Saturday 1938-04-30

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

FA Cup Last Matches

Cup and International Matches

FA Cup Final						Venue	Gate	Notes
D 1	Preston North End	1	0	Huddersfield Town	D 1	Wembley Stadium (Empire Stadium), London	93,357	aet
	Mutch (p)	Lineups

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	1	0	Liverpool	Highbury	34,703
Carr	Lineups
Blackpool	3	1	West Bromwich Albion	Bloomfield Road	13,506
Buchan, O'Donnell, Johnston	Lineups		Mahon
Bolton Wanderers	3	1	Middlesbrough	Burnden Park	12,164
Woodward, Howe, Westwood	Lineups		Camsell
Brentford	1	2	Birmingham	Griffin Park	14,609
McAloon	Lineups		Harris, Jennings (p)
Derby County	1	2	Grimsby Town	Baseball Ground	8,035
Duncan	Lineups		Hodgson, Lewis
Everton	5	2	Portsmouth	Goodison Park	18,716
Stevenson 3, Boyes, Lawton	Lineups		Parker, Beattie
Leicester City	1	0	Charlton Athletic	Filbert Street	12,916
Liddle	Lineups
Manchester City	6	2	Leeds United	Maine Road	26,732
Doherty 3, Percival, Heale, Brook	Lineups		Hodgson, Buckley
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	1	Chelsea	Molineux	27,718
Galley	Lineups		Burgess

				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	41	14	4	2	47	16	6	6	9	25	28	1.636	50	W	W	L	D	L	1938-05-07	Bolton Wanderers	H
2	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	40	10	8	2	45	20	9	3	8	25	27	1.489	49	D	W	D	D	W	1938-05-02	West Bromwich Albion	H
3	0	Preston North End	40	9	9	3	34	21	6	7	6	28	23	1.409	46	L	D	D	W	W	1938-05-04	Sunderland	A
4	0	Charlton Athletic	41	14	4	2	43	14	2	9	10	22	37	1.275	45	L	D	D	W	L	1938-05-07	Preston North End	H
5	0	Brentford	42	10	6	5	44	27	8	3	10	25	32	1.169	45	L	L	W	D	W	End of Season
6	1	Bolton Wanderers	41	11	6	4	38	22	4	9	7	26	33	1.164	45	W	L	W	D	W	1938-05-07	Arsenal	A
7	-1	Middlesbrough	41	11	4	5	36	25	7	4	10	32	39	1.063	44	L	L	D	L	D	1938-05-07	West Bromwich Albion	H
8	0	Leeds United	41	11	6	4	38	26	3	9	8	26	39	0.985	43	L	W	W	W	D	1938-05-07	Portsmouth	A
9	0	Sunderland	40	11	6	2	31	16	2	10	9	23	39	0.982	42	L	W	D	D	L	1938-05-04	Preston North End	H
10	1	Chelsea	41	11	6	4	40	22	3	7	10	25	41	1.032	41	D	D	W	D	W	1938-05-07	Grimsby Town	A
11	-1	Liverpool	41	9	5	7	40	30	6	6	8	25	39	0.942	41	L	W	D	L	D	1938-05-07	Stoke City	A
