Saturday 1938-12-17

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	4	1	Stoke City	Highbury	30,006
Lewis 2, Bastin, Drury	Lineups		Steele
Aston Villa	2	1	Leeds United	Villa Park	28,990
O'Donnell, Houghton (p)	Lineups		Hargreaves
Blackpool	2	1	Birmingham	Bloomfield Road	11,855
Finan, Buchan	Lineups		White
Brentford	2	5	Manchester United	Griffin Park	14,919
Gibbons, Vose OG	Lineups		Hanlon 2, Bryant, Manley, Rowley
Derby County	1	4	Middlesbrough	Baseball Ground	17,168
McCulloch	Lineups		Fenton 2 (1p), Yorston, Chadwick
Everton	1	4	Charlton Athletic	Goodison Park	22,053
Gillick	Lineups		Wilkinson, Tadman 2, Brown
Grimsby Town	6	1	Leicester City	Blundell Park	9,389
Boyd, Howe 4, Beattie	Lineups		Reeday (p)
Huddersfield Town	3	0	Preston North End	Leeds Road	8,916
Price 2, Beasley	Lineups
Portsmouth	2	1	Chelsea	Fratton Park	21,536
Wharton, Worrall	Lineups		Mills
Sunderland	2	3	Liverpool	Roker Park	15,309
Bolton, Duns	Lineups		Kinghorn, Bush, Taylor
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	1	Bolton Wanderers	Molineux	19,316
Galley	Lineups		Howe

				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	Derby County	20	7	2	1	24	10	6	1	3	16	13	1.739	29	L	W	D	W	W	1938-12-24	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
2	0	Everton	19	9	0	1	29	8	4	1	4	10	12	1.95	27	L	W	W	D	W	1938-12-24	Blackpool	H
3	1	Liverpool	19	7	3	0	21	9	1	4	4	13	17	1.308	23	W	D	D	W	L	1938-12-24	Chelsea	A
4	-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	19	4	4	1	15	6	4	2	4	14	9	1.933	22	D	W	W	W	W	1938-12-24	Derby County	H
5	1	Middlesbrough	19	6	3	1	28	11	3	1	5	14	20	1.355	22	W	W	L	D	D	1938-12-24	Manchester United	A
6	1	Charlton Athletic	19	6	2	1	18	12	3	2	5	10	13	1.12	22	W	L	L	W	D	1938-12-24	Bolton Wanderers	H
7	1	Grimsby Town	19	6	3	1	18	9	1	4	4	10	17	1.077	21	W	D	W	D	D	1938-12-24	Aston Villa	A
8	-3	Leeds United	19	5	2	2	23	16	4	1	5	12	19	1	21	L	D	L	L	W	1938-12-24	Preston North End	A
9	1	Arsenal	19	5	2	3	16	9	1	5	3	8	11	1.2	19	W	L	W	D	D	1938-12-24	Portsmouth	A
10	-1	Bolton Wanderers	19	4	2	3	16	12	2	5	3	13	15	1.074	19	D	L	D	D	L	1938-12-24	Charlton Athletic	A
11	0	Aston Villa	19	5	0	4	18	11	3	3	4	13	18	1.069	19	W	W	W	L	W	1938-12-24	Grimsby Town	H
12	3	Blackpool	19	4	3	3	19	14	2	3	4	8	16	0.9	18	W	L	D	L	L	1938-12-24	Everton	A
13	4	Portsmouth	19	6	3	1	14	7	0	3	6	7	23	0.7	18	W	D	D	L	D	1938-12-24	Arsenal	H
14	-2	Sunderland	19	1	4	4	12	13	5	1	4	13	16	0.862	17	L	D	D	L	L	1938-12-24	Birmingham	H
15	-1	Stoke City	19	3	4	2	14	12	2	3	5	13	25	0.73	17	L	D	W	D	L	1938-12-24	Leicester City	H
