Friday 1931-12-25

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aston Villa	7	1	Middlesbrough	Villa Park	33,774
Houghton 3, Beresford 3, Mort	Lineups		Camsell
Blackburn Rovers	5	3	Everton	Ewood Park	40,059	Largest home gate 1931-32
Bruton J, McLean T 2 (1p), Thompson, Groves	Lineups		White 2 (2p), Dean
Blackpool	2	4	Chelsea	Bloomfield Road	20,378
Douglas 2	Lineups		Russell, Gallacher 2, Pearson
Bolton Wanderers	1	0	Leicester City	Burnden Park	32,544
Blackmore	Lineups
Grimsby Town	2	1	West Ham United	Blundell Park	15,132
Bestall, Glover	Lineups		Watson
Liverpool	3	1	Sheffield Wednesday	Anfield Road	27,096
Gunson 2, Barton	Lineups		Burgess
Newcastle United	2	1	Huddersfield Town	St James' Park	43,493
Bedford, McMenemy	Lineups		Bott
Sheffield United	4	1	Arsenal	Bramall Lane	49,737	Largest home gate 1931-32
Parker OG, Oswald, Dunne 2	Lineups		Hulme
West Bromwich Albion	0	1	Birmingham	The Hawthorns	38,053
	Lineups		Curtis

				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	21	8	0	1	46	15	6	1	5	27	24	1.87	29	L	L	W	L	W	1931-12-26	Blackburn Rovers	H
2	0	West Bromwich Albion	22	6	3	2	24	7	5	2	4	19	16	1.87	27	L	D	W	W	D	1931-12-26	Birmingham	A
3	0	Arsenal	21	4	4	1	21	10	6	2	4	29	21	1.61	26	L	W	D	W	W	1931-12-26	Sheffield United	H
4	2	Liverpool	21	8	3	1	37	21	3	0	6	8	21	1.07	25	W	D	L	W	L	1931-12-26	Sheffield Wednesday	A
5	-1	Huddersfield Town	21	6	5	0	27	8	3	1	6	12	21	1.34	24	L	W	D	D	L	1931-12-26	Newcastle United	H
6	1	Sheffield United	21	7	1	3	30	17	4	1	5	21	21	1.34	24	W	L	W	L	W	1931-12-26	Arsenal	A
7	1	Newcastle United	19	8	1	1	28	12	3	1	5	15	22	1.26	24	W	W	L	D	W	1931-12-26	Huddersfield Town	A
8	1	Aston Villa	19	8	0	2	37	17	2	3	4	18	19	1.53	23	W	L	L	W	D	1931-12-26	Middlesbrough	A
9	-4	Sheffield Wednesday	21	7	2	1	30	12	3	1	7	20	33	1.11	23	L	D	L	L	L	1931-12-26	Liverpool	H
10	0	Birmingham	21	6	3	1	24	11	3	1	7	17	25	1.14	22	W	L	W	L	W	1931-12-26	West Bromwich Albion	H
11	1	Bolton Wanderers	21	9	0	2	26	12	0	3	7	9	29	0.85	21	W	W	L	L	L	1931-12-26	Leicester City	A
12	1	Blackburn Rovers	21	6	2	4	33	28	2	2	5	15	20	1	20	W	W	W	D	L	1931-12-26	Everton	A
13	-2	Middlesbrough	21	6	1	3	25	17	2	3	6	16	34	0.8	20	L	L	L	W	D	1931-12-26	Aston Villa	H
14	0	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	0	Leicester City	20	6	1	3	26	17	2	1	7	13	30	0.83	18	L	L	L	L	W	1931-12-26	Bolton Wanderers	H
16	0	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	3	Chelsea	21	5	0	4	17	17	3	1	8	17	31	0.71	17	W	W	L	W	L	1931-12-26	Blackpool	H
18	-1	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
19	-1	West Ham United	21	4	2	4	17	21	3	1	7	15	33	0.59	17	L	D	L	W	W	1931-12-26	Grimsby Town	H
20	-1	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
21	0	Blackpool	21	5	2	5	23	25	1	1	7	9	31	0.57	15	L	L	W	W	W	1931-12-26	Chelsea	A
22	0	Grimsby Town	21	5	1	5	17	14	0	2	8	15	37	0.63	13	W	D	D	L	L	1931-12-26	West Ham United	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bradford	3	0	Leeds United	Park Avenue	32,421	Largest home gate 1931-3 2
