1932–33 Football League

The 1932–33 season was the 41st season of The Football League.

The Football League

Season	1932–33
Champions	Arsenal
New Teams in League	Aldershot Newport County
← 1931–32 1933–34 →

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

First Division

Season	1932–33
Champions	Arsenal 2nd English title
Relegated	Bolton Wanderers Blackpool
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,645 (3.56 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jack Bowers (35 goals)[3]
Biggest home win	Arsenal 8–0 Blackburn Rovers (25 February 1933)
Biggest away win	Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–7 Arsenal (5 November 1932)
Highest scoring	Sunderland 7–4 Bolton Wanderers (20 October 1932) Arsenal 9–2 Sheffield United (24 December 1932) Blackburn Rovers 6–5 Blackpool (2 January 1933) Liverpool 7–4 Everton (11 February 1933)
← 1931–32 1933–34 →

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

Results

Home \ Away	ARS	AST	BIR	BLB	BLP	BOL	CHE	DER	EVE	HUD	LEE	LEI	LIV	MCI	MID	NEW	POR	SHU	SHW	SUN	WBA	WOL
Arsenal		5–0	3–0	8–0	1–1	3–2	4–1	3–3	2–1	2–2	1–2	8–2	0–1	2–1	4–2	1–0	2–0	9–2	4–2	6–1	1–2	1–2
Aston Villa	5–3		1–0	4–0	6–2	6–1	3–1	2–0	2–1	0–3	0–0	4–2	5–2	1–1	3–1	3–0	4–1	3–0	3–6	1–0	3–2	1–3
Birmingham	0–1	3–2		3–1	2–1	2–1	0–0	3–1	4–0	0–2	2–1	0–4	3–0	3–0	1–4	1–2	4–0	4–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	0–0
Blackburn Rovers	2–3	0–5	2–0		6–5	3–2	1–3	3–3	3–1	4–2	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–0	4–2	2–1	3–2	3–0	1–1	1–3	4–4	1–0
Blackpool	1–2	6–2	0–1	3–0		1–3	4–0	4–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	4–1	1–0	3–1	0–4	0–2	0–3	3–4	3–1	2–4	2–2
Bolton Wanderers	0–4	0–1	2–2	4–2	1–0		2–3	1–1	2–4	2–1	5–0	5–0	3–3	2–1	4–3	2–2	4–1	3–3	3–0	0–0	2–2	2–0
Chelsea	1–3	0–1	4–2	2–2	1–0	1–1		1–3	1–0	0–1	6–0	4–1	0–2	3–1	2–1	0–1	4–4	3–0	0–2	1–1	1–2	3–1
Derby County	2–2	0–0	2–2	2–1	1–1	4–1	0–1		2–0	2–3	5–1	3–2	1–1	4–0	2–2	3–2	2–0	3–0	2–0	3–0	2–2	4–4
Everton	1–1	3–3	4–1	6–1	2–0	2–2	3–2	4–2		2–0	0–1	6–3	3–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	6–1	1–2	5–1
Huddersfield Town	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–3	0–1	2–1	2–0	0–0	0–0		2–2	4–1	3–1	1–0	0–1	4–0	2–2	1–0	4–0	2–1	2–1	3–2
Leeds United	0–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	3–1	4–3	2–0	0–2	1–0	1–1		1–1	5–0	2–1	0–1	6–1	0–1	1–3	3–2	2–3	1–1	2–0
Leicester City	1–1	3–0	2–2	1–1	3–0	2–0	1–1	4–0	2–2	3–1	3–1		1–2	1–2	1–1	0–3	2–1	1–1	0–0	4–2	6–2	2–2
Liverpool	2–3	0–0	1–0	2–2	4–3	0–1	3–0	6–1	7–4	2–2	0–1	1–2		1–1	1–3	3–0	4–3	2–2	4–1	3–3	2–0	5–1
Manchester City	2–3	5–2	1–0	2–3	5–1	2–1	1–4	2–1	3–0	3–0	0–0	4–1	1–1		2–3	1–2	3–1	1–0	2–2	2–4	1–0	4–1
Middlesbrough	3–4	0–2	2–2	4–0	2–0	2–1	2–1	0–3	0–2	1–1	0–1	1–1	0–1	2–0		2–3	5–4	2–2	1–1	1–2	3–1	2–1
Newcastle United	2–1	3–1	2–1	2–1	1–2	3–1	2–0	0–0	1–2	0–4	3–1	2–1	4–3	2–0	5–1		1–1	2–0	3–1	0–1	3–0	3–2
Portsmouth	1–3	2–4	1–1	2–0	2–1	2–1	2–0	2–0	2–2	1–0	3–3	2–1	2–1	1–2	2–0	2–0		1–0	3–0	1–3	3–0	2–0
Sheffield United	3–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	3–2	4–1	4–3	3–2	1–2	0–0	5–2	6–2	2–5	2–0	3–1	2–3		2–3	3–0	1–1	0–0
Sheffield Wednesday	3–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	4–1	2–0	2–2	0–0	3–1	2–1	2–0	4–1	3–0	2–1	2–1	2–0	2–1	3–3		3–1	3–1	2–0
Sunderland	3–2	1–1	1–0	4–2	1–1	7–4	2–1	0–2	3–1	1–2	0–0	2–1	0–0	3–2	0–0	0–2	0–3	2–2	1–2		2–2	0–1
West Bromwich Albion	1–1	3–1	1–0	1–3	2–1	4–0	3–2	2–0	3–1	2–1	0–1	4–3	2–1	4–0	0–1	3–2	4–2	0–1	2–0	5–1		4–1
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–7	2–4	1–0	5–3	2–3	4–1	1–2	3–1	4–2	6–4	3–3	1–1	3–1	1–2	2–0	1–1	5–2	5–1	3–5	0–2	3–3

