Saturday 1938-08-27

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	2	0	Portsmouth	Highbury	54,940
Jones B, Rochford OG	Lineups
Birmingham	1	2	Sunderland	St Andrew's	32,117
Jennings (p)	Lineups		Gurney, Carter
Blackpool	0	2	Everton	Bloomfield Road	29,647
	Lineups		Lawton, Stevenson
Bolton Wanderers	2	1	Charlton Athletic	Burnden Park	21,809
Hunt, Anderson	Lineups		Tadman
Brentford	2	1	Huddersfield Town	Griffin Park	26,638
Brown, McCulloch	Lineups		Price
Derby County	2	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Baseball Ground	19,970
Travis, Cullis OG	Lineups		Barlow, Kirkham
Grimsby Town	1	2	Aston Villa	Blundell Park	19,177	Largest home gate 1938-39
Jones	Lineups		Broome 2
Leeds United	2	1	Preston North End	Elland Road	19,255
Hodgson, Buckley	Lineups		O'Donnell
Leicester City	2	2	Stoke City	Filbert Street	15,582
Dewis 2	Lineups		Steele 2
Liverpool	2	1	Chelsea	Anfield Road	33,868
Taylor 2	Lineups		Allum
Middlesbrough	3	1	Manchester United	Ayresome Park	25,539
Fenton, Mannion, Cochrane	Lineups		Smith

				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	Middlesbrough	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1938-08-31	Aston Villa	H
2	0	Arsenal	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1938-09-03	Huddersfield Town	A
3	0	Everton	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1938-08-31	Grimsby Town	H
4	0	Sunderland	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1938-09-03	Grimsby Town	H
5	0	Bolton Wanderers	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1938-08-31	Manchester United	A
6	0	Brentford	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1938-09-03	Everton	A
7	0	Aston Villa	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1938-08-31	Middlesbrough	A
8	0	Leeds United	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1938-08-31	Birmingham	H
9	0	Liverpool	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1938-09-03	Preston North End	A
10	0	Derby County	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1938-08-31	Huddersfield Town	H
11	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1938-08-29	Leicester City	H
12	0	Leicester City	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1938-08-29	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
13	0	Stoke City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1938-08-29	Charlton Athletic	A
14	0	Birmingham	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0	L	#	#	#	#	1938-08-31	Leeds United	A
15	0	Charlton Athletic	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0.5	0	L	#	#	#	#	1938-08-29	Stoke City	H
16	0	Huddersfield Town	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0.5	0	L	#	#	#	#	1938-08-31	Derby County	A
17	0	Grimsby Town	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0	L	#	#	#	#	1938-08-31	Everton	A
18	0	Preston North End	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0.5	0	L	#	#	#	#	1938-08-31	Chelsea	A
19	0	Chelsea	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0.5	0	L	#	#	#	#	1938-08-31	Preston North End	H
20	0	Manchester United	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0.333	0	L	#	#	#	#	1938-08-31	Bolton Wanderers	H
21	0	Portsmouth	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1938-08-31	Blackpool	H
22	0	Blackpool	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1938-08-31	Portsmouth	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Blackburn Rovers	3	2	Tranmere Rovers	Ewood Park	15,360
Clarke 2, Guest	Lineups		Hamilton, Dellow
Coventry City	1	1	Burnley	Highfield Road	25,830
Chester OG	Lineups		Hornby
Fulham	3	2	West Ham United	Craven Cottage	24,561
Finch, Arnold, Worsley	Lineups		Macaulay 2
Manchester City	5	0	Swansea Town	Maine Road	32,514
Herd 2, Doherty 2, Howe	Lineups
Millwall	3	1	Chesterfield	The Den, New Cross	18,000
Rawlings 2, Walsh	Lineups		Richardson
Newcastle United	2	1	Plymouth Argyle	St James' Park	38,300
Birkett, Clifton	Lineups		Lane
Norwich City	1	3	Bradford	Carrow Road	16,443
O'Reilly	Lineups		Martin, Lewis, Wesley
Nottingham Forest	0	2	Sheffield United	City Ground	19,662
	Lineups		Settle, Barton
Sheffield Wednesday	2	0	Bury	Hillsborough	24,472
Hunt, Robinson	Lineups
Southampton	1	2	Tottenham Hotspur	The Dell	22,653
Brophy	Lineups		Sargent, Hall W
West Bromwich Albion	3	0	Luton Town	The Hawthorns	24,377
Jones 2, Burgin	Lineups

