Saturday 1931-12-26

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	0	2	Sheffield United	Highbury	55,207
	Lineups		Dunne, Oswald
Birmingham	1	0	West Bromwich Albion	St Andrew's	57,806	Largest home gate 1931-32
Bradford	Lineups
Chelsea	4	1	Blackpool	Stamford Bridge	38,569
Law (p), Gallacher, Mills 2	Lineups		Hampson
Derby County	3	1	Sunderland	Baseball Ground	23,257
Bowers 2, Ramage	Lineups		Vinall
Everton	5	0	Blackburn Rovers	Goodison Park	52,991
Dean 3, Johnson, White	Lineups
Huddersfield Town	1	2	Newcastle United	Leeds Road	25,424	Largest home gate 1931-32
Kelly R	Lineups		Allen, OG
Leicester City	1	3	Bolton Wanderers	Filbert Street	24,675
Hine	Lineups		Taylor 2, Milsom
Middlesbrough	1	1	Aston Villa	Ayresome Park	28,006	Largest home gate 1931-32
Cameron	Lineups		Chester
Portsmouth	3	2	Manchester City	Fratton Park	31,759	Largest home gate 1931-32
Weddle, Easson 2	Lineups		Halliday, Tilson
Sheffield Wednesday	1	1	Liverpool	Hillsborough	34,705
Stephenson	Lineups		McPherson
West Ham United	3	1	Grimsby Town	Upton Park	23,859
Ruffell 2, Watson	Lineups		Glover

				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	22	9	0	1	51	15	6	1	5	27	24	2	31	W	L	L	W	L	1932-01-02	Birmingham	A
2	0	West Bromwich Albion	23	6	3	2	24	7	5	2	5	19	17	1.79	27	L	L	D	W	W	1932-01-02	Arsenal	H
3	0	Arsenal	22	4	4	2	21	12	6	2	4	29	21	1.52	26	L	L	W	D	W	1932-01-02	West Bromwich Albion	A
4	2	Sheffield United	22	7	1	3	30	17	5	1	5	23	21	1.39	26	W	W	L	W	L	1932-01-01	Blackburn Rovers	H
5	2	Newcastle United	20	8	1	1	28	12	4	1	5	17	23	1.29	26	W	W	W	L	D	1931-12-28	Aston Villa	A
6	-2	Liverpool	22	8	3	1	37	21	3	1	6	9	22	1.07	26	D	W	D	L	W	1932-01-02	Newcastle United	H
7	1	Aston Villa	20	8	0	2	37	17	2	4	4	19	20	1.51	24	D	W	L	L	W	1931-12-28	Newcastle United	H
8	-3	Huddersfield Town	22	6	5	1	28	10	3	1	6	12	21	1.29	24	L	L	W	D	D	1932-01-02	Grimsby Town	A
9	1	Birmingham	22	7	3	1	25	11	3	1	7	17	25	1.17	24	W	W	L	W	L	1932-01-02	Everton	H
10	-1	Sheffield Wednesday	22	7	3	1	31	13	3	1	7	20	33	1.11	24	D	L	D	L	L	1932-01-02	Blackburn Rovers	H
11	0	Bolton Wanderers	22	9	0	2	26	12	1	3	7	12	30	0.9	23	W	W	W	L	L	1932-01-01	Chelsea	H
12	1	Middlesbrough	22	6	2	3	26	18	2	3	6	16	34	0.81	21	D	L	L	L	W	1932-01-02	Chelsea	A
13	-1	Blackburn Rovers	22	6	2	4	33	28	2	2	6	15	25	0.91	20	L	W	W	W	D	1932-01-01	Sheffield United	A
14	3	Chelsea	22	6	0	4	21	18	3	1	8	17	31	0.78	19	W	W	W	L	W	1932-01-01	Bolton Wanderers	A
15	3	Portsmouth	20	6	1	4	13	14	2	2	5	10	17	0.74	19	W	W	D	W	W	1932-01-01	Manchester City	A