Rhodes, Parris, Dickinson	Lineups
Bristol City	1	1	Oldham Athletic	Ashton Gate	12,370
Craig	Lineups		Johnstone
Burnley	2	2	Preston North End	Turf Moor	18,105	Largest home gate 1931-3 2
Beel 2	Lineups		Rowley 2
Chesterfield	1	0	Southampton	Saltergate Recreation Ground	14,508
Ruddy	Lineups
Manchester United	3	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Old Trafford	33,123
Hopkinson, Reid, Spence	Lineups		Bottrill, Phillips
Millwall	2	0	Barnsley	The Den, New Cross	18,245
Roberts, Smith	Lineups
Notts County	4	2	Port Vale	Meadow Lane	21,367	Largest home gate 1931-32
Keetley 3, Coglin	Lineups		Nolan, Marshall
Stoke City	2	1	Nottingham Forest	Victoria Ground	15,437
Sale 2 (1p)	Lineups		Dickinson
Swansea Town	0	1	Bradford City	Vetch Field	13,737
	Lineups		Hallows
Tottenham Hotspur	0	1	Charlton Athletic	White Hart Lane	36,467	Largest home gate 1931-32
	Lineups		Watkins

				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	21	5	2	2	17	7	8	2	2	29	15	2.09	30	L	L	W	D	D	1931-12-26	Bradford	H
2	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	20	8	1	1	33	6	4	3	3	25	17	2.52	28	L	D	W	W	W	1931-12-26	Manchester United	H
3	1	Bradford	21	11	1	0	30	6	1	3	5	11	17	1.78	28	W	W	L	D	L	1931-12-26	Leeds United	A
4	2	Stoke City	21	8	3	0	28	9	3	2	5	9	13	1.68	27	W	D	W	D	D	1931-12-26	Nottingham Forest	A
5	-2	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
6	-1	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
7	0	Notts County	21	6	2	2	25	11	3	4	4	21	24	1.31	24	W	D	W	D	W	1931-12-26	Port Vale	A
8	1	Millwall	21	6	2	3	27	12	3	2	5	11	18	1.27	22	W	D	W	L	L	1931-12-26	Barnsley	A
9	-1	Southampton	21	6	1	3	17	16	4	1	6	17	27	0.79	22	L	W	W	L	L	1931-12-26	Chesterfield	H
10	3	Burnley	20	3	5	2	19	19	4	1	5	11	22	0.73	20	D	D	L	W	L	1931-12-26	Preston North End	A
11	-1	Swansea Town	21	6	0	4	24	13	3	1	7	15	22	1.11	19	L	D	W	W	W	1931-12-26	Bradford City	A
12	-1	Tottenham Hotspur	21	6	2	4	37	25	1	3	5	9	18	1.07	19	L	W	L	L	W	1931-12-26	Charlton Athletic	A
13	-1	Nottingham Forest	21	5	3	3	21	15	2	2	6	15	26	0.88	19	L	L	L	D	D	1931-12-26	Stoke City	H
14	1	Manchester United	21	5	3	4	23	22	2	1	6	13	19	0.88	18	W	L	L	W	W	1931-12-26	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
15	1	Bradford City	21	3	3	3	19	17	3	3	6	19	28	0.84	18	W	L	W	W	D	1931-12-26	Swansea Town	H
16	-2	Barnsley	20	4	3	3	16	12	3	0	7	12	28	0.7	17	L	W	L	W	L	1931-12-26	Millwall	H
17	1	Oldham Athletic	21	4	2	4	20	20	1	4	6	10	23	0.7	16	D	L	L	D	L	1931-12-26	Bristol City	H
18	1	Preston North End	21	5	3	1	15	11	0	3	9	17	38	0.65	16	D	W	L	D	L	1931-12-26	Burnley	H
19	1	Chesterfield	20	5	1	4	20	18	1	3	6	10	29	0.64	16	W	W	L	L	D	1931-12-26	Southampton	A
20	-3	Port Vale	21	3	2	5	13	21	3	2	6	20	34	0.6	16	L	L	L	D	L	1931-12-26	Notts County	H
21	0	Charlton Athletic	19	3	2	4	14	14	2	2	6	10	25	0.62	14	W	L	D	W	W	1931-12-26	Tottenham Hotspur	H
22	0	Bristol City	21	2	4	6	13	19	1	2	6	9	20	0.56	12	D	W	L	D	L	1931-12-26	Oldham Athletic	A

