Saturday 1939-01-28

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aston Villa	1	3	Arsenal	Villa Park	57,875
O'Donnell	Lineups		Lewis 2, Kirchen
Bolton Wanderers	4	0	Leicester City	Burnden Park	18,621
Hunt, Howe 2, Sinclair	Lineups
Charlton Athletic	3	0	Middlesbrough	The Valley	23,473
Tadman, Brown, Hobbis	Lineups
Chelsea	0	1	Manchester United	Stamford Bridge	31,265
	Lineups		Bradbury
Everton	3	2	Huddersfield Town	Goodison Park	37,269
Cook (p), Lawton, Stevenson	Lineups		Beasley, Price
Grimsby Town	2	0	Blackpool	Blundell Park	12,126
Glover, Swain	Lineups
Leeds United	1	1	Liverpool	Elland Road	13,679
Hodgson	Lineups		Balmer
Preston North End	5	0	Birmingham	Deepdale	18,477
Dougal 2, Mutch, Beattie R, White	Lineups
Stoke City	3	0	Derby County	Victoria Ground	33,000	Largest home gate 1938-39
Smith, Steele, Sale	Lineups
Sunderland	1	1	Brentford	Roker Park	19,591
Burbanks	Lineups		Sneddon (p)
Wolverhampton Wanderers	3	0	Portsmouth	Molineux	26,504
Dorsett 2, Westcott	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	26	9	2	1	28	12	6	3	5	18	19	1.484	35	L	L	W	W	D	1939-02-01	Grimsby Town	H
2	0	Everton	25	12	1	1	40	12	4	1	6	11	16	1.821	34	W	W	L	L	D	1939-02-01	Portsmouth	A
3	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	25	7	5	1	28	8	5	2	5	18	12	2.3	31	W	W	L	W	W	1939-02-01	Arsenal	A
4	1	Liverpool	27	9	3	1	27	12	2	5	7	19	29	1.122	30	D	L	W	L	W	1939-02-04	Everton	H
5	-1	Middlesbrough	27	8	5	1	40	16	3	2	8	18	30	1.261	29	L	D	L	W	W	1939-02-04	Bolton Wanderers	H
6	0	Stoke City	27	7	4	2	27	16	4	3	7	18	32	0.938	29	W	W	W	W	L	1939-02-04	Chelsea	H
7	0	Charlton Athletic	25	9	2	2	25	16	3	2	7	11	17	1.091	28	W	L	L	L	W	1939-02-04	Birmingham	A
8	1	Bolton Wanderers	26	6	3	4	28	18	3	6	4	18	20	1.211	27	W	W	D	L	W	1939-02-04	Middlesbrough	A
9	-1	Leeds United	25	6	4	2	27	19	4	3	6	16	25	0.977	27	D	D	W	D	D	1939-02-04	Leicester City	A
10	1	Arsenal	25	7	2	3	19	9	2	6	5	11	15	1.25	26	W	W	L	W	L	1939-02-01	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
11	-1	Sunderland	26	3	5	5	16	19	6	3	4	18	19	0.895	26	D	D	W	W	D	1939-02-04	Arsenal	A
12	1	Manchester United	26	5	4	4	21	14	3	5	5	16	21	1.057	25	W	L	W	D	D	1939-02-04	Preston North End	H
13	1	Grimsby Town	25	7	3	3	23	16	2	4	6	13	25	0.878	25	W	L	L	L	L	1939-02-01	Derby County	A
14	-2	Aston Villa	25	6	1	6	23	18	4	3	5	19	21	1.077	24	L	W	L	D	W	1939-02-04	Portsmouth	A
15	0	Preston North End	25	7	5	1	25	12	2	1	9	12	27	0.949	24	W	D	W	L	D	1939-02-04	Manchester United	A
