1933–34 Football League

Football League
Second Division
Season	1933–34
Champions	Grimsby Town (2nd title)
Relegated	Lincoln City; Millwall
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,441 (3.12 per match)
Top goalscorer	Pat Glover (Grimsby Town), 42
Biggest home win	Grimsby Town – Blackpool 7–0 (28 Apr 1934); Oldham –Hull 7–0 (28 Apr 1934)
Biggest away win	Manchester United – Bolton 1–5 (9 Sept 1933); Oldham – Grimsby Town 1–5 (2 Sept 1933); Bolton –Grimsby Town 0–4 (4 Sept 1933); Manchester United – Bradford Park Avenue 0–4 (24 Feb 1934)
Highest scoring	Grimsby Town – Manchester United 7–3 (26 Oct 1933)
	← 1932–33 1934–35 →

Football League
First Division
Season	1933–34
Champions	Arsenal (3rd English title)
Relegated	Newcastle United; Sheffield United
FA Cup winners	Manchester City (2nd FA Cup title)
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,524 (3.3 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jack Bowers (Derby County), 34 (top scorer for the 2nd year running)
Biggest home win	Leeds United – Leicester City 8–0 (7 Apr 1934); Wolverhampton –Manchester City 8–0 (23 Dec 1933)
Biggest away win	Manchester City – West Brom 2–7 (1 Jan 1934); Wolverhampton –Sunderland 1–6 (9 Sept 1933)
Highest scoring	Middlesbrough – Sheffield United 10–3 (18 Nov 1933)
	← 1932–33 1934–35 →

The Football League
Season	1933–34
Champions	Arsenal
	← 1932–33 1934–35 →

The 1933–34 season was the 42nd 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^[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.

Since the goal average was used for this purpose for such a long time, it is presented in the tables below even for the seasons prior to 1894–95, and since the goal difference is a more informative piece of information for a modern reader than the goal average, the goal difference is added in this presentation after the goal average.

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Arsenal	42	15	4	2	45	19	10	5	6	30	28	75	47	1.596	+28	59
2	Huddersfield Town	42	16	3	2	53	19	7	7	7	37	42	90	61	1.475	+29	56
3	Tottenham Hotspur	42	14	3	4	51	24	7	4	10	28	32	79	56	1.411	+23	49
4	Derby County	42	11	8	2	45	22	6	3	12	23	32	68	54	1.259	+14	45
5	Manchester City	42	14	4	3	50	29	3	7	11	15	43	65	72	0.903	–7	45
6	Sunderland	42	14	6	1	57	17	2	6	13	24	39	81	56	1.446	+25	44
7	West Bromwich Albion	42	12	4	5	49	28	5	6	10	29	42	78	70	1.114	+8	44
8	Blackburn Rovers	42	16	5	0	57	21	2	2	17	17	60	74	81	0.914	–7	43
9	Leeds United	42	13	5	3	52	21	4	3	14	23	45	75	66	1.136	+9	42
10	Portsmouth	42	11	5	5	31	21	4	7	10	21	34	52	55	0.945	–3	42
11	Sheffield Wednesday	42	9	5	7	33	24	7	4	10	29	43	62	67	0.925	–5	41
12	Stoke City	42	11	5	5	33	19	4	6	11	25	52	58	71	0.817	–13	41
13	Aston Villa	42	10	5	6	45	34	4	7	10	33	41	78	75	1.040	+3	40
14	Everton	42	9	7	5	38	27	3	9	9	24	36	62	63	0.984	–1	40
15	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	13	4	4	50	28	1	8	12	24	58	74	86	0.860	–12	40
16	Middlesbrough	42	13	3	5	51	27	3	4	14	17	53	68	80	0.850	–12	39
17	Leicester City	42	10	6	5	36	26	4	5	12	23	48	59	74	0.797	–15	39
18	Liverpool	42	10	6	5	52	37	4	4	13	27	50	79	87	0.908	–8	38
19	Chelsea	42	12	3	6	44	24	2	5	14	23	45	67	69	0.971	–2	36
20	Birmingham	42	8	6	7	29	20	4	6	11	25	36	54	56	0.964	–2	36
21	Newcastle United	42	6	11	4	42	29	4	3	14	26	48	68	77	0.883	–9	34
22	Sheffield United	42	11	5	5	40	25	1	2	18	18	76	58	101	0.574	–43	31

