Saturday 1931-12-19

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aston Villa	1	5	Blackburn Rovers	Villa Park	29,263
Walker	Lineups		Thompson 3, Cunliffe, McLean T
Bolton Wanderers	2	1	Everton	Burnden Park	33,619	Largest home gate 1931-32
Milsom 2	Lineups		Dean
Chelsea	2	1	Birmingham	Stamford Bridge	17,551
Jackson, Gallacher	Lineups		Bradford
Grimsby Town	0	0	West Bromwich Albion	Blundell Park	9,225
	Lineups
Huddersfield Town	5	0	Blackpool	Leeds Road	11,072
Crownshaw, Luke, Robson 2, Kelly R	Lineups
Liverpool	1	1	Derby County	Anfield Road	17,517
Hodgson	Lineups		Ramage
Middlesbrough	2	5	Arsenal	Ayresome Park	17,083
Pease, Bruce	Lineups		Jack 2, Bastin 2, Lambert
Newcastle United	5	3	Sheffield United	St James' Park	25,740
Bedford 3, Boyd, Lang	Lineups		Dunne, Oswald, Barclay
Sheffield Wednesday	1	1	Manchester City	Hillsborough	7,431
Ball	Lineups		Brook
West Ham United	2	2	Sunderland	Upton Park	6,505
Watson, Barrett	Lineups		Gurney 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	Everton	20	8	0	1	46	15	6	1	4	24	19	2.06	29	L	W	L	W	W	1931-12-25	Blackburn Rovers	A
2	0	West Bromwich Albion	21	6	3	1	24	6	5	2	4	19	16	1.95	27	D	W	W	D	L	1931-12-25	Birmingham	H
3	0	Arsenal	20	4	4	1	21	10	6	2	3	28	17	1.81	26	W	D	W	W	L	1931-12-25	Sheffield United	A
4	1	Huddersfield Town	20	6	5	0	27	8	3	1	5	11	19	1.41	24	W	D	D	L	W	1931-12-25	Newcastle United	A
5	1	Sheffield Wednesday	20	7	2	1	30	12	3	1	6	19	30	1.17	23	D	L	L	L	W	1931-12-25	Liverpool	A
6	1	Liverpool	20	7	3	1	34	20	3	0	6	8	21	1.02	23	D	L	W	L	W	1931-12-25	Sheffield Wednesday	H
7	-3	Sheffield United	20	6	1	3	26	16	4	1	5	21	21	1.27	22	L	W	L	W	L	1931-12-25	Arsenal	H
8	1	Newcastle United	18	7	1	1	26	11	3	1	5	15	22	1.24	22	W	L	D	W	W	1931-12-25	Huddersfield Town	H
9	-1	Aston Villa	18	7	0	2	30	16	2	3	4	18	19	1.37	21	L	L	W	D	W	1931-12-25	Middlesbrough	H
10	0	Birmingham	20	6	3	1	24	11	2	1	7	16	25	1.11	20	L	W	L	W	L	1931-12-25	West Bromwich Albion	A
11	0	Middlesbrough	20	6	1	3	25	17	2	3	5	15	27	0.91	20	L	L	W	D	L	1931-12-25	Aston Villa	A
12	2	Bolton Wanderers	20	8	0	2	25	12	0	3	7	9	29	0.83	19	W	L	L	L	W	1931-12-25	Leicester City	H
13	3	Blackburn Rovers	20	5	2	4	28	25	2	2	5	15	20	0.96	18	W	W	D	L	L	1931-12-25	Everton	H
14	-1	Manchester City	21	4	3	3	20	16	1	5	5	17	24	0.93	18	D	W	L	D	L	1931-12-26	Portsmouth	A
15	-3	Leicester City	19	6	1	3	26	17	2	1	6	13	29	0.85	18	L	L	L	W	L	1931-12-25	Bolton Wanderers	A
16	1	Sunderland	21	4	2	4	19	18	1	5	5	9	20	0.74	17	D	W	W	L	L	1931-12-26	Derby County	A
17	-2	Portsmouth	19	5	1	4	10	12	2	2	5	10	17	0.69	17	W	D	W	W	W	1931-12-26	Manchester City	H
18	0	West Ham United	20	4	2	4	17	21	3	1	6	14	31	0.6	17	D	L	W	W	D	1931-12-25	Grimsby Town	A
19	0	Derby County	21	6	3	1	25	13	0	1	10	9	33	0.74	16	D	D	L	W	L	1931-12-26	Sunderland	H
20	1	Chelsea	20	5	0	4	17	17	2	1	8	13	29	0.65	15	W	L	W	L	W	1931-12-25	Blackpool	A
21	-1	Blackpool	20	5	2	4	21	21	1	1	7	9	31	0.58	15	L	W	W	W	D	1931-12-25	Chelsea	H