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Arsenal

Chelsea

Locations of the Football League First Division London teams

Arsenal

Aston Villa

Birmingham

Blackburn Rovers

Blackpool

Bolton

Chelsea

Derby County

Everton

Huddersfield

Leeds United

Leicester City

Liverpool

Manchester City

Middlesbrough

Newcastle

Portsmouth

Sheffield United

Sheffield Wednesday

Sunderland

West Bromwich Albion

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Locations of the Football League First Division teams

Second Division

Second Division

Season	1932–33
Champions	Stoke City
Promoted	Stoke City Tottenham Hotspur
Relegated	Chesterfield Charlton Athletic
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,542 (3.34 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ted Harper (37 goals)[3]
Biggest home win	Port Vale 9–1 Chesterfield (24 September 1932)
Biggest away win	Bradford Park Avenue 0–4 Burnley (3 September 1932) Preston North End 2–6 Tottenham Hotspur (8 October 1932) Oldham Athletic 0–4 Stoke City (31 January 1933) Oldham Athletic 1–5 Tottenham Hotspur (11 February 1933) Bradford City 1–5 Millwall (18 February 1933)
Highest scoring	Grimsby Town 5–5 Preston North End (15 October 1932) West Ham United 7–3 Charlton Athletic (26 November 1932) Grimsby Town 5–5 Charlton Athletic (7 January 1933)
← 1931–32 1933–34 →

