Saturday 1931-10-24

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aston Villa	2	3	Everton	Villa Park	61,663	Largest home gate 1931-32
Houghton, Mandley	Lineups		Critchley 2, White
Bolton Wanderers	1	0	West Bromwich Albion	Burnden Park	19,695
Westwood	Lineups
Chelsea	1	2	Blackburn Rovers	Stamford Bridge	35,688
Carter	Lineups		Bruton J, Thompson
Grimsby Town	0	2	Sheffield United	Blundell Park	9,363
	Lineups		Dunne 2
Huddersfield Town	4	1	Sunderland	Leeds Road	11,071
Mangnall 2, Smith, McLean	Lineups		Devine
Leicester City	1	2	Arsenal	Filbert Street	26,233
Barry	Lineups		Jack, Osborne OG
Liverpool	3	2	Blackpool	Anfield Road	20,747
Gunson, Hodgson, Ramsay OG	Lineups		Hampson 2
Middlesbrough	2	0	Birmingham	Ayresome Park	9,226
Scott, Camsell	Lineups
Newcastle United	2	1	Manchester City	St James' Park	21,772
Lang, McMenemy	Lineups		Marshall
Sheffield Wednesday	3	1	Derby County	Hillsborough	12,901
Stephenson, Hooper, Ball	Lineups		Lewis
West Ham United	2	1	Portsmouth	Upton Park	18,092
Gibbins 2	Lineups		Smith J

				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	1	Everton	12	4	0	1	17	9	5	0	2	19	12	1.71	18	W	W	W	W	L	1931-10-31	Newcastle United	H
2	1	Huddersfield Town	12	4	3	0	15	7	3	0	2	8	7	1.64	17	W	W	W	D	L	1931-10-31	Manchester City	A
3	-2	West Bromwich Albion	13	4	1	1	15	4	3	1	3	10	8	2.08	16	L	L	D	W	W	1931-10-31	Sheffield Wednesday	H
4	0	Arsenal	12	2	2	1	9	7	4	2	1	17	9	1.63	16	W	D	W	L	W	1931-10-31	Aston Villa	H
5	1	Sheffield Wednesday	12	5	1	0	21	6	2	0	4	15	23	1.24	15	W	L	L	W	L	1931-10-31	West Bromwich Albion	A
6	2	Middlesbrough	12	5	0	1	16	5	2	1	3	11	17	1.23	15	W	W	L	W	W	1931-10-31	Sunderland	A
7	3	Sheffield United	12	2	1	3	10	10	4	1	1	11	6	1.31	14	W	L	L	D	D	1931-10-31	Liverpool	H
8	1	Liverpool	12	4	2	1	21	11	2	0	3	5	9	1.3	14	W	W	D	L	W	1931-10-31	Sheffield United	A
9	-4	Aston Villa	10	4	0	1	19	8	2	1	2	10	7	1.93	13	L	W	W	L	W	1931-10-31	Arsenal	A
10	-3	Birmingham	12	3	2	1	11	8	2	1	3	9	11	1.05	13	L	W	L	W	W	1931-10-31	Bolton Wanderers	H
11	2	Newcastle United	10	4	0	1	13	5	2	0	3	8	9	1.5	12	W	W	W	L	W	1931-10-31	Everton	A
12	-1	Leicester City	12	4	1	2	15	11	1	1	3	8	10	1.1	12	L	D	L	W	W	1931-10-31	Blackpool	A
13	1	Bolton Wanderers	12	5	0	1	16	7	0	2	4	5	16	0.91	12	W	D	L	W	L	1931-10-31	Birmingham	A
