1931–32 in English football

The 1931–32 season was the 57th season of competitive football in England.

Events

7 Nov 1931: William Richardson 'Ginger' Richardson scored four goals in five minutes for West Bromwich Albion against West Ham United at Upton Park, a record that is still in the Guinness Book of Records.
19 March 1932: Stanley Matthews, 17-year-old winger, makes his debut for Stoke City in a 2-1 league win over Bury at Gigg Lane.^[1]

Honours

Competition	Winner	Runner-up
First Division	Everton (4)	Arsenal
Second Division	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Leeds United
Third Division North	Lincoln City	Gateshead
Third Division South	Fulham	Reading
FA Cup	Newcastle United (3)	Arsenal
Charity Shield	Arsenal	West Bromwich Albion
Home Championship	England	Scotland

Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition

League table

First Division

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Everton	42	26	4	12	116	64	1.813	56
2	Arsenal	42	22	10	10	90	48	1.875	54
3	Sheffield Wednesday	42	22	6	14	96	82	1.171	50
4	Huddersfield Town	42	19	10	13	80	63	1.270	48
5	Aston Villa	42	19	8	15	104	72	1.444	46
6	West Bromwich Albion	42	20	6	16	77	55	1.400	46
7	Sheffield United	42	20	6	16	80	75	1.067	46
8	Portsmouth	42	19	7	16	62	62	1.000	45
9	Birmingham	42	18	8	16	78	67	1.164	44
10	Liverpool	42	19	6	17	81	93	0.871	44
11	Newcastle United	42	18	6	18	80	87	0.920	42
12	Chelsea	42	16	8	18	69	73	0.945	40
13	Sunderland	42	15	10	17	67	73	0.918	40
14	Manchester City	42	13	12	17	83	73	1.137	38
15	Derby County	42	14	10	18	71	75	0.947	38
16	Blackburn Rovers	42	16	6	20	89	95	0.937	38
17	Bolton Wanderers	42	17	4	21	72	80	0.900	38
18	Middlesbrough	42	15	8	19	64	89	0.719	38
19	Leicester City	42	15	7	20	74	94	0.787	37
20	Blackpool	42	12	9	21	65	102	0.637	33
21	Grimsby Town	42	13	6	23	67	98	0.684	32
22	West Ham United	42	12	7	23	62	107	0.579	31

Second Division

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	24	8	10	115	49	2.347	56
2	Leeds United	42	22	10	10	78	54	1.444	54
3	Stoke City	42	19	14	9	69	48	1.438	52
4	Plymouth Argyle	42	20	9	13	100	66	1.515	49
5	Bury	42	21	7	14	70	58	1.207	49
6	Bradford Park Avenue	42	21	7	14	72	63	1.143	49
7	Bradford City	42	16	13	13	80	61	1.311	45
8	Tottenham Hotspur	42	16	11	15	87	78	1.115	43
9	Millwall	42	17	9	16	61	61	1.000	43
10	Charlton Athletic	42	17	9	16	61	66	0.924	43
11	Nottingham Forest	42	16	10	16	77	72	1.069	42
12	Manchester United	42	17	8	17	71	72	0.986	42
13	Preston North End	42	16	10	16	75	77	0.974	42
14	Southampton	42	17	7	18	66	77	0.857	41
15	Swansea Town	42	16	7	19	73	75	0.973	39
16	Notts County	42	13	12	17	75	75	1.000	38
17	Chesterfield	42	13	11	18	64	86	0.744	37
18	Oldham Athletic	42	13	10	19	62	84	0.738	36
19	Burnley	42	13	9	20	59	87	0.678	35
20	Port Vale	42	13	7	22	58	89	0.652	33
21	Barnsley	42	12	9	21	55	91	0.604	33
22	Bristol City	42	6	11	25	39	78	0.500	23

Third Division North

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Lincoln City	40	26	5	9	106	47	2.255	57
2	Gateshead	40	25	7	8	94	48	1.958	57
3	Chester	40	21	8	11	78	60	1.300	50
4	Tranmere Rovers	40	19	11	10	107	58	1.845	49
5	Barrow	40	24	1	15	86	59	1.458	49
6	Crewe Alexandra	40	21	6	13	95	66	1.439	48
7	Southport	40	18	10	12	58	53	1.094	46
8	Hull City	40	20	5	15	82	53	1.547	45
9	York City	40	18	7	15	76	81	0.938	43
10	Wrexham	40	18	7	15	64	69	0.928	43
11	Darlington	40	17	4	19	66	69	0.957	38
12	Stockport County	40	13	11	16	55	53	1.038	37
13	Hartlepools United	40	16	5	19	78	100	0.780	37
14	Accrington Stanley	40	15	6	19	75	80	0.938	36
15	Doncaster Rovers	40	16	4	20	59	80	0.738	36
16	Walsall	40	16	3	21	57	85	0.671	35
17	Halifax Town	40	13	8	19	61	87	0.701	34
18	Carlisle United	40	11	11	18	64	79	0.810	33
19	Rotherham United	40	14	4	22	63	72	0.875	32
20	New Brighton	40	8	8	24	38	76	0.500	24
21	Rochdale	40	4	3	33	48	135	0.356	11

Third Division South

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Fulham	42	24	9	9	111	62	1.790	57
2	Reading	42	23	9	10	97	67	1.448	55
3	Southend United	42	21	11	10	77	53	1.453	53
4	Crystal Palace	42	20	11	11	74	63	1.175	51
5	Brentford	42	19	10	13	68	52	1.308	48
6	Luton Town	42	20	7	15	95	70	1.357	47
7	Exeter City	42	20	7	15	77	62	1.242	47
8	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	17	12	13	73	58	1.259	46
9	Cardiff City	42	19	8	15	87	73	1.192	46
10	Norwich City	42	17	12	13	76	67	1.134	46
11	Watford	42	19	8	15	81	79	1.025	46
12	Coventry City	42	18	8	16	108	97	1.113	44
13	Queens Park Rangers	42	15	12	15	79	73	1.082	42
14	Northampton Town	42	16	7	19	69	69	1.000	39
15	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	42	13	12	17	70	78	0.897	38
16	Clapton Orient	42	12	11	19	77	90	0.856	35
17	Swindon Town	42	14	6	22	70	84	0.833	34
18	Bristol Rovers	42	13	8	21	65	92	0.707	34
19	Torquay United	42	12	9	21	72	106	0.679	33
20	Mansfield Town	42	11	10	21	75	108	0.694	32
21	Gillingham	42	10	8	24	40	82	0.488	28
22	Thames	42	7	9	26	53	109	0.486	23

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; Pts = Points

References

↑ "Sir Stanley Matthews 1915-2000: A Potteries hero". Thefreelibrary.com. Retrieved 2012-02-06.

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