Monday 1937-12-27

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	2	1	Blackpool	Highbury	54,163
Bastin, Cartwright	Lineups		Finan
Birmingham	2	2	Liverpool	St Andrew's	39,563	Largest home gate 1937-38
Morris, Kendrick	Lineups		Taylor, Nieuwenhuys
Brentford	2	1	Manchester City	Griffin Park	33,887
Scott W, Reid	Lineups		Herd
Charlton Athletic	3	1	Chelsea	The Valley	51,125
Hobbis, Tadman, Robinson	Lineups		Chitty
Derby County	4	2	Bolton Wanderers	Baseball Ground	31,679
Astley 2, Duncan 2	Lineups		Westwood, Currier
Everton	3	0	Leicester City	Goodison Park	38,693
Lawton 2, Trentham	Lineups
Huddersfield Town	1	1	Sunderland	Leeds Road	13,198
Chivers	Lineups		Hastings
Middlesbrough	2	0	Leeds United	Ayresome Park	34,640
Fenton (p), Mannion	Lineups
Preston North End	1	1	Portsmouth	Deepdale	31,951
Beattie R	Lineups		Beattie
Stoke City	1	1	Grimsby Town	Victoria Ground	34,114
Baker	Lineups		Craven
West Bromwich Albion	2	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	The Hawthorns	55,444	Largest home gate 1937-38
Clarke 2	Lineups		Westcott 2

				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	23	7	2	2	25	15	5	3	4	14	16	1.258	29	W	W	D	D	L	1938-01-01	Bolton Wanderers	H
2	0	Leeds United	22	8	3	1	24	13	1	5	4	13	20	1.121	26	L	W	W	D	W	1938-01-01	Charlton Athletic	H
3	1	Arsenal	22	7	2	1	25	9	3	3	6	16	17	1.577	25	W	L	L	W	W	1938-01-01	Everton	H
4	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	20	6	4	0	22	6	3	2	5	10	17	1.391	24	D	W	L	W	L	1938-01-01	Manchester City	A
5	1	Preston North End	22	6	5	1	21	10	2	3	5	15	16	1.385	24	D	L	D	L	W	1938-01-01	Grimsby Town	A
6	2	Charlton Athletic	20	6	3	2	20	11	2	5	2	10	13	1.25	24	W	W	W	D	L	1938-01-01	Leeds United	A
7	-4	Bolton Wanderers	21	5	3	2	21	13	3	5	3	16	17	1.233	24	L	W	D	D	D	1938-01-01	Brentford	A
8	-1	Huddersfield Town	22	7	2	1	17	7	3	2	7	14	21	1.107	24	D	L	W	W	L	1938-01-01	Blackpool	A
9	1	Sunderland	22	7	2	2	20	13	1	5	5	13	24	0.892	23	D	W	D	L	L	1938-01-01	Middlesbrough	A
10	1	Stoke City	22	5	5	1	25	8	3	1	7	10	16	1.458	22	D	W	L	L	W	1938-01-01	Birmingham	A
11	-2	Chelsea	21	7	3	1	24	11	2	1	7	16	29	1	22	L	L	L	W	L	1938-01-01	Liverpool	A
12	1	Derby County	21	5	4	2	25	17	2	4	4	11	26	0.837	22	W	D	W	W	D	1938-01-01	Leicester City	H
13	1	Birmingham	21	4	6	1	20	13	1	4	5	9	13	1.115	20	D	D	D	L	D	1938-01-01	Stoke City	H
14	2	Middlesbrough	21	6	2	2	23	14	2	2	7	15	25	0.974	20	W	L	L	D	L	1938-01-01	Sunderland	H
15	-3	Leicester City	22	7	2	2	20	9	1	2	8	11	29	0.816	20	L	W	L	W	L	1938-01-01	Derby County	A
16	1	West Bromwich Albion	20	4	2	4	19	19	4	1	5	17	22	0.878	19	D	L	L	W	W	1938-01-01	Portsmouth	H
17	1	Grimsby Town	22	4	3	4	12	17	1	6	4	13	19	0.694	19	D	L	D	D	W	1938-01-01	Preston North End	H
18	-3	Manchester City	20	7	1	2	22	10	0	3	7	12	26	0.944	18	L	L	L	W	D	1938-01-01	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
19	1	Everton	22	5	2	3	24	15	3	0	9	12	24	0.923	18	W	L	L	D	L	1938-01-01	Arsenal	A
20	-1	Liverpool	21	4	1	6	19	18	3	3	4	12	20	0.816	18	D	W	D	L	W	1938-01-01	Chelsea	H
21	0	Blackpool	23	2	4	5	11	18	3	2	7	15	22	0.65	16	L	W	W	D	D	1938-01-01	Huddersfield Town	H
