1929–30 Football League

38th season of the Football League The Football League 1929–30 Sheffield Wednesday Merthyr Town New Team in League York City 1928–29 1930–31 The 1929–30 season was the 38th season of The Football League. 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 websitehttps://www.rsssf.org/engpaul/FLA/1929-30.html England 1929-30 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 2010-02-24 and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79,Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980. 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 difference, this system favoured those teams who had scored fewer goals. The goal average system was eventually scrapped beginning with the 1976–77 season. From the 1922–23 season onwards, re-election was required of the bottom two teams of both Third Division North and Third Division South. First Division First Division 1929–30 Sheffield Wednesday4th English title BurnleyEverton Vic Watson(41 goals)https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engtops.html English League Leading Goalscorers RSSSF 2010-10-31 Blackburn Rovers 7–0 Middlesbrough(1 January 1930)Arsenal 8–1 Sheffield United(12 April 1930) Liverpool 0–6 Sunderland(19 April 1930) Blackburn Rovers 7–5 Birmingham(28 September 1929)Sheffield United 5–7 Blackburn Rovers(3 March 1930)Leicester City 6–6 Arsenal(21 April 1930) 462 1758 1928–29 1930–31 main WDL First Division Premier League 1929/1930 https://www.worldfootball.net/competition/ro15177/md42/results-and-standings/ worldfootball.net HEIM:SPIEL 24 December 2023 SHW, DER, MCI, AVL, LEE, BLA, WHU, LEI, SUN, HUD, BIR, LIV, POR, ARS, BOL, MID, MUN, GRI, NEW, SHU, BUR, EVE 1st REL REL complete 14 11 17 78 66 21 5 16 92 83 16 9 17 67 62 19 7 16 99 93 15 9 18 74 74 14 8 20 79 97 21 8 13 90 82 12 11 19 80 92 15 7 20 73 89 17 9 16 63 69 20 6 16 79 63 17 9 16 86 90 16 9 17 63 79 19 9 14 91 81 15 8 19 67 88 16 6 20 82 84 15 7 20 71 92 15 10 17 66 62 15 6 21 91 96 26 8 8 105 57 18 7 17 76 80 19 5 18 86 79 C R R Arsenal Aston Villa Birmingham Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Burnley Derby County Everton Grimsby Town Huddersfield Town Leeds United Leicester City Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Middlesbrough Newcastle United Portsmouth Sheffield United Sheffield Wednesday Sunderland West Ham United 5 2 y 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored R yellow red1 Relegation to the Second Division Results main FBR grey ARS AST BIR BLB BOL BUR DER EVE GRI HUD LEE LEI LIV MCI MUN MID NEW POR SHU SHW SUN WHU Arsenal 2–4 1–0 4–0 1–2 6–1 1–1 4–0 4–1 2–0 4–0 1–1 0–1 3–2 4–2 1–2 0–1 1–2 8–1 2–3 0–1 0–1 Aston Villa 5–2 2–1 3–0 2–0 1–2 2–2 5–2 4–1 5–3 3–4 3–0 2–3 0–2 1–0 4–2 2–0 0–1 5–1 1–3 2–1 2–3 Birmingham 2–3 1–1 1–2 3–1 2–0 2–4 0–0 0–2 4–1 1–0 3–0 1–0 3–0 0–1 1–1 5–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 3–1 4–2 Blackburn Rovers 