16	0	Blackpool	26	5	5	3	22	16	2	3	8	9	28	0.705	22	L	D	L	W	L	1939-02-04	Derby County	H
17	0	Chelsea	25	7	3	3	31	17	1	2	9	14	32	0.918	21	L	W	L	D	D	1939-02-04	Stoke City	A
18	0	Huddersfield Town	26	8	2	4	26	12	0	3	9	10	28	0.9	21	L	W	L	W	D	1939-02-04	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
19	2	Brentford	24	6	1	4	17	17	1	5	7	16	33	0.66	20	D	L	W	D	W	1939-02-04	Grimsby Town	H
20	-1	Leicester City	26	5	5	2	23	15	1	3	10	8	34	0.633	20	L	L	W	D	L	1939-02-04	Leeds United	H
21	-1	Portsmouth	24	6	5	1	16	9	0	3	9	8	34	0.558	20	L	L	L	D	D	1939-02-01	Everton	H
22	0	Birmingham	26	7	1	4	24	15	0	3	11	17	39	0.759	18	L	L	D	D	W	1939-02-04	Charlton Athletic	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Bradford	1	5	Fulham	Park Avenue	8,722
Wesley	Lineups		Higgins 3, Rooke 2
Burnley	3	0	Norwich City	Turf Moor	10,345
Hornby, Brocklebank, Billingham	Lineups
Chesterfield	2	1	Bury	Saltergate Recreation Ground	8,695
Hughes, Lyon	Lineups		Dougall
Coventry City	5	1	Nottingham Forest	Highfield Road	17,820
Crawley 3, Davidson 2	Lineups		Crawshaw
Manchester City	3	2	Blackburn Rovers	Maine Road	47,089
Heale 2, Doherty	Lineups		Butt (p), Langton
Plymouth Argyle	2	2	Millwall	Home Park	14,848
Lane, Vidler	Lineups		Richardson, Rawlings
Sheffield United	2	2	Luton Town	Bramall Lane	25,315
Dodds, Jessop (p)	Lineups		Billington 2
Southampton	0	0	Newcastle United	The Dell	15,802
	Lineups
Swansea Town	0	1	Sheffield Wednesday	Vetch Field	10,317
	Lineups		Hunt
Tottenham Hotspur	2	2	West Bromwich Albion	White Hart Lane	38,190
Sargent, Morrison	Lineups		Johnson 2
Tranmere Rovers	2	2	West Ham United	Prenton Park	8,456
Buckley 2	Lineups		Fenton B, Foxall

				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	28	10	1	3	42	19	6	2	6	26	24	1.581	35	L	W	L	L	W	1939-02-04	Millwall	H
2	0	Sheffield United	26	5	7	2	22	11	6	4	2	22	17	1.571	33	D	D	D	D	D	1939-02-02	Norwich City	A
3	1	Coventry City	25	9	2	1	26	7	5	2	6	17	21	1.536	32	W	W	W	W	L	1939-02-04	Newcastle United	A
4	-1	Newcastle United	26	10	2	1	35	9	3	3	7	9	19	1.571	31	D	L	L	D	W	1939-02-04	Coventry City	H
5	0	Sheffield Wednesday	25	7	2	3	31	14	6	3	4	32	29	1.465	31	W	W	W	L	W	1939-02-04	Bradford	H
6	1	Fulham	25	8	3	1	22	9	4	3	6	20	22	1.355	30	W	W	W	L	L	1939-02-04	Manchester City	H
7	-1	West Bromwich Albion	25	10	0	1	36	16	3	4	7	28	34	1.28	30	D	D	W	L	L	1939-02-01	Burnley	H
8	0	Manchester City	25	9	0	4	41	26	4	3	5	26	26	1.288	29	W	L	W	W	W	1939-02-04	Fulham	A