12	1	Blackpool	42	10	5	6	33	26	6	3	12	28	40	0.924	40	W	L	L	W	W	End of Season
13	-1	Derby County	41	10	5	6	42	36	5	4	11	23	50	0.756	39	L	L	L	L	W	1938-05-07	Everton	A
14	0	Leicester City	41	9	6	5	30	22	5	5	11	23	49	0.746	39	W	W	D	W	L	1938-05-07	Birmingham	H
15	0	Everton	41	11	4	5	53	33	5	2	14	25	41	1.054	38	W	W	L	W	D	1938-05-07	Derby County	H
16	4	Manchester City	41	12	2	7	49	33	2	6	12	31	43	1.053	36	W	D	L	W	L	1938-05-07	Huddersfield Town	A
17	-1	Stoke City	40	9	7	4	40	21	3	5	12	16	35	1	36	L	L	L	D	D	1938-05-02	Huddersfield Town	A
18	3	Birmingham	41	7	11	3	34	28	2	7	11	20	33	0.885	36	W	L	L	D	W	1938-05-07	Leicester City	A
19	-2	Portsmouth	41	10	6	4	37	22	2	6	13	21	46	0.853	36	L	W	W	D	L	1938-05-07	Leeds United	H
20	-2	West Bromwich Albion	40	10	5	6	46	36	4	3	12	26	49	0.847	36	L	W	W	L	L	1938-05-02	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
21	1	Grimsby Town	41	10	5	5	27	23	2	7	12	22	45	0.721	36	W	W	L	L	W	1938-05-07	Chelsea	H
22	-3	Huddersfield Town	40	9	3	7	25	24	6	2	13	26	44	0.75	35	L	W	W	L	W	1938-05-02	Stoke City	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Blackburn Rovers	2	1	Tottenham Hotspur	Ewood Park	7,088
Guest 2 (1p)	Lineups		Howe
Bradford	4	1	Stockport County	Park Avenue	6,215	*
Henson 3, Lewis	Lineups		Reid
Chesterfield	1	0	Nottingham Forest	Saltergate Recreation Ground	10,632
Weightman	Lineups
Fulham	4	0	Bury	Craven Cottage	9,981
Rooke 3, Higgins	Lineups
Norwich City	0	4	Luton Town	Carrow Road	10,071
	Lineups		Roberts 2, Finlayson, Vinall
Plymouth Argyle	3	1	Coventry City	Home Park	20,662
Crawley OG, Lane, Hullett	Lineups		Lager
Sheffield Wednesday	2	1	Burnley	Hillsborough	19,571
Hunt 2 (1p)	Lineups		Storey
Southampton	2	1	Sheffield United	The Dell	12,611
Bates, Parkin	Lineups		Hooper (p)
Swansea Town	2	0	Newcastle United	Vetch Field	11,428
Olsen, Fairhurst OG	Lineups
West Ham United	1	0	Manchester United	Upton Park	14,816
Goulden	Lineups
Notes
*Match kicked-off at 6.00pm because of the fear that the radio broadcast of the FA Cup Final might effect the attendance. Match was still lowest home gate of the season
Footnotes
Stockport County relegated
Aston Villa champions & promoted

