Good Friday 1939-04-07

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Blackpool	1	0	Arsenal	Bloomfield Road	31,497	Largest home gate 1938-39
Finan	Lineups
Brentford	3	1	Preston North End	Griffin Park	30,780
Cheetham 2, Edelston	Lineups		White (p)
Charlton Athletic	2	0	Chelsea	The Valley	29,014
Robinson, Hobbis	Lineups
Grimsby Town	3	3	Huddersfield Town	Blundell Park	18,835
Beattie, Betmead, Hall	Lineups		Mills, Price 2
Liverpool	4	0	Birmingham	Anfield Road	31,741
Nieuwenhuys 2, Balmer 2	Lineups
Manchester United	0	0	Leeds United	Old Trafford	35,564
	Lineups
Portsmouth	1	3	Derby County	Fratton Park	36,822	Largest home gate 1938-39
Worrall	Lineups		Dix 2, Duncan
Sunderland	1	2	Everton	Roker Park	40,521
Duns	Lineups		Gillick, Lawton

				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	36	15	2	1	51	16	9	2	7	25	29	1.689	52	W	D	W	W	D	1939-04-08	Chelsea	A
2	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	35	12	5	1	50	10	7	3	7	27	21	2.484	46	W	L	W	L	W	1939-04-08	Preston North End	A
3	0	Derby County	37	12	2	4	37	18	7	5	7	26	29	1.34	45	W	W	L	W	L	1939-04-08	Liverpool	A
4	0	Middlesbrough	36	10	6	2	56	24	7	2	9	25	37	1.328	42	W	W	W	D	L	1939-04-08	Brentford	H
5	0	Charlton Athletic	36	13	3	2	43	22	5	3	10	22	30	1.25	42	W	D	W	L	W	1939-04-08	Aston Villa	H
6	0	Aston Villa	35	11	1	6	40	19	5	6	6	26	27	1.435	39	W	L	W	D	W	1939-04-08	Charlton Athletic	A
7	0	Bolton Wanderers	35	9	4	4	37	22	4	8	6	23	27	1.224	38	D	W	D	D	L	1939-04-08	Sunderland	H
8	2	Liverpool	37	11	5	3	37	22	2	7	9	21	35	1.018	38	W	D	W	L	D	1939-04-08	Derby County	H
9	-1	Stoke City	36	10	5	2	42	22	4	5	10	21	41	1	38	D	W	L	W	L	1939-04-08	Huddersfield Town	H
10	-1	Arsenal	36	11	3	4	28	12	3	6	9	17	24	1.25	37	L	L	W	W	L	1939-04-08	Birmingham	A
11	4	Brentford	36	11	1	7	29	25	3	6	8	22	37	0.823	35	W	W	L	L	D	1939-04-08	Middlesbrough	A
12	0	Grimsby Town	36	9	6	4	33	25	3	5	9	19	39	0.813	35	D	D	L	D	L	1939-04-08	Leeds United	A
13	-2	Preston North End	35	10	6	1	34	16	2	4	12	16	37	0.943	34	L	L	W	D	W	1939-04-08	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
14	-1	Leeds United	35	8	4	4	33	24	5	4	10	18	34	0.879	34	D	L	W	W	W	1939-04-08	Grimsby Town	H
15	-1	Sunderland	36	6	6	7	28	28	6	3	8	20	29	0.842	33	L	D	L	W	L	1939-04-08	Bolton Wanderers	A
16	0	Manchester United	36	5	8	5	24	19	4	6	8	25	40	0.831	32	D	D	L	L	D	1939-04-08	Portsmouth	H
17	1	Blackpool	36	7	8	4	31	25	2	5	10	12	34	0.729	31	W	D	L	D	D	1939-04-08	Leicester City	A
18	-1	Portsmouth	36	8	7	4	21	14	1	5	11	19	51	0.615	30	L	W	L	L	W	1939-04-08	Manchester United	A
19	0	Huddersfield Town	36	9	4	6	33	17	1	5	11	17	39	0.893	29	D	D	D	L	D	1939-04-08	Stoke City	A
20	0	Chelsea	35	9	4	4	40	23	2	2	14	18	46	0.841	28	L	L	W	L	D	1939-04-08	Everton	H
21	0	Leicester City	36	6	6	5	27	24	2	4	13	10	43	0.552	26	L	L	W	L	L	1939-04-08	Blackpool	H
22	0	Birmingham	36	8	3	5	32	23	1	3	16	21	57	0.663	24	L	L	D	L	W	1939-04-08	Arsenal	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Burnley	2	3	Sheffield United	Turf Moor	18,104
Knight, Billingham	Lineups		Reid, Hagan, Henson
Bury	1	5	Manchester City	Gigg Lane	24,520	Largest home gate 1938-39
