Saturday 1938-12-24

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Aston Villa	0	2	Grimsby Town	Villa Park	21,773
	Lineups		Lewis 2
Charlton Athletic	2	1	Bolton Wanderers	The Valley	6,590
Robinson, Brown	Lineups		Howe
Chelsea	4	1	Liverpool	Stamford Bridge	6,801
Spence, Burgess (p), Payne 2	Lineups		Balmer
Everton	4	0	Blackpool	Goodison Park	24,040
Cunliffe 2, Cook, Gillick	Lineups
Huddersfield Town	1	2	Brentford	Leeds Road	11,483
Baird	Lineups		Smith, Townsend
Manchester United	1	1	Middlesbrough	Old Trafford	33,235
Wassall	Lineups		Chadwick
Portsmouth	0	0	Arsenal	Fratton Park	21,344
	Lineups
Preston North End	2	0	Leeds United	Deepdale	18,424
Dougal, McIntosh	Lineups
Stoke City	1	0	Leicester City	Victoria Ground	15,201
Steele	Lineups
Sunderland	1	0	Birmingham	Roker Park	14,555
Spuhler	Lineups
Wolverhampton Wanderers	0	0	Derby County	Molineux	25,302
	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	Derby County	21	7	2	1	24	10	6	2	3	16	13	1.739	30	D	L	W	D	W	1938-12-26	Everton	A
2	0	Everton	20	10	0	1	33	8	4	1	4	10	12	2.15	29	W	L	W	W	D	1938-12-26	Derby County	H
3	3	Charlton Athletic	20	7	2	1	20	13	3	2	5	10	13	1.154	24	W	W	L	L	W	1938-12-27	Arsenal	H
4	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	20	4	5	1	15	6	4	2	4	14	9	1.933	23	D	D	W	W	W	1938-12-26	Grimsby Town	A
5	0	Middlesbrough	20	6	3	1	28	11	3	2	5	15	21	1.344	23	D	W	W	L	D	1938-12-26	Birmingham	A
6	-3	Liverpool	20	7	3	0	21	9	1	4	5	14	21	1.167	23	L	W	D	D	W	1938-12-26	Stoke City	A
7	0	Grimsby Town	20	6	3	1	18	9	2	4	4	12	17	1.154	23	W	W	D	W	D	1938-12-26	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
8	0	Leeds United	20	5	2	2	23	16	4	1	6	12	21	0.946	21	L	L	D	L	L	1938-12-26	Chelsea	H
9	0	Arsenal	20	5	2	3	16	9	1	6	3	8	11	1.2	20	D	W	L	W	D	1938-12-27	Charlton Athletic	A
10	0	Bolton Wanderers	20	4	2	3	16	12	2	5	4	14	17	1.034	19	L	D	L	D	D	1938-12-27	Preston North End	A
11	0	Aston Villa	20	5	0	5	18	13	3	3	4	13	18	1	19	L	W	W	W	L	1938-12-26	Sunderland	A
12	2	Sunderland	20	2	4	4	13	13	5	1	4	13	16	0.897	19	W	L	D	D	L	1938-12-26	Aston Villa	H
13	2	Stoke City	20	4	4	2	15	12	2	3	5	13	25	0.757	19	W	L	D	W	D	1938-12-26	Liverpool	H
14	-1	Portsmouth	20	6	4	1	14	7	0	3	6	7	23	0.7	19	D	W	D	D	L	1938-12-27	Brentford	H
15	4	Preston North End	20	5	4	1	16	9	2	0	8	9	21	0.833	18	W	L	L	L	W	1938-12-27	Bolton Wanderers	H
16	-4	Blackpool	20	4	3	3	19	14	2	3	5	8	20	0.794	18	L	W	L	D	L	1938-12-26	Huddersfield Town	H
17	3	Chelsea	20	6	2	2	25	12	1	1	8	11	28	0.9	17	W	L	W	L	L	1938-12-26	Leeds United	A
18	-1	Manchester United	20	3	4	3	15	12	2	3	5	11	17	0.897	17	D	W	W	D	D	1938-12-26	Leicester City	H
19	-3	Leicester City	21	4	4	2	19	12	1	3	7	7	25	0.703	17	L	L	L	D	D	1938-12-26	Manchester United	A
20	-2	Huddersfield Town	21	6	2	4	20	12	0	2	7	7	23	0.771	16	L	W	L	L	D	1938-12-26	Blackpool	A
21	1	Brentford	20	5	1	4	15	17	1	3	6	11	25	0.619	16	W	L	L	W	D	1938-12-27	Portsmouth	A
