	W	L	1931-05-02	Gillingham	H
17	0	Walsall	41	9	4	7	42	36	5	4	12	34	57	0.817	36	D	W	L	W	W	1931-05-02	Swindon Town	H
18	0	Clapton Orient	41	12	3	6	47	33	2	3	15	15	57	0.689	34	L	L	W	L	L	1931-05-02	Newport County	A
19	0	Watford	41	9	4	8	41	29	4	3	13	30	46	0.947	33	L	L	L	D	L	1931-05-02	Norwich City	A
20	0	Thames Association	41	12	4	4	34	20	1	3	17	20	73	0.581	33	D	L	L	D	W	1931-05-02	Notts County	H
21	0	Norwich City	41	10	7	3	37	19	0	1	20	10	56	0.627	28	L	W	L	D	W	1931-05-02	Watford	H
22	0	Newport County	41	10	4	6	44	30	1	1	19	24	80	0.618	27	D	L	L	W	L	1931-05-02	Clapton Orient	H