Saturday 1939-02-25

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Birmingham	1	1	Grimsby Town	St Andrew's	23,231
Craven	Lineups		Beattie
Bolton Wanderers	3	2	Huddersfield Town	Burnden Park	19,332
Howe, Hunt 2	Lineups		Price 2
Charlton Athletic	3	3	Portsmouth	The Valley	15,414
Welsh, Hobbis 2	Lineups		Worrall, Anderson, Barlow
Chelsea	1	3	Brentford	Stamford Bridge	33,511
Payne	Lineups		Cheetham 2, Smith
Leeds United	1	2	Everton	Elland Road	21,728
Ainsley	Lineups		Bentham, Cunliffe
Leicester City	1	1	Aston Villa	Filbert Street	22,266
Bowers	Lineups		O'Donnell
Liverpool	0	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Anfield Road	54,796
	Lineups		Dorsett, Westcott
Manchester United	1	1	Derby County	Old Trafford	37,166
Carey	Lineups		McCulloch
Middlesbrough	3	0	Sunderland	Ayresome Park	23,882
Fenton 2, Chadwick	Lineups
Preston North End	2	1	Arsenal	Deepdale	29,678
White, Dougal	Lineups		Lewis
Stoke City	1	1	Blackpool	Victoria Ground	22,886
Steele	Lineups		Astley

				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	30	13	1	1	42	13	7	1	7	17	24	1.595	42	W	L	W	W	W	1939-03-08	Leicester City	H
2	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	30	9	5	1	39	9	7	3	5	22	13	2.773	40	W	W	W	W	D	1939-03-08	Middlesbrough	H
3	0	Derby County	31	10	2	3	33	16	6	5	5	21	22	1.421	39	D	L	L	D	W	1939-03-08	Chelsea	H
4	1	Middlesbrough	31	9	5	2	44	18	5	2	8	21	30	1.354	35	W	W	W	L	L	1939-03-08	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
5	-1	Charlton Athletic	30	10	3	2	35	20	5	2	8	20	25	1.222	35	D	L	W	W	W	1939-03-04	Brentford	A
6	3	Bolton Wanderers	30	8	3	4	34	20	4	6	5	21	23	1.279	33	W	W	L	W	W	1939-03-04	Arsenal	A
7	-1	Stoke City	31	8	5	2	34	18	4	4	8	19	34	1.019	33	D	L	D	W	W	1939-03-07	Grimsby Town	A
8	0	Aston Villa	30	8	1	6	29	18	5	5	5	24	24	1.262	32	D	W	W	W	D	1939-03-04	Birmingham	H
9	-2	Arsenal	30	9	3	3	22	9	2	6	7	13	19	1.25	31	L	L	W	W	D	1939-03-04	Bolton Wanderers	H
10	0	Liverpool	30	9	3	3	27	17	2	5	8	19	31	0.958	30	L	L	L	D	L	1939-03-04	Leicester City	H
11	0	Grimsby Town	30	8	3	4	25	19	3	5	7	17	31	0.84	30	D	W	L	W	L	1939-03-07	Stoke City	H
12	2	Preston North End	29	8	6	1	28	14	2	3	9	13	28	0.976	29	W	D	D	D	W	1939-03-08	Blackpool	A
13	-1	Manchester United	30	5	6	4	23	16	4	5	6	22	31	0.957	29	D	W	L	D	W	1939-03-04	Sunderland	A
14	-1	Sunderland	29	4	5	5	18	19	6	3	6	18	24	0.837	28	L	W	L	D	D	1939-03-04	Manchester United	H
15	1	Brentford	30	8	1	6	23	23	3	5	7	21	35	0.759	28	W	W	W	W	L	1939-03-04	Charlton Athletic	H
