Saturday 1938-04-02

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	2	2	Charlton Athletic	Highbury	52,858
Drake, Carr	Lineups		Tadman 2
Blackpool	1	0	Preston North End	Bloomfield Road	26,112
O'Donnell	Lineups
Bolton Wanderers	0	0	Leeds United	Burnden Park	18,492
	Lineups
Brentford	6	1	Grimsby Town	Griffin Park	17,994
Edelston, McCulloch 2, Reid 2, McAloon	Lineups		Craven
Derby County	1	0	Portsmouth	Baseball Ground	13,603
Dix	Lineups
Everton	5	3	West Bromwich Albion	Goodison Park	24,395
Lawton 2 (1p), Cunliffe, Geldard, Stevenson	Lineups		Mahon, Shaw C (p), Jones
Huddersfield Town	1	2	Liverpool	Leeds Road	15,192
McFadyen	Lineups		Fagan, Balmer
Leicester City	0	1	Middlesbrough	Filbert Street	17,759
	Lineups		Cochrane
Manchester City	1	0	Chelsea	Maine Road	31,033
Pritchard	Lineups
Sunderland	1	1	Stoke City	Roker Park	15,848
Carter	Lineups		Sale
Wolverhampton Wanderers	3	2	Birmingham	Molineux	27,421
Westcott 2, Maguire	Lineups		Jones, Phillips

				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	Arsenal	35	13	3	1	46	14	4	6	8	21	24	1.763	43	D	D	W	L	W	1938-04-09	Leeds United	A
2	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	34	9	6	2	34	18	8	2	7	21	25	1.279	42	W	L	L	D	L	1938-04-09	Portsmouth	A
3	1	Middlesbrough	35	11	3	3	35	20	7	3	8	28	31	1.235	42	W	L	W	D	W	1938-04-09	Huddersfield Town	H
4	-2	Preston North End	35	8	8	2	29	17	5	6	6	26	23	1.375	40	L	W	W	W	D	1938-04-09	Derby County	H
5	1	Brentford	36	9	5	4	40	25	7	3	8	20	24	1.224	40	W	W	L	L	D	1938-04-09	West Bromwich Albion	A
6	-1	Charlton Athletic	33	12	3	2	37	12	2	8	6	18	26	1.447	39	D	W	L	W	L	1938-04-06	Manchester City	A
7	0	Bolton Wanderers	35	9	5	4	32	19	3	9	5	23	28	1.17	38	D	L	W	D	W	1938-04-09	Birmingham	A
8	0	Sunderland	35	10	5	2	29	16	2	9	7	19	33	0.98	38	D	W	D	L	W	1938-04-09	Charlton Athletic	A
9	1	Derby County	35	9	5	4	37	29	5	4	8	22	41	0.843	37	W	W	W	L	D	1938-04-09	Preston North End	A
10	-1	Leeds United	35	9	6	3	32	24	2	8	7	23	33	0.965	36	D	L	L	L	D	1938-04-09	Arsenal	H
11	0	Stoke City	35	9	6	2	38	17	3	4	11	15	33	1.06	34	D	W	D	L	L	1938-04-09	Everton	H
12	1	Blackpool	36	7	5	6	25	23	6	3	9	25	31	0.926	34	W	D	W	W	W	1938-04-09	Liverpool	A
13	2	Liverpool	34	6	4	7	30	24	6	5	6	23	33	0.93	33	W	W	W	W	D	1938-04-06	Birmingham	H
14	-2	Chelsea	34	9	5	3	32	18	2	5	10	22	39	0.947	32	L	W	D	D	D	1938-04-09	Leicester City	H
15	-1	Leicester City	35	7	5	5	27	21	4	5	9	19	34	0.836	32	L	D	W	D	D	1938-04-09	Chelsea	A
16	4	Everton	35	9	3	5	42	28	4	1	13	21	38	0.955	30	W	L	D	L	W	1938-04-09	Stoke City	A