22	-1	Birmingham	21	6	0	4	19	11	0	2	9	12	26	0.838	14	L	L	W	L	W	1938-12-26	Middlesbrough	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Bradford	3	0	Norwich City	Park Avenue	8,766
Smith 3	Lineups
Burnley	1	0	Coventry City	Turf Moor	12,382
Clayton	Lineups
Bury	2	3	Sheffield Wednesday	Gigg Lane	8,471
Kilshaw, Acquroff	Lineups		Hunt, Lewis, Robinson
Chesterfield	3	0	Millwall	Saltergate Recreation Ground	10,588
Bonass, Mackie, McMillen	Lineups
Luton Town	3	1	West Bromwich Albion	Kenilworth Road	8,887
Redfern 2, Stephenson	Lineups		Johnson
Plymouth Argyle	0	1	Newcastle United	Home Park	17,861
	Lineups		Mooney
Sheffield United	0	1	Nottingham Forest	Bramall Lane	19,933
	Lineups		Hindley
Swansea Town	2	0	Manchester City	Vetch Field	13,219
Bamford, Olsen	Lineups
Tottenham Hotspur	1	1	Southampton	White Hart Lane	9,454
Ward (p)	Lineups		Tomlinson
Tranmere Rovers	1	1	Blackburn Rovers	Prenton Park	9,261
Dellow	Lineups		Langton
West Ham United	1	0	Fulham	Upton Park	10,399
Macaulay	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	Blackburn Rovers	21	7	1	2	30	11	5	2	4	19	17	1.75	27	D	W	W	W	L	1938-12-26	Bury	H
2	2	Newcastle United	21	9	1	0	31	8	3	2	6	9	17	1.6	27	W	W	W	L	D	1938-12-27	Norwich City	H
3	-1	Sheffield United	20	4	4	2	13	6	6	2	2	20	15	1.571	26	L	W	W	D	W	1938-12-26	Southampton	H
4	-1	West Bromwich Albion	21	9	0	1	32	14	3	2	6	23	28	1.31	26	L	D	W	W	W	1938-12-27	Swansea Town	A
5	0	Fulham	21	6	3	1	20	9	3	3	5	14	16	1.36	24	L	L	L	W	D	1938-12-27	Sheffield Wednesday	A
6	0	Coventry City	20	7	2	0	16	4	3	2	6	13	21	1.16	24	L	W	W	W	W	1938-12-26	Plymouth Argyle	H
7	1	Sheffield Wednesday	20	6	2	2	25	9	3	3	4	23	26	1.371	23	W	W	D	L	W	1938-12-27	Fulham	H
8	-1	Tottenham Hotspur	20	6	5	0	24	13	2	2	5	11	16	1.207	23	D	L	W	W	D	1938-12-26	Burnley	A
9	2	West Ham United	21	7	1	3	26	13	2	2	6	14	19	1.25	21	W	L	L	W	L	1938-12-27	Millwall	H
10	2	Chesterfield	20	8	0	2	28	11	1	3	6	7	20	1.129	21	W	W	L	W	D	1938-12-26	Bradford	A
11	-2	Manchester City	20	6	0	4	28	21	3	3	4	17	20	1.098	21	L	W	D	W	W	1938-12-26	Tranmere Rovers	A
12	1	Luton Town	20	5	3	2	19	13	4	0	6	18	22	1.057	21	W	L	W	L	L	1938-12-26	Nottingham Forest	A
13	-3	Millwall	20	6	2	2	22	11	2	2	6	14	19	1.2	20	L	W	L	L	D	1938-12-27	West Ham United	A
14	1	Bradford	20	5	4	2	25	19	2	2	5	11	19	0.947	20	W	D	L	L	L	1938-12-26	Chesterfield	H
15	1	Burnley	21	7	2	2	18	13	0	4	6	9	20	0.818	20	W	L	D	L	W	1938-12-26	Tottenham Hotspur	H
16	-2	Plymouth Argyle	20	5	3	2	13	5	2	1	7	10	21	0.885	18	L	L	D	W	L	1938-12-26	Coventry City	A
17	0	Bury	20	4	3	4	23	22	2	3	4	6	17	0.744	18	L	W	L	D	W	1938-12-26	Blackburn Rovers	A
18	0	Southampton	20	5	1	3	20	16	2	2	7	11	24	0.775	17	D	W	L	L	W	1938-12-26	Sheffield United	A
19	0	Nottingham Forest	20	3	2	4	14	15	2	3	6	11	29	0.568	15	W	L	D	W	L	1938-12-26	Luton Town	H
20	1	Swansea Town	20	1	5	4	14	17	1	4	5	8	25	0.524	13	W	L	D	L	L	1938-12-27	West Bromwich Albion	H
21	-1	Norwich City	20	6	1	3	22	14	0	0	10	3	35	0.51	13	L	L	W	L	D	1938-12-27	Newcastle United	A