22	0	Portsmouth	22	3	4	4	20	19	1	3	7	11	27	0.674	15	D	W	W	W	D	1938-01-01	West Bromwich Albion	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barnsley	3	1	Luton Town	Oakwell	8,242
Fisher 2, Barlow	Lineups		Roberts
Bradford	1	2	Aston Villa	Park Avenue	20,129	Largest home gate 1937-38
Lewis	Lineups		Shell, Haycock
Chesterfield	3	0	Blackburn Rovers	Saltergate Recreation Ground	16,924
Clifton 2, Woodward	Lineups
Coventry City	2	2	Sheffield United	Highfield Road	40,718
Brown, Macdonald	Lineups		Leyfield, Pickering
Fulham	2	1	Burnley	Craven Cottage	18,008
O'Callaghan, Arnold	Lineups		Miller
Manchester United	4	3	Nottingham Forest	Old Trafford	30,778
Baird 2, McKay, Wrigglesworth	Lineups		Gardiner, Graham, Martin
Norwich City	2	2	West Ham United	Carrow Road	27,475	Largest home gate 1937-38
Friar, Coleman	Lineups		Williams 2
Sheffield Wednesday	1	1	Plymouth Argyle	Hillsborough	20,560
Matthews	Lineups		McNeil
Swansea Town	0	0	Southampton	Vetch Field	20,685
	Lineups
Tottenham Hotspur	1	3	Bury	White Hart Lane	40,954
Gibbons	Lineups		Raynor, Davies, Ormandy

				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	0	Sheffield United	23	10	1	1	28	11	4	2	5	12	18	1.379	31	D	W	W	W	W	1938-01-01	Nottingham Forest	A
2	0	Coventry City	21	6	4	1	16	7	4	5	1	19	14	1.667	29	D	L	W	W	W	1938-01-01	Tottenham Hotspur	H
3	0	Aston Villa	21	7	2	1	21	6	5	2	4	15	12	2	28	W	W	W	L	W	1937-12-28	Barnsley	H
4	0	Bradford	21	6	4	1	24	11	2	5	3	8	13	1.333	25	L	W	W	D	W	1938-01-01	Barnsley	A
5	2	Chesterfield	21	5	2	2	21	13	4	5	3	17	18	1.226	25	W	D	L	D	D	1938-01-01	Sheffield Wednesday	A
6	-1	Burnley	23	7	4	1	19	7	1	4	6	13	22	1.103	24	L	W	D	D	D	1938-01-01	Bury	A
7	1	Manchester United	20	6	2	2	23	11	4	1	5	14	13	1.542	23	W	L	W	W	W	1937-12-28	Nottingham Forest	A
8	-2	Tottenham Hotspur	22	7	2	2	22	10	3	1	7	19	23	1.242	23	L	W	W	L	W	1938-01-01	Coventry City	A
9	0	West Ham United	20	7	2	1	18	5	0	6	4	10	16	1.333	22	D	L	L	W	L	1937-12-28	Norwich City	H
10	0	Luton Town	22	5	3	2	22	12	3	2	7	21	28	1.075	21	L	W	D	D	W	1938-01-01	Stockport County	H
11	0	Norwich City	21	7	3	2	24	14	1	2	6	12	28	0.857	21	D	D	W	L	L	1937-12-28	West Ham United	A
12	4	Barnsley	22	6	2	2	20	10	2	2	8	12	27	0.865	20	W	L	L	L	W	1937-12-28	Aston Villa	A
13	4	Bury	21	4	3	4	13	14	4	1	5	11	15	0.828	20	W	L	L	W	L	1938-01-01	Burnley	H
14	-2	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
15	-2	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
16	-2	Nottingham Forest	21	6	2	3	16	11	1	3	6	9	15	0.962	19	L	W	L	W	W	1937-12-28	Manchester United	H
17	-2	Blackburn Rovers	22	5	5	1	28	20	1	2	8	11	25	0.867	19	L	D	L	D	L	1938-01-01	Swansea Town	H
18	0	Southampton	21	5	4	2	24	16	2	1	7	7	28	0.705	19	D	D	L	W	W	1938-01-01	Norwich City	H
19	0	Sheffield Wednesday	22	4	3	4	15	14	2	3	6	11	19	0.788	18	D	W	D	W	L	1938-01-01	Chesterfield	H
20	0	Swansea Town	22	4	4	3	16	15	0	5	6	8	19	0.706	17	D	D	L	D	L	1938-01-01	Blackburn Rovers	A
21	1	Fulham	21	3	4	3	15	14	1	2	8	5	21	0.571	14	W	L	L	L	L	1938-01-01	Plymouth Argyle	H
22	-1	Plymouth Argyle	22	4	2	4	19	19	0	3	9	7	26	0.578	13	D	L	L	W	L	1938-01-01	Fulham	A

