Saturday 1937-12-25

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division North
Third Division South

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Blackpool	2	1	Arsenal	Bloomfield Road	23,229
Farrow (p), Buchan	Lineups		Bastin (p)
Grimsby Town	1	5	Stoke City	Blundell Park	17,673
Coulter	Lineups		Baker 2, Peppitt, Westland J, Antonio
Leeds United	5	3	Middlesbrough	Elland Road	37,020	Largest home gate 1937-38
Hodgson 2, Buckley, Stephenson, Thomson	Lineups		Higham, Fenton, Camsell
Leicester City	3	1	Everton	Filbert Street	17,268
Bowers, Moralee, Britton OG	Lineups		Trentham
Manchester City	0	2	Brentford	Maine Road	37,478
	Lineups		McKenzie (p), Reid
Portsmouth	3	2	Preston North End	Fratton Park	25,909
Worrall, Parker 2	Lineups		Watmough 2
Sunderland	2	1	Huddersfield Town	Roker Park	30,730
Carter, Gurney	Lineups		Young

				Home					Away
Ptn		First Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Brentford	22	6	2	2	23	14	5	3	4	14	16	1.233	27	W	D	D	L	L	1937-12-27	Manchester City	H
2	1	Leeds United	21	8	3	1	24	13	1	5	3	13	18	1.194	26	W	W	D	W	L	1937-12-27	Middlesbrough	A
3	-1	Bolton Wanderers	20	5	3	2	21	13	3	5	2	14	13	1.346	24	W	D	D	D	D	1937-12-27	Derby County	A
4	0	Arsenal	21	6	2	1	23	8	3	3	6	16	17	1.56	23	L	L	W	W	W	1937-12-27	Blackpool	H
5	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	19	6	4	0	22	6	3	1	5	8	15	1.429	23	W	L	W	L	D	1937-12-27	West Bromwich Albion	A
6	-1	Preston North End	21	6	4	1	20	9	2	3	5	15	16	1.4	23	L	D	L	W	D	1937-12-27	Portsmouth	H
7	0	Huddersfield Town	21	7	1	1	16	6	3	2	7	14	21	1.111	23	L	W	W	L	W	1937-12-27	Sunderland	H
8	0	Charlton Athletic	19	5	3	2	17	10	2	5	2	10	13	1.174	22	W	W	D	L	D	1937-12-27	Chelsea	H
9	0	Chelsea	20	7	3	1	24	11	2	1	6	15	26	1.054	22	L	L	W	L	D	1937-12-27	Charlton Athletic	A
10	0	Sunderland	21	7	2	2	20	13	1	4	5	12	23	0.889	22	W	D	L	L	D	1937-12-27	Huddersfield Town	A
11	1	Stoke City	21	5	4	1	24	7	3	1	7	10	16	1.478	21	W	L	L	W	L	1937-12-27	Grimsby Town	H
12	5	Leicester City	21	7	2	2	20	9	1	2	7	11	26	0.886	20	W	L	W	L	W	1937-12-27	Everton	A
13	-2	Derby County	20	4	4	2	21	15	2	4	4	11	26	0.78	20	D	W	W	D	L	1937-12-27	Bolton Wanderers	H
14	-1	Birmingham	20	4	5	1	18	11	1	4	5	9	13	1.125	19	D	D	L	D	W	1937-12-27	Liverpool	H
15	-1	Manchester City	19	7	1	2	22	10	0	3	6	11	24	0.971	18	L	L	W	D	L	1937-12-27	Brentford	A
16	-1	Middlesbrough	20	5	2	2	21	14	2	2	7	15	25	0.923	18	L	L	D	L	W	1937-12-27	Leeds United	H
17	-1	West Bromwich Albion	19	4	1	4	17	17	4	1	5	17	22	0.872	18	L	L	W	W	D	1937-12-27	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
18	0	Grimsby Town	21	4	3	4	12	17	1	5	4	12	18	0.686	18	L	D	D	W	L	1937-12-27	Stoke City	A
19	0	Liverpool	20	4	1	6	19	18	3	2	4	10	18	0.806	17	W	D	L	W	L	1937-12-27	Birmingham	A
20	0	Everton	21	4	2	3	21	15	3	0	9	12	24	0.846	16	L	L	D	L	W	1937-12-27	Leicester City	H
21	0	Blackpool	22	2	4	5	11	18	3	2	6	14	20	0.658	16	W	W	D	D	L	1937-12-27	Arsenal	A
22	0	Portsmouth	21	3	4	4	20	19	1	2	7	10	26	0.667	14	W	W	W	D	L	1937-12-27	Preston North End	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Blackburn Rovers	3	3	Chesterfield	Ewood Park	26,810	Largest home gate 1937-38
Bruton, Smeaton, Butt (p)	Lineups		Clifton 2, McMillen
Burnley	1	0	Fulham	Turf Moor	27,584
Robson	Lineups
Bury	1	2	Tottenham Hotspur	Gigg Lane	13,659
Hulbert	Lineups		Morrison, Gibbons
Luton Town	4	0	Barnsley	Kenilworth Road	15,829
Roberts 2, Dawes 2	Lineups
Newcastle United	0	0	Stockport County	St James' Park	29,736
	Lineups
Plymouth Argyle	2	4	Sheffield Wednesday	Home Park	17,650
Bourton, Brown	Lineups		Drury, Thompson J, Rimmer, Matthews
Sheffield United	3	2	Coventry City	Bramall Lane	49,019
Pickering 2, Richardson	Lineups		Roberts, Macdonald
Southampton	1	1	Swansea Town	The Dell	13,583
Osman	Lineups		Warner

