1930–31 Aston Villa F.C. season

Aston Villa

1930–31 season
Manager	Billy Smith
Stadium	Villa Park
First Division	2nd
FA Cup	Third round

Aston Villa played the 1930–31 English football season in the Football League First Division. Villa started the season with four successive league wins, a record not matched until the 2020-2021 Season.

Villa scored 128 league goals in 42 matches, a First Division record. Villa's Pongo Waring finished as the leagues top scorer with 49 goals, overshadowing Eric Houghton who scored 30 goals. As of 2020, this remains the Villa record season for goals scored.

Diary of season

• 8 Nov 1930 Aston Villa lost 5–2 at Arsenal Stadium in front of a crowd of 56,417.
• 14th Mar 1931: Villa stopped Arsenal in their tracks with a 5–1 victory at Villa Park.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Relegation
1	Arsenal (C)	42	28	10	4	127	59	2.153	66
2	Aston Villa	42	25	9	8	128	78	1.641	59
3	Sheffield Wednesday	42	22	8	12	102	75	1.360	52
4	Portsmouth	42	18	13	11	84	67	1.254	49
5	Huddersfield Town	42	18	12	12	81	65	1.246	48
6	Derby County	42	18	10	14	94	79	1.190	46
7	Middlesbrough	42	19	8	15	98	90	1.089	46
8	Manchester City	42	18	10	14	75	70	1.071	46
9	Liverpool	42	15	12	15	86	85	1.012	42
10	Blackburn Rovers	42	17	8	17	83	84	0.988	42
11	Sunderland	42	16	9	17	89	85	1.047	41
12	Chelsea	42	15	10	17	64	67	0.955	40
13	Grimsby Town	42	17	5	20	82	87	0.943	39
14	Bolton Wanderers	42	15	9	18	68	81	0.840	39
15	Sheffield United	42	14	10	18	78	84	0.929	38
16	Leicester City	42	16	6	20	80	95	0.842	38
17	Newcastle United	42	15	6	21	78	87	0.897	36
18	West Ham United	42	14	8	20	79	94	0.840	36
19	Birmingham	42	13	10	19	55	70	0.786	36
20	Blackpool	42	11	10	21	71	125	0.568	32
21	Leeds United (R)	42	12	7	23	68	81	0.840	31	Relegation to the Second Division
22	Manchester United (R)	42	7	8	27	53	115	0.461	22

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