Football League Division Three (South)
Swindon Town
1 - 2
1
F. Brett (15' o.g.)
Brighton and Hove Albion
Brighton and Hove Albion
2
T. Potter-Smith (50'), G. Nicol (~53')
G.P. Gould
Lineups
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
1
DUCKWORTH
DUCKWORTH
2
MARSDEN
MARSDEN
3
BRETT
BRETT
4
MOFFATT
MOFFATT
5
WILKINSON
WILKINSON
6
DUTTON
DUTTON
7
THOMPSON
THOMPSON
8
KIRKWOOD
KIRKWOOD
9
NICOL
NICOL
10
POTTER-SMITH
POTTER-SMITH
11
WILSON
WILSON
| Swindon Town | |
|---|---|
| 1Harry COPE | |
| 2Harold STANSFIELD | |
| 3Hector GIRVAN | |
| 4Tommy GODFREY | |
| 5Jack GREENWELL | |
| 6Ted BRAITHWAITE | |
| 7Jim NICKALLS | |
| 8Jack STARSMORE | |
| 9Harry MORRIS | |
| 10Fred LAYCOCK | |
| 11George LAWLEY |
| Manager/Head Coach |
|---|
| Sam ALLEN |
| Brighton and Hove Albion | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1Joe DUCKWORTH1 | ||
| 2Harry MARSDEN2 | ||
| 3Frank BRETT3 | ||
| 4Billy MOFFATT4 | ||
| 5Reg WILKINSON5 | ||
| 6Harry DUTTON6 | ||
| 7Stan THOMPSON7 | ||
| 8Dan KIRKWOOD8 | ||
| 9Geordie NICOL9 | ||
| 10Thomas POTTER-SMITH10 | ||
| 11Tug WILSON11 |
| Manager/Head Coach |
|---|
| Charlie WEBB |
Newspaper Reports
Results
Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday September 5th, 1931:
Bristol Rovers
Bristol Rovers
|
6-1 | 
Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace
|
Cardiff City
Cardiff City
|
5-1 | 
Reading
Reading
|
Clapton Orient
Clapton Orient
|
4-0 | 
Mansfield Town
Mansfield Town
|
Coventry City
Coventry City
|
2-0 | 
Thames
Thames
|
Exeter City
Exeter City
|
4-1 | 
Brentford
Brentford
|
Gillingham
Gillingham
|
2-1 | 
Fulham
Fulham
|
Luton Town
Luton Town
|
1-3 | 
Southend United
Southend United
|
Norwich City
Norwich City
|
0-0 | 
Northampton Town
Northampton Town
|
Queens Park Rangers
Q.P.R.
|
0-3 | 
Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic
Bournemouth
|
|
Swindon Town
Swindon
|
1-2 |
Brighton and Hove Albion
Brighton
|
Torquay United
Torquay United
|
3-6 | 
Watford
Watford
|
Table
Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday September 5th, 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
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 6 |
| 2 |
Brighton and Hove Albion
Brighton
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1.67 | 5 |
| 3 |
Bristol Rovers
Bristol Rovers
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 2.25 | 4 |
| 4 |
Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic
Bournemouth
|
3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 |
Fulham
Fulham
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 1.80 | 4 |
| 6 |
Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 1.57 | 4 |
| 7 |
Watford
Watford
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 1.13 | 4 |
| 8 |
Cardiff City
Cardiff City
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 |
Exeter City
Exeter City
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 |
Northampton Town
Northampton Town
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 |
Gillingham
Gillingham
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.75 | 3 |
| 12 |
Brentford
Brentford
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0.60 | 3 |
| 13 |
Mansfield Town
Mansfield Town
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 0.57 | 3 |
| 14 |
Reading
Reading
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 0.57 | 3 |
| 15 |
Clapton Orient
Clapton Orient
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1.20 | 2 |
| 16 |
Swindon Town
Swindon
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1.17 | 2 |
| 17 |
Coventry City
Coventry City
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0.71 | 2 |
| 18 |
Norwich City
Norwich City
|
3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.67 | 2 |
| 19 |
Luton Town
Luton Town
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.60 | 2 |
| 20 |
Thames
Thames
|
3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0.33 | 2 |
| 21 |
Torquay United
Torquay United
|
3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 0.29 | 1 |
| 22 |
Queens Park Rangers
Q.P.R.
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0.20 | 1 |