1929–30 Football League

The 1929–30 season was the 38th season of The Football League.

The Football League

Season	1929–30
Champions	Sheffield Wednesday
Relegated	Merthyr Town
New Team in League	York City
← 1928–29 1930–31 →

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 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.^[2]

First Division

First Division

Season	1929–30
Champions	Sheffield Wednesday 4th English title
Relegated	Burnley Everton
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,758 (3.81 per match)
Top goalscorer	Vic Watson (41 goals)[3]
Biggest home win	Blackburn Rovers 7–0 Middlesbrough (1 January 1930) Arsenal 8–1 Sheffield United (12 April 1930)
Biggest away win	Liverpool 0–6 Sunderland (19 April 1930)
Highest scoring	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)
← 1928–29 1930–31 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Relegation
1	Sheffield Wednesday (C)	42	26	8	8	105	57	1.842	60
2	Derby County	42	21	8	13	90	82	1.098	50
3	Manchester City	42	19	9	14	91	81	1.123	47
4	Aston Villa	42	21	5	16	92	83	1.108	47
5	Leeds United	42	20	6	16	79	63	1.254	46
6	Blackburn Rovers	42	19	7	16	99	93	1.065	45
7	West Ham United	42	19	5	18	86	79	1.089	43
8	Leicester City	42	17	9	16	86	90	0.956	43
9	Sunderland	42	18	7	17	76	80	0.950	43
10	Huddersfield Town	42	17	9	16	63	69	0.913	43
11	Birmingham	42	16	9	17	67	62	1.081	41
12	Liverpool	42	16	9	17	63	79	0.797	41
13	Portsmouth	42	15	10	17	66	62	1.065	40
14	Arsenal	42	14	11	17	78	66	1.182	39
15	Bolton Wanderers	42	15	9	18	74	74	1.000	39
16	Middlesbrough	42	16	6	20	82	84	0.976	38
17	Manchester United	42	15	8	19	67	88	0.761	38
18	Grimsby Town	42	15	7	20	73	89	0.820	37
19	Newcastle United	42	15	7	20	71	92	0.772	37
20	Sheffield United	42	15	6	21	91	96	0.948	36
21	Burnley (R)	42	14	8	20	79	97	0.814	36	Relegation to the Second Division
22	Everton (R)	42	12	11	19	80	92	0.870	35

Source: ^[4]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	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

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

Maps

Arsenal

West Ham

Locations of the Football League First Division London teams

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

Locations of the Football League First Division teams

Second Division

Second Division

Season	1929–30
Champions	Blackpool
Promoted	Blackpool Chelsea
Relegated	Hull City Notts County
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,513 (3.27 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jimmy Hampson (45 goals)[3]
Biggest home win	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)
Biggest away win	Nottingham Forest 0–5 Southampton (28 September 1929)
Highest scoring	Preston North End 4–6 Blackpool (19 October 1929) West Bromwich Albion 7–3 Wolverhampton Wanderers (28 December 1929)
← 1928–29 1930–31 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Relegation
1	Blackpool (C, P)	42	27	4	11	98	67	1.463	58	Promotion to the First Division
2	Chelsea (P)	42	22	11	9	74	46	1.609	55
3	Oldham Athletic	42	21	11	10	90	51	1.765	53
4	Bradford Park Avenue	42	19	12	11	91	70	1.300	50
5	Bury	42	22	5	15	78	67	1.164	49
6	West Bromwich Albion	42	21	5	16	105	73	1.438	47
7	Southampton	42	17	11	14	77	76	1.013	45
8	Cardiff City	42	18	8	16	61	59	1.034	44
9	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	16	9	17	77	79	0.975	41
10	Nottingham Forest	42	13	15	14	55	69	0.797	41
11	Stoke City	42	16	8	18	74	72	1.028	40
12	Tottenham Hotspur	42	15	9	18	59	61	0.967	39
13	Charlton Athletic	42	14	11	17	59	63	0.937	39
14	Millwall	42	12	15	15	57	73	0.781	39
15	Swansea Town	42	14	9	19	57	61	0.934	37
16	Preston North End	42	13	11	18	65	80	0.813	37
17	Barnsley	42	14	8	20	56	71	0.789	36
18	Bradford City	42	12	12	18	60	77	0.779	36
19	Reading	42	12	11	19	54	67	0.806	35
20	Bristol City	42	13	9	20	61	83	0.735	35
21	Hull City (R)	42	14	7	21	51	78	0.654	35	Relegation to the Third Division North
22	Notts County (R)	42	9	15	18	54	70	0.771	33	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	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

