Saturday 1938-09-24

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	0	0	Aston Villa	Highbury	66,456	Largest home, D 1 & league gate 1938-39
	Lineups
Birmingham	1	3	Preston North End	St Andrew's	26,221
Farrage	Lineups		Beattie R, Mutch, Beattie A (p)
Blackpool	3	1	Grimsby Town	Bloomfield Road	27,349
Buchan, Munro, O'Donnell F	Lineups		Beattie
Brentford	2	3	Sunderland	Griffin Park	26,128
Eastham, McCulloch	Lineups		Connor, Carter 2
Derby County	5	0	Stoke City	Baseball Ground	20,915
Dix 2, Stockill 2, Duncan	Lineups
Huddersfield Town	3	0	Everton	Leeds Road	27,710	Largest home gate 1938-39
Hinchcliffe 2, Isaac	Lineups
Leicester City	0	0	Bolton Wanderers	Filbert Street	18,263
	Lineups
Liverpool	3	0	Leeds United	Anfield Road	32,197
Fagan, Balmer, Taylor	Lineups
Manchester United	5	1	Chelsea	Old Trafford	34,557
Carey, Manley, Redwood, Rowley, Smith	Lineups		Burgess (p)
Middlesbrough	4	0	Charlton Athletic	Ayresome Park	20,227
Laking, Milne, Fenton 2	Lineups
Portsmouth	1	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Fratton Park	25,323
Easson	Lineups

				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	Everton	7	3	0	0	10	2	3	0	1	7	4	2.833	12	L	W	W	W	W	1938-10-01	Liverpool	H
2	0	Derby County	8	3	1	0	9	2	2	1	1	4	5	1.857	12	W	D	W	W	L	1938-10-01	Blackpool	H
3	1	Liverpool	7	5	0	0	10	2	0	0	2	1	4	1.833	10	W	L	W	W	W	1938-10-01	Everton	A
4	1	Aston Villa	7	1	0	2	5	4	2	2	0	7	4	1.5	8	D	W	W	L	L	1938-10-01	Portsmouth	H
5	5	Middlesbrough	7	2	2	0	9	3	1	0	2	5	7	1.4	8	W	L	L	D	W	1938-10-01	Bolton Wanderers	A
6	3	Preston North End	7	3	0	0	6	1	1	0	3	6	8	1.333	8	W	W	L	W	W	1938-10-01	Manchester United	H
7	-4	Chelsea	7	2	1	0	8	3	1	1	2	5	8	1.182	8	L	D	D	W	W	1938-10-01	Stoke City	H
8	3	Sunderland	7	0	2	1	3	4	3	0	1	6	4	1.125	8	W	L	W	L	D	1938-10-01	Arsenal	H
9	-2	Bolton Wanderers	7	2	0	1	5	4	1	2	1	5	5	1.111	8	D	W	W	L	L	1938-10-01	Middlesbrough	H
10	3	Portsmouth	7	4	0	0	8	1	0	0	3	2	9	1	8	W	L	W	L	W	1938-10-01	Aston Villa	A
11	6	Blackpool	7	2	0	2	9	8	1	1	1	3	3	1.091	7	W	W	W	L	D	1938-10-01	Derby County	A
12	-6	Leeds United	7	2	0	1	5	3	1	1	2	2	6	0.778	7	L	W	L	D	L	1938-10-01	Leicester City	H
13	2	Leicester City	8	2	2	0	6	4	0	1	3	1	6	0.7	7	D	L	W	W	L	1938-10-01	Leeds United	A
14	5	Manchester United	7	2	1	0	11	4	0	1	3	2	6	1.3	6	W	D	L	L	W	1938-10-01	Preston North End	A
15	1	Arsenal	7	1	1	2	4	4	1	1	1	2	2	1	6	D	W	L	L	L	1938-10-01	Sunderland	A