17	-1	West Bromwich Albion	34	7	5	6	33	29	4	3	9	23	37	0.848	30	L	D	L	D	W	1938-04-09	Brentford	H
18	4	Manchester City	34	9	2	6	30	25	2	5	10	29	38	0.937	29	W	L	L	D	D	1938-04-06	Charlton Athletic	H
19	-2	Birmingham	34	5	11	2	30	24	1	6	9	13	25	0.878	29	L	D	L	D	D	1938-04-06	Liverpool	A
20	-2	Portsmouth	35	7	6	4	32	22	2	5	11	18	39	0.82	29	L	W	D	W	L	1938-04-09	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
21	-2	Huddersfield Town	35	8	3	6	22	22	4	2	12	20	39	0.689	29	L	L	W	L	L	1938-04-09	Middlesbrough	A
22	-1	Grimsby Town	35	7	5	5	22	22	1	7	10	20	40	0.677	28	L	L	L	W	L	1938-04-09	Manchester City	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Aston Villa	3	0	Manchester United	Villa Park	54,654
Broome, Maund, Houghton (p)	Lineups
Blackburn Rovers	2	1	Bury	Ewood Park	9,514
Butt, Tyson	Lineups		Davies
Bradford	5	1	Sheffield United	Park Avenue	11,191
Henson 3, Law, Lewis	Lineups		Barton
Chesterfield	5	2	Luton Town	Saltergate Recreation Ground	9,212
Clifton 2, Fisher, McMillen, Bonass	Lineups		Stephenson, Ferguson
Fulham	2	0	Nottingham Forest	Craven Cottage	15,285
Arnold, Rooke	Lineups
Norwich City	1	0	Stockport County	Carrow Road	10,142
Ware	Lineups
Plymouth Argyle	2	1	Newcastle United	Home Park	22,810
McNeil, Brown	Lineups		Pearson
Sheffield Wednesday	2	1	Coventry City	Hillsborough	25,956
Robinson, Hunt	Lineups		Macdonald
Southampton	0	0	Burnley	The Dell	15,113
	Lineups
Swansea Town	1	0	Barnsley	Vetch Field	8,733
Lewis H	Lineups
West Ham United	1	3	Tottenham Hotspur	Upton Park	30,031
Morton	Lineups		Sargent, Gibbons, Miller

				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	2	Aston Villa	34	13	2	2	40	12	7	4	6	19	17	2.034	46	W	W	W	L	L	1938-04-05	Burnley	A
2	-1	Manchester United	35	12	2	3	41	17	7	5	6	30	28	1.578	45	L	W	D	W	W	1938-04-09	Norwich City	H
3	-1	Sheffield United	36	13	3	2	42	18	6	4	8	22	32	1.28	45	L	D	L	D	D	1938-04-09	Aston Villa	H
4	0	Coventry City	35	10	5	3	27	12	7	5	5	28	25	1.486	44	L	D	W	L	W	1938-04-09	Blackburn Rovers	H
5	0	Tottenham Hotspur	35	12	3	2	37	11	5	3	10	29	33	1.5	40	W	W	L	W	D	1938-04-09	Bradford	H
6	0	West Ham United	35	11	5	2	30	14	0	9	8	16	29	1.07	36	L	D	W	D	D	1938-04-09	Burnley	A
7	1	Burnley	35	11	4	2	26	10	2	6	10	17	34	0.977	36	D	L	W	W	L	1938-04-05	Aston Villa	H
8	2	Bradford	34	10	4	3	41	17	3	5	9	13	27	1.227	35	W	L	L	L	W	1938-04-09	Tottenham Hotspur	A
9	-2	Bury	35	10	3	5	38	22	5	2	10	18	25	1.191	35	L	W	L	W	L	1938-04-09	Southampton	H
