Saturday 1939-03-04

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

Cup and International Matches

FA Cup Round 6						Venue	Gate
D 1	Chelsea	0	1	Grimsby Town	D 1	Stamford Bridge	45,409
		Lineups		Crack
D 1	Huddersfield Town	1	1	Blackburn Rovers	D 2	Leeds Road	56,518
	Price	Lineups		Weddle
D 1	Portsmouth	1	0	Preston North End	D 1	Fratton Park	44,237
	Anderson	Lineups
D 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2	0	Everton	D 1	Molineux	59,545
	Westcott 2	Lineups

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	3	1	Bolton Wanderers	Highbury	29,814
Drake 2, Winter OG	Lineups		Hunt
Aston Villa	5	1	Birmingham	Villa Park	40,874
Martin 3, Houghton 2 (1p)	Lineups		Dearson
Brentford	1	0	Charlton Athletic	Griffin Park	24,440
Hopkins	Lineups
Liverpool	1	1	Leicester City	Anfield Road	25,451
Taylor	Lineups		Smith S
Sunderland	5	2	Manchester United	Roker Park	11,078
Duns, Robinson 4	Lineups		Manley, Rowley

				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	0	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	0	Charlton Athletic	31	10	3	2	35	20	5	2	9	20	26	1.196	35	L	D	L	W	W	1939-03-11	Blackpool	H
6	2	Aston Villa	31	9	1	6	34	19	5	5	5	24	24	1.349	34	W	D	W	W	W	1939-03-11	Manchester United	A
7	2	Arsenal	31	10	3	3	25	10	2	6	7	13	19	1.31	33	W	L	L	W	W	1939-03-11	Leeds United	A
8	-2	Bolton Wanderers	31	8	3	4	34	20	4	6	6	22	26	1.217	33	L	W	W	L	W	1939-03-11	Brentford	H
9	-2	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
10	0	Liverpool	31	9	4	3	28	18	2	5	8	19	31	0.959	31	D	L	L	L	D	1939-03-11	Portsmouth	H
11	3	Sunderland	30	5	5	5	23	21	6	3	6	18	24	0.911	30	W	L	W	L	D	1939-03-11	Stoke City	A
12	-1	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
13	2	Brentford	31	9	1	6	24	23	3	5	7	21	35	0.776	30	W	W	W	W	W	1939-03-11	Bolton Wanderers	A
14	-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
15	-2	Manchester United	31	5	6	4	23	16	4	5	7	24	36	0.904	29	L	D	W	L	D	1939-03-11	Aston Villa	H
16	0	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	0	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	Leicester City	31	6	6	3	27	21	1	4	11	9	37	0.621	24	D	D	L	L	W	1939-03-08	Everton	A
19	-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
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	31	7	2	5	28	20	1	3	13	19	47	0.701	21	L	D	L	W	L	1939-03-11	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bradford	0	1	Newcastle United	Park Avenue	10,148
	Lineups		Wright
Bury	1	0	Burnley	Gigg Lane	13,950
McNeill	Lineups
Chesterfield	3	0	Coventry City	Saltergate Recreation Ground	12,212
Hughes 2, Lyon	Lineups
Fulham	1	2	Plymouth Argyle	Craven Cottage	10,368
Rooke	Lineups		Thomas, Hunter
Manchester City	3	3	West Bromwich Albion	Maine Road	28,810
Herd, Doherty, Brook	Lineups		Johnson 2, Clarke
Millwall	6	0	Norwich City	The Den, New Cross	18,413
Smith JR 2, Barker, McLeod, Fisher, Richardson	Lineups
Sheffield Wednesday	1	0	Sheffield United	Hillsborough	48,891	Largest home gate 1938-39
Fallon	Lineups
Swansea Town	1	0	Nottingham Forest	Vetch Field	9,002
Bamford	Lineups
Tranmere Rovers	1	1	Southampton	Prenton Park	7,699
Travis	Lineups		Osman
West Ham United	0	2	Tottenham Hotspur	Upton Park	20,832
	Lineups		Hall W, Duncan