1–1 2–0 7–5 3–1 8–3 0–3 3–1 4–1 5–2 2–1 3–1 1–0 1–3 5–4 7–0 4–2 1–0 0–1 0–1 5–3 3–3 Bolton Wanderers 0–0 3–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–2 5–0 2–3 7–1 4–2 1–0 0–2 1–2 4–1 2–2 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–3 3–0 4–1 Burnley 2–2 1–4 3–1 3–2 2–2 6–2 1–1 3–1 1–3 0–3 1–1 4–1 4–2 4–0 4–1 0–3 4–0 5–0 2–4 2–0 1–1 Derby County 4–1 4–0 3–1 4–3 2–1 1–3 2–1 5–4 2–2 3–0 2–2 2–2 4–2 1–1 3–1 3–1 3–2 2–1 4–1 3–0 4–3 Everton 1–1 3–4 2–4 2–2 3–3 3–0 4–0 2–4 0–2 1–1 4–5 3–3 2–3 0–0 3–2 5–2 1–1 3–2 1–4 4–1 1–2 Grimsby Town 1–1 0–2 2–1 5–3 1–1 4–0 2–1 0–3 4–2 1–2 1–4 3–2 2–2 2–2 0–3 4–0 1–1 4–1 0–5 0–1 2–2 Huddersfield Town 2–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–2 3–0 0–1 1–2 0–1 1–0 3–2 3–0 1–1 2–2 1–0 2–0 2–1 2–2 4–1 0–2 3–0 Leeds United 2–0 4–1 1–0 4–2 2–1 3–0 2–1 2–1 6–0 0–1 1–2 1–1 3–2 3–1 1–2 5–2 1–0 2–2 3–0 5–0 1–3 Leicester City 6–6 4–3 2–1 1–1 5–2 4–3 0–0 5–4 1–0 1–2 2–2 2–1 3–1 4–1 4–1 6–1 0–5 3–3 2–1 1–2 1–2 Liverpool 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 3–0 1–3 2–2 0–3 2–0 3–0 1–0 1–1 1–6 1–0 5–2 0–0 2–0 2–0 1–3 0–6 3–1 Manchester City 3–1 1–2 1–4 1–1 2–0 2–2 3–0 1–2 3–1 1–1 4–1 3–2 4–3 0–1 3–1 3–0 5–2 2–1 3–3 2–2 4–3 Manchester United 1–0 2–3 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 3–2 3–3 2–5 1–0 3–1 2–1 1–2 1–3 0–3 5–0 3–0 1–5 2–2 2–1 4–2 Middlesbrough 1–1 2–3 5–1 2–4 3–1 3–1 4–0 1–2 1–5 1–3 1–1 0–2 5–0 1–0 2–3 2–2 2–0 3–1 4–1 3–0 2–0 Newcastle United 1–1 2–2 1–1 5–1 2–3 2–1 2–3 1–0 3–1 5–2 2–1 2–1 3–1 2–2 4–1 3–2 4–1 3–5 1–3 3–0 1–0 Portsmouth 0–1 1–2 2–1 4–0 3–0 7–1 3–1 1–4 1–1 0–1 0–0 3–0 3–3 2–2 3–0 1–1 2–0 3–1 0–4 1–1 3–1 Sheffield United 4–1 3–3 4–2 5–7 2–3 3–1 2–0 2–0 2–3 0–1 3–2 7–1 4–0 1–2 3–1 1–3 1–0 2–3 2–2 4–2 4–2 Sheffield Wednesday 0–2 3–0 1–1 4–0 1–0 4–1 6–3 4–0 1–0 3–1 1–2 4–0 2–1 5–1 7–2 1–0 4–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 Sunderland 0–1 4–1 2–0 3–1 4–1 3–3 3–1 2–2 2–0 1–0 1–4 2–1 2–3 5–2 2–4 3–2 1–0 1–1 3–2 2–4 4–2 West Ham United 3–2 5–2 0–1 2–3 5–3 1–0 2–0 3–1 2–0 2–3 3–0 1–2 4–1 3–0 2–1 5–3 5–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 Maps Greater London right 369 Locations of the Football League First Division London teams Greater London 51.558 -0.103 right Greater London 51.532 0.039 right Arsenal West Ham England none 369 Locations of the Football League First Division teams England 51.56 -0.10 right England 52.54 -1.87 right England 52.48 -1.89 right England 53.75 -2.48 right England 53.59 -2.56 right England 53.79 -2.25 right England 52.92 -1.476 right England 53.47 -2.97 right England 53.56 -0.068 right England 53.64 -1.78 right England 53.78 -1.57 right England 52.62 -1.14 right England 53.53 -2.99 right England 53.47 -2.18 right England 53.47 -2.30 right England 54.57 -1.23 right England 54.98 -1.62 right England 50.80 -1.06 right England 54.91 -1.39 right England 53.38 -1.47 right England 53.32 -1.47 right England 51.53 