Football League Second Division 1931/32

Football League Second Division 1931/32
master	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Climbers	Wolverhampton Wanderers, Leeds United
Relegated	Barnsley FC , Bristol City
Teams	22nd
Games	462
Gates	1,567  (ø 3.39 per game)
Top scorer	Cyril Pearce ( Swansea Town )
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The Football League Second Division 1931/32 was the 36th season of the Football League Second Division as the second highest English football league . It began on August 29, 1931 and ended on May 7, 1932.

Second division champions were the Wolverhampton Wanderers and also the second-placed Leeds United rose to the Football League First Division . For the two promoted teams in the following second division season 1932/33, the two first division clubs Grimsby Town and West Ham United ranked in the table below . FC Barnsley and Bristol City had to relegate from the Second Division , with Barnsley henceforth having to compete in the North Season Football League Third Division North and Bristol City in the Football League Third Division South . Instead of the two clubs took in the following season 1932/33 Third Division North champions Lincoln City FC and from the Third Division South of the winner Fulham FC, the vacant positions.

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Quota	Points
1.	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	24	8th	10	115: 490	2.35	56:28
2.	Leeds United (A)	42	22nd	10	10	078:540	1.44	54:30
3.	Stoke City	42	19th	14th	9	069:480	1.44	52:32
4th	Plymouth Argyle	42	20th	9	13	100: 660	1.52	49:35
5.	Bury FC	42	21st	7th	14th	070:580	1.21	49:35
6th	Bradford Park Avenue	42	21st	7th	14th	072:630	1.14	49:35
7th	Bradford City	42	16	13	13	080:610	1.31	45:39
8th.	Tottenham Hotspur	42	16	11	15th	087:780	1.12	43:41
9.	Millwall FC	42	17th	9	16	061:610	1.00	43:41
10.	Charlton Athletic	42	17th	9	16	061:660	0.92	43:41
11.	Nottingham Forest	42	16	10	16	077:720	1.07	42:42
12.	Manchester United (A)	42	17th	8th	17th	071:720	0.99	42:42
13.	Preston North End	42	16	10	16	075:770	0.97	42:42
14th	Southampton FC	42	17th	7th	18th	066:770	0.86	41:43
15th	Swansea Town	42	16	7th	19th	073:750	0.97	39:45
16.	Notts County (N)	42	13	12	17th	075:750	1.00	38:46
17th	Chesterfield FC (N)	42	13	11	18th	064:860	0.74	37:47
18th	Oldham Athletic	42	13	10	19th	062:840	0.74	36:48
19th	Burnley FC	42	13	9	20th	059:870	0.68	35:49
20th	Port Vale	42	13	7th	22nd	058:890	0.65	33:51
21st	Barnsley FC	42	12	9	21st	055:910	0.60	33:51
22nd	Bristol City	42	6th	11	25th	039:780	0.50	23:61

Second division champion and promoted to the Football League First Division 1932/33

Promoted to the Football League First Division 1932/33

Relegation from the Football League Second Division

(A)	Relegated from the Football League First Division 1930/31
(N)	Newcomers from the Football League Third Division 1930/31

Results table

The home teams are listed in the left column.

