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MANCHESTER UNITED
LEAGUE TABLES
1930/1931 - 1939/1940
League Tables

Explore Manchester United’s official Football League standings from the 1930/31 to 1939/40 seasons. This decade includes notable ups and downs, including relegation, promotion, and fluctuating form in both the First and Second Divisions, concluding with the abandonment of the 1939/40 season due to World War II. Discover the club’s final league positions, points totals, and key historical context during a pivotal and turbulent pre-war era. Essential reading for historians, researchers, and dedicated fans tracing United’s evolution before the modern era.
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FINAL LEAGUE DIVISION ONE TABLE
1930/1931
League Division One Trophy
Position Team P W D L F A Diff +/- Points
1st Arsenal (C) 42 28 10 4 127 59 +68 66
2nd Aston Villa 42 25 9 8 128 78 +50 59
3rd Sheffield Wednesday 42 22 8 12 102 75 +27 52
4th Portsmouth 42 18 13 11 84 67 +17 49
5th Huddersfield Town 42 18 12 12 81 65 +16 48
6th Derby County 42 18 10 14 94 79 +15 46
7th Middlesbrough 42 19 8 15 98 90 +8 46
8th Manchester City 42 18 10 14 75 70 +5 46
9th Liverpool 42 15 12 15 86 85 +1 42
10th Blackburn Rovers 42 17 8 17 83 84 -1 42
11th Sunderland 42 16 9 17 89 85 +4 41
12th Chelsea 42 15 10 17 64 67 -3 40
13th Grimsby Town 42 17 5 20 82 87 -5 39
14th Bolton Wanderers 42 15 9 18 68 81 -13 39
15th Sheffield United 42 14 10 18 78 84 -6 38
16th Leicester City 42 16 6 20 80 95 -15 38
17th Newcastle United 42 15 6 21 78 87 -9 36
18th West Ham United 42 14 8 20 79 94 -15 36
19th Birmingham 42 13 10 19 55 70 -15 36
20th Blackpool 42 11 10 21 71 125 -54 32
21st Leeds United (R) 42 12 7 23 68 81 -13 31
22nd MANCHESTER UNITED (R) 42 7 8 27 53 115 -62 22
Note: Manchester United are relegated to Division Two after finishing 22nd.
FINAL LEAGUE DIVISION TWO TABLE
1931/1932
League Division Two Trophy
Position Team P W D L F A Diff +/- Points
1st Wolverhampton Wanderers (C) 42 24 8 10 115 49 +66 56
2nd Leeds United 42 22 10 10 78 54 +24 54
3rd Stoke City 42 19 14 9 69 48 +21 52
4th Plymouth Argyle 42 20 9 13 100 66 +34 49
5th Bury 42 21 7 14 70 58 +12 49
6th Bradford Park Avenue 42 21 7 14 72 63 +9 49
7th Bradford City 42 16 13 13 80 61 +19 45
8th Tottenham Hotspur 42 16 11 15 87 78 +9 43
9th Millwall 42 17 9 16 61 61 0 43
10th Charlton Athletic 42 17 9 16 61 66 -5 43
11th Nottingham Forest 42 16 10 16 77 72 +5 42
12th MANCHESTER UNITED 42 17 8 17 71 72 -1 42
13th Preston North End 42 16 10 16 75 77 -2 42
14th Southampton 42 17 7 18 66 77 -11 41
15th Swansea Town 42 16 7 19 73 75 -2 39
16th Notts County 42 13 12 17 75 75 0 38
17th Chesterfield 42 13 11 18 64 86 -22 37
18th Oldham Athletic 42 13 10 19 62 84 -22 36
19th Burnley 42 13 9 20 59 87 -28 35
20th Port Vale 42 13 7 22 58 89 -31 33
21st Barnsley (R) 42 12 9 21 55 91 -36 33
22nd Bristol City (R) 42 6 11 25 39 78 -39 23
FINAL LEAGUE DIVISION TWO TABLE
1932/1933
League Division Two Trophy
Position Team P W D L F A Diff +/- Points
1st Stoke City (C) 42 25 6 11 78 39 +39 56
2nd Tottenham Hotspur 42 20 15 7 96 51 +45 55
3rd Fulham 42 20 10 12 78 65 +13 50