				Home					Away
Ptn		Second Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	1	Sheffield United	22	10	1	1	28	11	4	1	5	10	16	1.407	30	W	W	W	W	L	1937-12-27	Coventry City	A
2	-1	Coventry City	20	6	3	1	14	5	4	5	1	19	14	1.737	28	L	W	W	W	L	1937-12-27	Sheffield United	H
3	0	Aston Villa	20	7	2	1	21	6	4	2	4	13	11	2	26	W	W	L	W	L	1937-12-27	Bradford	A
4	0	Bradford	20	6	4	0	23	9	2	5	3	8	13	1.409	25	W	W	D	W	L	1937-12-27	Aston Villa	H
5	1	Burnley	22	7	4	1	19	7	1	4	5	12	20	1.148	24	W	D	D	D	L	1937-12-27	Fulham	A
6	3	Tottenham Hotspur	21	7	2	1	21	7	3	1	7	19	23	1.333	23	W	W	L	W	L	1937-12-27	Bury	H
7	-2	Chesterfield	20	4	2	2	18	13	4	5	3	17	18	1.129	23	D	L	D	D	D	1937-12-27	Blackburn Rovers	H
8	-1	Manchester United	19	5	2	2	19	8	4	1	5	14	13	1.571	21	L	W	W	W	W	1937-12-27	Nottingham Forest	H
9	-1	West Ham United	19	7	2	1	18	5	0	5	4	8	14	1.368	21	L	L	W	L	D	1937-12-27	Norwich City	A
10	1	Luton Town	21	5	3	2	22	12	3	2	6	20	25	1.135	21	W	D	D	W	W	1937-12-27	Barnsley	A
11	-1	Norwich City	20	7	2	2	22	12	1	2	6	12	28	0.85	20	D	W	L	L	D	1937-12-27	West Ham United	H
12	1	Stockport County	21	5	3	2	12	8	2	3	6	10	22	0.733	20	D	L	L	D	W	1938-01-01	Luton Town	A
13	1	Newcastle United	20	6	2	3	21	9	1	3	5	6	15	1.125	19	D	W	W	W	W	1938-01-01	Manchester United	H
14	-2	Nottingham Forest	20	6	2	3	16	11	1	3	5	6	11	1	19	W	L	W	W	L	1937-12-27	Manchester United	A
15	0	Blackburn Rovers	21	5	5	1	28	20	1	2	7	11	22	0.929	19	D	L	D	L	L	1937-12-27	Chesterfield	A
16	0	Barnsley	21	5	2	2	17	9	2	2	8	12	27	0.806	18	L	L	L	W	D	1937-12-27	Luton Town	H
17	0	Bury	20	4	3	4	13	14	3	1	5	8	14	0.75	18	L	L	W	L	W	1937-12-27	Tottenham Hotspur	A
18	0	Southampton	20	5	4	2	24	16	2	0	7	7	28	0.705	18	D	L	W	W	L	1937-12-27	Swansea Town	A
19	0	Sheffield Wednesday	21	4	2	4	14	13	2	3	6	11	19	0.781	17	W	D	W	L	L	1937-12-27	Plymouth Argyle	H
20	0	Swansea Town	21	4	3	3	16	15	0	5	6	8	19	0.706	16	D	L	D	L	L	1937-12-27	Southampton	H
21	0	Plymouth Argyle	21	4	2	4	19	19	0	2	9	6	25	0.568	12	L	L	W	L	L	1937-12-27	Sheffield Wednesday	A
22	0	Fulham	20	2	4	3	13	13	1	2	8	5	21	0.529	12	L	L	L	L	W	1937-12-27	Burnley	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barrow	0	1	Wrexham	Holker Street	5,891
	Lineups		Lapham
Bradford City	1	3	Tranmere Rovers	Valley Parade	12,567	Largest home gate 1937-38
Deakin	Lineups		Wassell, Buckley, King
Carlisle United	2	2	Doncaster Rovers	Brunton Park	10,821
Tate, Mills	Lineups		Malam 2
Chester	2	3	Rotherham United	Sealand Road	6,105
Chambers, Horsman	Lineups		Clarke, Mills, Smith
Darlington	1	3	Hull City	Feethams Ground	6,070
Chester	Lineups		McNeill, Fryer, Davies
Gateshead	2	2	York City	Redheugh Park	10,439
Davidson, Smith	Lineups		Hughes, Spooner
Hartlepools United	2	2	Crewe Alexandra	Victoria Park	6,267
Embleton, Wigham	Lineups		Cobourne, Johnson
Rochdale	0	1	Accrington Stanley	Spotland	9,146	Largest home gate 1937-38
	Lineups		Curran
Southport	2	2	Halifax Town	Haig Avenue	5,642
Ovenstone, Baker	Lineups		Scott 2

