1931–32 Football League

The 1931–32 season was the 40th season of The Football League.

The Football League

Season	1931–32
Champions	Everton
Relegated	Thames
Folded	Wigan Borough
New Clubs in League	Mansfield Town, Chester City
← 1930–31 1932–33 →

Final league tables

The tables and results below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website^[1] and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79,^[2] with home and away statistics separated.

Beginning with the season 1894–95, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded), or more properly put, goal ratio. In case one or more teams had the same goal average, this system favoured those teams who had conceded fewer goals. The goal average system was eventually scrapped beginning with the 1976–77 season. From the 1922–23 season on re-election was required of the bottom two teams of both Third Division North and Third Division South.^[2]

First Division

First Division

Season	1931–32
Champions	Everton 4th English title
Relegated	Grimsby Town West Ham United
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,727 (3.74 per match)
Top goalscorer	Dixie Dean (44 goals)^[3]
Biggest home win	Everton 8–1 Newcastle United (31 October 1931) Everton 9–2 Leicester City (28 November 1931) Bolton Wanderers 8–1 Liverpool (7 March 1932)
Biggest away win	Blackburn Rovers 1–6 Sheffield Wednesday (29 April 1932)
Highest scoring	Everton 9–3 Sheffield Wednesday (17 October 1931)
← 1930–31 1932–33 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Relegation
1	Everton (C)	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 (R)	42	13	6	23	67	98	0.684	32	Relegation to the Second Division
22	West Ham United (R)	42	12	7	23	62	107	0.579	31

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	ARS	AST	BIR	BLB	BLP	BOL	CHE	DER	EVE	GRI	HUD	LEI	LIV	MCI	MID	NEW	POR	SHU	SHW	SUN	WBA	WHU
Arsenal		1–1	3–0	4–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	3–2	4–0	1–1	2–1	6–0	4–0	5–0	1–0	3–3	0–2	3–1	2–0	0–1	4–1
Aston Villa	1–1		3–2	1–5	5–1	2–1	1–3	2–0	2–3	7–0	2–3	3–2	6–1	2–1	7–1	3–0	0–1	5–0	3–1	2–0	2–0	5–2
Birmingham	2–2	1–1		2–1	3–0	2–2	4–0	1–1	4–0	2–1	5–0	2–0	3–1	1–5	3–0	4–1	2–1	1–3	1–2	0–0	1–0	4–1
Blackburn Rovers	1–1	2–0	1–2		5–1	3–1	2–2	3–2	5–3	3–2	3–0	6–0	1–3	2–2	4–2	0–3	5–3	1–2	1–6	5–2	2–0	2–4
Blackpool	1–5	1–3	1–1	2–1		0–3	2–4	2–1	2–0	4–3	2–0	2–3	2–2	2–2	1–2	3–1	1–1	2–0	1–2	3–2	1–2	7–2
Bolton Wanderers	1–0	2–1	5–1	3–1	1–2		1–0	1–2	2–1	5–3	1–2	1–0	8–1	1–1	4–2	2–1	4–0	3–1	2–4	3–1	1–0	0–1
Chelsea	2–1	3–6	2–1	1–2	4–1	3–0		2–1	0–0	4–1	0–1	1–0	2–0	3–2	4–0	4–1	0–0	1–1	2–3	2–2	0–2	3–2
Derby County	1–1	3–1	2–1	1–1	5–0	5–1	1–0		3–0	3–3	3–2	1–1	1–2	2–1	5–2	1–1	2–1	1–3	0–1	3–1	3–1	5–1
Everton	1–3	4–2	3–2	5–0	3–2	1–0	7–2	2–1		4–2	4–1	9–2	2–1	0–1	5–1	8–1	0–1	5–1	9–3	4–2	2–1	6–1
Grimsby Town	3–1	2–2	1–1	4–3	0–0	2–0	1–2	2–1	1–2		1–4	3–0	5–1	2–1	2–0	1–2	3–1	0–2	3–1	1–3	0–0	2–1
Huddersfield Town	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	5–0	2–0	2–1	6–0	0–0	1–1		2–1	4–3	1–0	1–1	1–2	1–0	2–2	6–1	4–1	2–2	3–1
Leicester City	1–2	3–8	3–1	1–0	2–2	1–3	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–2	2–4		2–1	4–0	2–2	4–2	2–1	4–3	3–2	5–0	2–3	2–1
Liverpool	2–1	2–0	4–3	4–2	3–2	2–2	2–1	1–1	1–3	4–0	0–3	3–3		4–3	7–2	4–2	1–3	2–1	3–1	1–2	4–1	2–2
Manchester City	1–3	3–3	2–1	3–1	7–1	2–1	1–1	3–0	1–0	4–1	3–0	5–1	0–1		1–2	5–1	3–3	1–1	1–2	1–1	2–5	0–1
Middlesbrough	2–5	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–3	3–1	0–2	5–2	1–0	4–0	1–0	1–1	4–1	3–3		2–1	0–1	4–3	4–0	0–1	1–0	3–2
Newcastle United	3–2	3–1	0–3	5–3	2–2	3–1	4–1	3–3	0–0	2–0	2–1	3–2	0–1	2–1	3–1		0–0	5–3	4–1	1–2	5–1	2–2
Portsmouth	0–3	0–3	2–1	2–0	2–2	3–2	1–0	2–0	0–3	2–0	3–2	0–1	2–0	3–2	2–0	6–0		2–1	2–0	0–0	0–1	3–0
Sheffield United	4–1	5–4	1–0	3–2	1–3	4–0	4–2	3–1	1–5	2–1	0–2	2–2	3–0	2–1	2–1	0–3	1–2		1–1	1–1	1–0	6–0
Sheffield Wednesday	1–3	1–0	5–1	5–1	3–0	7–1	2–2	3–1	1–3	4–1	4–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–1		3–2	2–5	6–1
Sunderland	2–0	1–1	2–3	2–2	4–0	3–0	2–1	0–0	2–3	2–0	1–3	4–1	1–3	2–5	0–0	1–4	5–1	1–0	3–1		2–1	2–0
West Bromwich Albion	1–0	3–0	0–1	4–1	4–0	3–0	4–0	4–0	1–1	5–6	3–2	1–2	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	3–0	0–1	1–1	1–0		3–1
West Ham United	1–1	2–1	2–4	1–3	1–1	3–1	3–1	2–1	4–2	3–1	1–1	1–4	1–0	1–1	0–2	2–1	2–1	1–2	1–2	2–2	1–5