10	-1	Southampton	35	10	6	2	36	21	3	3	11	12	39	0.8	35	D	L	W	W	W	1938-04-09	Bury	A
11	1	Chesterfield	34	9	2	5	35	20	4	6	8	20	32	1.058	34	W	L	W	L	L	1938-04-09	Barnsley	A
12	-1	Newcastle United	34	11	4	3	34	14	2	3	11	11	28	1.071	33	L	W	L	D	L	1938-04-09	Fulham	H
13	2	Norwich City	35	11	3	4	32	21	2	4	11	20	45	0.788	33	W	L	W	L	L	1938-04-09	Manchester United	A
14	-1	Luton Town	35	8	4	5	41	31	4	4	10	31	45	0.947	32	L	D	D	L	D	1938-04-09	Plymouth Argyle	H
15	2	Fulham	35	6	7	4	32	21	4	4	10	14	29	0.92	31	W	D	W	L	D	1938-04-09	Newcastle United	A
16	2	Blackburn Rovers	35	10	6	2	43	28	1	3	13	15	40	0.853	31	W	L	D	D	W	1938-04-09	Coventry City	A
17	-3	Barnsley	36	7	7	3	26	16	4	2	13	18	41	0.772	31	L	D	W	D	L	1938-04-09	Chesterfield	H
18	1	Swansea Town	35	10	5	3	25	18	0	6	11	12	42	0.617	31	W	D	W	L	W	1938-04-09	Stockport County	A
19	-3	Nottingham Forest	35	10	3	5	27	20	2	3	12	13	29	0.816	30	L	W	L	W	W	1938-04-09	Sheffield Wednesday	H
20	0	Plymouth Argyle	35	7	6	4	29	26	3	4	11	15	33	0.746	30	W	W	D	D	D	1938-04-09	Luton Town	A
21	0	Sheffield Wednesday	35	8	4	6	21	19	2	5	10	19	31	0.8	29	W	D	L	L	L	1938-04-09	Nottingham Forest	A
22	0	Stockport County	35	7	5	5	21	19	2	3	13	15	40	0.61	26	L	L	L	W	L	1938-04-09	Swansea Town	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Barrow	2	2	Tranmere Rovers	Holker Street	2,902
Samuel, Bratley (p)	Lineups		Waring, Eden
Crewe Alexandra	4	0	Halifax Town	Gresty Road	3,542
Tagg, Foster, Chandler, Johnson	Lineups
Darlington	3	0	Accrington Stanley	Feethams Ground	3,403
Feeney, Simpson, McAninly	Lineups
Gateshead	0	0	Rotherham United	Redheugh Park	8,796
	Lineups
Hartlepools United	1	1	Bradford City	Victoria Park	3,801
Proctor (p)	Lineups		Dalton
Hull City	2	1	Doncaster Rovers	Anlaby Road	15,069
Davies 2	Lineups		Allen
Lincoln City	1	3	Southport	Sincil Bank	5,946
Burdett	Lineups		Hampson 2, Patrick
New Brighton	2	0	Rochdale	Sandheys Park	3,419
Wood, Shiels	Lineups
Port Vale	2	2	Carlisle United	Recreation Ground	6,463
Rattray, Roberts	Lineups		McGarr, Adey (p)
Wrexham	1	1	York City	Racecourse Ground	3,412
McAleer	Lineups		Comrie

				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	Hull City	34	10	5	1	45	14	7	5	6	23	20	2	44	W	D	D	W	D	1938-04-09	Southport	A
2	1	Tranmere Rovers	34	12	4	2	45	17	5	4	7	16	16	1.848	42	D	D	L	D	L	1938-04-09	Wrexham	H
3	-1	Oldham Athletic	33	12	4	0	36	12	3	8	6	18	24	1.5	42	W	W	L	W	D	1938-04-09	Rotherham United	A
4	1	Rotherham United	35	11	5	2	39	17	6	3	8	20	30	1.255	42	D	L	D	W	L	1938-04-09	Oldham Athletic	H