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate	Notes
Accrington Stanley	0	1	Rochdale	Peel Park	4,700
	Lineups		Wynn
Crewe Alexandra	2	0	Hartlepools United	Gresty Road	5,167
Waring, Foster	Lineups
Doncaster Rovers	1	3	Carlisle United	Belle Vue	17,446
Killourhy	Lineups		Hamilton, Tate, Mills
Halifax Town	1	1	Southport	The Shay	4,901
Griffiths	Lineups		Patrick
Hull City	4	0	Darlington	Anlaby Road	16,783
Fryer 2, Pears 2	Lineups
Lincoln City	1	0	Port Vale	Sincil Bank	13,354	Largest home gate 1937-38
Callender J	Lineups
Rotherham United	4	1	Chester	Millmoor	11,394
Bramham, Clarke, Hanson, Reid	Lineups		Wrightson (p)
Tranmere Rovers	2	1	Bradford City	Prenton Park	15,491	Largest home gate 1937-38
Buckley, King	Lineups		Deakin
Wrexham	3	2	Barrow	Racecourse Ground	7,627
Burditt 2, Lapham	Lineups		McIntosh 2
York City	5	1	Gateshead	Bootham Crescent	9,069
Baines 2, Spooner 2, Earl	Lineups		Neilson

				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	1	Tranmere Rovers	20	9	2	1	31	10	3	1	4	8	7	2.294	27	W	W	W	W	W	1938-01-01	Rotherham United	H
2	3	Rotherham United	20	8	3	1	28	13	4	0	4	13	18	1.323	27	W	W	W	W	D	1938-01-01	Tranmere Rovers	A
3	-2	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
4	2	Hull City	20	6	2	0	23	8	4	4	4	15	14	1.727	26	W	W	L	W	L	1938-01-01	Wrexham	A
5	2	Lincoln City	18	7	1	1	28	6	3	4	2	11	9	2.6	25	W	L	D	D	W	1937-12-28	Port Vale	A
6	-3	Doncaster Rovers	19	8	1	1	26	10	2	4	3	10	13	1.565	25	L	D	W	W	W	1938-01-01	Bradford City	A
7	-3	Gateshead	19	6	3	0	19	10	4	2	4	18	18	1.321	25	L	D	L	D	W	1938-01-01	Crewe Alexandra	A
8	0	Chester	21	6	3	2	29	18	2	4	4	13	17	1.2	23	L	L	W	L	W	1938-01-01	Halifax Town	A
9	0	York City	19	6	2	2	23	11	3	2	4	17	21	1.25	22	W	D	W	W	W	1938-01-01	Rochdale	H
10	0	Wrexham	19	7	1	1	17	7	2	3	5	14	27	0.912	22	W	W	D	L	W	1938-01-01	Hull City	H
11	0	Carlisle United	20	6	3	2	21	14	3	0	6	11	19	0.97	21	W	D	W	W	W	1938-01-01	Accrington Stanley	H
12	0	Rochdale	21	4	4	3	16	12	4	1	5	17	26	0.868	21	W	L	D	W	D	1938-01-01	York City	A
13	1	Southport	20	3	4	4	16	18	2	4	3	11	12	0.9	18	D	D	D	D	D	1938-01-01	Darlington	H
14	-1	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
15	3	Crewe Alexandra	20	4	2	3	9	6	3	1	7	13	20	0.846	17	W	D	L	L	L	1938-01-01	Gateshead	H
16	0	Halifax Town	19	5	2	4	12	12	1	3	4	10	17	0.759	17	D	D	D	W	W	1938-01-01	Chester	H
17	-2	Port Vale	19	5	2	1	19	10	1	2	8	10	28	0.763	16	L	D	L	L	L	1937-12-28	Lincoln City	H
18	-1	Bradford City	19	5	3	2	23	11	1	0	8	9	22	0.97	15	L	L	L	W	L	1938-01-01	Doncaster Rovers	H
19	0	Accrington Stanley	19	4	1	6	12	19	2	1	5	6	11	0.6	14	L	W	W	W	L	1938-01-01	Carlisle United	A
20	0	Darlington	21	4	1	6	19	23	1	1	8	7	23	0.565	12	L	L	L	L	L	1938-01-01	Southport	A
21	0	Hartlepools United	20	2	3	3	13	14	0	1	11	14	41	0.491	8	L	D	L	L	L	1938-01-01	Lincoln City	H
22	0	Barrow	20	2	1	5	6	10	0	1	11	5	31	0.268	6	L	L	L	L	L	1938-01-01	New Brighton	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aldershot	2	1	Millwall	Recreation Ground	9,435	Largest home gate 1937-38
Court, Egan	Lineups		Mangnall
Brighton & Hove Albion	2	1	Clapton Orient	Goldstone Ground	18,327	Largest home gate 1937-38
