Saturday 1931-10-03

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Birmingham	2	1	Portsmouth	St Andrew's	20,743
Bradford 2	Lineups		Easson
Bolton Wanderers	2	1	Newcastle United	Burnden Park	13,833
Blackmore, Davidson OG	Lineups		Richardson JR
Chelsea	2	0	Liverpool	Stamford Bridge	40,597
Jackson 2	Lineups
Everton	3	2	Blackpool	Goodison Park	31,651
Johnson 2 (1p), White	Lineups		McClelland 2
Grimsby Town	3	1	Arsenal	Blundell Park	17,840
Marshall, Glover 2	Lineups		Lambert
Manchester City	1	1	Sheffield United	Maine Road	27,488
Marshall	Lineups		Tunstall
Middlesbrough	1	0	Huddersfield Town	Ayresome Park	16,366
Camsell	Lineups
Sheffield Wednesday	1	0	Aston Villa	Hillsborough	28,798
Burgess	Lineups
Sunderland	2	2	Blackburn Rovers	Roker Park	20,566
Gurney, Connor (p)	Lineups		Thompson, Bruton J
West Bromwich Albion	4	0	Derby County	The Hawthorns	33,205
Shaw (p), Glidden, Sandford, Richardson WG	Lineups
West Ham United	1	4	Leicester City	Upton Park	20,196
Gibbins	Lineups		Hine 2, Chandler 2

				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	West Bromwich Albion	10	4	1	0	14	2	3	0	2	8	5	3.14	15	W	W	W	W	D	1931-10-10	Huddersfield Town	A
2	2	Sheffield Wednesday	9	4	1	0	18	5	2	0	2	10	11	1.75	13	W	L	D	W	L	1931-10-10	Leicester City	A
3	-1	Sheffield United	9	2	1	1	9	3	3	1	1	9	6	2	12	D	D	W	W	W	1931-10-10	Everton	H
4	2	Everton	9	3	0	1	8	6	3	0	2	11	9	1.27	12	W	L	W	W	L	1931-10-10	Sheffield United	A
5	-2	Arsenal	9	2	1	1	8	6	2	2	1	10	7	1.38	11	L	W	W	W	W	1931-10-10	Blackpool	A
6	3	Middlesbrough	9	4	0	1	14	5	1	1	2	8	13	1.22	11	W	W	L	L	W	1931-10-10	Newcastle United	A
7	3	Birmingham	9	2	2	1	9	7	2	1	1	8	7	1.21	11	W	W	D	L	W	1931-10-10	Derby County	A
8	-3	Huddersfield Town	8	3	2	0	9	4	1	0	2	2	5	1.22	10	L	W	L	W	W	1931-10-10	West Bromwich Albion	H
9	-2	Aston Villa	7	3	0	0	15	4	1	1	2	7	7	2	9	L	W	W	W	L	1931-10-10	Bolton Wanderers	H
10	2	Leicester City	8	3	1	0	9	3	1	0	3	7	9	1.33	9	W	W	L	W	L	1931-10-10	Sheffield Wednesday	H
11	-3	Liverpool	9	3	1	1	16	7	1	0	3	3	8	1.27	9	L	W	L	W	L	1931-10-10	West Ham United	H
12	2	Bolton Wanderers	9	4	0	1	15	7	0	1	3	3	13	0.9	9	W	L	W	L	W	1931-10-10	Aston Villa	A
13	0	Sunderland	10	2	1	2	12	9	0	3	2	2	5	1	8	D	D	D	W	L	1931-10-10	Portsmouth	A
14	1	Manchester City	10	1	2	2	8	10	1	2	2	5	9	0.68	8	D	D	L	L	D	1931-10-10	Blackburn Rovers	A
15	-4	Blackpool	9	3	2	0	9	5	0	0	4	3	16	0.57	8	L	D	L	L	D	1931-10-10	Arsenal	H