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [1]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

 

 

 

 

Arsenal

Chelsea

West Ham

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Locations of the Football League First Division London teams

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Arsenal

Aston Villa

Birmingham

Blackburn Rovers

Blackpool

Bolton

Chelsea

Derby County

Everton

Grimsby Town

Huddersfield

Leicester City

Liverpool

Manchester City

Middlesbrough

Newcastle

Portsmouth

Sheffield United

Sunderland

Sheffield Wednesday

West Bromwich Albion

West Ham

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Locations of the Football League First Division teams

Second Division

Second Division

Season	1931–32
Champions	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Promoted	Wolverhampton Wanderers Leeds United
Relegated	Barnsley Bristol City
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,567 (3.39 per match)
Top goalscorer	Cyril Pearce (35 goals)^[3]
Biggest home win	Bradford City 9–1 Barnsley (2 January 1932)
Biggest away win	Southampton 0–6 Plymouth Argyle (5 December 1931) Port Vale 1–7 Wolverhampton Wanderers (12 December 1931)
Highest scoring	Tottenham Hotspur 9–3 Port Vale (21 November 1931)
← 1930–31 1932–33 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Wolverhampton Wanderers (C, P)	42	24	8	10	115	49	2.347	56	Promotion to the First Division
2	Leeds United (P)	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 (R)	42	12	9	21	55	91	0.604	33	Relegation to the Third Division North
22	Bristol City (R)	42	6	11	25	39	78	0.500	23	Relegation to the Third Division South

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	BAR	BRA	BPA	BRI	BUR	BRY	CHA	CHF	LEE	MUN	MIL	NOT	NTC	OLD	PLY	PTV	PNE	SOU	STK	SWA	TOT	WOL
Barnsley		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	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	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	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	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	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