14	-2	Sunderland	13	3	1	2	14	10	0	4	3	3	9	0.89	11	L	W	D	D	D	1931-10-31	Middlesbrough	H
15	2	West Ham United	12	3	0	3	9	11	2	1	3	7	16	0.59	11	W	W	D	L	L	1931-10-31	Derby County	A
16	4	Blackburn Rovers	12	2	2	3	13	17	1	1	3	6	11	0.68	9	W	L	D	D	L	1931-10-31	Grimsby Town	H
17	-2	Manchester City	13	1	2	3	8	11	1	3	3	8	13	0.67	9	L	L	D	D	D	1931-10-31	Huddersfield Town	H
18	-2	Derby County	13	4	1	1	11	7	0	0	7	7	22	0.62	9	L	D	W	L	L	1931-10-31	West Ham United	H
19	-1	Blackpool	12	3	2	2	11	12	0	0	5	5	19	0.52	8	L	L	L	L	D	1931-10-31	Leicester City	H
20	-1	Chelsea	12	1	0	4	8	12	2	1	4	9	13	0.68	7	L	L	W	W	L	1931-10-31	Portsmouth	A
21	0	Grimsby Town	12	3	0	3	10	7	0	1	5	6	23	0.53	7	L	L	L	W	L	1931-10-31	Blackburn Rovers	A
22	0	Portsmouth	12	1	1	4	2	10	1	1	4	8	14	0.42	6	L	L	D	L	L	1931-10-31	Chelsea	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Bradford	1	0	Barnsley	Park Avenue	10,857
Parris	Lineups
Burnley	2	2	Bury	Turf Moor	12,590
Beel, Waterfield	Lineups		Robbie, Amos
Charlton Athletic	0	1	Leeds United	The Valley	11,303
	Lineups		Furness
Chesterfield	0	2	Oldham Athletic	Saltergate Recreation Ground	8,870
	Lineups		Worrall, Roscoe
Manchester United	3	3	Notts County	Old Trafford	6,694
Gallimore, Mann, Spence	Lineups		Keetley 3
Nottingham Forest	3	1	Bristol City	City Ground	7,808
Forrest, Dickinson 2 (1p)	Lineups		Humpish
Preston North End	1	4	Port Vale	Deepdale	8,936
Bargh	Lineups		Nolan 2, Rowbotham, York
Southampton	3	1	Millwall	The Dell	11,141
Arnold 2, Jepson	Lineups		Landells
Stoke City	3	1	Bradford City	Victoria Ground	10,387
Liddle, Sale 2 (1p)	Lineups		Hallows
Tottenham Hotspur	0	1	Plymouth Argyle	White Hart Lane	22,864
	Lineups		Bowden
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2	0	Swansea Town	Molineux	14,530
Buttery, Martin	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	1	Leeds United	12	2	1	2	7	3	6	1	0	15	5	2.75	18	W	W	W	W	W	1931-10-31	Stoke City	H
2	-1	Bury	12	5	0	1	18	8	3	2	1	11	7	1.93	18	D	W	L	W	W	1931-10-31	Chesterfield	H
3	0	Stoke City	12	6	0	0	20	3	2	1	3	5	8	2.27	17	W	L	W	W	W	1931-10-31	Leeds United	A
4	0	Plymouth Argyle	12	3	1	2	18	14	4	2	0	8	2	1.63	17	W	W	L	D	W	1931-10-31	Manchester United	H
5	0	Bradford	12	7	0	0	17	4	0	2	3	7	10	1.71	16	W	L	W	L	W	1931-10-31	Notts County	A