				Home					Away
Ptn		Third Division North	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Oldham Athletic	19	7	2	0	22	7	2	6	2	11	11	1.833	26	D	W	D	D	W	1938-01-01	Port Vale	A
2	3	Tranmere Rovers	19	8	2	1	29	9	3	1	4	8	7	2.313	25	W	W	W	W	L	1937-12-27	Bradford City	H
3	-1	Doncaster Rovers	18	8	1	0	25	7	2	4	3	10	13	1.75	25	D	W	W	W	D	1937-12-27	Carlisle United	H
4	-1	Gateshead	18	6	3	0	19	10	4	2	3	17	13	1.565	25	D	L	D	W	W	1937-12-27	York City	A
5	2	Rotherham United	19	7	3	1	24	12	4	0	4	13	18	1.233	25	W	W	W	D	W	1937-12-27	Chester	H
6	2	Hull City	19	5	2	0	19	8	4	4	4	15	14	1.545	24	W	L	W	L	W	1937-12-27	Darlington	H
7	-3	Lincoln City	17	6	1	1	27	6	3	4	2	11	9	2.533	23	L	D	D	W	W	1937-12-27	Port Vale	H
8	-2	Chester	20	6	3	2	29	18	2	4	3	12	13	1.323	23	L	W	L	W	D	1937-12-27	Rotherham United	A
9	0	York City	18	5	2	2	18	10	3	2	4	17	21	1.129	20	D	W	W	W	W	1937-12-27	Gateshead	H
10	2	Wrexham	18	6	1	1	14	5	2	3	5	14	27	0.875	20	W	D	L	W	W	1937-12-27	Barrow	H
11	0	Carlisle United	19	6	3	2	21	14	2	0	6	8	18	0.906	19	D	W	W	W	L	1937-12-27	Doncaster Rovers	A
12	-2	Rochdale	20	4	4	3	16	12	3	1	5	16	26	0.842	19	L	D	W	D	W	1937-12-27	Accrington Stanley	A
13	0	New Brighton	18	5	1	1	16	6	2	2	7	12	23	0.966	17	L	D	L	L	W	1938-01-01	Barrow	A
14	0	Southport	19	3	4	4	16	18	2	3	3	10	11	0.897	17	D	D	D	D	W	1937-12-27	Halifax Town	A
15	0	Port Vale	18	5	2	1	19	10	1	2	7	10	27	0.784	16	D	L	L	L	L	1937-12-27	Lincoln City	A
16	1	Halifax Town	18	5	1	4	11	11	1	3	4	10	17	0.75	16	D	D	W	W	W	1937-12-27	Southport	H
17	-1	Bradford City	18	5	3	2	23	11	1	0	7	8	20	1	15	L	L	W	L	W	1937-12-27	Tranmere Rovers	A
18	0	Crewe Alexandra	19	3	2	3	7	6	3	1	7	13	20	0.769	15	D	L	L	L	W	1937-12-27	Hartlepools United	H
19	1	Accrington Stanley	18	4	1	5	12	18	2	1	5	6	11	0.621	14	W	W	W	L	L	1937-12-27	Rochdale	H
20	-1	Darlington	20	4	1	6	19	23	1	1	7	7	19	0.619	12	L	L	L	L	L	1937-12-27	Hull City	A
21	0	Hartlepools United	19	2	3	3	13	14	0	1	10	14	39	0.509	8	D	L	L	L	L	1937-12-27	Crewe Alexandra	A
22	0	Barrow	19	2	1	5	6	10	0	1	10	3	28	0.237	6	L	L	L	L	L	1937-12-27	Wrexham	A