16	3	West Ham United	22	5	2	4	20	22	3	1	7	15	33	0.64	19	W	L	D	L	W	1932-01-02	Bolton Wanderers	H
17	-3	Manchester City	22	4	3	3	20	16	1	5	6	19	27	0.91	18	L	D	W	L	D	1932-01-01	Portsmouth	H
18	-3	Leicester City	21	6	1	4	27	20	2	1	7	13	30	0.8	18	L	L	L	L	L	1932-01-02	Aston Villa	H
19	1	Derby County	22	7	3	1	28	14	0	1	10	9	33	0.79	18	W	D	D	L	W	1932-01-01	Sunderland	A
20	-4	Sunderland	22	4	2	4	19	18	1	5	6	10	23	0.71	17	L	D	W	W	L	1932-01-01	Derby County	H
21	0	Blackpool	22	5	2	5	23	25	1	1	8	10	35	0.55	15	L	L	L	W	W	1932-01-02	Derby County	A
22	0	Grimsby Town	22	5	1	5	17	14	0	2	9	16	40	0.61	13	L	W	D	D	L	1932-01-02	Huddersfield Town	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barnsley	2	1	Millwall	Oakwell	11,427	Largest home gate 1931-3 2
Wallbanks, Curran	Lineups		Bloxham
Bradford City	5	1	Swansea Town	Valley Parade	18,059
Peel, Hallows 3, Watmough	Lineups		Pearce
Charlton Athletic	2	5	Tottenham Hotspur	The Valley	26,417	Largest home gate 1931-3 2
Watkins, McKay	Lineups		Davies, Brain, Hunt 3
Leeds United	3	2	Bradford	Elland Road	34,005	Largest home gate 1931-32
Duggan, Keetley 2	Lineups		Davis, Milburn G OG
Nottingham Forest	1	1	Stoke City	City Ground	21,018	Largest home gate 1931-32
Dent	Lineups		Bussey
Oldham Athletic	2	1	Bristol City	Boundary Park	10,523
Dyson 2	Lineups		Williams
Plymouth Argyle	5	1	Bury	Home Park	36,344
Vidler 3, Bowden, Demmelweek	Lineups		Lindsay
Port Vale	2	0	Notts County	Recreation Ground	13,463
Nolan, Tippett	Lineups
Preston North End	2	1	Burnley	Deepdale	27,677	Largest home gate 1931-32
Harper, Nelson	Lineups		Beel
Southampton	1	2	Chesterfield	The Dell	21,856	Largest home gate 1931-32
Arnold	Lineups		Abel 2
Wolverhampton Wanderers	7	0	Manchester United	Molineux	31,207
Bottrill 2, Hartill 2, Barraclough, Deacon, Phillips	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	22	6	2	2	20	9	8	2	2	29	15	2.04	32	W	L	L	W	D	1932-01-02	Swansea Town	H
2	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	21	9	1	1	40	6	4	3	3	25	17	2.83	30	W	L	D	W	W	1931-12-28	Charlton Athletic	H
3	3	Plymouth Argyle	21	6	3	2	32	21	5	3	2	15	7	1.68	28	W	L	W	W	D	1932-01-01	Bury	A
4	-1	Bradford	22	11	1	0	30	6	1	3	6	13	20	1.65	28	L	W	W	L	D	1932-01-02	Manchester United	A
5	-1	Stoke City	22	8	3	0	28	9	3	3	5	10	14	1.65	28	D	W	D	W	D	1932-01-02	Chesterfield	A
6	-1	Bury	21	7	1	2	29	12	5	2	4	18	22	1.38	27	L	W	W	L	W	1932-01-01	Plymouth Argyle	H
7	0	Notts County	22	6	2	2	25	11	3	4	5	21	26	1.24	24	L	W	D	W	D	1932-01-02	Millwall	A
8	0	Millwall	22	6	2	3	27	12	3	2	6	12	20	1.22	22	L	W	D	W	L	1932-01-02	Notts County	H