22	0	Grimsby Town	20	4	1	5	15	13	0	2	8	15	37	0.6	11	D	D	L	L	L	1931-12-25	West Ham United	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Bradford	2	0	Plymouth Argyle	Park Avenue	11,900
McMillan, Crayston	Lineups
Burnley	1	1	Millwall	Turf Moor	4,751
Beel	Lineups		Roberts
Chesterfield	4	0	Port Vale	Saltergate Recreation Ground	7,966
Abel, Austin, Ruddy, Pynegar	Lineups
Manchester United	0	1	Bristol City	Old Trafford	4,697
	Lineups		Elliott
Nottingham Forest	0	2	Bury	City Ground	6,957
	Lineups		Amos, Smith JR
Preston North End	5	2	Bradford City	Deepdale	9,231
Reid 2, Harper 2, Hales	Lineups		Bauld, Watmough
Southampton	2	1	Leeds United	The Dell	11,736
Keeping, Luckett	Lineups		Duggan
Stoke City	0	0	Swansea Town	Victoria Ground	7,717
	Lineups
Tottenham Hotspur	3	2	Oldham Athletic	White Hart Lane	10,339
Hunt, O'Callaghan 2	Lineups		Dyson 2
Wolverhampton Wanderers	0	0	Notts County	Molineux	16,305
	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	Leeds United	20	5	2	2	17	7	8	2	1	29	12	2.42	30	L	W	D	D	W	1931-12-25	Bradford	A
2	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	19	8	1	1	33	6	4	3	2	23	14	2.8	28	D	W	W	W	W	1931-12-25	Manchester United	A
3	1	Bury	20	7	1	2	29	12	5	2	3	17	17	1.59	27	W	W	L	W	W	1931-12-26	Plymouth Argyle	A
4	2	Bradford	20	10	1	0	27	6	1	3	5	11	17	1.65	26	W	L	D	L	W	1931-12-25	Leeds United	H
5	-2	Plymouth Argyle	20	5	3	2	27	20	5	3	2	15	7	1.56	26	L	W	W	D	L	1931-12-26	Bury	H
6	-1	Stoke City	20	7	3	0	26	8	3	2	5	9	13	1.67	25	D	W	D	D	D	1931-12-25	Nottingham Forest	H
7	0	Notts County	20	5	2	2	21	9	3	4	4	21	24	1.27	22	D	W	D	W	D	1931-12-25	Port Vale	H
8	0	Southampton	20	6	1	3	17	16	4	1	5	17	26	0.81	22	W	W	L	L	W	1931-12-25	Chesterfield	A
9	0	Millwall	20	5	2	3	25	12	3	2	5	11	18	1.2	20	D	W	L	L	D	1931-12-25	Barnsley	H
10	1	Swansea Town	20	6	0	3	24	12	3	1	7	15	22	1.15	19	D	W	W	W	L	1931-12-25	Bradford City	H
11	2	Tottenham Hotspur	20	6	2	3	37	24	1	3	5	9	18	1.1	19	W	L	L	W	W	1931-12-25	Charlton Athletic	H
12	-2	Nottingham Forest	20	5	3	3	21	15	2	2	5	14	24	0.9	19	L	L	D	D	D	1931-12-25	Stoke City	A
13	-1	Burnley	19	3	4	2	17	17	4	1	5	11	22	0.72	19	D	L	W	L	L	1931-12-25	Preston North End	H
14	0	Barnsley	19	4	3	3	16	12	3	0	6	12	26	0.74	17	W	L	W	L	W	1931-12-25	Millwall	A
15	1	Manchester United	20	4	3	4	20	20	2	1	6	13	19	0.85	16	L	L	W	W	L	1931-12-25	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
16	-1	Bradford City	20	3	3	3	19	17	2	3	6	18	28	0.82	16	L	W	W	D	D	1931-12-25	Swansea Town	A
17	0	Port Vale	20	3	2	5	13	21	3	2	5	18	30	0.61	16	L	L	D	L	L	1931-12-25	Notts County	A
18	0	Oldham Athletic	20	4	2	4	20	20	1	3	6	9	22	0.69	15	L	L	D	L	L	1931-12-25	Bristol City	A
19	0	Preston North End	20	5	3	1	15	11	0	2	9	15	36	0.64	15	W	L	D	L	W	1931-12-25	Burnley	A
20	1	Chesterfield	19	4	1	4	19	18	1	3	6	10	29	0.62	14	W	L	L	D	D	1931-12-25	Southampton	H
21	-1	Charlton Athletic	18	3	2	4	14	14	1	2	6	9	25	0.59	12	L	D	W	W	D	1931-12-25	Tottenham Hotspur	A
22	0	Bristol City	20	2	3	6	12	18	1	2	6	9	20	0.55	11	W	L	D	L	L	1931-12-25	Oldham Athletic	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Accrington Stanley	1	1	Hull City	Peel Park	3,671