9	0	Tottenham Hotspur	25	8	6	0	31	16	2	2	7	11	21	1.135	28	D	W	L	W	L	1939-02-04	Norwich City	A
10	0	Luton Town	26	7	3	3	26	17	5	1	7	25	28	1.133	28	D	L	W	L	W	1939-02-04	Burnley	H
11	0	Burnley	27	10	2	2	24	13	0	6	7	12	24	0.973	28	W	W	D	D	L	1939-02-01	West Bromwich Albion	A
12	1	Chesterfield	25	9	1	2	32	14	2	4	7	8	23	1.081	27	W	W	L	D	D	1939-02-04	West Ham United	A
13	-1	West Ham United	25	7	3	3	26	13	3	3	6	20	22	1.314	26	D	D	W	D	W	1939-02-04	Chesterfield	H
14	1	Millwall	25	6	3	2	23	12	2	5	7	17	23	1.143	24	D	L	D	D	D	1939-02-04	Blackburn Rovers	A
15	-1	Bradford	27	6	5	3	27	24	2	3	8	19	34	0.793	24	L	L	W	L	L	1939-02-04	Sheffield Wednesday	A
16	1	Plymouth Argyle	25	5	4	3	15	9	4	1	8	18	29	0.868	23	D	W	L	L	W	1939-02-04	Sheffield United	H
17	-1	Bury	27	5	4	5	31	27	2	5	6	7	20	0.809	23	L	W	D	D	D	1939-02-04	Swansea Town	H
18	0	Southampton	25	5	4	4	22	20	2	2	8	12	29	0.694	20	D	L	D	D	L	1939-02-04	West Bromwich Albion	A
19	0	Swansea Town	25	3	5	5	19	21	1	5	6	9	27	0.583	18	L	L	W	D	W	1939-02-04	Bury	A
20	0	Nottingham Forest	25	3	3	5	18	21	2	3	9	13	39	0.517	16	L	L	D	L	L	1939-02-04	Tranmere Rovers	H
21	0	Norwich City	23	7	1	3	24	15	0	0	12	3	42	0.474	15	L	W	L	L	L	1939-02-02	Sheffield United	H
22	0	Tranmere Rovers	27	4	3	8	21	30	0	0	12	9	41	0.423	11	D	L	L	W	L	1939-02-04	Nottingham Forest	A

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Accrington Stanley	2	3	Bradford City	Peel Park	3,700
Waring, Hall (p)	Lineups		Whittingham 2, Hastie
Barnsley	3	0	Chester	Oakwell	13,161
Logan, Bullock, Baxter	Lineups
Carlisle United	1	1	Southport	Brunton Park	3,690
Hunt	Lineups		Patrick
Darlington	1	2	Doncaster Rovers	Feethams Ground	3,311
Towers	Lineups		Killourhy 2
Gateshead	2	2	Rochdale	Redheugh Park	2,846
Embleton, McDermott	Lineups		Vause, Wynn
Halifax Town	3	1	New Brighton	The Shay	4,090
Widdowfield, Griffiths, Jackson H (p)	Lineups		Allmark
Hartlepools United	1	1	Rotherham United	Victoria Park	2,604
Wigham	Lineups		Bastow
Lincoln City	3	2	Crewe Alexandra	Sincil Bank	5,197
Deacon, Ponting 2	Lineups		Stevens 2
Oldham Athletic	1	0	Barrow	Boundary Park	5,173
Butler	Lineups
Stockport County	2	2	Hull City	Edgeley Park	7,638
Sargeant, Sherwood	Lineups		Hubbard, Richardson
Wrexham	1	3	York City	Racecourse Ground	3,565
Burditt	Lineups		Mortimer 2, Scott

				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	27	11	2	0	39	8	8	2	4	23	17	2.48	42	W	W	D	W	W	1939-02-04	Bradford City	A
2	0	Southport	24	10	3	0	37	9	4	4	3	19	18	2.074	35	D	W	W	W	L	1939-02-04	Crewe Alexandra	H