16	-1	Leeds United	29	6	4	4	28	22	4	3	8	17	31	0.849	27	L	L	L	L	D	1939-03-08	Portsmouth	A
17	1	Blackpool	29	5	6	4	27	23	2	4	8	10	29	0.712	24	D	L	D	L	D	1939-03-08	Preston North End	H
18	-1	Huddersfield Town	30	9	2	5	31	14	0	3	11	12	35	0.878	23	L	W	L	L	L	1939-03-11	Leicester City	A
19	0	Leicester City	30	6	6	3	27	21	1	3	11	8	36	0.614	23	D	L	L	W	L	1939-03-04	Liverpool	A
20	0	Portsmouth	29	6	7	2	16	10	0	4	10	11	39	0.551	23	D	L	D	D	L	1939-03-08	Leeds United	H
21	0	Chelsea	28	7	3	4	32	20	1	2	11	15	39	0.797	21	L	L	L	L	W	1939-03-08	Derby County	A
22	0	Birmingham	30	7	2	5	28	20	1	3	12	18	42	0.742	21	D	L	W	L	L	1939-03-04	Aston Villa	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Burnley	2	0	Millwall	Turf Moor	10,312
Brocklebank 2	Lineups
Coventry City	1	0	Sheffield Wednesday	Highfield Road	22,786
Taylor	Lineups
Luton Town	6	3	Swansea Town	Kenilworth Road	11,264
Billington 4, Clarke, Stephenson	Lineups		Olsen 2, Meek
Newcastle United	2	0	West Ham United	St James' Park	29,587
Pearson (p), Cairns	Lineups
Norwich City	2	0	Chesterfield	Carrow Road	11,483
Furness, Acquroff	Lineups
Nottingham Forest	1	1	Bury	City Ground	9,704
Surtees	Lineups		Halton (p)
Plymouth Argyle	4	1	Bradford	Home Park	14,424
Hunter 2, Thomas, Kirkwood	Lineups		Gallon
Sheffield United	1	0	Manchester City	Bramall Lane	31,628
Hagan	Lineups
Southampton	2	1	Fulham	The Dell	12,512
Tomlinson, Briggs	Lineups		Higgins
Tottenham Hotspur	4	3	Blackburn Rovers	White Hart Lane	22,709
Sargent, Morrison 2, Miller	Lineups		Rogers (p), Langton, Pryde
West Bromwich Albion	2	0	Tranmere Rovers	The Hawthorns	17,196
Elliott, Shaw (p)	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	31	12	1	3	46	20	6	2	7	29	28	1.563	39	L	W	W	L	W	1939-03-11	Coventry City	A
2	0	Sheffield United	30	6	7	2	23	11	8	4	3	25	22	1.455	39	W	L	W	W	D	1939-03-04	Sheffield Wednesday	A
3	1	Coventry City	29	10	3	1	28	8	6	2	7	21	26	1.441	37	W	L	D	W	W	1939-03-04	Chesterfield	A
4	-1	Sheffield Wednesday	28	9	2	3	35	14	6	3	5	32	30	1.523	35	L	W	W	W	W	1939-03-04	Sheffield United	H
5	1	Newcastle United	30	11	2	2	37	13	4	3	8	12	21	1.441	35	W	W	L	L	D	1939-03-01	Tottenham Hotspur	H
6	-1	Fulham	29	10	3	1	25	10	4	4	7	22	25	1.343	35	L	W	D	W	W	1939-03-04	Plymouth Argyle	H
7	0	West Bromwich Albion	30	12	0	2	41	18	3	5	8	30	38	1.268	35	W	L	D	W	L	1939-03-04	Manchester City	A
8	1	Luton Town	30	9	3	3	33	20	6	1	8	27	30	1.2	34	W	L	W	W	D	1939-03-11	Tranmere Rovers	H
