Saturday 1939-04-08

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

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Birmingham	1	2	Arsenal	St Andrew's	33,250
Kendrick	Lineups		Kirchen, Drury
Bolton Wanderers	2	1	Sunderland	Burnden Park	22,692
Westwood, Hunt	Lineups		Robinson
Charlton Athletic	1	0	Aston Villa	The Valley	35,540
Blott	Lineups
Chelsea	0	2	Everton	Stamford Bridge	51,481
	Lineups		Gillick, Stevenson
Leeds United	0	1	Grimsby Town	Elland Road	19,700
	Lineups		Glover
Leicester City	3	4	Blackpool	Filbert Street	14,679
Bowers 2, Moralee	Lineups		Dodds 2, Sharman OG, Eastham
Liverpool	2	1	Derby County	Anfield Road	25,927
Taylor 2	Lineups		McCulloch
Manchester United	1	1	Portsmouth	Old Trafford	25,457
Rowley	Lineups		Barlow
Middlesbrough	3	1	Brentford	Ayresome Park	18,191
Camsell 2, Chadwick	Lineups		Cheetham
Preston North End	4	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Deepdale	31,243
Dougal 2, Beattie R, White	Lineups		Dorsett 2
Stoke City	2	2	Huddersfield Town	Victoria Ground	26,176
Sale, Steele	Lineups		Boot, Mountford

				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	37	15	2	1	51	16	10	2	7	27	29	1.733	54	W	W	D	W	W	1939-04-10	Sunderland	H
2	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	36	12	5	1	50	10	7	3	8	29	25	2.257	46	L	W	L	W	L	1939-04-10	Aston Villa	H
3	0	Derby County	38	12	2	4	37	18	7	5	8	27	31	1.306	45	L	W	W	L	W	1939-04-10	Portsmouth	H
4	0	Middlesbrough	37	11	6	2	59	25	7	2	9	25	37	1.355	44	W	W	W	W	D	1939-04-10	Leicester City	H
5	0	Charlton Athletic	37	14	3	2	44	22	5	3	10	22	30	1.269	44	W	W	D	W	L	1939-04-10	Chelsea	A
6	1	Bolton Wanderers	36	10	4	4	39	23	4	8	6	23	27	1.24	40	W	D	W	D	D	1939-04-10	Stoke City	A
7	1	Liverpool	38	12	5	3	39	23	2	7	9	21	35	1.034	40	W	W	D	W	L	1939-04-10	Birmingham	A
8	-2	Aston Villa	36	11	1	6	40	19	5	6	7	26	28	1.404	39	L	W	L	W	D	1939-04-10	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
9	1	Arsenal	37	11	3	4	28	12	4	6	9	19	25	1.27	39	W	L	L	W	W	1939-04-10	Blackpool	H
10	-1	Stoke City	37	10	6	2	44	24	4	5	10	21	41	1	39	D	D	W	L	W	1939-04-10	Bolton Wanderers	H
11	1	Grimsby Town	37	9	6	4	33	25	4	5	9	20	39	0.828	37	W	D	D	L	D	1939-04-11	Huddersfield Town	A
12	1	Preston North End	36	11	6	1	38	18	2	4	12	16	37	0.982	36	W	L	L	W	D	1939-04-10	Brentford	H
13	-2	Brentford	37	11	1	7	29	25	3	6	9	23	40	0.8	35	L	W	W	L	L	1939-04-10	Preston North End	A
14	0	Leeds United	36	8	4	5	33	25	5	4	10	18	34	0.864	34	L	D	L	W	W	1939-04-10	Manchester United	H
15	1	Manchester United	37	5	9	5	25	20	4	6	8	25	40	0.833	33	D	D	D	L	L	1939-04-10	Leeds United	A
16	-1	Sunderland	37	6	6	7	28	28	6	3	9	21	31	0.831	33	L	L	D	L	W	1939-04-10	Everton	A
17	0	Blackpool	37	7	8	4	31	25	3	5	10	16	37	0.758	33	W	W	D	L	D	1939-04-10	Arsenal	A
18	0	Portsmouth	37	8	7	4	21	14	1	6	11	20	52	0.621	31	D	L	W	L	L	1939-04-10	Derby County	A
19	0	Huddersfield Town	37	9	4	6	33	17	1	6	11	19	41	0.897	30	D	D	D	D	L	1939-04-11	Grimsby Town	H
20	0	Chelsea	36	9	4	5	40	25	2	2	14	18	46	0.817	28	L	L	L	W	L	1939-04-10	Charlton Athletic	H
21	0	Leicester City	37	6	6	6	30	28	2	4	13	10	43	0.563	26	L	L	L	W	L	1939-04-10	Middlesbrough	A
22	0	Birmingham	37	8	3	6	33	25	1	3	16	21	57	0.659	24	L	L	L	D	L	1939-04-10	Liverpool	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Burnley	1	0	West Ham United	Turf Moor	10,420
Brocklebank	Lineups
Coventry City	3	0	Swansea Town	Highfield Road	18,207
Lager, Metcalf, Green	Lineups
Luton Town	2	1	Fulham	Kenilworth Road	16,322
Connelly, Billington	Lineups		Woodward
Newcastle United	0	2	Manchester City	St James' Park	24,487
	Lineups		Heale, Doherty
Norwich City	4	0	Blackburn Rovers	Carrow Road	18,547
Acquroff 2, Coleman 2	Lineups
Nottingham Forest	2	0	Bradford	City Ground	13,351
Fryer, Surtees	Lineups
Plymouth Argyle	1	1	Sheffield Wednesday	Home Park	17,564
Lane	Lineups		Robinson
Sheffield United	1	1	Bury	Bramall Lane	25,795
Reid	Lineups		Hulbert
Southampton	2	2	Chesterfield	The Dell	14,904
Brophy, Briggs	Lineups		Milligan, Luke
Tottenham Hotspur	3	1	Tranmere Rovers	White Hart Lane	19,229
Ward (p), Morrison, Miller	Lineups		Thomas
West Bromwich Albion	0	0	Millwall	The Hawthorns	19,895
	Lineups
Footnotes
Tranmere Rovers relegated