3	0	Bradford City	26	11	0	2	40	10	4	3	6	19	24	1.735	33	W	W	L	W	W	1939-02-04	Barnsley	H
4	1	Doncaster Rovers	25	9	3	2	32	13	3	6	2	16	17	1.6	33	W	W	L	D	D	1939-02-04	Carlisle United	H
5	1	Oldham Athletic	26	9	0	3	29	15	6	2	6	21	24	1.282	32	W	W	W	W	L	1939-02-04	Chester	A
6	-2	Crewe Alexandra	26	10	0	3	44	16	5	1	7	21	25	1.585	31	L	W	L	W	W	1939-02-04	Southport	A
7	0	Hull City	25	9	1	2	38	14	3	4	6	19	32	1.239	29	D	W	W	L	L	1939-02-04	Accrington Stanley	H
8	1	Stockport County	24	8	4	0	35	13	2	3	7	19	30	1.256	27	D	L	D	W	W	1939-02-04	Lincoln City	A
9	-1	New Brighton	27	7	2	3	29	15	4	3	8	15	31	0.957	27	L	L	W	D	W	1939-02-04	Wrexham	H
10	1	Rotherham United	27	8	2	4	33	13	3	2	8	11	31	1	26	D	D	L	L	W	1939-02-04	Darlington	H
11	2	Rochdale	27	7	3	4	35	16	3	2	8	24	34	1.18	25	D	D	W	D	W	1939-02-04	Hartlepools United	H
12	-2	Chester	23	5	3	2	29	18	5	2	6	24	27	1.178	25	L	D	D	W	W	1939-02-04	Oldham Athletic	H
13	-1	Barrow	27	7	2	4	31	19	4	1	9	13	30	0.898	25	L	L	W	L	L	1939-02-04	Halifax Town	H
14	1	Halifax Town	26	6	6	1	19	13	3	1	9	8	19	0.844	25	W	W	L	D	L	1939-02-04	Barrow	A
15	-1	Wrexham	27	10	1	4	32	25	0	3	9	8	32	0.702	24	L	D	W	L	D	1939-02-04	New Brighton	A
16	0	Darlington	26	8	2	3	30	19	1	3	9	15	43	0.726	23	L	L	W	D	D	1939-02-04	Rotherham United	A
17	0	Lincoln City	26	5	5	3	27	21	2	3	8	17	36	0.772	22	W	L	W	D	D	1939-02-04	Stockport County	H
18	0	Carlisle United	25	5	4	4	21	17	3	1	8	18	48	0.6	21	D	L	L	D	D	1939-02-04	Doncaster Rovers	A
19	0	Gateshead	25	6	3	4	25	18	1	3	8	17	31	0.857	20	D	D	W	L	L	1939-02-04	York City	A
20	0	York City	26	5	3	5	22	22	2	2	9	15	36	0.638	19	W	L	L	L	L	1939-02-04	Gateshead	H
21	0	Hartlepools United	27	5	2	6	22	23	1	2	11	13	42	0.538	16	D	L	L	L	L	1939-02-04	Rochdale	A
22	0	Accrington Stanley	26	1	3	9	13	29	1	1	11	11	35	0.375	8	L	L	W	L	L	1939-02-04	Hull City	A

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	1	0	Newport County	Recreation Ground	7,999
Chalmers	Lineups
Bristol City	3	1	Clapton Orient	Ashton Gate	7,731
Booth 2, Hearty OG	Lineups		Smith H
Cardiff City	0	2	Bristol Rovers	Ninian Park	12,659
	Lineups		Gardiner, Curran
Crystal Palace	1	3	Torquay United	Selhurst Park	14,342
Blackman	Lineups		Allen 2, Preskett
Exeter City	2	2	Brighton & Hove Albion	St James Park	5,152
Bowl 2	Lineups		Davie 2
Mansfield Town	2	0	Port Vale	Field Mill	3,742
Carter, Bungay (p)	Lineups
Notts County	1	0	Northampton Town	Meadow Lane	10,924
Clayton	Lineups
