Saturday 1938-12-31

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	1	0	Huddersfield Town	Highbury	34,146
Drake	Lineups
Birmingham	3	3	Manchester United	St Andrew's	20,787
Jennings, Phillips, Dearson	Lineups		Hanlon, McKay, Pearson
Blackpool	1	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Bloomfield Road	16,134
Finan	Lineups
Bolton Wanderers	5	1	Portsmouth	Burnden Park	15,679
Hunt 2, Goslin (p), Grosvenor, Roberts	Lineups		Anderson
Brentford	2	0	Everton	Griffin Park	27,861
Townsend 2	Lineups
Derby County	2	1	Aston Villa	Baseball Ground	25,759
Dix, Astley	Lineups		Houghton
Grimsby Town	1	3	Sunderland	Blundell Park	11,565
Howe	Lineups		Carter 2, Thompson
Leeds United	2	1	Charlton Athletic	Elland Road	18,774
Hodgson, Cochrane	Lineups		Wilkinson
Leicester City	3	2	Chelsea	Filbert Street	13,180
Smith S 2, Liddle	Lineups		Argue 2
Liverpool	4	1	Preston North End	Anfield Road	30,453
Taylor 2, Fagan (p), Balmer	Lineups		Mutch
Middlesbrough	5	1	Stoke City	Ayresome Park	20,092
Chadwick 2, Fenton, Mannion, Milne	Lineups		Peppitt

				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	24	9	2	1	28	12	6	3	3	18	15	1.704	35	W	W	D	D	L	1939-01-14	Sunderland	A
2	0	Everton	23	10	1	1	35	10	4	1	6	11	16	1.769	30	L	L	D	W	L	1939-01-14	Arsenal	H
3	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	23	5	5	1	20	6	5	2	5	18	12	2.111	27	L	W	W	D	D	1939-01-14	Brentford	H
4	1	Liverpool	23	9	3	0	26	10	1	4	6	15	24	1.206	27	W	W	L	L	W	1939-01-02	Middlesbrough	A
5	1	Middlesbrough	23	7	4	1	35	14	3	2	6	16	23	1.378	26	W	D	L	D	W	1939-01-02	Liverpool	H
6	-2	Charlton Athletic	22	8	2	1	21	13	3	2	6	11	15	1.143	26	L	W	W	W	L	1939-01-14	Liverpool	H
7	0	Leeds United	23	6	3	2	26	18	4	2	6	14	23	0.976	25	W	D	D	L	L	1939-01-14	Bolton Wanderers	A
8	0	Grimsby Town	23	6	3	3	21	16	2	4	5	12	22	0.868	23	L	L	L	W	W	1939-01-14	Manchester United	A
9	2	Arsenal	22	6	2	3	17	9	1	6	4	8	12	1.19	22	W	L	D	W	L	1939-01-14	Everton	A
10	2	Bolton Wanderers	22	5	2	3	21	13	2	6	4	16	19	1.156	22	W	D	L	D	L	1939-01-02	Stoke City	H
11	-2	Aston Villa	23	5	1	5	19	14	4	3	5	19	21	1.086	22	L	D	W	L	W	1939-01-14	Blackpool	H
12	2	Sunderland	23	2	4	5	14	18	6	2	4	17	18	0.861	22	W	D	L	W	L	1939-01-14	Derby County	H
13	0	Manchester United	23	4	4	3	18	12	2	5	5	15	21	1	21	D	D	W	D	W	1939-01-14	Grimsby Town	H
14	5	Blackpool	23	5	4	3	21	15	2	3	6	8	23	0.763	21	W	L	D	L	W	1939-01-14	Aston Villa	A
15	-5	Stoke City	23	5	4	2	18	13	2	3	7	14	31	0.727	21	L	L	W	W	L	1939-01-02	Bolton Wanderers	A