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane's, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

 

 

 

 

Charlton Athletic

Millwall

Tottenham

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Locations of the Football League Second Division London teams

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Barnsley

Bradford City

Bradford Park Avenue

Bristol City

Burnley

Bury

Charlton

Chesterfield

Leeds United

Manchester United

Millwall

Nottingham Forest

Notts County

Oldham

Plymouth Argyle

Port Vale

Preston North End

Southampton

Swansea Town

Stoke

Tottenham

Wolverhampton Wanderers

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Locations of the Football League Second Division teams

Third Division North

Football League
Third Division North

Season	1931–32
Champions	Lincoln City (1st title)
Failed re-election	None
Folded	Wigan Borough
Matches played	432
Goals scored	1,555 (3.6 per match)
Top goalscorer	Allan Hall (Lincoln City), 42 ^[3]
← 1930–31 1932–33 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Promotion
1	Lincoln City	40	16	2	2	65	13	10	3	7	41	34	2.255	57	Division Champions, promoted
2	Gateshead	40	15	3	2	59	20	10	4	6	35	28	1.958	57
3	Chester^[a]	40	16	2	2	54	22	5	6	9	24	38	1.300	50
4	Tranmere Rovers	40	15	4	1	76	23	4	7	9	31	35	1.845	49
5	Barrow	40	16	1	3	59	23	8	0	12	27	36	1.458	49
6	Crewe Alexandra	40	15	3	2	64	24	6	3	11	31	42	1.439	48
7	Southport	40	14	5	1	44	15	4	5	11	14	38	1.094	46
8	Hull City	40	14	1	5	52	21	6	4	10	30	32	1.547	45
9	York City	40	14	3	3	49	24	4	4	12	27	57	0.938	43
10	Wrexham	40	14	2	4	42	25	4	5	11	22	44	0.928	43
11	Darlington	40	12	1	7	41	27	5	3	12	25	42	0.957	38
12	Stockport County	40	12	3	5	31	15	1	8	11	24	38	1.038	37
13	Hartlepools United	40	10	4	6	47	37	6	1	13	31	63	0.780	37
14	Accrington Stanley	40	14	4	2	56	20	1	2	17	19	60	0.938	36
15	Doncaster Rovers	40	12	3	5	38	27	4	1	15	21	53	0.738	36
16	Walsall^[b]	40	12	3	5	42	30	4	0	16	15	55	0.671	35
17	Halifax Town	40	11	6	3	36	18	2	2	16	25	69	0.701	34
18	Carlisle United	40	9	7	4	40	23	2	4	14	24	56	0.810	33
19	Rotherham United	40	10	3	7	41	23	4	1	15	22	49	0.875	32
20	New Brighton	40	8	5	7	25	23	0	3	17	13	53	0.500	24	Re-elected
21	Rochdale	40	4	2	14	33	63	0	1	19	15	72	0.356	11
-	Wigan Borough^[c]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0

Source: rsssf.com
Notes:

1. New club in the league; elected from Cheshire County League
2. Walsall was transferred from Third Division South for this season.
3. Wigan Borough resigned from the Football League on October 21 and folded. Their record (P12 W3 D1 L8 F12 A32 GA 0.375 Pts 7) was expunged.