Queens Park Rangers	3	0	Walsall	Loftus Road	10,390
Cheetham, Lowe, Fitzgerald	Lineups
Southend United	2	2	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Greyhound Stadium	5,845
Bolan, Bell	Lineups		Langley 2
Watford	4	1	Swindon Town	Vicarage Road	7,450
Barnett, Jones T, Woodward, Dunderdale	Lineups		Francis

				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	26	10	2	0	24	7	7	2	5	17	18	1.64	38	L	W	L	W	W	1939-02-02	Notts County	H
2	0	Crystal Palace	25	10	2	1	30	11	3	4	5	16	22	1.394	32	L	D	L	W	L	1939-02-04	Clapton Orient	A
3	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	25	9	1	1	27	8	4	3	7	17	25	1.333	30	D	W	W	W	W	1939-02-04	Cardiff City	H
4	1	Aldershot	25	9	3	1	18	6	2	5	5	14	23	1.103	30	W	L	D	D	L	1939-02-04	Northampton Town	A
5	-1	Reading	26	6	4	2	27	15	3	6	5	15	20	1.2	28	L	L	W	W	L	1939-02-01	Cardiff City	H
6	2	Queens Park Rangers	25	7	3	2	35	9	3	4	6	17	24	1.576	27	W	L	L	W	D	1939-02-04	Mansfield Town	A
7	2	Notts County	23	9	3	2	23	11	2	2	5	9	14	1.28	27	W	W	W	L	W	1939-02-02	Newport County	A
8	-2	Swindon Town	25	9	3	1	34	13	2	2	8	14	29	1.143	27	L	D	D	L	W	1939-02-04	Port Vale	H
9	-2	Northampton Town	26	10	2	1	29	12	2	1	10	8	26	0.974	27	L	L	W	L	L	1939-02-04	Aldershot	H
10	0	Watford	26	8	4	1	30	12	2	2	9	10	24	1.111	26	W	W	L	L	W	1939-02-04	Torquay United	A
11	1	Bristol City	26	9	2	2	29	16	1	4	8	12	27	0.953	26	W	L	D	L	L	1939-02-04	Newport County	A
12	-1	Cardiff City	24	7	0	5	21	17	2	6	4	12	20	0.892	24	L	W	W	L	L	1939-02-01	Reading	A
13	0	Exeter City	25	5	6	2	28	23	2	3	7	14	33	0.75	23	D	L	W	D	D	1939-02-04	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
14	0	Ipswich Town	23	6	2	3	20	14	2	3	7	9	18	0.906	21	W	W	L	D	W	1939-02-04	Bristol Rovers	A
15	3	Torquay United	24	3	2	8	14	22	5	3	3	18	17	0.821	21	W	W	W	D	L	1939-02-04	Watford	H
16	3	Mansfield Town	24	6	3	3	19	13	2	2	8	10	33	0.63	21	W	W	L	L	L	1939-02-02	Walsall	A
17	-1	Southend United	21	6	3	1	20	10	1	3	7	18	31	0.927	20	D	W	L	D	D	1939-02-04	Walsall	A
18	-3	Port Vale	24	6	3	4	24	15	2	1	8	7	19	0.912	20	L	L	L	W	W	1939-02-04	Swindon Town	A
19	2	Bristol Rovers	25	4	5	4	15	10	2	2	8	14	20	0.967	19	W	W	L	L	D	1939-02-04	Ipswich Town	H
20	-3	Clapton Orient	24	5	6	1	18	8	1	1	10	10	28	0.778	19	L	W	L	L	W	1939-02-04	Crystal Palace	H
21	-1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	24	4	4	3	18	17	2	3	8	10	21	0.737	19	D	W	L	L	W	1939-02-04	Exeter City	H
22	0	Walsall	24	4	2	5	16	12	1	3	9	10	27	0.667	15	L	W	W	L	W	1939-02-02	Mansfield Town	H