4th Bury 42 20 9 13 84 59 +25 49
5th Nottingham Forest 42 17 15 10 67 59 +8 49
6th MANCHESTER UNITED 42 15 13 14 71 68 +3 43
7th Millwall 42 16 11 15 59 57 +2 43
8th Bradford Park Avenue 42 17 8 17 77 71 +6 42
9th Preston North End 42 16 10 16 74 70 +4 42
10th Swansea Town 42 19 4 19 50 54 -4 42
11th Bradford City 42 14 13 15 65 61 +4 41
12th Southampton 42 18 5 19 66 66 0 41
13th Grimsby Town 42 14 13 15 79 84 -4 41
14th Plymouth Argyle 42 16 9 17 63 67 -5 41
15th Notts County 42 15 10 17 67 78 -11 40
16th Oldham Athletic 42 15 8 19 67 80 -13 38
17th Port Vale 42 14 10 18 66 79 -13 38
18th Lincoln City 42 12 13 17 72 87 -15 37
19th Burnley 42 11 14 17 67 79 -12 36
20th West Ham United 42 13 9 20 75 93 -18 35
21st Chesterfield (R) 42 12 10 20 61 84 -23 34
22nd Charlton Athletic (R) 42 12 7 23 60 91 -31 31
FINAL LEAGUE DIVISION TWO TABLE
1933/1934
League Division Two Trophy
Position Team P W D L F A Diff +/- Points
1st Grimsby Town (C) 42 27 5 10 103 59 +44 59
2nd Preston North End 42 23 6 13 71 52 +19 52
3rd Bolton Wanderers 42 21 9 12 79 55 +25 51
4th Brentford 42 22 7 13 85 60 +24 51
5th Bradford Park Avenue 42 23 3 16 86 67 +19 49
6th Bradford City 42 20 6 16 73 67 +6 46
7th West Ham United 42 17 11 14 78 70 +8 45
8th Port Vale 42 19 7 16 60 55 +5 45
9th Oldham Athletic 42 17 10 15 72 60 +12 44
10th Plymouth Argyle 42 15 13 14 69 70 -1 43
11th Blackpool 42 15 13 14 62 64 -2 43
12th Bury 42 17 9 16 70 73 -3 43
13th Burnley 42 18 6 18 60 72 -12 42
14th Southampton 42 15 8 19 54 58 -4 38
15th Hull City 42 13 12 17 52 68 -16 38
16th Fulham 42 15 7 20 48 67 -19 37
17th Nottingham Forest 42 13 9 20 73 74 -1 35
18th Notts County 42 12 11 19 53 62 -9 35
19th Swansea Town 42 10 15 17 51 60 -9 35
20th MANCHESTER UNITED 42 14 6 22 59 85 -26 34
21st Millwall (R) 42 11 11 20 39 68 -29 33
22nd Lincoln City (R) 42 9 8 25 44 75 -31 26
FINAL LEAGUE DIVISION TWO TABLE
1934/1935
League Division Two Trophy
Position Team P W D L F A Diff +/- Points
1st Brentford (C) 42 26 9 7 93 48 +45 61
2nd Bolton Wanderers 42 26 4 12 96 48 +48 56
3rd West Ham United 42 26 4 12 80 63 +17 56
4th Blackpool 42 21 11 10 79 57 +22 53
5th MANCHESTER UNITED 42 23 4 15 76 55 +21 50
6th Newcastle United 42 22 4 16 89 68 +21 48
7th Fulham 42 17 12 13 76 56 +20 46
8th Plymouth Argyle 42 19 8 15 75 64 +11 46
9th Nottingham Forest 42 17 8 17 76 70 +6 42
10th Bury 42 19 4 19 62 73 -11 42
11th Sheffield United 42 16 9 17 79 70 +9 41
12th Burnley 42 16 9 17 63 73 -10 41
13th Hull City 42 16 8 18 63 74 -11 40
14th Norwich City 42 14 11 17 71 61 +10 39
15th Bradford Park Avenue 42 11 16 15 55 63 -8 38
16th Barnsley 42 13 12 17 60 83 -23 38
17th Swansea Town 42 14 8 20 56 67 -11 36
18th Port Vale 42 11 12 19 55 74 -19 34
19th Southampton 42 11 12 19 46 75 -29 34
20th Bradford City 42 12 8 22 50 68 -18 32
21st Oldham Athletic (R) 42 10 6 26 56 95 -39 26
22nd Notts County (R) 42 9 7 26 46 97 -51 25
FINAL LEAGUE DIVISION TWO TABLE
1935/1936
League Division Two Trophy
Position Team P W D L F A Diff +/- Points
1st MANCHESTER UNITED (C) 42 22 12 8 85 43 +42 56
2nd Charlton Athletic 42 22 11 9 85 58 +27 55
3rd Sheffield United 42 20 12 10 79 50 +29 52