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

Chelsea

Millwall

Tottenham

Locations of the Football League Second Division London teams

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

Locations of the Football League Second Division teams

Third Division North

Football League
Third Division North

Season	1929–30
Champions	Port Vale (1st title)
Failed re-election	None
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,681 (3.64 per match)
Top goalscorer	Frank Newton (Stockport County), 36[3]
← 1928–29 1930–31 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Promotion
1	Port Vale	42	17	2	2	64	18	13	5	3	39	19	2.784	67	Division Champions, promoted
2	Stockport County	42	15	3	3	67	20	13	4	4	39	24	2.409	63
3	Darlington	42	14	2	5	71	29	8	4	9	37	44	1.479	50
4	Chesterfield	42	18	1	2	53	15	4	5	12	23	41	1.357	50
5	Lincoln City	42	12	8	1	54	23	5	6	10	29	38	1.361	48
6	York City[a]	42	11	7	3	43	20	4	9	8	34	44	1.203	46
7	South Shields[b]	42	11	6	4	49	32	7	4	10	28	42	1.041	46
8	Hartlepools United	42	13	4	4	50	24	4	7	10	31	50	1.095	45
9	Southport	42	11	5	5	49	31	4	8	9	32	43	1.095	43
10	Rochdale	42	14	3	4	57	30	4	4	13	32	61	0.978	43
11	Crewe Alexandra	42	12	5	4	55	28	5	3	13	27	43	1.155	42
12	Tranmere Rovers	42	12	4	5	57	35	4	5	12	26	51	0.965	41
13	New Brighton	42	13	4	4	48	22	3	4	14	21	57	0.873	40
14	Doncaster Rovers	42	13	5	3	39	22	2	4	15	23	47	0.899	39
15	Carlisle United	42	13	4	4	63	34	3	3	15	27	67	0.891	39
16	Accrington Stanley	42	11	4	6	55	30	3	5	13	29	51	1.037	37
17	Wrexham	42	10	5	6	42	28	3	3	15	25	60	0.761	34
18	Wigan Borough	42	12	4	5	44	26	1	3	17	16	62	0.682	33
19	Nelson	42	9	4	8	31	25	4	3	14	20	55	0.638	33
20	Rotherham United	42	9	4	8	46	40	2	4	15	21	73	0.593	30
21	Halifax Town	42	7	7	7	27	26	3	1	17	17	53	0.557	28	Re-elected
22	Barrow	42	9	4	8	31	28	2	1	18	10	70	0.418	27

Source: rsssf.com
Notes:

1. New club in the league; elected from Midland League
2. After this season South Shields moved to Gateshead and became Gateshead A.F.C.

Results

Home \ Away	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

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

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

Locations of the Football League Third Division North teams

Third Division South

Football League
Third Division South

Season	1929–30
Champions	Plymouth Argyle (1st title)
Failed re-election	Merthyr Town
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,632 (3.53 per match)
Top goalscorer	George Goddard (Queens Park Rangers), 37[3]
← 1928–29 1930–31 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Plymouth Argyle	42	18	3	0	63	12	12	5	4	35	26	2.579	68	Division Champions, promoted
2	Brentford	42	21	0	0	66	12	7	5	9	28	32	2.136	61
3	Queens Park Rangers	42	13	5	3	46	26	8	4	9	34	42	1.176	51
4	Northampton Town	42	14	6	1	53	20	7	2	12	29	38	1.414	50
5	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	16	2	3	54	20	5	6	10	33	43	1.381	50
6	Coventry City	42	14	3	4	54	25	5	6	10	34	48	1.205	47
7	Fulham	42	12	6	3	54	33	6	5	10	33	50	1.048	47
8	Norwich City	42	14	4	3	55	28	4	6	11	33	49	1.143	46
9	Crystal Palace	42	14	5	2	56	26	3	7	11	25	48	1.095	46
10	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	42	11	6	4	47	24	4	7	10	25	37	1.180	43
11	Southend United	42	11	6	4	41	19	4	7	10	28	40	1.169	43
12	Clapton Orient	42	10	8	3	38	21	4	5	12	17	41	0.887	41
13	Luton Town	42	13	4	4	42	25	1	8	12	22	53	0.821	40
14	Swindon Town	42	10	7	4	42	25	3	5	13	31	58	0.880	38
15	Watford	42	10	4	7	37	30	5	4	12	23	43	0.822	38
16	Exeter City	42	10	6	5	45	29	2	5	14	22	44	0.918	35
17	Walsall	42	10	4	7	45	24	3	4	14	26	54	0.910	34
18	Newport County	42	9	9	3	48	29	3	1	17	26	56	0.871	34
19	Torquay United	42	9	6	6	50	38	1	5	15	14	56	0.681	31
20	Bristol Rovers	42	11	3	7	45	31	0	5	16	22	62	0.720	30
21	Gillingham	42	9	5	7	38	28	2	3	16	13	52	0.638	30	Re-elected
22	Merthyr Town	42	5	6	10	39	49	1	3	17	21	86	0.444	21	Failed re-election

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

Home \ Away	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

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

Watford

Locations of the Football League Third Division South London teams

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

Locations of the Football League Third Division South teams

See also

• 1929-30 in English football
• 1929 in association football
• 1930 in association football

References

1. "England 1929-30". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 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.
4. "Premier League 1929/1930". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 24 December 2023.

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