Easter Monday 1938-04-18

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Bolton Wanderers	2	1	Manchester City	Burnden Park	29,872
Currier, Grosvenor	Lineups		Brook
Brentford	3	0	Arsenal	Griffin Park	34,601
McCulloch, McAloon, Reid	Lineups
Charlton Athletic	4	1	Blackpool	The Valley	25,602
Brown 3, Blott	Lineups		Buchan
Derby County	0	4	Huddersfield Town	Baseball Ground	19,068
	Lineups		Isaac 2, Price, Beasley
Leicester City	1	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Filbert Street	30,572
Coutts	Lineups		Jones
Liverpool	1	1	Middlesbrough	Anfield Road	32,010
Balmer	Lineups		Forrest
Portsmouth	3	0	Grimsby Town	Fratton Park	30,616
Beattie, Easson, Vincent OG	Lineups
Preston North End	0	0	Chelsea	Deepdale	32,096
	Lineups
Stoke City	0	1	Leeds United	Victoria Ground	25,114
	Lineups		Mould OG
Sunderland	2	0	Everton	Roker Park	22,332
Robinson, Carter	Lineups
West Bromwich Albion	4	3	Birmingham	The Hawthorns	34,406
Richardson 2, Shaw C (p), Jones	Lineups		Jennings, Phillips 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	Arsenal	39	13	4	2	46	16	5	6	9	22	27	1.581	46	L	D	L	W	D	1938-04-23	Preston North End	A
2	0	Preston North End	39	9	9	2	33	18	6	7	6	28	23	1.488	46	D	D	W	W	L	1938-04-23	Arsenal	H
3	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	10	7	2	44	19	8	3	8	22	27	1.435	46	D	D	W	L	W	1938-04-23	Middlesbrough	A
4	0	Brentford	40	10	6	4	43	25	8	3	9	25	28	1.283	45	W	D	W	L	W	1938-04-23	Leeds United	A
5	0	Middlesbrough	39	11	4	4	36	22	7	4	9	31	36	1.155	44	D	L	D	L	W	1938-04-23	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
6	0	Charlton Athletic	38	14	3	2	43	14	2	8	9	21	35	1.306	43	W	L	L	W	L	1938-04-23	Manchester City	H
7	0	Bolton Wanderers	39	10	6	4	35	21	4	9	6	25	31	1.154	43	W	D	W	L	D	1938-04-23	Liverpool	A
8	0	Sunderland	39	11	6	2	31	16	2	10	8	23	38	1	42	W	D	D	L	D	1938-04-23	Portsmouth	A
9	3	Leeds United	38	9	6	4	32	25	3	9	7	24	33	0.966	39	W	D	L	D	L	1938-04-19	Stoke City	H
10	1	Liverpool	39	8	5	7	38	29	6	6	7	25	38	0.94	39	D	L	D	W	W	1938-04-23	Bolton Wanderers	H
11	-2	Derby County	38	10	5	5	41	34	5	4	9	23	45	0.81	39	L	W	L	W	W	1938-04-19	Huddersfield Town	A
12	-2	Blackpool	40	9	5	6	30	25	6	3	11	28	39	0.906	38	L	W	W	L	W	1938-04-23	Grimsby Town	A
13	1	Chelsea	38	10	5	4	36	21	3	6	10	24	40	0.984	37	D	W	L	W	L	1938-04-23	Derby County	H
14	-1	Stoke City	38	9	7	3	39	19	3	5	11	15	33	1.038	36	L	D	D	D	W	1938-04-19	Leeds United	A
15	2	Leicester City	39	8	6	5	29	22	4	5	11	21	48	0.714	35	D	W	L	L	L	1938-04-23	Stoke City	A
16	-1	Everton	39	10	4	5	48	31	4	2	14	22	41	0.972	34	L	W	D	D	W	1938-04-23	Birmingham	A
17	-1	Birmingham	39	7	11	2	34	25	1	7	11	18	32	0.912	34	L	D	W	W	L	1938-04-23	Everton	H
18	1	Portsmouth	39	9	6	4	36	22	2	6	12	19	41	0.873	34	W	D	L	W	L	1938-04-23	Sunderland	H
19	1	West Bromwich Albion	38	9	5	6	41	35	4	3	11	25	46	0.815	34	W	L	L	W	L	1938-04-23	Huddersfield Town	H
20	-2	Manchester City	39	11	2	7	43	31	2	5	12	31	43	1	33	L	W	L	L	W	1938-04-23	Charlton Athletic	A
21	1	Huddersfield Town	38	8	3	7	23	24	6	2	12	25	39	0.762	33	W	L	W	L	L	1938-04-19	Derby County	H