0.040 right Arsenal Aston Villa Birmingham Blackburn Rovers Bolton Burnley Derby County Everton Grimsby Town Huddersfield Leeds U. Leicester City Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Middlesbrough Newcastle Portsmouth Sheffield United Sunderland Sheffield Wednesday West Ham Second Division Second Division 1929–30 Blackpool BlackpoolChelsea Hull CityNotts County Jimmy Hampson(45 goals) Blackpool 7–1 Bristol City(26 October 1929)Oldham Athletic 6–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers(9 November 1929)Bradford Park Avenue 6–0 Millwall(3 March 1930) Nottingham Forest 0–5 Southampton(28 September 1929) Preston North End 4–6 Blackpool(19 October 1929)West Bromwich Albion 7–3 Wolverhampton Wanderers(28 December 1929) 462 1513 1928–29 1930–31 main WDL Second Division BLP, CHE, OLD, BPA, BRY, WBA, SOU, CAR, WOL, NFO, STK, TOT, CHA, MIL, SWA, PNE, BAR, BRA, REA, BRC, HUL, NTC PRO PRO RELN RELS complete 14 8 20 56 71 27 4 11 98 67 12 12 18 60 77 19 12 11 91 70 13 9 20 61 83 22 5 15 78 67 18 8 16 61 59 14 11 17 59 63 22 11 9 74 46 14 7 21 51 78 12 15 15 57 73 13 15 14 55 69 9 15 18 54 70 21 11 10 90 51 13 11 18 65 80 12 11 19 54 67 17 11 14 77 76 16 8 18 74 72 14 9 19 57 61 15 9 18 59 61 21 5 16 105 73 16 9 17 77 79 C, P P R R Barnsley Blackpool Bradford City Bradford (Park Avenue) Bristol City Bury Cardiff City Charlton Athletic Chelsea Hull City Millwall Nottingham Forest Notts County Oldham Athletic Preston North End Reading Southampton Stoke City Swansea Town Tottenham Hotspur West Bromwich Albion Wolverhampton Wanderers 5 2 y 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored R green1 Promotion to the First Division red1 Relegation to the Third Division North red1 Relegation to the Third Division South Results main FBR grey BAR BLP BRA BPA BRI BRY CAR CHA CHE HUL MIL NOT NTC OLD PNE REA SOU STK SWA TOT WBA WOL Barnsley 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 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 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–2 Bury 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 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 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 2–1 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 2–2 1–1 Reading 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 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 Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980. Maps Greater London right 369 Locations of the Football League Second Division London teams Greater London 51.486 0.036 right Greater London 51.482 -0.191 right Greater London 51.481 -0.048 right Greater London 51.603 -0.066 right Charlton Athletic Chelsea Millwall Tottenham England none 369 Locations of the Football League Second Division teams England 53.55 -1.48 right England 53.81 -3.05 right England 53.82 -1.73 right England 53.76 -1.78 right England 51.42 -2.59 right England 53.58 -2.295 right England 51.47 -3.20 right England 51.49 0.05 right England 51.50 -0.19 right England 53.74 -0.33 right England 51.48 -0.048 right England 52.94 -1.137 right England 53.01 -1.137 right England 53.54 -2.12 right England 53.75 -2.7 right England 51.41 -0.97 right England 50.91 -1.39 right England 53.00 -2.18 right England 51.63 -0.063 right England 51.62 -3.95 right England 52.52 -1.97 right England 52.59 -2.13 right Barnsley Blackpool Bradford C. Bradford Park Avenue Bristol City Bury Cardiff City Charlton Chelsea Hull Notts County Millwall Nottingham Forest Oldham Preston North End Reading Southampton Swansea Town Stoke Tottenham West Bromwich Albion Wolverhampton Wanderers Third Division North Football LeagueThird Division North 1929–30 Port Vale (1st title) Frank Newton (Stockport County), 36 Failed re-election None 462 1681 1928–29 1930–31 main WDL P Third Division North 5 y 2 PTV Port Vale STP Stockport County DAR Darlington CHF Chesterfield LIN Lincoln City YOR York City SSH South Shields After this season, South Shields moved to Gateshead and became Gateshead A.F.C. HAR Hartlepools United SOU Southport ROC Rochdale CRE Crewe Alexandra TRA Tranmere Rovers NWB New Brighton DON Doncaster Rovers CRL Carlisle United ACC Accrington Stanley WRE Wrexham WIG Wigan Borough NEL Nelson ROT Rotherham United HAL Halifax Town BRW Barrow 30 7 5 103 37 28 7 7 106 44 22 6 14 108 73 22 6 14 76 56 17 14 11 83 61 15 16 11 77 64 18 10 14 77 74 17 11 14 81 74 15 13 14 81 74 18 7 17 89 91 17 8 17 82 71 16 9 17 83 86 16 8 18 69 79 15 9 18 62 69 16 7 19 90 101 14 9 19 84 81 13 8 21 67 88 13 7 22 60 88 13 7 22 51 80 11 8 23 67 113 10 8 24 44 79 11 5 26 41 98 CP green1 Promotion to the Second Division C red2 Re-elected REE REE complete rsssf.com Results main FBR grey ACC BRW CRL CHF CRE DAR DON HAL HAR LIN NEL NWB PTV ROC ROT SOU SSH STP TRA WIG WRE YOR Accrington Stanley 3–1 7–2 3–0 0–3 3–1 3–3 7–1 3–0 0–3 3–0 5–0 0–2 6–2 2–0 1–1 1–2 0–1 3–3 3–1 1–3 1–1 Barrow 3–1 0–2 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–4 3–0 2–1 0–2 3–0 1–1 2–0 5–1 0–2 1–3 1–4 1–1 4–1 3–3 0–0 Carlisle United 2–1 7–1 6–0 2–0 1–4 1–1 2–0 5–1 2–4 2–2 2–2 1–4 2–0 3–1 4–0 4–1 1–5 4–3 5–0 5–1 2–2 Chesterfield 4–2 2–1 3–1 5–1 4–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 2–1 3–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 2–0 1–2 1–3 1–0 5–0 5–0 3–0 Crewe Alexandra 2–1 0–0 1–2 2–1 1–2 4–0 4–1 5–2 1–1 4–0 2–3 0–2 6–1 6–1 5–4 2–2 1–1 3–1 2–1 2–0 2–2 Darlington 2–4 4–0 3–0 1–4 3–0 6–2 3–2 0–0 1–1 6–1 1–2 0–1 3–0 8–1 2–1 8–3 1–2 7–2 2–0 5–1 5–2 Doncaster Rovers 3–1 4–0 1–4 2–1 2–1 3–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 3–0 1–1 0–2 3–1 2–0 3–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 4–2 4–2 0–3 Halifax Town 1–1 0–1 1–0 3–2 1–3 3–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 4–0 1–2 2–3 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–3 