9	1	Burnley	32	12	2	2	27	13	1	6	9	14	27	1.025	34	W	L	W	L	W	1939-03-04	Bury	A
10	-2	Chesterfield	29	11	1	2	38	15	2	5	8	9	26	1.146	32	L	W	W	D	W	1939-03-04	Coventry City	H
11	0	Tottenham Hotspur	29	9	6	1	35	20	3	2	8	13	23	1.116	32	W	L	L	W	D	1939-03-01	Newcastle United	A
12	0	West Ham United	29	8	4	3	32	14	3	3	8	22	27	1.317	29	L	W	L	D	D	1939-03-04	Tottenham Hotspur	H
13	0	Manchester City	28	9	0	5	42	29	4	3	7	27	29	1.19	29	L	L	L	W	L	1939-03-04	West Bromwich Albion	H
14	2	Bury	31	7	4	5	40	27	2	6	7	10	24	0.98	28	D	W	L	W	L	1939-03-04	Burnley	H
15	-1	Bradford	31	8	5	3	32	27	2	3	10	20	40	0.776	28	L	W	W	L	L	1939-03-04	Newcastle United	H
16	-1	Millwall	29	7	4	2	28	13	2	5	9	18	28	1.122	27	L	W	D	L	D	1939-03-04	Norwich City	H
17	0	Plymouth Argyle	29	6	4	4	19	11	5	1	9	21	31	0.952	27	W	W	L	L	D	1939-03-04	Fulham	A
18	0	Southampton	30	7	4	4	27	22	3	2	10	14	33	0.745	26	W	L	W	W	L	1939-03-04	Tranmere Rovers	A
19	0	Swansea Town	29	4	5	6	22	24	1	5	8	12	37	0.557	20	L	L	W	L	L	1939-03-04	Nottingham Forest	H
20	0	Nottingham Forest	30	4	5	6	23	26	2	3	10	13	44	0.514	20	D	L	W	L	D	1939-03-04	Swansea Town	A
21	0	Norwich City	28	8	1	5	28	19	1	0	13	5	45	0.516	19	W	W	L	L	L	1939-03-04	Millwall	A
22	0	Tranmere Rovers	31	4	3	9	21	33	0	1	14	11	48	0.395	12	L	L	L	D	D	1939-03-04	Southampton	H

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate	Notes
Accrington Stanley	2	1	Crewe Alexandra	Peel Park	2,542
Kearney, Waring	Lineups		Stevens
Barnsley	3	1	Southport	Oakwell	21,569	Largest home gate 1938-39
Logan, Asquith, McGarry	Lineups		Patrick
Barrow	2	0	York City	Holker Street	5,581
Harris, King	Lineups
Bradford City	1	1	Gateshead	Valley Parade	6,728
Gore	Lineups		Oxley
Chester	4	2	Wrexham	Sealand Road	10,364	Largest home gate 1938-39
Keeley 2, Sanders, Pendergast	Lineups		Burditt, Adamson
Halifax Town	1	1	Rotherham United	The Shay	4,950
Widdowfield	Lineups		Murray
Hull City	4	1	Hartlepools United	Anlaby Road	4,565
Richardson 3, Wienand	Lineups		McGarry
Lincoln City	3	0	Darlington	Sincil Bank	4,975
Ponting, Hancock 2	Lineups
New Brighton	3	1	Rochdale	Sandheys Park	3,296
Wood, Frost 2	Lineups		Wynn
Oldham Athletic	0	0	Doncaster Rovers	Boundary Park	6,010
	Lineups
Stockport County	3	0	Carlisle United	Edgeley Park	6,712
Essex 2, Reid (p)	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	31	13	2	0	47	10	10	2	4	28	18	2.679	50	W	W	W	W	W	1939-03-04	Crewe Alexandra	A
2	1	Doncaster Rovers	29	10	3	3	34	16	4	7	2	18	18	1.529	38	D	L	W	W	W	1939-03-04	Halifax Town	H