				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	31	6	7	2	23	11	8	4	4	25	23	1.412	39	L	W	L	W	W	1939-03-11	Swansea Town	H
3	1	Sheffield Wednesday	29	10	2	3	36	14	6	3	5	32	30	1.545	37	W	L	W	W	W	1939-03-11	Newcastle United	A
4	1	Newcastle United	32	11	2	3	37	14	5	3	8	13	21	1.429	37	W	L	W	W	L	1939-03-11	Sheffield Wednesday	H
5	-2	Coventry City	30	10	3	1	28	8	6	2	8	21	29	1.324	37	L	W	L	D	W	1939-03-11	Blackburn Rovers	H
6	1	West Bromwich Albion	31	12	0	2	41	18	3	6	8	33	41	1.254	36	D	W	L	D	W	1939-03-11	Bury	H
7	2	Tottenham Hotspur	31	9	6	1	35	20	5	2	8	16	23	1.186	36	W	W	W	L	L	1939-03-11	Manchester City	H
8	-2	Fulham	30	10	3	2	26	12	4	4	7	22	25	1.297	35	L	L	W	D	W	1939-03-11	Nottingham Forest	A
9	2	Chesterfield	30	12	1	2	41	15	2	5	8	9	26	1.22	34	W	L	W	W	D	1939-03-11	Plymouth Argyle	A
10	-2	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
11	-1	Burnley	33	12	2	2	27	13	1	6	10	14	28	1	34	L	W	L	W	L	1939-03-11	Bradford	H
12	1	Manchester City	29	9	1	5	45	32	4	3	7	27	29	1.18	30	D	L	L	L	W	1939-03-11	Tottenham Hotspur	A
13	1	Bury	32	8	4	5	41	27	2	6	7	10	24	1	30	W	D	W	L	W	1939-03-11	West Bromwich Albion	A
14	2	Millwall	30	8	4	2	34	13	2	5	9	18	28	1.268	29	W	L	W	D	L	1939-03-11	Southampton	A
15	-3	West Ham United	30	8	4	4	32	16	3	3	8	22	27	1.256	29	L	L	W	L	D	1939-03-11	Norwich City	A
16	1	Plymouth Argyle	30	6	4	4	19	11	6	1	9	23	32	0.977	29	W	W	W	L	L	1939-03-11	Chesterfield	H
17	-2	Bradford	32	8	5	4	32	28	2	3	10	20	40	0.765	28	L	L	W	W	L	1939-03-11	Burnley	A
18	0	Southampton	31	7	4	4	27	22	3	3	10	15	34	0.75	27	D	W	L	W	W	1939-03-11	Millwall	H
19	0	Swansea Town	30	5	5	6	23	24	1	5	8	12	37	0.574	22	W	L	L	W	L	1939-03-11	Sheffield United	A
20	0	Nottingham Forest	31	4	5	6	23	26	2	3	11	13	45	0.507	20	L	D	L	W	L	1939-03-11	Fulham	H
21	0	Norwich City	29	8	1	5	28	19	1	0	14	5	51	0.471	19	L	W	W	L	L	1939-03-11	West Ham United	H
22	0	Tranmere Rovers	32	4	4	9	22	34	0	1	14	11	48	0.402	13	D	L	L	L	D	1939-03-11	Luton Town	A

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate	Notes
Carlisle United	6	4	Accrington Stanley	Brunton Park	3,859
Ashton, Hunt 4 (1p), Murphy	Lineups		Mee, Waring 3
Crewe Alexandra	0	0	Barnsley	Gresty Road	10,036	Largest home gate 1938-39
	Lineups
Darlington	4	3	Stockport County	Feethams Ground	3,023
Simpson 2, Burley, Towers	Lineups		Essex, Bagley, Reid (p)
Doncaster Rovers	0	0	Halifax Town	Belle Vue	6,552
	Lineups
Gateshead	2	2	Hull City	Redheugh Park	4,933
Gallacher, McArdle	Lineups		Davies 2
Hartlepools United	2	1	Lincoln City	Victoria Park	2,393
McGarry, Wigham	Lineups		Clare
Rochdale	2	2	Barrow	Spotland	4,734
Reynolds, Vause	Lineups		Samuel, Allcock
Rotherham United	0	0	New Brighton	Millmoor	4,620
	Lineups
Southport	0	0	Oldham Athletic	Haig Avenue	5,311
	Lineups
Wrexham	1	1	Bradford City	Racecourse Ground	3,395
Nelson	Lineups		Deakin
York City	2	2	Chester	Bootham Crescent	4,106
Mortimer, Brenen	Lineups		Pendergast, Horsman