6	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	11	5	0	1	18	4	2	1	2	9	8	2.25	15	W	L	L	W	W	1931-10-31	Barnsley	A
7	1	Nottingham Forest	12	5	1	1	16	7	1	1	3	7	14	1.1	14	W	L	W	W	L	1931-10-31	Oldham Athletic	A
8	1	Oldham Athletic	12	4	2	0	16	6	1	1	4	4	11	1.18	13	W	W	W	L	D	1931-10-31	Nottingham Forest	H
9	1	Southampton	12	4	0	2	12	8	2	1	3	10	13	1.05	13	W	D	L	L	W	1931-10-31	Bradford City	A
10	2	Port Vale	12	2	2	2	8	9	3	1	2	12	13	0.91	13	W	D	W	D	L	1931-10-31	Burnley	H
11	-4	Millwall	12	2	2	2	12	9	3	0	3	9	9	1.17	12	L	W	W	D	L	1931-10-31	Preston North End	H
12	-1	Notts County	12	3	1	1	9	5	2	1	4	15	21	0.92	12	D	W	W	L	L	1931-10-31	Bradford	H
13	1	Burnley	11	2	2	1	10	7	2	1	3	5	10	0.88	11	D	L	D	W	W	1931-10-31	Port Vale	A
14	-1	Swansea Town	12	3	0	2	10	6	2	0	5	11	14	1.05	10	L	W	L	W	L	1931-10-31	Charlton Athletic	H
15	1	Manchester United	12	3	3	1	15	12	0	1	4	2	10	0.77	10	D	D	W	L	W	1931-10-31	Plymouth Argyle	A
16	-1	Tottenham Hotspur	12	3	2	2	18	12	0	1	4	5	14	0.88	9	L	L	D	L	L	1931-10-31	Bristol City	A
17	0	Preston North End	12	3	1	1	8	8	0	2	5	10	22	0.6	9	L	L	L	W	L	1931-10-31	Millwall	A
18	0	Bradford City	12	1	2	2	7	8	1	2	4	9	19	0.59	8	L	D	L	L	D	1931-10-31	Southampton	H
19	0	Chesterfield	11	3	0	2	11	10	0	2	4	5	18	0.57	8	L	D	L	W	L	1931-10-31	Bury	A
20	0	Barnsley	12	1	2	3	6	7	2	0	4	7	18	0.52	8	L	D	L	D	W	1931-10-31	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
21	0	Bristol City	12	2	1	4	10	14	0	0	5	4	14	0.5	5	L	D	W	L	L	1931-10-31	Tottenham Hotspur	H
22	0	Charlton Athletic	11	1	1	4	8	11	0	1	4	5	14	0.52	4	L	D	L	L	L	1931-10-31	Swansea Town	A

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Accrington Stanley	5	0	Hartlepools United	Peel Park	2,978
Agar, Wright, Watson 2, Walton	Lineups
Carlisle United	0	2	Darlington	Brunton Park	4,163
	Lineups		Grieve 2
Crewe Alexandra	4	3	Halifax Town	Gresty Road	5,526
Sweeney, Deacon, Williams 2	Lineups		Betteridge, Crawford 2
Doncaster Rovers	1	2	Gateshead	Belle Vue	3,216
Martin	Lineups		Welsh, Charlton T
Rochdale	0	1	Walsall	Spotland	2,845
	Lineups		Pointon
Rotherham United	0	1	Lincoln City	Millmoor	4,714
	Lineups		Keetley
Southport	1	0	New Brighton	Haig Avenue	3,550
Waterston	Lineups
Stockport County	0	0	Chester	Edgeley Park	8,811
	Lineups