Hulbert	Lineups		Heale 2, Herd, Doherty, Brook
Chesterfield	2	0	Newcastle United	Saltergate Recreation Ground	28,268	Largest home gate 1938-39
Milligan 2	Lineups
Fulham	2	3	Blackburn Rovers	Craven Cottage	28,532
Higgins, Rooke,	Lineups		Rogers (p), Clarke, Langton
Luton Town	6	2	Southampton	Kenilworth Road	15,946
Billington 3, Redfern 2, Connelly	Lineups		Bevis, Tomlinson
Millwall	2	0	Sheffield Wednesday	The Den, New Cross	37,582	Largest home gate 1938-39
Rawlings 2	Lineups
Nottingham Forest	2	0	West Bromwich Albion	City Ground	21,712	Largest home gate 1938-39
Surtees, Fryer	Lineups
Tottenham Hotspur	1	0	Plymouth Argyle	White Hart Lane	33,621
Miller	Lineups
Tranmere Rovers	2	0	Swansea Town	Prenton Park	9,489
Eden 2	Lineups
West Ham United	0	2	Bradford	Upton Park	23,336
	Lineups		Gallon, Smith

				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	37	15	1	3	54	22	8	3	7	35	32	1.648	50	W	W	D	W	W	1939-04-08	Norwich City	A
2	2	Sheffield United	36	7	7	3	26	13	9	5	5	28	26	1.385	44	W	D	W	L	L	1939-04-08	Bury	H
3	2	Chesterfield	36	15	1	2	47	16	3	7	8	11	27	1.349	44	W	W	W	D	W	1939-04-08	Southampton	A
4	-2	Sheffield Wednesday	35	12	3	3	42	16	6	4	7	35	36	1.481	43	L	W	D	D	W	1939-04-08	Plymouth Argyle	A
5	-2	Newcastle United	38	12	3	3	41	17	5	6	9	16	26	1.326	43	L	D	D	D	D	1939-04-08	Manchester City	H
6	2	Luton Town	36	12	3	3	44	23	7	1	10	29	36	1.237	42	W	L	W	W	L	1939-04-08	Fulham	H
7	3	Tottenham Hotspur	36	11	6	2	41	23	5	3	9	17	26	1.184	41	W	L	W	D	L	1939-04-08	Tranmere Rovers	H
8	-1	Coventry City	34	10	3	3	28	10	7	3	8	23	29	1.308	40	W	L	D	L	L	1939-04-08	Swansea Town	H
9	2	Manchester City	35	11	1	5	50	33	7	3	8	37	35	1.279	40	W	W	W	W	L	1939-04-08	Newcastle United	A
10	-4	West Bromwich Albion	36	14	0	2	50	18	3	6	11	34	48	1.273	40	L	L	W	L	W	1939-04-08	Millwall	H
11	-2	Fulham	35	11	4	3	31	16	4	5	8	23	29	1.2	39	L	W	L	D	D	1939-04-08	Luton Town	A
12	0	Burnley	38	12	3	4	30	18	2	6	11	17	32	0.94	37	L	W	L	L	D	1939-04-08	West Ham United	H
13	1	Millwall	37	10	6	3	40	17	2	6	10	19	32	1.204	36	W	D	L	L	D	1939-04-08	West Bromwich Albion	A
14	-1	West Ham United	36	8	5	6	32	19	5	4	8	30	29	1.292	35	L	D	W	D	L	1939-04-08	Burnley	A
15	0	Bury	37	9	4	7	47	35	2	6	9	11	32	0.866	32	L	W	L	L	L	1939-04-08	Sheffield United	A
16	2	Bradford	37	8	6	5	32	30	3	4	11	24	43	0.767	32	W	L	L	D	D	1939-04-08	Nottingham Forest	A
17	-1	Southampton	36	8	5	4	31	25	4	3	12	21	43	0.765	32	L	W	W	L	D	1939-04-08	Chesterfield	H
18	-1	Plymouth Argyle	35	6	6	4	19	11	6	1	12	23	38	0.857	31	L	L	D	L	D	1939-04-08	Sheffield Wednesday	H
19	0	Swansea Town	35	6	5	7	28	27	2	5	10	14	43	0.6	26	L	L	L	W	W	1939-04-08	Coventry City	A
20	0	Nottingham Forest	36	6	6	6	29	27	2	3	13	15	51	0.564	25	W	L	W	L	D	1939-04-08	Bradford	H
21	0	Norwich City	34	8	3	6	33	28	2	0	15	8	55	0.494	23	L	D	W	D	L	1939-04-08	Blackburn Rovers	H
22	0	Tranmere Rovers	37	6	4	10	26	37	0	1	16	11	53	0.411	17	W	L	L	W	L	1939-04-08	Tottenham Hotspur	A

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate	Notes
Carlisle United	1	3	York City	Brunton Park	5,285