				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	Manchester City	1	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	W	#	#	#	#	1938-08-29	Chesterfield	A
2	0	West Bromwich Albion	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1938-09-01	Norwich City	A
3	0	Millwall	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1938-08-29	Tranmere Rovers	A
4	0	Bradford	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1938-08-29	Swansea Town	H
5	0	Sheffield United	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1938-08-29	Coventry City	H
6	0	Sheffield Wednesday	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1938-08-29	Tottenham Hotspur	A
7	0	Newcastle United	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1938-08-31	Luton Town	A
8	0	Tottenham Hotspur	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1938-08-29	Sheffield Wednesday	H
9	0	Blackburn Rovers	1	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	2	W	#	#	#	#	1938-08-29	West Ham United	A
10	0	Fulham	1	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	2	W	#	#	#	#	1938-08-29	Bury	A
11	0	Burnley	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1938-08-30	Southampton	H
12	0	Coventry City	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1938-08-29	Sheffield United	A
13	0	Tranmere Rovers	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	0.667	0	L	#	#	#	#	1938-08-29	Millwall	H
14	0	West Ham United	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	0.667	0	L	#	#	#	#	1938-08-29	Blackburn Rovers	H
15	0	Plymouth Argyle	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0.5	0	L	#	#	#	#	1938-08-31	Nottingham Forest	H
16	0	Southampton	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0	L	#	#	#	#	1938-08-30	Burnley	A
17	0	Chesterfield	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0.333	0	L	#	#	#	#	1938-08-29	Manchester City	H
18	0	Norwich City	1	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.333	0	L	#	#	#	#	1938-09-01	West Bromwich Albion	H
19	0	Swansea Town	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1938-08-29	Bradford	A
20	0	Nottingham Forest	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1938-08-31	Plymouth Argyle	A
21	0	Bury	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1938-08-29	Fulham	H
22	0	Luton Town	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1938-08-31	Newcastle United	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barrow	2	2	Lincoln City	Holker Street	9,835	Largest home gate 1938-39
Harris 2	Lineups		Campbell, Deacon
Bradford City	6	2	Darlington	Valley Parade	7,018
Murphy 2, Whittingham, Swindells, Robertson, Gore	Lineups		Feeney, Simpson
Carlisle United	2	0	Hartlepools United	Brunton Park	7,014
Mills 2	Lineups
Chester	1	1	Hull City	Sealand Road	8,986
Howarth (p)	Lineups		Cunliffe
Crewe Alexandra	3	2	Gateshead	Gresty Road	5,916
Foster 3	Lineups		Watson, Heslop
Doncaster Rovers	1	0	York City	Belle Vue	13,337
Killourhy	Lineups
Halifax Town	2	0	Accrington Stanley	The Shay	7,153
Widdowfield, Randle OG	Lineups
New Brighton	0	0	Stockport County	Sandheys Park	5,782
	Lineups
Oldham Athletic	4	2	Barnsley	Boundary Park	6,802
Diamond, Ferrier 3	Lineups		Asquith (p), Steele
Rotherham United	7	1	Rochdale	Millmoor	7,438
Bramham 4, Bastow, Clarke, Hanson	Lineups		Griffiths
Southport	3	1	Wrexham	Haig Avenue	5,737
Scott A, Patrick 2	Lineups		Burditt

