Football League Second Division 1930/31

Football League Second Division 1930/31
master	Everton FC
Cup winners	West Bromwich Albion
Climbers	Everton FC, West Bromwich Albion
Relegated	Reading FC , Cardiff City
Teams	22nd
Games	462
Gates	1,608  (ø 3.48 per game)
Top scorer	Dixie Dean ( Everton FC )
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The Football League Second Division 1930/31 was the 35th season of the Football League Second Division as the second highest English football league . It began on August 30, 1930 and ended on May 2, 1931.

Everton FC became second division champions and the second-placed West Bromwich Albion also rose to the Football League First Division . For the two promoted teams in the following second division season 1931/32, the two first division clubs Leeds United and Manchester United, ranked in the table below, took the places. Reading and Cardiff City had to relegate from the Second Division , with both clubs henceforth having to compete in the South Season Football League Third Division South . Instead of the two clubs in the following season 1931/32 Third Division North champion FC Chesterfield and from the Third Division South the winner Notts County took the vacant positions.

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Quota	Points
1.	Everton FC (A)	42	28	5	9	121: 660	1.83	61:23
2.	West Bromwich Albion	42	22nd	10	10	083:490	1.69	54:30
3.	Tottenham Hotspur	42	22nd	7th	13	088:550	1.60	51:33
4th	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	21st	5	16	084:670	1.25	47:37
5.	Port Vale (N)	42	21st	5	16	067:610	1.10	47:37
6th	Bradford Park Avenue	42	18th	10	14th	097:660	1.47	46:38
7th	Preston North End	42	17th	11	14th	083:640	1.30	45:39
8th.	Burnley FC (A)	42	17th	11	14th	081:770	1.05	45:39
9.	Southampton FC	42	19th	6th	17th	074:620	1.19	44:40
10.	Bradford City	42	17th	10	15th	061:630	0.97	44:40
11.	Stoke City	42	17th	10	15th	064:710	0.90	44:40
12.	Oldham Athletic	42	16	10	16	061:720	0.85	42:42
13.	Bury FC	42	19th	3	20th	075:820	0.91	41:43
14th	Millwall FC	42	16	7th	19th	071:800	0.89	39:45
15th	Charlton Athletic	42	15th	9	18th	059:860	0.69	39:45
16.	Bristol City	42	15th	8th	19th	054:820	0.66	38:46
17th	Nottingham Forest	42	14th	9	19th	080:850	0.94	37:47
18th	Plymouth Argyle (N)	42	14th	8th	20th	076:840	0.90	36:48
19th	Barnsley FC	42	13	9	20th	059:790	0.75	35:49
20th	Swansea Town	42	12	10	20th	051:740	0.69	34:50
21st	Reading FC	42	12	6th	24	072:960	0.75	30:54
22nd	Cardiff City	42	8th	9	25th	047:870	0.54	25:59

Second division champion and promoted to the Football League First Division 1931/32

Promoted to the Football League First Division 1931/32

Relegation from the Football League Second Division

(A)	Relegated from the Football League First Division 1929/30
(N)	Newcomers from the Football League Third Division 1929/30

Results table

The home teams are listed in the left column.