				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	32	13	2	0	47	10	10	3	4	28	18	2.679	51	D	W	W	W	W	1939-03-11	Carlisle United	H
2	0	Doncaster Rovers	30	10	4	3	34	16	4	7	2	18	18	1.529	39	D	D	L	W	W	1939-03-11	New Brighton	A
3	0	Southport	29	11	4	1	39	11	4	4	5	21	24	1.714	38	D	L	W	L	L	1939-03-11	Halifax Town	A
4	0	Bradford City	31	11	1	3	41	13	5	4	7	24	28	1.585	37	D	D	W	L	L	1939-03-15	Doncaster Rovers	H
5	0	Crewe Alexandra	31	11	1	4	47	19	6	1	8	24	28	1.511	36	D	L	W	L	W	1939-03-11	Oldham Athletic	A
6	0	Hull City	30	11	1	2	48	16	4	5	7	23	39	1.291	36	D	W	W	L	W	1939-03-09	Rotherham United	H
7	0	Oldham Athletic	31	10	1	3	31	16	6	3	8	24	31	1.17	36	D	D	L	W	L	1939-03-11	Crewe Alexandra	H
8	0	Chester	30	9	3	2	44	23	5	4	7	27	33	1.268	35	D	W	W	L	W	1939-03-11	Rochdale	H
9	1	New Brighton	32	9	2	4	36	19	4	4	9	15	33	0.981	32	D	W	L	W	L	1939-03-11	Doncaster Rovers	H
10	-1	Stockport County	29	10	4	0	41	14	2	3	10	25	39	1.245	31	L	W	L	W	L	1939-03-11	Hartlepools United	H
11	0	Rotherham United	32	9	4	4	39	17	3	3	9	13	35	1	31	D	D	W	L	D	1939-03-09	Hull City	A
12	0	Halifax Town	31	6	8	1	21	15	4	3	9	13	23	0.895	31	D	D	W	D	D	1939-03-11	Southport	H
13	0	Barrow	33	9	3	4	35	19	4	2	11	15	37	0.893	31	D	W	L	W	L	1939-03-18	Doncaster Rovers	A
14	1	Wrexham	32	11	2	4	36	26	1	3	11	14	43	0.725	29	D	L	W	L	W	1939-03-11	Hull City	A
15	1	Rochdale	32	7	4	6	44	27	4	2	9	27	38	1.092	28	D	L	L	W	L	1939-03-11	Chester	A
16	-2	Lincoln City	31	7	5	3	33	23	3	3	10	25	45	0.853	28	L	W	L	W	W	1939-03-11	Gateshead	H
17	0	Gateshead	30	8	4	4	35	21	1	5	8	19	33	1	27	D	D	W	W	D	1939-03-11	Lincoln City	A
18	0	Carlisle United	31	8	4	4	34	25	3	1	11	19	58	0.639	27	W	L	L	W	W	1939-03-11	Barnsley	A
19	0	Darlington	32	9	2	5	35	25	1	4	11	18	51	0.697	26	W	L	L	L	L	1939-03-11	Accrington Stanley	A
20	0	York City	31	6	5	5	27	25	2	2	11	17	41	0.667	23	D	L	W	L	D	1939-03-18	Hull City	H
21	0	Hartlepools United	32	7	2	7	28	29	2	2	12	18	49	0.59	22	W	L	L	W	W	1939-03-11	Stockport County	A
22	0	Accrington Stanley	32	2	3	10	18	34	1	1	15	16	49	0.41	10	L	W	L	L	L	1939-03-11	Darlington	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	3	3	Walsall	Recreation Ground	3,444
Ray 3	Lineups		Hill, Alsop, Hancocks (p)
Bristol City	2	0	Mansfield Town	Ashton Gate	8,270
Armstrong, Bourton	Lineups
Clapton Orient	1	2	Reading	Osborne Road	6,614
Tully	Lineups		Doran, MacPhee
Crystal Palace	0	1	Queens Park Rangers	Selhurst Park	13,328
	Lineups		McEwan
Newport County	2	0	Bristol Rovers	Somerton Park	9,722
Owen WM, Warren OG	Lineups
Northampton Town	1	4	Brighton & Hove Albion	County Ground	5,044
Tilson	Lineups		Davie 2, Stephens, Wilson
