1929–30 Football League

The Football League

Season	1929–30
Champions	Sheffield Wednesday
Relegated	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 website and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79, 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

Football League
First Division

Season	1929–30
Champions	Sheffield Wednesday (4th and as of 2020, the last English title)
Relegated	Burnley Everton
FA Cup winners	Arsenal (1st FA Cup title)
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,758 (3.81 per match)
Top goalscorer	Vic Watson (West Ham United), 41
Biggest home win	Arsenal – Sheffield United 8–1 (12 Apr 1930) Blackburn Rovers – Middlesbrough 7–0 (1 Jan 1930)
Biggest away win	Liverpool – Sunderland 0–6 (19 Apr 1930)
Highest scoring	Blackburn Rovers – Birmingham 7–5 (28 Sept 1929) Leicester City – Arsenal 6–6 (21 Apr 1930) Sheffield United – Blackburn Rovers 5–7 (3 Mar 1930)
← 1928–29 1930–31 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sheffield Wednesday	42	15	4	2	56	20	11	4	6	49	37	1.842	60	League Champions
2	Derby County	42	16	4	1	61	32	5	4	12	29	50	1.098	50
3	Manchester City	42	12	5	4	51	33	7	4	10	40	48	1.123	47
4	Aston Villa	42	13	1	7	54	33	8	4	9	38	50	1.108	47
5	Leeds United	42	15	2	4	52	22	5	4	12	27	41	1.254	46
6	Blackburn Rovers	42	15	2	4	65	36	4	5	12	34	57	1.065	45
7	West Ham United	42	14	2	5	51	26	5	3	13	35	53	1.089	43
8	Leicester City	42	12	5	4	57	42	5	4	12	29	48	0.956	43
9	Sunderland	42	13	3	5	50	35	5	4	12	26	45	0.950	43
10	Huddersfield Town	42	9	7	5	32	21	8	2	11	31	48	0.913	43
11	Birmingham	42	13	3	5	40	21	3	6	12	27	41	1.081	41
12	Liverpool	42	11	5	5	33	29	5	4	12	30	50	0.797	41
13	Portsmouth	42	10	6	5	43	25	5	4	12	23	37	1.065	40
14	Arsenal	42	10	2	9	49	26	4	9	8	29	40	1.182	39	FA Cup Winners
15	Bolton Wanderers	42	11	5	5	46	24	4	4	13	28	50	1.000	39
16	Middlesbrough	42	11	3	7	48	31	5	3	13	34	53	0.976	38
17	Manchester United	42	11	4	6	39	34	4	4	13	28	54	0.761	38
18	Grimsby Town	42	8	6	7	39	39	7	1	13	34	50	0.820	37
19	Newcastle United	42	13	4	4	52	32	2	3	16	19	60	0.772	37
20	Sheffield United	42	12	2	7	59	39	3	4	14	32	57	0.948	36
21	Burnley	42	11	5	5	53	34	3	3	15	26	63	0.814	36	Relegated
22	Everton	42	6	7	8	48	46	6	4	11	32	46	0.870	35

Source:

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: [1]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Arsenal

West Ham

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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

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Locations of the Football League First Division teams

Second Division

Football League
Second Division

Season	1929–30
Champions	Blackpool (1st title)
Relegated	Hull City Notts County
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,513 (3.27 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jimmy Hampson (Blackpool), 45
Biggest home win	Blackpool – Bristol City 7–1 (26 Oct 1929) Bradford Park Avenue – Millwall 6–0 (3 Mar 1930) Oldham Athletic – Wolverhampton Wanderers 6–0 (9 Nov 1929)
Biggest away win	Nottingham Forest – Southampton 0–5 (28 Sept 1929)
Highest scoring	West Bromwich Albion – Wolverhampton Wanderers 7–3 (28 Dec 1929) Preston North End – Blackpool 4–6 (19 Oct 1929)
← 1928–29 1930–31 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Blackpool	42	17	1	3	63	22	10	3	8	35	45	1.463	58	Division Champions, promoted
2	Chelsea	42	17	3	1	49	14	5	8	8	25	32	1.609	55	Promoted
3	Oldham Athletic	42	14	5	2	60	21	7	6	8	30	30	1.765	53
4	Bradford Park Avenue	42	14	5	2	65	28	5	7	9	26	42	1.300	50
5	Bury	42	14	2	5	45	27	8	3	10	33	40	1.164	49
6	West Bromwich Albion	42	16	1	4	73	31	5	4	12	32	42	1.438	47
7	Southampton	42	14	6	1	46	22	3	5	13	31	54	1.013	45
8	Cardiff City	42	14	4	3	41	16	4	4	13	20	43	1.034	44	Welsh Cup winners
9	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	14	3	4	53	24	2	6	13	24	55	0.975	41
10	Nottingham Forest	42	9	6	6	36	28	4	9	8	19	41	0.797	41
11	Stoke City	42	12	4	5	41	20	4	4	13	33	52	1.028	40
12	Tottenham Hotspur	42	11	8	2	43	24	4	1	16	16	37	0.967	39
13	Charlton Athletic	42	10	6	5	39	23	4	5	12	20	40	0.937	39
14	Millwall	42	10	7	4	36	26	2	8	11	21	47	0.781	39
15	Swansea Town	42	11	5	5	42	23	3	4	14	15	38	0.934	37
16	Preston North End	42	7	7	7	42	36	6	4	11	23	44	0.813	37
17	Barnsley	42	12	7	2	39	22	2	1	18	17	49	0.789	36
18	Bradford City	42	7	7	7	33	30	5	5	11	27	47	0.779	36
19	Reading	42	10	7	4	31	20	2	4	15	23	47	0.806	35
20	Bristol City	42	11	4	6	36	30	2	5	14	25	53	0.735	35
21	Hull City	42	11	3	7	30	24	3	4	14	21	54	0.654	35	Relegated
22	Notts County	42	8	7	6	33	26	1	8	12	21	44	0.771	33

Source:

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

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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

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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
← 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	42	11	7	3	43	20	4	9	8	34	44	1.203	46
7	South Shields	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:

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

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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
← 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:

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

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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

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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

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