5	-1	Doncaster Rovers	34	12	2	2	39	12	4	7	7	21	30	1.429	41	L	W	D	W	D	1938-04-09	New Brighton	H
6	1	Gateshead	33	12	4	0	38	15	5	3	9	27	33	1.354	41	D	L	W	L	W	1938-04-09	Rochdale	A
7	-1	Lincoln City	33	11	3	3	41	14	5	5	6	17	21	1.657	40	L	L	W	L	D	1938-04-09	Bradford City	A
8	0	Carlisle United	34	11	4	3	35	17	4	3	9	17	33	1.04	37	D	W	L	W	L	1938-04-09	Crewe Alexandra	A
9	0	York City	33	9	4	4	35	21	4	6	6	26	34	1.109	36	D	L	L	D	D	1938-04-09	Hartlepools United	H
10	0	Chester	33	10	4	3	46	24	2	7	7	17	33	1.105	35	W	L	L	D	W	1938-04-06	Crewe Alexandra	A
11	0	Wrexham	34	11	3	3	30	14	2	6	9	18	41	0.873	35	D	D	W	L	W	1938-04-09	Tranmere Rovers	A
12	0	Port Vale	35	10	7	1	37	20	1	4	12	16	40	0.883	33	D	L	W	D	W	1938-04-09	Accrington Stanley	A
13	0	Crewe Alexandra	34	9	3	4	34	14	3	5	10	18	32	1.13	32	W	D	W	L	W	1938-04-06	Chester	H
14	2	Southport	34	7	7	4	27	22	3	5	8	17	39	0.721	32	W	W	L	W	L	1938-04-09	Hull City	H
15	-1	Rochdale	35	6	7	4	31	22	5	1	12	25	43	0.862	30	L	D	L	D	L	1938-04-09	Gateshead	H
16	-1	Halifax Town	33	8	5	4	21	17	3	3	10	17	38	0.691	30	L	W	L	W	L	1938-04-09	Barrow	H
17	1	New Brighton	32	9	2	4	33	13	3	3	11	16	34	1.043	29	W	W	W	L	W	1938-04-09	Doncaster Rovers	A
18	-1	Bradford City	33	10	5	2	40	19	1	2	13	14	38	0.947	29	D	D	D	W	L	1938-04-09	Lincoln City	H
19	1	Darlington	34	7	3	7	31	28	1	5	11	12	36	0.672	24	W	L	W	D	D	1938-04-09	Chester	A
20	-1	Barrow	34	7	4	5	20	15	2	2	14	11	47	0.5	24	D	W	D	L	D	1938-04-09	Halifax Town	A
21	0	Accrington Stanley	34	7	1	10	27	31	2	3	11	11	34	0.585	22	L	L	L	W	D	1938-04-09	Port Vale	H
22	0	Hartlepools United	34	7	6	3	25	16	0	2	16	17	59	0.56	22	D	L	D	D	W	1938-04-09	York City	A

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aldershot	1	0	Walsall	Recreation Ground	3,094
Butt	Lineups
Bristol City	4	2	Southend United	Ashton Gate	19,632
Gallacher, Morgan, Rowles, Thorley	Lineups		Martin, Hague (p)
Crystal Palace	4	0	Mansfield Town	Selhurst Park	13,105
Collins, Davis, Smith 2	Lineups
Exeter City	3	1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	St James Park	4,956
Bowl, Bussey, Shadwell	Lineups		Rhodes
Gillingham	1	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Priestfield Road	6,450
Wilson	Lineups		Stephens
Millwall	3	0	Northampton Town	The Den, New Cross	24,425
Richardson 2, Walsh	Lineups
Newport County	3	1	Clapton Orient	Somerton Park	7,085
Wood, Owen WE, Chadwick	Lineups		Tully
Notts County	0	0	Torquay United	Meadow Lane	6,470
	Lineups