16	4	Grimsby Town	9	3	0	1	9	3	0	1	4	5	21	0.58	7	W	L	W	W	L	1931-10-10	Chelsea	H
17	-1	Newcastle United	7	2	0	1	8	3	1	0	3	5	9	1.08	6	L	W	L	W	W	1931-10-10	Middlesbrough	H
18	1	Blackburn Rovers	9	2	1	2	11	12	0	1	3	4	10	0.68	6	D	L	W	L	W	1931-10-10	Manchester City	H
19	-2	Derby County	10	3	0	1	8	5	0	0	6	6	19	0.58	6	L	L	L	W	W	1931-10-10	Birmingham	H
20	-2	West Ham United	9	2	0	3	7	10	1	0	3	4	14	0.46	6	L	L	L	W	L	1931-10-10	Liverpool	A
21	1	Chelsea	9	1	0	3	7	10	1	1	3	6	10	0.65	5	W	L	D	L	L	1931-10-10	Grimsby Town	A
22	-1	Portsmouth	9	1	0	3	2	7	1	1	3	7	12	0.47	5	L	L	L	L	L	1931-10-10	Sunderland	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barnsley	0	0	Plymouth Argyle	Oakwell	6,182
	Lineups
Bradford City	1	3	Bury	Valley Parade	19,867
Mitchell	Lineups		Eggleston 2, Lindsay
Burnley	2	0	Manchester United	Turf Moor	9,719
Jenkins, Jones	Lineups
Chesterfield	4	2	Tottenham Hotspur	Saltergate Recreation Ground	15,192	Largest home gate 1931-32
Pynegar 3, Thornewell	Lineups		Brain, Bellamy
Leeds United	5	0	Oldham Athletic	Elland Road	12,336
Keetley 3, Cochrane 2	Lineups
Millwall	2	2	Port Vale	The Den, New Cross	16,766
Smith 2	Lineups		Jones 2
Nottingham Forest	2	1	Notts County	City Ground	20,703
Simpson, Forrest	Lineups		Haden
Preston North End	1	0	Bradford	Deepdale	10,240
Heaton	Lineups
Southampton	1	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	The Dell	16,622
Haddleton	Lineups		Buttery, Hartill, Phillips
Stoke City	4	0	Charlton Athletic	Victoria Ground	11,862
Liddle 2, Sale, Mawson	Lineups
Swansea Town	2	0	Bristol City	Vetch Field	12,565
Sykes (p), Pearce	Lineups

				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	Bury	9	4	0	0	13	3	3	1	1	9	5	2.75	15	W	W	D	W	L	1931-10-10	Leeds United	H
2	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	8	4	0	0	16	3	2	1	1	8	6	2.67	13	W	W	W	W	W	1931-10-10	Stoke City	H
3	2	Stoke City	9	5	0	0	17	2	1	1	2	4	7	2.33	13	W	W	W	D	W	1931-10-10	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
4	-1	Plymouth Argyle	9	2	1	1	10	9	3	2	0	7	2	1.55	13	D	W	W	D	W	1931-10-10	Notts County	H
5	1	Leeds United	9	1	1	2	5	2	4	1	0	10	4	2.5	12	W	W	D	W	D	1931-10-10	Bury	A
6	-4	Bradford	9	5	0	0	14	3	0	2	2	7	9	1.75	12	L	W	L	W	W	1931-10-10	Southampton	H
7	-1	Southampton	9	3	0	2	9	7	2	0	2	9	11	1	10	L	W	L	L	W	1931-10-10	Bradford	A
8	2	Nottingham Forest	9	3	1	1	9	6	1	1	2	6	9	1	10	W	L	W	W	D	1931-10-10	Chesterfield	H
9	3	Burnley	8	2	1	1	8	5	2	0	2	3	6	1	9	W	W	L	L	W	1931-10-10	Tottenham Hotspur	A