16	-3	Leicester City	20	4	4	2	19	12	1	3	6	7	24	0.722	17	L	L	D	D	D	1938-12-24	Stoke City	A
17	3	Manchester United	19	3	3	3	14	11	2	3	5	11	17	0.893	16	W	W	D	D	L	1938-12-24	Middlesbrough	H
18	3	Huddersfield Town	20	6	2	3	19	10	0	2	7	7	23	0.788	16	W	L	L	D	W	1938-12-24	Brentford	H
19	-3	Preston North End	19	4	4	1	14	9	2	0	8	9	21	0.767	16	L	L	L	W	W	1938-12-24	Leeds United	H
20	-2	Chelsea	19	5	2	2	21	11	1	1	8	11	28	0.821	15	L	W	L	L	L	1938-12-24	Liverpool	H
21	-2	Birmingham	20	6	0	4	19	11	0	2	8	12	25	0.861	14	L	W	L	W	L	1938-12-24	Sunderland	A
22	0	Brentford	19	5	1	4	15	17	0	3	6	9	24	0.585	14	L	L	W	D	W	1938-12-24	Huddersfield Town	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Blackburn Rovers	4	0	Plymouth Argyle	Ewood Park	12,069
Kirkwood OG, Butt, Weddle 2	Lineups
Bradford	4	4	West Bromwich Albion	Park Avenue	8,637
Smith 3, Gallon	Lineups		Burgin 2, Clarke, Witcomb
Bury	3	1	Tottenham Hotspur	Gigg Lane	5,723
Bargh, Ormandy 2	Lineups		Hall A
Chesterfield	7	1	Nottingham Forest	Saltergate Recreation Ground	7,584
Lyon 4, Mackie, Milligan, Bonass	Lineups		Getty
Fulham	1	2	Sheffield United	Craven Cottage	15,685
Rooke	Lineups		Barton, Hampson
Manchester City	4	1	Norwich City	Maine Road	19,500
Doherty 2, Herd 2	Lineups		Furness
Millwall	2	1	Luton Town	The Den, New Cross	19,733
Fisher, Hedley	Lineups		Billington
Sheffield Wednesday	4	1	Burnley	Hillsborough	12,251
Robinson, Fallon, Massarella, Hunt	Lineups		Clayton
Swansea Town	0	1	Newcastle United	Vetch Field	11,151
	Lineups		Clifton
Tranmere Rovers	1	2	Coventry City	Prenton Park	7,056
Roy	Lineups		Lager, Davidson
West Ham United	1	2	Southampton	Upton Park	14,476
Small	Lineups		Briggs, Tomlinson

				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	Blackburn Rovers	20	7	1	2	30	11	5	1	4	18	16	1.778	26	W	W	W	L	W	1938-12-24	Tranmere Rovers	A
2	0	Sheffield United	19	4	4	1	13	5	6	2	2	20	15	1.65	26	W	W	D	W	W	1938-12-24	Nottingham Forest	H
3	-2	West Bromwich Albion	20	9	0	1	32	14	3	2	5	22	25	1.385	26	D	W	W	W	L	1938-12-24	Luton Town	A
4	1	Newcastle United	20	9	1	0	31	8	2	2	6	8	17	1.56	25	W	W	L	D	L	1938-12-24	Plymouth Argyle	A
5	-1	Fulham	20	6	3	1	20	9	3	3	4	14	15	1.417	24	L	L	W	D	W	1938-12-24	West Ham United	A
6	1	Coventry City	19	7	2	0	16	4	3	2	5	13	20	1.208	24	W	W	W	W	L	1938-12-24	Burnley	A
7	-1	Tottenham Hotspur	19	6	4	0	23	12	2	2	5	11	16	1.214	22	L	W	W	D	D	1938-12-24	Southampton	H
8	0	Sheffield Wednesday	19	6	2	2	25	9	2	3	4	20	24	1.364	21	W	D	L	W	W	1938-12-24	Bury	A