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

Results

Home \ Away	BRA	BPA	BUR	BRY	CHA	CHF	FUL	GRI	LIN	MUN	MIL	NOT	NTC	OLD	PLY	PTV	PNE	SOU	STK	SWA	TOT	WHU
Bradford City		1–0	2–1	3–0	3–0	4–2	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–2	1–5	2–2	1–2	3–0	2–3	7–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	5–1
Bradford Park Avenue	2–0		0–4	4–0	3–0	5–1	1–4	1–1	6–0	1–1	3–0	3–1	3–4	1–3	1–0	4–2	2–0	2–1	2–2	1–0	3–3	3–0
Burnley	0–0	2–0		1–0	0–1	1–1	3–3	2–0	0–0	2–3	3–0	3–3	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–0	2–0	1–2	1–2	1–1	4–0
Bury	1–1	0–0	5–3		3–1	6–0	1–1	4–1	2–2	2–2	3–0	5–2	3–1	3–3	2–1	0–0	1–2	1–0	3–2	3–0	1–0	6–1
Charlton Athletic	0–0	0–2	2–2	1–3		2–5	1–2	2–3	4–2	0–1	1–4	3–0	3–3	1–0	4–1	2–1	0–1	2–0	1–0	3–1	0–3	3–1
Chesterfield	1–2	2–1	6–0	1–3	2–3		3–2	1–2	3–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	0–0	3–1	1–1	2–2	4–3	1–0	1–2	1–0	1–1	1–0
Fulham	1–0	5–2	2–1	3–3	3–1	2–2		0–1	3–2	3–1	1–1	0–1	3–4	1–0	3–1	1–1	1–0	4–2	1–3	3–1	2–2	4–2
Grimsby Town	1–1	5–1	1–2	1–0	5–5	1–1	1–0		3–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	5–1	2–3	6–1	5–5	2–2	0–1	2–1	3–2	2–1
Lincoln City	0–0	2–2	1–4	2–1	1–1	5–3	3–0	6–3		3–2	3–0	1–1	1–1	1–3	2–0	0–1	2–1	1–0	2–3	2–0	2–2	6–0
Manchester United	0–1	2–1	2–1	1–3	1–1	2–1	4–3	1–1	4–1		7–1	2–1	2–0	2–0	4–0	1–1	0–0	1–2	0–2	1–1	2–1	1–2
Millwall	3–3	1–1	4–1	5–2	2–1	0–0	2–1	0–1	2–0	2–0		1–1	1–1	6–1	2–0	0–1	1–1	3–0	0–0	3–1	1–4	1–0
Nottingham Forest	3–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–1	2–3	1–0	3–2	2–2	3–2	0–0		3–0	2–3	1–1	1–1	2–1	4–2	1–0	2–2	3–1	2–2
Notts County	2–0	1–4	4–2	2–2	3–2	1–1	1–2	1–3	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–4		2–1	4–1	5–0	0–0	1–2	3–4	1–2	3–0	2–0
Oldham Athletic	6–1	1–3	2–2	2–1	0–0	2–0	1–3	0–1	5–2	1–1	1–0	1–2	5–0		3–1	2–1	0–2	2–0	0–4	0–0	1–5	3–2
Plymouth Argyle	2–1	3–2	4–0	1–0	6–1	1–0	2–3	4–0	0–3	2–3	0–0	1–1	0–2	2–1		3–1	5–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–2	4–1
Port Vale	2–0	3–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	9–1	1–2	4–2	3–2	3–3	2–0	0–1	4–0	2–4	4–1		0–1	0–2	1–3	2–1	1–1	4–0
Preston North End	1–4	2–3	6–1	1–3	4–2	2–0	1–2	4–2	5–0	3–3	0–1	2–1	3–0	2–2	3–0	3–1		3–1	1–3	1–0	2–6	4–1
Southampton	3–1	2–0	3–1	1–0	3–0	2–1	2–2	3–0	4–0	4–2	2–3	0–2	6–2	0–2	2–0	2–2	1–0		1–0	2–0	1–1	4–3
Stoke City	4–1	4–0	3–0	2–3	2–0	2–1	0–1	2–0	5–2	0–0	1–2	0–1	0–2	4–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	3–1		2–0	2–0	0–0
Swansea Town	2–0	3–1	2–0	2–1	2–0	3–0	3–0	1–0	3–1	2–1	1–0	0–1	2–0	2–0	0–1	2–0	3–1	2–1	0–2		0–2	1–0
Tottenham Hotspur	1–1	2–0	4–1	2–1	4–1	4–1	0–0	4–3	3–2	6–1	2–1	0–0	3–1	1–1	0–0	4–0	1–1	5–0	3–2	7–0		2–2
West Ham United	2–4	2–1	4–4	0–1	7–3	3–1	1–1	5–2	0–0	3–1	3–0	4–3	1–1	5–2	2–2	5–0	1–1	3–1	1–2	3–1	1–0