16	-4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	7	0	2	1	1	2	1	2	1	4	4	0.833	6	L	L	W	D	D	1938-10-01	Huddersfield Town	H
17	-9	Charlton Athletic	7	3	0	0	7	2	0	0	4	1	9	0.727	6	L	W	L	L	W	1938-10-01	Birmingham	H
18	-4	Grimsby Town	7	2	1	1	5	4	0	1	2	2	7	0.636	6	L	D	W	W	D	1938-10-01	Brentford	H
19	3	Huddersfield Town	8	2	1	2	7	3	0	0	3	1	7	0.8	5	W	L	L	L	W	1938-10-01	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
20	-2	Stoke City	7	0	2	1	3	5	1	1	2	6	12	0.529	5	L	D	W	D	L	1938-10-01	Chelsea	A
21	-1	Brentford	7	2	0	2	5	5	0	0	3	2	11	0.438	4	L	L	L	L	W	1938-10-01	Grimsby Town	A
22	-1	Birmingham	8	1	0	3	5	8	0	1	3	4	10	0.5	3	L	D	L	L	W	1938-10-01	Charlton Athletic	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Blackburn Rovers	3	3	Manchester City	Ewood Park	26,457
Butt, Weddle, Clarke	Lineups		Herd, Heale, McDowall
Bury	3	1	Chesterfield	Gigg Lane	8,688
Jones, Livingstone 2	Lineups		Milburn
Fulham	4	0	Bradford	Craven Cottage	17,607
Rooke 2, Arnold, Finch	Lineups
Luton Town	2	0	Sheffield United	Kenilworth Road	17,436
Vinall, Connelly	Lineups
Millwall	3	0	Plymouth Argyle	The Den, New Cross	31,574
Richardson 3	Lineups
Newcastle United	1	0	Southampton	St James' Park	35,000
Cairns	Lineups
Norwich City	4	0	Burnley	Carrow Road	13,345
Law, Furness, O'Reilly, Manders	Lineups
Nottingham Forest	3	0	Coventry City	City Ground	19,342
Crawshaw 2, Betts	Lineups
Sheffield Wednesday	1	1	Swansea Town	Hillsborough	22,745
Robinson	Lineups		Lewis
West Bromwich Albion	4	3	Tottenham Hotspur	The Hawthorns	24,996
Jones 3, Heaselgrave	Lineups		Hall W, Morrison, Hall A
West Ham United	6	1	Tranmere Rovers	Upton Park	20,549
Macaulay 3, Cockroft, Corbett, Foxall	Lineups		Waring

				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	Blackburn Rovers	8	3	1	0	13	6	3	0	1	8	4	2.1	13	D	W	W	W	L	1938-10-01	Millwall	A
2	0	Fulham	8	3	1	0	9	2	2	1	1	4	3	2.6	12	W	D	D	W	L	1938-10-01	Manchester City	A
3	2	Millwall	7	3	1	0	9	2	1	1	1	7	4	2.667	10	W	W	W	D	D	1938-10-01	Blackburn Rovers	H
4	0	Sheffield Wednesday	7	3	1	0	8	1	1	1	1	7	8	1.667	10	D	L	W	W	W	1938-10-01	Bradford	A
5	1	West Bromwich Albion	8	3	0	1	15	9	2	0	2	8	9	1.278	10	W	W	L	L	W	1938-10-01	Southampton	A
6	-3	Sheffield United	7	1	2	0	4	0	2	1	1	8	7	1.714	9	L	W	D	W	D	1938-10-01	Plymouth Argyle	H
7	3	Newcastle United	8	4	0	0	11	4	0	1	3	3	8	1.167	9	W	L	W	W	L	1938-10-01	Coventry City	A
8	-1	Tottenham Hotspur	7	2	2	0	8	6	1	0	2	6	7	1.077	8	L	W	D	L	W	1938-10-01	Norwich City	H