				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	38	15	1	3	54	22	8	3	8	35	36	1.534	50	L	W	W	D	W	1939-04-10	Fulham	H
2	0	Sheffield United	37	7	8	3	27	14	9	5	5	28	26	1.375	45	D	W	D	W	L	1939-04-15	Bradford	A
3	0	Chesterfield	37	15	1	2	47	16	3	8	8	13	29	1.333	45	D	W	W	W	D	1939-04-15	Luton Town	H
4	0	Sheffield Wednesday	36	12	3	3	42	16	6	5	7	36	37	1.472	44	D	L	W	D	D	1939-04-10	Millwall	H
5	1	Luton Town	37	13	3	3	46	24	7	1	10	29	36	1.25	44	W	W	L	W	W	1939-04-10	Southampton	A
6	-1	Newcastle United	39	12	3	4	41	19	5	6	9	16	26	1.267	43	L	L	D	D	D	1939-04-15	Bury	A
7	0	Tottenham Hotspur	37	12	6	2	44	24	5	3	9	17	26	1.22	43	W	W	L	W	D	1939-04-10	Plymouth Argyle	A
8	0	Coventry City	35	11	3	3	31	10	7	3	8	23	29	1.385	42	W	W	L	D	L	1939-04-10	Norwich City	A
9	0	Manchester City	36	11	1	5	50	33	8	3	8	39	35	1.309	42	W	W	W	W	W	1939-04-10	Bury	H
10	0	West Bromwich Albion	37	14	1	2	50	18	3	6	11	34	48	1.273	41	D	L	L	W	L	1939-04-10	Nottingham Forest	H
11	0	Fulham	36	11	4	3	31	16	4	5	9	24	31	1.17	39	L	L	W	L	D	1939-04-10	Blackburn Rovers	A
12	0	Burnley	39	13	3	4	31	18	2	6	11	17	32	0.96	39	W	L	W	L	L	1939-04-15	Manchester City	A
13	0	Millwall	38	10	6	3	40	17	2	7	10	19	32	1.204	37	D	W	D	L	L	1939-04-10	Sheffield Wednesday	A
14	0	West Ham United	37	8	5	6	32	19	5	4	9	30	30	1.265	35	L	L	D	W	D	1939-04-11	Bradford	A
15	0	Bury	38	9	4	7	47	35	2	7	9	12	33	0.868	33	D	L	W	L	L	1939-04-10	Manchester City	A
16	1	Southampton	37	8	6	4	33	27	4	3	12	21	43	0.771	33	D	L	W	W	L	1939-04-10	Luton Town	H
17	1	Plymouth Argyle	36	6	7	4	20	12	6	1	12	23	38	0.86	32	D	L	L	D	L	1939-04-10	Tottenham Hotspur	H
18	-2	Bradford	38	8	6	5	32	30	3	4	12	24	45	0.747	32	L	W	L	L	D	1939-04-11	West Ham United	H
19	1	Nottingham Forest	37	7	6	6	31	27	2	3	13	15	51	0.59	27	W	W	L	W	L	1939-04-10	West Bromwich Albion	A
20	-1	Swansea Town	36	6	5	7	28	27	2	5	11	14	46	0.575	26	L	L	L	L	W	1939-04-10	Tranmere Rovers	H
21	0	Norwich City	35	9	3	6	37	28	2	0	15	8	55	0.542	25	W	L	D	W	D	1939-04-10	Coventry City	H
22	0	Tranmere Rovers	38	6	4	10	26	37	0	1	17	12	56	0.409	17	L	W	L	L	W	1939-04-10	Swansea Town	A