Sword	Lineups		Hathway, Scott, Brenen
Chester	1	2	Barrow	Sealand Road	6,057
Howarth	Lineups		Davies (p), Harris
Crewe Alexandra	4	1	Rochdale	Gresty Road	6,678
Cobourne 2, Chandler, Goodfellow OG	Lineups		Firth
Darlington	3	1	Wrexham	Feethams Ground	5,422
Simpson 2, Wright	Lineups		Burgon
Doncaster Rovers	7	1	Accrington Stanley	Belle Vue	12,257
Owens 3, Perry 2, Dell 2	Lineups		Waring
Hartlepools United	3	1	Gateshead	Victoria Park	3,992
West 2, Robbins	Lineups		Cassidy
Hull City	1	1	Halifax Town	Anlaby Road	10,613	Largest home gate 1938-39
Davies	Lineups		Green
Lincoln City	1	0	Oldham Athletic	Sincil Bank	7,844
Ponting	Lineups
New Brighton	2	1	Bradford City	Sandheys Park	5,480
Montgomery, Ainsworth	Lineups		Smailes
Southport	1	0	Rotherham United	Haig Avenue	6,420
Miller	Lineups
Stockport County	1	1	Barnsley	Edgeley Park	17,860	Largest home gate 1938-39
Sargeant	Lineups		Asquith

				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	37	15	2	0	52	10	11	5	4	31	20	2.767	59	D	D	W	W	W	1939-04-08	Wrexham	H
2	1	Doncaster Rovers	35	11	5	3	42	18	6	7	3	29	23	1.732	46	W	W	D	L	W	1939-04-08	Hull City	A
3	-1	Bradford City	36	14	1	3	52	17	5	5	8	26	31	1.625	44	L	W	W	D	W	1939-04-08	Southport	H
4	0	Southport	34	13	5	1	43	12	4	5	6	22	29	1.585	44	W	W	L	D	D	1939-04-08	Bradford City	A
5	1	Crewe Alexandra	37	12	3	4	54	23	7	1	10	27	36	1.373	42	W	D	W	L	D	1939-04-08	Chester	A
6	1	Hull City	36	11	4	3	53	23	5	5	8	25	40	1.238	41	D	W	D	L	D	1939-04-08	Doncaster Rovers	H
7	-2	Oldham Athletic	36	12	1	3	36	16	6	4	10	24	34	1.2	41	L	D	W	L	W	1939-04-08	Gateshead	H
8	0	Stockport County	34	12	5	0	49	16	3	3	11	28	44	1.283	38	D	W	W	L	W	1939-04-08	Rochdale	H
9	3	Barrow	37	10	3	4	39	19	5	4	11	19	40	0.983	37	W	D	W	D	D	1939-04-08	Carlisle United	H
10	-1	Chester	35	9	4	4	45	29	5	4	9	27	37	1.091	36	L	L	L	L	D	1939-04-08	Crewe Alexandra	H
11	0	Halifax Town	36	7	9	1	27	17	4	5	10	16	27	0.977	36	D	L	W	D	D	1939-04-08	Hartlepools United	H
12	1	New Brighton	37	10	2	6	42	28	4	6	9	17	35	0.937	36	W	D	L	D	L	1939-04-08	Darlington	H
13	-3	Rotherham United	37	10	4	5	41	19	4	3	11	17	41	0.967	35	L	L	L	W	W	1939-04-08	Lincoln City	A
14	0	Wrexham	37	13	2	4	39	26	1	4	13	17	49	0.747	34	L	W	L	W	D	1939-04-08	Barnsley	A
15	0	Rochdale	37	8	5	6	49	28	4	4	10	31	45	1.096	33	L	W	D	D	D	1939-04-08	Stockport County	A
16	1	Lincoln City	36	9	6	3	38	26	3	3	12	25	50	0.829	33	W	L	D	L	W	1939-04-08	Rotherham United	H
17	-1	Gateshead	35	9	5	4	40	23	1	6	10	21	38	1	31	L	D	D	W	L	1939-04-08	Oldham Athletic	A
18	1	Darlington	37	11	2	6	39	27	1	4	13	18	56	0.687	30	W	W	L	L	L	1939-04-08	New Brighton	A
19	-1	Carlisle United	36	9	5	5	38	29	3	1	13	20	66	0.611	30	L	D	L	W	L	1939-04-08	Barrow	A
20	0	York City	35	7	5	6	29	27	3	3	11	23	45	0.722	28	W	L	D	W	D	1939-04-08	Accrington Stanley	A
21	0	Hartlepools United	37	9	3	7	33	31	2	2	14	18	56	0.586	27	W	D	L	W	L	1939-04-08	Halifax Town	A
22	0	Accrington Stanley	37	3	4	10	22	35	1	1	18	18	60	0.421	13	L	L	D	L	W	1939-04-08	York City	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aldershot	1	1	Watford	Recreation Ground	6,987
Proud	Lineups		Lewis J