Results

Home \ Away	ACC	BRW	CRL	CHE	CRE	DAR	DON	GAT	HAL	HAR	HUL	LIN	NWB	ROC	ROT	SOU	STP	TRA	WAL	WIG	WRE	YOR
Accrington Stanley		2–0	5–3	2–3	2–0	4–0	3–2	1–2	4–0	5–0	1–1	2–2	4–1	3–0	5–2	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–0		5–0	2–1
Barrow	3–0		4–1	4–0	2–1	3–4	3–2	3–1	3–1	4–1	0–2	0–2	4–1	4–1	3–0	1–1	4–2	3–1	7–1		1–0	3–1
Carlisle United	3–0	3–1		4–3	2–1	0–2	5–1	0–0	4–0	3–2	0–1	0–3	0–0	4–0	1–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	4–0		2–2	1–1
Chester	1–0	4–2	4–1		1–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–3	2–0	2–1	2–0	7–2	2–1	4–0	2–1	3–1	5–1	4–0	2–5	3–0
Crewe Alexandra	3–1	3–2	5–1	1–0		0–1	2–0	3–5	4–3	6–0	4–3	8–1	3–2	1–0	5–0	1–1	2–2	0–0	2–1	4–3	3–0	8–1
Darlington	4–1	0–2	0–1	4–1	1–0		2–3	1–2	3–0	6–3	2–1	0–6	3–0	3–1	2–1	0–1	2–0	1–2	2–0	5–0	1–1	4–1
Doncaster Rovers	3–1	0–1	3–3	3–0	2–1	3–2		1–2	3–1	1–3	2–1	0–3	2–1	2–0	2–0	3–0	1–1	2–2	2–1		2–4	1–0
Gateshead	4–0	4–0	4–0	1–2	3–3	3–2	2–1		1–1	3–1	2–1	2–3	4–0	3–1	4–1	2–0	2–1	3–3	2–0		4–0	6–0
Halifax Town	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	4–1	0–3	4–0	1–2		2–0	2–2	3–0	0–0	3–2	1–1	3–0	2–2	0–0	1–2		1–0	4–1
Hartlepool	1–0	0–2	2–2	2–2	3–1	3–3	5–0	1–2	4–1		2–3	4–3	1–0	3–0	1–4	2–1	2–2	0–5	4–3		0–1	7–2
Hull City	3–0	3–0	2–0	0–2	2–4	4–1	4–1	0–1	1–0	3–1		4–1	4–1	4–1	0–1	1–0	4–4	3–0	3–0		5–0	2–3
Lincoln City	5–1	3–1	3–1	4–0	5–1	2–0	1–2	1–0	9–1	6–0	1–0		3–0	3–0	3–1	7–0	1–2	4–2	3–0	3–0	0–0	1–1
New Brighton	2–1	0–3	4–1	0–1	0–1	0–0	1–0	1–3	2–0	1–1	1–2	2–1		1–1	3–1	3–1	2–1	1–1	0–1		1–1	0–2
Rochdale	2–2	0–6	4–3	0–3	2–3	1–1	3–1	0–3	1–4	1–3	3–6	3–5	3–2		1–4	0–1	1–0	3–6	0–1		2–4	3–5
Rotherham United	2–3	0–2	4–1	3–0	0–2	2–4	6–3	2–1	5–0	1–2	2–0	0–1	2–2	5–0		2–0	1–1	1–0	3–0		0–0	0–1
Southport	4–2	3–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–0	5–0	1–1	2–2	1–2	1–0	1–1	1–0	3–1	3–2		1–0	1–0	5–1		2–0	3–0
Stockport County	3–0	2–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	3–2	2–0	0–1	3–1	3–1	1–0	0–1		0–1	0–1		5–1	3–2
Tranmere	8–1	6–1	3–0	2–2	4–1	3–1	0–1	4–3	5–2	5–0	2–2	1–0	5–1	9–1	6–1	2–0	2–2		4–1		3–1	2–2
Walsall	5–5	1–2	3–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	1–2	4–2	2–3	1–4	0–3	3–0	2–1	3–0	2–1	3–1	2–1		3–0	2–0	2–2
Wigan Borough			3–2					2–1	0–1	1–1	3–1	0–3
Wrexham	2–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	2–4	3–0	2–1	2–1	2–3	5–3	2–1	1–3	2–1	4–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	2–1	5–1	5–0		2–1
York City	1–0	1–0	2–4	3–1	3–3	3–0	1–2	3–2	7–2	3–1	0–0	1–1	4–0	5–2	2–0	1–2	1–0	3–2	2–0		3–2

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane's, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

• Wigan Borough resigned mid-season and folded; their record was expunged. Their results are listed for informational purposes.