4th West Ham United 42 22 8 12 90 68 +22 52
5th Tottenham Hotspur 42 18 13 11 91 55 +36 49
6th Leicester City 42 19 10 13 79 57 +22 48
7th Plymouth Argyle 42 20 8 14 71 57 +14 48
8th Newcastle United 42 20 6 16 88 79 +9 46
9th Fulham 42 15 14 13 76 52 +24 44
10th Blackpool 42 18 7 17 93 72 +21 43
11th Norwich City 42 17 9 16 72 65 +7 43
12th Bradford City 42 15 13 14 55 65 -10 43
13th Swansea Town 42 15 9 18 67 76 -9 39
14th Bury 42 13 12 17 66 84 -18 38
15th Burnley 42 12 13 17 50 59 -9 37
16th Bradford Park Avenue 42 14 9 19 62 84 -18 37
17th Southampton 42 14 9 19 47 65 -20 37
18th Doncaster Rovers 42 14 9 19 51 71 -22 37
19th Nottingham Forest 42 12 11 19 69 76 -7 35
20th Barnsley 42 12 9 21 54 80 -26 33
21st Port Vale (R) 42 12 8 22 56 106 -50 32
22nd Hull City (R) 42 5 10 27 47 111 -64 20
Note: Manchester United are promoted to League Division One after finishing 1st.
FINAL LEAGUE DIVISION TWO TABLE
1936/1937
League Division One Trophy
Position Team P W D L F A Diff +/- Points
1st Manchester City (C) 42 22 13 7 107 61 +46 57
2nd Charlton Athletic 42 21 12 9 58 49 +9 54
3rd Arsenal 42 18 16 8 80 49 +31 52
4th Derby County 42 21 7 14 96 90 +6 49
5th Wolverhampton Wanderers 42 21 5 16 84 67 +17 47
6th Brentford 42 18 10 14 82 78 +4 46
7th Middlesbrough 42 19 8 15 74 71 +3 46
8th Sunderland 42 19 6 17 89 87 +2 44
9th Portsmouth 42 17 10 15 62 66 -4 44
10th Stoke City 42 15 12 15 72 57 +15 42
11th Birmingham 42 13 15 14 64 60 +5 41
12th Grimsby Town 42 17 7 18 86 81 +4 41
13th Chelsea 42 14 13 15 52 55 -3 41
14th Preston North End 42 14 13 15 56 67 -11 41
15th Huddersfield Town 42 12 15 15 62 64 -2 39
16th West Bromwich Albion 42 16 6 20 77 98 -21 38
17th Everton 42 14 9 19 81 78 +3 37
18th Liverpool 42 12 11 19 62 84 -22 35
19th Leeds United 42 15 4 23 60 80 -20 34
20th Bolton Wanderers 42 10 14 18 43 66 -23 34
21st MANCHESTER UNITED (R) 42 10 12 20 55 78 -23 32
22nd Sheffield Wednesday (R) 42 9 12 21 53 69 -16 30
Note: Manchester United are relegated to Division Two after finishing 21st.
FINAL LEAGUE DIVISION TWO TABLE
1937/1938
League Division Two Trophy
Position Team P W D L F A Diff +/- Points
1st Aston Villa (C) 42 25 7 10 73 35 +38 57
2nd MANCHESTER UNITED (P) 42 22 9 11 82 50 +32 53
3rd Sheffield United 42 22 9 11 73 56 +17 53
4th Coventry City 42 20 12 10 66 45 +21 52
5th Tottenham Hotspur 42 19 6 17 76 54 +22 44
6th Burnley 42 17 10 15 54 54 0 44
7th Bradford Park Avenue 42 17 9 16 69 56 +13 43
8th Fulham 42 16 11 15 61 57 +4 43
9th West Ham United 42 14 14 14 53 52 +1 42
10th Bury 42 18 5 19 63 60 +3 41
11th Chesterfield 42 16 9 17 63 63 0 41
12th Luton Town 42 15 10 17 89 86 +3 40
13th Plymouth Argyle 42 14 12 16 57 65 -8 40
14th Norwich City 42 14 11 17 56 75 -19 39
15th Southampton 42 15 9 18 55 77 -22 39
16th Blackburn Rovers 42 14 10 18 71 80 -7 38
17th Sheffield Wednesday 42 14 10 18 49 56 -9 38
18th Swansea Town 42 13 12 17 45 73 -28 38
19th Newcastle United 42 14 8 20 51 58 -7 36
20th Nottingham Forest 42 14 8 20 47 60 -13 36
21st Barnsley (R) 42 11 14 17 50 64 -14 36
22nd Stockport County (R) 42 11 9 22 43 70 -27 31
Note: Manchester United are promoted to League Division One after finishing 2nd.
