Football League Division Three (South)
Southend United
3 - 0
3
M. Jones (20'), F. Barnett (??'), A. Crompton (88')
Swindon Town
Swindon Town
0
G.C. Denton
Lineups
1
WHITELAW
WHITELAW
2
FRENCH
FRENCH
3
ROBINSON
ROBINSON
4
DIXON
DIXON
5
WILSON
WILSON
6
DONOVEN
DONOVEN
7
BARNETT
BARNETT
8
JONES
JONES
9
SHANKLY
SHANKLY
10
THOMSON
THOMSON
11
CROMPTON
CROMPTON
1
COPE
COPE
2
STANSFIELD
STANSFIELD
3
GIRVAN
GIRVAN
4
GODFREY
GODFREY
5
GREENWELL
GREENWELL
6
BRAITHWAITE
BRAITHWAITE
7
NICKALLS
NICKALLS
8
STARSMORE
STARSMORE
9
MORRIS
MORRIS
10
LAYCOCK
LAYCOCK
11
LAWLEY
LAWLEY
| Swindon Town | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1Harry COPE1 | ||
| 2Harold STANSFIELD2 | ||
| 3Hector GIRVAN3 | ||
| 4Tommy GODFREY4 | ||
| 5Jack GREENWELL5 | ||
| 6Ted BRAITHWAITE6 | ||
| 7Jim NICKALLS7 | ||
| 8Jack STARSMORE8 | ||
| 9Harry MORRIS9 | ||
| 10Fred LAYCOCK10 | ||
| 11George LAWLEY11 |
Newspaper Reports
Results
Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday October 17th, 1931:
Brentford
Brentford
|
4-2 | 
Bristol Rovers
Bristol Rovers
|
Cardiff City
Cardiff City
|
2-0 | 
Mansfield Town
Mansfield Town
|
Coventry City
Coventry City
|
6-1 | 
Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic
Bournemouth
|
Exeter City
Exeter City
|
6-2 | 
Queens Park Rangers
Q.P.R.
|
Fulham
Fulham
|
5-1 | 
Clapton Orient
Clapton Orient
|
Gillingham
Gillingham
|
0-0 | 
Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace
|
Luton Town
Luton Town
|
0-1 | 
Watford
Watford
|
Northampton Town
Northampton Town
|
0-1 | 
Brighton and Hove Albion
Brighton
|
Reading
Reading
|
1-1 | 
Norwich City
Norwich City
|
|
Southend United
Southend United
|
3-0 |
Swindon Town
Swindon
|
Thames
Thames
|
1-1 | 
Torquay United
Torquay United
|
Table
Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday October 17th, 1931:
| Pos. | Team | P | Home | Away | TOTAL | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | GA | Pts | |||
| 1 |
Southend United
Southend United
|
11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 9 | 2.56 | 18 |
| 2 |
Brentford
Brentford
|
11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 1.77 | 17 |
| 3 |
Fulham
Fulham
|
11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 37 | 20 | 1.85 | 15 |
| 4 |
Watford
Watford
|
11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 32 | 22 | 1.45 | 15 |
| 5 |
Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace
|
11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 16 | 1.44 | 14 |
| 6 |
Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic
Bournemouth
|
11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 23 | 1.09 | 14 |
| 7 |
Brighton and Hove Albion
Brighton
|
12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 1.07 | 14 |
| 8 |
Norwich City
Norwich City
|
11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 1.45 | 13 |
| 9 |
Coventry City
Coventry City
|
11 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 28 | 24 | 1.17 | 13 |
| 10 |
Cardiff City
Cardiff City
|
11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 1.38 | 12 |
| 11 |
Luton Town
Luton Town
|
12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 22 | 18 | 1.22 | 12 |
| 12 |
Exeter City
Exeter City
|
12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 25 | 1.04 | 12 |
| 13 |
Reading
Reading
|
11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 18 | 0.89 | 12 |
| 14 |
Thames
Thames
|
11 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 9 |
| 15 |
Torquay United
Torquay United
|
11 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 35 | 0.54 | 9 |
| 16 |
Mansfield Town
Mansfield Town
|
11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 26 | 0.62 | 8 |
| 17 |
Northampton Town
Northampton Town
|
12 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 0.59 | 8 |
| 18 |
Bristol Rovers
Bristol Rovers
|
11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 0.81 | 7 |
| 19 |
Clapton Orient
Clapton Orient
|
11 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 25 | 0.68 | 7 |
| 20 |
Queens Park Rangers
Q.P.R.
|
11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 24 | 0.63 | 7 |
| 21 |
Swindon Town
Swindon
|
11 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 0.71 | 6 |
| 22 |
Gillingham
Gillingham
|
11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 23 | 0.22 | 4 |