Tranmere Rovers	2	2	Hull City	Prenton Park	5,419
Whitehurst, Fishwick	Lineups		Speed 2
Wrexham	5	0	Wigan Borough	Racecourse Ground	6,073
Taylor 2, Lewis 2, Bamford	Lineups
York City	1	0	Barrow	Fulfordgate	3,895
McDonald	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	12	6	0	1	19	2	4	0	1	9	5	4	20	W	L	W	W	W	1931-10-31	Tranmere Rovers	H
2	0	Wrexham	13	4	2	0	14	3	3	2	2	14	12	1.87	18	W	W	D	W	W	1931-10-31	Darlington	A
3	0	Southport	13	6	0	0	14	5	2	2	3	6	9	1.43	18	W	L	W	D	W	1931-10-31	Barrow	A
4	0	Gateshead	12	4	0	1	17	4	4	1	2	12	9	2.23	17	W	W	L	W	D	1931-10-31	Rochdale	H
5	0	Darlington	12	5	0	1	14	4	2	2	2	10	10	1.71	16	W	W	W	W	D	1931-10-31	Wrexham	H
6	1	York City	12	5	1	1	15	11	2	1	2	5	9	1	16	W	W	D	D	W	1931-10-31	Hull City	A
7	-1	Chester	13	4	1	2	17	12	1	4	1	6	8	1.15	15	D	W	W	W	L	1931-10-31	Rotherham United	H
8	1	Crewe Alexandra	12	5	1	0	16	8	1	1	4	7	11	1.21	14	W	L	D	D	L	1931-10-31	Walsall	A
9	-1	Tranmere Rovers	12	5	1	1	26	6	1	0	4	5	9	2.07	13	D	L	W	L	W	1931-10-31	Lincoln City	A
10	3	Accrington Stanley	12	6	0	0	22	8	0	1	5	6	21	0.97	13	W	L	L	W	W	1931-10-26	Wigan Borough*	#
11	-1	Barrow	12	3	0	1	10	5	3	0	5	8	14	0.95	12	L	W	L	L	L	1931-10-31	Southport	H
12	-1	Hartlepools United	13	3	3	1	14	12	1	1	4	5	19	0.61	12	L	L	W	L	W	1931-10-31	Stockport County	H
13	1	Stockport County	12	3	1	3	9	5	1	2	2	4	5	1.3	11	D	W	W	W	D	1931-10-31	Hartlepools United	A
14	1	Hull City	12	3	0	2	8	3	2	1	4	10	12	1.2	11	D	L	L	L	W	1931-10-31	York City	H
15	1	Walsall	12	3	1	3	12	9	2	0	3	5	9	0.94	11	W	W	L	W	L	1931-10-31	Crewe Alexandra	H
16	-4	Halifax Town	12	4	1	1	9	5	1	0	5	7	14	0.84	11	L	W	L	L	W	1931-10-31	Carlisle United	H
17	0	Doncaster Rovers	12	3	1	2	11	9	1	0	5	8	19	0.68	9	L	L	W	L	W	1931-10-31	New Brighton	A
18	0	Rotherham United	12	2	2	3	12	8	1	0	4	6	16	0.75	8	L	W	D	L	D	1931-10-31	Chester	A
19	0	Rochdale	12	3	2	1	11	8	0	0	6	4	19	0.56	8	L	L	L	W	D	1931-10-31	Gateshead	A
20	0	Carlisle United	12	2	2	1	10	7	0	1	6	10	20	0.74	7	L	L	L	D	L	1931-10-31	Halifax Town	A
21	0	Wigan Borough*	12	3	1	2	9	9	0	0	6	3	24	0.36	7	L	W	W	L	L	1931-10-31	Accrington Stanley	H
22	0	New Brighton	12	0	0	5	2	9	0	1	6	2	17	0.15	1	L	L	L	L	L	1931-10-31	Doncaster Rovers	H
Notes
* Wigan Borough resigned from league 26 October 1932. All results for Wigan Borough deleted.

