The 1932–33 season was the 41st season of The Football League.
Final league tables
Match results are drawn from The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website[1] and Rothmans[2] for the First Division and from Rothmans for the Second Division and for the two Third Divisions.
From the 1922–23 season onwards, re-election was required of the bottom two teams of both the Third Division North and Third Division South leagues.[2]
First Division
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Arsenal (C) | 42 | 25 | 8 | 9 | 118 | 61 | 1.934 | 58 | |
2 | Aston Villa | 42 | 23 | 8 | 11 | 92 | 67 | 1.373 | 54 | |
3 | Sheffield Wednesday | 42 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 80 | 68 | 1.176 | 51 | |
4 | West Bromwich Albion | 42 | 20 | 9 | 13 | 83 | 70 | 1.186 | 49 | |
5 | Newcastle United | 42 | 22 | 5 | 15 | 71 | 63 | 1.127 | 49 | |
6 | Huddersfield Town | 42 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 66 | 53 | 1.245 | 47 | |
7 | Derby County | 42 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 76 | 69 | 1.101 | 44 | |
8 | Leeds United | 42 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 59 | 62 | 0.952 | 44 | |
9 | Portsmouth | 42 | 18 | 7 | 17 | 74 | 76 | 0.974 | 43 | |
10 | Sheffield United | 42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 74 | 80 | 0.925 | 43 | |
11 | Everton | 42 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 81 | 74 | 1.095 | 41 | |
12 | Sunderland | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 63 | 80 | 0.788 | 40 | |
13 | Birmingham | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 57 | 57 | 1.000 | 39 | |
14 | Liverpool | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 79 | 84 | 0.940 | 39 | |
15 | Blackburn Rovers | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 76 | 102 | 0.745 | 38 | |
16 | Manchester City | 42 | 16 | 5 | 21 | 68 | 71 | 0.958 | 37 | |
17 | Middlesbrough | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 63 | 73 | 0.863 | 37 | |
18 | Chelsea | 42 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 63 | 73 | 0.863 | 35 | |
19 | Leicester City | 42 | 11 | 13 | 18 | 75 | 89 | 0.843 | 35 | |
20 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 42 | 13 | 9 | 20 | 80 | 96 | 0.833 | 35 | |
21 | Bolton Wanderers (R) | 42 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 78 | 92 | 0.848 | 33 | Relegation to the Second Division |
22 | Blackpool (R) | 42 | 14 | 5 | 23 | 69 | 85 | 0.812 | 33 |
Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Results
Maps
Locations of the Football League First Division London teams
Second Division
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Stoke City (C, P) | 42 | 25 | 6 | 11 | 78 | 39 | 2.000 | 56 | Promotion to the First Division |
2 | Tottenham Hotspur (P) | 42 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 96 | 51 | 1.882 | 55 | |
3 | Fulham | 42 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 78 | 65 | 1.200 | 50 | |
4 | Bury | 42 | 20 | 9 | 13 | 84 | 59 | 1.424 | 49 | |
5 | Nottingham Forest | 42 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 67 | 59 | 1.136 | 49 | |
6 | Manchester United | 42 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 71 | 68 | 1.044 | 43 | |
7 | Millwall | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 59 | 57 | 1.035 | 43 | |
8 | Bradford Park Avenue | 42 | 17 | 8 | 17 | 77 | 71 | 1.085 | 42 | |
9 | Preston North End | 42 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 74 | 70 | 1.057 | 42 | |
10 | Swansea Town | 42 | 19 | 4 | 19 | 50 | 54 | 0.926 | 42 | |
11 | Bradford City | 42 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 65 | 61 | 1.066 | 41 | |
12 | Southampton | 42 | 18 | 5 | 19 | 66 | 66 | 1.000 | 41 | |
13 | Grimsby Town | 42 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 79 | 84 | 0.940 | 41 | |
14 | Plymouth Argyle | 42 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 63 | 67 | 0.940 | 41 | |
15 | Notts County | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 67 | 78 | 0.859 | 40 | |
16 | Oldham Athletic | 42 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 67 | 80 | 0.838 | 38 | |
17 | Port Vale | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 66 | 79 | 0.835 | 38 | |
18 | Lincoln City | 42 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 72 | 87 | 0.828 | 37 | |
19 | Burnley | 42 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 67 | 79 | 0.848 | 36 | |
20 | West Ham United | 42 | 13 | 9 | 20 | 75 | 93 | 0.806 | 35 | |
21 | Chesterfield (R) | 42 | 12 | 10 | 20 | 61 | 84 | 0.726 | 34 | Relegation to the Third Division North |
22 | Charlton Athletic (R) | 42 | 12 | 7 | 23 | 60 | 91 | 0.659 | 31 | Relegation to the Third Division South |
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Results
Maps
Locations of the Football League Second Division London teams
Third Division North
Pos | Team | Pld | HW | HD | HL | HGF | HGA | AW | AD | AL | AGF | AGA | GAv | Pts | Promotion |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Hull City | 42 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 69 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 31 | 31 | 2.222 | 59 | Division Champions, promoted |
2 | Wrexham | 42 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 75 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 31 | 36 | 2.078 | 57 | |
3 | Stockport County | 42 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 69 | 30 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 30 | 28 | 1.707 | 54 | |
4 | Chester | 42 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 57 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 37 | 41 | 1.424 | 52 | Welsh Cup winners |
5 | Walsall | 42 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 53 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 43 | 1.293 | 48 | |
6 | Doncaster Rovers | 42 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 52 | 26 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 25 | 53 | 0.975 | 48 | |
7 | Gateshead | 42 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 45 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 33 | 42 | 1.164 | 47 | |
8 | Barnsley | 42 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 60 | 31 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 32 | 49 | 1.150 | 46 | |
9 | Barrow | 42 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 41 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 36 | 1.000 | 43 | |