9	0	Southampton	22	6	1	4	18	18	4	1	6	17	27	0.78	22	L	L	W	W	L	1932-01-02	Burnley	A
10	2	Tottenham Hotspur	22	6	2	4	37	25	2	3	5	14	20	1.13	21	W	L	W	L	L	1932-01-02	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
11	4	Bradford City	22	4	3	3	24	18	3	3	6	19	28	0.93	20	W	W	L	W	W	1932-01-02	Barnsley	H
12	1	Nottingham Forest	22	5	4	3	22	16	2	2	6	15	26	0.88	20	D	L	L	L	D	1932-01-02	Charlton Athletic	H
13	-3	Burnley	21	3	5	2	19	19	4	1	6	12	24	0.72	20	L	D	D	L	W	1932-01-01	Chesterfield	A
14	-3	Swansea Town	22	6	0	4	24	13	3	1	8	16	27	1	19	L	L	D	W	W	1932-01-02	Leeds United	A
15	1	Barnsley	21	5	3	3	18	13	3	0	7	12	28	0.73	19	W	L	W	L	W	1932-01-02	Bradford City	A
16	-2	Manchester United	22	5	3	4	23	22	2	1	7	13	26	0.75	18	L	W	L	L	W	1932-01-02	Bradford	H
17	0	Oldham Athletic	22	5	2	4	22	21	1	4	6	10	23	0.73	18	W	D	L	L	D	1932-01-02	Preston North End	A
18	0	Preston North End	22	6	3	1	17	12	0	3	9	17	38	0.68	18	W	D	W	L	D	1932-01-02	Oldham Athletic	H
19	0	Chesterfield	21	5	1	4	20	18	2	3	6	12	30	0.67	18	W	W	W	L	L	1932-01-01	Burnley	H
20	0	Port Vale	22	4	2	5	15	21	3	2	6	20	34	0.64	18	W	L	L	L	D	1932-01-02	Plymouth Argyle	H
21	0	Charlton Athletic	20	3	2	5	16	19	2	2	6	10	25	0.59	14	L	W	L	D	W	1931-12-28	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
22	0	Bristol City	22	2	4	6	13	19	1	2	7	10	22	0.56	12	L	D	W	L	D	1932-01-02	Bury	A

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate	Notes
Carlisle United	1	1	Stockport County	Brunton Park	8,106	Largest home gate 1931-32
Watson	Lineups		Scullion
Gateshead	1	1	Halifax Town	Redheugh Park	11,655
Meek	Lineups		Mays
Hartlepools United	2	3	Hull City	Victoria Park	5,897	Largest home gate 1931-32
Thornton (p), Lumley	Lineups		Duncan D 2, Wainscoat
Lincoln City	4	0	Chester	Sincil Bank	12,856
Cartwright, Hall 3	Lineups
New Brighton	0	0	Darlington	Sandheys Park	2,661
	Lineups
Rochdale	3	6	Tranmere Rovers	Spotland	3,933
Brown, Murray, Everest	Lineups		Lewis, Meston, Watts, Dixon, Urmson 2
Rotherham United	0	2	Crewe Alexandra	Millmoor	5,217
	Lineups		Deacon, Mather
Walsall	2	1	Southport	Fellows Park	5,461
Turner, Pointon	Lineups		Waterston
Wrexham	2	1	Accrington Stanley	Racecourse Ground	8,084
Ferguson, Bamford (p)	Lineups		Williamson
York City	1	2	Doncaster Rovers	Fulfordgate	8,183	Largest home gate 1931-32
McDonald	Lineups		Atkin, Pattison

				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	20	7	1	1	29	7	6	2	3	23	18	2.08	29	D	W	L	W	D	1932-01-02	New Brighton	H
2	1	Lincoln City	18	8	0	1	31	4	5	1	3	15	17	2.19	27	W	L	W	L	W	1932-01-01	Accrington Stanley	A