16	4	Leicester City	24	5	5	2	23	15	1	3	8	7	28	0.698	20	W	D	L	L	L	1939-01-14	Preston North End	A
17	-2	Portsmouth	22	6	5	1	16	9	0	3	7	8	28	0.649	20	L	D	D	W	D	1939-01-14	Huddersfield Town	A
18	-2	Chelsea	23	6	3	2	27	14	1	2	9	14	32	0.891	19	L	D	D	W	L	1939-01-14	Middlesbrough	H
19	-2	Huddersfield Town	24	7	2	4	23	12	0	3	8	8	25	0.838	19	L	W	D	L	W	1939-01-14	Portsmouth	H
20	-2	Preston North End	22	5	5	1	18	11	2	0	9	10	25	0.778	19	L	D	W	L	L	1939-01-14	Leicester City	H
21	1	Brentford	22	6	1	4	17	17	1	4	6	13	27	0.682	19	W	D	W	L	L	1939-01-14	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
22	-1	Birmingham	24	7	1	4	24	15	0	3	9	14	28	0.884	18	D	D	W	L	L	1939-01-14	Stoke City	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Blackburn Rovers	3	0	Chesterfield	Ewood Park	16,872
McMillen OG, Butt (p), Clarke	Lineups
Coventry City	4	0	Tottenham Hotspur	Highfield Road	19,499
Taylor, Crawley, Roberts, Macdonald	Lineups
Fulham	1	0	Tranmere Rovers	Craven Cottage	12,152
Rooke	Lineups
Manchester City	5	1	Bradford	Maine Road	33,741
Herd 3, Milsom, Pritchard	Lineups		Padgett
Millwall	1	1	Swansea Town	The Den, New Cross	23,508
Rawlings	Lineups		Chedgzoy
Newcastle United	0	0	Sheffield United	St James' Park	46,536
	Lineups
Norwich City	2	1	Luton Town	Carrow Road	9,336
Proctor, O'Reilly	Lineups		Clarke
Nottingham Forest	2	2	Burnley	City Ground	11,456
Beaumont, Fryer	Lineups		Clayton, Rayner
Sheffield Wednesday	1	4	West Ham United	Hillsborough	29,081
Millership	Lineups		Foxall 2, Morton, Small
Southampton	0	0	Bury	The Dell	13,944
	Lineups
West Bromwich Albion	4	2	Plymouth Argyle	The Hawthorns	19,968
Heaselgrave, Shaw (p), Jones, Clarke	Lineups		Thomas, Hunter

				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	24	9	1	2	34	11	6	2	4	23	19	1.9	33	W	W	W	D	W	1939-01-02	Sheffield Wednesday	H
2	0	Newcastle United	23	10	2	0	35	8	3	2	6	9	17	1.76	30	D	W	W	W	W	1939-01-02	Chesterfield	H
3	0	Sheffield United	23	5	4	2	18	7	6	4	2	22	17	1.667	30	D	D	W	L	W	1939-01-02	Burnley	H
4	1	Coventry City	23	8	2	1	21	6	4	2	6	15	21	1.333	28	W	W	L	L	W	1939-01-14	Southampton	A
5	-1	West Bromwich Albion	23	10	0	1	36	16	3	2	7	25	31	1.298	28	W	L	L	D	W	1939-01-14	Sheffield United	A
6	1	Manchester City	23	8	0	4	38	24	4	3	4	26	23	1.362	27	W	W	W	L	W	1939-01-14	Luton Town	A
7	3	Fulham	23	7	3	1	21	9	3	3	6	15	21	1.2	26	W	L	L	L	L	1939-01-23	Swansea Town	H
8	-2	Sheffield Wednesday	22	7	2	3	31	14	3	3	4	23	26	1.35	25	L	W	W	W	D	1939-01-02	Blackburn Rovers	A
