1929–30 in English football

The 1929–30 season was the 55th season of competitive football in England.

Events

The Wednesday officially changed their name to Sheffield Wednesday prior to the start of this season.^[1]

Blackpool claimed their only championship to date on the final day of the Division Two season, 3 May, with a goalless draw at Nottingham Forest. Runners-up Chelsea could have won the title themselves the same afternoon if they had won and Blackpool had lost, but the Londoners were defeated at Bury by a single goal. Blackpool forward, Jimmy Hampson, finished the season as the top goal scorer in England, with 46 goals in all competitions.^[2]

Deaths

29 September, Joe Schofield—manager of Port Vale and former England international

Honours

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

Football League

First Division

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Second Division

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Third Division North

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

^ After this season South Shields moved to Gateshead and became Gateshead A.F.C.

Third Division South

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Top goalscorers

First Division

Vic Watson (West Ham United) – 41 goals^[3]

Second Division

Jimmy Hampson (Blackpool) – 45 goals^[3]

Third Division North

Frank Newton (Stockport County) – 36 goals^[4]

Third Division South

George Goddard (Queens Park Rangers) – 37 goals^[4]

References

^ Brown's Golden Era
^ Calley, Roy (1992). Blackpool: A Complete Record 1887–1992. Breedon Books Sport. ISBN 1-873626-07-X.
^ a b "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
^ a b "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 30 August 2017.