Stephens, Davie	Lineups		Crawford
Bristol City	1	0	Northampton Town	Ashton Gate	20,135
Booth	Lineups
Cardiff City	4	1	Mansfield Town	Ninian Park	37,726	Largest home gate 1937-38
Pugh, Collins, Turner 2 (1p)	Lineups		Johnston
Exeter City	2	2	Crystal Palace	St James Park	12,263	Largest home gate 1937-38
Liddle, Farrell	Lineups		Waldron, Blackman
Newport County	0	0	Watford	Somerton Park	13,820
	Lineups
Notts County	1	0	Gillingham	Meadow Lane	23,337	Largest home gate 1937-38
Rickards	Lineups
Southend United	2	1	Queens Park Rangers	Greyhound Stadium	16,531	Largest home gate 1937-38
Bell, Hall	Lineups		Fitzgerald
Swindon Town	0	0	Reading	County Ground	18,760	Largest home gate 1937-38
	Lineups
Torquay United	0	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Plainmoor	5,054
	Lineups
Walsall	5	2	Bristol Rovers	Fellows Park	7,598
Evans 2, Dodd, Harper, Redwood	Lineups		Gardiner, Iles

				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	Notts County	21	6	3	2	18	6	5	2	3	14	9	2.133	27	W	L	W	D	W	1938-01-01	Swindon Town	A
2	-1	Queens Park Rangers	20	7	3	1	17	6	3	3	3	14	10	1.938	26	L	W	W	W	W	1937-12-28	Swindon Town	A
3	1	Cardiff City	20	9	3	0	40	14	1	2	5	5	16	1.5	25	W	L	W	W	D	1938-01-01	Clapton Orient	H
4	1	Watford	20	6	2	1	25	6	2	5	4	8	14	1.65	23	D	W	W	D	L	1937-12-28	Torquay United	H
5	-2	Millwall	20	6	2	1	24	9	3	3	5	12	13	1.636	23	L	L	L	W	W	1938-01-01	Reading	H
6	0	Southend United	20	9	2	1	26	9	1	1	6	6	16	1.28	23	W	L	D	W	W	1938-01-01	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
7	2	Bristol City	18	6	3	0	15	5	2	3	4	9	16	1.143	22	W	W	L	W	D	1937-12-28	Bristol Rovers	A
8	-1	Reading	20	6	0	2	12	8	2	6	4	18	23	0.968	22	D	W	D	W	D	1938-01-01	Millwall	A
9	2	Brighton & Hove Albion	19	9	2	1	21	7	0	1	6	7	16	1.217	21	W	W	W	W	D	1937-12-28	Clapton Orient	A
10	0	Crystal Palace	18	6	1	1	20	8	2	3	5	9	16	1.208	20	D	L	L	W	W	1937-12-28	Exeter City	H
11	1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	20	4	7	0	14	6	2	1	6	7	14	1.05	20	D	D	D	W	D	1938-01-01	Southend United	H
12	1	Swindon Town	20	6	2	1	16	6	1	4	6	6	15	1.048	20	D	L	D	L	D	1937-12-28	Queens Park Rangers	H
13	-5	Mansfield Town	20	6	4	1	22	9	1	2	6	6	18	1.037	20	L	W	L	D	W	1938-01-01	Northampton Town	A
14	0	Newport County	20	5	4	0	17	5	1	3	7	7	21	0.923	19	D	L	L	D	W	1938-01-01	Exeter City	A
15	0	Northampton Town	19	5	0	3	12	8	2	3	6	9	21	0.724	17	L	W	L	L	W	1938-01-01	Mansfield Town	H
16	1	Torquay United	20	6	1	5	16	19	1	2	5	8	23	0.571	17	D	D	W	L	L	1937-12-28	Watford	A
17	1	Exeter City	19	4	1	3	18	15	1	5	5	10	18	0.848	16	D	L	L	D	W	1937-12-28	Crystal Palace	A
18	-2	Clapton Orient	19	5	2	3	12	10	2	0	7	9	17	0.778	16	L	W	D	L	L	1937-12-28	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
19	1	Walsall	20	7	0	3	20	14	0	1	9	6	25	0.667	15	W	L	W	L	W	1938-01-01	Torquay United	H
20	-1	Bristol Rovers	19	3	6	1	15	11	1	1	7	7	23	0.647	15	L	W	D	D	L	1937-12-28	Bristol City	H
21	0	Aldershot	19	3	2	3	7	7	3	1	7	11	24	0.581	15	W	L	L	L	L	1938-01-01	Crystal Palace	H
22	0	Gillingham	19	2	2	4	7	8	1	0	10	8	26	0.441	8	L	L	L	L	L	1938-01-01	Bristol City	H