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	0	0	Torquay United	Dean Court	6,842
	Lineups
Bristol Rovers	5	2	Walsall	Eastville	10,000
Tolland, Sullivan 2, Mills 2	Lineups		Redwood, Dodd
Mansfield Town	3	0	Cardiff City	Field Mill	12,114	Largest home gate 1937-38
Crawshaw, Holmes 2	Lineups
Queens Park Rangers	1	0	Southend United	Loftus Road	17,934
Fitzgerald	Lineups
Reading	2	1	Swindon Town	Elm Park	10,992
Simpson, Watkin	Lineups		Fowler
Watford	3	0	Newport County	Vicarage Road	7,473
Laing 2, Johnson	Lineups

				Home					Away
Ptn		Third Division South	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	1	Queens Park Rangers	19	7	3	1	17	6	3	3	2	13	8	2.143	26	W	W	W	W	L	1937-12-27	Southend United	A
2	-1	Notts County	20	5	3	2	17	6	5	2	3	14	9	2.067	25	L	W	D	W	W	1937-12-27	Gillingham	H
3	0	Millwall	19	6	2	1	24	9	3	3	4	11	11	1.75	23	L	L	W	W	D	1937-12-27	Aldershot	A
4	0	Cardiff City	19	8	3	0	36	13	1	2	5	5	16	1.414	23	L	W	W	D	L	1937-12-27	Mansfield Town	H
5	1	Watford	19	6	2	1	25	6	2	4	4	8	14	1.65	22	W	W	D	L	D	1937-12-27	Newport County	A
6	-1	Southend United	19	8	2	1	24	8	1	1	6	6	16	1.25	21	L	D	W	W	L	1937-12-27	Queens Park Rangers	H
7	4	Reading	19	6	0	2	12	8	2	5	4	18	23	0.968	21	W	D	W	D	W	1937-12-27	Swindon Town	A
8	5	Mansfield Town	19	6	4	1	22	9	1	2	5	5	14	1.174	20	W	L	D	W	L	1937-12-27	Cardiff City	A
9	-2	Bristol City	17	5	3	0	14	5	2	3	4	9	16	1.095	20	W	L	W	D	W	1937-12-27	Northampton Town	H
10	-2	Crystal Palace	17	6	1	1	20	8	2	2	5	7	14	1.227	19	L	L	W	W	W	1937-12-27	Exeter City	A
11	-2	Brighton & Hove Albion	18	8	2	1	19	6	0	1	6	7	16	1.182	19	W	W	W	D	D	1937-12-27	Clapton Orient	H
12	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	19	4	7	0	14	6	2	0	6	7	14	1.05	19	D	D	W	D	W	1937-12-27	Torquay United	A
13	-3	Swindon Town	19	6	1	1	16	6	1	4	6	6	15	1.048	19	L	D	L	D	D	1937-12-27	Reading	H
14	0	Newport County	19	5	3	0	17	5	1	3	7	7	21	0.923	18	L	L	D	W	W	1937-12-27	Watford	H
15	0	Northampton Town	18	5	0	3	12	8	2	3	5	9	20	0.75	17	W	L	L	W	W	1937-12-27	Bristol City	A
16	0	Clapton Orient	18	5	2	3	12	10	2	0	6	8	15	0.8	16	W	D	L	L	L	1937-12-27	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
17	1	Torquay United	19	6	0	5	16	19	1	2	5	8	23	0.571	16	D	W	L	L	L	1937-12-27	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
18	-1	Exeter City	18	4	0	3	16	13	1	5	5	10	18	0.839	15	L	L	D	W	W	1937-12-27	Crystal Palace	H
19	1	Bristol Rovers	18	3	6	1	15	11	1	1	6	5	18	0.69	15	W	D	D	L	L	1937-12-27	Walsall	A
20	-1	Walsall	19	6	0	3	15	12	0	1	9	6	25	0.568	13	L	W	L	W	D	1937-12-27	Bristol Rovers	H
21	0	Aldershot	18	2	2	3	5	6	3	1	7	11	24	0.533	13	L	L	L	L	W	1937-12-27	Millwall	H
22	0	Gillingham	18	2	2	4	7	8	1	0	9	8	25	0.455	8	L	L	L	L	L	1937-12-27	Notts County	A