9	0	Luton Town	23	6	3	2	20	13	5	0	7	23	26	1.103	25	L	W	W	W	L	1939-01-14	Manchester City	H
10	-2	Tottenham Hotspur	23	7	5	0	25	13	2	2	7	11	21	1.059	25	L	W	L	D	L	1939-01-14	Nottingham Forest	H
11	1	West Ham United	23	7	2	3	26	13	3	2	6	18	20	1.333	24	W	D	W	L	L	1939-01-14	Bury	H
12	-1	Chesterfield	23	8	1	2	30	13	1	4	7	7	23	1.028	23	L	D	D	W	W	1939-01-02	Newcastle United	A
13	1	Burnley	24	8	2	2	19	13	0	5	7	11	23	0.833	23	D	L	W	W	L	1939-01-02	Sheffield United	A
14	1	Millwall	22	6	3	2	23	12	2	3	6	14	19	1.194	22	D	D	L	W	L	1939-01-02	Bury	A
15	-2	Bradford	23	5	5	2	25	19	2	3	6	14	26	0.867	22	L	D	D	W	D	1939-01-02	Tranmere Rovers	A
16	0	Plymouth Argyle	23	5	3	3	13	7	3	1	8	14	26	0.818	20	L	L	W	L	L	1939-01-21	Luton Town	A
17	0	Southampton	23	5	3	3	22	18	2	2	8	12	29	0.723	19	D	D	L	D	W	1939-01-14	Coventry City	H
18	0	Bury	23	4	3	5	25	26	2	4	5	6	18	0.705	19	D	L	L	L	W	1939-01-02	Millwall	H
19	0	Swansea Town	22	2	5	4	17	19	1	5	5	9	26	0.578	16	D	W	W	L	D	1939-01-14	Blackburn Rovers	H
20	0	Nottingham Forest	23	3	3	5	18	21	2	3	7	11	30	0.569	16	D	L	L	W	L	1939-01-14	Tottenham Hotspur	A
21	0	Norwich City	22	7	1	3	24	15	0	0	11	3	39	0.5	15	W	L	L	L	W	1939-01-28	Burnley	A
22	0	Tranmere Rovers	23	3	2	7	16	23	0	0	11	9	36	0.424	8	L	L	L	D	L	1939-01-02	Bradford	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barrow	0	2	Stockport County	Holker Street	7,792
	Lineups		Reid, Lythgoe
Bradford City	6	2	Hull City	Valley Parade	8,888
Smailes 2, Hastie 2, Deakin 2	Lineups		Hubbard 2
Carlisle United	1	1	Darlington	Brunton Park	3,977
Murphy	Lineups		Towers
Chester	0	0	Lincoln City	Sealand Road	6,079
	Lineups
Crewe Alexandra	3	2	Hartlepools United	Gresty Road	4,969
Rice, Blake, Stevens	Lineups		Self, Lealman
Doncaster Rovers	0	0	Wrexham	Belle Vue	11,729
	Lineups
Halifax Town	1	4	Barnsley	The Shay	12,636	Largest home gate 1938-39
Widdowfield	Lineups		McGarry 2, Asquith 2
New Brighton	4	1	Accrington Stanley	Sandheys Park	4,779
Stamps 2, Allmark, Frost	Lineups		Neal
Oldham Athletic	1	2	Rochdale	Boundary Park	11,644
Fielden	Lineups		Wynn, Reeve
Rotherham United	2	0	York City	Millmoor	6,615
Hanson, Reid	Lineups
Southport	2	0	Gateshead	Haig Avenue	6,395
Hawkins, Patrick	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	0	Barnsley	24	10	1	0	35	7	7	2	4	21	16	2.435	37	W	W	W	W	L	1939-01-14	New Brighton	H
2	0	Southport	21	9	3	0	33	8	3	3	3	16	17	1.96	30	W	L	W	L	W	1939-01-14	Hartlepools United	A