				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	Rotherham United	1	1	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	2	W	#	#	#	#	1938-08-29	Crewe Alexandra	H
2	0	Bradford City	1	1	0	0	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1938-08-29	Halifax Town	A
3	0	Southport	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1938-08-29	Doncaster Rovers	A
4	0	Oldham Athletic	1	1	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1938-08-29	Hull City	A
5	0	Carlisle United	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1938-08-30	Rochdale	A
6	0	Halifax Town	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1938-08-29	Bradford City	H
7	0	Crewe Alexandra	1	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	2	W	#	#	#	#	1938-08-29	Rotherham United	A
8	0	Doncaster Rovers	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1938-08-29	Southport	H
9	0	Barrow	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1938-08-31	Gateshead	A
10	0	Lincoln City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1938-08-29	Barnsley	H
11	0	Chester	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1938-08-31	New Brighton	H
12	0	Hull City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1938-08-29	Oldham Athletic	H
13	0	New Brighton	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1938-08-31	Chester	A
14	0	Stockport County	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1938-08-29	Accrington Stanley	H
15	0	Gateshead	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	0.667	0	L	#	#	#	#	1938-08-31	Barrow	H
16	0	Barnsley	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	0.5	0	L	#	#	#	#	1938-08-29	Lincoln City	A
17	0	Darlington	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	6	0.333	0	L	#	#	#	#	1938-08-31	York City	A
18	0	Wrexham	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0.333	0	L	#	#	#	#	1938-08-29	Hartlepools United	H
19	0	Rochdale	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	0.143	0	L	#	#	#	#	1938-08-30	Carlisle United	H
20	0	Hartlepools United	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1938-08-29	Wrexham	A
21	0	York City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1938-08-31	Darlington	H
22	0	Accrington Stanley	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1938-08-29	Stockport County	A

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	1	1	Crystal Palace	Dean Court	9,078
Whittam (p)	Lineups		Blackman
Brighton & Hove Albion	3	1	Walsall	Goldstone Ground	9,000
Law, Stephens 2	Lineups		Bambrick
Bristol Rovers	3	0	Mansfield Town	Eastville	11,050
Iles 2, McArthur	Lineups
Cardiff City	1	2	Exeter City	Ninian Park	24,645
Turner	Lineups		Rich, Bowl
Clapton Orient	1	3	Newport County	Osborne Road	10,596
Tully (p)	Lineups		Carr, Duggan, Hearty OG
Ipswich Town	4	2	Southend United	Portman Road	19,242	Largest home gate 1938-39
Davies, Jones 2, Alsop	Lineups		Bushby 2
Port Vale	1	3	Aldershot	Recreation Ground	10,036
Callender	Lineups		Ray, Egan H, Ruffell
Reading	2	4	Queens Park Rangers	Elm Park	12,966
Sherwood, MacPhee	Lineups		Fitzgerald 2, Bott, Fulwood OG
Swindon Town	4	1	Notts County	County Ground	13,370
Morton 2, Lucas, Fowler	Lineups		Gaughran
Torquay United	1	2	Northampton Town	Plainmoor	4,569
James	Lineups		King, Lauderdale
Watford	2	2	Bristol City	Vicarage Road	11,386	Largest home gate 1938-39
Davies, Dunderdale	Lineups		Peters, Willshaw

				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	Swindon Town	1	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	W	#	#	#	#	1938-08-31	Clapton Orient	H
2	0	Bristol Rovers	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1938-08-30	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
3	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1938-08-30	Bristol Rovers	A
4	0	Newport County	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1938-08-29	Port Vale	A
5	0	Aldershot	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1938-08-31	Bristol City	H
6	0	Ipswich Town	1	1	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1938-08-29	Walsall	A
7	0	Queens Park Rangers	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	2	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1938-09-01	Exeter City	H
8	0	Exeter City	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1938-09-01	Queens Park Rangers	A
9	0	Northampton Town	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1938-08-29	Watford	H
10	0	Bristol City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1938-08-31	Aldershot	A
11	0	Watford	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1938-08-29	Northampton Town	A
12	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1938-08-31	Reading	H
13	0	Crystal Palace	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	D	#	#	#	#	1938-08-31	Notts County	A
14	0	Southend United	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	0.5	0	L	#	#	#	#	1938-08-31	Torquay United	H
15	0	Reading	1	0	0	1	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0	L	#	#	#	#	1938-08-31	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
16	0	Cardiff City	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0	L	#	#	#	#	1938-08-31	Mansfield Town	A
17	0	Torquay United	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0	L	#	#	#	#	1938-08-31	Southend United	A
18	0	Walsall	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0.333	0	L	#	#	#	#	1938-08-29	Ipswich Town	H
19	0	Clapton Orient	1	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.333	0	L	#	#	#	#	1938-08-31	Swindon Town	A
20	0	Port Vale	1	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.333	0	L	#	#	#	#	1938-08-29	Newport County	H
21	0	Notts County	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0.25	0	L	#	#	#	#	1938-08-31	Crystal Palace	H
22	0	Mansfield Town	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	L	#	#	#	#	1938-08-31	Cardiff City	H