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1929-30

First Division

Finished 4th of 22 · P42 W21 D5 L16 · 92 scored, 83 conceded

Results

Date		Opponent	Score
31 Aug 1929	H	Birmingham City	2–1	W
4 Sept 1929	A	Derby County	0–4	L
7 Sept 1929	A	Leeds United	1–4	L
9 Sept 1929	H	Derby County	2–2	D
14 Sept 1929	H	Sheffield Wednesday	1–3	L
21 Sept 1929	A	Burnley	4–1	W
25 Sept 1929	H	Arsenal	5–2	W
28 Sept 1929	H	Sunderland	2–1	W
5 Oct 1929	A	Bolton Wanderers	0–3	L
12 Oct 1929	H	Everton	5–2	W
19 Oct 1929	H	Leicester City	3–0	W
26 Oct 1929	A	Grimsby Town	2–0	W
2 Nov 1929	H	Manchester United	1–0	W
9 Nov 1929	A	Huddersfield Town	1–1	D
16 Nov 1929	H	Liverpool	2–3	L
23 Nov 1929	A	Middlesbrough	3–2	W
30 Nov 1929	H	Blackburn Rovers	3–0	W
7 Dec 1929	A	Newcastle United	2–2	D
14 Dec 1929	H	Sheffield United	5–1	W
21 Dec 1929	A	West Ham United	2–5	L
25 Dec 1929	H	Manchester City	0–2	L
26 Dec 1929	A	Manchester City	2–1	W
28 Dec 1929	A	Birmingham City	1–1	D
4 Jan 1930	H	Leeds United	3–4	L
18 Jan 1930	A	Sheffield Wednesday	0–3	L
1 Feb 1930	A	Sunderland	1–4	L
5 Feb 1930	H	Burnley	1–2	L
8 Feb 1930	H	Bolton Wanderers	2–0	W
22 Feb 1930	A	Leicester City	3–4	L
5 Mar 1930	A	Everton	4–3	W
8 Mar 1930	A	Manchester United	3–2	W
15 Mar 1930	H	Huddersfield Town	5–3	W
22 Mar 1930	A	Liverpool	0–2	L
29 Mar 1930	H	Middlesbrough	4–2	W
2 Apr 1930	H	Grimsby Town	4–1	W
5 Apr 1930	A	Blackburn Rovers	0–2	L
12 Apr 1930	H	Newcastle United	2–0	W
18 Apr 1930	A	Portsmouth	2–1	W
19 Apr 1930	A	Sheffield United	3–3	D
21 Apr 1930	H	Portsmouth	0–1	L
26 Apr 1930	H	West Ham United	2–3	L
3 May 1930	A	Arsenal	4–2	W

Scores are shown Villa first. League matches only; cup ties not included.

Final table

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Sheffield Wednesday	42	26	8	8	105	57	+48	60
2	Derby County	42	21	8	13	90	82	+8	50
3	Manchester City	42	19	9	14	91	81	+10	47
4	Aston Villa	42	21	5	16	92	83	+9	47
5	Leeds United	42	20	6	16	79	63	+16	46
6	Blackburn Rovers	42	19	7	16	99	93	+6	45
7	West Ham United	42	19	5	18	86	79	+7	43
8	Leicester City	42	17	9	16	86	90	-4	43
9	Sunderland	42	18	7	17	76	80	-4	43
10	Huddersfield Town	42	17	9	16	63	69	-6	43
11	Birmingham City	42	16	9	17	67	62	+5	41
12	Liverpool	42	16	9	17	63	79	-16	41
13	Portsmouth	42	15	10	17	66	62	+4	40
14	Arsenal	42	14	11	17	78	66	+12	39
15	Bolton Wanderers	42	15	9	18	74	74	0	39
16	Middlesbrough	42	16	6	20	82	84	-2	38
17	Manchester United	42	15	8	19	67	88	-21	38
18	Grimsby Town	42	15	7	20	73	89	-16	37
19	Newcastle United	42	15	7	20	71	92	-21	37
20	Sheffield United	42	15	6	21	91	96	-5	36
21	Burnley	42	14	8	20	79	97	-18	36
22	Everton	42	12	11	19	80	92	-12	35

Positions decided on goal average, as the rules of the day had it. Two points for a win.

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Sources: engsoccerdata (1888–2025) and football-data.co.uk (recent seasons), compiled by the Villa Blog results pipeline.