9	1	Manchester City	19	6	0	4	28	21	3	3	3	17	18	1.154	21	W	D	W	W	W	1938-12-24	Swansea Town	A
10	2	Millwall	19	6	2	2	22	11	2	2	5	14	16	1.333	20	W	L	L	D	W	1938-12-24	Chesterfield	A
11	-2	West Ham United	20	6	1	3	25	13	2	2	6	14	19	1.219	19	L	L	W	L	W	1938-12-24	Fulham	H
12	4	Chesterfield	19	7	0	2	25	11	1	3	6	7	20	1.032	19	W	L	W	D	W	1938-12-24	Millwall	H
13	-2	Luton Town	19	4	3	2	16	12	4	0	6	18	22	1	19	L	W	L	L	W	1938-12-24	West Bromwich Albion	H
14	-1	Plymouth Argyle	19	5	3	1	13	4	2	1	7	10	21	0.92	18	L	D	W	L	L	1938-12-24	Newcastle United	H
15	0	Bradford	19	4	4	2	22	19	2	2	5	11	19	0.868	18	D	L	L	L	W	1938-12-24	Norwich City	H
16	-2	Burnley	20	6	2	2	17	13	0	4	6	9	20	0.788	18	L	D	L	W	L	1938-12-24	Coventry City	H
17	0	Bury	19	4	3	3	21	19	2	3	4	6	17	0.75	18	W	L	D	W	L	1938-12-24	Sheffield Wednesday	H
18	0	Southampton	19	5	1	3	20	16	2	1	7	10	23	0.769	16	W	L	L	W	L	1938-12-24	Tottenham Hotspur	A
19	0	Nottingham Forest	19	3	2	4	14	15	1	3	6	10	29	0.545	13	L	D	W	L	L	1938-12-24	Sheffield United	A
20	0	Norwich City	19	6	1	3	22	14	0	0	9	3	32	0.543	13	L	W	L	D	L	1938-12-24	Bradford	A
21	0	Swansea Town	19	0	5	4	12	17	1	4	5	8	25	0.476	11	L	D	L	L	D	1938-12-24	Manchester City	H
22	0	Tranmere Rovers	19	3	1	6	12	13	0	0	9	7	30	0.442	7	L	L	L	L	L	1938-12-24	Blackburn Rovers	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Carlisle United	0	2	Bradford City	Brunton Park	4,272
	Lineups		Smailes, Deakin
Crewe Alexandra	0	1	Hull City	Gresty Road	4,231
	Lineups		Hubbard
Darlington	3	3	Chester	Feethams Ground	2,647
Simpson, Feeney 2	Lineups		Keeley, McGough 2
Doncaster Rovers	3	1	Stockport County	Belle Vue	8,217
Dell, Malam, Leyfield	Lineups		West
Gateshead	0	3	New Brighton	Redheugh Park	2,469
	Lineups		Frost, Ainsworth, Small
Hartlepools United	1	2	Barrow	Victoria Park	2,928
Woods	Lineups		Harris, King
Rochdale	2	1	Barnsley	Spotland	5,466
Wynn, Prest	Lineups		Asquith (p)
Rotherham United	2	1	Accrington Stanley	Millmoor	2,654
Bramham, Clarke	Lineups		Jones
Southport	4	1	Lincoln City	Haig Avenue	5,374
Colquhoun 2, Hawkins 2	Lineups		Clare
Wrexham	3	2	Halifax Town	Racecourse Ground	2,878
Nelson, Snow, Burditt	Lineups		Griffiths, Widdowfield
York City	4	1	Oldham Athletic	Bootham Crescent	5,141
Mortimer 2, Milner, Lee	Lineups		Blackshaw

				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	Barnsley	20	8	1	0	28	6	5	2	4	15	15	2.048	29	L	W	D	W	W	1938-12-24	Oldham Athletic	H
2	0	Southport	17	7	3	0	27	7	3	3	1	13	8	2.667	26	W	D	W	D	W	1938-12-24	Wrexham	A