Maps

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accrington Stanley

Barrow

Carlisle United

Chester

Crewe Alexandra

Darlington

Doncaster

Gateshead

Halifax Town

Hartlepool

Hull

Lincoln City

New Brighton

Rochdale

Rotherham

Southport

Stockport

Tranmere

Walsall

Wigan Borough

Wrexham

York City

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Locations of the Football League Third Division North teams

Third Division South

Football League
Third Division South

Season	1931–32
Champions	Fulham (1st title)
Failed re-election	Thames
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,694 (3.67 per match)
Top goalscorer	Clarrie Bourton (Coventry City), 49 ^[3]
← 1930–31 1932–33 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Fulham	42	15	3	3	72	27	9	6	6	39	35	1.790	57	Division Champions, promoted
2	Reading	42	19	1	1	65	21	4	8	9	32	46	1.448	55
3	Southend United	42	12	5	4	41	18	9	6	6	36	35	1.453	53
4	Crystal Palace	42	14	7	0	48	12	6	4	11	26	51	1.175	51
5	Brentford	42	11	6	4	40	22	8	4	9	28	30	1.308	48
6	Luton Town	42	16	1	4	62	25	4	6	11	33	45	1.357	47
7	Exeter City	42	16	3	2	53	16	4	4	13	24	46	1.242	47
8	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	12	4	5	42	21	5	8	8	31	37	1.259	46
9	Cardiff City	42	14	2	5	62	29	5	6	10	25	44	1.192	46
10	Norwich City	42	12	7	2	51	22	5	5	11	25	45	1.134	46
11	Watford	42	14	4	3	49	27	5	4	12	32	52	1.025	46
12	Coventry City	42	17	2	2	74	28	1	6	14	34	69	1.113	44
13	Queens Park Rangers	42	11	6	4	50	30	4	6	11	29	43	1.082	42
14	Northampton Town	42	12	3	6	48	26	4	4	13	21	43	1.000	39
15	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	42	8	8	5	42	32	5	4	12	28	46	0.897	38
16	Clapton Orient	42	7	8	6	41	35	5	3	13	36	55	0.856	35
17	Swindon Town	42	12	2	7	47	31	2	4	15	23	53	0.833	34
18	Bristol Rovers	42	11	6	4	46	30	2	2	17	19	62	0.707	34
19	Torquay United	42	9	6	6	49	39	3	3	15	23	67	0.679	33
20	Mansfield Town^[a]	42	11	5	5	54	45	0	5	16	21	63	0.694	32	Transferred to the Third Division North
21	Gillingham	42	8	6	7	26	26	2	2	17	14	56	0.488	28	Re-elected
22	Thames	42	6	7	8	35	35	1	2	18	18	74	0.486	23	Thames decided not to seek re-election

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. New club in the league; elected from Midland League