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Charlton Athletic

Fulham

Millwall

Tottenham

West Ham

Locations of the Football League Second Division London teams

Bradford City

Bradford Park Avenue

Burnley

Bury

Charlton

Chesterfield

Fulham

Grimsby Town

Lincoln City

Manchester United

Millwall

Nottingham Forest

Notts County

Oldham

Plymouth Argyle

Port Vale

Preston North End

Southampton

Swansea Town

Stoke

Tottenham

West Ham

Locations of the Football League Second Division teams

Third Division North

Football League
Third Division North

Season	1932–33
Champions	Hull City (1st title)
Failed re-election	None
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,691 (3.66 per match)
Top goalscorer	Bill McNaughton (Hull City), 39 [3]
← 1931–32 1933–34 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Promotion
1	Hull City (C, P)	42	26	7	9	100	45	2.222	59	Promotion to the Second Division
2	Wrexham	42	24	9	9	106	51	2.078	57
3	Stockport County	42	21	12	9	99	58	1.707	54
4	Chester	42	22	8	12	94	66	1.424	52
5	Walsall	42	19	10	13	75	58	1.293	48
6	Doncaster Rovers	42	17	14	11	77	79	0.975	48
7	Gateshead	42	19	9	14	78	67	1.164	47
8	Barnsley	42	19	8	15	92	80	1.150	46
9	Barrow	42	18	7	17	60	60	1.000	43
10	Crewe Alexandra	42	20	3	19	80	84	0.952	43
11	Tranmere Rovers	42	17	8	17	70	66	1.061	42
12	Southport	42	17	7	18	70	67	1.045	41
13	Accrington Stanley	42	15	10	17	78	76	1.026	40
14	Hartlepools United	42	16	7	19	87	116	0.750	39
15	Halifax Town	42	15	8	19	71	90	0.789	38
16	Mansfield Town	42	14	7	21	84	100	0.840	35
17	Rotherham United	42	14	6	22	60	84	0.714	34
18	Rochdale	42	13	7	22	58	80	0.725	33
19	Carlisle United	42	13	7	22	51	75	0.680	33
20	York City	42	13	6	23	72	92	0.783	32
21	New Brighton	42	11	10	21	63	88	0.716	32	Re-elected
22	Darlington	42	10	8	24	66	109	0.606	28

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Results

Home \ Away	ACC	BAR	BRW	CRL	CHE	CRE	DAR	DON	GAT	HAL	HAR	HUL	MAN	NWB	ROC	ROT	SOU	STP	TRA	WAL	WRE	YOR
Accrington Stanley		2–0	0–0	3–1	1–4	2–0	2–0	1–1	0–3	4–1	7–1	1–2	6–0	5–4	0–3	5–1	1–1	1–1	3–0	1–3	5–3	5–0
Barnsley	4–0		3–0	4–1	0–3	7–1	6–2	2–3	2–4	1–1	3–2	1–0	6–2	1–2	3–1	3–1	2–0	2–2	2–1	2–1	5–3	1–1
Barrow	5–0	2–3		2–1	2–3	3–0	4–0	3–0	1–2	3–3	3–1	0–2	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	0–3	2–0	1–2	1–1	1–0
Carlisle United	2–2	0–1	0–1		1–1	2–0	3–0	0–2	1–2	5–3	3–1	1–1	3–1	1–3	2–2	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–1	1–1	2–1	5–1
Chester	4–2	3–1	2–1	4–0		3–1	5–2	2–0	3–1	6–3	3–3	1–1	5–2	3–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	2–2	1–2	1–0	0–3	5–0
Crewe Alexandra	3–1	2–2	2–0	1–0	0–1		2–4	4–0	2–0	2–1	6–2	1–1	7–0	4–0	3–1	8–0	1–1	2–1	2–0	2–1	2–0	1–0
Darlington	2–2	1–1	1–2	5–2	1–1	3–4		2–2	1–3	2–1	1–2	3–2	1–3	2–1	5–1	4–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–2	3–0
Doncaster Rovers	2–2	3–1	1–1	4–2	3–3	5–1	3–1		3–1	5–1	4–1	1–1	2–2	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–2	3–2	1–1	3–2
Gateshead	1–0	1–1	2–3	1–0	3–0	2–1	3–0	4–0		3–0	3–1	2–3	3–2	2–0	3–0	1–1	4–1	0–3	0–2	1–1	4–4	2–2
Halifax Town	0–0	2–1	2–0	0–1	0–2	1–5	4–2	0–0	1–0		4–0	1–3	5–1	3–3	2–0	2–1	1–0	1–3	4–1	4–0	0–0	2–0
Hartlepool	3–1	6–4	0–1	2–1	3–1	3–2	2–1	4–0	2–2	1–1		0–1	6–3	3–2	3–0	2–0	4–2	1–1	2–3	2–0	3–1	4–2
Hull City	4–2	5–1	3–0	6–1	2–0	3–0	3–1	6–1	1–1	3–1	3–0		4–1	5–0	1–1	4–2	4–0	3–0	3–0	0–0	4–1	2–1
Mansfield Town	1–3	0–1	2–1	3–1	1–0	4–0	3–3	2–2	1–2	2–2	7–1	2–1		5–0	4–1	9–2	4–0	1–2	2–0	2–0	0–0	2–0
New Brighton	2–2	3–5	1–2	2–0	3–1	1–2	7–1	4–4	1–1	0–3	5–2	1–0	1–0		0–3	5–2	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	0–2	0–1
Rochdale	2–0	2–3	0–0	0–1	2–0	1–4	1–1	2–3	1–0	1–0	6–2	3–2	2–1	1–0		2–2	1–3	0–2	0–3	1–1	3–1	1–4
Rotherham United	2–3	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–5	5–0	3–1	1–1	1–2	6–1	1–1	3–2	3–0	1–0	2–0		3–1	2–1	2–0	4–1	0–2	1–0
Southport	2–3	2–0	3–0	4–0	2–1	4–1	5–1	1–0	4–1	1–2	6–3	0–1	5–2	1–1	2–0	2–0		2–1	1–1	2–1	0–0	5–1
Stockport County	2–0	5–4	4–1	0–1	8–5	1–0	5–1	5–1	4–3	6–0	6–2	3–5	2–2	1–1	2–3	1–0	3–1		3–0	5–0	1–0	2–0
Tranmere	4–0	3–0	1–3	1–2	2–2	5–0	3–1	3–2	4–2	2–3	3–3	2–0	3–0	2–3	3–1	1–0	2–1	2–2		1–3	0–0	2–3
Walsall	1–0	1–1	1–1	5–0	3–1	2–1	4–0	2–0	2–0	4–0	4–1	1–0	8–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	3–1	0–0	3–2		2–3	4–2
Wrexham	1–0	3–0	4–1	2–1	1–2	7–0	3–1	3–0	5–1	5–2	8–1	3–1	1–1	5–0	4–1	5–1	6–0	2–0	1–1	3–0		3–1
York City	0–0	3–2	3–1	0–1	3–1	4–0	6–1	2–3	2–2	5–3	1–1	1–2	4–3	3–0	2–6	4–3	0–1	2–2	0–1	4–2	2–3