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	0	2	Gillingham	Dean Court	5,365
	Lineups		White, Scott
Brighton & Hove Albion	2	0	Reading	Goldstone Ground	9,732
Potter-Smith, Walker	Lineups
Bristol Rovers	2	4	Exeter City	Eastville	8,000
Young, Oakton	Lineups		Whitlow, Houghton 2 (1p), Armfield
Clapton Orient	1	1	Thames Association	Lea Bridge Road	7,604
Tricker	Lineups		Dimmock
Crystal Palace	1	1	Luton Town	Selhurst Park	15,327
Clarke	Lineups		Yardley
Mansfield Town	2	0	Northampton Town	Field Mill	7,015
Johnson 2	Lineups
Norwich City	1	1	Southend United	The Nest, Rosary Road	16,764
Blakemore	Lineups		Crompton
Queens Park Rangers	1	1	Coventry City	White City Stadium	12,590
Wilson	Lineups		Bourton
Swindon Town	2	2	Fulham	County Ground	4,994
Starsmore, Morris	Lineups		Newton, Price
Torquay United	1	1	Brentford	Plainmoor	4,650
Hutchinson	Lineups		Robson (p)
Watford	3	0	Cardiff City	Vicarage Road	11,526
Ellis, James, Lowe	Lineups

				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	12	2	3	0	8	3	5	2	0	16	7	2.4	19	D	W	D	W	D	1931-10-31	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
2	0	Brentford	12	6	0	0	15	4	2	2	2	9	10	1.71	18	D	W	W	L	W	1931-10-31	Clapton Orient	H
3	1	Watford	12	6	0	0	20	6	2	1	3	15	16	1.59	17	W	W	W	L	W	1931-10-31	Northampton Town	A
4	-1	Fulham	12	4	1	1	25	12	3	1	2	14	10	1.77	16	D	W	D	L	L	1931-10-31	Norwich City	H
5	2	Brighton & Hove Albion	13	4	1	1	11	6	2	3	2	7	9	1.2	16	W	W	W	D	L	1931-10-31	Southend United	A
6	-1	Crystal Palace	12	3	3	0	15	5	2	2	2	9	12	1.41	15	D	D	D	W	D	1931-10-31	Cardiff City	A
7	1	Norwich City	12	3	3	1	11	7	2	1	2	6	5	1.42	14	D	D	W	W	W	1931-10-31	Fulham	A
8	1	Coventry City	12	5	0	1	17	6	1	2	3	12	19	1.16	14	D	W	W	W	D	1931-10-31	Bristol Rovers	H
9	3	Exeter City	13	5	1	1	20	8	1	1	4	10	19	1.11	14	W	W	W	L	W	1931-10-31	Torquay United	H
10	-4	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	12	4	1	1	15	9	2	1	3	10	16	1	14	L	L	L	W	L	1931-10-31	Luton Town	A
11	0	Luton Town	13	4	0	2	12	7	2	1	4	11	12	1.21	13	D	L	L	W	W	1931-10-31	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
12	-2	Cardiff City	12	4	1	1	17	8	1	1	4	5	11	1.16	12	L	W	L	W	W	1931-10-31	Crystal Palace	H
13	0	Reading	12	3	1	1	11	8	1	3	3	5	12	0.8	12	L	D	D	W	D	1931-10-31	Mansfield Town	H
14	0	Thames Association	12	1	4	2	7	7	1	2	2	6	6	1	10	D	D	D	W	L	1931-10-31	Swindon Town	H
15	1	Mansfield Town	12	3	2	1	13	11	0	2	4	5	15	0.69	10	W	L	D	L	D	1931-10-31	Reading	A
16	-1	Torquay United	12	1	3	2	10	13	2	1	3	10	23	0.56	10	D	D	W	W	L	1931-10-31	Exeter City	A
17	2	Clapton Orient	12	2	1	4	11	14	1	1	3	7	12	0.69	8	D	L	L	L	W	1931-10-31	Brentford	A
18	2	Queens Park Rangers	12	0	3	2	7	11	1	3	3	9	14	0.64	8	D	L	L	D	D	1931-10-31	Gillingham	A
19	-2	Northampton Town	13	2	0	4	5	10	1	2	4	5	9	0.53	8	L	L	L	L	L	1931-10-31	Watford	H
20	-2	Bristol Rovers	12	2	2	2	12	9	0	1	5	7	16	0.76	7	L	L	L	L	L	1931-10-31	Coventry City	A
21	0	Swindon Town	12	2	1	4	12	13	1	0	4	7	13	0.73	7	D	L	W	L	L	1931-10-31	Thames Association	A
22	0	Gillingham	12	1	2	3	5	10	1	0	5	2	13	0.3	6	W	D	L	L	L	1931-10-31	Queens Park Rangers	H