3	1	Bradford City	23	10	0	2	36	10	3	3	5	16	18	1.857	29	W	W	L	W	W	1939-01-14	Lincoln City	A
4	-1	Doncaster Rovers	22	8	3	2	29	12	2	6	1	14	14	1.654	29	D	D	D	D	W	1939-01-14	Gateshead	A
5	0	Crewe Alexandra	22	9	0	3	37	15	4	1	5	17	20	1.543	27	W	W	L	W	L	1939-01-07	Barrow	A
6	2	Chester	21	5	3	2	29	18	5	1	5	24	24	1.262	24	D	W	W	L	D	1939-01-14	Stockport County	A
7	3	Rotherham United	23	8	1	4	31	11	3	1	6	10	23	1.206	24	W	D	D	W	W	1939-01-02	Stockport County	A
8	-2	Oldham Athletic	22	6	0	3	23	13	5	2	6	20	24	1.162	24	L	L	L	L	W	1939-01-07	Hartlepools United	H
9	-2	Hull City	22	7	1	2	23	11	3	3	6	17	30	0.976	24	L	L	W	W	W	1939-01-14	Carlisle United	H
10	1	New Brighton	23	6	2	2	24	12	4	2	7	13	27	0.949	24	W	W	L	D	W	1939-01-14	Barnsley	A
11	1	Stockport County	20	7	2	0	28	11	2	3	6	19	26	1.27	23	W	W	D	L	W	1939-01-02	Rotherham United	H
12	-3	Barrow	23	7	2	2	29	15	3	1	8	11	29	0.909	23	L	L	W	D	W	1939-01-07	Crewe Alexandra	H
13	1	Wrexham	23	9	1	3	29	22	0	2	8	7	29	0.706	21	D	D	L	W	W	1939-01-07	Accrington Stanley	A
14	3	Rochdale	23	7	2	4	35	16	2	0	8	13	30	1.043	20	W	W	L	L	W	1939-01-11	Lincoln City	A
15	0	Carlisle United	22	5	3	4	20	16	3	1	6	16	30	0.783	20	D	D	W	L	L	1939-01-14	Hull City	A
16	-3	Halifax Town	22	4	5	1	13	10	3	1	8	8	18	0.75	20	L	D	W	W	L	1939-01-09	Darlington	H
17	-1	Darlington	22	7	2	2	28	17	1	2	8	13	38	0.745	20	D	W	W	L	D	1939-01-09	Halifax Town	A
18	0	York City	23	5	3	4	22	15	1	2	8	11	33	0.688	17	L	L	W	D	W	1939-01-14	Rochdale	H
19	1	Lincoln City	22	3	4	3	18	17	2	3	7	15	32	0.673	17	D	D	L	D	L	1939-01-11	Rochdale	H
20	-1	Gateshead	22	5	2	4	21	16	1	2	8	15	29	0.8	16	L	L	L	L	L	1939-01-14	Doncaster Rovers	H
21	0	Hartlepools United	22	5	1	5	21	20	1	2	8	8	30	0.58	15	L	L	L	W	L	1939-01-07	Oldham Athletic	A
22	0	Accrington Stanley	23	0	3	7	8	23	1	1	11	11	35	0.328	6	L	L	L	L	L	1939-01-07	Wrexham	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	3	1	Walsall	Dean Court	5,331
Kirkham 2, Whittam	Lineups		Hancocks
Brighton & Hove Albion	3	0	Mansfield Town	Goldstone Ground	7,084
Goffey, Stephens, Hurst	Lineups
Bristol Rovers	0	0	Queens Park Rangers	Eastville	9,046
	Lineups
Cardiff City	1	2	Newport County	Ninian Park	40,187	Largest home & D 3S gate 1938-39
Smith	Lineups		Hydes, Carr
Clapton Orient	3	0	Northampton Town	Osborne Road	6,922
Tully 2, Smith H	Lineups
Ipswich Town	2	2	Exeter City	Portman Road	12,114
Bell, Fletcher	Lineups		Bussey (p), Ebdon
Port Vale	4	0	Bristol City	Recreation Ground	4,957
Nolan 2, Griffiths, Roberts	Lineups