10	5	Preston North End	9	3	1	0	7	4	0	2	3	7	15	0.74	9	W	L	W	D	L	1931-10-10	Manchester United	A
11	6	Swansea Town	9	2	0	2	9	6	2	0	3	11	10	1.25	8	W	L	W	W	W	1931-10-10	Oldham Athletic	A
12	-1	Millwall	9	1	2	2	11	9	2	0	2	5	5	1.14	8	D	L	D	L	W	1931-10-10	Charlton Athletic	A
13	-5	Tottenham Hotspur	9	3	1	1	17	10	0	1	3	4	11	1	8	L	L	W	W	D	1931-10-10	Burnley	H
14	2	Port Vale	9	1	1	2	6	9	2	1	2	8	12	0.67	8	D	L	L	D	L	1931-10-10	Bradford City	H
15	-5	Oldham Athletic	9	2	2	0	11	5	0	1	4	2	11	0.81	7	L	D	L	D	W	1931-10-10	Swansea Town	H
16	-3	Notts County	9	2	1	1	6	4	1	0	4	8	15	0.74	7	L	L	W	L	L	1931-10-10	Plymouth Argyle	A
17	3	Chesterfield	8	3	0	1	11	8	0	1	3	4	13	0.71	7	W	L	W	L	D	1931-10-10	Nottingham Forest	A
18	-4	Bradford City	9	1	1	2	6	7	1	2	2	8	14	0.67	7	L	D	W	L	D	1931-10-10	Port Vale	A
19	0	Barnsley	9	1	1	3	6	7	2	0	2	7	13	0.65	7	D	W	L	L	L	1931-10-10	Bristol City	A
20	-2	Manchester United	9	2	2	1	9	7	0	0	4	2	10	0.65	6	L	W	L	D	D	1931-10-10	Preston North End	H
21	0	Charlton Athletic	8	1	1	2	7	7	0	0	4	4	13	0.55	3	L	L	L	L	L	1931-10-10	Millwall	H
22	0	Bristol City	9	1	0	4	5	13	0	0	4	3	11	0.33	2	L	L	L	L	L	1931-10-10	Barnsley	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate	Notes
Accrington Stanley	5	2	Rotherham United	Peel Park	3,983
Agar, Ferguson, Williamson 3 (1p)	Lineups		Spicer, Beynon
Barrow	0	2	Lincoln City	Holker Street	9,697	Largest home gate 1931-32
	Lineups		Riley, Thursby
Carlisle United	1	1	York City	Brunton Park	5,809
Hutchison (p)	Lineups		Baines
Crewe Alexandra	1	1	Southport	Gresty Road	7,499
Deacon	Lineups		Davidson
Gateshead	3	1	Hartlepools United	Redheugh Park	10,223
Charlton T, McNaughton, Meek	Lineups		Dixon
Halifax Town	0	3	Darlington	The Shay	5,732
	Lineups		Siddle, Mitchell, Wellock
New Brighton	0	1	Chester	Sandheys Park	5,105
	Lineups		Hedley
Rochdale	3	1	Doncaster Rovers	Spotland	4,614
Watson 2, McAleer	Lineups		Emery
Stockport County	2	0	Hull City	Edgeley Park	4,815
Swift, Jennings	Lineups
Walsall	3	0	Wigan Borough	Fellows Park	3,626
Helliwell (p), Pointon, Turner	Lineups
Wrexham	2	1	Tranmere Rovers	Racecourse Ground	12,308
Ferguson, Bamford	Lineups		Meston

				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	9	5	0	0	17	0	3	0	1	8	5	5	16	W	W	W	W	W	1931-10-10	Hull City	H
2	0	Southport	10	4	0	0	10	4	2	2	2	6	7	1.45	14	D	W	L	D	L	1931-10-10	Rochdale	H
3	0	Gateshead	9	3	0	1	15	4	3	1	1	9	6	2.4	13	W	D	L	L	W	1931-10-10	Wigan Borough	A
