1930–31 Southern Football League

The 1930–31 season was the 33rd in the history of the Southern League. The league consisted of Eastern and Western Divisions.^[1] Dartford won the Eastern Division on goal average (had goal difference been used, Aldershot Town would have been champions) and Exeter City reserves won the Western Division. Dartford were declared Southern League champions after winning a championship play-off 7–2.^[2]

Two clubs from the Southern League applied to join the Football League, although none were successful.

Eastern Division

Southern Football League Eastern Division
Season	1930-31
Champions	Dartford (1st title)
Promoted	none
Relegated	Thames II (resigned)
Matches played	72
Goals scored	346 (4.81 per match)
← 1929–30 1931–32 →

A total of 9 teams contest the division, including 8 sides from previous season and one new team.

Newly elected team:

Thames II - replaced its first team (which was elected to the Football League the previous year).

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv¹	Pts²	Notes
1	Dartford	16	9	5	2	39	18	2.17	23
2	Aldershot Town	16	10	3	3	50	28	1.79	23
3	Norwich City II	16	9	1	6	47	38	1.24	19
4	Peterborough & Fletton United	16	6	5	5	35	29	1.21	17
5	Thames II	16	7	2	7	38	31	1.23	16	Left league at end of season
6	Millwall II	16	7	0	9	47	40	1.18	14
7	Folkestone	16	4	3	9	31	46	0.67	11
8	Guildford City	16	5	1	10	28	53	0.53	11
9	Sheppey United	16	4	2	10	31	63	0.49	10

^{1 The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used up until the 1976–77 season.}

^{2 The points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.}

Western Division

Southern Football League Western Division
Season	1930-31
Champions	Exeter City II
Promoted	none
Relegated	Newport County II (resigned)
Matches played	132
Goals scored	600 (4.55 per match)
← 1929–30 1931–32 →

A total of 12 teams contest the division, including 11 sides from previous season and one new team.

Team relegated from 1929-30 Football League:

Merthyr Town

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv¹	Pts²	Notes
1	Exeter City II	22	15	2	5	59	28	2.11	32
2	Llanelly	22	10	8	4	72	39	1.85	28
3	Merthyr Town	22	12	3	7	62	49	1.27	27
4	Plymouth Argyle II	22	12	2	8	55	34	1.62	26
5	Bath City	22	10	6	6	47	39	1.21	26
6	Torquay United II	22	9	5	8	66	49	1.35	23
7	Swindon Town II	22	7	7	8	48	52	0.92	21
8	Bristol Rovers II	22	7	6	9	58	64	0.91	20
9	Barry	22	7	5	10	29	39	0.74	19
10	Taunton Town	22	5	7	10	36	62	0.58	17
11	Newport County II	22	6	2	14	36	66	0.55	14	Replaced by first team at end of season
12	Ebbw Vale	22	5	1	16	32	79	0.41	11

^{1 The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used up until the 1976–77 season.}

^{2 The points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.}

Football League election

Two Southern League clubs, Aldershot and Merthyr Town, applied to join the Football League, with Merthyr applying to join both Division Three North and Division Three South.^[3]

Third Division North

Club	League	First round votes	Second round votes
Rochdale	Football League	40
Chester	Cheshire League	27	28
Nelson	Football League	27	20
Manchester Central	Lancashire Combination	4
Merthyr Town	Southern League	0

Third Division South

Club	League	Votes
Norwich City	Football League	38
Mansfield Town	Midland League	25
Newport County	Football League	19
Aldershot Town	Southern League	14
Merthyr Town	Southern League	2

References

↑ England – Southern League Final Tables RSSSF
↑ Dartford at the Football Club History Database
↑ A history of admission to the Football League

Southern League

Premier Division	Banbury United Basingstoke Town Biggleswade Town Cambridge City Chesham United Chippenham Town Cinderford Town Cirencester Town Dorchester Town Dunstable Town Frome Town Hayes and Yeading United Hitchin Town Kettering Town King's Langley King's Lynn Town Leamington Merthyr Town Redditch United Slough Town St Ives Town St Neots Town Stratford Town Weymouth

Division One Central	AFC Dunstable Arlesey Town Ashford Town Aylesbury Aylesbury United Barton Rovers Beaconsfield SYCOB Bedford Town Chalfont St Peter Egham Town Farnborough Fleet Town Hanwell Town Histon Kempston Rovers Kidlington Marlow Northwood Petersfield Town Potters Bar Town Royston Town Uxbridge

Division One South & West	AFC Totton Barnstaple Town Bideford Bishop's Cleeve Bridgwater Town Didcot Town Evesham United Hereford Larkhall Athletic Mangotsfield United North Leigh Paulton Rovers Salisbury Shortwood United Slimbridge Swindon Supermarine Taunton Town Tiverton Town Wantage Town Wimborne Town Winchester City Yate Town

Seasons	1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

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FA competitions

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FA Charity Shield

Football League

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Home Championship

Club seasons

First Division

Arsenal
Aston Villa
Birmingham
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Blackburn Rovers
Bolton Wanderers
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Leeds United
Leicester City
Liverpool
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Middlesbrough
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Portsmouth
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Second Division

Barnsley
Bradford City
Bradford Park Avenue
Bristol City
Burnley
Bury
Cardiff City
Charlton Athletic
Everton
Millwall
Nottingham Forest
Oldham Athletic
Preston North End
Plymouth Argyle
Port Vale
Reading
Southampton
Stoke City
Swansea Town
Tottenham Hotspur
West Bromwich Albion
Wolverhampton Wanderers

Third Division

North	Accrington Stanley Barrow Carlisle United Chesterfield Crewe Alexandra Darlington Doncaster Rovers Halifax Town Hartlepools United Hull City Lincoln City Nelson New Brighton Rochdale Rotherham County South Shields Southport Stockport County Tranmere Rovers Wigan Borough Wrexham York City

South	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic Brentford Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol Rovers Clapton Orient Coventry City Crystal Palace Exeter City Fulham Gillingham Luton Town Newport County Northampton Town Norwich City Notts County Queens Park Rangers Southend United Swindon Town Thames Torquay United Walsall Watford

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