Season 1930-1931 Details

After hopes had been raised of a serious tilt at the title, United inexplicably slid into Division 2 at the end of the 1930-1931 season.

Read more about the 1930-1931 season in the Leeds United in the 1930s section of our Leeds United history timeline. For player appearances, goals, red cards and transfers for the 1930-1931 season click here.

	Season Record	GP	W	D	L	F	A	GD	P	Pos
Division One		42	12	7	23	68	81	-13	31	21
FA Cup		3	2	0	1	7	4	3	-	R5
TOTAL		45	14	7	24	75	85	-10	-	-

	Managers	First Game	P	W	D	L	Win%
	Dick Ray	Portsmouth (H) - 30/08/1930	30/08/1930	45	14	7	24	31.11%

	Division One		Venue	Date		Score
	Portsmouth	H	Elland Road	30/08/1930		2 : 2	D
	Derby County	A	Baseball Ground	03/09/1930		1 : 4	L
	Arsenal	A	Highbury	06/09/1930		1 : 3	L
	Manchester City	H	Elland Road	08/09/1930		4 : 2	W
	Blackburn Rovers	H	Elland Road	13/09/1930		4 : 2	W
	Manchester City	A	Maine Road	17/09/1930		0 : 1	L
	Blackpool	A	Bloomfield Road	20/09/1930		7 : 3	W
	Huddersfield Town	H	Elland Road	27/09/1930		1 : 2	L
	Sunderland	H	Elland Road	04/10/1930		0 : 3	L
	Leicester City	A	Filbert Street	11/10/1930		0 : 4	L
	Liverpool	A	Anfield	18/10/1930		0 : 2	L
	Middlesbrough	H	Elland Road	25/10/1930		7 : 0	W
	Newcastle United	A	St James Park	01/11/1930		1 : 4	L
	Sheffield Wednesday	H	Elland Road	08/11/1930		2 : 3	L
	West Ham United	A	Upton Park	15/11/1930		1 : 1	D
	Chelsea	H	Elland Road	22/11/1930		2 : 3	L
	Grimsby Town	A	Blundell Park	29/11/1930		0 : 2	L
	Bolton Wanderers	H	Elland Road	06/12/1930		3 : 1	W
	Aston Villa	A	Villa Park	13/12/1930		3 : 4	L
	Manchester United	H	Elland Road	20/12/1930		5 : 0	W
	Birmingham City	A	St Andrews	25/12/1930		1 : 0	W
	Birmingham City	H	Elland Road	26/12/1930		3 : 1	W
	Portsmouth	A	Fratton Park	27/12/1930		1 : 1	D
	Manchester United	A	Old Trafford	01/01/1931		0 : 0	D
	Blackburn Rovers	A	Ewood Park	17/01/1931		1 : 3	L
	Blackpool	H	Elland Road	28/01/1931		2 : 2	D
	Huddersfield Town	A	Leeds Road	31/01/1931		0 : 3	L
	Sunderland	A	Roker Park	07/02/1931		0 : 4	L
	Leicester City	H	Elland Road	18/02/1931		1 : 3	L
	Liverpool	H	Elland Road	21/02/1931		1 : 2	L
	Middlesbrough	A	Ayersome Park	28/02/1931		0 : 5	L
	Newcastle United	H	Elland Road	07/03/1931		1 : 0	W
	Arsenal	H	Elland Road	11/03/1931		1 : 2	L
	Sheffield Wednesday	A	Hillsborough	14/03/1931		1 : 2	L
	West Ham United	H	Elland Road	21/03/1931		3 : 0	W
	Chelsea	A	Stamford Bridge	28/03/1931		0 : 1	L
	Grimsby Town	H	Elland Road	04/04/1931		0 : 0	D
	Sheffield United	A	Bramall Lane	06/04/1931		1 : 1	D
	Sheffield United	H	Elland Road	07/04/1931		4 : 0	W
	Bolton Wanderers	A	Burnden Park	11/04/1931		0 : 2	L
	Aston Villa	A	Villa Park	18/04/1931		0 : 2	L
	Derby County	H	Elland Road	02/05/1931		3 : 1	W

	FA Cup		Venue	Date		Score
	Huddersfield Town FA Cup 3rd Round	H	Elland Road	10/01/1931		2 : 0	W
	Newcastle United FA Cup 4th Round	H	Elland Road	24/01/1931		4 : 1	W
	Exeter City FA Cup 5th Round	A	St James Park	14/02/1931		1 : 3	L

	Division One Table		Pld	Pts	GD	W	D	L	F	A
1		Arsenal	42	66	68	28	10	4	127	59
2		Aston Villa	42	59	50	25	9	8	128	78
3		Sheffield Wednesday	42	52	27	22	8	12	102	75
4		Portsmouth	42	49	17	18	13	11	84	67
5		Huddersfield Town	42	48	16	18	12	12	81	65
6		Derby County	42	46	15	18	10	14	94	79
7		Middlesbrough	42	46	8	19	8	15	98	90
8		Manchester City	42	46	5	18	10	14	75	70
9		Liverpool	42	42	1	15	12	15	86	85
10		Blackburn Rovers	42	42	-1	17	8	17	83	84
11		Sunderland	42	41	4	16	9	17	89	85
12		Chelsea	42	40	-3	15	10	17	64	67
13		Grimsby Town	42	39	-5	17	5	20	82	87
14		Bolton Wanderers	42	39	-13	15	9	18	68	81
15		Sheffield United	42	38	-6	14	10	18	78	84
16		Leicester City	42	38	-15	16	6	20	80	95
17		Newcastle United	42	36	-9	15	6	21	78	87
18		West Ham United	42	36	-15	14	8	20	79	94
19		Birmingham City	42	36	-15	13	10	19	55	70
20		Blackpool	42	32	-54	11	10	21	71	125
21		Leeds United	42	31	-13	12	7	23	68	81
22		Manchester United	42	22	-62	7	8	27	53	115

	References
	Sheridan Dictates: Season Statistics 1930-31
	OzWhite: Leeds United Season Statistics and Teamsheets 1930-31
	Leeds-Fans.org.uk: Season 1930 - 1931