				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	Aston Villa	41	16	2	2	48	12	8	5	8	23	23	2.029	55	W	W	W	L	W	1938-05-07	Norwich City	H
2	0	Sheffield United	42	15	4	2	46	19	7	5	9	27	37	1.304	53	L	W	W	D	W	End of Season
3	0	Manchester United	41	14	3	3	48	18	7	6	8	32	32	1.6	51	L	W	W	D	L	1938-05-07	Bury	H
4	0	Coventry City	41	12	5	4	31	15	8	6	6	34	29	1.477	51	L	L	W	D	W	1938-05-07	Stockport County	A
5	0	Tottenham Hotspur	41	14	3	3	45	14	5	3	13	30	38	1.442	44	L	W	L	L	L	1938-05-07	Sheffield Wednesday	H
6	0	Burnley	42	15	4	2	35	11	2	6	13	19	43	1	44	L	W	L	L	W	End of Season
7	0	Bradford	41	13	4	3	51	21	4	5	12	18	34	1.255	43	W	L	L	W	W	1938-05-07	Swansea Town	H
8	0	Bury	41	12	3	6	43	26	6	2	12	20	32	1.086	41	L	W	W	L	L	1938-05-07	Manchester United	A
9	1	Fulham	41	9	7	4	41	22	6	4	11	17	34	1.036	41	W	W	L	W	W	1938-05-07	Blackburn Rovers	H
10	-1	Chesterfield	41	12	2	6	39	23	4	7	10	24	39	1.016	41	W	W	L	L	W	1938-05-07	West Ham United	H
11	1	West Ham United	41	13	5	3	34	16	0	9	11	18	36	1	40	W	L	L	W	L	1938-05-07	Chesterfield	A
12	-1	Norwich City	41	11	5	5	35	28	3	6	11	21	45	0.767	39	L	D	D	D	W	1938-05-07	Aston Villa	A
13	0	Southampton	41	12	6	3	42	26	3	3	14	13	47	0.753	39	W	L	W	L	L	1938-05-07	Plymouth Argyle	A
14	1	Luton Town	41	9	6	5	49	35	5	4	12	36	50	1	38	W	W	D	L	L	1938-05-07	Newcastle United	H
15	1	Blackburn Rovers	41	13	6	2	51	30	1	4	15	19	47	0.909	38	W	L	D	W	W	1938-05-07	Fulham	A
16	1	Plymouth Argyle	41	9	7	4	36	30	4	5	12	17	35	0.815	38	W	L	W	D	W	1938-05-07	Southampton	H
17	-3	Newcastle United	41	12	4	5	38	18	2	4	14	12	36	0.926	36	L	L	W	D	L	1938-05-07	Luton Town	A
18	2	Sheffield Wednesday	41	10	5	6	27	21	3	5	12	20	34	0.855	36	W	L	D	L	W	1938-05-07	Tottenham Hotspur	A
19	2	Swansea Town	41	12	6	3	31	21	0	6	14	13	52	0.603	36	W	L	L	W	D	1938-05-07	Bradford	A
20	-2	Nottingham Forest	41	12	3	6	29	21	2	4	14	16	37	0.776	35	L	W	D	L	W	1938-05-07	Barnsley	A
21	-2	Barnsley	41	7	10	3	28	18	4	3	14	20	44	0.774	35	D	L	D	D	D	1938-05-07	Nottingham Forest	H
22	0	Stockport County	41	8	5	7	23	23	3	3	15	19	46	0.609	30	L	L	L	L	W	1938-05-07	Coventry City	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barrow	0	2	Chester	Holker Street	3,324
	Lineups		Trevis, Sanders
Crewe Alexandra	3	1	Rotherham United	Gresty Road	3,107
Essex 2, Johnson	Lineups		Bramham
Darlington	1	1	Doncaster Rovers	Feethams Ground	6,914
Feeney	Lineups		Burton
Gateshead	3	0	Bradford City	Redheugh Park	2,679
Watson, Smith 2	Lineups
Hartlepools United	4	1	Carlisle United	Victoria Park	2,766
English, Scott, Embleton, Hughes	Lineups		Beresford
Hull City	0	1	Tranmere Rovers	Anlaby Road	21,756	Largest home & D 3N gate 1937-38
	Lineups		Eden
Lincoln City	2	0	Halifax Town	Sincil Bank	3,108
Callender J, Clarke OG	Lineups
New Brighton	2	1	York City	Sandheys Park	2,775
Montgomery 2	Lineups		Baines
Oldham Athletic	2	0	Southport	Boundary Park	6,305
Williamson, Ferrier	Lineups
Port Vale	4	1	Rochdale	Recreation Ground	2,992
Masters 2, Roberts, Bellis	Lineups		Wynn (p)
Wrexham	2	0	Accrington Stanley	Racecourse Ground	1,412
Burditt 2	Lineups