3	-1	York City	21	8	2	2	25	15	3	2	4	10	17	1.09	26	L	L	W	D	W	1932-01-01	Southport	A
4	1	Crewe Alexandra	20	8	2	1	39	15	3	1	5	11	13	1.79	25	W	W	W	D	W	1932-01-02	Wrexham	A
5	-1	Southport	20	8	2	0	23	9	2	3	5	8	19	1.11	25	L	W	D	D	L	1932-01-01	York City	H
6	1	Tranmere Rovers	19	8	2	1	46	14	3	0	5	18	16	2.13	24	W	W	W	W	W	1932-01-01	Carlisle United	A
7	-1	Chester	20	6	1	2	20	14	2	6	3	15	19	1.06	23	L	W	L	W	D	1932-01-09	Doncaster Rovers	H
8	2	Hull City	19	5	0	3	17	8	5	2	4	20	16	1.54	22	W	W	D	W	W	1932-01-02	Halifax Town	A
9	-1	Accrington Stanley	19	10	1	0	37	10	0	1	7	7	24	1.29	22	L	W	D	W	W	1932-01-01	Lincoln City	H
10	-1	Darlington	19	5	1	1	12	5	4	3	5	20	25	1.07	22	D	W	L	L	W	1932-01-01	New Brighton	H
11	2	Wrexham	20	5	2	3	16	12	3	3	4	15	20	0.97	21	W	L	L	L	W	1932-01-02	Crewe Alexandra	H
12	-1	Stockport County	20	5	3	3	14	7	1	5	3	9	12	1.21	20	D	D	W	D	D	1931-12-30	New Brighton	A
13	-1	Barrow	19	4	1	2	18	11	5	0	7	12	19	1	19	L	L	W	L	W	1932-01-02	Walsall	H
14	0	Hartlepools United	21	4	4	3	21	22	3	0	7	11	32	0.59	18	L	L	L	W	W	1932-01-02	Carlisle United	A
15	0	Halifax Town	19	5	2	2	12	8	1	2	7	15	26	0.79	16	D	L	D	L	L	1932-01-02	Hull City	H
16	1	Walsall	20	5	2	3	17	13	2	0	8	6	24	0.62	16	W	L	L	D	L	1932-01-02	Barrow	A
17	-1	Carlisle United	19	4	4	2	19	12	0	3	6	9	22	0.82	15	D	D	W	L	D	1932-01-01	Tranmere Rovers	H
18	0	Doncaster Rovers	20	5	1	5	16	18	2	0	7	11	25	0.63	15	W	W	W	L	L	1932-01-02	Stockport County	A
19	0	Rotherham United	20	3	3	6	20	18	1	0	7	8	27	0.62	11	L	L	D	L	W	1932-01-02	Southport	H
20	0	Rochdale	20	4	2	4	20	25	0	0	10	7	38	0.43	10	L	L	L	L	L	1932-01-02	Accrington Stanley	A
21	0	New Brighton	19	1	1	6	3	10	0	3	8	7	26	0.28	6	D	D	L	D	L	1931-12-30	Stockport County	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
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	0	1	Clapton Orient	Dean Court	10,255	Largest home gate 1931-32
	Lineups		Tricker
Brighton & Hove Albion	4	0	Mansfield Town	Goldstone Ground	16,516	Largest home gate 1931-32
Attwood 2, Potter-Smith, Dutton	Lineups
Bristol Rovers	4	1	Thames Association	Eastville	12,500
Findlay 2, Black, Cook	Lineups		Davies
Cardiff City	4	1	Luton Town	Ninian Park	13,515	Largest home gate 1931-32
Robbins 2, Keating, McCambridge	Lineups		Yardley
Exeter City	3	0	Southend United	St James Park	12,393	Largest home gate 1931-32
Houghton, Woodward, Whitlow	Lineups
Fulham	2	1	Brentford	Craven Cottage	29,253	Largest home gate 1931-32
Richards, Perry	Lineups		Robson
Northampton Town	1	0	Gillingham	County Ground	12,491
Lovatt	Lineups