4	0	Wrexham	10	3	2	0	9	3	2	1	2	13	12	1.47	13	W	W	L	D	W	1931-10-10	Rotherham United	A
5	2	Crewe Alexandra	9	4	1	0	12	5	1	0	3	4	7	1.33	11	D	L	L	W	W	1931-10-10	York City	A
6	6	Accrington Stanley	9	5	0	0	17	8	0	1	3	6	17	0.92	11	W	W	L	W	L	1931-10-10	Stockport County	A
7	2	York City	9	4	0	1	11	8	1	1	2	3	9	0.82	11	D	W	L	W	W	1931-10-10	Crewe Alexandra	H
8	-3	Tranmere Rovers	9	4	0	1	21	4	1	0	3	4	6	2.5	10	L	W	W	W	W	1931-10-10	Carlisle United	H
9	-3	Hull City	9	3	0	1	8	2	2	0	3	8	9	1.45	10	L	W	W	L	L	1931-10-10	Lincoln City	A
10	3	Darlington	9	3	0	1	11	4	1	2	2	8	10	1.36	10	W	D	W	W	D	1931-10-10	Walsall	H
11	2	Chester	10	2	1	2	12	10	1	3	1	6	8	1	10	W	L	D	D	L	1931-10-10	Barrow	H
12	-3	Barrow	9	2	0	1	7	4	3	0	3	6	9	1	10	L	L	W	L	W	1931-10-10	Chester	A
13	-3	Hartlepools United	10	2	3	0	13	11	1	1	3	5	14	0.72	10	L	W	W	L	W	1931-10-10	New Brighton	H
14	-3	Halifax Town	9	3	1	1	6	3	1	0	3	3	7	0.9	9	L	W	W	W	L	1931-10-10	Doncaster Rovers	A
15	2	Rochdale	9	3	2	0	11	7	0	0	4	1	13	0.6	8	W	D	L	W	W	1931-10-10	Southport	A
16	0	Carlisle United	9	2	2	0	10	5	0	1	4	8	14	0.95	7	D	L	W	L	L	1931-10-10	Tranmere Rovers	A
17	2	Walsall	9	2	1	3	10	9	1	0	2	4	7	0.88	7	W	L	D	W	L	1931-10-10	Darlington	A
18	-3	Doncaster Rovers	9	2	1	1	7	6	1	0	4	8	17	0.65	7	L	W	W	L	L	1931-10-10	Halifax Town	H
19	1	Stockport County	9	2	0	3	6	5	0	2	2	2	4	0.89	6	W	D	L	L	L	1931-10-10	Accrington Stanley	H
20	-2	Rotherham United	9	2	1	2	12	7	0	0	4	5	16	0.74	5	L	D	L	L	W	1931-10-10	Wrexham	H
21	0	Wigan Borough	9	1	1	2	4	6	0	0	5	3	19	0.28	3	L	L	L	L	L	1931-10-10	Gateshead	H
22	0	New Brighton	9	0	0	4	2	7	0	1	4	2	15	0.18	1	L	L	L	L	L	1931-10-10	Hartlepools United	A

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	3	2	Mansfield Town	Dean Court	7,674
Williams L, Hayward (p), Thain	Lineups		Johnson, Baxter
Bristol Rovers	0	1	Norwich City	Eastville	7,000
	Lineups		Blakemore
Cardiff City	3	2	Brentford	Ninian Park	9,521
Emmerson, Robbins, Keating	Lineups		Burns, Lane
Clapton Orient	2	4	Southend United	Lea Bridge Road	17,072	Largest home gate 1931-32
Jack, Fowler	Lineups		Shankly 3, Barnett
Crystal Palace	2	1	Watford	Selhurst Park	20,953
Lane, Simpson	Lineups		James
Gillingham	1	3	Coventry City	Priestfield Road	5,199
Williams	Lineups		Bourton, Lauderdale, Lake
Luton Town	6	3	Exeter City	Kenilworth Road	8,509
Yardley 2, Rennie 3, McNestry	Lineups		Houghton 2, Varco
Northampton Town	0	4	Thames Association	County Ground	7,160