1930/31	BAR	BRA	BPA	BRC	BUR	BUY	CAR	CHA	EVE	Mil	NOF	OLD	PLY	PVA	PNE	REA	SOH	STO	SWA	DEAD	WBA	WOL
Barnsley FC		2: 1	1-0	1-0	0: 1	2: 1	4-0	5-0	1: 1	2: 3	3: 1	1: 2	0: 4	5: 2	1: 1	3: 2	3: 1	4: 2	1-0	0: 1	0-0	3-0
Bradford City	1-0		0: 4	1: 1	2: 3	3: 1	2: 1	3: 2	0: 3	0-0	1-0	0-0	1-0	2: 1	0-0	6: 1	4: 3	2: 2	3-0	2-0	2: 3	4: 1
Bradford Park Avenue	1-0	1: 2		5: 2	4: 1	5: 1	3-0	3: 2	4: 1	6-0	4: 1	4-0	7: 1	5: 1	2: 2	1: 3	1: 1	2: 2	5: 1	4: 1	3: 1	1: 1
Bristol City	2: 1	0: 1	2-0		1: 1	4: 2	1-0	3-0	0: 1	1: 2	1: 4	1-0	2: 1	1: 1	1: 1	1-0	2: 1	1: 1	2: 1	2: 1	1: 1	0: 3
Burnley FC	2: 2	1: 1	3: 2	4: 2		0: 2	1-0	1: 1	5: 2	2: 1	5: 2	6: 1	2: 2	1: 2	1-0	8: 1	3: 2	1: 2	2: 2	1-0	2: 1	4: 2
Bury FC	3: 1	3: 1	3: 1	6-0	2: 1		3-0	0: 1	2: 2	5-0	1-0	1: 3	2-0	0: 3	3-0	2: 2	1-0	0: 3	2-0	2-0	2: 2	1-0
Cardiff City	2-0	1: 1	0: 3	0: 1	4-0	1: 3		0: 2	1: 2	4: 4	1: 1	0-0	4: 1	2: 1	0-0	5-0	0: 1	3: 2	1-0	0-0	3: 6	0: 3
Charlton Athletic	1: 1	2: 1	3: 1	0-0	2: 1	3: 2	4: 1		0: 7	2-0	1: 1	1: 1	1: 3	3: 1	1: 3	2: 1	3: 1	1: 2	3-0	1-0	0: 4	1: 2
Everton FC	5: 2	4: 2	4: 2	1: 3	3: 2	3: 2	1: 1	7: 1		2-0	2-0	6: 4	9: 1	2: 3	2: 1	3: 2	2: 1	5-0	5: 1	4: 2	2: 1	4-0
Millwall FC	4: 1	1: 1	1: 1	2-0	2: 1	1-0	0-0	6-0	1: 3		5: 1	1-0	4: 1	0: 1	5: 7	4-0	1-0	1: 3	3: 1	2: 3	2-0	1: 1
Nottingham Forest	3: 3	4: 1	1-0	6: 1	3: 3	3-0	3: 1	4: 3	2: 2	2: 1		4: 1	1: 1	1-0	1: 4	1: 1	3: 1	3-0	3-0	2: 2	1: 6	3: 4
Oldham Athletic	0-0	3-0	2-0	1: 3	3: 1	3: 2	4: 2	0: 3	3: 3	3: 1	3: 1		2: 1	3: 3	2-0	1: 1	2: 1	3: 1	2: 1	1: 2	2: 2	2-0
Plymouth Argyle	4-0	0: 2	0-0	5: 3	1: 2	3: 6	5: 1	1: 3	2: 3	5-0	1-0	1: 1		2: 1	1: 2	3: 1	2: 3	1: 2	0-0	2-0	5: 1	3: 2
Port Vale	5: 2	1-0	8: 2	1-0	0-0	0: 1	2-0	1: 1	1: 3	3: 2	3: 2	2-0	2: 1		1-0	2: 1	1-0	0-0	2-0	3-0	1-0	0: 1
Preston North End	1: 1	4: 2	1: 1	2: 2	2-0	3-0	7-0	4: 1	2: 1	1: 3	2: 4	1-0	2: 1	1: 3		3: 3	5-0	5: 1	0-0	2: 1	2: 3	5: 4
Reading FC	6: 1	0-0	3-0	4: 1	3: 1	3: 4	3-0	2-0	0: 2	2: 1	5: 2	1: 3	1: 2	0: 3	1: 4		1: 1	7: 3	1-0	1: 2	0: 3	3-0
Southampton FC	4-0	4: 1	2: 3	5: 1	1: 1	5-0	0: 1	3-0	2: 1	3: 1	0-0	1-0	3: 3	2-0	2: 1	3: 2		2: 1	1: 2	0: 3	1: 1	2-0
Stoke City	0-0	1: 1	1: 1	3: 1	1: 1	3: 1	1-0	0-0	2-0	2: 3	1-0	4-0	0-0	1-0	3: 1	2: 1	1: 3		5-0	2: 1	0: 1	1: 2
Swansea Town	1-0	1: 2	2: 1	5: 2	1: 1	5: 2	3: 2	1: 1	2: 5	4: 1	3: 2	0-0	2-0	2: 1	2: 1	2: 1	0: 1	1: 2		1: 2	1: 1	1: 1
Tottenham Hotspur	4: 2	3: 1	3: 2	4: 1	8: 1	3: 1	2: 2	5-0	1-0	4: 1	2: 1	4-0	1: 1	5-0	0-0	7: 1	1: 3	3-0	1: 1		2: 2	1-0
West Bromwich Albion	5-0	1-0	1: 1	3-0	2-0	2-0	3: 2	3: 2	1: 2	0-0	2: 1	2-0	1: 2	4: 1	2-0	1-0	1: 2	4-0	0-0	0: 2		2: 1
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2-0	0: 1	1: 1	0: 1	2: 4	7-0	4: 1	1: 1	3: 1	2-0	4: 2	3-0	4: 3	3-0	2-0	3: 1	3: 2	5: 1	3: 1	3: 1	1: 4

List of goalscorers

	player	society	Gates
1	Dixie Dean	Everton FC	39

literature

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

Web links

• England 1930–31 (RSSSF)

References and footnotes

1. ↑ English League Leading Goalscorers (RSSSF)
2. ↑ 1930/31 season. In: wildstat.com. Retrieved April 5, 2018 .