				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	40	15	4	2	57	21	7	5	7	22	19	1.975	53	W	W	W	D	W	1938-05-02	Lincoln City	A
2	-1	Hull City	41	11	7	2	50	18	9	5	7	29	24	1.881	52	L	W	W	D	D	1938-05-07	Crewe Alexandra	H
3	1	Oldham Athletic	40	16	4	0	47	16	3	9	8	19	27	1.535	51	W	W	L	D	W	1938-05-04	New Brighton	A
4	-1	Doncaster Rovers	40	14	3	2	45	14	6	8	7	26	33	1.511	51	D	W	W	W	D	1938-05-02	York City	H
5	0	Rotherham United	41	13	6	2	45	21	6	4	10	22	35	1.196	48	L	W	D	L	D	1938-05-07	Carlisle United	A
6	0	Gateshead	40	13	5	1	43	18	5	6	10	31	39	1.298	47	W	D	D	D	L	1938-05-02	Southport	H
7	0	Lincoln City	40	14	3	3	48	16	5	5	10	17	29	1.444	46	W	L	L	W	W	1938-05-02	Tranmere Rovers	H
8	0	Crewe Alexandra	41	14	3	4	47	17	4	5	11	23	35	1.346	44	W	W	L	W	W	1938-05-07	Hull City	A
9	1	Wrexham	41	14	4	3	37	15	2	7	11	21	46	0.951	43	W	D	D	W	W	1938-05-07	Hartlepools United	A
10	-1	York City	40	11	4	5	39	23	5	6	9	29	41	1.063	42	L	L	L	W	L	1938-05-02	Doncaster Rovers	A
11	0	Chester	41	12	4	4	51	30	3	8	10	23	41	1.042	42	W	L	L	L	D	1938-05-07	Accrington Stanley	H
12	0	Carlisle United	41	11	5	4	35	18	4	4	13	22	48	0.864	39	L	D	D	L	L	1938-05-07	Rotherham United	H
13	3	Port Vale	41	11	8	2	45	27	1	5	14	19	45	0.889	37	W	L	D	D	L	1938-05-07	New Brighton	A
14	-1	Bradford City	41	12	6	3	46	21	1	4	15	18	47	0.941	36	L	D	W	L	D	1938-05-07	Oldham Athletic	A
15	-1	Rochdale	41	7	9	4	37	26	6	1	14	29	51	0.857	36	L	D	W	L	W	1938-05-07	Halifax Town	H
16	-1	Southport	40	8	8	5	30	26	3	6	10	21	50	0.671	36	L	D	L	D	L	1938-05-02	Gateshead	A
17	1	New Brighton	40	11	4	4	41	17	3	3	15	17	43	0.967	35	W	L	L	L	D	1938-05-04	Oldham Athletic	H
18	-1	Halifax Town	40	9	7	5	24	19	3	4	12	19	44	0.683	35	L	W	D	L	L	1938-05-04	Hartlepools United	A
19	0	Darlington	41	10	4	7	37	31	1	6	13	15	43	0.703	32	D	W	D	W	W	1938-05-07	Gateshead	A
20	0	Barrow	41	8	6	6	24	19	2	4	15	13	51	0.529	30	L	D	L	D	W	1938-05-07	Lincoln City	H
21	0	Accrington Stanley	41	9	2	10	31	32	2	5	13	13	40	0.611	29	L	D	W	D	L	1938-05-07	Chester	A
22	0	Hartlepools United	40	8	8	3	32	20	0	4	17	17	60	0.613	28	W	D	D	D	D	1938-05-04	Halifax Town	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	1	0	Queens Park Rangers	Recreation Ground	4,949
Simpson	Lineups
Bristol City	0	0	Bristol Rovers	Ashton Gate	22,538
	Lineups
Crystal Palace	1	0	Cardiff City	Selhurst Park	9,018
Smith	Lineups
Exeter City	2	0	Clapton Orient	St James Park	2,727
Ebdon 2	Lineups
Gillingham	1	1	Torquay United	Priestfield Road	2,364
Fishlock	Lineups		Shelley
Millwall	2	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	The Den, New Cross	32,914
Rawlings 2	Lineups
Newport County	0	0	Northampton Town	Somerton Park	4,436
	Lineups
Notts County	3	1	Walsall	Meadow Lane	2,828
Hatton 2, Mills (p)	Lineups		Dunderdale (p)
Reading	4	1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Elm Park	3,874
Tait 3, Dougall	Lineups		Rhodes
Swindon Town	1	1	Southend United	County Ground	5,028
Bradley	Lineups		Dickinson
Watford	2	0	Mansfield Town	Vicarage Road	9,222
Johnson, Evans	Lineups
Footnotes
Gillingham to apply for re-election
Walsall to apply for re-election