Reading	4	0	Bristol Rovers	Elm Park	5,011
Watkin, Dean, McGough, Tait	Lineups
Swindon Town	2	0	Cardiff City	County Ground	8,797
Morton, Lucas	Lineups
Watford	3	1	Queens Park Rangers	Vicarage Road	20,456	Largest home gate 1937-38
Evans, Johnson, Morgan	Lineups		Bott

				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	Watford	35	11	4	2	43	13	5	6	7	18	25	1.605	42	W	W	L	D	W	1938-04-09	Southend United	A
2	-1	Queens Park Rangers	35	11	3	3	30	12	6	5	7	31	28	1.525	42	L	L	D	W	L	1938-04-09	Gillingham	H
3	1	Millwall	33	11	3	2	42	13	5	6	6	19	19	1.906	41	W	W	W	D	W	1938-04-04	Aldershot	H
4	1	Bristol City	32	11	4	1	30	11	5	5	6	23	21	1.656	41	W	W	D	D	L	1938-04-09	Clapton Orient	A
5	-2	Brighton & Hove Albion	35	13	2	3	31	14	4	5	8	21	25	1.333	41	D	L	W	D	W	1938-04-09	Exeter City	H
6	2	Crystal Palace	35	12	4	2	41	16	2	7	8	15	25	1.366	39	W	D	W	W	D	1938-04-09	Bristol Rovers	A
7	2	Reading	34	13	1	2	35	19	2	8	8	22	36	1.036	39	W	L	D	D	W	1938-04-09	Northampton Town	A
8	-2	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	34	7	10	0	29	8	6	2	9	17	24	1.438	38	L	W	W	D	D	1938-04-09	Swindon Town	H
9	2	Swindon Town	34	12	3	2	29	12	3	5	9	11	25	1.081	38	W	W	W	W	D	1938-04-09	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
10	-3	Cardiff City	34	12	6	0	52	19	2	3	11	9	28	1.298	37	L	D	L	D	W	1938-04-09	Aldershot	H
11	1	Notts County	35	9	5	4	24	13	5	3	9	18	25	1.105	36	D	L	L	L	L	1938-04-09	Mansfield Town	A
12	-2	Mansfield Town	33	11	4	2	38	16	3	4	9	11	29	1.089	36	L	W	L	W	D	1938-04-09	Notts County	H
13	1	Exeter City	35	9	4	4	34	21	3	7	8	19	30	1.039	35	W	D	D	W	L	1938-04-09	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
14	-1	Southend United	35	11	3	4	36	19	3	3	11	24	40	1.017	34	L	D	L	W	D	1938-04-09	Watford	H
15	0	Northampton Town	34	10	1	5	24	16	4	3	11	19	37	0.811	32	L	W	L	W	L	1938-04-09	Reading	H
16	0	Newport County	34	8	7	1	27	11	2	4	12	12	35	0.848	31	W	W	D	L	D	1938-04-09	Torquay United	A
17	0	Clapton Orient	35	9	4	4	22	17	3	0	15	13	35	0.673	28	L	W	L	D	L	1938-04-09	Bristol City	H
18	0	Bristol Rovers	34	7	7	4	23	19	2	2	12	11	36	0.618	27	L	L	W	L	D	1938-04-09	Crystal Palace	H
19	0	Torquay United	35	7	4	7	22	26	2	5	10	11	35	0.541	27	D	D	D	D	L	1938-04-09	Newport County	H
20	0	Aldershot	34	8	3	6	18	13	3	1	13	13	35	0.646	26	W	L	L	L	L	1938-04-04	Millwall	A
21	0	Gillingham	35	8	4	6	20	19	1	1	15	11	42	0.508	23	D	L	W	W	L	1938-04-09	Queens Park Rangers	A
22	0	Walsall	34	9	1	7	29	34	0	2	15	13	44	0.538	21	L	L	L	L	W	1938-04-09	Millwall	H