Agar	Lineups		Wainscoat
Carlisle United	4	3	Chester	Brunton Park	4,220
McConnell, Miller, Watson, Armes	Lineups		Hedley, Robson, Mercer A
Crewe Alexandra	6	0	Hartlepools United	Gresty Road	3,815
Swindells 3, Weale, Deacon 2	Lineups
Doncaster Rovers	3	2	Darlington	Belle Vue	2,352
Flowers, Pattison, Potter	Lineups		Mitchell, Grieve
Rotherham United	2	2	New Brighton	Millmoor	2,240
Spicer, McCormick	Lineups		Twell, Parle
Southport	2	2	Halifax Town	Haig Avenue	3,129
Waterston, Rimmer	Lineups		Crawford, Vincent OG
Stockport County	2	0	Barrow	Edgeley Park	3,267
Kelly OG, Vincent (p)	Lineups
Tranmere Rovers	4	3	Gateshead	Prenton Park	5,565
Dixon, Whitehurst, Urmson, Sinclair OG	Lineups		Charlton T, Welsh 2
Wrexham	1	3	Lincoln City	Racecourse Ground	6,198
Taylor	Lineups		Cartwright, Hall 2
York City	2	0	Walsall	Fulfordgate	3,664
Kelly 2	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	Gateshead	18	7	0	1	28	6	5	2	3	21	17	2.13	26	L	W	D	L	W	1931-12-25	Halifax Town	A
2	0	York City	19	8	2	1	24	13	3	2	3	10	16	1.17	26	W	D	W	W	L	1931-12-25	Doncaster Rovers	A
3	0	Lincoln City	16	7	0	1	27	4	5	1	2	14	15	2.16	25	W	L	W	W	D	1931-12-25	Chester	A
4	0	Southport	18	7	2	0	18	8	2	3	4	7	17	1	23	D	D	L	W	D	1931-12-25	Walsall	H
5	1	Crewe Alexandra	18	7	2	1	34	15	2	1	5	9	13	1.54	21	W	D	W	W	W	1931-12-25	Rotherham United	H
6	-1	Chester	18	5	1	2	18	13	2	6	2	15	15	1.18	21	L	W	D	W	D	1931-12-25	Lincoln City	H
7	4	Tranmere Rovers	17	7	2	1	37	13	2	0	5	12	13	1.88	20	W	W	W	D	L	1931-12-25	Rochdale	H
8	0	Accrington Stanley	17	9	1	0	32	10	0	1	6	6	22	1.19	20	D	W	W	L	W	1931-12-25	Wrexham	H
9	-2	Wrexham	18	4	2	3	14	11	3	3	3	15	15	1.12	19	L	L	W	L	L	1931-12-25	Accrington Stanley	A
10	-1	Barrow	18	4	1	1	15	7	5	0	7	12	19	1.04	19	L	W	L	W	W	1931-12-25	Darlington	H
11	-1	Darlington	17	5	1	1	12	5	3	2	5	16	22	1.04	19	L	L	W	W	L	1931-12-25	Barrow	A
12	1	Hull City	17	4	0	3	14	7	4	2	4	17	14	1.48	18	D	W	W	W	L	1931-12-25	Hartlepools United	H
13	1	Stockport County	18	5	2	3	14	7	1	4	3	8	11	1.22	18	W	D	D	W	L	1931-12-25	Carlisle United	H
14	-2	Hartlepools United	19	4	4	2	19	19	3	0	6	10	29	0.6	18	L	W	W	L	L	1931-12-25	Hull City	A
15	0	Halifax Town	17	5	2	1	11	6	1	1	7	14	25	0.81	15	D	L	L	W	W	1931-12-25	Gateshead	H
16	0	Walsall	18	4	2	3	15	12	2	0	7	5	19	0.65	14	L	D	L	L	W	1931-12-25	Southport	A
17	0	Carlisle United	17	4	3	2	18	11	0	2	6	9	22	0.82	13	W	L	D	L	W	1931-12-25	Stockport County	A
18	0	Rotherham United	18	3	3	5	20	16	1	0	6	8	22	0.74	11	D	L	W	L	L	1931-12-25	Crewe Alexandra	A
19	1	Doncaster Rovers	18	4	1	5	15	18	1	0	7	9	24	0.57	11	W	L	L	L	L	1931-12-25	York City	H
20	-1	Rochdale	18	4	2	3	17	19	0	0	9	6	29	0.48	10	L	L	L	L	W	1931-12-25	Tranmere Rovers	A
21	0	New Brighton	18	1	0	6	3	10	0	3	8	7	26	0.28	5	D	L	D	L	L	1931-12-26	Darlington	H
22	0	Wigan Borough	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#	#	#	#	#	End of Season		#

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	1	3	Brentford	Dean Court	5,003
Hayward	Lineups		Lane, Foster, Burns
