The 1933–34 season was the 42nd season of the Football League.
Final league tables
The tables and results below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website[1] and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79,[2] with home and away statistics separated.
Beginning with the season 1894–95, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded), or more properly put, goal ratio. In case one or more teams had the same goal difference, this system favoured those teams who had scored fewer goals. The goal average system was eventually scrapped beginning with the 1976–77 season. From the 1922–23 season on, re-election was required of the bottom two teams of both Third Division North and Third Division South.[2]
First Division
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Arsenal (C) | 42 | 25 | 9 | 8 | 75 | 47 | 1.596 | 59 | |
2 | Huddersfield Town | 42 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 90 | 61 | 1.475 | 56 | |
3 | Tottenham Hotspur | 42 | 21 | 7 | 14 | 79 | 56 | 1.411 | 49 | |
4 | Derby County | 42 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 68 | 54 | 1.259 | 45 | |
5 | Manchester City | 42 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 65 | 72 | 0.903 | 45 | |
6 | Sunderland | 42 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 81 | 56 | 1.446 | 44 | |
7 | West Bromwich Albion | 42 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 78 | 70 | 1.114 | 44 | |
8 | Blackburn Rovers | 42 | 18 | 7 | 17 | 74 | 81 | 0.914 | 43 | |
9 | Leeds United | 42 | 17 | 8 | 17 | 75 | 66 | 1.136 | 42 | |
10 | Portsmouth | 42 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 52 | 55 | 0.945 | 42 | |
11 | Sheffield Wednesday | 42 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 62 | 67 | 0.925 | 41 | |
12 | Stoke City | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 58 | 71 | 0.817 | 41 | |
13 | Aston Villa | 42 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 78 | 75 | 1.040 | 40 | |
14 | Everton | 42 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 62 | 63 | 0.984 | 40 | |
15 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 42 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 74 | 86 | 0.860 | 40 | |
16 | Middlesbrough | 42 | 16 | 7 | 19 | 68 | 80 | 0.850 | 39 | |
17 | Leicester City | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 59 | 74 | 0.797 | 39 | |
18 | Liverpool | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 79 | 87 | 0.908 | 38 | |
19 | Chelsea | 42 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 67 | 69 | 0.971 | 36 | |
20 | Birmingham | 42 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 54 | 56 | 0.964 | 36 | |
21 | Newcastle United (R) | 42 | 10 | 14 | 18 | 68 | 77 | 0.883 | 34 | Relegation to the Second Division |
22 | Sheffield United (R) | 42 | 12 | 7 | 23 | 58 | 101 | 0.574 | 31 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Results
Maps
Second Division
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Grimsby Town (C, P) | 42 | 27 | 5 | 10 | 103 | 59 | 1.746 | 59 | Promotion to the First Division |
2 | Preston North End (P) | 42 | 23 | 6 | 13 | 71 | 52 | 1.365 | 52 | |
3 | Bolton Wanderers | 42 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 79 | 55 | 1.436 | 51 | |
4 | Brentford | 42 | 22 | 7 | 13 | 85 | 60 | 1.417 | 51 | |
5 | Bradford Park Avenue | 42 | 23 | 3 | 16 | 86 | 67 | 1.284 | 49 | |
6 | Bradford City | 42 | 20 | 6 | 16 | 73 | 67 | 1.090 | 46 | |
7 | West Ham United | 42 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 78 | 70 | 1.114 | 45 | |
8 | Port Vale | 42 | 19 | 7 | 16 | 60 | 55 | 1.091 | 45 | |
9 | Oldham Athletic | 42 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 72 | 60 | 1.200 | 44 | |
10 | Plymouth Argyle | 42 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 69 | 70 | 0.986 | 43 | |
11 | Blackpool | 42 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 62 | 64 | 0.969 | 43 | |
12 | Bury | 42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 70 | 73 | 0.959 | 43 | |
13 | Burnley | 42 | 18 | 6 | 18 | 60 | 72 | 0.833 | 42 | |
14 | Southampton | 42 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 54 | 58 | 0.931 | 38 | |
15 | Hull City | 42 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 52 | 68 | 0.765 | 38 | |
16 | Fulham | 42 | 15 | 7 | 20 | 48 | 67 | 0.716 | 37 | |
17 | Nottingham Forest | 42 | 13 | 9 | 20 | 73 | 74 | 0.986 | 35 | |
18 | Notts County | 42 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 53 | 62 | 0.855 | 35 | |
19 | Swansea Town | 42 | 10 | 15 | 17 | 51 | 60 | 0.850 | 35 | |
20 | Manchester United | 42 | 14 | 6 | 22 | 59 | 85 | 0.694 | 34 | |
21 | Millwall (R) | 42 | 11 | 11 | 20 | 39 | 68 | 0.574 | 33 | Relegation to the Third Division South |
22 | Lincoln City (R) | 42 | 9 | 8 | 25 | 44 | 75 | 0.587 | 26 | Relegation to the Third Division North |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Results
Maps
Third Division North
Pos | Team | Pld | HW | HD | HL | HGF | HGA | AW | AD | AL | AGF | AGA | GAv | Pts | Promotion |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Barnsley | 42 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 64 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 54 | 43 | 1.934 | 62 | Division Champions, promoted |
2 | Chesterfield | 42 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 56 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 26 | 2.000 | 61 | |
3 | Stockport County | 42 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 84 | 23 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 31 | 29 | 2.212 | 59 | |
4 | Walsall | 42 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 66 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 31 | 42 | 1.617 | 53 | |
5 | Doncaster Rovers | 42 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 58 | 24 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 37 | 1.361 | 53 | |
6 | Wrexham | 42 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 68 | 35 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 34 | 38 | 1.397 | 51 | |
7 | Tranmere Rovers | 42 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 57 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 27 | 42 | 1.333 | 47 | |
8 | Barrow | 42 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 78 | 45 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 38 | 49 | 1.234 | 47 | |
9 | Halifax Town | 42 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 57 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 23 | 61 | 0.879 | 44 | |
10 | Chester | 42 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 59 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 30 | 60 | 1.035 | 40 | |
11 | Hartlepools United | 42 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 54 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 35 | 69 | 0.957 | 39 | |