22	-1	Grimsby Town	39	9	5	5	26	23	1	7	12	20	44	0.687	32	L	L	W	W	L	1938-04-23	Blackpool	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barnsley	1	1	Coventry City	Oakwell	16,228
Bray	Lineups		Brown
Blackburn Rovers	1	0	Sheffield Wednesday	Ewood Park	14,978
Guest	Lineups
Bradford	3	2	Chesterfield	Park Avenue	8,676
Henson 2, Lewis	Lineups		Ponting, Clifton
Luton Town	2	2	Nottingham Forest	Kenilworth Road	13,561
Vinall, Finlayson	Lineups		Brown, McNaughton
Manchester United	4	0	Burnley	Old Trafford	35,808
McKay 2, Baird, Bryant	Lineups
Norwich City	1	1	Newcastle United	Carrow Road	25,000
Furness	Lineups		Imrie (p)
Plymouth Argyle	2	1	West Ham United	Home Park	21,805
Lane, Hullett	Lineups		Foxall
Sheffield United	1	0	Tottenham Hotspur	Bramall Lane	23,162
Jones G	Lineups
Southampton	4	0	Fulham	The Dell	14,884
Osman 2, Hill, Dunn	Lineups
Stockport County	0	1	Bury	Edgeley Park	15,064
	Lineups		Graham
Swansea Town	2	1	Aston Villa	Vetch Field	25,446	Largest home gate 1937-38
Lewis H, Olsen	Lineups		Starling

				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	40	14	4	2	43	18	7	5	8	26	35	1.302	51	W	D	W	D	L	1938-04-23	West Ham United	H
2	-1	Aston Villa	38	14	2	2	42	12	7	5	8	20	22	1.824	49	L	W	D	L	W	1938-04-19	Swansea Town	H
3	1	Manchester United	39	13	3	3	45	17	7	6	7	32	31	1.604	49	W	D	L	D	L	1938-04-23	Bradford	H
4	-1	Coventry City	38	11	5	3	30	14	8	6	5	33	26	1.575	49	D	W	W	L	D	1938-04-19	Barnsley	H
5	0	Tottenham Hotspur	39	13	3	3	40	14	5	3	12	29	36	1.38	42	L	L	L	W	W	1938-04-23	Southampton	H
6	0	Burnley	40	14	4	2	32	10	2	6	12	18	41	0.98	42	L	L	W	W	W	1938-04-23	Blackburn Rovers	H
7	0	Bradford	38	12	4	3	47	20	4	5	10	17	29	1.306	41	W	W	W	L	W	1938-04-23	Manchester United	A
8	1	Bury	39	11	3	6	41	26	6	2	11	20	28	1.13	39	W	L	L	W	L	1938-04-23	Sheffield Wednesday	H
9	-1	West Ham United	39	12	5	3	33	16	0	9	10	17	33	1.02	38	L	W	L	L	L	1938-04-23	Sheffield United	A
10	2	Norwich City	39	11	5	4	35	24	3	5	11	21	45	0.812	38	D	D	W	D	W	1938-04-23	Barnsley	A
11	0	Chesterfield	38	10	2	6	36	23	4	7	9	23	36	1	37	L	W	L	D	W	1938-04-23	Newcastle United	A
12	-2	Fulham	39	8	7	4	37	22	5	4	11	16	34	0.946	37	L	W	W	W	W	1938-04-23	Coventry City	A
13	0	Southampton	39	11	6	3	40	25	3	3	13	13	42	0.791	37	W	L	L	L	D	1938-04-23	Tottenham Hotspur	A
14	0	Plymouth Argyle	39	8	7	4	33	29	4	5	11	17	34	0.794	36	W	D	W	D	W	1938-04-23	Nottingham Forest	A
15	1	Blackburn Rovers	38	12	6	2	49	29	1	3	14	17	43	0.917	35	W	W	L	W	L	1938-04-19	Sheffield Wednesday	A
16	-1	Newcastle United	38	11	4	5	35	17	2	4	12	12	32	0.959	34	D	L	L	L	L	1938-04-23	Chesterfield	H
17	0	Luton Town	39	8	6	5	44	34	4	4	12	32	50	0.905	34	D	L	L	D	L	1938-04-23	Swansea Town	H
18	1	Barnsley	39	7	9	3	28	18	4	3	13	20	43	0.787	34	D	D	D	L	D	1938-04-19	Coventry City	A
19	2	Swansea Town	38	11	6	3	29	21	0	6	12	12	43	0.641	34	W	D	L	W	D	1938-04-19	Aston Villa	A
20	-2	Sheffield Wednesday	38	9	4	6	24	19	3	5	11	20	32	0.863	33	L	W	W	W	D	1938-04-19	Blackburn Rovers	H
21	-1	Nottingham Forest	39	11	3	6	28	21	2	4	13	16	36	0.772	33	D	L	W	L	L	1938-04-23	Plymouth Argyle	H