Brighton & Hove Albion	1	1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Goldstone Ground	10,320
Goffey	Lineups		Kirkham
Bristol Rovers	2	0	Walsall	Eastville	9,549
Curran 2	Lineups
Clapton Orient	3	3	Exeter City	Osborne Road	8,903
Williams 2 (1p), Walters	Lineups		Bowl 2, Hearty OG
Crystal Palace	3	2	Bristol City	Selhurst Park	21,913
Robson, Smith, Waldron	Lineups		Bourton 2 (1p)
Mansfield Town	0	0	Reading	Field Mill	6,635
	Lineups
Newport County	1	0	Torquay United	Somerton Park	14,677
Brinton	Lineups
Port Vale	3	1	Notts County	Recreation Ground	9,658
Smart, Mills OG, Nolan	Lineups		Mills (p)
Queens Park Rangers	0	0	Ipswich Town	Loftus Road	14,663
	Lineups
Southend United	2	0	Cardiff City	Greyhound Stadium	9,299	Largest home gate 1938-39
Martin 2	Lineups
Swindon Town	1	0	Northampton Town	County Ground	14,910
Francis	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	37	14	4	1	34	14	7	5	6	20	23	1.459	51	W	D	D	D	D	1939-04-08	Queens Park Rangers	A
2	0	Crystal Palace	35	14	3	2	44	17	4	5	7	18	29	1.348	44	W	W	W	W	L	1939-04-08	Reading	A
3	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	36	11	4	2	34	11	5	5	9	24	32	1.349	41	D	L	W	L	D	1939-04-08	Port Vale	H
4	0	Reading	37	10	5	3	42	22	4	8	7	21	29	1.235	41	D	L	W	L	L	1939-04-08	Crystal Palace	H
5	1	Watford	36	13	4	1	40	13	3	4	11	17	34	1.213	40	D	W	L	W	W	1939-04-08	Bristol Rovers	A
6	-1	Notts County	34	11	4	3	31	15	5	3	8	21	25	1.3	39	L	W	W	D	D	1939-04-08	Exeter City	A
7	2	Swindon Town	35	14	4	1	49	20	2	3	11	17	40	1.1	39	W	W	L	W	L	1939-04-08	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
8	0	Queens Park Rangers	35	9	5	3	41	13	5	5	8	22	30	1.465	38	D	L	L	L	W	1939-04-08	Newport County	H
9	-2	Bristol City	36	12	4	2	35	17	2	6	10	19	35	1.038	38	L	D	D	W	L	1939-04-08	Ipswich Town	A
10	1	Aldershot	35	11	6	2	27	14	2	5	9	15	36	0.84	37	D	W	L	W	L	1939-04-08	Cardiff City	A
11	-1	Northampton Town	36	13	3	2	41	18	2	3	13	10	33	1	36	L	W	D	W	L	1939-04-08	Southend United	A
12	0	Cardiff City	35	9	0	7	30	22	3	9	7	17	30	0.904	33	L	D	L	L	L	1939-04-08	Aldershot	H
13	3	Southend United	32	11	3	1	30	12	2	3	12	22	44	0.929	32	W	L	W	L	W	1939-04-08	Northampton Town	H
14	-1	Torquay United	35	5	4	9	21	27	7	4	6	25	28	0.836	32	L	W	L	D	W	1939-04-08	Walsall	A
15	-1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	36	7	7	3	30	22	3	5	11	14	33	0.8	32	D	L	W	D	D	1939-04-08	Swindon Town	H
16	-1	Mansfield Town	36	8	7	3	28	17	2	5	11	11	40	0.684	32	D	D	D	D	W	1939-04-08	Clapton Orient	H
17	2	Port Vale	35	9	4	6	33	22	3	3	10	14	29	0.922	31	W	W	L	D	D	1939-04-08	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
18	-1	Exeter City	35	7	7	3	36	30	3	4	11	22	46	0.763	31	D	L	D	L	L	1939-04-08	Notts County	H
19	-1	Ipswich Town	33	8	3	4	28	18	2	7	9	15	28	0.935	30	D	L	W	D	W	1939-04-08	Bristol City	H
20	0	Bristol Rovers	36	7	7	4	27	14	2	3	13	20	36	0.94	28	W	L	L	W	D	1939-04-08	Watford	H
21	0	Clapton Orient	34	7	9	2	30	15	1	2	13	10	31	0.87	27	D	D	D	W	L	1939-04-08	Mansfield Town	A
22	0	Walsall	35	5	5	6	24	18	1	5	13	17	44	0.661	22	L	D	D	L	D	1939-04-08	Torquay United	H