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate	Notes
Accrington Stanley	5	0	Wrexham	Peel Park	4,307
Williamson 4, Jones	Lineups
Barrow	3	4	Darlington	Holker Street	6,011
Suggett 2, Wilson	Lineups		Hopkin, Hurst 2, Mitchell
Chester	2	1	Lincoln City	Sealand Road	10,184
Cresswell, Reilly	Lineups		Hall
Crewe Alexandra	5	0	Rotherham United	Gresty Road	6,154
Sweeney 3, Maddock, Morris	Lineups
Doncaster Rovers	1	0	York City	Belle Vue	4,896
Halliday	Lineups
Halifax Town	1	2	Gateshead	The Shay	11,649	Largest home gate 1931-32
Davies	Lineups		Charlton T, Welsh
Hull City	3	1	Hartlepools United	Anlaby Road	13,060
Wainscoat 2, Speed	Lineups		Lumley
Southport	5	1	Walsall	Haig Avenue	6,958
Dobson, Waterston, Cowen 2, Hills	Lineups		Wheeler
Stockport County	0	0	Carlisle United	Edgeley Park	7,142
	Lineups
Tranmere Rovers	9	1	Rochdale	Prenton Park	5,719
Meston, Watts 5, Dixon 2, Whitehurst	Lineups		Murray

				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	19	7	0	1	28	6	6	2	3	23	18	2.13	28	W	L	W	D	L	1931-12-26	Halifax Town	H
2	0	York City	20	8	2	1	24	13	3	2	4	10	17	1.13	26	L	W	D	W	W	1931-12-26	Doncaster Rovers	H
3	0	Lincoln City	17	7	0	1	27	4	5	1	3	15	17	2	25	L	W	L	W	W	1931-12-26	Chester	H
4	0	Southport	19	8	2	0	23	9	2	3	4	7	17	1.15	25	W	D	D	L	W	1931-12-26	Walsall	A
5	0	Crewe Alexandra	19	8	2	1	39	15	2	1	5	9	13	1.71	23	W	W	D	W	W	1931-12-26	Rotherham United	A
6	0	Chester	19	6	1	2	20	14	2	6	2	15	15	1.21	23	W	L	W	D	W	1931-12-26	Lincoln City	A
7	0	Tranmere Rovers	18	8	2	1	46	14	2	0	5	12	13	2.15	22	W	W	W	W	D	1931-12-26	Rochdale	A
8	0	Accrington Stanley	18	10	1	0	37	10	0	1	6	6	22	1.34	22	W	D	W	W	L	1931-12-26	Wrexham	A
9	2	Darlington	18	5	1	1	12	5	4	2	5	20	25	1.07	21	W	L	L	W	W	1931-12-26	New Brighton	A
10	2	Hull City	18	5	0	3	17	8	4	2	4	17	14	1.55	20	W	D	W	W	W	1931-12-26	Hartlepools United	A
11	2	Stockport County	19	5	3	3	14	7	1	4	3	8	11	1.22	19	D	W	D	D	W	1931-12-26	Carlisle United	A
12	-2	Barrow	19	4	1	2	18	11	5	0	7	12	19	1	19	L	L	W	L	W	1932-01-02	Walsall	H
13	-4	Wrexham	19	4	2	3	14	11	3	3	4	15	20	0.94	19	L	L	L	W	L	1931-12-26	Accrington Stanley	H
14	0	Hartlepools United	20	4	4	2	19	19	3	0	7	11	32	0.59	18	L	L	W	W	L	1931-12-26	Hull City	H
15	0	Halifax Town	18	5	2	2	12	8	1	1	7	14	25	0.79	15	L	D	L	L	W	1931-12-26	Gateshead	A
16	1	Carlisle United	18	4	3	2	18	11	0	3	6	9	22	0.82	14	D	W	L	D	L	1931-12-26	Stockport County	H
17	-1	Walsall	19	4	2	3	15	12	2	0	8	6	24	0.58	14	L	L	D	L	L	1931-12-26	Southport	H
18	1	Doncaster Rovers	19	5	1	5	16	18	1	0	7	9	24	0.6	13	W	W	L	L	L	1931-12-26	York City	A
19	-1	Rotherham United	19	3	3	5	20	16	1	0	7	8	27	0.65	11	L	D	L	W	L	1931-12-26	Crewe Alexandra	H
20	0	Rochdale	19	4	2	3	17	19	0	0	10	7	38	0.42	10	L	L	L	L	L	1931-12-26	Tranmere Rovers	H
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	Notes
Brentford	0	0	Fulham	Griffin Park	26,139	Largest home gate 1931-32
	Lineups
Clapton Orient	1	2	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Lea Bridge Road	7,366
Best	Lineups		White, Scott