22	0	Tranmere Rovers	20	3	2	6	13	14	0	0	9	7	30	0.455	8	D	L	L	L	L	1938-12-26	Manchester City	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Accrington Stanley	1	2	Halifax Town	Peel Park	2,663
Tyson	Lineups		Widdowfield, Ruecroft
Barnsley	3	0	Oldham Athletic	Oakwell	12,409
Bullock, Asquith 2 (1p)	Lineups
Darlington	0	4	Bradford City	Feethams Ground	2,965
	Lineups		Deakin 3, Smailes
Gateshead	0	5	Crewe Alexandra	Redheugh Park	2,905
	Lineups		Stevens 4, Chandler
Hartlepools United	2	1	Carlisle United	Victoria Park	2,435
Price, Musgrave (p)	Lineups		Hunt
Hull City	3	0	Chester	Anlaby Road	5,911
Cunliffe, Wienand, Davies	Lineups
Lincoln City	1	1	Barrow	Sincil Bank	4,207
Wilson	Lineups		Harris
Rochdale	0	1	Rotherham United	Spotland	5,811
	Lineups		Wadsworth
Stockport County	1	1	New Brighton	Edgeley Park	6,537
Lythgoe	Lineups		Frost
Wrexham	4	3	Southport	Racecourse Ground	5,192
Nelson 2, Royston OG, Adamson	Lineups		Stapleton, Patrick, Hawkins
York City	2	2	Doncaster Rovers	Bootham Crescent	6,562
Hughes, Earl	Lineups		Malam, McFarlane

				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	21	9	1	0	31	6	5	2	4	15	15	2.19	31	W	L	W	D	W	1938-12-26	Accrington Stanley	H
2	0	Southport	18	7	3	0	27	7	3	3	2	16	12	2.263	26	L	W	D	W	D	1938-12-26	Rochdale	H
3	0	Doncaster Rovers	19	8	1	2	28	11	2	5	1	14	14	1.68	26	D	W	W	W	D	1938-12-26	Rotherham United	H
4	1	Bradford City	20	8	0	2	27	8	3	3	4	15	16	1.75	25	W	W	W	D	L	1938-12-26	Barrow	A
5	-1	Oldham Athletic	20	6	0	2	22	11	5	2	5	19	21	1.281	24	L	L	W	L	D	1938-12-27	Stockport County	A
6	0	Crewe Alexandra	19	7	0	3	26	11	4	1	4	16	16	1.556	23	W	L	L	W	D	1938-12-26	York City	A
7	0	Hull City	19	6	1	2	20	11	3	3	4	14	18	1.172	22	W	W	L	L	W	1938-12-26	New Brighton	H
8	0	Barrow	20	6	2	1	27	12	3	1	7	11	26	1	21	D	W	W	L	L	1938-12-26	Bradford City	H
9	3	Rotherham United	20	7	0	4	29	11	3	0	6	9	22	1.152	20	W	W	L	L	W	1938-12-26	Doncaster Rovers	A
10	0	New Brighton	20	4	2	2	14	10	4	2	6	13	24	0.794	20	D	W	L	L	L	1938-12-26	Hull City	A
11	0	Stockport County	18	6	2	0	25	10	1	3	6	17	26	1.167	19	D	L	W	L	W	1938-12-27	Oldham Athletic	H
12	-3	Chester	18	4	2	2	21	16	4	1	5	19	22	1.053	19	L	D	W	L	L	1938-12-26	Hartlepools United	A
13	0	Wrexham	20	9	1	2	27	17	0	0	8	6	28	0.733	19	W	W	L	D	W	1938-12-26	Carlisle United	H
14	3	Halifax Town	19	3	5	0	10	6	3	0	8	8	18	0.75	17	W	L	L	W	D	1938-12-26	Lincoln City	H
15	0	Rochdale	20	6	2	4	30	16	1	0	7	10	25	0.976	16	L	W	W	L	W	1938-12-26	Southport	A
16	-2	Gateshead	19	5	2	3	21	14	1	2	6	13	22	0.944	16	L	L	L	W	W	1938-12-26	Darlington	H
17	-1	Carlisle United	19	5	1	4	18	14	2	1	6	11	28	0.69	16	L	L	W	W	L	1938-12-26	Wrexham	A
18	1	York City	20	4	3	4	18	14	1	2	6	9	23	0.73	15	D	W	L	D	L	1938-12-26	Crewe Alexandra	H
19	1	Lincoln City	19	3	3	3	18	17	2	2	6	15	30	0.702	15	D	L	W	W	W	1938-12-26	Halifax Town	A
20	1	Hartlepools United	19	5	1	4	19	15	1	2	6	4	19	0.676	15	W	L	W	L	D	1938-12-26	Chester	H
21	-3	Darlington	19	6	2	2	23	15	0	1	8	10	37	0.635	15	L	D	W	D	L	1938-12-26	Gateshead	A
