1933–34 in English football

The 1933–34 season was the 59th season of competitive football in England.

Diary of the season

• 6 January 1934 – Arsenal manager Herbert Chapman dies of pneumonia.^[1]

Honours

Competition	Winner	Runner-up
First Division	Arsenal (3)	Huddersfield Town
Second Division	Grimsby Town	Preston North End
Third Division North	Barnsley	Chesterfield
Third Division South	Norwich City	Coventry City
FA Cup	Manchester City (2)	Portsmouth
Charity Shield	Arsenal	Everton
Home Championship	Wales	England

Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition

Football League

First Division

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Arsenal	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	42	10	14	18	68	77	0.883	34
22	Sheffield United	42	12	7	23	58	101	0.574	31

Second Division

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Grimsby Town	42	27	5	10	103	59	1.746	59
2	Preston North End	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	42	11	11	20	39	68	0.574	33
22	Lincoln City	42	9	8	25	44	75	0.587	26

Third Division North

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Barnsley	42	27	8	7	118	61	1.934	62
2	Chesterfield	42	27	7	8	86	43	2.000	61
3	Stockport County	42	24	11	7	115	52	2.212	59
4	Walsall	42	23	7	12	97	60	1.617	53
5	Doncaster Rovers	42	22	9	11	83	61	1.361	53
6	Wrexham	42	23	5	14	102	73	1.397	51
7	Tranmere Rovers	42	20	7	15	84	63	1.333	47
8	Barrow	42	19	9	14	116	94	1.234	47
9	Halifax Town	42	20	4	18	80	91	0.879	44
10	Chester	42	17	6	19	89	86	1.035	40
11	Hartlepools United	42	16	7	19	89	93	0.957	39
12	York City	42	15	8	19	71	74	0.959	38
13	Carlisle United	42	15	8	19	66	81	0.815	38
14	Crewe Alexandra	42	15	6	21	81	97	0.835	36
15	New Brighton	42	14	8	20	62	87	0.713	36
16	Darlington	42	13	9	20	70	101	0.693	35
17	Mansfield Town	42	11	12	19	81	88	0.920	34
18	Southport	42	8	17	17	63	90	0.700	33
19	Gateshead	42	12	9	21	76	110	0.691	33
20	Accrington Stanley	42	13	7	22	65	101	0.644	33
21	Rotherham United	42	10	8	24	53	91	0.582	28
22	Rochdale	42	9	6	27	53	103	0.515	24

Third Division South

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Norwich City	42	25	11	6	88	49	1.796	61
2	Coventry City	42	21	12	9	100	54	1.852	54
3	Reading	42	21	12	9	82	50	1.640	54
4	Queens Park Rangers	42	24	6	12	70	51	1.373	54
5	Charlton Athletic	42	22	8	12	83	56	1.482	52
6	Luton Town	42	21	10	11	83	61	1.361	52
7	Bristol Rovers	42	20	11	11	77	47	1.638	51
8	Swindon Town	42	17	11	14	64	68	0.941	45
9	Exeter City	42	16	11	15	68	57	1.193	43
10	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	15	13	14	68	60	1.133	43
11	Clapton Orient	42	16	10	16	75	69	1.087	42
12	Crystal Palace	42	16	9	17	71	67	1.060	41
13	Northampton Town	42	14	12	16	71	78	0.910	40
14	Aldershot	42	13	12	17	52	71	0.732	38
15	Watford	42	15	7	20	71	63	1.127	37
16	Southend United	42	12	10	20	51	74	0.689	34
17	Gillingham	42	11	11	20	75	96	0.781	33
18	Newport County	42	8	17	17	49	70	0.700	33
19	Bristol City	42	10	13	19	58	85	0.682	33
20	Torquay United	42	13	7	22	53	93	0.570	33
21	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	42	9	9	24	60	102	0.588	27
22	Cardiff City	42	9	6	27	57	105	0.543	24

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; Pts = Points

References

1. "Herbert Chapman - Overview". arsenal.com. Arsenal F.C. 16 December 2008. Archived from the original on 7 August 2014. Retrieved 7 May 2014.