3	1	Doncaster Rovers	18	8	1	2	28	11	2	4	1	12	12	1.739	25	W	W	W	D	W	1938-12-24	York City	A
4	-1	Oldham Athletic	19	6	0	2	22	11	5	2	4	19	18	1.414	24	L	W	L	D	W	1938-12-24	Barnsley	A
5	0	Bradford City	19	8	0	2	27	8	2	3	4	11	16	1.583	23	W	W	D	L	W	1938-12-24	Darlington	A
6	0	Crewe Alexandra	18	7	0	3	26	11	3	1	4	11	16	1.37	21	L	L	W	D	L	1938-12-24	Gateshead	A
7	2	Hull City	18	5	1	2	17	11	3	3	4	14	18	1.069	20	W	L	L	W	L	1938-12-24	Chester	H
8	2	Barrow	19	6	2	1	27	12	3	0	7	10	25	1	20	W	W	L	L	D	1938-12-24	Lincoln City	A
9	-1	Chester	17	4	2	2	21	16	4	1	4	19	19	1.143	19	D	W	L	L	L	1938-12-24	Hull City	A
10	1	New Brighton	19	4	2	2	14	10	4	1	6	12	23	0.788	19	W	L	L	L	D	1938-12-24	Stockport County	A
11	-4	Stockport County	17	6	1	0	24	9	1	3	6	17	26	1.171	18	L	W	L	W	L	1938-12-24	New Brighton	H
12	1	Rotherham United	19	7	0	4	29	11	2	0	6	8	22	1.121	18	W	L	L	W	W	1938-12-24	Rochdale	A
13	3	Wrexham	19	8	1	2	23	14	0	0	8	6	28	0.69	17	W	L	D	W	L	1938-12-24	Southport	H
14	-2	Gateshead	18	5	2	2	21	9	1	2	6	13	22	1.097	16	L	L	W	W	L	1938-12-24	Crewe Alexandra	H
15	2	Rochdale	19	6	2	3	30	15	1	0	7	10	25	1	16	W	W	L	W	L	1938-12-24	Rotherham United	H
16	-2	Carlisle United	18	5	1	4	18	14	2	1	5	10	26	0.7	16	L	W	W	L	L	1938-12-24	Hartlepools United	A
17	-2	Halifax Town	18	3	5	0	10	6	2	0	8	6	17	0.696	15	L	L	W	D	L	1938-12-24	Accrington Stanley	A
18	1	Darlington	18	6	2	1	23	11	0	1	8	10	37	0.688	15	D	W	D	L	W	1938-12-24	Bradford City	H
19	2	York City	19	4	2	4	16	12	1	2	6	9	23	0.714	14	W	L	D	L	L	1938-12-24	Doncaster Rovers	H
20	-2	Lincoln City	18	3	2	3	17	16	2	2	6	15	30	0.696	14	L	W	W	W	L	1938-12-24	Barrow	H
21	-1	Hartlepools United	18	4	1	4	17	14	1	2	6	4	19	0.636	13	L	W	L	D	W	1938-12-24	Carlisle United	H
22	0	Accrington Stanley	19	0	3	5	7	19	1	1	9	9	27	0.348	6	L	L	D	L	D	1938-12-24	Halifax Town	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	2	1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Recreation Ground	3,609
Chalmers, Proud	Lineups		Tunnicliffe
Bristol City	2	1	Walsall	Ashton Gate	6,293
Mardon, Peters	Lineups		Bambrick
Clapton Orient	1	1	Ipswich Town	Osborne Road	6,469
Williams	Lineups		Fletcher
Crystal Palace	6	2	Mansfield Town	Selhurst Park	10,224
Dawes B, Robson 3, Gregory, Smith	Lineups		Bell, Carter
Newport County	2	0	Reading	Somerton Park	9,870
Derrick, Hydes	Lineups
Northampton Town	2	1	Bristol Rovers	County Ground	5,305
Barron, McCartney	Lineups		Hartley
Notts County	4	3	Brighton & Hove Albion	Meadow Lane	8,073
Martin 2, Towler, Hatton	Lineups		Atherton 2, Vasey