22	0	Accrington Stanley	20	0	3	6	8	21	1	1	9	9	27	0.354	6	L	L	L	D	L	1938-12-26	Barnsley	A

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Bristol City	2	0	Watford	Ashton Gate	7,127
Bourton, Gallacher	Lineups
Crystal Palace	3	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Selhurst Park	4,404
Robson, Bigg 2	Lineups
Exeter City	1	1	Cardiff City	St James Park	4,242
Riley	Lineups		Egan
Mansfield Town	1	3	Bristol Rovers	Field Mill	3,343
Gardiner	Lineups		Butterworth, Curran, Turner
Newport County	2	1	Clapton Orient	Somerton Park	9,323
Hydes 2	Lineups		Crawford
Northampton Town	4	1	Torquay United	County Ground	3,593
Haycox 3, McCartney	Lineups		Shelley
Notts County	2	0	Swindon Town	Meadow Lane	9,998
Martin 2	Lineups
Queens Park Rangers	2	2	Reading	Loftus Road	4,329
Bott, Devine	Lineups		MacPhee 2
Walsall	0	2	Brighton & Hove Albion	Fellows Park	4,500
	Lineups		Stephens 2

				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	19	9	2	0	18	3	4	2	2	12	7	3	30	W	W	W	W	W	1938-12-26	Swindon Town	A
2	0	Crystal Palace	18	8	2	0	25	8	3	3	2	11	12	1.8	27	W	W	D	W	D	1938-12-26	Aldershot	H
3	0	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	0	Reading	20	4	3	1	20	11	3	6	3	13	14	1.32	23	D	L	D	D	W	1938-12-26	Walsall	H
5	0	Swindon Town	18	7	2	1	22	10	2	1	5	8	14	1.25	21	L	W	W	W	L	1938-12-26	Newport County	H
6	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	19	6	1	1	19	8	3	2	6	13	20	1.143	21	W	L	D	W	W	1938-12-26	Bristol City	A
7	2	Northampton Town	19	8	2	1	26	12	1	1	6	6	17	1.103	21	W	W	L	D	L	1938-12-26	Port Vale	H
8	0	Bristol City	19	7	1	2	23	14	1	4	4	10	17	1.065	21	W	W	D	W	W	1938-12-26	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
9	-3	Queens Park Rangers	18	4	3	1	23	7	3	3	4	15	19	1.462	20	D	L	L	D	W	1938-12-26	Cardiff City	A
10	1	Notts County	18	7	3	1	21	8	0	2	5	6	14	1.227	19	W	W	W	D	L	1938-12-26	Watford	A
11	1	Cardiff City	18	4	0	3	15	11	2	6	3	12	15	1.038	18	D	W	D	L	W	1938-12-26	Queens Park Rangers	H
12	-2	Watford	19	6	4	0	22	9	0	2	7	3	18	0.926	18	L	W	W	D	L	1938-12-26	Notts County	H
13	3	Exeter City	19	4	3	2	17	13	2	2	6	11	27	0.7	17	D	L	W	L	L	1938-12-27	Southend United	H
14	-1	Mansfield Town	18	4	3	1	15	10	2	2	6	9	25	0.686	17	L	L	D	W	W	1938-12-26	Ipswich Town	A
15	-1	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
16	-1	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
17	0	Clapton Orient	18	3	6	1	13	8	1	1	6	7	17	0.8	15	L	D	D	D	L	1938-12-27	Torquay United	A
18	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	18	2	4	2	9	9	2	2	6	8	16	0.68	14	L	L	L	D	L	1938-12-27	Bristol Rovers	A
19	2	Bristol Rovers	19	2	4	3	10	8	1	2	7	10	17	0.8	12	W	L	L	L	L	1938-12-27	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
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	-2	Torquay United	18	1	2	7	9	18	3	2	3	9	13	0.581	12	L	L	L	L	W	1938-12-27	Clapton Orient	H
22	0	Walsall	18	1	2	5	6	11	1	2	7	8	20	0.452	8	L	L	W	L	W	1938-12-26	Reading	A