0–1 2–1 2–0 2–2 Hartlepool 2–2 2–0 1–0 0–0 5–1 2–5 3–0 3–0 4–0 1–2 1–1 2–0 2–8 5–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 2–0 4–0 5–0 3–1 Lincoln City 3–3 3–0 4–1 2–1 2–2 2–2 3–1 0–1 2–2 4–1 5–3 3–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–2 1–0 8–0 2–0 3–0 3–0 Nelson 2–1 2–0 2–2 0–2 1–1 0–1 4–1 1–0 3–2 0–0 2–1 2–3 1–0 0–1 2–2 0–1 1–2 0–1 1–3 4–0 3–1 New Brighton 5–0 5–0 2–1 1–1 3–1 1–3 1–0 4–0 0–0 1–4 2–1 0–1 2–0 2–2 1–3 4–1 3–2 3–0 5–0 2–1 1–1 Port Vale 5–2 5–0 4–0 4–1 2–0 0–2 2–1 3–0 2–1 5–2 3–1 5–0 3–3 7–1 1–0 3–0 1–2 1–0 4–0 3–0 1–1 Rochdale 4–0 6–1 2–0 2–1 3–1 4–1 2–4 0–3 1–1 3–4 4–1 5–0 0–0 1–2 2–2 2–0 3–1 2–1 2–1 5–4 4–2 Rotherham United 2–4 7–0 4–1 1–1 2–1 1–4 1–0 2–0 0–4 1–0 1–2 2–2 2–2 0–4 6–3 0–1 2–2 5–0 4–1 1–3 2–5 Southport 2–0 0–2 4–3 5–1 0–3 3–0 1–1 4–0 1–1 3–2 0–0 2–1 1–2 2–3 7–1 2–1 1–2 4–4 1–1 5–3 1–0 South Shields 2–2 2–0 5–2 3–1 1–0 3–3 2–1 1–0 3–5 3–1 2–1 1–2 0–0 2–2 5–0 4–0 2–3 1–5 2–2 1–1 4–1 Stockport County 1–0 5–0 7–1 1–0 2–3 4–0 3–0 6–0 5–1 1–1 6–1 2–0 4–2 4–2 6–1 2–2 2–0 3–1 1–1 0–1 2–3 Tranmere 2–2 5–2 3–0 1–2 1–2 3–0 2–1 3–3 7–1 0–1 2–3 3–1 1–5 2–2 5–4 3–1 3–0 2–0 3–0 2–1 4–4 Wigan Borough 2–1 2–0 8–0 2–1 2–2 3–2 3–2 2–1 1–3 4–1 2–0 5–0 0–3 3–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–2 2–1 0–2 Wrexham 0–1 3–0 3–3 1–1 1–0 2–2 0–2 2–1 3–5 3–1 5–1 2–1 0–2 8–0 1–0 1–2 1–3 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 York City 2–0 3–1 2–2 1–1 4–2 1–1 2–2 3–0 4–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 0–2 6–0 3–0 0–4 2–2 1–2 0–0 4–0 0–0 Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980. Maps England none 369 Locations of the Football League Third Division North teams England 53.75 -2.36 right England 54.11 -3.23 right England 54.90 -2.91 right England 53.24 -1.43 right England 53.099 -2.44 right England 54.53 -1.55 right England 53.52 -1.133 right England 53.72 -1.86 right England 54.69 -1.21 right England 53.23 -0.54 right England 53.83 -2.22 right England 53.43 -3.05 right England 53.06 -2.21 right England 53.61 -2.16 right England 53.43 -1.36 right England 53.65 -3.01 right England 53.41 -2.16 right England 54.99 -1.43 right England 53.37 -3.04 right England 53.54 -2.63 right England 53.03 -2.98 right England 53.96 -1.08 right Accrington Stanley Barrow Carlisle United Chesterfield Crewe Alexandra Darlington Doncaster Halifax Town Hartlepool Lincoln City Nelson New Brighton Port Vale Rochdale Rotherham Southport South Shields Stockport Tranmere Wigan Borough Wrexham York City Third Division South Football LeagueThird Division South 1929–30 Plymouth Argyle (1st title) George Goddard (Queens Park Rangers), 37 Failed re-election Merthyr Town 462 1632 1928–29 1930–31 main WDL PR Third Division South 5 y 2 PLY Plymouth Argyle BRE Brentford QPR Queens Park Rangers NOR Northampton Town B&HA Brighton & Hove Albion COV Coventry City FUL Fulham NWC Norwich City CRY Crystal Palace