22	0	Stockport County	39	8	5	6	22	20	3	3	14	18	42	0.645	30	L	L	W	W	L	1938-04-23	Aston Villa	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barrow	0	0	Hartlepools United	Holker Street	3,991
	Lineups
Carlisle United	0	1	Rochdale	Brunton Park	5,609
	Lineups		Dawson
Darlington	1	0	New Brighton	Feethams Ground	5,321
Harris	Lineups
Gateshead	0	0	Oldham Athletic	Redheugh Park	6,509
	Lineups
Halifax Town	0	1	Doncaster Rovers	The Shay	6,571
	Lineups		Perry
Hull City	0	0	Port Vale	Anlaby Road	13,564
	Lineups
Lincoln City	3	2	Crewe Alexandra	Sincil Bank	6,308
Marlow, Young, Raw	Lineups		Johnson, Foster
Rotherham United	1	1	Accrington Stanley	Millmoor	7,187
Smith	Lineups		Reynolds
Tranmere Rovers	7	2	Southport	Prenton Park	12,676
Davis 2, Waring 2, Cassidy, Eden 2	Lineups		Kitchen 2
Wrexham	3	1	Chester	Racecourse Ground	11,480	Largest home gate 1937-38
Lloyd, Lapham, Burditt	Lineups		Gale

				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	38	14	4	2	55	21	6	5	7	21	19	1.9	49	W	D	W	W	D	1938-04-23	Lincoln City	H
2	-1	Hull City	38	10	7	1	47	16	8	5	7	28	24	1.875	48	D	D	W	L	W	1938-04-23	York City	A
3	1	Doncaster Rovers	38	13	3	2	44	14	6	7	7	25	32	1.5	48	W	W	D	W	L	1938-04-23	Oldham Athletic	H
4	-1	Oldham Athletic	37	14	4	0	43	15	3	9	7	19	26	1.512	47	D	W	W	L	W	1938-04-23	Doncaster Rovers	A
5	0	Rotherham United	39	12	6	2	42	19	6	4	9	21	32	1.235	46	D	L	D	W	D	1938-04-23	Port Vale	H
6	0	Lincoln City	37	13	3	3	46	16	5	5	8	17	25	1.537	44	W	W	L	L	L	1938-04-23	Tranmere Rovers	A
7	0	Gateshead	37	12	5	1	40	18	5	4	10	30	38	1.25	43	D	L	L	D	D	1938-04-23	Southport	A
8	0	Crewe Alexandra	39	13	3	4	44	16	3	5	11	20	35	1.255	40	L	W	W	W	W	1938-04-23	Chester	A
9	0	York City	36	11	4	4	39	22	4	6	7	26	36	1.121	40	L	W	W	D	L	1938-04-19	Bradford City	A
10	0	Chester	38	12	4	3	51	27	2	8	9	20	39	1.076	40	L	D	W	W	L	1938-04-23	Crewe Alexandra	H
11	1	Wrexham	38	13	3	3	35	15	2	6	11	21	46	0.918	39	W	W	L	L	D	1938-04-23	Carlisle United	A
12	-1	Carlisle United	38	11	4	4	35	18	4	3	12	21	44	0.903	37	L	L	L	L	D	1938-04-23	Wrexham	H
13	4	Rochdale	39	7	8	4	36	25	6	1	13	28	47	0.889	35	W	L	W	D	L	1938-04-23	Darlington	H
14	0	Port Vale	39	10	8	2	41	26	1	5	13	17	42	0.853	35	D	D	L	L	D	1938-04-23	Rotherham United	A
15	-2	Southport	38	8	7	5	30	26	3	6	9	21	48	0.689	35	L	D	L	W	W	1938-04-23	Gateshead	H
16	-1	New Brighton	37	10	4	4	39	16	3	3	13	16	38	1.019	33	L	D	W	D	L	1938-04-23	Bradford City	A
17	-1	Bradford City	37	11	5	2	42	19	1	4	14	18	44	0.952	33	D	L	D	W	D	1938-04-19	York City	H
18	0	Halifax Town	37	8	6	5	22	19	3	4	11	19	42	0.672	32	L	L	D	D	L	1938-04-23	Hartlepools United	H
19	0	Barrow	38	8	5	5	24	17	2	4	14	13	49	0.561	29	D	W	D	D	D	1938-04-23	Accrington Stanley	A
20	0	Darlington	38	9	3	7	34	29	1	5	13	14	42	0.676	28	W	W	L	L	W	1938-04-23	Rochdale	A
21	0	Accrington Stanley	38	8	2	10	29	32	2	4	12	13	38	0.6	26	D	L	D	W	L	1938-04-23	Barrow	H
22	0	Hartlepools United	38	7	8	3	28	19	0	3	17	17	60	0.57	25	D	D	D	L	D	1938-04-23	Halifax Town	A

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Bristol Rovers	2	1	Cardiff City	Eastville	9,851
Mills, Roberts	Lineups		Prescott
Exeter City	0	2	Reading	St James Park	7,055
	Lineups		Cook, Tait