9	4	Luton Town	7	3	0	0	6	2	1	0	3	3	9	0.818	8	W	L	W	L	W	1938-10-01	Burnley	A
10	-2	Burnley	8	3	0	1	6	5	0	2	2	3	8	0.692	8	L	L	D	L	W	1938-10-01	Luton Town	H
11	3	West Ham United	8	2	0	2	13	7	1	1	2	8	9	1.313	7	W	L	W	D	W	1938-10-01	Chesterfield	A
12	3	Nottingham Forest	7	3	0	1	6	3	0	1	2	3	7	0.9	7	W	D	W	W	L	1938-10-01	Tranmere Rovers	A
13	-4	Bradford	7	2	1	1	8	7	1	0	2	4	8	0.8	7	L	W	L	L	W	1938-10-01	Sheffield Wednesday	H
14	-3	Plymouth Argyle	7	3	0	0	9	2	0	0	4	3	9	1.091	6	L	W	L	L	W	1938-10-01	Sheffield United	A
15	3	Bury	7	2	1	1	9	6	0	1	2	0	5	0.818	6	W	L	D	D	W	1938-10-01	Swansea Town	A
16	-4	Coventry City	7	2	1	0	5	1	0	1	3	2	9	0.7	6	L	L	W	W	L	1938-10-01	Newcastle United	H
17	-1	Manchester City	7	1	0	3	9	12	1	1	1	8	7	0.895	5	D	L	L	L	L	1938-10-01	Fulham	H
18	1	Swansea Town	7	0	3	0	3	3	0	2	2	2	11	0.357	5	D	D	L	D	D	1938-10-01	Bury	H
19	3	Norwich City	7	2	0	2	9	7	0	0	3	1	7	0.714	4	W	L	W	L	L	1938-10-01	Tottenham Hotspur	A
20	-3	Tranmere Rovers	7	2	0	1	5	1	0	0	4	3	14	0.533	4	L	L	W	L	L	1938-10-01	Nottingham Forest	H
21	-1	Southampton	7	1	1	1	5	5	0	0	4	3	11	0.5	3	L	D	W	L	L	1938-10-01	West Bromwich Albion	H
22	-1	Chesterfield	7	1	0	2	3	6	0	1	3	3	9	0.4	3	L	W	L	D	L	1938-10-01	West Ham United	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Barrow	2	0	Oldham Athletic	Holker Street	5,760
King 2	Lineups
Bradford City	2	1	Accrington Stanley	Valley Parade	6,200
Gore, Deakin	Lineups		Chapman
Chester	2	1	Barnsley	Sealand Road	9,479
Horsman, Pendergast	Lineups		Steele
Crewe Alexandra	6	0	Lincoln City	Gresty Road	5,344
Stevens 3, Chandler 2, Waring	Lineups
Doncaster Rovers	4	1	Darlington	Belle Vue	10,534
Killourhy 2, Perry, Malam	Lineups		Armstrong
Hull City	4	4	Stockport County	Anlaby Road	8,652
Davies 2, Hubbard, Reid OG	Lineups		Essex, Sargeant 2, Sherwood
New Brighton	1	0	Halifax Town	Sandheys Park	5,375
Frost	Lineups
Rochdale	5	2	Gateshead	Spotland	6,363
Duff, Griffiths, Wynn, Reeve, Conroy OG	Lineups		Miller, Embleton
Rotherham United	5	1	Hartlepools United	Millmoor	7,689
Bastow 2, Hanson 2, Bramham	Lineups		West
Southport	7	1	Carlisle United	Haig Avenue	5,295
Scott A, Hawkins 2, Patrick 4	Lineups		Ashton (p)
York City	1	0	Wrexham	Bootham Crescent	6,191
Mortimer	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	2	Crewe Alexandra	8	4	0	0	12	2	2	0	2	6	5	2.571	12	W	L	W	W	W	1938-10-01	Southport	H