10 | Crewe Alexandra | 42 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 57 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 23 | 68 | 0.952 | 43 | |
11 | Tranmere Rovers | 42 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 49 | 31 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 21 | 35 | 1.061 | 42 | |
12 | Southport | 42 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 54 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 47 | 1.045 | 41 | |
13 | Accrington Stanley | 42 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 55 | 29 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 47 | 1.026 | 40 | |
14 | Hartlepools United | 42 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 56 | 29 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 31 | 87 | 0.750 | 39 | |
15 | Halifax Town | 42 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 39 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 32 | 67 | 0.789 | 38 | |
16 | Mansfield Town[a] | 42 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 57 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 27 | 78 | 0.840 | 35 | |
17 | Rotherham United | 42 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 42 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 63 | 0.714 | 34 | |
18 | Rochdale | 42 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 32 | 33 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 26 | 47 | 0.725 | 33 | |
19 | Carlisle United | 42 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 34 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 17 | 50 | 0.680 | 33 | |
20 | York City | 42 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 51 | 38 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 21 | 54 | 0.783 | 32 | |
21 | New Brighton | 42 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 42 | 36 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 21 | 52 | 0.716 | 32 | Re-elected |
22 | Darlington | 42 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 42 | 32 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 24 | 77 | 0.606 | 28 |
Source: rsssf.com
Notes:
Notes:
- ^ Mansfield Town was transferred from Third Division South for this season.
Results
Maps
Third Division South
Pos | Team | Pld | HW | HD | HL | HGF | HGA | AW | AD | AL | AGF | AGA | GAv | Pts | Promotion |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Brentford | 42 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 45 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 45 | 30 | 1.837 | 62 | Division Champions, promoted |
2 | Exeter City | 42 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 57 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 31 | 35 | 1.833 | 58 | |
3 | Norwich City | 42 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 49 | 17 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 39 | 38 | 1.600 | 57 | |
4 | Reading | 42 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 68 | 30 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 35 | 41 | 1.451 | 51 | |
5 | Crystal Palace | 42 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 51 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 27 | 43 | 1.219 | 46 | |
6 | Coventry City | 42 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 75 | 24 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 31 | 53 | 1.377 | 44 | |
7 | Gillingham | 42 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 54 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 37 | 1.180 | 44 | |
8 | Northampton Town | 42 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 54 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 22 | 55 | 1.152 | 44 | |
9 | Bristol Rovers | 42 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 38 | 22 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 23 | 34 | 1.089 | 44 | |
10 | Torquay United | 42 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 51 | 26 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 41 | 1.075 | 44 | |
11 | Watford | 42 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 37 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 29 | 41 | 1.048 | 44 | |
12 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 42 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 42 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 24 | 45 | 1.015 | 42 | |
13 | Southend United | 42 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 39 | 27 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 26 | 55 | 0.793 | 41 | |
14 | Luton Town | 42 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 60 | 32 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 46 | 1.000 | 39 | |
15 | Bristol City | 42 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 59 | 37 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 53 | 0.922 | 37 | |
16 | Queens Park Rangers | 42 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 48 | 32 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 24 | 55 | 0.828 | 37 | |
17 | Aldershot[a] | 42 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 37 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 24 | 51 | 0.847 | 36 | |
18 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 42 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 44 | 27 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 54 | 0.741 | 36 | |
19 | Cardiff City | 42 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 48 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 21 | 69 | 0.697 | 31 | |
20 | Clapton Orient | 42 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 39 | 35 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 58 | 0.634 | 29 | |
21 | Newport County[b] | 42 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 42 | 42 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 63 | 0.581 | 29 | Re-elected |
22 | Swindon Town | 42 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 36 | 29 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 24 | 76 | 0.571 | 29 |
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
Notes:
- ^ New club in the league; elected from Southern League
- ^ Returned after one season absence, spent in the Southern League
Results
Maps
Locations of the Football League Third Division South London teams
See also
References
- ^ "England 1932-33". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
- ^ a b Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
- ^ a b c d "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.
- Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.