Football League Second Division 1929/30

Football League Second Division 1929/30
master	Blackpool FC
Climbers	Blackpool FC, Chelsea FC
Relegated	Hull City , Notts County
Teams	22nd
Games	462
Gates	1,513  (ø 3.27 per game)
Top scorer	Jimmy Hampson ( Blackpool FC )
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The Football League Second Division 1929/30 was the 34th season of the Football League Second Division as the second highest English football league . It began on August 31, 1929 and ended on May 3, 1930.

Second division champions were Blackpool FC and also second-placed Chelsea rose to the Football League First Division . For the two promoted teams in the following second division season 1930/31, the two first division clubs Burnley FC and Everton FC, ranked in the table below, took their places. Hull City and Notts County had to relegate from the Second Division , with Hull City from now on in the North Season Football League Third Division North and Notts County in the Football League Third Division South . Instead of the two clubs in the following season 1930/31 Third Division North champions Port Vale and from the Third Division South the winner Plymouth Argyle took the vacant positions.

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Quota	Points
1.	Blackpool FC	42	27	4th	11	098:670	1.46	58:26
2.	Chelsea FC	42	22nd	11	9	074:460	1.61	55:29
3.	Oldham Athletic	42	21st	11	10	090:510	1.76	53:31
4th	Bradford Park Avenue	42	19th	12	11	091:700	1.30	50:34
5.	Bury FC (A)	42	22nd	5	15th	078:670	1.16	49:35
6th	West Bromwich Albion	42	21st	5	16	105: 730	1.44	47:37
7th	Southampton FC	42	17th	11	14th	077:760	1.01	45:39
8th.	Cardiff City (A)	42	18th	8th	16	061:590	1.03	44:40
9.	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	16	9	17th	077:790	0.97	41:43
10.	Nottingham Forest	42	13	15th	14th	055:690	0.80	41:43
11.	Stoke City	42	16	8th	18th	074:720	1.03	40:44
12.	Tottenham Hotspur	42	15th	9	18th	059:610	0.97	39:45
13.	Charlton Athletic (N)	42	14th	11	17th	059:630	0.94	39:45
14th	Millwall FC	42	12	15th	15th	057:730	0.78	39:45
15th	Swansea Town	42	14th	9	19th	057:610	0.93	37:47
16.	Preston North End	42	13	11	18th	065:800	0.81	37:47
17th	Barnsley FC	42	14th	8th	20th	056:710	0.79	36:48
18th	Bradford City (N)	42	12	12	18th	060:770	0.78	36:48
19th	Reading FC	42	12	11	19th	054:670	0.81	35:49
20th	Bristol City	42	13	9	20th	061:830	0.73	35:49
21st	Hull City	42	14th	7th	21st	051:780	0.65	35:49
22nd	Notts County	42	9	15th	18th	054:700	0.77	33:51

Second division champion and promoted to the Football League First Division 1930/31

Promoted to the Football League First Division 1930/31

Relegation from the Football League Second Division

(A)	Relegated from the Football League First Division 1928/29
(N)	Newcomers from the Football League Third Division 1928/29

Results table

The home teams are listed in the left column.