Norwich City	4	1	Watford	The Nest, Rosary Road	17,164	Largest home gate 1931-32
Brown 3, Blakemore	Lineups		Barnett
Queens Park Rangers	3	1	Torquay United	White City Stadium	24,133
Wilson, Cribb, Goddard	Lineups		Hutchinson
Reading	2	1	Coventry City	Elm Park	16,158
Ritchie, Eaton	Lineups		Cull
Swindon Town	3	2	Crystal Palace	County Ground	9,905	Largest home gate 1931-32
Braithwaite, Eddleston, Morris	Lineups		Cropper, Clarke

				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	20	7	1	1	18	5	6	2	3	22	16	1.9	29	L	D	W	W	W	1932-01-02	Queens Park Rangers	A
2	0	Fulham	20	7	1	1	33	14	5	3	3	23	17	1.81	28	W	D	D	W	L	1931-12-28	Queens Park Rangers	H
3	0	Crystal Palace	20	7	4	0	27	8	3	2	4	14	19	1.52	26	L	D	W	W	W	1932-01-02	Torquay United	A
4	2	Exeter City	22	8	2	1	29	10	3	2	6	15	27	1.19	26	W	W	L	W	L	1932-01-02	Thames Association	H
5	3	Brighton & Hove Albion	21	7	1	3	25	14	3	4	3	12	15	1.28	25	W	D	W	W	L	1932-01-02	Norwich City	A
6	-2	Watford	21	9	1	1	30	14	2	2	6	17	26	1.18	25	L	D	W	L	L	1932-01-02	Clapton Orient	A
7	2	Norwich City	20	6	4	2	25	10	3	2	3	8	10	1.65	24	W	D	W	D	L	1932-01-02	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
8	-3	Southend United	20	4	3	1	13	4	5	3	4	24	21	1.48	24	L	L	L	L	L	1932-01-02	Gillingham	A
9	-2	Coventry City	21	8	1	1	32	11	1	4	6	19	32	1.19	23	L	W	L	W	L	1932-01-02	Fulham	H
10	1	Queens Park Rangers	20	5	3	2	24	16	3	3	4	16	17	1.21	22	W	W	W	W	W	1931-12-28	Fulham	A
11	1	Reading	21	7	1	1	24	11	1	5	6	12	26	0.97	22	W	L	D	W	L	1932-01-02	Luton Town	A
12	-2	Luton Town	21	7	0	2	18	8	3	1	8	19	26	1.09	21	L	W	L	L	W	1932-01-02	Reading	H
13	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	21	5	2	4	21	18	3	2	5	15	23	0.88	20	L	W	L	L	L	1932-01-02	Bristol Rovers	A
14	1	Bristol Rovers	20	5	4	2	27	16	1	2	6	10	20	1.03	18	W	W	D	W	D	1931-12-28	Northampton Town	A
15	-1	Mansfield Town	21	6	4	1	30	20	0	2	8	8	30	0.76	18	L	D	W	L	W	1932-01-02	Swindon Town	A
16	1	Swindon Town	20	5	2	5	24	22	1	3	4	9	15	0.89	17	W	D	W	W	D	1932-01-02	Mansfield Town	H
17	1	Cardiff City	20	5	1	3	22	16	1	3	7	9	21	0.84	16	W	L	L	D	D	1932-01-02	Northampton Town	H
18	-2	Torquay United	21	3	4	4	22	23	2	2	6	14	34	0.63	16	L	L	W	L	W	1932-01-02	Crystal Palace	H
19	0	Clapton Orient	20	3	4	5	20	22	2	1	5	10	19	0.73	15	W	L	D	D	W	1932-01-02	Watford	H
20	0	Thames Association	21	2	5	4	13	14	1	2	7	8	29	0.49	13	L	L	L	W	L	1932-01-02	Exeter City	A
21	1	Northampton Town	21	3	2	4	8	12	1	2	9	10	26	0.47	12	W	L	L	L	L	1931-12-28	Bristol Rovers	H
22	-1	Gillingham	20	3	3	3	10	13	1	1	9	7	26	0.44	12	L	W	L	D	L	1932-01-02	Southend United	H