Gillingham	2	4	Crystal Palace	Priestfield Road	6,602
Herbert, Brallisford (p)	Lineups		Davis 2, Dawes B 2
Mansfield Town	3	2	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Field Mill	7,198
Crawshaw, Reed, Johnston	Lineups		O'Brien, Lovery
Newport County	0	0	Bristol City	Somerton Park	17,008
	Lineups
Northampton Town	1	1	Walsall	County Ground	6,574
Bosse	Lineups		Shelton
Notts County	1	2	Watford	Meadow Lane	8,789
Gallagher	Lineups		Jones, Wipfler
Queens Park Rangers	3	2	Clapton Orient	Loftus Road	15,816
Bott, Fitzgerald, McCarthy	Lineups		Smith H 2
Southend United	4	1	Aldershot	Greyhound Stadium	6,996
Fryar 2, Hall, Oswald	Lineups		Warnes
Swindon Town	1	2	Millwall	County Ground	15,399
Morton	Lineups		Hedley 2
Torquay United	0	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Plainmoor	3,978
	Lineups		Stephens

				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	0	Watford	39	13	4	2	47	13	6	7	7	22	28	1.683	49	W	W	W	D	W	1938-04-23	Torquay United	A
2	0	Queens Park Rangers	39	13	3	3	35	14	7	6	7	36	29	1.651	49	W	W	D	W	L	1938-04-23	Swindon Town	H
3	0	Millwall	38	13	3	3	47	15	6	7	6	22	21	1.917	48	W	W	L	D	W	1938-04-23	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
4	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	39	14	3	3	38	15	6	5	8	23	25	1.525	48	W	W	D	W	D	1938-04-23	Aldershot	H
5	0	Bristol City	36	12	5	1	32	11	5	7	6	23	21	1.719	46	D	W	D	D	W	1938-04-19	Northampton Town	A
6	0	Reading	38	15	1	2	38	20	3	9	8	26	38	1.103	46	W	W	W	D	W	1938-04-23	Cardiff City	A
7	1	Crystal Palace	39	13	4	3	44	17	3	7	9	19	28	1.4	43	W	L	W	L	W	1938-04-23	Walsall	A
8	-1	Swindon Town	38	12	3	4	30	15	5	5	9	15	26	1.098	42	L	L	W	W	W	1938-04-23	Queens Park Rangers	A
9	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	38	8	10	1	35	14	6	2	11	19	29	1.256	40	L	L	W	L	L	1938-04-23	Millwall	H
10	0	Notts County	39	9	6	5	26	16	6	3	10	20	28	1.045	39	L	D	L	W	D	1938-04-23	Northampton Town	A
11	0	Cardiff City	38	12	7	1	53	21	2	3	13	10	31	1.212	38	L	L	D	L	L	1938-04-23	Reading	H
12	0	Mansfield Town	37	12	4	3	42	20	3	4	11	15	35	1.036	38	W	L	L	L	L	1938-04-23	Bristol City	H
13	1	Southend United	39	12	4	4	42	22	3	3	13	25	43	1.031	37	W	L	L	D	L	1938-04-23	Exeter City	H
14	-1	Northampton Town	38	10	3	5	27	19	5	4	11	21	38	0.842	37	D	W	D	D	L	1938-04-19	Bristol City	H
15	0	Newport County	38	9	8	1	28	11	2	6	12	12	35	0.87	36	D	W	D	D	W	1938-04-23	Bristol Rovers	A
16	0	Exeter City	39	9	4	6	34	27	3	7	10	19	37	0.828	35	L	L	L	L	W	1938-04-23	Southend United	A
17	1	Bristol Rovers	38	9	7	4	26	20	2	4	12	13	38	0.672	33	W	D	D	W	L	1938-04-23	Newport County	H
18	-1	Aldershot	39	10	3	6	21	13	4	1	15	15	43	0.643	32	L	W	W	W	L	1938-04-23	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
19	0	Clapton Orient	39	9	6	4	23	18	3	0	17	15	40	0.655	30	L	L	D	D	L	1938-04-23	Gillingham	H
20	0	Torquay United	39	7	5	8	22	27	2	6	11	12	38	0.523	29	L	L	D	D	D	1938-04-23	Watford	H
21	0	Gillingham	39	9	4	7	24	24	1	1	17	11	47	0.493	25	L	W	L	L	D	1938-04-23	Clapton Orient	A
22	0	Walsall	38	9	3	7	31	36	0	3	16	15	47	0.554	24	D	L	D	D	L	1938-04-23	Crystal Palace	H