Third Division North

Third Division North				Venue	Gate
Accrington Stanley	3	1	York City	Peel Park	2,545
Kearney, Kelly OG, Moir	Lineups		Hathway
Barnsley	2	1	Wrexham	Oakwell	14,988
Calder, Asquith	Lineups		Burditt
Barrow	5	0	Carlisle United	Holker Street	5,167
Harris 2, Davies (p), Samuel, Mauchline	Lineups
Bradford City	2	1	Southport	Valley Parade	7,204
Deakin, Hinsley	Lineups		Colquhoun
Chester	4	0	Crewe Alexandra	Sealand Road	4,235
Horsman, Gregg (p), Worswick 2	Lineups
Halifax Town	2	0	Hartlepools United	The Shay	3,379
Widdowfield, Wood	Lineups
Hull City	0	0	Doncaster Rovers	Anlaby Road	8,108
	Lineups
Lincoln City	0	1	Rotherham United	Sincil Bank	5,192
	Lineups		Bramham
New Brighton	3	0	Darlington	Sandheys Park	2,746
Montgomery, Smith, Small	Lineups
Oldham Athletic	1	3	Gateshead	Boundary Park	5,444
Taylor	Lineups		Miller, Watson, Gallacher
Stockport County	1	2	Rochdale	Edgeley Park	6,485
Sargeant	Lineups		Wynn, Vause
Footnotes
Barnsley champions & promoted