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Accrington Stanley

Barnsley

Barrow

Carlisle United

Chester

Crewe Alexandra

Darlington

Doncaster

Gateshead

Halifax Town

Hartlepool

Hull

Mansfield Town

New Brighton

Rochdale

Rotherham

Southport

Stockport

Tranmere

Walsall

Wrexham

York City

Locations of the Football League Third Division North teams

Third Division South

Football League
Third Division South

Season	1932–33
Champions	Brentford (1st title)
Failed re-election	None
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,634 (3.54 per match)
Top goalscorer	Clarrie Bourton (Coventry City), 40 [3]
← 1931–32 1933–34 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Promotion
1	Brentford (C, P)	42	26	10	6	90	49	1.837	62	Promotion to the Second Division
2	Exeter City	42	24	10	8	88	48	1.833	58
3	Norwich City	42	22	13	7	88	55	1.600	57
4	Reading	42	19	13	10	103	71	1.451	51
5	Crystal Palace	42	19	8	15	78	64	1.219	46
6	Coventry City	42	19	6	17	106	77	1.377	44
7	Gillingham	42	18	8	16	72	61	1.180	44
8	Northampton Town	42	18	8	16	76	66	1.152	44
9	Bristol Rovers	42	15	14	13	61	56	1.089	44
10	Torquay United	42	16	12	14	72	67	1.075	44
11	Watford	42	16	12	14	66	63	1.048	44
12	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	17	8	17	66	65	1.015	42
13	Southend United	42	15	11	16	65	82	0.793	41
14	Luton Town	42	13	13	16	78	78	1.000	39
15	Bristol City	42	12	13	17	83	90	0.922	37
16	Queens Park Rangers	42	13	11	18	72	87	0.828	37
17	Aldershot	42	13	10	19	61	72	0.847	36
18	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	42	12	12	18	60	81	0.741	36
19	Cardiff City	42	12	7	23	69	99	0.697	31
20	Clapton Orient	42	8	13	21	59	93	0.634	29
21	Newport County	42	11	7	24	61	105	0.581	29	Re-elected
22	Swindon Town	42	9	11	22	60	105	0.571	29