Reading	3	0	Southend United	Elm Park	6,272
MacPhee 2, Layton	Lineups
Swindon Town	2	1	Aldershot	County Ground	11,156
Morton 2	Lineups		Chalmers
Torquay United	0	2	Notts County	Plainmoor	2,859
	Lineups		Hatton 2
Watford	4	1	Crystal Palace	Vicarage Road	9,853
Davies 2, Dunderdale, Jones T	Lineups		Robson

				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	22	10	2	0	24	7	5	2	3	14	16	1.652	34	W	W	L	W	W	1939-01-11	Mansfield Town	A
2	0	Crystal Palace	21	9	2	0	28	8	3	3	4	13	18	1.577	29	L	L	W	W	W	1939-01-14	Port Vale	H
3	2	Reading	23	5	4	1	24	12	3	6	4	13	17	1.276	26	W	L	D	D	L	1939-01-11	Watford	H
4	-1	Aldershot	21	8	2	1	16	5	2	4	4	11	18	1.174	26	L	W	L	W	D	1939-01-07	Exeter City	A
5	1	Swindon Town	21	9	2	1	32	11	2	1	6	12	20	1.419	25	W	L	W	L	W	1939-01-07	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
6	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	22	8	1	1	23	8	3	2	7	13	22	1.2	25	W	W	L	W	L	1939-01-07	Swindon Town	H
7	-3	Northampton Town	22	9	2	1	28	12	2	1	7	8	20	1.125	25	L	W	W	W	W	1939-01-09	Queens Park Rangers	A
8	1	Queens Park Rangers	21	5	3	1	28	7	3	4	5	15	20	1.593	23	D	W	L	D	L	1939-01-09	Northampton Town	H
9	1	Notts County	21	7	3	2	21	11	2	2	5	9	14	1.2	23	W	L	W	W	W	1939-01-14	Clapton Orient	H
10	-2	Bristol City	22	8	1	2	25	14	1	4	6	10	22	0.972	23	L	L	W	W	W	1939-01-11	Cardiff City	A
11	0	Watford	22	7	4	1	26	11	1	2	7	6	18	1.103	22	W	W	L	L	W	1939-01-11	Reading	A
12	0	Cardiff City	21	5	0	4	17	13	2	6	4	12	20	0.879	20	L	L	W	D	W	1939-01-11	Bristol City	H
13	0	Exeter City	21	4	4	2	20	16	2	3	6	13	29	0.733	19	D	D	D	L	W	1939-01-07	Aldershot	H
14	2	Port Vale	20	6	3	3	23	13	1	1	6	6	16	1	18	W	L	L	D	D	1939-01-07	Bristol Rovers	A
15	-1	Southend United	19	5	2	1	15	6	1	3	7	18	31	0.892	17	L	D	D	D	L	1939-01-14	Bristol Rovers	H
16	2	Clapton Orient	20	4	6	1	16	8	1	1	7	8	19	0.889	17	W	L	L	D	D	1939-01-12	Walsall	A
17	0	Ipswich Town	20	4	2	3	16	13	2	3	6	8	16	0.828	17	D	W	W	D	L	1939-01-14	Cardiff City	A
18	-3	Mansfield Town	21	4	3	2	15	11	2	2	8	10	33	0.568	17	L	L	L	L	L	1939-01-11	Newport County	H
19	1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	20	3	4	2	12	10	2	2	7	8	17	0.741	16	W	L	L	L	L	1939-01-14	Mansfield Town	A
20	-1	Bristol Rovers	21	3	5	3	11	8	1	2	7	10	17	0.84	15	D	W	W	L	L	1939-01-07	Port Vale	H
21	0	Torquay United	20	2	2	8	11	21	3	2	3	9	13	0.588	14	L	W	L	L	L	1939-01-14	Aldershot	A
22	0	Walsall	21	2	2	5	9	11	1	3	8	10	24	0.543	11	L	W	D	L	L	1939-01-12	Clapton Orient	H