Record Attendance and Ups and Downs

30th October 2012
Arsenal were 4-0 down after just 37 minutes of a Capital One (League Cup) tie at Reading but the Arsenal fans weren't despondent and sang 'We're going to win 5-4'. But they were wrong - Arsenal won 7-5.

30th October 1954
A player who perhaps shouldn't have got away with the statement... 'I'm off to the match this afternoon, darling' was Southport's Billy Holmes!! BELOW......Billy has the rare distinction of being one of two men to score a Football League hat-trick on the day they got married. Married in the morning of Saturday 30th October 1954, the afternoon saw him playing for Southport against Carlisle United in a Division 3 North fixture - and he scored a hat-trick in Southport's 4-1 victory. Quite a day for Billy, then!!

Bill Poyntz of Leeds United scored a hat trick and got married on the morning of the same day. Date: February 20, 1922. The Match: Later that day, he scored a hat trick at Elland Road in a 3–0 Second Division victory against Leicester City and might have scored even later in the day!! 

AND on October 30th 1937, 68,029 fans turned up for the Second Division match between Aston Villa and Coventry City. (see below) Why so many? Well Aston Villa went on to win the Division .....the Sky Blues just missed out of promotion, managing only fourth place! So there was quite a lot in stake, although some distance from the final placing in the Division!

DIVISION 2  1937/38
							P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
	Leading League goalscorer: George Henson  (Bradford PA)  27  goals The highest ever Division 2 attendance was recorded on Saturday 30th October 1937 when 68,029 were at Villa Park to see Aston Villa draw 1-1 with Coventry City. Despite finishing 12th in Division 2 with 'only' 89 League goals to their name Luton Town finished the 1937/38 season as top goalscorers in the whole of the Football League. Check out their GOALS AGAINST!!			1		Aston Villa	42	25	7	10	73	35	57		Promoted
				2		Manchester United	42	22	9	11	82	50	53
				3		Sheffield United	42	22	9	11	73	56	53
				4		Coventry City	42	20	12	10	66	45	52
				5		Tottenham Hotspur	42	19	6	17	76	54	44
				6		Burnley	42	17	10	15	54	54	44
				7		Bradford (Park Avenue)	42	17	9	16	69	56	43
				8		Fulham	42	16	11	15	61	57	43
				9		West Ham United	42	14	14	14	53	52	42
				10		Bury	42	18	5	19	63	60	41
				11		Chesterfield	42	16	9	17	63	63	41
				12		Luton Town	42	15	10	17	89	86	40
				13		Plymouth Argyle	42	14	12	16	57	65	40
				14		Norwich City	42	14	11	17	56	75	39
				15		Southampton	42	15	9	18	55	77	39
				16		Blackburn Rovers	42	14	10	18	71	80	38
				17		Sheffield Wednesday	42	14	10	18	49	56	38
				18		Swansea Town	42	13	12	17	45	73	38
				19		Newcastle United	42	14	8	20	51	58	36
				20		Nottingham Forest	42	14	8	20	47	60	36
				21		Barnsley	42	11	14	17	50	64	36		Relegated
				22		Stockport County	42	11	9	22	43	70	31