Results

Home \ Away	B&BA	BRE	B&HA	BRR	CAR	CLA	COV	CRY	EXE	FUL	GIL	LUT	MAN	NOR	NWC	QPR	REA	STD	SWI	THA	TOR	WAT
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic		1–3	1–2	2–2	3–0	0–1	2–2	4–1	5–2	0–3	0–2	1–1	3–2	1–1	1–0	2–2	2–2	0–0	2–1	4–2	5–0	3–3
Brentford	4–2		2–2	4–2	2–3	3–0	4–2	1–1	2–2	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	0–1	1–0	3–0	2–3	2–0	1–0	3–0	1–2
Brighton & Hove Albion	4–1	1–2		2–0	0–0	1–1	4–1	0–3	1–1	2–3	7–0	3–2	4–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	1–2	1–0	4–1	0–2	2–1
Bristol Rovers	4–1	2–0	0–4		2–2	2–1	3–1	6–1	2–4	2–2	5–2	3–1	1–1	3–2	0–1	1–1	2–0	0–0	0–2	4–1	1–1	3–2
Cardiff City	0–0	3–2	1–1	3–1		5–0	6–1	1–3	5–2	0–3	1–0	4–1	2–0	5–0	0–2	0–4	5–1	2–3	3–0	9–2	5–2	2–1
Clapton Orient	1–2	2–2	2–2	1–0	1–1		5–2	1–3	2–2	0–1	3–1	0–0	4–0	3–2	1–3	3–0	2–2	2–4	4–2	1–1	1–3	2–2
Coventry City	6–1	0–1	4–3	1–1	2–1	4–2		8–0	4–0	5–5	6–4	3–2	5–1	4–1	3–0	1–0	5–1	0–2	3–2	2–0	3–1	5–0
Crystal Palace	1–1	1–0	2–0	5–0	5–0	0–0	2–2		3–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	4–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	3–2	0–0	2–1	7–0	2–1
Exeter City	1–0	4–1	3–1	1–0	3–1	4–3	3–0	0–1		0–3	4–0	1–1	3–0	0–0	3–0	6–2	4–0	3–0	1–1	4–1	3–1	2–0
Fulham	3–0	2–1	3–0	3–2	4–0	5–1	5–3	4–0	3–1		0–2	3–2	2–1	1–3	4–0	1–3	3–3	1–1	2–2	8–0	10–2	5–0
Gillingham	1–4	0–2	0–0	1–0	1–1	0–2	1–3	0–0	0–1	2–1		1–3	2–0	3–2	3–3	1–0	1–1	4–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	0–1
Luton Town	1–0	1–1	3–2	3–0	2–1	1–5	3–1	3–0	6–3	1–3	2–0		3–1	1–0	7–1	4–1	6–1	1–3	6–0	2–0	6–1	0–1
Mansfield Town	2–1	2–0	3–3	0–3	1–2	4–3	3–3	1–1	3–1	1–2	3–1	5–2		2–0	5–2	2–2	1–7	4–4	3–2	4–0	2–4	3–2
Northampton Town	1–1	3–0	0–1	6–0	1–0	4–3	3–2	5–0	2–1	0–1	1–0	1–2	3–0		2–2	6–1	2–4	1–2	4–1	0–4	2–0	1–1
Norwich City	1–2	1–0	2–1	6–0	2–0	3–2	6–2	3–2	0–1	2–2	1–1	3–3	1–1	0–0		2–1	0–0	1–1	4–2	7–0	2–0	4–1
Queens Park Rangers	0–3	1–2	1–1	2–1	2–3	3–2	1–1	2–2	1–0	3–1	7–0	3–1	1–1	3–2	2–2		2–0	2–1	1–2	6–0	3–1	4–4
Reading	3–1	1–2	3–1	3–0	5–1	5–0	2–1	3–0	2–0	4–2	2–0	2–1	4–1	3–2	1–1	3–2		3–1	5–2	5–1	4–1	2–1
Southend	1–3	1–0	2–0	4–1	1–1	1–3	4–0	1–0	0–1	4–1	2–0	1–1	5–2	0–1	2–0	0–0	1–1		3–0	1–1	4–2	3–0
Swindon Town	3–0	1–3	1–2	2–1	1–4	2–3	2–2	3–2	2–1	2–2	4–0	3–2	5–2	3–0	2–0	1–2	0–2	1–2		2–0	3–0	4–1
Thames	4–2	1–1	1–2	0–2	1–2	3–3	5–2	1–3	0–0	0–0	3–0	2–4	6–3	0–2	1–0	3–2	0–0	1–3	1–1		1–1	1–2
Torquay United	1–1	1–1	1–1	8–1	2–2	3–0	3–3	3–1	2–1	2–3	1–0	1–2	2–2	4–1	2–4	2–3	1–4	2–1	2–1	3–1		3–6
Watford	4–2	1–4	2–2	5–2	3–0	2–1	2–0	1–2	1–0	3–1	2–0	3–1	4–1	1–2	1–1	2–2	3–2	1–1	4–1	3–2	1–0

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane's, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brentford

Clapton Orient

Crystal Palace

Fulham

Queens Park Rangers

Thames

Watford

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Locations of the Football League Third Division South London teams

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bournemouth

Brentford

Brighton & Hove

Bristol Rovers

Cardiff City

Clapton Orient

Coventry

Crystal P.

Exeter City

Fulham

Gillingham

Luton Town

Mansfield Town

Northampton Town

Norwich City

QPR

Southend

Reading

Thames

Torquay

Swindon

Watford

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Locations of the Football League Third Division South teams

See also

• 1931–32 in English football
• 1931 in association football
• 1932 in association football

References

1. "England 1931-32". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. from the original on 5 February 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
2. Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane's, London & Sydney, 1980.
3. "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.

• Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane's, London & Sydney, 1980.