1931/32	BAR	BRA	BPA	BRC	BUR	BUY	CHA	CHF	LEE	MNU	Mil	NOF	NOC	OLD	PLY	PVA	PNE	SOH	STO	SWA	DEAD	WOL
Barnsley FC		1: 2	2: 2	1: 1	0: 1	0: 1	1: 4	3: 1	0: 2	0-0	2: 1	3: 1	1: 1	3: 1	0-0	3-0	4: 2	3: 3	1-0	2: 3	3: 2	2: 2
Bradford City	9: 1		0-0	3-0	1: 2	1: 3	1: 1	3-0	4: 1	4: 3	0-0	2: 2	0: 2	2-0	3: 3	4-0	0: 1	5: 2	2: 2	5: 1	2-0	2: 2
Bradford Park Avenue	1-0	1-0		2-0	2-0	2: 1	3-0	1-0	3-0	3: 1	1: 2	4: 1	1: 1	5-0	2-0	2: 2	1: 5	2: 1	2: 1	2: 1	2: 1	2: 1
Bristol City	4-0	0: 1	0-0		1: 6	1: 3	1: 2	1: 1	0: 2	2: 1	1: 4	1: 1	3: 2	1: 1	0: 2	0: 2	4: 2	0: 1	0-0	1: 1	1: 1	0: 4
Burnley FC	5: 3	1: 1	3: 2	1: 2		2: 2	0: 1	2: 2	0: 5	2-0	1: 1	1-0	1: 1	1: 4	1: 1	2: 2	2: 2	1: 3	3-0	4: 1	2-0	1: 3
Bury FC	7: 1	0: 2	4: 2	2: 1	1-0		6-0	0: 1	1: 4	0-0	2-0	2: 2	2: 1	2: 1	2: 2	2-0	4: 1	3-0	0: 1	2: 1	1: 1	1-0
Charlton Athletic	3: 1	1-0	2: 2	2-0	0: 1	3-0		0-0	0: 1	1-0	1: 3	3: 1	3: 1	2: 2	2-0	2: 1	2: 1	2: 3	1: 1	3: 3	2: 5	3: 2
Chesterfield FC	2: 2	2: 2	3: 2	3: 1	5: 1	4: 1	3: 2		1: 1	1: 3	1-0	1-0	1: 4	0: 2	1: 2	4-0	3: 1	1-0	1: 3	1: 2	4: 2	1: 2
Leeds United	0: 1	1: 1	3: 2	1-0	3: 1	1-0	2-0	3: 3		1: 4	0: 1	1: 1	2: 2	5-0	0-0	0: 2	4: 1	1-0	2-0	3: 2	1-0	2: 1
Manchester United	3-0	1-0	0: 2	0: 1	5: 1	1: 2	0: 2	3: 1	2: 5		2-0	3: 2	3: 3	5: 1	2: 1	2-0	3: 2	2: 3	1: 1	2: 1	1: 1	3: 2
Millwall FC	2-0	6: 1	3-0	1-0	2-0	2: 1	1-0	5-0	2: 3	1: 1		1-0	4: 3	0-0	1: 3	2: 2	4: 1	0: 1	1-0	3: 1	1: 2	1: 2
Nottingham Forest	1: 2	2: 1	6: 1	3: 1	1: 2	0: 2	3: 2	4-0	3: 3	2: 1	1: 1		2: 1	2-0	3: 2	2: 1	2: 2	2-0	1: 1	6: 1	1: 3	2-0
Notts County	2: 3	1: 1	0: 2	3-0	5-0	0: 1	2: 2	1: 1	1: 1	1: 2	2-0	2: 6		1-0	3-0	4: 2	1: 4	5-0	2: 1	1: 2	3: 1	3: 1
Oldham Athletic	2: 2	1: 1	2: 1	2: 1	3: 1	1: 2	1-0	6: 1	2: 1	1: 5	1: 1	2: 4	5: 2		1: 3	3-0	2: 2	2-0	1: 3	2-0	1: 2	0: 2
Plymouth Argyle	3-0	3: 3	4: 1	2: 1	4-0	5: 1	1: 1	4-0	3: 2	3: 1	8: 1	5: 1	3: 4	5-0		1: 3	2: 1	1: 2	1: 1	4: 2	4: 1	3: 3
Port Vale	3-0	2-0	1: 3	4: 2	1: 3	1: 1	0: 1	2: 1	1: 2	1: 2	2: 2	2-0	2-0	1: 1	2-0		0: 1	0-0	3-0	0: 4	1: 3	1: 7
Preston North End	1: 2	5: 2	1-0	1: 1	2: 1	0: 2	3: 2	2: 2	0-0	0-0	2-0	1: 1	0-0	2: 3	5: 2	1: 4		2: 1	2-0	1-0	2-0	4: 2
Southampton FC	2-0	0: 1	0: 3	1: 1	3-0	2: 1	1: 1	1: 2	2: 1	1: 1	3: 1	4-0	3: 1	1: 1	0: 6	5: 1	3: 3		1: 2	3-0	2: 1	1: 3
Stoke City	2-0	3: 1	1-0	1: 1	3-0	3: 2	4-0	2: 1	3: 4	3-0	0-0	2: 1	2: 2	1: 1	3: 2	4-0	4: 1	2-0		0-0	2: 2	2: 1
Swansea Town	3-0	0: 1	1-0	2-0	5: 1	2-0	2-0	1: 1	0: 2	3: 1	4-0	4: 1	5: 1	1-0	4: 1	2: 3	0: 3	3: 4	1: 1		1: 1	1: 1
Tottenham Hotspur	4: 2	1: 5	3: 3	2: 1	1: 1	0-0	0: 1	3: 3	3: 1	4: 1	1-0	1: 3	2-0	3: 2	0: 1	9: 3	4-0	5: 2	3: 3	6: 2		3: 3
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2-0	3: 1	6-0	4: 2	3: 1	6-0	3: 1	6-0	1: 1	7-0	5-0	0-0	0-0	7: 1	2-0	2-0	3: 2	5: 1	0: 1	2-0	4-0

List of goalscorers

	player	society	Gates
1	Cyril Pearce	Swansea Town	35

literature

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

Web links

• England 1931–32 (RSSSF)

References and footnotes

1. ↑ English League Leading Goalscorers (RSSSF)
2. ^ Season 1931/32. In: wildstat.com. Retrieved April 5, 2018 .