12 | York City | 42 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 44 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 27 | 46 | 0.959 | 38 | |
13 | Carlisle United | 42 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 43 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 23 | 58 | 0.815 | 38 | |
14 | Crewe Alexandra | 42 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 54 | 38 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 27 | 59 | 0.835 | 36 | |
15 | New Brighton | 42 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 41 | 25 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 62 | 0.713 | 36 | |
16 | Darlington | 42 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 47 | 35 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 23 | 66 | 0.693 | 35 | |
17 | Mansfield Town | 42 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 49 | 29 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 32 | 59 | 0.920 | 34 | |
18 | Southport | 42 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 35 | 29 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 28 | 61 | 0.700 | 33 | |
19 | Gateshead | 42 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 46 | 40 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 30 | 70 | 0.691 | 33 | |
20 | Accrington Stanley | 42 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 44 | 38 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 21 | 63 | 0.644 | 33 | |
21 | Rotherham United | 42 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 31 | 35 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 22 | 56 | 0.582 | 28 | Re-elected |
22 | Rochdale | 42 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 34 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 19 | 73 | 0.515 | 24 |
Results
Maps
Third Division South
Pos | Team | Pld | HW | HD | HL | HGF | HGA | AW | AD | AL | AGF | AGA | GAv | Pts | Promotion |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Norwich City | 42 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 55 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 33 | 30 | 1.796 | 61 | Division Champions, promoted |
2 | Coventry City | 42 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 70 | 22 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 30 | 32 | 1.852 | 54 | |
3 | Reading | 42 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 60 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 37 | 1.640 | 54 | |
4 | Queens Park Rangers | 42 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 42 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 28 | 39 | 1.373 | 54 | |
5 | Charlton Athletic | 42 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 53 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 30 | 29 | 1.482 | 52 | |
6 | Luton Town | 42 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 55 | 28 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 28 | 33 | 1.361 | 52 | |
7 | Bristol Rovers | 42 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 49 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 28 | 26 | 1.638 | 51 | |
8 | Swindon Town | 42 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 42 | 25 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 43 | 0.941 | 45 | |
9 | Exeter City | 42 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 43 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 25 | 38 | 1.193 | 43 | |
10 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 42 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 47 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 42 | 1.133 | 43 | |
11 | Clapton Orient | 42 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 60 | 25 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 44 | 1.087 | 42 | |
12 | Crystal Palace | 42 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 40 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 31 | 42 | 1.060 | 41 | |
13 | Northampton Town | 42 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 45 | 32 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 26 | 46 | 0.910 | 40 | |
14 | Aldershot | 42 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 28 | 27 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 44 | 0.732 | 38 | |
15 | Watford | 42 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 43 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 28 | 47 | 1.127 | 37 | |
16 | Southend United | 42 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 32 | 27 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 47 | 0.689 | 34 | |
17 | Gillingham | 42 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 49 | 41 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 26 | 55 | 0.781 | 33 | |
18 | Newport County | 42 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 25 | 23 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 24 | 47 | 0.700 | 33 | |
19 | Bristol City | 42 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 33 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 25 | 63 | 0.682 | 33 | Welsh Cup winners |
20 | Torquay United | 42 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 32 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 21 | 65 | 0.570 | 33 | |
21 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 42 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 41 | 37 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 65 | 0.588 | 27 | Re-elected |
22 | Cardiff City | 42 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 32 | 43 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 25 | 62 | 0.543 | 24 |
Results
Maps
Attendances
First Division
# | Football club | Home games | Average attendance[4] |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Arsenal FC | 21 | 40,750 |
2 | Tottenham Hotspur | 21 | 33,730 |
3 | Aston Villa | 21 | 30,557 |
4 | Manchester City | 21 | 30,058 |
5 | Chelsea FC | 21 | 29,813 |
6 | Liverpool FC | 21 | 29,429 |
7 | Everton FC | 21 | 27,165 |
8 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 21 | 24,681 |
9 | Newcastle United | 21 | 24,142 |
10 | Stoke City | 21 | 23,087 |
11 | Birmingham City | 21 | 22,197 |
12 | West Bromwich Albion | 21 | 20,102 |
13 | Derby County | 21 | 18,666 |
14 | Leicester City | 21 | 18,349 |
15 | Sunderland AFC | 21 | 18,269 |
16 | Portsmouth FC | 21 | 18,243 |
17 | Sheffield Wednesday | 21 | 16,020 |
18 | Sheffield United | 21 | 15,901 |
19 | Leeds United | 21 | 15,429 |
20 | Huddersfield Town | 21 | 14,515 |
21 | Blackburn Rovers | 21 | 14,005 |
22 | Middlesbrough FC | 21 | 12,634 |
See also
References
- ^ "England 1933-34". 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.
- ^ https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/eng/aveeng1934.htm
- Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.