Brighton & Hove Albion	3	2	Luton Town	Goldstone Ground	6,628
Attwood 2, Kirkwood	Lineups		Tait, Slicer
Bristol Rovers	2	2	Fulham	Eastville	5,197
Cook 2	Lineups		Hammond 2
Clapton Orient	2	2	Reading	Lea Bridge Road	1,747
Fletcher, Hodgkiss OG	Lineups		Bacon, Palethorpe
Crystal Palace	3	0	Exeter City	Selhurst Park	8,905
Clarke 3	Lineups
Mansfield Town	3	1	Gillingham	Field Mill	5,400
Bowater 2, Johnson	Lineups		Scott
Norwich City	2	0	Cardiff City	The Nest, Rosary Road	7,904
Blakemore, Burditt K	Lineups
Queens Park Rangers	6	0	Thames Association	White City Stadium	7,397
Goddard 3, Tutt 2, Wilson (p)	Lineups
Swindon Town	3	0	Northampton Town	County Ground	3,919
Burgess, Starsmore, Eddleston	Lineups
Torquay United	2	1	Southend United	Plainmoor	2,900
Cooper, Hemingway	Lineups		Barnett
Watford	2	0	Coventry City	Vicarage Road	7,110
Trotter, Woodward	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	Brentford	18	7	0	1	18	5	6	2	2	21	14	2.05	28	W	W	W	L	W	1931-12-25	Fulham	H
2	1	Fulham	18	6	1	1	31	13	5	2	3	23	17	1.8	25	D	W	L	W	W	1931-12-25	Brentford	A
3	1	Crystal Palace	18	7	3	0	27	8	3	2	3	12	16	1.63	25	W	W	W	L	W	1931-12-25	Swindon Town	H
4	-2	Southend United	18	4	3	0	13	3	5	3	3	24	18	1.76	24	L	L	L	W	D	1931-12-25	Exeter City	H
5	0	Watford	19	9	0	1	29	13	2	2	5	16	22	1.29	24	W	L	L	W	L	1931-12-25	Norwich City	H
6	2	Brighton & Hove Albion	19	6	1	3	21	14	3	3	3	9	12	1.15	22	W	W	L	W	L	1931-12-25	Mansfield Town	A
7	-1	Exeter City	20	7	2	1	26	10	2	2	6	14	27	1.08	22	L	W	L	W	D	1931-12-25	Southend United	A
8	1	Norwich City	18	5	4	2	21	9	3	1	3	7	9	1.56	21	W	D	L	W	W	1931-12-25	Watford	A
9	-2	Coventry City	19	7	1	1	27	10	1	4	5	18	30	1.13	21	L	W	L	D	W	1931-12-25	Reading	H
10	1	Reading	19	6	1	1	22	10	1	5	5	11	21	1.06	20	D	W	L	D	W	1931-12-25	Coventry City	A
11	-1	Luton Town	19	6	0	2	16	7	3	1	7	18	22	1.17	19	L	L	W	W	L	1931-12-25	Cardiff City	H
12	1	Queens Park Rangers	18	4	3	2	21	15	2	3	4	13	15	1.13	18	W	W	W	W	W	1931-12-25	Torquay United	A
13	-1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	19	5	2	3	21	17	2	2	5	13	22	0.87	18	L	L	L	D	D	1931-12-25	Clapton Orient	A
14	0	Mansfield Town	19	6	3	1	27	17	0	2	7	8	26	0.81	17	W	L	W	W	L	1931-12-25	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
15	1	Torquay United	19	3	4	3	20	20	2	2	5	13	31	0.65	16	W	L	W	L	D	1931-12-25	Queens Park Rangers	H
16	1	Bristol Rovers	18	4	4	2	23	15	0	2	6	8	20	0.89	14	D	W	D	L	W	1931-12-25	Thames Association	A
17	2	Swindon Town	18	4	2	5	21	20	1	2	4	9	15	0.86	14	W	W	D	D	L	1931-12-25	Crystal Palace	A
18	-3	Cardiff City	18	4	1	3	18	15	1	3	6	8	19	0.76	14	L	D	D	L	L	1931-12-25	Luton Town	A
19	1	Clapton Orient	18	3	4	4	19	20	1	1	5	9	19	0.72	13	D	D	W	L	D	1931-12-25	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
20	-2	Thames Association	19	2	5	3	13	12	1	2	6	7	25	0.54	13	L	W	L	L	L	1931-12-25	Bristol Rovers	H
21	0	Northampton Town	19	2	2	4	7	12	1	2	8	8	23	0.43	10	L	L	L	D	L	1931-12-25	Gillingham	A
22	0	Gillingham	18	2	3	3	7	11	1	1	8	7	25	0.39	10	L	D	L	D	L	1931-12-25	Northampton Town	H