1929/30	BAR	BLP	BRA	BPA	BRC	BUY	CAR	CHA	CHE	HUL	Mil	NOF	NOC	OLD	PNE	REA	SOH	STO	SWA	DEAD	WBA	WOL
Barnsley FC		2: 4	2: 1	1: 1	3: 1	2: 1	2: 2	2-0	1: 1	3-0	1: 2	1: 1	2: 2	2: 1	0-0	1-0	3: 1	3: 1	1-0	2-0	2: 2	3: 1
Blackpool FC	2: 1		3-0	1-0	7: 1	2: 1	3-0	6-0	1: 1	1: 2	4: 3	5: 1	1: 2	3-0	5: 1	4: 2	5: 1	0: 2	3-0	3: 2	1-0	3: 2
Bradford City	0: 1	1: 1		1: 2	3-0	2: 1	0: 1	4: 1	0: 1	2: 1	1: 1	1: 1	2-0	2: 4	1: 1	1-0	2: 5	3-0	3: 3	0: 2	2: 2	2: 2
Bradford Park Avenue	4: 4	5-0	0: 2		3: 1	2: 1	2-0	4-0	1: 3	4: 2	6-0	5: 1	3: 3	2: 2	5: 2	5: 2	1: 1	3: 2	3-0	2: 1	5: 1	0-0
Bristol City	2: 1	0: 1	1: 3	0-0		1: 2	2-0	1: 1	2: 1	4-0	1-0	4: 1	0-0	0: 4	2: 2	5: 3	3: 1	2: 6	2-0	1-0	2: 1	1: 2
Bury FC	2: 1	0: 1	2: 4	5: 1	2-0		4: 2	2: 2	1-0	2: 1	5: 1	0-0	2-0	0: 2	1: 2	2: 4	4: 2	2-0	1-0	2: 1	3: 2	3: 1
Cardiff City	1-0	4: 2	0: 1	2-0	1: 1	5: 1		1-0	1-0	0: 1	3: 1	1: 1	3: 1	5-0	2-0	2: 1	5: 2	1: 2	0-0	1-0	3: 2	0-0
Charlton Athletic	2-0	1: 4	1: 3	2-0	3: 1	1: 2	4: 1		1: 1	4-0	1: 1	5-0	1-0	1: 1	1: 1	0-0	4: 1	4: 4	0: 2	1-0	0: 1	2-0
Chelsea FC	2-0	4-0	3: 2	1: 2	2: 1	5: 3	1-0	1: 1		3-0	3-0	2-0	3: 1	1: 1	5-0	1-0	2-0	3: 2	1-0	3-0	2-0	1: 1
Hull City	2-0	0: 3	0-0	0: 2	0: 1	1: 3	2: 2	0: 2	1: 3		3: 2	1: 2	0-0	1-0	2-0	4: 2	2-0	3-0	1-0	2-0	3: 2	2-0
Millwall FC	2: 1	3: 1	2: 2	1: 2	1: 1	2: 4	2-0	1: 1	0-0	0-0		2: 2	2-0	2: 1	2-0	3: 1	1: 1	2: 1	0: 2	2: 5	2: 1	4-0
Nottingham Forest	4-0	0-0	2: 1	1: 1	5: 2	1: 2	3: 1	0: 2	0-0	2: 1	1: 1		1: 1	1: 2	2: 4	5-0	0: 5	5: 1	1-0	0-0	0: 2	5: 2
Notts County	3-0	0: 2	2-0	1: 1	3: 1	1: 3	2: 1	4-0	2: 2	4: 1	1: 1	0-0		1: 1	0: 3	3-0	1: 2	3: 3	0-0	0: 1	2: 1	0: 3
Oldham Athletic	3: 2	1: 2	6: 1	5: 1	2: 2	2-0	4: 1	1-0	4: 2	3: 1	2: 2	0-0	2: 2		0: 2	0-0	3: 2	5-0	4: 1	2-0	5-0	6-0
Preston North End	3: 1	4: 6	2: 2	4: 1	2: 2	1: 1	2: 3	0: 3	1: 2	1: 2	3: 1	1: 2	3: 1	0: 3		2: 1	1: 1	5: 1	0-0	4-0	2: 1	1: 1
Reading FC	1-0	1: 1	1: 1	1-0	1: 6	0: 1	2-0	3: 1	3: 1	1: 1	0: 1	0: 1	2-0	1: 1	2-0		1: 1	0-0	3: 1	3-0	2: 2	3: 1
Southampton FC	4-0	4: 2	2: 1	2: 2	3-0	0-0	1: 1	2-0	4: 2	2: 2	0-0	2-0	2: 2	2-0	1: 2	4: 3		2: 1	2: 1	1-0	3: 2	3: 1
Stoke City	3-0	0: 1	2-0	2: 1	6: 2	1-0	1: 1	2: 1	1: 1	3: 1	1-0	6-0	1: 1	0: 2	2: 3	2: 2	4-0		0: 1	1-0	0: 3	3-0
Swansea Town	0: 2	3-0	5-0	2: 4	1: 1	2: 4	1-0	2-0	3-0	2-0	3: 1	1: 1	3: 2	3-0	4-0	0: 1	2: 2	2: 2		0: 1	1-0	2: 2
Tottenham Hotspur	2: 1	6: 1	1: 1	1: 1	2: 1	2: 2	1: 2	3-0	3: 3	2: 2	1: 1	1: 1	2-0	2: 1	1-0	0-0	3: 2	3: 1	3-0		0: 2	4: 2
West Bromwich Albion	4: 2	5: 1	4: 2	5-0	2-0	5: 1	0: 2	1: 1	2-0	7: 1	6: 1	1: 3	4: 2	0: 3	2-0	1-0	5: 1	2: 3	6: 2	4: 3		7: 3
Wolverhampton Wanderers	3-0	1: 2	6-0	4: 4	1-0	2-0	4-0	0: 4	0: 1	4: 2	1: 1	2: 1	5: 1	1: 1	4-0	2: 1	2-0	2: 1	4: 1	3-0	2: 4

List of goalscorers

	player	society	Gates
1	Jimmy Hampson	Blackpool FC	45

literature

• Michael Joyce: Football League Players' Records, 1888 to 1939. SoccerData, Beeston 2002, ISBN 1-899468-63-3 .

Web links

• England 1929-30. (RSSSF)

References and footnotes

1. ^ English League Leading Goalscorers. (RSSSF)
2. ↑ 1929/30 season. In: wildstat.com. Retrieved April 5, 2018 .