BOU Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic STD Southend United LEY Clapton Orient LUT Luton Town SWI Swindon Town WAT Watford EXE Exeter City WAL Walsall NPC Newport County TOR Torquay United BRR Bristol Rovers GIL Gillingham MER Merthyr Town 30 8 4 98 38 28 5 9 94 44 21 9 12 80 68 21 8 13 82 58 21 8 13 87 63 19 9 14 88 73 18 11 13 87 83 18 10 14 88 77 17 12 13 81 74 15 13 14 72 61 15 13 14 69 59 14 13 15 55 62 14 12 16 64 78 13 12 17 73 83 15 8 19 60 73 12 11 19 67 73 13 8 21 71 78 12 10 20 74 85 10 11 21 64 94 11 8 23 67 93 11 8 23 51 80 6 9 27 60 135 CP R green1 Promotion to the Second Division C red2 Re-elected REE red1 Failed re-election and demoted to the Southern League R complete Results main FBR grey B&BA BRE B&HA BRR CLA COV CRY EXE FUL GIL LUT MER NPC NOR NWC PLY QPR STD SWI TOR WAL WAT Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic 1–2 1–1 3–1 5–1 1–0 2–1 3–0 5–0 1–2 5–1 4–2 1–1 3–1 2–3 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–3 4–1 1–1 3–2 Brentford 1–0 5–2 2–1 3–1 3–1 2–0 2–0 5–1 2–1 2–0 6–0 1–0 2–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 2–1 3–2 5–0 6–2 5–0 Brighton & Hove Albion 4–3 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–2 1–1 5–0 2–0 4–1 4–1 3–2 2–1 6–3 0–1 2–3 1–0 3–0 5–0 4–0 2–1 Bristol Rovers 2–1 4–1 1–0 0–0 1–3 2–3 1–0 4–1 3–0 2–2 2–2 2–3 2–3 0–1 2–3 4–1 4–2 3–2 2–0 3–1 1–2 Clapton Orient 0–0 1–1 4–1 3–0 3–1 2–1 3–0 2–4 2–0 6–1 1–0 3–1 0–0 0–0 0–2 2–4 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 Coventry City 0–2 2–1 0–2 1–0 5–2 1–0 3–3 3–1 5–0 5–1 2–2 2–0 2–2 3–1 1–0 2–3 5–1 1–2 4–1 4–0 3–1 Crystal Palace 1–1 2–1 2–2 3–0 3–0 4–3 1–1 4–3 5–1 4–1 6–1 1–0 1–3 3–2 3–0 1–1 1–2 1–0 4–2 5–1 1–1 Exeter City 1–2 0–0 1–4 5–2 4–0 1–1 6–1 2–1 3–0 2–2 1–1 0–4 6–4 3–0 1–1 0–2 3–1 5–1 0–0 0–2 1–0 Fulham 3–3 2–0 5–1 6–2 2–2 2–0 1–1 2–2 2–1 1–1 5–4 2–1 1–0 3–3 1–3 0–2 2–2 4–1 1–0 3–2 6–1 Gillingham 1–5 1–3 2–2 3–3 2–0 0–3 1–1 2–0 0–1 2–0 6–0 5–0 5–2 1–2 0–0 3–1 1–0 0–0 0–2 2–1 1–2 Luton Town 1–0 2–1 1–0 3–0 1–2 1–1 2–2 0–4 4–1 2–0 4–0 4–2 1–0 1–1 5–2 2–1 0–3 1–1 3–1 2–3 2–0 Merthyr Town 0–1 2–3 2–8 1–1 0–1 2–2 5–2 0–2 3–4 1–1 3–1 5–1 1–0 1–5 0–3 1–4 2–2 3–3 3–0 2–3 2–2 Newport County 1–1 1–3 2–2 2–2 0–0 4–2 0–0 4–1 1–1 5–1 0–0 10–0 2–1 4–4 0–2 4–5 0–0 2–1 2–1 3–2 1–0 Northampton Town 2–0 1–1 1–3 6–1 3–0 2–2 2–0 2–2 3–1 3–1 4–1 2–0 2–0 4–0 1–1 2–1 5–1 3–3 2–2 1–0 2–0 Norwich City 1–0 2–2 2–0 4–2 1–0 10–2 2–2 3–1 0–4 2–0 1–1 5–1 4–1 4–3 1–2 3–0 1–1 1–5 2–0 3–0 3–1 Plymouth Argyle 2–1 1–1 1–1 3–0 3–0 3–0 6–1 4–1 3–1 3–0 6–1 2–1 3–1 1–0 4–1 4–0 1–0 5–0 5–0 1–1 2–1 Queens Park Rangers 3–1 2–1 3–1 2–1 1–1 3–1 4–1 2–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 4–1 0–2 3–2 1–2 2–5 8–3 1–1 2–2 0–0 Southend 4–1 2–0 0–0 6–0 4–1 1–2 3–2 1–0 1–2 0–0 1–1 6–0 2–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 1–3 Swindon Town 1–1 0–2 0–1 2–2 0–0 1–1 3–1 1–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 