Coventry City	5	1	Reading	Highfield Road	23,271	Largest home gate 1931-32
Bourton 3, White, Sheppard	Lineups		Bacon
Crystal Palace	0	0	Swindon Town	Selhurst Park	17,713
	Lineups
Gillingham	3	2	Northampton Town	Priestfield Road	6,823
White, Scott (p), Williams	Lineups		Bowen, Mortimer
Luton Town	2	1	Cardiff City	Kenilworth Road	11,609
Tait 2	Lineups		Keating
Mansfield Town	3	3	Brighton & Hove Albion	Field Mill	10,848
Bowater, Readman, Featherby	Lineups		Attwood 2, Farrell
Southend United	0	1	Exeter City	Kursaal Ground	9,845
	Lineups		Whitlow
Thames Association	0	2	Bristol Rovers	West Ham Greyhound Stadium	3,000
	Lineups		Oakton, Cook
Torquay United	2	3	Queens Park Rangers	Plainmoor	4,999
Clayson, Birkett	Lineups		Cribb, Collins 2
Watford	1	1	Norwich City	Vicarage Road	10,002
O'Brien	Lineups		Stokes OG

				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	19	7	1	1	18	5	6	2	2	21	14	2.05	29	D	W	W	W	L	1931-12-26	Fulham	A
2	0	Fulham	19	6	1	1	31	13	5	3	3	23	17	1.8	26	D	D	W	L	W	1931-12-26	Brentford	H
3	0	Crystal Palace	19	7	4	0	27	8	3	2	3	12	16	1.63	26	D	W	W	W	L	1931-12-26	Swindon Town	A
4	1	Watford	20	9	1	1	30	14	2	2	5	16	22	1.28	25	D	W	L	L	W	1931-12-26	Norwich City	A
5	-1	Southend United	19	4	3	1	13	4	5	3	3	24	18	1.68	24	L	L	L	L	W	1931-12-26	Exeter City	A
6	1	Exeter City	21	7	2	1	26	10	3	2	6	15	27	1.11	24	W	L	W	L	W	1931-12-26	Southend United	H
7	2	Coventry City	20	8	1	1	32	11	1	4	5	18	30	1.22	23	W	L	W	L	D	1931-12-26	Reading	A
8	-2	Brighton & Hove Albion	20	6	1	3	21	14	3	4	3	12	15	1.14	23	D	W	W	L	W	1931-12-26	Mansfield Town	H
9	-1	Norwich City	19	5	4	2	21	9	3	2	3	8	10	1.53	22	D	W	D	L	W	1931-12-26	Watford	H
10	1	Luton Town	20	7	0	2	18	8	3	1	7	18	22	1.2	21	W	L	L	W	W	1931-12-26	Cardiff City	A
11	1	Queens Park Rangers	19	4	3	2	21	15	3	3	4	16	17	1.16	20	W	W	W	W	W	1931-12-26	Torquay United	H
12	-2	Reading	20	6	1	1	22	10	1	5	6	12	26	0.94	20	L	D	W	L	D	1931-12-26	Coventry City	H
13	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	20	5	2	3	21	17	3	2	5	15	23	0.9	20	W	L	L	L	D	1931-12-26	Clapton Orient	H
14	0	Mansfield Town	20	6	4	1	30	20	0	2	7	8	26	0.83	18	D	W	L	W	W	1931-12-26	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
15	1	Bristol Rovers	19	4	4	2	23	15	1	2	6	10	20	0.94	16	W	D	W	D	L	1931-12-26	Thames Association	H
16	-1	Torquay United	20	3	4	4	22	23	2	2	5	13	31	0.65	16	L	W	L	W	L	1931-12-26	Queens Park Rangers	A
17	0	Swindon Town	19	4	2	5	21	20	1	3	4	9	15	0.86	15	D	W	W	D	D	1931-12-26	Crystal Palace	H
18	0	Cardiff City	19	4	1	3	18	15	1	3	7	9	21	0.75	14	L	L	D	D	L	1931-12-26	Luton Town	H
19	0	Clapton Orient	19	3	4	5	20	22	1	1	5	9	19	0.71	13	L	D	D	W	L	1931-12-26	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
20	0	Thames Association	20	2	5	4	13	14	1	2	6	7	25	0.51	13	L	L	W	L	L	1931-12-26	Bristol Rovers	A
21	1	Gillingham	19	3	3	3	10	13	1	1	8	7	25	0.45	12	W	L	D	L	D	1931-12-26	Northampton Town	A
22	-1	Northampton Town	20	2	2	4	7	12	1	2	9	10	26	0.45	10	L	L	L	L	D	1931-12-26	Gillingham	H