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Results

Home \ Away	ALD	B&BA	BRE	B&HA	BRI	BRR	CAR	CLA	COV	CRY	EXE	GIL	LUT	NPC	NOR	NWC	QPR	REA	STD	SWI	TOR	WAT
Aldershot		1–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	4–0	1–1	3–1	4–1	3–0	2–2	2–1	0–1	1–3	2–0	4–4	1–2	0–1	2–0	2–1
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	1–0		1–1	1–1	6–1	2–2	3–2	4–2	3–1	3–2	1–1	1–0	0–2	1–2	1–1	1–1	3–0	0–3	4–0	5–1	1–2	2–2
Brentford	2–0	1–1		2–1	2–1	0–0	7–3	4–2	2–1	2–0	0–2	1–2	1–0	6–0	1–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–0	3–1	2–1
Brighton & Hove Albion	0–2	3–0	1–2		7–0	0–3	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–2	2–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	4–1	5–3	1–2	5–1	1–1	3–0
Bristol City	2–2	1–1	1–2	3–4		3–1	3–1	3–0	5–3	3–3	0–1	1–1	5–2	3–2	5–4	1–1	2–3	4–1	5–1	5–1	2–0	2–3
Bristol Rovers	4–1	1–0	2–4	5–3	1–1		0–0	2–0	1–0	2–3	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–2	4–3	1–1	4–1	1–0	3–1	1–0	0–2	2–0
Cardiff City	2–1	3–0	2–1	1–2	1–1	4–3		6–1	2–2	1–1	1–3	1–0	3–2	1–3	6–0	4–2	2–5	0–1	2–0	3–0	2–1	1–1
Clapton Orient	2–3	1–1	1–5	2–0	2–2	0–3	3–0		2–1	4–1	2–2	1–2	0–0	3–1	2–2	0–0	2–2	2–5	0–0	7–1	1–4	2–0
Coventry City	3–0	3–0	2–3	2–2	6–0	2–0	5–0	5–0		6–2	4–0	4–2	4–0	3–1	3–1	3–5	7–0	3–1	2–3	2–1	5–0	1–3
Crystal Palace	3–0	3–0	2–1	5–0	2–2	2–0	4–1	2–1	1–3		2–2	5–1	3–0	0–0	2–0	4–0	0–1	1–1	4–1	4–3	2–1	0–3
Exeter City	0–0	2–3	1–2	4–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	3–0	5–0	1–1		2–1	2–0	4–0	3–1	2–1	2–0	4–1	3–0	5–0	5–0	5–2
Gillingham	5–2	4–0	1–3	2–0	4–2	2–0	1–1	3–1	3–0	2–0	1–2		1–1	2–0	5–1	0–2	4–1	4–1	3–2	3–1	1–1	3–3
Luton Town	2–1	1–2	5–5	0–0	5–4	1–1	8–1	4–1	4–1	1–1	4–0	2–1		2–2	2–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	3–3	6–2	2–1	3–2
Newport County	2–1	1–1	1–6	5–2	1–1	3–1	4–2	0–2	2–1	1–3	1–1	0–2	3–2		0–3	3–4	5–1	3–3	1–3	1–2	3–1	2–0
Northampton Town	5–2	6–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	3–0	5–1	1–0	5–3	1–0	1–0	8–0		2–2	2–1	1–0	0–0	6–0	2–0	0–0
Norwich City	3–2	6–0	3–0	1–0	3–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	2–1	3–0	0–0	2–0	2–1	3–1	2–0		3–2	2–2	1–0	5–2	1–2	1–2
Queens Park Rangers	2–2	3–1	2–3	0–1	1–1	1–1	5–1	2–1	3–3	2–1	1–3	1–1	3–1	6–1	1–1	2–2		0–3	6–1	4–2	1–1	2–1
Reading	2–2	6–2	1–3	3–0	2–2	3–1	4–2	3–1	3–3	2–3	2–2	4–0	4–1	4–1	4–0	3–2	3–1		1–1	7–1	5–2	2–0
Southend	5–1	2–1	0–1	2–1	3–1	2–2	2–2	3–3	1–3	1–2	1–2	2–2	2–1	3–0	1–0	2–1	0–1	3–1		0–0	2–1	2–1
Swindon Town	3–2	2–0	0–0	5–1	1–4	1–1	6–2	3–3	1–2	1–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	2–4	0–0	0–1	2–2		0–0	1–2
Torquay United	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	4–1	1–1	3–3	2–1	1–3	1–2	3–1	4–0	5–1	2–2	3–1	1–1	8–1	4–3		3–2
Watford	2–0	2–1	1–1	0–4	1–0	3–1	2–1	1–1	3–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	4–1	3–2	4–0	1–2	2–2	1–1	2–2	2–2	0–0

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Brentford

Clapton Orient

Crystal Palace

Queens Park Rangers

Watford

Locations of the Football League Third Division South London teams

Aldershot

Bournemouth

Brentford

Brighton & Hove

Bristol City

Bristol Rovers

Cardiff City

Clapton Orient

Coventry

Crystal P.

Exeter City

Gillingham

Luton Town

Newport County

Northampton Town

Norwich City

QPR

Southend

Reading

Torquay

Swindon

Watford

Locations of the Football League Third Division South teams

See also

• 1932–33 in English football
• 1932 in association football
• 1933 in association football