Key
	League Champions
	FA Cup Winners
	Relegated

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Grimsby Town	42	15	3	3	62	28	12	2	7	41	31	103	59	1.746	+44	59
2	Preston North End	42	15	3	3	47	20	8	3	10	24	32	71	52	1.365	+19	52
3	Bolton Wanderers	42	14	2	5	45	22	7	7	7	34	33	79	55	1.436	+24	51
4	Brentford	42	15	2	4	52	24	7	5	9	33	36	85	60	1.417	+25	51
5	Bradford Park Avenue	42	16	2	3	63	27	7	1	13	23	40	86	67	1.284	+19	49
6	Bradford City	42	14	4	3	46	25	6	2	13	27	42	73	67	1.090	+6	46
7	West Ham United	42	13	3	5	51	28	4	8	9	27	42	78	70	1.114	+8	45
8	Port Vale	42	14	4	3	39	14	5	3	13	21	41	60	55	1.091	+5	45
9	Oldham Athletic	42	12	5	4	48	28	5	5	11	24	32	72	60	1.200	+12	44
10	Plymouth Argyle	42	12	7	2	43	20	3	6	12	26	50	69	70	0.986	–1	43
11	Blackpool	42	10	8	3	39	27	5	5	11	23	37	62	64	0.969	–2	43
12	Bury	42	12	4	5	43	31	5	5	11	27	42	70	73	0.959	–3	43
13	Burnley	42	14	2	5	40	29	4	4	13	20	43	60	72	0.833	–12	42
14	Southampton	42	15	2	4	40	21	0	6	15	14	37	54	58	0.931	–4	38
15	Hull City	42	11	4	6	33	20	2	8	11	19	48	52	68	0.765	–16	38
16	Fulham	42	13	3	5	29	17	2	4	15	19	50	48	67	0.716	–19	37
17	Nottingham Forest	42	11	4	6	50	27	2	5	14	23	47	73	74	0.986	–1	35
18	Notts County	42	9	7	5	32	22	3	4	14	21	40	53	62	0.855	–9	35
19	Swansea Town	42	10	9	2	36	19	0	6	15	15	41	51	60	0.850	–9	35
20	Manchester United	42	9	3	9	29	33	5	3	13	30	52	59	85	0.694	–26	34
21	Millwall	42	8	8	5	21	17	3	3	15	18	51	39	68	0.574	–29	33
22	Lincoln City	42	7	7	7	31	23	2	1	18	13	52	44	75	0.587	–31	26

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	Promoted
	Relegated

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Barnsley	42	18	3	0	64	18	9	5	7	54	43	118	61	1.934	+57	62
2	Chesterfield	42	18	1	2	56	17	9	6	6	30	26	86	43	2.000	+43	61
3	Stockport County	42	18	3	0	84	23	6	8	7	31	29	115	52	2.212	+63	59
4	Walsall	42	18	2	1	66	18	5	5	11	31	42	97	60	1.617	+37	53
5	Doncaster Rovers	42	17	1	3	58	24	5	8	8	25	37	83	61	1.361	+22	53
6	Wrexham	42	14	1	6	68	35	9	4	8	34	38	102	73	1.397	+29	51
7	Tranmere Rovers	42	16	2	3	57	21	4	5	12	27	42	84	63	1.333	+21	47
8	Barrow	42	12	5	4	78	45	7	4	10	38	49	116	94	1.234	+22	47
9	Halifax Town	42	15	2	4	57	30	5	2	14	23	61	80	91	0.879	–11	44
10	Chester	42	11	6	4	59	26	6	0	15	30	60	89	86	1.035	+3	40
11	Hartlepools United	42	14	3	4	54	24	2	4	15	35	69	89	93	0.957	–4	39
12	York City	42	11	5	5	44	28	4	3	14	27	46	71	74	0.959	–3	38
13	Carlisle United	42	11	6	4	43	23	4	2	15	23	58	66	81	0.815	–15	38
14	Crewe Alexandra	42	12	3	6	54	38	3	3	15	27	59	81	97	0.835	–16	36
15	New Brighton	42	13	3	5	41	25	1	5	15	21	62	62	87	0.713	–25	36
16	Darlington	42	11	4	6	47	35	2	5	14	23	66	70	101	0.693	–31	35
17	Mansfield Town	42	9	7	5	49	29	2	5	14	32	59	81	88	0.920	–7	34
18	Southport	42	6	11	4	35	29	2	6	13	28	61	63	90	0.700	–27	33
19	Gateshead	42	10	3	8	46	40	2	6	13	30	70	76	110	0.691	–34	33
20	Accrington Stanley	42	10	6	5	44	38	3	1	17	21	63	65	101	0.644	–36	33
21	Rotherham United	42	5	7	9	31	35	5	1	15	22	56	53	91	0.582	–38	28
22	Rochdale	42	7	5	9	34	30	2	1	18	19	73	53	103	0.515	–50	24

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	New club in the league (none)
	Re-elected
	Failed re-election (none)

Final league tables

First Division

Results

Maps

Second Division

Results

Maps

Third Division North

Results

Maps

Third Division South

Results

Maps

See also

References