	Lineups		Davies 3, Kemp
Queens Park Rangers	1	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	White City Stadium	13,813
Goddard	Lineups		Kirkwood
Reading	4	2	Fulham	Elm Park	11,983
Davies 2, Baggett, Eaton	Lineups		Newton 2
Torquay United	2	1	Swindon Town	Plainmoor	4,483
Waller, Trotter	Lineups		Morris

				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	Southend United	9	1	3	0	5	3	5	0	0	14	5	2.38	15	W	D	W	W	D	1931-10-10	Fulham	A
2	2	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	9	4	1	0	15	7	2	1	1	8	6	1.77	14	W	L	W	W	W	1931-10-10	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
3	-1	Brentford	9	4	0	0	9	2	2	1	2	8	9	1.55	13	L	W	W	W	W	1931-10-10	Northampton Town	H
4	-1	Fulham	9	3	0	1	19	10	3	0	2	12	8	1.72	12	L	L	W	W	W	1931-10-10	Southend United	H
5	1	Crystal Palace	9	3	2	0	14	4	2	0	2	8	11	1.47	12	W	D	L	W	D	1931-10-10	Mansfield Town	A
6	1	Luton Town	10	4	0	1	12	6	2	0	3	8	8	1.43	12	W	W	L	W	W	1931-10-10	Coventry City	A
7	-2	Watford	9	4	0	0	15	6	1	1	3	14	16	1.32	11	L	W	D	W	W	1931-10-10	Gillingham	H
8	1	Cardiff City	9	3	1	1	15	8	1	1	2	4	5	1.46	10	W	W	L	W	D	1931-10-10	Exeter City	A
9	1	Norwich City	9	2	2	1	8	5	2	0	2	5	4	1.44	10	W	W	W	L	W	1931-10-10	Queens Park Rangers	H
10	3	Reading	9	3	0	1	10	7	1	2	2	5	10	0.88	10	W	D	L	W	W	1931-10-10	Thames Association	A
11	-3	Brighton & Hove Albion	10	2	1	1	5	5	1	3	2	6	9	0.79	10	D	L	W	D	L	1931-10-10	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
12	4	Coventry City	9	3	0	1	8	3	1	1	3	11	18	0.9	9	W	D	W	L	L	1931-10-10	Luton Town	H
13	-1	Exeter City	10	3	1	1	11	5	0	1	4	6	17	0.77	8	L	W	W	L	D	1931-10-10	Cardiff City	H
14	-3	Northampton Town	10	2	0	3	5	9	1	2	2	5	5	0.71	8	L	L	W	L	D	1931-10-10	Brentford	A
15	4	Thames Association	9	1	2	2	6	6	1	1	2	5	5	1	7	W	L	L	L	W	1931-10-10	Reading	H
16	-2	Bristol Rovers	9	2	2	1	10	5	0	1	3	4	10	0.93	7	L	L	D	W	L	1931-10-10	Swindon Town	A
17	-2	Clapton Orient	9	2	0	3	9	10	1	1	2	6	7	0.88	7	L	W	L	L	D	1931-10-10	Torquay United	H
18	0	Queens Park Rangers	9	0	2	2	6	10	1	3	1	6	6	0.75	7	D	D	D	W	D	1931-10-10	Norwich City	A
19	-2	Mansfield Town	9	2	1	1	10	10	0	2	3	5	13	0.65	7	L	D	D	L	L	1931-10-10	Crystal Palace	H
20	1	Torquay United	9	1	2	2	9	12	1	0	3	6	21	0.45	6	W	L	D	L	W	1931-10-10	Clapton Orient	A
21	-1	Swindon Town	9	1	0	4	8	10	1	0	3	7	10	0.75	4	L	L	L	L	L	1931-10-10	Bristol Rovers	H
22	0	Gillingham	9	1	1	3	5	10	0	0	4	0	11	0.24	3	L	L	L	L	L	1931-10-10	Watford	A