2	-1	Barnsley	8	3	0	0	7	0	3	0	2	10	9	1.889	12	L	W	W	W	W	1938-10-01	Bradford City	H
3	1	Southport	7	3	1	0	13	3	1	2	0	2	0	5	11	W	W	W	D	D	1938-10-01	Crewe Alexandra	A
4	-2	Oldham Athletic	7	3	0	0	7	2	2	1	1	4	3	2.2	11	L	W	D	W	W	1938-09-27	Accrington Stanley	A
5	0	Bradford City	8	5	0	0	13	3	0	1	2	4	7	1.7	11	W	L	W	W	W	1938-10-01	Barnsley	A
6	3	Doncaster Rovers	8	3	1	1	12	4	1	1	1	4	5	1.778	10	W	W	W	L	D	1938-10-01	Carlisle United	A
7	3	Rotherham United	8	4	0	1	19	4	1	0	2	2	9	1.615	10	W	L	L	W	L	1938-10-01	Darlington	A
8	3	New Brighton	8	2	1	1	5	4	2	1	1	5	3	1.429	10	W	L	D	L	W	1938-10-01	Wrexham	A
9	-3	Hull City	8	2	1	1	11	8	2	1	1	7	5	1.385	10	D	W	W	W	L	1938-10-01	Accrington Stanley	A
10	-2	Stockport County	7	3	0	0	8	1	0	3	1	10	11	1.5	9	D	W	L	D	W	1938-10-01	Lincoln City	H
11	2	Chester	7	2	1	1	8	8	2	0	1	6	3	1.273	9	W	W	W	L	W	1938-10-01	Oldham Athletic	A
12	-5	Gateshead	7	2	1	0	9	2	1	1	2	9	12	1.286	8	L	W	W	D	D	1938-10-01	York City	H
13	2	York City	7	2	1	1	5	2	0	2	1	3	4	1.333	7	W	W	D	D	L	1938-10-01	Gateshead	A
14	-2	Carlisle United	7	2	1	1	6	4	1	0	2	5	11	0.733	7	L	W	L	D	L	1938-10-01	Doncaster Rovers	H
15	-1	Wrexham	8	3	0	1	7	4	0	0	4	1	8	0.667	6	L	W	L	L	L	1938-10-01	New Brighton	H
16	0	Halifax Town	8	1	3	0	7	5	0	0	4	0	6	0.636	5	L	L	L	D	D	1938-10-01	Barrow	H
17	1	Barrow	8	2	1	1	9	6	0	0	4	2	13	0.579	5	W	L	L	L	W	1938-10-01	Halifax Town	A
18	-1	Darlington	8	2	0	1	5	3	0	1	4	4	16	0.474	5	L	L	L	L	W	1938-10-01	Rotherham United	H
19	1	Rochdale	8	1	2	2	11	10	0	0	3	1	13	0.522	4	W	L	L	D	D	1938-10-01	Hartlepools United	A
20	-1	Accrington Stanley	7	0	0	2	3	5	1	0	4	4	11	0.438	2	L	L	W	L	L	1938-09-27	Oldham Athletic	H
21	1	Hartlepools United	8	1	0	2	4	4	0	0	5	1	15	0.263	2	L	L	W	L	L	1938-10-01	Rochdale	H
22	-1	Lincoln City	8	0	1	3	2	10	0	1	3	4	14	0.25	2	L	L	D	L	L	1938-10-01	Stockport County	A

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	0	4	Southend United	Dean Court	7,975
	Lineups		Trainer, Davis, Smirk, Hall
Brighton & Hove Albion	6	1	Exeter City	Goldstone Ground	9,372
Goffey, Law 2, Hurst, Stephens, Wilson	Lineups		Millar
Bristol Rovers	1	1	Cardiff City	Eastville	10,046
Butterworth	Lineups		Talbot
Clapton Orient	1	1	Bristol City	Osborne Road	8,918
Smith H	Lineups		Clayton
Newport County	1	0	Aldershot	Somerton Park	9,652
Duggan	Lineups
Northampton Town	2	1	Notts County	County Ground	13,949	Largest home gate 1938-39
Hewitt, Tilson	Lineups		Cooper
Port Vale	3	0	Mansfield Town	Recreation Ground	8,100