FINAL LEAGUE DIVISION ONE TABLE
1938/1939
League Division One Trophy
Position Team P W D L F A Diff +/- Points
1st Everton (C) 42 27 5 10 88 52 +36 59
2nd Wolverhampton Wanderers 42 22 11 9 88 39 +49 55
3rd Charlton Athletic 42 22 6 14 75 59 +16 50
4th Middlesbrough 42 20 9 13 93 74 +19 49
5th Arsenal 42 19 9 14 55 41 +14 47
6th Derby County 42 19 8 15 66 55 +11 46
7th Stoke City 42 17 12 13 71 68 +3 46
8th Bolton Wanderers 42 15 15 12 67 58 +9 45
9th Preston North End 42 16 12 14 63 59 +4 44
10th Grimsby Town 42 16 11 15 61 69 -8 43
11th Liverpool 42 14 14 14 62 63 -1 42
12th Aston Villa 42 15 11 16 71 60 +11 41
13th Leeds United 42 16 9 17 59 67 -8 41
14th MANCHESTER UNITED 42 11 16 15 57 65 -8 38
15th Blackpool 42 12 14 16 56 68 -12 38
16th Sunderland 42 13 12 17 54 67 -13 38
17th Portsmouth 42 12 13 17 47 70 -23 37
18th Brentford 42 14 8 20 53 74 -21 36
19th Huddersfield Town 42 12 11 19 58 64 -6 35
20th Chelsea 42 12 9 21 64 80 -16 33
21st Birmingham (R) 42 12 8 22 62 84 -22 32
22nd Leicester City (R) 42 9 11 22 48 82 -34 29
FINAL LEAGUE DIVISION ONE TABLE
1939/1940
League Division One Trophy
Position Team P W D L F A Diff +/- Points
1st Blackpool 3 3 0 0 5 2 +3 6
2nd Sheffield United 3 2 1 0 3 1 +2 5
3rd Arsenal 3 2 1 0 8 4 +4 5
4th Liverpool 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 4
5th Everton 3 1 2 0 5 4 +1 4
6th Bolton Wanderers 3 2 0 1 6 5 +1 4
7th Derby County 3 2 0 1 3 3 0 4
8th Charlton Athletic 3 2 0 1 3 4 -1 4
9th Stoke City 3 1 1 1 7 4 +3 3
10th MANCHESTER UNITED 3 1 1 1 5 3 +2 3
11th Brentford 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 3
12th Chelsea 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 3
13th Grimsby Town 3 1 1 1 2 4 -2 3
14th Aston Villa 3 1 0 2 3 3 0 2
15th Sunderland 3 1 0 2 6 7 -1 2
16th Wolverhampton Wanderers 3 0 2 1 3 4 -1 2
17th Huddersfield Town 3 1 0 2 2 3 -1 2
18th Portsmouth 3 1 0 2 3 5 -2 2
19th Preston North End 3 0 2 1 0 2 -2 2
20th Blackburn Rovers 3 0 1 2 3 5 -2 1
21st Middlesbrough 3 0 1 2 3 8 -5 1
22nd Leeds United 3 0 1 2 0 2 -2 1
As World War II was declared on 3 September 1939 the government cancelled major sporting events.

The Football League of 1939-40 was immediately suspended, as a result of this Manchester United F.C. took part in a competition implemented by the Football League & were placed in the "Western Division", after only one season however they were then placed in the Northern Section as the competition took on a more complicated format with some of the matches counting towards two or more sections of the League and Cup competitions!!!!
 

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