3	-1	Southport	28	11	3	1	39	11	4	4	5	21	24	1.714	37	L	W	L	L	D	1939-03-04	Oldham Athletic	H
4	0	Bradford City	30	11	1	3	41	13	5	3	7	23	27	1.6	36	D	W	L	L	W	1939-03-04	Wrexham	A
5	0	Crewe Alexandra	30	11	0	4	47	19	6	1	8	24	28	1.511	35	L	W	L	W	L	1939-03-04	Barnsley	H
6	1	Hull City	29	11	1	2	48	16	4	4	7	21	37	1.302	35	W	W	L	W	D	1939-03-04	Gateshead	A
7	-1	Oldham Athletic	30	10	1	3	31	16	6	2	8	24	31	1.17	35	D	L	W	L	W	1939-03-04	Southport	A
8	0	Chester	28	8	3	2	38	22	5	3	7	25	31	1.189	32	W	L	W	D	W	1939-03-01	Carlisle United	H
9	0	Stockport County	28	10	4	0	41	14	2	3	9	22	35	1.286	31	W	L	W	L	D	1939-03-04	Darlington	A
10	1	New Brighton	31	9	2	4	36	19	4	3	9	15	33	0.981	31	W	L	W	L	L	1939-03-04	Rotherham United	A
11	-1	Rotherham United	31	9	3	4	39	17	3	3	9	13	35	1	30	D	W	L	D	D	1939-03-04	New Brighton	H
12	0	Halifax Town	30	6	8	1	21	15	4	2	9	13	23	0.895	30	D	W	D	D	W	1939-03-04	Doncaster Rovers	A
13	0	Barrow	32	9	3	4	35	19	4	1	11	13	35	0.889	30	W	L	W	L	D	1939-03-04	Rochdale	A
14	2	Lincoln City	30	7	5	3	33	23	3	3	9	24	43	0.864	28	W	L	W	W	W	1939-03-04	Hartlepools United	A
15	-1	Wrexham	31	11	1	4	35	25	1	3	11	14	43	0.721	28	L	W	L	W	L	1939-03-04	Bradford City	H
16	-1	Rochdale	31	7	3	6	42	25	4	2	9	27	38	1.095	27	L	L	W	L	D	1939-03-04	Barrow	H
17	0	Gateshead	29	8	3	4	33	19	1	5	8	19	33	1	26	D	W	W	D	D	1939-03-04	Hull City	H
18	0	Carlisle United	29	7	4	4	28	21	3	1	10	18	52	0.63	25	L	W	W	L	D	1939-03-01	Chester	A
19	0	Darlington	31	8	2	5	31	22	1	4	11	18	51	0.671	24	L	L	L	L	D	1939-03-04	Stockport County	H
20	0	York City	30	6	4	5	25	23	2	2	11	17	41	0.656	22	L	W	L	D	W	1939-03-04	Chester	H
21	0	Hartlepools United	31	6	2	7	26	28	2	2	12	18	49	0.571	20	L	L	W	W	D	1939-03-04	Lincoln City	H
22	0	Accrington Stanley	31	2	3	10	18	34	1	1	14	12	43	0.39	10	W	L	L	L	L	1939-03-04	Carlisle United	A

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	1	1	Watford	Dean Court	3,677
Kirkham	Lineups		Evans
Brighton & Hove Albion	0	0	Crystal Palace	Goldstone Ground	7,146
	Lineups
Bristol Rovers	1	1	Bristol City	Eastville	14,824	Largest home gate 1938-39
Turner	Lineups		Booth
Cardiff City	2	0	Northampton Town	Ninian Park	10,282
Rickards, McCaughey	Lineups
Exeter City	3	1	Newport County	St James Park	9,370
Bowl 2 (1p), Riley	Lineups		Brinton
Ipswich Town	0	2	Notts County	Portman Road	10,161
	Lineups		Martin, Cooper
Mansfield Town	1	1	Swindon Town	Field Mill	4,111
Turner	Lineups		Morton
Queens Park Rangers	1	1	Torquay United	Loftus Road	7,783