Notts County	0	1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Meadow Lane	8,539
	Lineups		Tunnicliffe
Port Vale	3	2	Exeter City	Recreation Ground	6,240
Nolan, Moreland, Masters	Lineups		Bowl, Riley
Swindon Town	4	1	Cardiff City	County Ground	8,861
Morton 2, Francis, Barraclough	Lineups		Egan
Torquay United	1	1	Ipswich Town	Plainmoor	4,270
Brown	Lineups		Little
Watford	3	0	Southend United	Vicarage Road	5,708
Barnett 2, Dunderdale	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	32	13	2	1	31	12	7	3	6	19	22	1.471	45	W	L	W	D	L	1939-03-11	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
2	0	Reading	32	9	5	2	37	16	4	7	5	18	22	1.447	38	W	W	D	W	W	1939-03-11	Torquay United	H
3	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	31	10	2	2	31	10	5	5	7	22	27	1.432	37	W	D	D	D	W	1939-03-11	Newport County	H
4	-1	Crystal Palace	30	11	3	2	35	13	3	5	6	16	26	1.308	36	L	D	W	D	L	1939-03-11	Southend United	A
5	0	Queens Park Rangers	30	8	4	2	38	11	5	5	6	22	27	1.579	35	W	D	W	W	D	1939-03-11	Bristol City	H
6	2	Bristol City	31	11	3	2	33	16	2	5	8	15	28	1.091	34	W	D	W	D	W	1939-03-11	Queens Park Rangers	A
7	-1	Notts County	29	10	3	3	26	13	4	2	7	16	19	1.313	33	L	W	W	W	L	1939-03-11	Walsall	A
8	1	Watford	31	11	4	1	36	12	2	3	10	12	27	1.231	33	W	D	W	W	L	1939-03-11	Exeter City	A
9	1	Swindon Town	30	11	4	1	41	16	2	3	9	16	32	1.188	33	W	D	W	L	D	1939-03-11	Ipswich Town	A
10	-3	Cardiff City	30	9	0	5	28	17	3	8	5	16	26	1.023	32	L	W	D	W	W	1939-03-11	Port Vale	H
11	1	Aldershot	30	9	5	2	22	13	2	5	7	14	33	0.783	32	D	L	D	L	L	1939-03-11	Mansfield Town	A
12	-1	Northampton Town	31	11	3	2	36	17	2	2	11	8	28	0.978	31	L	L	D	D	W	1939-03-11	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
13	0	Exeter City	30	7	6	2	34	26	3	3	9	17	38	0.797	29	L	W	W	W	L	1939-03-11	Watford	H
14	1	Torquay United	29	4	3	9	17	25	6	4	3	20	18	0.86	27	D	D	L	W	W	1939-03-08	Mansfield Town	A
15	-1	Southend United	27	8	3	1	23	10	2	3	10	21	39	0.898	26	L	W	L	W	L	1939-03-11	Crystal Palace	H
16	1	Ipswich Town	28	6	3	4	20	16	2	5	8	15	25	0.854	24	D	L	L	D	D	1939-03-11	Swindon Town	H
17	2	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	29	5	5	3	21	18	3	3	10	11	28	0.696	24	W	D	L	L	W	1939-03-11	Northampton Town	H
18	-2	Mansfield Town	30	6	5	3	22	16	2	3	11	10	39	0.582	24	L	D	L	L	D	1939-03-08	Torquay United	H
19	2	Port Vale	29	7	3	6	28	20	2	2	9	8	24	0.818	23	W	L	L	L	D	1939-03-11	Cardiff City	A
20	-2	Clapton Orient	29	6	7	2	24	11	1	1	12	10	30	0.829	22	L	L	D	L	W	1939-03-11	Bristol Rovers	A
21	-1	Bristol Rovers	30	4	7	4	19	14	2	2	11	15	27	0.829	21	L	D	L	L	D	1939-03-11	Clapton Orient	H
22	0	Walsall	30	5	3	6	20	14	1	4	11	15	37	0.686	19	D	W	L	L	L	1939-03-11	Notts County	H