Masters 2, Bellis	Lineups
Reading	2	1	Ipswich Town	Elm Park	11,526
MacPhee, Tait	Lineups		Chadwick
Swindon Town	3	0	Watford	County Ground	12,941
Francis (p), Morton 2	Lineups
Torquay United	1	2	Crystal Palace	Plainmoor	3,988
Haycox	Lineups		Gregory 2
Walsall	0	1	Queens Park Rangers	Fellows Park	8,760
	Lineups		Cheetham

				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	Swindon Town	7	4	0	0	10	1	1	1	1	4	3	3.5	11	W	D	W	W	L	1938-10-01	Port Vale	A
2	1	Northampton Town	7	4	0	0	9	1	1	1	1	3	4	2.4	11	W	W	D	L	W	1938-10-01	Aldershot	A
3	2	Crystal Palace	7	2	1	0	5	1	2	1	1	4	4	1.8	10	W	D	L	W	W	1938-10-01	Clapton Orient	H
4	-3	Aldershot	8	3	0	1	3	1	1	2	1	4	3	1.75	10	L	W	D	D	W	1938-10-01	Northampton Town	H
5	1	Newport County	8	3	1	0	6	1	1	1	2	5	6	1.571	10	W	L	D	D	W	1938-10-01	Bristol City	A
6	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	8	3	1	0	14	5	1	1	2	4	8	1.385	10	W	D	L	W	D	1938-10-01	Cardiff City	A
7	1	Queens Park Rangers	7	2	1	0	8	1	2	0	2	7	7	1.875	9	W	W	L	L	D	1938-10-01	Mansfield Town	H
8	3	Reading	8	2	1	1	8	6	1	2	1	3	4	1.1	9	W	W	W	D	D	1938-10-01	Notts County	A
9	-5	Exeter City	7	3	0	0	7	1	1	1	2	4	13	0.786	9	L	W	D	W	W	1938-10-01	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
10	-1	Bristol City	7	2	0	1	8	5	1	2	1	4	4	1.333	8	D	L	L	W	W	1938-10-01	Newport County	H
11	3	Southend United	7	2	2	0	6	3	1	0	2	7	8	1.182	8	W	D	L	W	W	1938-10-01	Walsall	H
12	0	Bristol Rovers	8	2	2	1	8	3	0	1	2	2	4	1.429	7	D	L	D	W	L	1938-10-01	Ipswich Town	A
13	-3	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	7	0	3	1	2	6	2	0	1	4	3	0.667	7	L	L	D	W	W	1938-10-01	Exeter City	A
14	6	Port Vale	7	3	0	1	8	4	0	0	3	1	8	0.75	6	W	L	W	L	L	1938-10-01	Swindon Town	H
15	1	Cardiff City	7	1	0	2	3	4	1	2	1	5	7	0.727	6	D	L	W	W	L	1938-10-01	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
16	-3	Watford	8	2	2	0	9	5	0	0	4	0	8	0.692	6	L	W	D	W	L	1938-10-01	Torquay United	H
17	-2	Notts County	7	2	0	1	7	2	0	1	3	4	9	1	5	L	W	D	L	W	1938-10-01	Reading	H
18	-1	Mansfield Town	7	1	2	0	6	4	0	1	3	1	9	0.538	5	L	D	D	L	W	1938-10-01	Queens Park Rangers	A
19	-1	Torquay United	7	0	1	3	4	8	1	1	1	5	7	0.6	4	L	W	D	L	L	1938-10-01	Watford	A
20	-1	Ipswich Town	7	1	0	2	5	6	1	0	3	2	7	0.538	4	L	L	L	L	L	1938-10-01	Bristol Rovers	H
21	0	Clapton Orient	7	1	2	1	4	5	0	0	3	0	6	0.364	4	D	L	D	W	L	1938-10-01	Crystal Palace	A
22	0	Walsall	7	0	0	3	1	4	0	1	3	4	9	0.385	1	L	D	L	L	L	1938-10-01	Southend United	A