				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	38	16	2	0	54	11	11	5	4	31	20	2.742	61	W	D	D	W	W	1939-04-10	Stockport County	H
2	0	Doncaster Rovers	36	11	5	3	42	18	6	8	3	29	23	1.732	47	D	W	W	D	L	1939-04-10	Accrington Stanley	A
3	0	Bradford City	37	15	1	3	54	18	5	5	8	26	31	1.633	46	W	L	W	W	D	1939-04-10	New Brighton	H
4	0	Southport	35	13	5	1	43	12	4	5	7	23	31	1.535	44	L	W	W	L	D	1939-04-10	Rotherham United	A
5	0	Crewe Alexandra	38	12	3	4	54	23	7	1	11	27	40	1.286	42	L	W	D	W	L	1939-04-10	Rochdale	A
6	0	Hull City	37	11	5	3	53	23	5	5	8	25	40	1.238	42	D	D	W	D	L	1939-04-10	Halifax Town	A
7	0	Oldham Athletic	37	12	1	4	37	19	6	4	10	24	34	1.151	41	L	L	D	W	L	1939-04-10	Lincoln City	H
8	1	Barrow	38	11	3	4	44	19	5	4	11	19	40	1.068	39	W	W	D	W	D	1939-04-10	Chester	H
9	-1	Stockport County	35	12	5	1	50	18	3	3	11	28	44	1.258	38	L	D	W	W	L	1939-04-10	Barnsley	A
10	0	Chester	36	10	4	4	49	29	5	4	9	27	37	1.152	38	W	L	L	L	L	1939-04-10	Barrow	A
11	0	Halifax Town	37	8	9	1	29	17	4	5	10	16	27	1.023	38	W	D	L	W	D	1939-04-10	Hull City	H
12	0	New Brighton	38	11	2	6	45	28	4	6	9	17	35	0.984	38	W	W	D	L	D	1939-04-10	Bradford City	A
13	0	Rotherham United	38	10	4	5	41	19	5	3	11	18	41	0.983	37	W	L	L	L	W	1939-04-10	Southport	H
14	1	Rochdale	38	8	5	6	49	28	5	4	10	33	46	1.108	35	W	L	W	D	D	1939-04-10	Crewe Alexandra	H
15	-1	Wrexham	38	13	2	4	39	26	1	4	14	18	51	0.74	34	L	L	W	L	W	1939-04-10	Darlington	H
16	1	Gateshead	36	9	5	4	40	23	2	6	10	24	39	1.032	33	W	L	D	D	W	1939-04-10	Hartlepools United	H
17	-1	Lincoln City	37	9	6	4	38	27	3	3	12	25	50	0.818	33	L	W	L	D	L	1939-04-10	Oldham Athletic	A
18	0	Darlington	38	11	2	6	39	27	1	4	14	18	59	0.663	30	L	W	W	L	L	1939-04-10	Wrexham	A
19	0	Carlisle United	37	9	5	5	38	29	3	1	14	20	71	0.58	30	L	L	D	L	W	1939-04-10	York City	A
20	0	York City	36	7	5	6	29	27	3	3	12	24	48	0.707	28	L	W	L	D	W	1939-04-10	Carlisle United	H
21	0	Hartlepools United	38	9	3	7	33	31	2	2	15	18	58	0.573	27	L	W	D	L	W	1939-04-10	Gateshead	A
22	0	Accrington Stanley	38	4	4	10	25	36	1	1	18	18	60	0.448	15	W	L	L	D	L	1939-04-10	Doncaster Rovers	H