Port Vale	2	2	Southend United	Recreation Ground	4,209
Masters, Roberts	Lineups		Bolan, Smirk
Swindon Town	2	1	Exeter City	County Ground	6,819
Morton, Barraclough	Lineups		Fellowes
Torquay United	1	3	Cardiff City	Plainmoor	2,257
Head	Lineups		Talbot 2, Collins
Watford	4	1	Queens Park Rangers	Vicarage Road	11,254
Evans, Jefferson OG, Barnett, Dunderdale	Lineups		Pearson

				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	Newport County	18	8	2	0	16	2	4	2	2	12	7	3.111	28	W	W	W	W	W	1938-12-24	Clapton Orient	H
2	0	Crystal Palace	17	7	2	0	22	8	3	3	2	11	12	1.65	25	W	D	W	D	W	1938-12-24	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
3	1	Aldershot	18	7	2	1	14	4	2	4	2	10	13	1.412	24	W	D	W	L	W	1938-12-26	Crystal Palace	A
4	-1	Reading	19	4	3	1	20	11	3	5	3	11	12	1.348	22	L	D	D	W	W	1938-12-24	Queens Park Rangers	A
5	1	Swindon Town	17	7	2	1	22	10	2	1	4	8	12	1.364	21	W	W	W	L	D	1938-12-24	Notts County	A
6	-1	Queens Park Rangers	17	4	2	1	21	5	3	3	4	15	19	1.5	19	L	L	D	W	D	1938-12-24	Reading	H
7	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	18	6	1	1	19	8	2	2	6	11	20	1.071	19	L	D	W	W	L	1938-12-24	Walsall	A
8	0	Bristol City	18	6	1	2	21	14	1	4	4	10	17	1	19	W	D	W	W	L	1938-12-24	Watford	H
9	0	Northampton Town	18	7	2	1	22	11	1	1	6	6	17	1	19	W	L	D	L	L	1938-12-24	Torquay United	H
10	1	Watford	18	6	4	0	22	9	0	2	6	3	16	1	18	W	W	D	L	W	1938-12-24	Bristol City	A
11	2	Notts County	17	6	3	1	19	8	0	2	5	6	14	1.136	17	W	W	D	L	D	1938-12-24	Swindon Town	H
12	4	Cardiff City	17	4	0	3	15	11	2	5	3	11	14	1.04	17	W	D	L	W	D	1938-12-24	Exeter City	A
13	-3	Mansfield Town	17	4	3	0	14	7	2	2	6	9	25	0.719	17	L	D	W	W	L	1938-12-24	Bristol Rovers	H
14	0	Port Vale	17	5	3	2	19	11	1	1	5	6	14	1	16	D	D	L	L	D	1938-12-26	Northampton Town	A
15	0	Southend United	17	5	2	1	15	6	1	2	6	15	25	0.968	16	D	D	L	W	L	1938-12-27	Exeter City	A
16	-4	Exeter City	18	4	2	2	16	12	2	2	6	11	27	0.692	16	L	W	L	L	D	1938-12-24	Cardiff City	H
17	0	Clapton Orient	17	3	6	1	13	8	1	1	5	6	15	0.826	15	D	D	D	L	W	1938-12-24	Newport County	A
18	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	17	2	4	2	9	9	2	2	5	8	13	0.773	14	L	L	D	L	L	1938-12-24	Crystal Palace	A
19	0	Torquay United	17	1	2	7	9	18	3	2	2	8	9	0.63	12	L	L	L	W	D	1938-12-24	Northampton Town	A
20	0	Ipswich Town	17	3	1	3	9	10	1	3	6	7	16	0.615	12	D	L	D	W	D	1938-12-26	Mansfield Town	H
21	0	Bristol Rovers	18	2	4	3	10	8	0	2	7	7	16	0.708	10	L	L	L	L	L	1938-12-24	Mansfield Town	A
22	0	Walsall	17	1	2	4	6	9	1	2	7	8	20	0.483	8	L	W	L	W	D	1938-12-24	Brighton & Hove Albion	H