6–3 5–1 2–0 2–1 1–2 2–2 5–1 2–1 3–1 1–3 Torquay United 7–0 2–1 5–2 2–1 0–5 1–3 2–2 2–1 2–4 1–1 2–2 4–0 3–2 0–1 2–2 3–4 1–3 1–1 1–1 5–2 4–0 Walsall 2–2 1–2 2–0 0–0 0–1 3–2 0–0 5–2 2–2 1–2 1–0 6–0 2–1 1–2 1–0 1–3 4–0 1–3 4–0 7–0 1–2 Watford 0–0 1–2 3–0 4–3 3–0 1–3 1–1 2–1 0–0 4–1 0–4 2–3 2–3 1–2 2–1 0–2 1–1 2–1 4–1 2–0 2–1 Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980. Maps Greater London right 369 Locations of the Football League Third Division South London teams Greater London 51.486 -0.31 right Greater London 51.570 -0.058 right Greater London 51.398 0.085 right Greater London 51.475 -0.222 right Greater London 51.509 -0.232 right Greater London 51.650 -0.401 right Brentford Clapton Orient Crystal Palace Fulham Queens Park Rangers Watford England none 369 Locations of the Football League Third Division South teams England 50.73 -1.84 right England 51.486 -0.31 right England 50.83 -0.15 right England 51.46 -2.54 right England 51.57 -0.01 right England 52.41 -1.51 right England 51.42 -0.07 right England 50.72 -3.53 right England 51.45 -0.24 right England 51.38 0.55 right England 51.9 -0.433 right England 51.75 -3.38 right England 51.59 -3.00 right England 52.24 -0.90 right England 52.63 1.30 right England 50.39 -4.15 right England 51.51 -0.23 right England 51.55 0.70 right England 51.56 -1.77 right England 50.48 -3.52 right England 52.58 -1.98 right England 51.65 -0.40 right Bournemouth Brentford Brighton & Hove Bristol Rovers Clapton Orient Coventry Crystal P. Exeter City Fulham Gillingham Luton Town Merthyr Town Newport County Northampton Town Norwich City Plymouth Argyle QPR Southend Torquay Swindon Walsall Watford Attendances Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/eng/aveeng1930.htm Historical attendances European-football-statistics.co.uk August 9, 2026 Division One No. Club Average Highest Lowest 1 Arsenal FC 35,537 49,433 18,082 2 Manchester City FC 33,339 68,704 10,907 3 Everton FC 32,989 52,600 15,946 4 Newcastle United FC 32,559 49,304 16,974 5 Liverpool FC 30,219 45,287 15,210 6 Aston Villa FC 27,726 41,919 8,965 7 Sheffield Wednesday FC 25,588 54,459 9,310 8 Sunderland AFC 24,553 58,519 8,909 9 Leicester City FC 21,344 35,644 13,156 10 Birmingham City FC 20,398 35,682 10,901 11 West Ham United FC 20,127 31,268 12,092 12 Leeds United FC 19,916 40,789 3,590 13 Sheffield United FC 19,711 47,039 7,987 14 Middlesbrough FC 19,172 40,538 5,370 15 Blackburn Rovers FC 18,714 25,591 8,544 16 Manchester United 18,599 57,201 5,656 17 Portsmouth FC 18,495 28,687 11,245 18 Bolton Wanderers FC 18,047 42,543 6,990 19 Derby County FC 15,977 30,307 9,102 20 Huddersfield Town AFC 15,767 28,287 5,182 21 Burnley FC 14,726 27,515 6,640 22 Grimsby Town FC 14,724 22,390 9,337 See also 1929-30 in English football 1929 in association football 1930 in association football References Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980. 1929–30 League