				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	Millwall	41	15	3	3	53	15	7	7	6	25	21	2.167	54	W	W	W	W	W	1938-05-07	Exeter City	A
2	1	Watford	41	14	4	2	49	13	7	7	7	23	28	1.756	53	W	W	W	W	W	1938-05-07	Crystal Palace	H
3	-1	Queens Park Rangers	41	14	3	3	38	14	7	6	8	36	30	1.682	51	L	W	W	W	D	1938-05-07	Torquay United	H
4	0	Bristol City	40	13	6	1	34	12	6	7	7	28	25	1.676	51	D	W	W	L	D	1938-05-04	Swindon Town	A
5	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	41	15	3	3	40	16	6	5	9	23	27	1.465	50	L	W	W	W	D	1938-05-07	Mansfield Town	A
6	0	Reading	40	16	1	2	42	21	3	9	9	27	42	1.095	48	W	L	W	W	W	1938-05-04	Cardiff City	H
7	0	Crystal Palace	41	14	4	3	45	17	3	8	9	20	29	1.413	46	W	D	W	L	W	1938-05-07	Watford	A
8	0	Swindon Town	40	12	4	4	31	16	5	5	10	15	29	1.022	43	D	L	L	L	W	1938-05-04	Bristol City	H
9	0	Northampton Town	41	12	3	5	30	19	5	5	11	21	38	0.895	42	D	W	W	D	W	1938-05-07	Cardiff City	H
10	2	Notts County	41	10	6	5	29	17	6	3	11	20	30	1.043	41	W	L	L	D	L	1938-05-07	Bristol City	A
11	-1	Cardiff City	40	13	7	1	57	22	2	3	14	10	32	1.241	40	L	W	L	L	D	1938-05-04	Reading	A
12	-1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	41	8	10	2	35	17	6	2	13	20	37	1.019	40	L	L	L	L	L	1938-05-07	Bristol Rovers	H
13	0	Southend United	41	12	5	4	43	23	3	4	13	26	44	1.03	39	D	D	W	L	L	1938-05-07	Clapton Orient	A
14	0	Mansfield Town	40	12	4	4	45	25	3	4	13	16	39	0.953	38	L	L	L	W	L	1938-05-02	Walsall	A
15	1	Exeter City	41	10	4	6	36	27	3	8	10	20	38	0.862	38	W	D	L	L	L	1938-05-07	Millwall	H
16	-1	Newport County	40	9	9	1	28	11	2	6	13	12	37	0.833	37	D	L	D	W	D	1938-05-05	Bristol Rovers	H
17	0	Bristol Rovers	40	10	7	4	28	20	2	5	12	13	38	0.707	36	D	W	W	D	D	1938-05-05	Newport County	A
18	1	Aldershot	41	11	3	6	22	13	4	1	16	16	45	0.655	34	W	L	L	W	W	1938-05-07	Swindon Town	H
19	-1	Clapton Orient	41	10	6	4	26	18	3	0	18	15	42	0.683	32	L	W	L	L	D	1938-05-07	Southend United	H
20	0	Torquay United	41	7	5	9	22	28	2	7	11	13	39	0.522	30	D	L	L	L	D	1938-05-07	Queens Park Rangers	A
21	1	Gillingham	41	9	5	7	25	25	1	1	18	11	50	0.48	26	D	L	L	W	L	1938-05-07	Reading	A
22	-1	Walsall	40	9	4	7	32	37	0	3	17	16	50	0.552	25	L	D	D	L	D	1938-05-02	Mansfield Town	H