Third Division South

Third Division South				Venue	Gate
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	2	0	Swindon Town	Dean Court	7,325
Kirkham 2	Lineups
Brighton & Hove Albion	1	0	Port Vale	Goldstone Ground	7,807
Goffey	Lineups
Bristol Rovers	1	1	Watford	Eastville	7,755
Gardiner	Lineups		Lewis G
Cardiff City	2	4	Aldershot	Ninian Park	9,060
Prescott, Egan	Lineups		Raynor 2, Ray 2
Exeter City	1	0	Notts County	St James Park	5,916
Ebdon	Lineups
Ipswich Town	4	0	Bristol City	Portman Road	12,834
Fillingham, Mulraney 3	Lineups
Mansfield Town	1	0	Clapton Orient	Field Mill	4,188
Flowers	Lineups
Queens Park Rangers	0	0	Newport County	Loftus Road	14,864
	Lineups
Reading	3	1	Crystal Palace	Elm Park	10,131
Smallwood 3 (1p)	Lineups		Collins
Southend United	2	0	Northampton Town	Greyhound Stadium	7,031
Smirk, Bell	Lineups
Walsall	5	0	Torquay United	Fellows Park	5,737
Alsop 4, Hancocks (p)	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	38	14	4	1	34	14	7	6	6	20	23	1.459	52	D	W	D	D	D	1939-04-10	Torquay United	A
2	0	Crystal Palace	36	14	3	2	44	17	4	5	8	19	32	1.286	44	L	W	W	W	W	1939-04-10	Bristol City	A
3	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	37	12	4	2	35	11	5	5	9	24	32	1.372	43	W	D	L	W	L	1939-04-10	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
4	0	Reading	38	11	5	3	45	23	4	8	7	21	29	1.269	43	W	D	L	W	L	1939-04-10	Mansfield Town	H
5	0	Watford	37	13	4	1	40	13	3	5	11	18	35	1.208	41	D	D	W	L	W	1939-04-10	Aldershot	H
6	2	Queens Park Rangers	36	9	6	3	41	13	5	5	8	22	30	1.465	39	D	D	L	L	L	1939-04-10	Ipswich Town	A
7	-1	Notts County	35	11	4	3	31	15	5	3	9	21	26	1.268	39	L	L	W	W	D	1939-04-10	Port Vale	H
8	-1	Swindon Town	36	14	4	1	49	20	2	3	12	17	42	1.065	39	L	W	W	L	W	1939-04-10	Northampton Town	A
9	1	Aldershot	36	11	6	2	27	14	3	5	9	19	38	0.885	39	W	D	W	L	W	1939-04-10	Watford	A
10	-1	Bristol City	37	12	4	2	35	17	2	6	11	19	39	0.964	38	L	L	D	D	W	1939-04-10	Crystal Palace	H
11	0	Northampton Town	37	13	3	2	41	18	2	3	14	10	35	0.962	36	L	L	W	D	W	1939-04-10	Swindon Town	H
12	1	Southend United	33	12	3	1	32	12	2	3	12	22	44	0.964	34	W	W	L	W	L	1939-04-10	Cardiff City	A
13	2	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	37	8	7	3	32	22	3	5	11	14	33	0.836	34	W	D	L	W	D	1939-04-10	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
14	2	Mansfield Town	37	9	7	3	29	17	2	5	11	11	40	0.702	34	W	D	D	D	D	1939-04-10	Reading	A
15	-3	Cardiff City	36	9	0	8	32	26	3	9	7	17	30	0.875	33	L	L	D	L	L	1939-04-10	Southend United	H
16	2	Exeter City	36	8	7	3	37	30	3	4	11	22	46	0.776	33	W	D	L	D	L	1939-04-10	Clapton Orient	H
17	2	Ipswich Town	34	9	3	4	32	18	2	7	9	15	28	1.022	32	W	D	L	W	D	1939-04-10	Queens Park Rangers	H
18	-4	Torquay United	36	5	4	9	21	27	7	4	7	25	33	0.767	32	L	L	W	L	D	1939-04-10	Newport County	H
19	-2	Port Vale	36	9	4	6	33	22	3	3	11	14	30	0.904	31	L	W	W	L	D	1939-04-10	Notts County	A
20	0	Bristol Rovers	37	7	8	4	28	15	2	3	13	20	36	0.941	29	D	W	L	L	W	1939-04-10	Walsall	A
21	0	Clapton Orient	35	7	9	2	30	15	1	2	14	10	32	0.851	27	L	D	D	D	W	1939-04-10	Exeter City	A
22	0	Walsall	36	6	5	6	29	18	1	5	13	17	44	0.742	24	W	L	D	D	L	1939-04-10	Bristol Rovers	H