Lowe	Lineups		Allen
Reading	5	0	Aldershot	Elm Park	8,880
Doran, Smallwood, MacPhee 2, Deverall	Lineups
Southend United	1	0	Clapton Orient	Greyhound Stadium	4,497
Bushby	Lineups
Walsall	4	0	Port Vale	Fellows Park	5,749
Alsop, Hancocks (p), Bulger, Bambrick	Lineups

				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	31	12	2	1	29	12	7	3	6	19	22	1.412	43	L	W	D	L	W	1939-03-04	Bristol Rovers	H
2	2	Reading	31	9	5	2	37	16	3	7	5	16	21	1.432	36	W	D	W	W	D	1939-03-04	Clapton Orient	A
3	-1	Crystal Palace	29	11	3	1	35	12	3	5	6	16	26	1.342	36	D	W	D	L	L	1939-03-04	Queens Park Rangers	H
4	-1	Brighton & Hove Albion	30	10	2	2	31	10	4	5	7	18	26	1.361	35	D	D	D	W	L	1939-03-04	Northampton Town	A
5	0	Queens Park Rangers	29	8	4	2	38	11	4	5	6	21	27	1.553	33	D	W	W	D	W	1939-03-04	Crystal Palace	A
6	0	Notts County	28	10	3	2	26	12	4	2	7	16	19	1.355	33	W	W	W	L	L	1939-03-04	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
7	5	Cardiff City	29	9	0	5	28	17	3	8	4	15	22	1.103	32	W	D	W	W	D	1939-03-04	Swindon Town	A
8	0	Bristol City	30	10	3	2	31	16	2	5	8	15	28	1.045	32	D	W	D	W	W	1939-03-04	Mansfield Town	H
9	1	Watford	30	10	4	1	33	12	2	3	10	12	27	1.154	31	D	W	W	L	W	1939-03-04	Southend United	H
10	1	Swindon Town	29	10	4	1	37	15	2	3	9	16	32	1.128	31	D	W	L	D	L	1939-03-04	Cardiff City	H
11	-4	Northampton Town	30	11	3	1	35	13	2	2	11	8	28	1.049	31	L	D	D	W	L	1939-03-04	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
12	-3	Aldershot	29	9	4	2	19	10	2	5	7	14	33	0.767	31	L	D	L	L	W	1939-03-04	Walsall	H
13	0	Exeter City	29	7	6	2	34	26	3	3	8	15	35	0.803	29	W	W	W	L	D	1939-03-04	Port Vale	A
14	1	Southend United	26	8	3	1	23	10	2	3	9	21	36	0.957	26	W	L	W	L	W	1939-03-04	Watford	A
15	-1	Torquay United	28	4	2	9	16	24	6	4	3	20	18	0.857	26	D	L	W	W	W	1939-03-04	Ipswich Town	H
16	1	Mansfield Town	29	6	5	3	22	16	2	3	10	10	37	0.604	24	D	L	L	D	D	1939-03-04	Bristol City	A
17	-1	Ipswich Town	27	6	3	4	20	16	2	4	8	14	24	0.85	23	L	L	D	D	W	1939-03-04	Torquay United	A
18	0	Clapton Orient	28	6	7	1	23	9	1	1	12	10	30	0.846	22	L	D	L	W	L	1939-03-04	Reading	H
19	1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	28	5	5	3	21	18	2	3	10	10	28	0.674	22	D	L	L	W	D	1939-03-04	Notts County	A
20	1	Bristol Rovers	29	4	7	4	19	14	2	2	10	15	25	0.872	21	D	L	L	D	W	1939-03-04	Newport County	A
21	-2	Port Vale	28	6	3	6	25	18	2	2	9	8	24	0.786	21	L	L	L	D	L	1939-03-04	Exeter City	H
22	0	Walsall	29	5	3	6	20	14	1	3	11	12	34	0.667	18	W	L	L	L	D	1939-03-04	Aldershot	A